About Stone and Press Gallery
Stone & Press features fine prints and drawings, especially American works of the early 20th Century along with contemporary images by master printmakers of today. We invite clients to view our collection on our website or by appointment. As members of the International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA), we participated in the New York Print Fair for 14 years. We researched and published the catalogue raisonne’ on both Frederick Mershimer and Jackson Lee Nesbitt. We collaborated with Carol Wax to curate the exhibition "Classical and Contemporary Mezzotints" at the ...Read More
Established in 19881stDibs seller since 2018
Associations
International Fine Print Dealers Association
Featured Pieces
Confident (profile of sensual young woman with wisps of hair on her neck)
By Mikio Watanabe
Located in New Orleans, LA
Mikio Watanabe created "Confident", a side view of a sensuous female nude, exclusively for Stone and Press Gallery. The 2004 black and white mezzotint was issued in an edition of on...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Mardi Gras 1980 New Orleans (playful forms cavorting in the carnival fun)
By Robert Gordy
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Mardi Gras 1980, New Orleans", shows playful forms cavorting in the carnival celebration. It is signed in the lower left, and stamped/numbered "671/850" in the lower right corner. ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Trim Fit (Deconstructed Singer machine gives both steel and silk equal weight)
By Carol Wax
Located in New Orleans, LA
Carol Wax deconstructs a Singer sewing machine in this mezzotint created in an edition of 75. The image gives equal weight to the steel of the machine and the silk of the fabric. It...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Swing (The swing of the bat from #27 a right handed hitter. Play Baseball!
By Art Werger
Located in New Orleans, LA
Play Ball! No. 27 unleashes a mighty swing at the ball. Both umpire and catcher are in their huddled crouch. "Swing" is an exclusive publication of Stone and Press Gallery by Art We...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Attraction 5 (Six men gaze rightward. 1 points upwards in landscape in turmoil)
By Maurice Pasternak
Located in New Orleans, LA
Maurice Pasternak created "Attraction 5", a mezzotint in an edition of 80 that depicts 6 men clearly attracted to something that appears outside the plane of the image. The men seem...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Untitled 2 - Abstract Squares on Red Background
Located in New Orleans, LA
Self taught outsider art by African American artist from New Orleans with work in major museum and private collections. White created a bold c...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Animal Paintings
Materials
Foam Board, Felt Pen
Exit (Dappled sunlight in an ancient stairway leads to an uncertain end.)
By Jukka Vanttinen
Located in New Orleans, LA
Finns always seek the solace of nature. Is this mysterious stairway an escape from the challenges of civilization? Vanttinen created this mezzotint in an edition of 100 and it is tit...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Interior Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Sanctuary
Located in New Orleans, LA
This etching is #2 out of an edition of 10
Category
2010s Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Etching
Fire Dance (Flambeaux carriers light the path of Endymion parade in New Orleans)
By Frederick Mershimer
Located in New Orleans, LA
This impression is #108.
Mershimer created a color mezzotint of the Mardi Gras scene in mid-city New Orleans. The parade was the Endymion crew marching on Canal Street near Jefferson...
Category
1990s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Houses and Church on the French Countryside (quaint village scene)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A rare color lithograph by late French artist, Éliane Thiollier. Edition of 275, certificate of authentication is provided. Minor acid staining from the old mat.
Éliane Thiollier s...
Category
1950s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
10th Anniversary New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Poster - 1979
Located in New Orleans, LA
10th Anniversary New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Poster, 1979
by John Martinez
Fifth in the series by John Martinez. The grand marshal returns for the Jazz Festival's 10th anniversary; as does the "cut paper" technique first seen in the 1977 poster...
Category
1970s Contemporary More Prints
Materials
Screen
Bambalina (Are ornaments, decorations mere backdrop for true Christmas story)
By Francisco Souto
Located in New Orleans, LA
Souto named this image Bambalina (backstage). It is an exclusive publication of Stone and Press Gallery.
Francisco Souto was born in Venezuela. He received a BFA from Herron Schoo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
