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Tony Bennett Title: South of France Lithograph Signed and Marked ATL  5/5 ( Printers Proof ) Paper Size: 31" x 24" inches Image Size : 26" x 20" inches Published By : Atelier E. Ettinger Gallery Anthony Dominick Benedetto, known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. He is also a painter, having created works under his birth name that are on permanent public display in several institutions. Whether he is performing as Tony Bennett or painting as Anthony Benedetto...

Hunt Slonem is considered by many to be one of the great colorists of his time and is best known for his huge Neo-Expressionist paintings. A vibrant dresser and decorator as he is pa...

Tony Bennett Title: San Francisco Golden Pavilion Lithograph Signed and Marked PP  2/10 ( Printers Proof ) Paper Size: 30" x 24" inches Image Size : 25" x 20" inches Published By : Atelier E. Ettinger Gallery Anthony Dominick Benedetto, known professionally as Tony Bennett, is an American singer of traditional pop standards, big band, show tunes, and jazz. He is also a painter, having created works under his birth name that are on permanent public display in several institutions. Whether he is performing as Tony Bennett or painting as Anthony Benedetto...

This is an original 19th century duo-tone lithograph entitled "Front Elevation of the Great Temple of Aboo Simbel" by David Roberts, from his Egypt, The Holy Land and Nubia volumes o...

Tony Bennett Title: Monet's Garden Lithograph Signed and Marked ATL 1/3 ( Atelier Printers Proof ) Paper Size: 28.5" x 24" in Published By : Atelier E. Et...

This is an original 19th century duo-tone lithograph entitled "El Khasne, Petra" by David Roberts, from his Egypt, The Holy Land and Nubia volumes of the quarto edition, published in London by Day and Son in 1856. The lithographs were prepared by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) from drawings and paintings by Roberts. The resultant editions of 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia' are considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century. This is one of Roberts' most collectible works. The print depicts a view of the magnificent ruins of the famous structure El Khasne at Petra in Jordan. The Khasne was thought to have been a temple, but it is now thought to represent a tomb. In Arabic, El Khasne means treasury. The front of Khasne is 131 feet high and 82 feet wide. The structure has two stories. The lower story has a portico with a pediment and it is flanked by six Corinthian columns and two colossal equestrian sculptures in bas relief. David Roberts visited Petra on March 6, 1839. He wrote in his diary: "I am more and more astonished and bewildered with this extraordinary city, which must be five or six miles each way in extent; and every ravine has been inhabited, even to the tops of the mountains. The valley has been filled with temples, public buildings, triumphal arches, and bridges, all of which have been laid prostrate, with the exception of one arch, and one temple, and of this temple the portico has fallen. The style of the architecture varies from all I have ever seen, and in many of its parts is a curious combination of the Egyptian with the Roman and Greek orders...

Original chromolithograph by Louis Prang (German/American, 1823-1909) of L. Prang & Co. (American, founded 1860), after "Under the Apple Tree" by George E. Niles (American, 1837-1898). This late 19th century figurative chromolithograph depicts a small boy in a country setting and period dress under an apple tree, reaching into a barrel with a basket of apples spilling into the grass. A German style chromolithograph, this limited edition 188/250 print was created with heavy, oil-based inks which were applied in several layers to impart a texture similar to an original oil painting. Signed and dated in the plate "G.E. Niles 1867". Tag on verso with "Prang's American Chromos - Under the Apple Tree, after Niles - Chromolithographed and published by L. Prang & Co. ...Boston". Displayed in a rustic giltwood beveled frame. Image size: 9"H x 7.25"W. Louis Prang was a foremost lithographer and publisher in New York City from the mid to the end of the 19th Century. Born in Breslau, Germany to a father who was a calico printer, he was an apprentice to his father during his teen-age years and then spent five years as a journeyman, learning printing and dyeing and living in Austria, France and England. However, Prang's liberal political vliews caused him to be deported by the Prussian government during the Revolution of 1848, and fled via Bohemia and Switzerland to get to America. In 1850, Prang went to Boston, having stopped briefly in New York City, and became a publisher and taught himself wood engraving. In 1856, he turned to lithography in partnership with Julius Mayer. In 1860, he founded Louis Prang and Co., which was his own company and the first stiff competition to Currier and Ives. A primary reason for this competition was Prang's active imagination and energetic pursuit of his business. During the Civil War, he published maps and battle plans so that people at home could follow military movements. He also created printed card portraits of Union soldiers...

This original limited edition graphic art lithographic poster entitled "Dance" was created by David Lance Goines in 1978 in his Berkeley studio, as #80 in his series of graphic art posters. It depicts the torso of a women seen from the back, wearing a dress with a deep neckline. A man's hand is seen over her back. Reportedly the famous chef of the Berkeley Restaurant Chez Panisse...

This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Iyngipicus Peninsularis, Hargitt" (Travancore Pygmy Woodpecker) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Asia", publishe...

This duotone tinted lithograph with additional hand-coloring is entitled "Christian Church of St. George, at Lud Ancient, Lydda". It was drawn by Davi...

This is a 19th century Honore Daumier lithographic caricature/satire entitled "Une Partie de Campagne" (Part of the Campaign), plate 59 from the ser...