Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
American, 1933-1993
Lowell Nesbitt was one of the most celebrated and noted artists for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, he made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well-known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as a theme. Beginning with his first show in 1957, Nesbitt had more than 80 one-man shows. His painting, drawings and prints are included in the collections of many prestigious museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art in New York and the National Gallery of Fine Art in Washington, D.C.
to
22
2
3
33
38
22
Overall Width
to
Overall Height
to
37
12
3
2
2
1
1
147
1,155
905
793
757
98
34
61
49
37
12
61
54
20
15
13
6
6
6
6
5
5
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
78
13
4
2
2
7
69
98
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt
Red Spotted Lily, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Photorealist flower screenprint by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt, signed and numbered in pencil.
Red Spotted Lily from the Stamp Series
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1...
Category
1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Daffodils, Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Daffodils
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 28 x 20 inches
Size: 35 in....
Category
1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Lily
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Lily" C.1975 is an original colors serigraph by noted American artist Lowell Nesbitt, 1933-1993. It is hand signed, dated and numbered A.P. 6/30 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 23.75 x 26 inches, sheet size is 29.35 x 31.25 inches. It is in excellent condition, it has a very light printing ink soiling at the left margin, see picture #6 and a light crease at the lower center margin.
About the artist:
Lowell Nesbitt, who was born in Baltimore on Oct. 4, 1933, was a graduate of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and also attended the Royal College of Art in London, where he worked in stained glass & etching.
In 1964, the Corcoran Gallery or Art in Washington gave him one of his first museum exhibitions, and by the mid 1970's he had decided to leave the museum a bequest of more than $1 million. But in 1989, he publicly revoked the bequest after the Corcoran canceled a disputed exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe, who was an old friend. Mr. Nesbitt named the Phillips Collection as a beneficiary instead.
He was frequently grouped with the Photo Realists, but his images were more interpretively distorted, somewhat loosely painted and boldly abbreviated. He had many subjects: studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes and groupings of fruits and vegetables. He also painted his dog, a Rottweiler named Echo, the Neoclassical facades of SoHo's 19th century cast-iron buildings and several of Manhattan's major bridges.
Despite such variety, Lowell Nesbitt was best known for gargantuan images or irises, roses, lilies and other flowers, which he often depicted in close up so that their petals seemed to fill the canvas. Dramatic, implicitly sexual and a little ominous, they earned the artist a popularity with the general public that tended to overshadow his reputation within the art world.
In 1980, the United States Postal Service issued four stamps based on Mr. Nesbitt's floral paintings. He also served as the official artist for the space flights of Apollo 9 and Apollo 13.
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
-Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, New York
-AT&T, New York, New York
-Atlantic Richfield, Los Angeles, California
-Bank of New York, New York, New York
-Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France
-Celenese Corporation, New York, New York
-Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, New York
-Citicorp, New York, New York
-Florists Trans World Delivery Collection of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
-Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan
-General Mills, Minneapolis, Minnesota
-Hess Shoe Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland
-Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, Chicago, Illinois, New York, New York
-Maryland National Bank, Baltimore
-Mutual of Omaha, Washington D.C.
-Neiman-Marcus, Atlanta, Georgia
-Northern Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois
-J.C. Penny Corporation, New York, New York
-Prudential Insurance Company, Newark, New Jersey
-Schroeder Bank and Trust Company, New York, New York
SELECTED MUSEUM AND GOVERNMENT COLLECTIONS.
-American Embassies: Monrovia, Dar es Salaam, Tel Aviv, Sao Paulo
-The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
-Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
-Castel Gandolfo, Rome, Collection of Pope Paul II
-Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
-Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, Texas
-Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Michigan
-Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas
-Enviromental Protection Agency, Washington D.C.
-Federal Reserve Bank, Baltimore, Maryland
-Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Mass.
-Fort Worth Art Center, Texas
-The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
-Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
-International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C.
-Israel Museum, Jerusalem
-John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
-Library of Congress, Washington D.C.
-Loch Haven Art Center, Florida
-Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1958:
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1971:
-Gimpel Fils, London, England
-Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, New York, NY
1972:
-Kunstverein, Frieburg, Germany
-Galerie Arneson, Copenhagen, Denmark
-Gerlerie Aronovitsch, Stockholm, Sweden
1973:
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
1974:
Gimpel Fils, London, England
1975:
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
1976:
Hayden, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
1977:
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita KS
1978:
Kent State University, Kent, OH
1979:
Selby Botanical Gardens, Museum of Botany and the Art's, Sarasota, FL
1980:
Marion Koogler Mcnay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX
1981:
Editions Inc, Houston TX
1982:
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
1983:
Atlantic Center for the Art, New Smyrna Beach, FL
1984:
Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, OK
1989:
Tyler Gallery...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Pink Camellia, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Photorealist flower screenprint by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt, signed and numbered in pencil.
Pink Camellia from the Stamps Series
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–199...
Category
1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Encounter-Paula Cooper Gallery, Photorealist Poster by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Encounter-Paula Cooper Gallery
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993)
Date: 1974
Poster
Size: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Category
1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
Tiger Lily, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Photorealist flower screenprint by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt, signed and numbered in pencil.
Tiger Lily
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993)
Date: 1978
Screenprint,...
Category
1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Four Flowers, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Four Flowers
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993)
Date: 1980
Screenprint, signed, numbered and dated in pencil
Edition of 137200
Image Size: 25 x 25 inches
Size: 31.5 x 31.25 i...
Category
1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Rose Monochrome, Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Rose Monochrome
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 27 x 27 inches
...
Category
1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Marigold, Photorealist Lithograph by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lowell Blair Nesbitt was an American painter and printmaker who’s work consists of unique and vivid depictions of flowers.
Marigold
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993)
Date: ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Claes Oldenburg's Studio, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Photorealist interior screenprint by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt of fellow artist Claes Oldenburg’s studio, signed and numbered in pencil.
Claes Oldenburg’s Studio
Lowell B...
Category
1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Fruits on Rug I, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Fruits on Rug I
Year: 1978
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 175
Image Size: 26.5 x 30 inches
Siz...
Category
1970s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Electric Tulip (Black and White), Photorealist Floral Etching by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Photorealist flower screenprint by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt, signed and numbered in pencil.
Electric Tulip (Black and White)
Lowell Blair N...
Category
1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
MOONWALK 1970 Color Silkscreen Screenprint Acrylic Plexiglass Mod Space Art
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Surfside, FL
Space Race Silkscreen on Acrylic hand signed and dated 1970, MOON WALK, color screenprint on Plexiglas depicting the moon landing, from the numbered edition of 150, size 30 x 30”
L...
Category
1970s Pop Art Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Plexiglass, Screen
Barriers, Photorealist Screenprint on Paper by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Photorealist cityscape screenprint by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt, signed and numbered in pencil
Barriers
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1993)
Date: 1971
Screenprint,...
Category
1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Birds of Paradise (Red), Photorealist Lithograph by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lowell Blair Nesbitt was an American painter and printmaker who’s work consists of unique and vivid depictions of flowers.
Birds of Paradise (Red)
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (19...
Category
1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Bluebird, Photorealist Floral Lithograph by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Bluebird
Year: 1981
Medium: Serigraph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil
Edition: AP 5/25
Image Size: 27.5 x 35.5 inches
Fram...
Category
1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Multiflower, Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Multiflower
Year: 1981
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 23 x 23 inches
Size: 30 i...
Category
1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Rose
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt
Title: Rose
Medium: Screenprint
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition: From the edition of 175
Year: 1978
Measurements: 24" x 31"
Note: This piece is sold UNFRAMED...
Category
1970s Contemporary Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Community Holiday Festival by Lowell Nesbitt, 1978 (white flower on red)
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in New York, NY
This image was created to commemorate Lincoln Center's Community Holiday Festival in 1978. Each print is signed and numbered from the edition of 144. This print comes directly from the publisher, Lincoln Center Editions...
Category
1970s Abstract Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Iris on Silver, Photorealist Floral Screenprint by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Iris on Silver
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 22.5 in. diameter
Si...
Category
1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Red and Yellow Parrot Tulips, Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Red and Yellow Parrot Tulips
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edit...
Category
1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Red Rose, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Red Rose
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 30 x...
Category
1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Rose, Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: Rose
Year: 1980
Edition: 92/175, plus proofs.
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Size: 29 x 29 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Signed an...
Category
1980s Pop Art Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
$796 Sale Price
20% Off
Burgundy Iris, Silkscreen by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Burgundy Iris
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 30 x 20 inches
Size: 36...
Category
1980s Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
White Rose
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: White Rose
Year: 1981
Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size...
Category
1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Violet Monochrome, Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: Violent Monochrome
Year: 1980
Edition: 56/200, plus proofs.
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Size: 31.5 x 31 inches
Condition: Good
Inscri...
Category
1980s Pop Art Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
$876 Sale Price
20% Off
Pink and Yellow Irises, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Pink and Yellow Irises
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 2...
Category
1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Grapes on Navajo Rug, Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: Grapes on Navajo Rug
Year: 1977
Edition: 145/175, plus proofs.
Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper
Size: 24 x 31 inches
Condition: Good
Inscription: Signed and numbered by the artist.
LOWELL NESBITT (1933-1993) One of the most celebrated and most noted for his floral works of art. An artist with a highly personal style, Nesbitt made realistic studies of many themes throughout his career. His most well known series, and perhaps his most beautiful and poetic, are the more than four hundred works he created using the flower as theme. Since his first show in 1957, Nesbitt has had more than eighty one man shows. His painting, drawings and prints...
Category
1970s Pop Art Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
$636 Sale Price
36% Off
Island of Yellow Flowers, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Island of Yellow Flowers
Year: 1981
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 32 x 40 inch...
Category
1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Still Life with Grapes, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
A silkscreen print by Lowell Nesbitt from 1975. A colorful still life that combines both organic and geometric elements.
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Still Life with...
Category
1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Animas Valley, Colorado I, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Animas Valley, Colorado I
Year: 1981
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 30 x 30 inc...
Category
1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Pink Camellia, Photorealist Floral Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Pink Camellia from the Stamps Series
Year: 1981
Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250
Image Size...
Category
1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Yellow and Blue Iris, Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Yellow and Blue Iris
Year: 1981
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200, AP 40
Image Size: 24 inches...
Category
1980s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Three Irises, Photorealist Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: Three Irises
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 30 x 30 inches
Size: 37 ...
Category
1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Still Life with Grapes, Photorealist Lithograph by Lowell Blair Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph print by Lowell Nesbitt from 1975. A colorful still life that combines both organic and geometric elements.
Still Life with Grapes
Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–...
Category
1970s Photorealist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
White Lily, Screenprint by Lowell Nesbitt
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993)
Title: White Lily on White
Year: 1980
Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 200
Image Size: 26 x 26 inches
Si...
Category
1980s American Realist Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Bird of Paradise (Orange) abstract
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in New York, NY
Edition of 40
Signed and numbered
unframed
Category
1980s Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
$640 Sale Price
78% Off
Irs
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt
Title: Iris
Medium: Screenprint
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition: From the edition of 175
Year: 1978
Measurements: 24" x 31"
Note: This piece is sold unframed...
Category
1970s Contemporary Lowell Nesbitt Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Lowell Nesbitt prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Lowell Nesbitt prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of prints and multiples to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of purple, red, blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Lowell Nesbitt in screen print, lithograph, etching and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the Photorealist style. Not every interior allows for large Lowell Nesbitt prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 10 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Jack Beal, Reginald Marsh, and John Sloan. Lowell Nesbitt prints and multiples prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $245 and tops out at $2,200, while the average work can sell for $700.
Artists Similar to Lowell Nesbitt
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Lowell Nesbitt Art
Lowell Nesbitt Paintings
Lowell Nesbitt Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Lowell Nesbitt Still-life Paintings
Lowell Nesbitt Landscape Paintings
Lowell Nesbitt Figurative Paintings
Lowell Nesbitt Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Lowell Nesbitt Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Lowell Nesbitt Abstract Paintings
Lowell Nesbitt Animal Paintings
Lowell Nesbitt Landscape Drawings and Watercolors