From his audacious Pop art paintings that challenged Spanish dictator Francisco Franco’s regime during the 1960s to his modern reinterpretation of works by masters such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, Valencia native Manolo Valdés has created an extraordinary range of work. He is internationally renowned as one of the most influential Spanish artists of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Born in 1942, Valdés studied art at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia. As his career began to take shape, in 1964, Valdés cofounded Equipo Crónica with fellow Spanish artists Rafael Solbes and Juan Antonio Toledo. Together, the collective produced politically charged graphic Pop works, which frequently merged imagery that referenced Spain’s history and culture, in order to expressly denounce Franco’s oppressive government. Toledo left Equipo Crónica after one year, and the group disbanded after Solbes’s death in 1981.
From 1981 onward, Valdés focused on his solo career. In his portraits, still-life prints and figurative sculptures, Valdés adopts familiar images from masterpieces by some of the world’s most recognizable artists, including Diego Velázquez, Peter Paul Rubens and Roy Lichtenstein, and recontextualizes them, minimalizing forms and the use of color, introducing collagist elements and more. Examples of Valdés’s methods can be seen in the textured lithograph print Claribel (1995) and his contemporary sculpture Butterflies (2010), which is inspired by Matisse’s Woman with a Hat (1905).
Valdés has exhibited his works around the world, including in New York City, Paris, London, Madrid, Berlin, Geneva and Mexico City. In 1999, he represented Spain at the Venice Biennale. His paintings and sculptures are also held in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Moderna Museet in Malmö, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of original Manolo Valdés prints, sculptures and mixed media.
Manolo Valdes Etching, Untitled
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Miami, FL
Manolo Valdes Untitled, 2005 Etching, Aquatint, and collage on paper Ed. of 100 24 x 16 in
Etching, Aquatint
$7,128Sale Price|58% Off
Reina Mariana III (Las Meninas), 2022, Valdés, porcelain sculptures
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Zug, CH
Manolo Valdes Reina Mariana III (Las Meninas), 2022 Limoges Porcelain 35 × 23.5 × 17.8 cm (13.8 × 9.3 × 7 in) Edition of 199 In mint condition Images of edition number are example r...
Porcelain
$268,443
Manolo Valdés. Count-Duke of Olivares. 1982. Oil on burlap. 200 x 150 cm.
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Barcelona, CT
Manolo Valdés Blasco (Valencia, Spain, March 8, 1942). "Count-Duke of Olivares". 1982. Painting on burlap. 200 x 150 cm. Signed on the reverse “M. Valdes”. Provenance - Private...
Burlap, Oil
Manolo Valdés Sculpture: Damas Y Caballeros: Manolo Valdés
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Miami, FL
Manolo Valdes Damas y Caballeros: Manolo Valdés, 2024 Ed. 614 of 998 Art Book + Study Book Blue Resin Menina: 18 x 14 x 10 in Book Case: 19 x 19 x 3 in
Resin, Handmade Paper
La Dama de Argel
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Miami, FL
Manolo Valdes La Dama de Argel, 1997 Etching and collage on handmade paper Edition 10 of 50, published by Marlborough Graphics, NY 39 x 28 inches Includes a Certificate of Authentici...
Etching
Dama con sombrero
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Miami, FL
Manolo Valdes Dama con sombrero, 2013 Etching and collage on paper Ed. 37 of 50, numbered on the lower left Signed on the lower right 47 x 37 in
Etching
$27,760Sale Price|20% Off
Reina Mariana Set of 4 Porcelain Sculptures, Abstract, 2010-
By Manolo Valdés
Located in New York, NY
The specific information regarding edition will be provided at the time of sale. Please contact the seller for more details. ‘Las Meninas’ is a series of porcelain sculptures by Man...
Porcelain
Figura con naipes
By Manolo Valdés
Located in BARCELONA, ES
MANOLO VALDÉS ‘Figura con naipes’ 1985. Etching and collage on paper. Copy 35/60. Presents dry stamp of the publisher. 75,5 x 55,5 cm; 90 x 70 cm
Etching
Manolo Valdes. Perfil 111, "Chiara" Etching and Silkscreen 30/50
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Bellport, NY
Manolo Valdes born 1942 is a Spanish artist living in New York and Madrid. Manolo's inspiration largely originates from the unique styles and techniques belonging to the old masters,...
Other
FLORES 1
By Manolo Valdés
Located in New York, NY
This Manolo Valdes etching with unique color collage is the 34th edition of 50.
Etching
$7,128Sale Price|36% Off
Reina Mariana I (Las Meninas), 2022, Valdés, porcelain sculptures
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Zug, CH
Manolo Valdes Reina Mariana I (Las Meninas), 2022 Limoges Porcelain 35 × 23.5 × 17.8 cm (13.8 × 9.3 × 7 in) Edition of 199 In mint condition Images of edition number are example ref...
Porcelain
$79,961
Manolo Valdés. Fan with white flowers. Mixed media on paper, laid down on board.
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Barcelona, CT
Manolo Valdés ( Valencia, 1942). "Fan with white flowers". 1994. Mixed media on paper, laid down on board. 78.7 x 104.1 cm. Signed in the lower right corner. Provenance: - Priv...
Paper, Mixed Media, Board, Laid Paper
Grabado con tiraje 31/35 - Denominación de origen Romeral
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Manolo Valdés (Valencia, 1942). Destacado pintor, grabador y escultor español. Firmado en margen inferior derecho Tiraje: 31/35 Medidas: 56 x 38 cm; 81 x 61,5 cm (marco) ::::::::...
Engraving
$7,128Sale Price|36% Off
Reina Mariana IV (Las Meninas), 2022, Valdés, porcelain sculptures
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Zug, CH
Manolo Valdes Reina Mariana IV (Las Meninas), 2022 Limoges Porcelain 35 × 23.5 × 17.8 cm (13.8 × 9.3 × 7 in) Edition of 199 In mint condition Images of edition number are example re...
Porcelain
Price Upon Request
Perfil II - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print on Handmade Paper, 2003
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Perfil II” is a Mixografía® print on handmade paper by Spanish artist, Manolo Valdés'. This print continues Valdés' career-long practice of reinterpreting historical portraiture. In 1965 he co-founded Equipo Crónica, a Spanish Pop art...
Handmade Paper, Embossed Print
Price Upon Request
Perfil I - Signed Limited Edition Mixografía Print on Handmade Paper, 2003
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Palm Desert, CA
“Perfil I” is a Mixografía® print on handmade paper by Spanish artist, Manolo Valdés'. This print continues Valdés' career-long practice of reinterpreting historical portraiture. In 1965 he co-founded Equipo Crónica, a Spanish Pop art...
Handmade Paper, Embossed Print
Price Upon Request
PERLIF V
By Manolo Valdés
Located in New York, NY
This work of art is a print on handmade paper depicting the profile of a woman with pink hair.
Paper
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Perfil V, Mixografia by Manolo Valdes
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Long Island City, NY
Date: 2004 Mixografia print on handmade paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 25 Size: 44 x 31 in. (111.76 x 78.74 cm) Printer: Mixografia Publisher: Mixografia
Mixed Media, Monoprint
$36,553
H 31.34 in W 26.38 in D 1.97 in
Male and female portrait, both in silk kimono, possibly textile dealers
By Christoffel Lubieniecki
Located in Amsterdam, NL
CHRISTOFFEL LUBIENIECKI (1659-1729) Pair of portraits of a gentleman and a lady, both in silk kimono, before a country house (circa 1680) Indistinctly signed “C.......” on a box under the man’s left hand Oil on canvas, 79.5 x 67 cm each Both sitters are portrayed wearing a silk “Japanese” coat. During the second half of the seventeenth the Japanese silk coat, an adapted Japanese kimono, became a real vogue in the Dutch elite. The exclusive Dutch trade contacts with Japan can explain the popularity of the kimono-style silk coats in the Netherlands. Everybody who could afford one, dressed in such a fashionable and comfortable coat and, like the present sitters, some proud owners had themselves portrayed in a “Japanese” coat often together with an oriental carpet to underline their standing and international connections. These portraits are the work of the Polish-born portraitist Christoffel Lubieniecki (also known as Lubienitski, Lubinitski or Lubiniecki) Lubieniecki was first trained in Hamburg under Julian Stuhr and after 1675 in Amsterdam under Adriaen Backer and Gerard de Lairesse. He specialized in landscapes, generally of an Italianate character, and in portraits. The loving execution of these contented burghers, enjoying the garden vistas of their country house, places him alongside Amsterdam portraitists such as Constantijn Netscher and Michiel van Musscher...
Canvas, Oil
$600
H 30.5 in W 23.2 in
"Hand Knitters II" 2003 original hand signed engraving limited edition 30x23in.
By Agustín Bejarano
Located in Miami, FL
Agustin Bejarano (Cuba, 1964) 'Tejedoras de mano II', 2003 engraving on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 30.6 x 23.3 in. (77.5 x 59 cm.) Edition of 20 Unfram...
Aquatint
$2,300
H 26.8 in W 33.3 in
Conceptual art photo engraving and screenprint 2005 27x33in hrs min kcal fat
Located in Miami, FL
Raul Cordero (Cuba, 1971) '32 hrs 53 min kcal: 783 fat: 35%', 2005 photo engraving and screenprint on paper Guarro Biblos 250g. 26.8 x 33.3 in. (68 x 84.5...
Screen, Engraving, Aquatint
$3,200
H 16 in W 14 in D 2 in
Antique 19thC Realism Landscape Portrait Oil Painting of a Beautiful Young Woman
By Haynes King
Located in Portland, OR
A very attractive mid-19th century oil on canvas Romantic Realist landscape portrait of a beautiful young woman, signed and dated 1860, Haynes King (Barbados 1831-London-1904). Hayn...
Gilding
$4,932
H 28.75 in W 23.23 in
'Bearded Man in Profile', oil on canvas by a French School artist
Located in London, GB
French School 'Bearded Man in Profile' c. 1880 Oil on canvas 73 x 59 cm, 90 x 76 cm framed Unsigned
Canvas, Oil
$22,846
H 21.46 in W 18.12 in
Presumed Portrait of Jean-Jacques-Blaise Baloin de Belvèse, Baron de Vennac
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
Marianne Loir (Paris 1705 – Paris 1783) Presumed Portrait of Jean-Jacques-Blaise Baloin de Belvèse, Baron de Vennac (?-1781) Oil on oval canvas H. 54.5 cm; W. 46 cm Unsigned Grandda...
Canvas, Oil
$20,447
H 49.21 in W 40.94 in
Portrait of a French noblewoman - late 17th French school, attr. to N. Fouché
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of a Lady Attributed to Nicolas Fouché (Troyes, 1653-Paris, 1733) Late 17th century French School, Paris, circa 1690-1695 not signed Oil on canvas: h. 99 cm, w. 79 cm Impo...
Canvas, Oil
$3,750
H 20 in W 16 in D 1.5 in
"Burning", Contemporary Oil Portrait Painting on Canvas, Young Woman, Original
Located in Carmel, CA
Rizaldy Celi Jr. (American, Filipino-Vietnamese, born 1983) "Burning" 2025 Oil Paint, Canvas, Stretcher Bars The artist signed the back of the painting. In "Burning", Rizaldy captur...
Canvas, Oil, Stretcher Bars
$2,250
H 30 in W 25 in D 1 in
La Dame de Trefle (Queen of Clubs), Hand Signed Etching and Pochoir, 1970
By Man Ray
Located in Aventura, FL
Etching and pochoir in white ink on black paper. Hand signed lower right by Man Ray. Hand numbered 89/100 lower left. Anselmino 87; Slusher 244. Artwork size: 25.25 x 19.75 inche...
Paper, Etching
$650
H 24 in W 12 in
The Letter, Xavier Viramontes Chicano Artist Studio Color Etching
By Xavier Viramontes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The Letter by Xavier Viramontes is an intimate, multilayered portrait of a young artist’s inner world, composed through the objects and images gathered on his workspace. A handwritte...
Etching, Aquatint
$4,340
H 11.5 in W 7.6 in D 0.08 in
Y se le quema la casa - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
By Francisco Goya
Located in Roma, IT
Y se le quema la casa is plate n. 18 (of 80) of the series Los Caprichos by Goya. This etching is an excellent proof of the first edition of 1799, before the bevels. Plate 17,9x12,...
Etching
$2,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 24 in W 35 in
Shell Shedding Drypoint Etching, Signed, 46/55, Contemporary, 1980s
By Trevor Southey
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Pencil signed, titled, and numbered 46/55 in the margin. Artist: Trevor Southey Title: "Shell Shedding" Medium: Drypoint Etching Edition: 46/55 Male nude against an abstract back...
Drypoint, Etching
$2,500
H 18 in W 7 in D 7 in
"Neighborling Maquette 25" Mixed Media Architectural Sculpture
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece, titled "Neighborling Maquette 25" is an original free-standing sculpture by Seth Clark as part of his newest solo exhibition, "Passing Through". Clark's deteriorating str...
Wood, Paper, Acrylic, Resin
$1,781
H 18.9 in W 11.82 in D 9.85 in
Coco Popsicle Sculpture, Melting Chanel Logo, Signed Limited Edition
By Sanuj Birla
Located in London, Chelsea
We offer complimentary worldwide shipping and cover all tariffs and import taxes for this artwork. This exceptional artwork is currently on display and available for sale at Signet C...
Resin, Fiberglass, Polymer
Alfred Baldwin, Esq.
By Edward John Poynter
Located in London, GB
Oil on unlined canvas, stamped 26 x 21¼ inches; 66.5 x 54 cm Framed dimensions: 95.5 x 83.5 cm ‘Wood & Co 190 Brompton Road London SW’ Signed with monogram and dated ‘1878’, centr...
Canvas, Oil
“Reina Mariana IV”, Manolo Valdés, 2001
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Ibiza, Spain
MANOLO VALDES (Valencia 1942) Etching and Collage on handmade paper by Acuari Signed in pencil Numbered 11/50 Dimensions: 168 x 97 cm. Edited by the artist Stamped Taller Mayor, Mad...
Wood, Paint, Paper
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H 13.78 in W 9.26 in D 7.01 in
Reina Mariana IV (Las Meninas), 2022, Valdés, porcelain sculptures
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Zug, CH
Manolo Valdes Reina Mariana IV (Las Meninas), 2022 Limoges Porcelain 35 × 23.5 × 17.8 cm (13.8 × 9.3 × 7 in) Edition of 199 In mint condition Images of edition number are example re...
Porcelain
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H 13.78 in W 9.26 in D 7.01 in
Reina Mariana I (Las Meninas), 2022, Valdés, porcelain sculptures
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Zug, CH
Manolo Valdes Reina Mariana I (Las Meninas), 2022 Limoges Porcelain 35 × 23.5 × 17.8 cm (13.8 × 9.3 × 7 in) Edition of 199 In mint condition Images of edi...
Porcelain
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H 13.78 in W 9.26 in D 7.01 in
Reina Mariana II (Las Meninas), 2022, Valdés, porcelain sculptures
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Zug, CH
Manolo Valdes Reina Mariana II (Las Meninas), 2022 Limoges Porcelain 35 × 23.5 × 17.8 cm (13.8 × 9.3 × 7 in) Edition of 199 In mint condition Images of edition number are example re...
Porcelain
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H 13.78 in W 9.26 in D 7.01 in
Reina Mariana I (Las Meninas), 2022, Valdés, porcelain sculptures
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Zug, CH
Manolo Valdes Reina Mariana I (Las Meninas), 2022 Limoges Porcelain 35 × 23.5 × 17.8 cm (13.8 × 9.3 × 7 in) Edition of 199 In mint condition Images of edi...
Porcelain
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H 13.78 in W 9.26 in D 7.01 in
Reina Mariana IV (Las Meninas), 2022, Valdés, porcelain sculptures
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Zug, CH
Manolo Valdes Reina Mariana IV (Las Meninas), 2022 Limoges Porcelain 35 × 23.5 × 17.8 cm (13.8 × 9.3 × 7 in) Edition of 199 In mint condition Images of ed...
Porcelain
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H 5.12 in W 4.34 in D 3.15 in
Manolo Valdés Las Damas de Barajas Three Sculptures in Bronze with Ebony Base
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Paris, FR
Manolo Valdés, Las Damas de Barajas 2006 Three patinated bronze sculptures on an ebony base. Signed “M.V.” and numbered “xx/150”. Ed. Art Witness-Boza. Cast by Magisa, SA. Edition ma...
Bronze
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H 31.1 in W 39.76 in D 22.05 in
Ada Cabeza con Flores Plateadas aluminum sculpture by Manolo Valdés
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Ada Cabeza con Flores Plateadas" (Head with Silver Flowers) Aluminum sculpture by Manolo Valdés. Edition 3 of 9.
Metal
Claribel
By Manolo Valdés
Located in New York, NY
AP of 10 Signed and numbered in pencil Framed under plexi
Lithograph
Hand-Worked, Manolo Valdés Etching
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Signed, numbered, 2001 etching and hand-worked collage, "Reina Maria V" by important Spanish artist, Manolo Valdés (b. 1942). Select museum collections: de Young Museum, San Francisc...
Paper
REINA MARIANA VI
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Etching and collage on paper. Edition of 50. Additional images available upon request. Certificate of authenticity included. Artwork in excel...
Paper, Etching
DON JUAN
By Manolo Valdés
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Artwork by the Spanish artist Manolo Valdes Drawing on metrakilate. Signed lower right Certificate BLASCO VALDES Manolo (Valencia, 1942). Member of Equ...
Mixed Media
DON JUAN
By Manolo Valdés
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Artwork by the Spanish artist Manolo Valdes Drawing on metrakilate. Signed lower right Certificate BLASCO VALDES Manolo (Valencia, 1942). Member of Equ...
Mixed Media
"Reina Mariana IV" Manolo Valdes, 2011
By Manolo Valdés
Located in Madrid, ES
"Reina Mariana IV", 2001. Manolo Valdés (1942). Etching and collage over handmade paper to Acuari. Signed and numbered 11/50.
MARIANA V
By Manolo Valdés
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Original engraving and Collage Signed by VALDES Limited edition 50 copis Signed and numbered by the artist in pencil BLASCO VALDES Manolo (Valencia, 1...
Engraving