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"Eternal Problem" - 1924 Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Eternal Problem" - 1924 Etching on Paper
Etching on paper titled "Eternal Problem" by Elias M. Grossman (American, 1898-1947). A bearded rabbi is portrayed thinking with his hand p...
Category
1920s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
1971 The Tarahumara Indians - Figurative Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
1971 The Tarahumara Indians - Figurative Etching on Paper
Black and white etching of The Tarahumara Indians by Kelly English (American). The figures are outlined in thick black ink ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Art Deco Etching and Aquatint "Jeunesse" Original Signed by Louis Icart
By Louis Icart
Located in Soquel, CA
Art Deco Etching and Aquatint "Jeunesse" (Youth) Signed by Louis Icart
Iconic figurative of woman and horse titled "Jeunesse" (Youth) by famous Art Deco artist Louis Icart (French, ...
Category
1930s Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Aquatint
$1,424 Sale Price
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Mitate of a Daimyo's Procession Crossing Ryogoku Bridge - Woodblock Print
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Soquel, CA
Mitate of a Daimyo's Procession Crossing Ryogoku Bridge - Woodblock Print
Woodblock print of a procession by Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848). Terrific triptych of a procession of...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
"Toy Horse Dance" Japanese Woodblock Triptych with Beauties and Mt Fuji
Located in Soquel, CA
"Toy Horse Dance" Japanese Woodblock Triptych with Beauties and Mt Fuji
Vibrant three-panel woodblock print by Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese,...
Category
Early 20th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
The Hunter, Mid-Century Photo Realist Drypoint Etching Portrait, Limited Edition
By Gilbert Schoenbrod
Located in Soquel, CA
An incredible photo-realist drypoint etching of a Native American man by Gilbert Adam Shoenbrod (American, 1903-1996), 1937. Titled "The Hunter", this hyper detailed portrait depicts...
Category
1930s Photorealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Male Figurative Study - Original Lithograph on Paper
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
Male Figurative Study - Original Lithograph on Paper
Original lithograph on paper depicting a male nude in pose. The male figure is depicted sitting, ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"Study 6" - 1975 Figurative Lithograph on Paper
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
"Study 6" - 1975 Figurative Lithograph on Paper
Abstract figurative lithograph by Jim Smyth (American, b. 1938). The nude figure is seen with one hand above her head, holding a cloth, as she gazes down.
Numbered, titled, signed and dated along bottom. "5/12", "Study 6", "Smyth 75."
Presented in a brown mat.
Mat: 16"H x 12"W
Paper: 10 1/2"H x 8"W
Image:9 1/4"H x 6 1/2"W
Jim Smyth has studied at the Academia de Belle Arti in Fiorenza, Italy, Ecole des BeauxArts in Geneva, New York Academy, and the Art Students League. He is also a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Fine Art.
Although academically trained, Smyth practices and teaches a more impressionistic style of painting, focusing on the Alla Prima technique.
He is particularly knowledgeable about drawing, perspective, color theory and the human figure, his passion. Smyth, with extensive academic knowledge, has a profound love of all human representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil painting and pastels.
When not in Provence, or Southeastern France, Smyth teaches intensely in art schools, art centers and several colleges in the Bay Area. He is a beloved instructor and his classes fill in quickly as he is very knowledgeable.
On his return to the United States, he began studying with Mr. Alanson Appleton at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. Smyth was a founding member of the Appletree Etchers, Inc., an etching print shop organized by Mr. Appleton and his students to develop and promote color intaglio. Smyth served as Master Printer at the studio for many years perfecting the techniques of intaglio and developing the color theories of Mr. Appleton as applied to the deeply etched plate.
Smyth received his degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972 and holds the California Community College Certificate and an Adult Education Certificate. Smyth was invited to teach "Anatomy for Artists" at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, as a result of his many years of dissection of the cadaver and developed the course of study of Perspective for the college. During this period, he began teaching Life Drawing at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California. During the following thirty years Smyth has taught an average of twelve classes per week at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, the Palo Alto Art Center and the Burlingame Recreation Department among others in all phases of drawing and painting. He has conducted many workshops for the California Academy of Painters in many aspects of drawing and painting. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor of Drawing at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. He is an authority on the materials of painting and drawing, techniques of traditional drawing and painting, color theory, perspective and anatomy for artists. In his career in Life Drawing, Smyth has made over two hundred thousand drawings from the model.
In addition to studies at Berkeley, Smyth has studied at the College of San Mateo, Foothill College, De Anza College, Mission College, and West Valley College, all in California. One of the pivotal points in his career was studying with Mr. Maynard Dixon Stewart at the University of San Jose, California. He spent a year at the New York Academy of Art where he was offered a full scholarship and at the Art Students League of New York. He concurrently attended classes at the National Academy of Design in New York. Among others, Smyth studied with M. Andrejivec, Ted Schmidt, Elliot Goldfinger, Gary Fagin, Ted Jacobs, Leo Neufeld...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching, Lithograph
"Dodge Rebellion Girls" - 1967 Original Silkscreen on Paper Artists Proof
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
"Dodge Rebellion Girls" - 1967 Silkscreen on Paper
1967 color silkscreen depicting the Dodge Rebellion Girls by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947). A silhouette of the 'dodge gi...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Screen
Visage - 1974 Original Monoprint Lithograph on Paper
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Visage - 1974 Original Lithograph on Paper
Original 1974 Lithograph depicting an abstracted mans face by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Black ink is used to out...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Vintage Etching Inspired by Movie "Twilight’s Last Gleaming"
By Claudette McElroy
Located in Soquel, CA
"Twilights Last Gleaming" - Vintage 1980's Etching
Vintage etching depicting the characters from the 1977 movie "Twilights Last Gleaming" by Claudett...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Located in Soquel, CA
Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print
Bright woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). In this scene, two dancers with swords and fans are facing each other, in the center of a courtyard. There are spectators surrounding them, including nobles in black clothing on a balcony.
Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 16"H x 20"W
Paper size: 9.63"H x 14.5W"
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858, sometimes called Ando Hiroshige) was the second of the two great masters of the Japanese landscape woodblock print...
Category
1830s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Kiyomizu Temple, Scenes of Famous Places along Tôkaidô Road - Woodblock on Paper
By Utagawa Hiroshige II
Located in Soquel, CA
Kiyomizu Temple, Scenes of Famous Places along Tôkaidô Road - Woodblock on Paper
Full Title:
Kyoto: Kiyomizu Temple (Kyô Kiyomizudera), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along...
Category
1860s Edo Landscape Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Japanese Artisans - Silk Dying -Japanese Woodblock Print
By Tosa Mitsuyoshi
Located in Soquel, CA
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...
Category
1920s Edo Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Soquel, CA
3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph
Three panel hand colored woodcut lithograph from Nanso Satomi hakkenden, Tale of the Eight Dogs...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Space And Space" - 1988 Offset Lithograph on Paper
By Susumu ENDO
Located in Soquel, CA
"Space And Space" - 1988 Offset Lithograph on Paper
Offset lithograph titled "Space and Space" by Susumu Endo (Japanese, B- 1933). Two bottles are depicte...
Category
1980s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"Reflecting Thoughts About Remembering" - Monoprint on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Reflecting Thoughts About Remembering" - Monoprint on Paper
Sepia colored monoprint of a male figure "reflecting and remembering." A nude male figure sits with his head facing down...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Oil, Laid Paper
The Pilgrimage Procession to Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa in the Eastern Capital
By Kuniyasu
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Parade - Woodblock Print
Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyasu (歌川 国安) (Japan, 1794–1832). Japanese women, dressed in blue and red kimonos, are the focal point. A vi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Various Himochi" Wagashi Festival Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni
By Utagawa Toyokuni
Located in Soquel, CA
"Various Himochi" Wagashi Festival Japanese Woodblock Print by Utagawa Toyokuni
Rare oversized early 19th century 5-tiered woodblock by Utagawa Ichiyosai Toyokuni, (Japan, 1769-1825), a Japanese lord and wife oversee a sekku festival of food, music, and dolls or toys. '"oshi" is the first day of “Mi (Snake)” in the third month of the lunar calendar. This day, known in modern Japan as the Girls' Festival, originated in China as a form of purification ceremony in which water and drinking peach blossom wine were used to drive away evil. Many kinds of hishi-mochi appear in this picture of hina ningyo (dolls associated with Hinamatsuri, or the Girl’s Day) from Omochae.
The custom of eating special dishes at events throughout the year and at milestones in people's lives has existed since ancient times. This paragraph specifically focuses on the annual event called sekku, and life events that involve eating sweets. Joshi is the first day of “Mi (Snake)” in the third month of the lunar calendar. This day, known in modern Japan as the Girls' Festival, originated in China as a form of purification ceremony in which water and drinking peach blossom wine were used to drive away evil. According to the Keiso saijiki, in ancient China, on the third day of the third lunar month, people ate “ryuzetsuhan,” which is the juice of gogyo (Jersey cudweed) mixed with rice flour and nectar. In Japan, there is a record in the Heian period history book Nihon Montoku tenno jitsuroku [839-5] that it was an annual event to make kusamochi using gogyo on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, which may have been influenced by Chinese customs.
The tradition of eating kusamochi on the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar continued after that. By the Edo period, however, hishimochi had come to be used as a sweet to serve on the third day of the third month. A picture of a hishimochi is included in the Morisada manko , which we mentioned in Part 1. According to it, hishimochi in the Edo period were often three layers of green-white-green instead of the now common red-white-green. However, it is possible to see from our collection that not all hishimochi were made in this way. Omochae published in 1857, is a good example. Omochae is a type of ukiyoe print...
Category
1820s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
"First Horse Day, 1896" - Chiyoda Palace - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu
By Toyohara Chikanobu
Located in Soquel, CA
"First Horse Day, 1896" - Chiyoda Palace - Japanese Woodblock by Chikanobu Yoshu
Colorful and expressive court scne by Toyohara Chikanobu,"Yoshu" (Japanese, 1838-1912).
This is the r...
Category
1890s French School Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Antique Lithograph Shakespeare's "The Taming Of The Shrew" Character Petruchio
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Smoker" After Shakespeare's "The Taming Of The Shrew" Petruchio - Antique Lithograph
Lithograph titled "The Smoker," after the character ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Tonalist Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
Passages - A Suite of 16 Prints by Patricia Pearce and other artists
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Passages - A Suite of 16 Prints by Patricia Pearce and other artists
A set of lithographs by College of San Mateo class of 1992, instructed by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b 1948). Each print is on laid paper, meaning they all have ragged edges. Presented in a black folio with title sheet, table of contents, and ties. Includes protective tissue paper dividers between each piece.
Each piece is numbered, titled, and signed by the artist.
Patricia Pearce is a California artist who attended San Francisco State and UC Irvine and is the adjunct Professor of Fine Art at the College of San Mateo. Her early work on paper explored images of garments using various printmaking techniques. Later, she began to work mainly in collagraph and monotype prints creating singular images of kimonos and ribbons in her subtle shifting, subdued pieces are constructed in a three-step process. Awards include Grade Prize, 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama Japan; Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation. Collections: Nieman Marcus, San Francisco; Wells Fargo, San Francisco Exhibitions: Montalvo, California Center for the Arts; Pacific Prints, Palo Alto.
Other artists in the collection include:
Tom Attix
Donna Catalini
I. Colon
Nancy Conner
Judith Gaulke (American, b. 1946) is originally from Hood River, Oregon. Gaulke has been working in oils on canvas most of her life, painting seriously since 1988 when she had her first showing, then her first gallery representation in 1990. She is attracted to lone objects and scenes not yet populated — table settings, chairs, boats — all interpreted to give the viewer a sense of calm. Gaulke now resides in Atherton, California with her husband Michael. Together they created the Michael and Judith Gaulke Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University, an endowment for the College of Engineering.
Exhibitions:
“Varied Visions” - Main House at Holbrook-Palmer Park, Atherton, CA - 1998
Solo Show - Wente Vineyards, Livermore, CA - 1998
Atherton Arts Foundation Show - Jennings Pavilion, Holbrook-Palmer Park, Atherton, CA - 2006, 2009-2011
Pacific Art League 95th Anniversary Exhibition - Palo Alto, CA - 2016
Betty Gong
M. A. Gothan
Gretel Hadland
Tokuko Ikeda
Michelle P. Kern (American, 20th C) has lived and worked in Northern California all her life. Educated in art in the Bay Area, she has worked in art and arts education for several decades. She has a BFA and MFA in Ceramics from California College of the Arts. Kern has taught ceramics for the College of San Mateo since 2006. She has also taught for the Summer Enrichment Program for California College of the Arts, the Richmond Art Center, the California State Summer School for the arts, and for the summer program for the Crystal Springs Uplands School. Kern was the recipient of the Ernie Kim...
Category
1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Lithograph
Time And Space - Black and White Lithograph On Paper
By I. Colon
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking abstract expressionist lithograph by I. Colon (20th Century). An open hand with a baby in the palm is the focal point with objects, including a spaceship, an eye and doodles...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Mid-Century Derrière le Miroir Lithograph by Alexander Calder
By Alexander Calder
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid-Century Derrière le Miroir Lithograph by Alexander Calder
Vintage 1960's Alexander Calder double-page Lithograph, unsigned, part of portfolio "Derriere le Miroir". Published by:...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
$840 Sale Price
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Kimono Applique with Mulberry Paper
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Collagraph layered with mulberry paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948).
Unsigned but acquired in a portfolio of artist's work.
Presented in a new white mat.
Mat size: 3...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mulberry Paper, Lithograph
$680 Sale Price
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"For Each That You Take" - Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"For Each That You Take" - Etching on Paper
Abstract expressionist etching depicting a human-like tree as the focal point, with a figure sittin...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Located in Soquel, CA
Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Delicate hand-colored lithograph of Rue de la Paix Palace in Paris, France printed by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887). Published, Paris 1843 to 1867 by Hautecoeur Freres (Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur (French). After Charles Riviere...
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Mid-19th Century Romantic Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"The Blatant Mortal Sin" - Satirical French Illustration
By Gaston Hoffmann
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Blatant Mortal Sin" - Satirical French Illustration
Satirical French Lithograph titled "Le Péché Mortel Flagrant" meaning "The Blatant Mortal Sin" by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$680 Sale Price
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"Sister Water" - St Francis of Assisi Linocut
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sister Water" - St Francis of Assisi Linocut
Wood Black pring of St Francis by Italian artist (printer of Assisi) Gastone Vignati (Italian, 20C)...
Category
1990s Baroque Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Linocut
$316 Sale Price
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"King Pin" Pointillist Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"King Pin" Pointillist Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Detailed lithograph of a king on a bench by E.B. Rothewell (American, 1926-2011). A stylized portrait of a king, seated on a large bench. He is looking upwards, with a somewhat dejected expression, hands near his mouth. This piece is completely made from small dots (stippling) giving the subject the feel of a fantasy illustration...
Category
Late 20th Century Pointillist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"Oriental Flowers" - Figurative Etching and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
"Oriental Flowers" - Figurative Etching and Watercolor
Figurative etching and watercolor of four men sitting, wearing coats and berets by San Francisco artist Margaret (Maggi) McEll...
Category
Early 2000s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Etching
Mid Century French Color Lithograph "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th Century color linocut of abstracted man with leaves titled "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage) by French artist Jean Lucat (French, 1892 - 1966), circa 1950....
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Linocut
"Fifty Years Later" - Linocut Print on Paper 1/10
Located in Soquel, CA
"Fifty Years Later" - Linocut Print on Paper 1/10
A silhouetted image of a person's profile dropping their ballot into a voting box. The simple shapes, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
"Nativity" Modernist Landscape Screen Print in Ink on Paper -
Located in Soquel, CA
"Nativity" Modernist Landscape Screenprint in Ink on Paper
Whimsical modern landscape silkscreen print of the nativity scene by San Francisco, C...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Printer's Ink, Screen
$452 Sale Price
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"Not True: Good Accounts Make Good Friends" Satirical French Illustration
By Gaston Hoffmann
Located in Soquel, CA
"Not True, Good Accounts Make Good Friends" Satirical French Illustration
Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1977) titled "Ce n'est pas vrai, les bons comptes fon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Satirical French Illustration of Man and Woman
By Gaston Hoffmann
Located in Soquel, CA
Satirical French Illustration of Man and Woman
Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1967) titled "un bon tien vant amieux que deux tu l'auras" in French, "one real ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
White Lotus Lithograph
By Hoi Lebadang
Located in Soquel, CA
White Lotus Lithograph
A limited edition lithograph by listed artist Hoi Lebadang, (Vietnamese/French, 1922 – 2015). This print displays an ethereal lotus flower to center, known to ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
$1,240 Sale Price
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"Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper - Signed
By Gordon Cope
Located in Soquel, CA
"Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco" Multi Layer Screen Print on Paper - Signed
Rare and bold Screen Print (Silk Screen) of Fisherman's Wharf 1957 by Gordon Cope (American, 1906-1999). Several boats are docked at Fisherman's Wharf, with buildings directly behind them. In the distance, the hills of San Francisco can be seen meeting a pale blue sky. Of particular note is the skillful representation of the reflections of the boats in the water, and the clever use of grey paper as negative space.
Numbered and titled in pencil in the lower left corner "22/100 Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco"
Hand signed and dated in pencil in the lower right corner "Gordon Cope 1957"
Titled, signed, and dated "in plate"
Presented in a silver colored frame with a double mat.
Frame size: 22.5"H x 27"W
Image size: 15"H x 20"W
Gordon N. Cope (American, 1906-1999) was an educator and painter. Trained in Utah and France, he exhibited his landscape paintings and portraits in the United States and Europe, and he believed music was related to painting.
Cope was born on May 14, 1906, in Salt Lake City. He was trained by Utahn artists LeConte Stewart and Lawrence Squires, and at the Académie Julian in Paris, France in 1928. He also studied singing at the Opéra-Comique.
Cope taught art at Latter-day Saints University, and he served as the chair of its Department of Art in 1930–1931. He taught at the Mountain School of Art from 1932 to 1938, and he was the director of the Art Barn School in Salt Lake City in 1939–1941. Cope painted Utahn landscapes as well as a portrait of Henry H. Blood, who served as the seventh governor of Utah from 1933 to 1941. Cope exhibited his work in the United States and Europe. According to the Deseret News, Cope "felt that music and painting are closely interrelated, and that the study of one form may be used to complement the appreciation and understanding of the other."
Cope died on June 10, 1999, in San Francisco, California.
Gordon Nicholson Cope studied with well-known Utah artists A.B. Wright and LeConte Stewart, and became recognized as a major Utah artist of the Great Depression. Cope was born in Salt Lake City in 1906 and spent much of his life in Utah.
Cope gained much of his artistic training from diverse environments and influences. Following his training with the previously mentioned artists, Cope spent the next year, 1924, working with Lawrence Squires in Arizona. To expand his knowledge and training, Cope traveled to Europe, where he studied the "old masters" such as Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael. From 1924 to 1928, Cope studied in England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland, and worked for a year at the Acadamie Julian, where many early Utah artists...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Screen
$1,320 Sale Price
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"Gertrude" - Eleven Color Woodcut on Laid Rice Paper 2/45
Located in Soquel, CA
"Gertrude" - Eleven Color Woodcut on Laid Rice Paper 2/45
Portrait of a woman by artist, Dan Miller (American, b. 1928) made by layers of color in woodcuts in Miller's signature sty...
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Laid Paper, Woodcut
"Alter Ego" - Original Watercolor Hand-Painted Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Alter Ego" - Original Watercolor Hand-Painted Etching on Paper - 35/120 Edition Variable
In this highly detailed hand painted etching, artist Claus Sievert (American, 1949-2009) depicts a clown gazing into a handheld brass mirror holding a mask with matching face paint. The clown sits in what appears to be a dressing room surrounded with various costumes. This etching is uniquely hand painted in watercolor and gouache. The clown's eyes are hand drawn with added details throughout the face and hair.
Signed, numbered, and titled along the bottom edge of paper, "35/120 E.V. "Alter Ego" Claus Sievert"
Presented in a new white mat with foam core backing.
Mat size: 24"H x 20"W
Paper size: 18.38"H x 15"W
Image,
Claus Sievert, (American, 1949–2009) nicknamed “The Tree Guy," was a German-born American printmaker and illustrator, who studied etching in an art college in Brunswick, Germany, in 1971. He began his career as an art teacher in Germany, teaching printmaking, art history, advertising design, and visual communication, and became a full-time artist in 1981.
Sievert created limited-edition etchings from copper plates and a hand-turned press which he then individually hand-colored.
Sievert’s work won awards, illustrated a children’s book by Leo Tolstoy, was commissioned by the Sierra Club and Golden Gate National Recreation Area to illustrate their publications, and he had his images published in several calendars. He was known for his prints highlighting forms and the beauty of nature. His art was also featured in Ansel Adams Gallery, Muir Woods...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Etching
Gerry Mulligan, Baritone Sax - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Gerry Mulligan, Baritone Sax - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Gerry Mulligan sits on a stool holding his ba...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Colorful Cat Face - Transfer Monotype in Water Based Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful Cat Face - Transfer Monotype in Water Based Ink on Paper
Original transfer monotype painting by California artist Heather Speck (American, 20th...
Category
1990s Fauvist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Monotype, Ink
Crow and Man - Abstracted Etching in Ink on Paper
By Claudette McElroy
Located in Soquel, CA
Crow and Man - Abstracted Etching in Ink on Paper
Bold, slightly abstracted etching of a crow and a man by Claudette M. McElroy (American, b. 1943). A man stands to the right side o...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
Abstract portrait of a Woman Finely Detailed Collotype on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract portrait of a Woman Finely Detailed Collotype on paper
Finely detailed abstract collotype of a woman by Heather Speck a San Francisco. Californi...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching, Oil, Gouache
Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Finely Detailed Collotype on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Finely Detailed Collotype on paper
Finely detailed etching or collotype of a complicated fine line drawing o...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
Finely Detailed Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Collotype on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely Detailed Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Collotype on paper
Finely detailed etching or collotype of a complicated fine line drawing o...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
Elegant Amusements of Eastern Genji - Japanese Triptych Woodblock Print on Paper
By Utagawa Kunisada (Toyokuni III)
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant Amusements of Eastern Genji - Japanese Triptych Woodblock Print on Paper
Dynamic woodblock print with several elegantly dressed figures by Utag...
Category
1850s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
The Four Seasons: Spring Japanese Woodblock Triptych ink on Paper Tales of Genji
Located in Soquel, CA
The Four Seasons: Spring - Japanese Woodblock Triptych in Ink on Paper
Colorful kabuki scene by Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, active 1818-18...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
The Faceless, Unforgettable Three - Modernist Color Lithograph (5/100)
By Simon Avissar
Located in Soquel, CA
The Faceless, Unforgettable Three - Modernist Color Lithograph (5/100)
Three faceless figures, created by Simon Avissar (Israeli, 1938-2020), in a cool, muted color palette of purple and teal, layered against a speckled background with a sense of light surrounding them.
Presented in a new taupe-colored mat.
Mat size: 30"H x 24"W
Paper size: 25.5"H x 19"W
Avissar, Simon (Israeli, 1938-2020) is a Postwar & Contemporary painter born in Casablanca. As a tireless nomad, he exhibited for the first time in 1961, in Jaffa, where he lived and worked for some time. He then moved to Paris, settling into a studio in Montparnasse and began with an exhibition of his work at the Galerie Charpentier in 1964, and after exhibited at Abel Rambert, the Galerie de l’Elysée, and the Galerie Bénézit in the 14 years he lived there. He then moved to the United States, including Washington, New York, and Lose Angeles, while continuing to travel to South America, Australia, and South Africa, exhibiting in many places he visited. His work integrates the contributions of the avant-garde with cubist simplification, chromatic audacity, and abstract geometry.
Education
1959-1960 School of Arts Appliques, Paris, France
1959-1961 L'Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1962-1963 Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem
Awards
1964 The French Ambassador’s Special Award
Environmental Sculptures...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Printer's Ink
Hugh Masekela, The Father of South African Jazz - Signed Lithograph Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Hugh Masekela, The Father of South African Jazz - Signed Lithograph Ink on Paper
Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Rendered in a s...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Boulevard du Temple, Paris, France - Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Boulevard du Temple, Paris, France - Hand Colored Lithograph
Detailed lithograph of a Paris street scene by Louis Valentin Emile de La Tramblais (French, 1821-1892). This piece is f...
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Hyde Park on Sunday" - Hand Colored Etching from "Old and New London"
Located in Soquel, CA
"Hyde Park on Sunday" - Hand Colored Etching from "Old and New London"
Detailed etching of a typical Sunday in Hyde Park around 1800 after an etching by Ed...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Located in Soquel, CA
Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph
Delicate hand-colored lithograph of Tuileries Palace in Paris, France printed by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887). Published, Paris 1843 to 1867 by Hautecoeur Freres (Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur (French). After Charles Riviere...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Scribe and Personal Assistant to the Shogun - Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Scribe and Personal Assistant to the Shogun - Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Detailed woodblock print by an unknown artist, In the style of Suzuki Harunobu. There are two women i...
Category
19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Actor Arashi Rikan II as Aburaya Yohei - Figurative Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Actor Arashi Rikan II as Aburaya Yohei - Figurative Woodblock Print on Paper
Woodblock print of kabuki actor by Shunbaisai Hokuei (Japanes...
Category
1830s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Courtesans at Yoshiwara Edomachi - Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
By Utagawa Yoshiiku
Located in Soquel, CA
Courtesan at Yoshiwara Edomachi - Figurative Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Full color woodcut print of two women in elaborate gowns by Utagawa Yoshiiku (Ochiai Yoshiiku) (Japanese, 1833-1904). Two women are dressed in colorful robes with crossed arms. They are underneath a plum blossom tree in bloom, at night. In the background there is a building with many rooms. Valuable polychrome woodblock print of vertical large oban (大判) format made by Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川芳幾), the famous artist also known as Ochiai Yoshiiku (落合芳幾), and depicting the courtesan Shizuka (しづか), of the house of pleasure Matsumotoro (松本楼), together with her young kamuro (禿) assistant. The couple is escorted by a kanabohiki (金棒引き) watchman holding a lantern and a metal rod with rings to make noise and alert the crowd.
The work, produced in August 1869 by the publisher Tsunajima Kamekichi (綱島亀吉), is taken from the “Twelve Months of Yoshiwara” (よし原十二ヶ月のうち), an elegant series of prints dedicated to the famous red light district of Edo (江戸), and is paired with the “month of leaves” Hazuki (葉月), that is August.
Ochiai Yoshiiku (Japanese, 1833-1904) was an ukiyo-e artist from the end of the Edo Period to the Meiji Period. He has created works which are essential to the history of ukiyo-e, such as“Twenty-eight Famous Murders with Verse”, a series of chimidoro-e (bloody paintings) which Yoshiiku and Tsukioka Yoshitoshi collaborated together, and “Shimbun (newspaper) Nishiki-e” that illustrated Meiji news articles with ukiyo-e.
Born the son of teahouse proprietor Asakusa Tamichi in 1833, Yoshiiku became a student of ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi toward the end of the 1840s. His earliest known work dates to 1852 when he provided the backgrounds to some actor prints by his master.
Yoshiiku's earliest works were portraits of actors (yakusha-e), beauties (bijin-ga), and warriors (musha-e). He later followed Kuniyoshi into making satirical and humorous pieces, and became the leading name in the field after Kuniyosh's death in 1861. He illustrated the Tokyo Nichi Nichi...
Category
1860s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Birmingham School Girl" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Birmingham School Girl" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Rendered in a semi-abstracted style, a young, black school girl is distressed and crying on her knees with her books and lunch in hand.
Titled, numbered, dated, and signed along the bottom edge: "Birmingham school girl litho #4 May 1963 Eugene Hawkins, Legend 412"
Presented in a new black mat.
Mat size: 18"H x 14"W
Image size: 11.25"H x 8.75"W
Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933) is a BIPOC artist...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"And Search for Peace" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"And Search for Peace" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Rendered in a semi-abstracted style, a young, black boy holds out his arm for a dove, the symbol of peace to land.
Titled, numbered, dated, and signed along the bottom edge: "and search for peace litho #22/50 Jan 64 Eugene Hawkins, Legend #412"
Presented in a new black mat.
Mat size: 18"H x 14"W
Image size: 11"H x 8.75"W
Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933) is a BIPOC artist...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
John F. Kennedy, Jr. Salutes His Father, the President - Rare Signed Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"From John to John" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Rendered in a semi-abstracted style, depicting John F. Kennedy, Jr. saluting his father.
Titled, numbered, dated, and signed along the bottom edge: "From John to John litho #46/50 Jan 64 Eugene Hawkins, Legend #412"
Presented in a new black mat.
Mat size: 20"H x 16"W
Image size: 15"H x 11"W
Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933) is a BIPOC artist...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Study of Utagawa Hiroshige's "View of Hara-Juku" 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road
By Utagawa Hiroshige
Located in Soquel, CA
Study of Utagawa Hiroshige's "View of Hara-Juku" 53 Stations of the Tokaido Road
Hand painted study of Utagawa Hiroshige's "View of Hara-Juku", (by unknown artist), from "53 Station...
Category
1920s Edo Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
