Susan Kiefer Figurative Prints

Japanese Artisans - Japanese Woodblock Print J Japanese woodblock depicting six women, all wearing vibrant kimonos, working on crafts by Tosa Mitsuoki (Japanese, 1617-1691). Japanese,c. 1600. Handcraft depiction (dye works).Section from a painted screen with presentations of handcraft.Kita-in, Saitama. Stamped lower left. Presented in a white mat and giltwood frame. Frame: 19"H x 14"W Mat: 18.25"H x 13.25"W Image: 14.5"H x 9.5"W Tosa Mitsuoki was a Japanese painter, reinvigorating the Yamato style of classical Japanese painting. Yamato-e originated from interest in reproducing early Tang dynasty paintings, and was later reinvented and further refined to fit Japanese cultural perceptions in the late Heian period. Yamato, sometimes referred to as wa or kazu had become synonymous with the Tosa-ha by the Muromachi period as a way for Japanese artist to distinguish their works from those of mainland Chinese paintings, kara-e. Yamato-e incorporated various visual and literary techniques for establishing narrative. Works were not always accompanied with text and may rely on heavily on period specific visual motifs, icons, and symbols to relay a story or theme. Tosa style by the time of Mitsuoki focused heavily on depicting themes of plants and nature, famous places, meisho, the four seasons, shik, bird-and-flower, kacho. Many of these popular symbols and icons from mimicking Chinese practices, treating the original Chinese masterwork as a sort of prototype to improve upon. Popular formats for Mitsuoki's pictures were wall scrolls kakemono, or handscrolls that would be read from right to left with the accompanied story, sliding doors fusuma and folding screen panels byobu that featured up to six panels. Mitsuoki's style incorporated the depth and calligraphy techniques of ink wash brushwork similar to Song dynasty and Yuan dynasty Chinese court paintings...

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Linda Stein, Heroes 842 - Signed Limited Edition Feminist Contemporary Fine Art Print Linda Stein considers her Women of Courage Mood Portraits series a feminist labor of love. Each portrait is made by hand with watercolors and gouache paints, then converted into a limited-edition, fine-art original print with archival inks. Heroes 842 highlights twelve of Stein's heroes: Susan B. Anthony, Bella Abzug...

Silkscreen in colors on paper with deckled edges. Hand signed and numbered lower left by the artist. Remarqued lower right margin by the artist. Sheet size 21 x 16 inches. Image si...

Linda Stein, Gender Scrambling 774: Obama, Sanger Signed Limited Edition Feminist Contemporary Art Print Prints from this series are in the Permanent Collections of Victoria Gallery...

Landscape Campi Phlegraei - Plate XIII - View of Capri is an original colored etching realized by Pietro Fabris between 1776 and 1779. This beautiful ...

Linda Stein, Susan B. Anthony 786 - Signed Limited Edition Feminist Contemporary Art Print Linda Stein considers her Women of Courage Mood Portraits series a...

Image dimensions: 21.5x39 cm. Beautiful plate from the volume "Campi Flegrei" by William Hamilton including 59 plates by Pietro Fabris. This particular plate illustrates the eruptio...

Linda Stein, Gender Scrambling 848: Veteran Feminists of America Signed Limited Edition Feminist Contemporary Art Print Prints from this series are in the Permanent Collections of V...

Linda Stein, Gender Scrambling 850: Soft vs Hard Signed Limited Edition Feminist Contemporary Art Print Prints from this series are in the Permanent Collections of Victoria Gallery ...

Linda Stein, Gender Scrambling 778: Stein, Obama Signed Limited Edition Feminist Contemporary Art Print Prints from this series are in the Permanent Collections of Victoria Gallery ...

Linda Stein, - Margaret Sanger 380 - Signed Limited Edition Feminist Contemporary Art Print Linda Stein considers her Women of Courage Mood Portraits series a feminist labor of lov...