Popo and Ruby Lee Art

"Smile No. 5" serigraph by John Lennon. Plate signed JL 68. Estate stamped and inscribed John Lennon. Hand-numbered 182/300.

MEL RAMOS (1935-2018) Peek-a-Boo-Blonde 1988 Lithograph and cardboard 21 x 15 cm 8.27 x 5.91 inches Number 72 Signed and dated lower middle on cardboard Plura Edizioni, Milan

David Shrigley is an artist and illustrator best known for his mordantly humorous cartoons. Self-branded as an outsider in the art world, Shrigley is known for making flat compositio...

MEL RAMOS (1935-2018) The Rounder 1999 Lithograph 92.1 x 48.9 cm 36.26 x 19.25 inches Edition of 199 with HC 20 Edition HC 12/20 Signed and numbered in pencil

An original signed lithograph on cream HMP Koller handmade paper by English artist David Hockney (1937-) titled "Ann Combing Her Hair", 1979. Hand pencil signed, dated, and numbered by Hockney lower right. Limited edition: 41/75. (There were also 15 artist's proofs). Printed in two colors from two aluminum plates: black and transparent black from crayon and tusche. Printed by Charles Ritt and Anthony Zepeda of Gemini G.E.L. and published by Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles, CA. Collaboration and supervision: Serge Lozingot. Processing and proofing: Serge Lozingot and Anthony Zepeda. Gemini G.E.L. chop mark/blind stamp lower right. Gemini G.E.L. ink stamp and pencil inscribed work number "DH79-885" on verso lower left. Reference: "David Hockney Prints 1954-1995" - MOCA Tokyo: No. 215, page 128; Gemini No. 830; "Gemini G.E.L. Art and Collaboration" - Fine: No. 61a, page 152; "That's the Way I See It" - Hockney No. 43, page 48. Provenance: private collection - St. Louis, MO. Sheet size: 23.5" x 31.5". A crease upper left corner, a few faint foxmarks, remnants of old mounting tape on verso from previous framing. In otherwise very good condition with strong color. Rare. Ann Upton (1941-2017) met David Hockney in 1960 and became his model in 1962. Ann's eventual husband David Graves met Hockney at the opening night of 'The Rake's Progress' at the Glyndebourne Opera, 1975, which Hockney designed. A practicing sculptor, David was working at the time as a paper restorer at Petersburg Press, with a studio opposite Hockney's in London. By the late 1970s he was working as Hockney's assistant, helping with stage sets and later with the preparation and editioning of Hockney's composite photographs. He began to appear in Hockney's drawings from 1982 or 1983. David and Ann met through Hockney as mutual friends and later while on holiday in Hawaii in May of 1983, decided to get married, Hockney being their wedding photographer. The couple and Hockney would continue to be lifelong friends and colleagues until Ann and David's death in 2017 and 2019. Known for his photo collages and paintings of Los Angeles swimming pools, David Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Born in Bradford, England, in 1937, David Hockney attended art school in London before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s. There, he painted his famous swimming pool paintings...

An original offset-lithograph, exhibition poster on smooth wove paper after English artist David Hockney (1937-) titled "Contemporary British Drawings (Tel Aviv Museum) (Celia)", 1980. Edition size unknown. Printed by L. Malis. Photolitho Reprocolor LTD. and published by the Tel Aviv Museum of Art both in Tel Aviv, Israel. Poster produced for a special exhibition of Hockney's work "Contemporary British Drawings" at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art during the Summer of 1980. The image featured on this poster is Hockney's 1973 drawing "Celia in a Black Dress and Lace Collar". Reference: "Hockney Posters" (1987) - Baggot No. 45; "David Hockney: Poster Art" (1995) - Baggot No. 59. Sheet size: 27.25" x 20". Some light handling creases. In excellent condition. Celia Birtwell, CBE, who was a close friend of David Hockney, is a British textile designer and fashion designer, known for her distinctive bold, romantic and feminine designs, which are influenced by Picasso and Matisse, and the classical world. She was well known for her prints which epitomised the 1960's-1970's. GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer: Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters. Known for his photo collages and paintings of Los Angeles swimming pools, David Hockney is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Born in Bradford, England, in 1937, David Hockney attended art school in London before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s. There, he painted his famous swimming pool paintings...

This cheeky, pastel pink print depicts a range of intimate styles, a tongue-in-cheek recollection of the gridded haircuts displayed outside barber shops. It is from the Oo La La portfolio of 15 lithographs printed offset from zinc plates, drawn by both artists. Produced in collaboration with Ron Padgett...

An original signed lithograph on unbranded heavy white wove paper by Czech artist Dagmar Mezricky (1944-) titled "Act III with Portrait", c. 1988. Hand penc...

An original signed lithograph on Rives BFK paper by Polish artist Janusz De Rola titled "Un Soir a Paris", 1990. Hand pencil signed by De Rola lower right and numbered lower left. Limited edition: 31/125. Rives BFK watermark lower right. Sheet size: 30" x 22". Image size: 25.5" x 19". Mint condition. Extremely rare. Janusz de Rola (1906-1991) was born in Poland to a family of the princely nobility. His father is friends with the Emperor of Austria-Hungary the famous Franz Joseph. Having studied at Vienna (Austria), he entered the diplomatic service as vice-consul of Poland in Sicily and is pursuing a cultural and diplomatic career until 1939. A volunteer in 1939 in the Polish forces fighting alongside the French troops, the hazards of war led him to Nice. He will live there after the armistice, to meet with his wife. Then he will live in Vienna in the 1960s (Salesianer Gasse 7), then in the Var, Pignans (the field of Cressonniere from 1971) and finally in Gonfaron from 1981 until his death in 1991. He holds a "Nansen Passport", he will remain stateless after the war. Between 1940 and 1950 he was a pupil of the painter Sylvain Vigny. He joins a group where Picasso whose face he meets. Since the fifties of Janusz ROLA imposes his figurative painting, including his famous "elegant" works acquired by larger collections. In the early 1970s he met the painter Roger Boubenec who became his friend and who said of him: "He was the man of Europe. Painter, poet, musician To him I owe the visual sense the composition ". Janusz from ROLA received the title of Artist of the Year 1986 awarded by the largest German magazine in the cultural field, "Madame". In 1987 the South Art magazine wrote an article in the first issue. Salvatore Lombardo, founder of the magazine, will honor him in a small book published in 1991. official portraitist of the Saudi royal family has also produced portraits of Sophia Loren...

A very good impression of this scarce lithograph printed in black on light tan Chine appliqué. Numbered 2/18 in pencil, and with the artist's initials ink stamp, lower left recto.

"For more than four decades my studio work has explored various forms of mock-documentation, or fictive art. My subjects have included archaeology, folk art, medicine, zoology and mo...

Framed lithograph of a female nude pastel by artist Aristide Maillol. Image size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Framed under glass in wooden frame.