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Artist: Pál Fried (Hungarian, 1893-1976) Title: "Hortense (Ballerina)" *Signed by Fried lower left Circa: 1940 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Framed in a light gold...

Artist: Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992) Title: "Meditations in an Emergency" Portfolio: In Memory of My Feelings *Issued unsigned Year: 1967 (First edition) Medium: Original Lithograph on Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper Limited edition: 514/2,500 Printer: Crafton Graphic Company, Inc., New York, NY Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Sheet size: 12" x 9" Condition: In excellent condition Rare Notes: Comes with its accompanying poetry pages. Numbered on colophon page. Comes from the 1967 "In Memory of My Feelings: A Selection of Poems" book volume by Frank O'Hara with approx. 46 unbound original lithographs by various artists. Collaboration: Edward Katz (printing). The last image of the complete book is for reference/provenance; it is not included. This image Mitchell contributed to "In Memory of My Feelings: A Selection of Poems" by Frank O'Hara, edited by Bill Berkson, for the Museum of Modern Art. The project was published in 1967 in memory of Frank O'Hara, poet and associate curator at the museum, who died in a tragic accident in 1966. Bill Berkson (with the assistance of Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery) selected the poems and (with advice from Robert Motherwell) asked the following artists to contribute: Nell Blaine, Norman Bluhm, Joe Branaird, John Buton, Giorgio Cavallon, Allan D'Arcangelo, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Michael Goldberg, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Al Held, Jasper Johns, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Alex Katz, Lee Krasner, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Reuben Nakian, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, and Jane Wilson...

Artist: Lee Krasner (American, 1908-1984) Title: "Poem" Portfolio: In Memory of My Feelings *Issued unsigned Year: 1967 (First edition) Medium: Original Lithograph on Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper Limited edition: 514/2,500 Printer: Crafton Graphic Company, Inc., New York, NY Publisher: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Reference: "Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné" - Landau No. 447, page 236-237; "Lee Krasner" - Hobbs No. 64, page 143 Sheet size: 12" x 18" Condition: In excellent condition Rare Notes: With centerfold as issued. Numbered on colophon page. Comes from the 1967 "In Memory of My Feelings: A Selection of Poems" book volume by Frank O'Hara with approx. 46 unbound original lithographs by various artists. Collaboration: Edward Katz (printing). The last image of the complete book is for reference/provenance; it is not included. This image Krasner contributed to "In Memory of My Feelings: A Selection of Poems" by Frank O'Hara, edited by Bill Berkson, for the Museum of Modern Art. The project was published in 1967 in memory of Frank O'Hara, poet and associate curator at the museum, who died in a tragic accident in 1966. Bill Berkson (with the assistance of Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery) selected the poems and (with advice from Robert Motherwell) asked the following artists to contribute: Nell Blaine, Norman Bluhm, Joe Branaird, John Buton, Giorgio Cavallon, Allan D'Arcangelo, Elaine de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Michael Goldberg, Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Al Held, Jasper Johns, Matsumi Kanemitsu, Alex Katz, Lee Krasner, Alfred Leslie, Roy Lichtenstein, Marisol, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Reuben Nakian, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, and Jane Wilson...

Artist: (after) Lee Krasner (American, 1908-1984) Title: "City Art Gallery (Bird Talk)" *Signed and dated by Krasner in the plate (printed signature) lower left Year: 1966 Medium: Or...

Artist: (after) Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Ellsworth Kelly: Ferus Gallery (Gate)" Year: 1966 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on cream wove paper Lim...

Artist: (after) Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Josef Albers: 25 Years of Graphic Work (Midnight and Noon VII)" Year: 1968 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition P...

Artist: (after) Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) Title: "Neue Nationalgalerie (Flowers)" Year: 1969 Medium: Original Linocut, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: ...

Artist: Lynn Chadwick (English, 1914-2003) Title: "Red and Black II" Series: Red and Black *Signed and dated by Chadwick in pencil lower right Year: 1963 Medium: Original Lithograph ...

Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Galerie Maeght" Year: 1964 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer...

Artist: (after) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "As I Opened Fire Poster (Triptych) (First Edition)" *Issued unsigned Year: 1966 (First editi...

Artist: (after) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "Neue Nationalgalerie (Compositions I)" Year: 1969 Medium: Original Linocut, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: likely Linol-Druck Berek, Berlin, Germany Publisher: Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany Framing: Recently framed in a contemporary dark brown wood moulding Framed size: 34.25" x 24.75" Sheet size: 33.07" x 23.5" Condition: Some light edge wear with a few minor tears at upper right edge. Some light foxmarks visible in white center. In otherwise very good condition with strong colors and full margins. As one of our gallery specialties, this is the rarest original vintage Lichtenstein poster we have ever acquired in nearly 50 years. Extremely rare. An important poster of Pop Art history Notes: Provenance: private collection - San Francisco, CA. Printed in two colors: green and black. Poster produced for a special exhibition of various artists' work "Sammlung 1968 Karl Ströher" at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany from February 29 - April 14, 1969. The image featured on this poster is a variation with added green color of Lichtenstein's 1964, 68.13" x 56.25", magna on canvas painting "Compositions I". This painting "Compositions I" was part of Karl Ströher's collection exhibited at the show. Within a sleeve lower center on verso, this artwork comes with its rare original accompanying exhibition catalog: over 200 pages with pictures of all of the 176 works of art exhibited at the show including "Compositions I", (No. 32). This monumental exhibition included the work by such artists as Jean Dubuffet, Yves Klein, Morris Louis, Piero Manzoni, Robert Matta...

Artist: (after) Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944) Title: "Musée des Arts Décoratifs (The Scream)" Year: 1969 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition ...

Artist: Pál Fried (Hungarian, 1893-1976) Title: "Intermission (Ballerina)" *Signed by Fried lower left Circa: 1940 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Recently framed in a gold Louis XV style frame Framed size: 39" x 33" Canvas size: 30" x 24" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Port Orange, FL; acquired from Herbert Arnot Gallery, New York, NY in the early 1970's. Titled by Fried on verso. The artist's copyright stamp and various reference number on verso. Biography: Pál Fried was born in Budapest in 1893. He received his art education at the Académie hongroise des arts (Hungarian Academy of Arts) where he was a pupil of Hugo Pohl who became one of his major influences. While under Pohl's direction, he executed many portraits of female nudes and Orientalist works. Later he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian, where he was the pupil of Claude Monet and Lucien Simone. In Paris, he was greatly influenced by the French Impressionists, especially Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Edgar Degas. This inspired him to prepare many paintings of ballerinas...

Artist: Unknown (European, Active Early - Mid 20th Century) (Orientalist School) Title: "City Street Scene, Damascus, Syria" *Signed illegibly lower left Circa: 1950 Medium: Original...

Artist: Jay Rosenblum (American, 1933-1989) Title: "Untitled #4" *Signed by Rosenblum in black marker upper left on verso Circa: 1969 Medium: Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas Fram...

Artist: (after) Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel (Prefatio)" Year: 1957 Medium: Original Relief Print (Letterpress), Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany Publisher: Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel, Kassel, Germany Sheet size: 24.75" x 17.63" Image size: 11.75" x 15.63" Condition: A few faint handling creases. Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition Extremely rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Nuremberg, Germany. Poster produced for a special exhibition of Albers' work "Early Pictures from the Twenties and New Works" at the Staatliche Werkkunstschule Kassel from May 28 - June 8, 1957. The image featured on this poster is Albers' 1942 lithograph edition "Prefatio", (Danilowitz No. 103, page 76), from his 1942 "Graphic Tectonics" series of 9 lithographs, (Danilowitz No. 100-108, page 74-79). Printer's imprint upper right. This is an extremely rare poster being if not the, one of the, earliest documented Josef Albers exhibition...

Artist: Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "Repeated Design" *Signed, dated, and numbered by Lichtenstein in pencil lower right Year: 1969 Medium: Original Lithograph on Arches paper Limited edition: HC, (a rare hors commerce impression aside from the standard edition of 100) Printer: Atelier Mourlot, New York, NY Publisher: The artist Lichtenstein himself, New York, NY Reference: "The Prints of Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonne 1948-1997" - Corlett No. 90, page 110; Bianchini (1971), Cat. No. 36; Zerner (1975), Cat No. 31 Framing: Framed in a contemporary silver metal frame with archival matting and plexiglass Frame size: 21.25" x 45.25" Sheet size: 16.82" x 40.75" Image size: 12.07" x 35.94" Condition: In mint condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Detroit, MI, acquired from an art gallery in New York, NY; likely private collection - New York, NY, acquired from DeLind Fine Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI retaining their original gallery label on verso. Printed in 2 colors: yellow and black. Collaboration: Michel Tabard (printing); Paul Valette (proofing). As Henri Zerner ((1975), 15) has indicated, this print is also known as "Modern Triptych...

Artist: Hendrik Paulides (Dutch, 1892-1967) Title: "Zittend Naakt (Seated Nude)" *Monogram signed and dated by Paulides in pencil lower left Year: 1958 Medium: Original Graphite Pencil Drawing on cream wove paper Framing: Recently exquisitely framed in a heavy gold Art Deco moulding...

Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Variant III" Portfolio: Ten Variants *Unsigned edition Year: 1967 Medium: Original Screenprint on Rives BFK paper Limited ed...

Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965) Title: "Unité, Planche 8" (Set of 2) Portfolio: Unité *Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is ...

Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Untitled (page 8, 9)" Portfolio: Derrière Le Miroir (No. 149) *Issued unsigned Year: 1964 Medium: Origina...

Artist: Gerald Leslie Brockhurst (English, 1890-1978) Title: "James McBey" *Signed by Brockhurst in pencil lower right. It is also signed, dated, and titled in the plate (printed si...

Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Arrived" Portfolio: Soft Edge - Hard Edge *Signed and dated by Albers in pencil lower right Year: 1965 Medium: Original Scre...

Artist: Sewell Sillman (American, 1924-1992) Title: "I-S #1" *Signed and dated by Sillman in pencil lower right Year: 1968 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded heavy white wove ...

Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Thaw" Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers *Issued unsigned Year: 1962 Medium: Original Screenprint on...

Artist: Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011) Title: "Sun Corner" Portfolio: The Metropolitan Scene *Signed, dated, and numbered by Frankenthaler (inscribed into the metal) lower right Year: 1968 Medium: Original Screenprint on core-filled, baked Aluminum Panel Limited edition: 17/50, (there were also 4 artist's proofs) Printer: Sheila Marbain of Maurel Studios, New York, NY Publisher: Tanglewood Press, New York, NY Reference: "Frankenthaler: A Catalogue Raisonné - Prints 1961-1994" - Harrison No. 12, page 90-91; Berggruen No. 13; Clark No. 13 Framing: Recently framed in a white maple moulding and conservation clear glass with frame-space. All archival Framed size: 37.38" x 37.38" Sheet size: 36.13" x 36.13" Image size: approx. 32" x 32" Condition: Faint crease upper right. Mild creasing lower right. Some light scuffmarks and scratches across sheet. In otherwise very good condition with strong colors Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Upton, MA. Comes from the 1968 "The Metropolitan Scene" portfolio of five screenprints by various artists. Printed in four colors from four screens: blue, orange-red, green, and yellow. This is the third screenprint edition Frankenthaler ever made. "The Metropolitan Scene", a portfolio of prints by Richard Anuszkiewicz, Helen Frankenthaler, Adolph Gottlieb, Nicholas Krushenick, Roy Lichtenstein, and George Segal, was commissioned for a traveling exhibition organized by the Education Department of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY. The museum received ten Roman-numbered copies for this purpose. Tanglewood Press then released all but Gottlieb's print in numbered editions of fifty. (Gottlieb's contract with Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, did not permit commercial release of his print by the publisher). "Air Frame" (cat. no. 6) was Frankenthaler's first silkscreen - a medium that Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, NY did not use, although it became increasingly popular for artists' prints, both in Europe and the United States, during the sixties. Several other silkscreens followed in the next few years: "Untitled" (cat no. 11), in 1967, and "Sun Corner" (cat. no. 12) by Tanglewood Press, New York, in 1968. - "What Red Lines Can Do" (cat. nos. 22-26) is a suite of silkscreens published by Multiples, Inc., at that time directed by Rosa Esman, in 1970. - (Harrison - page 19). Biography: Frankenthaler was an American abstract expressionist painter. She was a major contributor to the history of postwar American painting...

Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Tenuous" Portfolio: Homage to the Square: Ten Works by Josef Albers *Issued unsigned Year: 1962 Medium: Original Screenprint...

Artist: Otto Dix (German, 1891-1969) Title/Portfolio: "Das Evangelium nach Matthäus (The Gospel according to Matthew)" *Unsigned edition Year: 1960 Medium: The Complete Book Portfolio of 33 Original Lithographs on white smooth offset paper Limited edition: 1,366/2,000 Printer: Klibor, Berlin, Germany Publisher: Käthe Vogt Verlag, Berlin, Germany Reference: "Otto Dix: Das Graphische Werk" - Karsch No. 235-267, page 227-246 Overall book size: 11.75" x 9.38" Each sheet size: 11.38" x 9" Condition: Some light wear to outer dust jacket associated with age, otherwise the inside and all works are in excellent condition Rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Windhagen, Germany. Hand numbered in back. Printed in black from zinc plates. Book binding by Wübben & Co, cover and graphic design by Reinhart Braun both in Berlin, Germany. The complete 107 page book includes 33 original lithographs, 25 of which are are full page size, and text of the "Book of Matthew". The complete tirage is as follows: 1. 30 signed and numbered examples on Japan paper (37 prints, 4 extra states) 2. 2,000 book edition on white offset paper 2a. 1-100 in Saffiano Leather signed by Dix 2b. 101-400 bound in half-parchment signed by Dix 2c. 401-2,000 bound in linen unsigned (*Our example offered here.) The titles of the 33 works are "Abraham and Isaac", "Wise Men Visit the Christ Child", "Flight to Egypt", "Massacre of the Innocents in Bethlehem", "Baptism of Jesus", "The Temptation", "Calling of Peter", "Sermon on the Mount...

Artist: James Roy Hopkins (American, 1877-1969) Title: "Cynthia (with Cat)" *Monogram signed and dated by Hopkins lower right Year: 1937 Medium: Original Oil Painting on Canvas Framing: Recently framed in an Art Nouveau gold gesso moulding Framed size: 39.25" x 50.25" Canvas size: 34" x 45" Condition: In excellent condition. A large beautiful and well executed work. Notes: Provenance: private collection - Chicago, IL. Biography: James Roy Hopkins (1877-1969) was born in the rural farming community of Irwin, Ohio in 1877. His mother, Nettie Hopkins, painted with watercolors recreationally and encouraged her son’s artistic interests. Though he shared his mother's love of art, Hopkins initially entered Ohio State University in 1896 to study electrical engineering. However, he soon left and briefly enrolled in the Columbus School of Art before going to the Art Academy of Cincinnati where he studied with Frank Duveneck. In 1900, Hopkins moved to New York City and worked as a medical textbook illustrator. Two years later he made the pilgrimage to the art center of the western world at the time, Paris, France. While in Paris he improved his craft at the Académie Colarossi. Hopkins embraced Parisian life and socialized with and visited the studios of such great artists as Pierre...

Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965) Title: "Unité, Planche 19" (Set of 2) Portfolio: Unité *Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...

Artist: (after) Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997) Title: "Kunsthalle Bern (Hopeless)" Year: 1968 Medium: Original Screenprint, Exhibition Poster o...

Artist: David Thomas Robertson (Scottish, 1879-1952) Title: "Children Playing on the Beach" *Signed by Robertson lower left, (the signature is faded) Circa: 1935 Medium: Original Wat...

Artist: (after) Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) Title: "Untitled (Verve No. 29-30)" Portfolio: Verve: Suite de 180 Dessins de Picasso (Vol. V...

Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965) Title: "Unité, Planche 16" (Set of 2) Portfolio: Unité *Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...

Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965) Title: "Unité, Planche 15" (Set of 2) Portfolio: Unité *Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...

Artist: Alexander Calder (American, 1898-1976) Title: "Untitled (front cover)" Portfolio: Derrière le Miroir (No. 156) *Issued unsigned, though signed by Calder in the plate (printed signature) lower right Year: 1966 Medium: Original Lithograph on smooth wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Arte Adrien Maeght, Paris, France Publisher: Galerie Maeght, Paris, France Sheet size: 14.75" x 11" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Lithograph produced for the 1966 No. 156 "Derrière le Miroir" portfolio in conjunction with a special exhibition of Calder's work at Galerie Maeght, Paris, France in February of 1966 which featured 13 totems and 27 gouaches. The complete folio included a poem by Jacques Prévert and texts by Professor Meyer Schapiro, Alexander Calder, and Nicholas Guppy. Small spiral lithograph and text on verso as issued. In October 1945, the French art dealer Aimé Maeght opens his art gallery at 13 Rue de Téhéran in Paris. His beginning coincides with the end of Second World War and the return of a number of exiled artists back to France. The magazine Derriere Le Miroir was created in October 1946 and published without interruption until 1982. Maeght's ambition in establishing his print shop and his publication magazine Derriere Le Miroir was to make available to a broader audience less expensive printed imagery by the artists of his time, many whom were represented by his Paris gallery...

Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965) Title: "Unité, Planche 10" (Set of 2) Portfolio: Unité *Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is...

Artist: Byron Browne (American, 1907-1961) Title: "Seated Nude with Mirror" *Signed and dated by Browne in pencil lower right Year: 1957 Medium: Original Graphite Pencil Drawing on u...

Artist: Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923-2015) Title: "Galerie Maeght" Year: 1958 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: ...

Artist: Harry George Theaker (English, 1873-1954) Title: "Moors, Yorkshire, UK" *No signature found Circa: 1935 Medium: Original Watercolor on watercolor paper Sheet size: 9.75" x 13.75" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Corsham, UK. "GAC" and "H.G. Theaker" pencil inscribed upper left and center on verso. Biography: Born January-March 1873 in Wolstanton, Staffordshire. He was the son of George Theaker (1835-1902, born in Sheffield, Yorkshire), headmaster (principal) of the School of Art in Burslem from 1869-94 and designer for pottery. His younger brother, Charles Edmund (1875-1903) was an apprentice designer modeller and then a teacher at the Wedgwood Institute in Burslem around 1900. Harry George was an apprentice pottery decorator and then a teacher. He settled in London c.1900-05 and was in charge of design at the Polytechnic in Regent Street from about 1906 onwards, where he also taught courses in 'modelling from design'. Theaker remained at the Polytechnic and is listed in prospectuses as headmaster (principal) between 1931-2 and 1937-38. Theaker was also a successful illustrator, particularly of children's books. His first known published works date from about 1911, and most of his illustrations date from the 1920s and 1930s. Amongst the books he illustrated are 'The Ingoldsby Legends' by Sir Thomas Ingoldsby, London, 1911; 'Children's Stories from 'The Arabian Nights', by Rose Yeatman Woolf, 1914 (and later editions); 'The Adventures of Don Quixote', c.1920 and 1929; 'Gulliver's Travels', 1928; 'The Water Babies', 1930; 'Grimm's Fairy Tales', 1930; 'Stories of King Arthur', 1925 and 'Long, long ago: stories from the classics' both retold by Blanche Winder, the latter probably in the 1930s (see National Art Library catalogue...

Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965) Title: "Unité, Planche 3" (Set of 2) Portfolio: Unité *Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is ...

Artist: Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss-French, 1887-1965) Title: "Unité, Planche 5" (Set of 2) Portfolio: Unité *Signed by Le Corbusier in pencil lower right. It is ...