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Vintage Henri de Toulouse Lautrec "Theatre Antoine, La Gitane de Richepin" Print
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in San Carlos, CA
Gorgeous vintage lithograph after Henri de Toulouse Lautrec's "La Gitane" by Jean Richepin. This print was produced in the late 1960's by famed Penn Prints in New York.
Overall this print is in great condition. There's some small creases due to handling, but no rips, nicks or discoloration.
This print is unframed.
This print was originally produced by Henri de Toulouse Lautrec for "La Gitane" or 'The Gypsy," a drama by Jean Richepin in 4 acts. The play was first performed at the Theatre Antoine on January 22nd 1900. This poster was one of only two where Toulouse-Lautrec utilized a process where by several colors can be printed at one pass of the printing press as long as the color sequence is arranged in concert with the movement of the platen. In this case, the man's cloak and the words "Theatre Antoine, La Gitane de Richepin...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern American Prints
Materials
Paper
"Expanded Inversions" Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren – Signed, Dated & Numbered
By Roy B. Ahlgren 1
Located in San Carlos, CA
For Sale: "Expanded Inversions" Serigraph by Roy Ahlgren – Signed, Dated & Numbered
Add a bold statement to your collection with this exceptional serigraph, "Expanded Inversions", b...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
1980 Wayne Thiebaud "Hors d'Oeuvres" 4th Annual Culinary Carnival Print
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in San Carlos, CA
For Sale: Gorgeous Circa 1980 Print of Wayne Thiebaud's "Hors d'Oeuvre"
Add a touch of artistic elegance to your space with this stunning print of Wayne Thiebaud's original painting...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
1977 David Lance Goines "Berkeley Public Library" Lithograph
By David Lance Goines
Located in San Carlos, CA
Beautiful lithograph created in 1974 by David Lance Goines for the Berkeley, CA public library.
This print is in excellent condition minus a few signs of age and wear like small cre...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Northern Lights by Carol Summers, 2002
By Carol Summers
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Polychrome abstract woodblock print in blue, green, purple, and red.
Signed, numbered, and dated in graphite in the work: 62/100
American, 2002.
Category
Early 2000s American Prints
Materials
Paper
Masami Teraoka Signed Limited Ed 18 Color Lithograph Print Namiyo at Hanauma Bay
By Masami Teraoka
Located in Studio City, CA
A large and wonderfully detailed lithograph print by Asian/ Japanese American artist Masami Teraoka titled "Namiyo at Hanauma Bay". Teraoka conceived of this image in the 1980s while working on his New Wave series and Hawaii Snorkel series which featured snorkeling pearl divers, based on Utamaro's "Pearl Diver." In this image, the nude geisha...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
The Empire Strikes Back
Located in London, GB
Original US Style B film poster for The Empire Strikes Back also known as (Star Wars: Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back) this was the second movie in the Star Wars saga staring Mark...
Category
1980s Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Black & White Print of Female by E. Strectfeld, pencil signed, 10/50
By Wharton Esherick
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Black & White Print of Female
by Artist E. Strectfeld
pencil signed and numbered 10/50
date Unknown
images size: 6" x 30"
"nicely framed" - ready to hang
unusual proportion - "it w...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Prints
Materials
Paper
1973 International Museum Of Erotic Art Exhibition Print
Located in San Carlos, CA
Very cool vintage advertisement print after Alfred Beloch's "Cock Rocket". This print was created to announce a 1973 exhibition at "The In...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Other
1992 Kenwood Winery "Pablo Picasso - Jacqueline" Artist Series Print
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in San Carlos, CA
For Sale: Stunning 1992 Pablo Picasso "Jacqueline" Print for Kenwood Vineyards
For sale is a beautiful print featuring Pablo Picasso's masterpiece "Jacqueline," a captivating portra...
Category
1990s Modern American Prints
Materials
Paper
Sharon Beals Lithograph of a Bewicks Wren Nest
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Sharon Beals Lithograph of a Bewicks Wren Nest. It is from an edition of only 25 ever made and is beautifully framed.
Category
2010s Modern American Prints
Materials
Paper
"The President's House, From Washington" Print, after William Henry Bartlett
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Presented is a charming, hand colored engraving of “The President’s House, From Washington.” The engraving is after William Henry Bartlett’s “The President's House, From The River,” ...
Category
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers Suite of Seven Abstract Lithographs from Interaction of Color
By Josef Albers
Located in Atlanta, GA
Suite of seven abstract lithographs by Josef Albers, from folder XVIII-11 of interaction of color. They measure: the left column, from top to bottom measures: 5.25"H x 3.75"W, 4.5"H ...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Historical Figures Memorabilia Yalta Conference Print dated 1945
Located in Miami, FL
Yalta Conference print. WWII Historical memorabilia print. Historical Figures Print.
Held in 1945, the Yalta Conference saw the leaders of the Allied powers—Joseph Stalin, Winston ...
Category
Early 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Prints
Materials
Paper
Roy Lichtenstein Hand & Foot
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Roy Lichtenstein "Hand & Foot" Signed and numbered original Lithograph. 265/ 300, 1964. Iconic Image from one of the 1960's master of POP. Image area is 16.25 x20.75. Overall fra...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Salvador Dalí’s “The Kingdom” Hand-Signed Framed # I 343/350 Lithograph
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Morristown, NJ
Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989), "The Kingdom", Hand-Signed Limited Edition Lithograph
A striking example of Salvador Dalí’s surrealist imagination, "The Kingdom" is a color lith...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Metal
Original Limited Edition Print by Frederick S.Coburn, Fall of The House of Usher
By Goya
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Sensational image by Frederick Simpson Coburn
In the style of one of my favourite artists, Goya
Photogravure
Limited edition of 300. This is No. 84
From The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe...
Category
Early 1900s Romantic Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper
Porsche 944 and 356 Lithographic Print by David Lord
By David Lord
Located in Littleton, CO
Extraordinary lithographic print on paper of two Porsche automobiles, a 944 and a 356 by famed automotive and aviation artist David Lord. Signed and dated, 1985.
Image dimensions: 16.75” x 20.75”.
Chromed frame dimensions: 24.25” x 27.25”.
About David Lord
Inspiration for David Lord to draw and paint came from hours spent as a child at a drawing board set next to his talented grandmother’s easel.
“She painted flowers and landscapes . . . I drew cars, boats, airplanes and army tanks.”
In addition, a beloved, dedicated, high school teacher, who “instilled the love of art history, taught me art skills and techniques, and the ability to ‘know what to keep . . . and what to leave out’ of my art.”
A New Englander by birth, David attended high school in Connecticut. Art was his favorite class and he kept his eighth grade dream of going to art school alive with hundreds of hours spent drawing cars and planes.
After high school, he began two years of art studies at the University of Hartford in Connecticut and then began training at Art center College of Design in Los Angeles, California. After two semesters there, general Motors granted him a full scholarship. He graduated in 1965 as a Bachelor of professional Arts in Industrial Design.
Upon graduation, Lord was hired by UniRoyal in South bend, Indiana, to design consumer products and eventually products for military application in Vietnam. “I also had the honor and privilege of working with Gordon Buehrig on the preliminary design, drawings, and clay for the 8/10 scale Cord, built of vacuum-formable, color impregnated plastic.
After three years with a South Bend industrial design firm, Lord started his own company. During this period he spent many late evenings at the easel in his own studio, painting and drawing automobiles. The direction of his artwork, philosophy and goals began to form.
“I decided to focus my love of all things automotive with my talent for painting and drawing. I had been to many events over the years; councours, car and air shows, had an extensive automotive reference collection and four major influences and mentors. These were men whose talent I was in awe over the years; Peter Helck, Walter Gotschke...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paint, Paper
Marisol Escobar "Rainbow Hands" Varied Edition Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For your consideration is this varied edition of 10, signed lithograph by Marisol Escobar, numbered VIII/X, dated 1969. The printed image measures W9" H10.25". The metal frame is ori...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Embellished Silk Screen Print on Canvas "Mona Lisa - Red" by Steve Kaufman SAK
By Steve Kaufman
Located in San Diego, CA
Super cool color silk screen print on canvas with hand painted embellishments entitled "Mona Lisa - Red" by Steve Kaufman (SAK), circa 1990s. The print is in very good vintage condit...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern American Prints
Materials
Canvas
Josef Albers "Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 14
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
JOSEF ALBERS (1888 – 1976)
"Formulation : Articulation" Portfolio II, Folder 14
Screen-printed geometric composition printed by Ives Stillman, Inc., New Haven, CT.
From the set of...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Etching Mark Catesby, Anas Bahamensis 'the Ilathera Duck' Chrysanthemum &C T93
By Mark Catesby
Located in Vero Beach, FL
Etching Mark Catesby, Anas Bahamensis (The Ilathera Duck) Chrysanthemum &c T93.
Wonderful print by the “Founder of American Ornithology”, Mark Catesby, from his 18th century monumental Natural History, the first natural history of American flora and fauna. A later small edition etching original hand coloring. Plate imprint on the paper. Later frame, back unopened. This is one of the finest natural science prints...
Category
18th Century Other Antique American Prints
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
Colorful Contemporary Modern Decorative Wall Art Print Framed American Beach NC
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Colorful Contemporary Modern Decorative Wall Art Print Framed American Beach NC . As part North Carolina Fisherman Waiting for the Shrimp Boat . serigraph printed in beautiful colors . Matted and a Simple Gold color frame . Claude Howell...
Category
20th Century American Prints
Materials
Paper
Carroll Dunham Colored Etching IV, Signed & Numbered
Located in Pasadena, CA
Carroll Dunham is a well-listed American artist whose prolific work jumps between abstraction, figuration, pop, surrealism and cartoon. This colored etching, created in the 1990's is...
Category
1990s Post-Modern American Prints
Materials
Paint, Paper
"Variant IV" from the Formulation: Articulation Portfolio by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Josef Albers’s “Formulation: Articulation” portfolio contains 127 silkscreens of his most iconic works, published by Harry N. Abrams and printed by Albers’s Yale colleagues Norman Iv...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Sharon Beals Lithograph of a Swainson's Thrush Nest
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Sharon Beals Lithograph of a Swainson's Thrush Nest. From a limited edition of only 25.
Category
2010s Modern American Prints
Materials
Paper
The Philadelphia Story
Located in London, GB
Original photographic production still for the classic 1940 comedy
starring Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart.
This piece is conservation framed with in a Tulip wood...
Category
1940s Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Marcel Duchamp Lithograph "Broyeuse de Chocolat No. 2", circa 1970
By Marcel Duchamp
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Marcel Duchamp Lithograph "Broyeuse de Chocolat No. 2" – New York Graphic Society, 1972
Available for sale: A rare lithograph of Marcel Duchamp's iconic 1914 painting Broyeuse de Ch...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Marilyn Monroe Silver, a Pop-Art Screen-Print by SAK Steve Kaufman
By Steve Kaufman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Title: Marilyn Monroe Silver
By: Steve Kaufman.
Date: 1990s.
A limited edition screen-print on canvas with hand embellishments (in oil) depicting Marilyn Monroe.
Sign...
Category
1990s Post-Modern American Prints
Brunschwig & Fils St. Barts Hand-Printed Wallpaper, Charlotte Moss, Beige, 2006
By Charlotte Moss, Brunschwig & Fils
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Brunschwig & Fils St. Barts hand-printed wallpaper, Charlotte Moss, Beige 2006. Vintage, rare, limited edition designed by Charlotte Moss for Brunschwig & Fils, 2006. Sold by double ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Organic Modern American Prints
Materials
Paper
Black and White Architectural Framed Print
Located in Countryside, IL
Black and white architectural framed print
This print measures: 27 wide x 2 deep x 21 inches high
This print is in excellent Vintage...
Category
2010s Modern American Prints
Materials
Wood, Paper
1829 "Declaration of Independence" Draft, Engraved by Charles Toppan
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This historical and rare item celebrates one of the most influential writers, politicians, and American Revolutionary figures, Thomas Jefferson. Featured is a four-page facsimile ste...
Category
1820s Federal Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper
Pocahontas and John Smith, Chromo-Lithograph, Dated 1870, Rare
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Pocahontas Saving The Life of Captain John Smith" is a chromo-lithograph made by the "New Eng. Chromo Lith. Co. Boston" (printed on the lower left border). It is dated 1870...
Category
19th Century Victorian Antique American Prints
Materials
Wood, Walnut, Paper
Thomas Moran "Castle of San Juan de Vlua, Vera Cruz" Etching C. 1884
By Thomas Moran
Located in Atlanta, GA
Thomas Moran (American, 1837-1926).
Thomas Moran "Castle of San Juan de Vlua, Vera Cruz" Etching C. 1884
Category
19th Century Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper
TAKESHI KAWASHIMA - No. 68 - Mid Century Original Lithograph - Circa 1960's
By Takeshi Kawashima
Located in Chatham, ON
TAKESHI KAWASHIMA (Japanese/American b. 1930) - Untitled No. 68 - 75/80 - Mid Century original lithograph on paper - featuring a gridded pattern with semi abstract shapes - unframed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Prints
Materials
Paint, Paper
"The Lightness of Being" Figurative Archival Print on Textured Watercolor Paper
By Louis Shields
Located in Middleburg, VA
"The Lightness of Being" by Louis Shields
Limited edition archival print of mixed-media painting on canvas
Printed on textured water color pap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Prints
Materials
Paper
Nathaniel Currier Lithograph "May Morning" American Country Life Series C. 1855
By Currier & Ives
Located in Incline Village, NV
This lithograph portrays a pleasant scene of a man in a top hat atop a handsome dark horse, with a boy riding a white horse (presumably father and son) in front of a country estate, while women gather as they water flowers, and children play with a lamb in the foreground. A man plows a field; while a horse is being groomed near the stable in the background. Afar and to the right is the sea dotted with ships here and there. The folio is mounted on cardboard and set in the matte.
It is in very good all original condition; and housed and professionally mounted in a fine quality and attractive bird's eye maple wooden frame with preservation backing and frontal protective glass (important when dealing with 170 year old lithographs); it is the rare and desirable Currier large folio sheet example in fine original color. There is some toning and slight fading,
The larger folios are more rare because they appealed to the wealthier sector of the population and were more expensive, thus fewer were made, albeit, knowing their more discerning customer base, there was more attention given to detail; hand coloring, and quality for example. This example has been framed and housed in museum quality conservation backing for over 80 years. I have had it professionally taken apart and I inspected the folio visually, and examined it with a black light and loop; as a result, I guarantee and can attest to the accuracy of my description of the lithograph. I then had the folio professionally remounted in their original frame with an upgraded preservation backing (see images of original folios out of frame and for confirmation of inspection). This lithograph has no tears, no touch up paint, and no glued or taped repairs.
This is one of the four iconic and highly desirable set of lithographs made by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) dated 1855 from the American Country Life series. They are named;
Spring "May Morning";
Summer "Summer Evening";
Fall ""October Afternoon"; and
Winter "Pleasures of Winter".
The lithograph was produced from the painting of well known artist Frances (Fanny) Flora (Bond Palmer (1812-1876). She painted typical American scenes of daily American life that were used by Currier for years to come. She was an accomplished artist by the time she migrated to the United States from England, and Currier commissioned her to do the country scenes for this series. Each of the original images are toned lithographs with applied hand painted watercolor.
The lithograph reflects an affluent life style, showcasing grandiose homes and glamorizing the rural way of living as urban areas became more densely populated with the tidal wave and arrival of immigrants. Nathaniel Currier began his lithograph business in 1835 with hand colored images portraying outdoor panoramic, historical, pastoral, and landmark scenes and events, with which the middle class and the wealthy sought to decorate their houses. James Ives (1824-1895) was his accountant) and would join him later in 1857 to help run the business.
The hand painted lithograph is embellished with script text in the bottom margin of the folio "Entered according to art of congress in the year 1855 by N. Currier in the clerk's office of the southern district of N.Y."
"F.F Palmer...
Category
1850s Victorian Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper
Josef Albers Silk Screen Diptych
By Josef Albers
Located in Chicago, IL
Josef Albers formulations - Articulations I & II Print #9
Edition 974/ 1000
1972 screen-print on paper
Embossed with Josef Albers initials, portfolio and folder number. This work is ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Walter Kuhn The Blue Clown print on board
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Beautiful reproduction print on board. Walter Kuhn, The Blue Clown. Original dates to 1931. Wonderful visual and expression.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Prints
Materials
Wood
"Orpheus Charming the Animals", Rare 1920s Print with Mythological Theme
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Extremely rare, perhaps unique, this 1920s print of Orpheus charming the animals with his lyre and song was made by David Osborne Hamilton, the esteemed ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Helen Frankenthaler "Dream Walk" Lithograph, Signed and Numbered 39/47
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Toledo, OH
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011)
Six color lithograph, Dream Walk, 1977. Number 39 from an edition of 47, pencil lower left corner. Signed and dated 1977 in pencil in lower right cor...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Carroll Dunham Colored Etching II, Signed and Numbered
Located in Pasadena, CA
Carroll Dunham is a well-listed American artist whose prolific work jumps between abstraction, figuration, pop, surrealism and cartoon. This colored etching, created in the 1990's is...
Category
1990s Post-Modern American Prints
Materials
Paint, Paper
Mean Streets / Calles Peligrosas
Located in London, GB
Original US International Spanish Language film poster for Mean Streets.
This film was directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel.
This poster was print...
Category
1970s Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
McKenney & Hall, Hand Colored Lithos Indian Tribes Of North America
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A hand-colored lithograph from Indian Tribes of North America by Thomas McKenney (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868) titled Naw-Kaw or Wood, A Winnebago Chief. The lithograph by L...
Category
19th Century Native American Antique American Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Richard Kozlow Eliat Signed Modernist Abstract Serigraph 53/100 Unframed 1980s
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An abstract modernist serigraph on paper titled "Eliat" by Richard Kozlow. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right. Titled and annotated 53/100 on the lower left. Published circa 19...
Category
1980s Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
“Dancer” – Artist’s Proof Serigraph by Bertha Vincent Walls, American, 1917–2010
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in Morristown, NJ
"Dancer” – Artist’s Proof Serigraph by Bertha Vincent Walls (American, 1917–2010)
Bertha Vincent Walls (American, 1917–2010). Edition: Artist’s Proof (A.P.), pencil signed lower right, edition notation lower left.
A striking silkscreen print by noted American artist Bertha Vincent Walls, whose work explores dynamic human forms through bold color blocking and dramatic silhouette. In Dancer, a muscular male figure is caught mid-leap, arm raised with theatrical flair against an abstract red and ochre background. The visual tension between motion and stillness reflects Walls’ deep engagement with modern dance, movement, and the expressive human body. This vibrant Artist’s Proof exemplifies the artist’s command of color and form in mid-century printmaking.
Attribution Note:
Stylistically, Dancer aligns with the mid-20th-century figurative expression seen in the works of Charles Wilbert White...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paint, Paper
Omar Rayo Blind Embossed Intaglio Print El Vaso
By Omar Rayo
Located in San Mateo, CA
Intaglio print by Colombian artist Omar Rayo (1928-2010). This is signed in pencil lower left "C/A No. 1/5 Omar Rayo - El Vaso". This was likely made in New York as he had just move...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Seven Samurai
Located in London, GB
Exceptionally rare original Japanese poster for Akira Kurosawa's classic film The Seven Samurai. This poster was created to be used in provincial cities in Japan and not in the main ...
Category
1950s Vintage American Prints
Materials
Paper
Dana Gibson Large Framed Orange Tiger Print
Located in Bradenton, FL
Wonderful Dana Gibson framed tiger print. Gibson's home accent line includes vivid hues and bold graphic designs. Tiger itself features a creamy be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern American Prints
Materials
Paper
Black & White Print of Female Nude, pencil signed and numbered 58/150
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Black & White Print of Female Nude
pencil signed and numbered 58/150
artist Unknown
date Unknown
images size: 18 3/4" x 29"
"very nicely framed"
mahogany frame with gold edge
linen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern American Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Limited Edition Print by Frederick S.Coburn, The Pit And The Pendulum
By Goya
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Sensational image by Frederick Simpson Coburn
In the style of one of my favourite artists, Goya
Photogravure
Limited edition of 300. This is No. 84
From The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe...
Category
Early 1900s Romantic Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper
N. Currier Lithograph" Pleasures of Winter" American Country Life Series C.1855
By Currier & Ives
Located in Incline Village, NV
"Pleasures of Winter" Maintains the appropriate markings along with "New York, Published by N. Currier 152 Nassau Street.
(The firm was located here in lower Manhattan from 1837-1872)
The lithograph portrays a woman leaving her stately home with her two children, being escorted by two drivers to ride in a double seated horse drawn sleigh. In the background is a snowy field with other houses and a loaded horse drawn timber sleigh.
In addition to the Amon Carter Museum in Dallas, an example of "Pleasures of Winter" is in:
The Library of Congress
The Springfield Museum (Massachusetts) Gift of Lenore and Sydney Alpert)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (Gift of Colgate 1962)
Museum of Fine Arts Boston (Donated by Lee M. Friedman)
Dimensions: actual= 16 1/2" h x 23 13/16" w
matte= 19 1/2" h x 25 1/4" w
folio= 21 9/16" h x 27 1/2" w
with frame= 26 1/4" h x 32 1/4" w
frame= 1 1/4" burl bird's eye maple
It is in very good all original condition; and housed and professionally mounted in a fine quality and attractive bird's eye maple wooden frame with preservation backing and frontal protective glass (important when dealing with 170 year old lithographs); it is the rare and desirable Currier large folio sheet example in fine original color. There is minor foxing and a tideline upper center (see images).
The larger folios are more rare because they appealed to the wealthier sector of the population and were more expensive, thus fewer were made, albeit, knowing their more discerning customer base, there was more attention given to detail; hand coloring, and quality for example. This example has been framed and housed in museum quality conservation backing for over 80 years. I have had it professionally taken apart and I inspected the folio visually, and examined it with a black light and loop; as a result, I guarantee and can attest to the accuracy of my description of the lithograph. I then had the folio professionally remounted in it's original frame with an upgraded preservation backing (see images of original folios out of frame and for confirmation of inspection). This lithograph has no tears, no touch up paint, and no glued or taped repairs.
This is one of the four iconic and highly desirable set of lithographs made by Nathaniel Currier (1813-1888) dated 1855 from the American Country Life series. They are named;
Spring "May Morning";
Summer "Summer Evening";
Fall ""October Afternoon"; and
Winter "Pleasures of Winter".
The lithograph was produced from the painting of well known artist Frances (Fanny) Flora (Bond Palmer (1812-1876). She painted typical American scenes of daily American life that were used by Currier for years to come. She was an accomplished artist by the time she migrated to the United States from England, and Currier commissioned her to do the country scenes for this series. Each of the original images are toned lithographs with applied hand painted watercolor.
The lithograph reflects an affluent life style, showcasing grandiose homes and glamorizing the rural way of living as urban areas became more densely populated with the tidal wave and arrival of immigrants. Nathaniel Currier began his lithograph business in 1835 with hand colored images portraying outdoor panoramic, historical, pastoral, and landmark scenes and events, with which the middle class and the wealthy sought to decorate their houses. James Ives (1824-1895) was his accountant) and would join him later in 1857 to help run the business.
The hand painted lithograph is embellished with script text in the bottom margin of the folio "Entered according to art of congress in the year 1855 by N. Currier in the clerk's office of the southern district of N.Y."
"F.F Palmer...
Category
1850s Victorian Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper
Black-tailed Hare from the “Quadrupeds of North America" by J.J. Audubon, 1849
By John James Audubon
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Black-tailed Hare from the first volume of the octavo edition of Audubon's “Quadrupeds of North America”.
John James Audubon (1765-1851), after coming to America around 1803 became ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper
Awash in Color French and Japanese Prints by Chelsea Foxwell
Located in valatie, NY
Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints by Chelsea Foxwell. University of Chicago, David and Alfred Smart Museum, 2012. 1st Ed softcover catalog. Wh...
Category
2010s American Prints
Materials
Paper
Original Limited Edition Print by Frederick S.Coburn-Thou Art the Man, 1902
By Goya
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Sensational image by Frederick Simpson Coburn.
In the style of one of my favourite artists, Goya.
Photogravure.
Limited edition of 300. This is No. 84.
From The Complete ...
Category
Early 1900s Romantic Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper
Vintage Post-War Gyotaku Fish Monoprint
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Modern Post-War Fish Monoprint composed of blue ink on black paper. Signed at bottom right "Mury" and titled at bottom left "The Monster from Tomkins Cove (NY)." Matted and contained...
Category
1970s Other Vintage American Prints
Materials
Wood
"Many Men" Stone Lithograph by Ben Shahn
By Ben Shahn
Located in San Diego, CA
Limited edition lithograph entitled "Many Men" by Ben Shahn, circa late 1960s. "Many Men" depicts modernist black silhouette figures in business suits on a teeming street. Released b...
Category
Mid-19th Century Mid-Century Modern Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper, Wood
Antique Map Long Island, Southold, Shelter Island, Orient, New York
By Beers Atlas Co.
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Antique map of Long Island, Southold, Shelter Island, Orient, Great details, Names of homes, Roads and Businesses in 1870. Unframed. This is...
Category
Mid-19th Century Early Victorian Antique American Prints
Materials
Paper