About Graves International Art
Founded by John Graves in 1978, Graves International Art is an old master - contemporary art gallery with a focus on original printmaking featuring original works of art from the 1500's to the present - unique paintings, works on paper, and editions & multiples. Global shipping available. Nearly 50 years in business with a focus on original printmaking, Graves International Art stocks Old Master to Post-War editions from Albrecht Durer to Roy Lichtenstein. Graves International Art's inventory of artwork ranges more than 500 years of different styles, artists, movements,...Read More
Featured Pieces
Sparrowhawk /// Antique Ornithology Bird Saverio Manetti Italian Watercolor Art
By Saverio Manetti
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Saverio Manetti (Italian, 1723-1785)
Title: "Sparrowhawk" (Plate XXI - 21)
Portfolio: Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli (The Natural History of Birds)
Year: 1767-1776
Medium: Ori...
Category
1760s Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio
Set of Four Stipple Engravings from "Drawings by Hans Holbein" /// Henry VIII
By Hans Holbein
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Hans Holbein (the Younger) (German-Swiss, c. 1497-1543)
Title: "Catherine Howard Queen", "Jane Seymour Queen", "Anna Bollein Queen", and "The Lady Mary after Queen"
P...
Category
1810s Old Masters Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Intaglio
Lepidoptera (Butterflies) /// Scottish Natural History Zoology Animal Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: William MacGillivray (Scottish, 1796-1852)
Title: "Lepidoptera (Butterflies)" (Plate XII)
Portfolio: The Edinburgh Journal of Natural History, and of The Physical Sciences
Ye...
Category
1830s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving, Intaglio
Benevolent Cottagers /// English Landscape Figurative Village Scene Engraving
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Sir Augustus Wall Callcott (English, 1779-1844)
Title: "Benevolent Cottagers"
Year: 1816
Medium: Original Etching and Engraving on laid paper
Limited edition: Unknown...
Category
1810s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching, Laid Paper, Intaglio
Liberté /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Figurative Portrait Woman Lady Seascape
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-)
Title: "Liberté"
Series: Eclecticism
*Signed by Graves lower left. It is also signed, titled, and dated on verso
Year: 2024
Medium: Original...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Acrylic
St. Tropez /// Contemporary Pop Art Beach Ocean Shore Figurative Swimming Modern
By Robin Shepherd
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Robin Shepherd (English-American, Active Late 20th Century)
Title: "St. Tropez"
*Signed by Shepherd in pencil lower right
Year: 1991
Medium: Original Screenprint on deckle edge Stonehenge paper
Limited edition: 150, (the number may differ from what is shown in the photos)
Printer: possibly the artist Shepherd himself, Jacksonville, FL
Publisher: the artist Shepherd himself and The Collector's Exchange, Jacksonville, FL (present day Graves International Art...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Art 1981 Chicago Poster /// Abstract Expressionist Robert Motherwell Modern Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1992)
Title: "Art 1981 Chicago"
*Issued unsigned, though signed and dated by Motherwell in the plate (printed signature) upper right
Year: 1981
Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on Dove paper
Limited edition: 2,000. (There was also a signed and numbered edition of 150 on Arches Cover paper without margins or text)
Printer: Roger Campbell and Lee Funderburg of Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY
Publisher: Lakeside Group, Chicago, IL
Reference: "The Prints of Robert Motherwell - A Catalogue Raisonné 1943-1984" - Belknap No. 249, page 247; "Robert Motherwell - The Complete Prints 1940-1991" - Engberg No. 282; "Tyler Graphics - Catalogue Raisonné, 1974-1985" - Tyler No. 410:RM29, page 246
Sheet size: 39.5" x 27.5".
Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. Some minor edge wear. In excellent condition
Notes:
Printed in four colors: light tan, orange, deep red, and black. Poster produced for a special exhibition of various artists' work at the Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL from May 14-19, 1981. The image featured on this poster is Motherwell's 1977 collage "Untitled". This poster was the official poster for the 1981 Chicago International Art Exposition. Printer's imprint and artist's copyright lower center.
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.
Biography:
Robert Motherwell was born January 24, 1915, in Aberdeen, Washington. He was awarded a fellowship to the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles at age 11, and in 1932 studied painting briefly at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Motherwell received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1937 and enrolled for graduate work later that year in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He traveled to Europe in 1938 for a year of study abroad. His first solo show was presented at the Raymond Duncan...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Set of Two Mezzotint Engravings from Constable's "English Landscape Scenery"
By John Constable
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) John Constable (English, 1776-1837)
Title: "Noon" (Plate 36) and "A Lock on the Stour, Suffolk" (Plate 18)
Portfolio: English Landscape Scenery: A Series of Forty Mez...
Category
1850s Victorian Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Set of Two Mezzotint Engravings from Constable's "English Landscape Scenery"
By John Constable
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) John Constable (English, 1776-1837)
Title: "View on the Orwell near Ipswich" (Plate 28) and "Hampstead Heath, Harrow in the distance" (Plate 10)
Portfolio: English La...
Category
1850s Victorian Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Set of Two Mezzotint Engravings from Constable's "English Landscape Scenery"
By John Constable
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) John Constable (English, 1776-1837)
Title: "Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows" (Plate 13) and "Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk" (Plate 40)
Portfolio: English Landscape S...
Category
1850s Victorian Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Set of Three Engravings from Nash's "History of Worcestershire" /// Landscapes
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Treadway Russell Nash (English, 1724-1811)
Title: "A View of Pershore, from Pensham hill", "A View of Shipston upon Stour", and "Kidderminster"
Portfolio: Collections for the...
Category
1780s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Laid Paper
Set of Four Engravings from Nash's "History of Worcestershire" /// Landscape Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Treadway Russell Nash (English, 1724-1811)
Title: "A View of Stourbridge", "A View of Upton upon Severn, from Ryal Hill", "Bewdley", and "Tenbury"
Portfolio: Collections for ...
Category
1780s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
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