A stranger in his birthplace, Nasser Assar is a well-known painter in the Western world. He was initiated to painting by Ali Mohammad Heydarian, a follower of Kamal-ol-Molk when still quite young. This is when his father had already instilled a deep love of Persian literature and poetry into him. On entering the department of Fine Arts of Tehran University (1950–53), like nearly all other intellectuals of his generation and particularly under the influence of his friendship with Manouchehr Yektai and Mehri Rakhsha, the overwhelming wave of modernism mesmerized him put behind Heydarian's teaching altogether. After graduation in 1953, he first went to Hamburg and a few months later to Paris, where he lived to the end of his life, paying only short visits to Iran to see his father in the 70s. He held his first solo exhibition at Primes Gallery in Paris (1955) introduced by Julian Alvard. In 1958 an exhibition of Chinese painters shocked him in a determining way, bringing about a turning point in his artistic creation. In 1961 Assar participated in a group exhibition called Antagonism focusing on the liberation of culture, organized by the committee of arts led by Alvard at the Museum of Decorative Art and introduced by Herbert Read. Later in the same year, he held his first solo exhibition at Lincoln Gallery when he met and befriended Francis Bacon. Calligraphy as a characteristic feature of his style appeared first in his second solo exhibition held at Smith Gallery in Brussels (1964), introduced by art editor, critic Gerald Gassiot Talabot who invented the term Figurative narrative aptly applicable to Assar's works. In 1966, he held his second solo exhibition at London, married Isabel Gasstines whose series of portraits, which Assar drew from 1967–79, was called icons by Roger Munier, philosopher, essayist and translator, while Yves Bonnefoy, the poet described them as approaching Byzantine painting, Roman frescos and Giacometti's paintings. In 1972 during a trip to Iran, he met Henry Corbin, Iranologist in Tehran with their friendship lasting to the end of Corbin's life. In 1982, he becomes a French citizen. From 1991–2004, he produced a series of lithographs for several books by famous French literary figures. In 2001 the literary review Nue dedicated a special issue to Assar and his lifelong friend Yves Bonnefoy. Nasser Assar's Trees was showcased in 2007 at Lambert Rouland Gallery in Paris and in 2009 Christophe Gillard Gallery held a review of his works since 1950. Assar's prose-paintings intimately associates his intimate friend Sohrab Sepehri, with only this major difference that Assar discovered and internalized the Far East from the West, while Sepehri reached it from the East. Alienated from Iran and Iranians, the contemporary painter Nasser Assar died on July 28 in France. Despite his significant presence among French and western artists, intellectuals and poets and his friendship with remarkable people of those lands, it is strange that his demise went by in silence with very little reverberation in media and press.
Shadow, Bride in Pink - Original lithograph, Handsigned and Numbered / 110
By Nasser Assar
Located in Paris, IDF
Nasser ASSAR Shadow, Bride in Pink, 1979 Original lithograph (Printed in Arte / Maeght workshop) Signed in pencil Numbered / 110 On Arches vellum 65 x 49.5 cm (c. 26 x 20 in) REFE...
Lithograph
Dawn, Woman in Pink - Original lithograph, Handsigned and Numbered / 110
By Nasser Assar
Located in Paris, IDF
Nasser ASSAR Dawn, Woman in Pink, 1979 Original lithograph (Printed in Arte / Maeght workshop) Signed in pencil Numbered / 110 On Arches vellum 65 x 49.5 cm (c. 26 x 20 in) REFERE...
Lithograph
$475
H 7.125 in W 8.375 in
GREETINGS FROM THE HOUSE OF WEYHE. Many Known Artists Inside the Gallery
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MAYBEL DWIGHT (1875 - 1955) GREETINGS FROM THE HOUSE OF WEYHE, 1928 Lithograph, signed in the plate. Image 7 1/8 x 8 3/8” + printed title. Sheet 8 ¼ x 9” as issued. Xmas card iss...
Lithograph
$12,000
H 13.32 in W 10.38 in
'Financial District', New York City — American Modernism
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Howard Cook, 'Financial District', lithograph, 1931, edition 75, Duffy 155. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with wide margins (2 3/4 to 5 5/8 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 13 5/16 x 10 3/8 inches (338 x 264 mm); sheet size 23 x 16 inches (584 x 406 mm). Matted to museum standards, unframed. Literature: 'American Master Prints from the Betty and Douglas Duffy Collection', the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C., 1987. Collections: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum. ABOUT THE ARTIST Howard Norton Cook (1901-1980) was one of the best-known of the second generation of artists who moved to Taos. A native of Massachusetts, he studied at the Art Students League in New York City and at the Woodstock Art Colony. Beginning his association with Taos in 1926, he became a resident of the community in the 1930s. During his career, he received two Guggenheim Fellowships and was elected an Academician in the National Academy of Design. He earned a national reputation as a painter, muralist, and printmaker. Cook’s work in the print mediums received acclaim early in his career with one-person exhibitions at the Denver Art Museum (1927) and the Museum of New Mexico (1928). He received numerous honors and awards over the years, including selection in best-of-the-year exhibitions sponsored by the American Institute of Graphics Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Society of American Etchers, and the Philadelphia Print Club. His first Guggenheim Fellowship took him to Taxco, Mexico in 1932 and 1933; his second in the following year enabled him to travel through the American South and Southwest. Cook painted murals for the Public Works of Art Project in 1933 and the Treasury Departments Art Program in 1935. The latter project, completed in Pittsburgh, received a Gold Medal from the Architectural League of New York. One of his most acclaimed commissions was a mural in the San Antonio Post Office in 1937. He and Barbara Latham settled in Talpa, south of Taos, in 1938 and remained there for over three decades. Cook volunteered in World War II as an Artist War Correspondent for the US Navy, where he was deployed in the Pacific. In 1943 he was appointed Leader of a War Art Unit...
Lithograph
'Tanks #1' — American Precisionism
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Lozowick, 'Tanks #1', lithograph, 1929, edition 50, Flint 39. Signed, titled, and numbered '11/50' in pencil. Signed with the artist's monogram in the stone, lower left. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with margins (3/4 to 1 7/8 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards. Image size 13 15/16 x 8 1/16 inches (355 x 204 mm), sheet size 15 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches (400 x 286 mm). Exhibited: 'The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock', Stephen Coppel, The British Museum, 2008. Literature: 'Prints and Their Creators, A World History', Carl Zigrosser, Crown Publishers Inc, 1974; 'American Lithographers...
Lithograph
$20,805
H 8.27 in W 11.58 in D 0.04 in
Button Lithograph, Modern Style, Signed, Edition of 100, 1966
By Domenico Gnoli
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph, 1966. Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints. Provenance: Galleria Giulia, Rome Bibliography: A. De Garrou Gnoli, Catalogo ragionato delle opere n. 489.
Lithograph
$750
H 12 in W 9 in
Lucille Fine, Sunday Afternoon, mid-century life in the neighborhood
By Lucille Fink
Located in New York, NY
Lucille Fink creates slightly bizarre, densely drawn spaces. Signed, titled, and numbered '19,' in pencil. Annotated on the reverse, "June, 1932, week of 6-10-32, last wk of school."...
Lithograph
$237
H 12.21 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Portrait of a Woman - Lithograph by Franco Gentilini -Late 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an original lithograph on paper, realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981), in Late 20th Century. The state of preservation of the artwork is ...
Lithograph
"Blava taula Mexicana" (Blue Mexican Table)
By Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos
Located in Atlanta, GA
The lithograph, "Blava taula Mexicana" pays homage to the beautiful country of Mexico which Alvar lived for a time in his life. The subject is a poetic mixture of elements drawn from...
Watercolor, Archival Paper, Lithograph
La Depart Pour La Chasse
By Jean-Emile Laboureur
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur lithograph La Depart Pour La Chasse, in five colors, 1927, signed and numbered (35/150) in pencil (Sylvain Laboureur, Godefry 780), from the edition of 150 plus ...
Lithograph
$6,419
H 19.1 in W 24.02 in D 0.08 in
Ippolito Lithograph Print, Modern Style, Signed, Edition of 121, 1940s
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Edition of 121 copies printed by Igino Alessandrini. From the series “Cavalli”, published in Rome by Carlo Bestetti Editore for “La Collezione dell’Obelisco”. One of on...
Lithograph
$11,888
H 16.23 in W 12.21 in D 0.04 in
Le Gladiateur - Coloured Lithograph, Modern Style, Signed, 1929
By Giorgio De Chirico
Located in Roma, IT
Coloured Lithograph, 1929. Dimensions: 41,2 x 31 cm. Hand signed and numbered. This lithograph is from the portfolio “Metamorphosis”. Reference: A. Ciranna, Giorgio de Chirico. C...
Lithograph
$4,993
H 23.63 in W 31.5 in D 0.08 in
Trinità de’ Monti Lithograph, Modern Style, Signed Artist Proof, 1970
By Massimo Campigli, 1895-1971
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Artist’s Proof. Trinità dei Monti, one of most famous places in Rome is the setting of this vivid and fine lithograph that Massimo Campigli realized in 1970 ca. In the c...
Lithograph
$5,230
H 17.72 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in
La Benvenuta Lithograph Print, Modern Style, Signed, 1970s
By Massimo Campigli, 1895-1971
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and titled. In 1970 ca., Massimo Campigli realized this fascinating lithograph called “La Benvenuta” (“The Welcome”). Different women are the protagonists of this composi...
Lithograph