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The Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands.
Located in New York, NY
Original color lithograph. Honolulu. Hawaiian Pineapple Company, 1950.
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1950s Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Veduta del Ponte e Castello Sant' Angelo
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in New York, NY
Castello Sant Angelo from "Vedute di Roma" by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
2nd Roman state, 1754. Etching on laid paper with a watermark of a Fleur-de-Lys in a double circle with CB a...
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1750s Landscape Prints
Materials
Laid Paper
Revillon Freres: Woman in a Draped Fur Coat
By Reynaldo Luza
Located in New York, NY
Original lithograph, produced as part of a portfolio of images by Reynaldo Luza for the Parisian fur house, Revillon Freres. Paris, Draeger for Revillo...
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1920s Figurative Prints
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Paper
"Condottiere: Gold Fashion Illustration
By Edouard Garcia Benito
Located in New York, NY
Benito, Eduardo Garcia.
La Derniere Lettre Persane.
This plate: Condottiere.
Paris, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1920.
Original pochoir print.
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1920s Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Ski Fashion Lithograph
By Maurice Taquoy
Located in New York, NY
Original lithograph, hand-colored at publication from "La Guirlande, album mensuel d'art et de litterature." Paris, M. Francois Bernouard, ca. 1921.
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1920s Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Silky Terrier Painting
Located in New York, NY
Original gouache, probably Belgian for matchbox covers. Mid-20th Century.
Category
Mid-20th Century Animal Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Gold Woman Wearing White Fur Coat
By Reynaldo Luza
Located in New York, NY
Luza, Reynaldo.
Trade Catalogue.
This plate: Woman in gold wearing white, striped fur coat with large collar, on black background.
Paris, Draeger for Revi...
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1920s Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Annie, Gwen, Lilly, Pam and Tulip by Jamaica Kincaid
By Eric Fischl
Located in New York, NY
FISCHL, Eric. Annie, Gwen, Lilly, Pam and Tulip. By Jamaica Kincaid. 14 pp. Illustrated with 9 original lithographs by Fischl. Folio, bound in publisher's black cloth with embos...
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1980s More Art
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Paper
Poems of W.B. Yeats.
By Richard Diebenkorn
Located in New York, NY
DIEBENKORN, Richard. Poems of W.B. Yeats. Selected and introduced by Helen Vendler. xxv, [3], 171, [2] pp. 4to, 260 x 205 mm, bound in half red morocco over green cloth, in a gre...
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1990s More Art
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Paper
Tout Pres de Marino.
By Marino Marini
Located in New York, NY
MARINI, Marino. Tout Pres de Marino. Text by Egle Marini. Illustrated with 10 original etchings by Marini. Atlas folio, loose as issued in wrappers and cloth folding box. Paris:...
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1970s More Art
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Paper
Shadows.
By Carroll Dunham
Located in New York, NY
DUNHAM, Carroll. Shadows. Ten original full sheet drypoints, with justification, title- leaf, and tissue interleaves. Oblong folio, 350 x 584 mm, the whole enclosed in publisher's...
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1980s More Art
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Paper
Intimite.
By Boris Grigoriev
Located in New York, NY
GRIGORIEW, Boris. Intimite. 88 pp. Illustrated with mounted colour frontispiece and numerous full-page and in text illustrations. Small folio, 295 x 230 mm, bound in contemporary p...
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1910s More Art
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Paper
ERNST, Max. Rêve d'une Petite Fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel.
By Max Ernst
Located in New York, NY
ERNST, Max. Rêve d'une Petite Fille qui voulut entrer au Carmel. 176 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of 79 collages by Max Ernst. 8vo., 265 x 200 mm, bound in original illustrated wrappers, slightly faded in a new light blue cloth folding box, gilt black leather spine label. Paris: Éditions du Carrefour, 1930.
Ernst's rare second collage novel about an adolescent girl who loses her virginity on the day of her first communion and so commits herself to a religious vocation as a Carmelite nun. Ernst includes a line of ironically pretentious text with each image. This is number 232 of the edition of 1000 copies on Velin, inscribed by Paul...
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1920s Surrealist Mixed Media
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Paper
International DADA Exhibition 1916-1923.
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in New York, NY
DUCHAMP, Marcel. International DADA Exhibition 1916-1923. Large Poster printed in black and orange, designed by Duchamp. Single sheet, 965 x 635 mm, (38" x 25"). New York: Sidney Janis Gallery, 1953. Folded.
A fine copy of this extremely rare Duchamp poster...
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1950s Dada Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Brutus Killed Caesar.
By John Baldessari
Located in New York, NY
BALDESSARI, John. Brutus Killed Caesar. [4] pp. Illustrated with 33 photographic tryptichs. Oblong 8vo., 100 x 275 mm, bound in publisher's spiral-bound wrappers. Preserved in tan cloth box. Akron: The Emily H. Davis Art Gallery of The University of Akron, [1976]. $ 2500.00
First Edition. Printed in a limited edition. The artist John Baldessari juxtaposes three images in a triptych format. Each page repeats the use of the same two portraits: an young man on the left and and an older man on the right. The center image then creates the crucial dialogue between the other two - Baldessari makes use of a variety of objects that could all be used as murder weapons - some a bit more mundane than others: a kitchen knife...
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1970s More Art
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Paper
Ostrich, Porcupine and Hedgehog Engraving
By Albertus Seba
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving with later hand-coloring from "Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historia...
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1730s Animal Prints
Materials
Laid Paper
Les Jockeys Camouflés.
By Henri Matisse
Located in New York, NY
MATISSE, Henri. Les Jockeys Camouflés. By Pierre Reverdy. Illustrated with reproductions of 5 drawings by Matisse. 4to., bound in original printed wrappers, Paris: The Author, 19...
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1910s More Art
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Paper
Le Mirivis des Naturgies.
By Jean Dubuffet
Located in New York, NY
DUBUFFET, Jean. Le Mirivis des Naturgies. By André Martel and Jean Dubuffet. 48 pp. Illustrated with 16 original lithographs by Dubuffet, of which 14 are loose, one is on the wra...
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1960s More Art
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Paper
Livret de Folastries. By Pierre de Ronsard. 1938
By Aristide Maillol
Located in New York, NY
MAILLOL, Aristide. Livret de Folastries.
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1930s More Art
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Paper
Galaxy Painting, ca. 1925
Located in New York, NY
Small format watercolor and gouache painting by an unknown French artist, circa 1925.
Category
1920s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Lilac Engraving
By Jean Louis Prévost
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving, printed in color and finished by hand. Paris, ca. 1820.
Category
1820s Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Homely Girl, A Life. By Arthur Miller.
By Louise Bourgeois
Located in New York, NY
BOURGEOIS, Louise. Homely Girl, A Life. By Arthur Miller. With 10 drypoints by Bourgeois. Two volumes. Folio, original beige half morocco over grey cloth, preserved in a grey c...
Category
1990s More Art
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Paper
Coisa Linda.
By Beatriz Milhazes
Located in New York, NY
MILHAZES, Beatriz. Coisa Linda. Unpaginated. Illustrated with 34 hand-printed screen prints and a unique collage. 4to., bound in original decorated blue and gold cloth, yellow paper spine in a yellow cloth slipcase. New York: Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art, 2002.
The first book published in "Contemporary Editions" by the Library Council of the Museum of Modern Art. This exquisite book was created by contemporary Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes. Each copy contains thirty-four hand-printed screenprints by Milhazes, and a unique collage. The screenprints are printed in forty colors and are bound in a hand-printed cover, all created by Milhazes in collaboration with the printmaker Jean-Paul Russell...
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Early 2000s Modern More Art
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Paper
Revillon Freres: Woman in fur cape with starry background
By Reynaldo Luza
Located in New York, NY
Original lithograph, produced as part of a portfolio of images by Reynaldo Luza for the Parisian fur house, Revillon Freres. Paris, Draeger for Revill...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints
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Paper
Sunderland Flying Boat R.A.A.F. Attacking Italian U Boat
By Roland Davies
Located in New York, NY
Original monochrome gouache illustration for the Sphere No. 2215. London, July 4, 1942.
Category
1940s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Navy of the Future.
By George Horace Davis
Located in New York, NY
Original monochrome gouache illustration for the Illustrated London News. London, May 12, 1956.
Category
1950s Post-War Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Illustration of landing anti-tank guns and jeeps by parachute.
By Bryan De Grineau
Located in New York, NY
Original charcoal and gouache illustration for Illustrated London News. London, 1944.
Category
1940s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Gouache
Design No. 102 in Document Blue Fabric Sample
By (after) Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in New York, NY
Original large format fabric sample for Wright's Schumacher fabric line. The line was designed in the 1950's by Wright and reissued in fresh colorways in the 1980s. Linen with edges...
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1980s Modern More Art
Materials
Linen
Seattle Building Design w/Space Needle &Pacific Science Center in Background
Located in New York, NY
Possibly a rendering for the renovation of Marion Oliver McCaw Hall in Downtown Seattle.
Original gouache on artist board.
American, circa 1962, artist unknown.
Category
1960s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Les Mamelles de Tirésias.
By Erté
Located in New York, NY
Original publicity lithograph for the opera, Les Mamelles de Tirésias. Signature printed lower right. Paris, 1947. The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 3 June, 1947 ...
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1940s More Prints
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Paper
Leningrad Watercolors Facsimile
By (After) Maria Sybilla Merian
Located in New York, NY
MERIAN, Maria Sibylla. Maria Sibylla Merian. Leningrad Watercolors. Two volumes. Edited by Ernst and Helga Ullmann. Text volume with 146 colour illustrations, all with descripti...
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Late 17th Century More Art
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Paper
KIPPENBERGER, Martin. Hotel-Hotel
By Martin Kippenberger
Located in New York, NY
KIPPENBERGER, Martin. Hotel-Hotel. 494 pp. Illustrated with 245 reproductions. 4to., bound in original wrappers in a new cloth box. Koln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig, ...
Category
1990s Contemporary More Art
SALLE, David. Light Sleeper. By Paul Schrader
By David Salle
Located in New York, NY
SALLE, David. Light Sleeper. By Paul Schrader. Illustrated with 12 lithographs by David Salle. Folio, bound in linen with an inset photograph in orginal ...
Category
1990s Abstract Mixed Media
LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN: Carbon [Signed]
By Lothar Baumgarten
Located in New York, NY
Kouri, Pentti LOTHAR BAUMGARTEN: Carbon. 142 pages. Oblong folio, cloth. Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art, 1991.
Signed by Baumgarten. Issued with additional booklet la...
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Late 20th Century Conceptual More Art
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Pair of Lily Watercolors
Located in New York, NY
Pair of watercolors on translucent laid paper. Likely English, circa 1920. Displayed in cream archival mats. The sheet size of each watercolor is 14 1/2 x 11 inches.
Category
1920s Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Original Chow Chow Illustration
By Libuse Knotek
Located in New York, NY
Original watercolor and colored pencil illustration of a Chow Chow dog by Libuse Knotek. Likely an illustration for the "Atlas Illustrado de Animales..."...
Category
1990s Animal Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Paper, Watercolor
View of the Interior of the Colosseum by Francesco Piranesi, 1835
By Francesco Piranesi
Located in New York, NY
Piranesi, Francesco.
Le Antichita Romane.
This plate: View of the interior of the Colosseum.
Hind 134, 1st Paris edition, 1835.
Original etching.
Plate size: 19 1/2 x 28 1/4 i...
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Early 19th Century Prints and Multiples
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Paper
View of St. Peter's and the Vatican, 1867
By Giovanni Acquaroni
Located in New York, NY
Veduta della Basilica di S. Pietro in Vaticano... drawn and engraved by Giovanni Acquaroni. Copperplate engraving printed in Rome, 1867. Plate size: 7 3/8 x 9 1/4 in. In an archival ...
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Mid-19th Century Prints and Multiples
Snapdragons and Carnation by Michael Bernhard Valentini, 1719
By Michael Bernhard Valentini
Located in New York, NY
Pair of original engravings with later hand-coloring from Viridarium Reformatum Seu Regnum Vegetabile... by Michael Bernhard Valentini.
Tab. XXVII [Snapdragons and Throatwort] and ...
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1710s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Laid Paper
Prickly Pear Cactus by Michael Bernhard Valentini, 1719
By Michael Bernhard Valentini
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving with later hand-coloring from Viridarium Reformatum Seu Regnum Vegetabile... by Michael Bernhard Valentini.
Tab. LXXIII.
Frankfurt, Heinscheidt, 1719.
Displaye...
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1910s Prints and Multiples
Fish and Coral Gouache by Ena Rottenberg
By Ena Rottenberg
Located in New York, NY
Original gouache of a fish and coral by Wiener Werkstatte artist, Ena Rottenberg. Signed with her initials on the lower right edge of the image. Likely a design for a porcelain plate...
Category
1920s Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Parchment Paper
Hand-Colored Map of Africa, circa 1744
By Matthew Seutter
Located in New York, NY
Seutter, Matthew.
Africa.
From Atlas minor praecipua Terrarum Imperia...
Augsburg, circa 1744.
Original engraving with old hand-coloring.
Image size: 7 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches.
Materials
Paper
Hand-Colored Map of Southern Italy, circa 1744
By Matthew Seutter
Located in New York, NY
Seutter, Matthew.
Neapolis Regnum...
From Atlas minor praecipua Terrarum Imperia...
Augsburg, circa 1744.
Original engraving with old hand-coloring.
Image size: 10 3/16 x 7 11...
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Paper
Hand-Colored Map of Genoa, circa 1744
By Matthew Seutter
Located in New York, NY
Seutter, Matthew.
Genova [Genoa].
From Atlas minor praecipua Terrarum Imperia...
Augsburg, circa 1744.
Original engraving with old hand-coloring.
Image size: 7 5/8 x 10 inches.
Materials
Paper
Obelisco Egizio (Egyptian Obelisk) from Vedute di Roma Etching by Piranesi
By Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Located in New York, NY
Obelisco Egizio from "Vedute di Roma" by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
2nd Roman state, 1759-1778. Etching on laid paper with a watermark of a Fleur-de-L...
Category
Late 18th Century Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Pochoir by Edouard Benedictus of a Steamship, from Relais
By Edouard Benedictus
Located in New York, NY
Pochoir print, Plate 15, from Relais by Edouard Benedictus. Printed by J. Saudé. Paris, Éditions Vincent, Fréal et Cie, 1930. Framed in a red-stained handmade wood frame with UV f...
Category
1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Wood
Two-Part Large Hand-Colored Map of Europe from 1798
By Thomas Kitchin
Located in New York, NY
Map of Europe printed on two separate sheets from A New Universal Atlas by Thomas Kitchin. Published in London by Laurie & Whittle, 1798. Original engravings hand-colored at publicat...
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1790s More Art
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Paper
