Red and Pink Contemporary Lithograph "All the Ladies" by Kate Roebuck 'Red Lips'

Nicola Simbari (1927-2012) "Lips," signed and dated lower right: "Simbari 76," off-set lithograph printed on glossy paper. Image: 25" H x 34" W- perfe...

This is a beautiful color lithograph by artist Camille Hilaire. The work is numbered 91/180 and signed Camille Hilaire. The lithograph is in good condition with very light toning to ...

A signed and inscribed lithograph on paper by American feminist writer, theorist, artist and academic, Kate Millett (1934 - 2017). This work uses a minimal style to depict an abstrac...

For your consideration is a vibrant, framed lithograph, depicting colorful women, signed Hessam Abrishami, numbered 200/295. In excellent condition. The...

A 1998 signed lithograph on paper by American feminist writer, theorist, artist and academic, Kate Millett (1934 - 2017). This work uses a painterly style to depict an abstracted and...

Utilizing the peacock as an emblematic Art Nouveau animal, a favorite of early 20th-century illustrators and designers, Mr. Blackwell, who was born in 1925, delivers a powerfully aesthetic scene between a woman and a peacock in this lithograph, paying homage to both Art Nouveau and Art Deco. He was among others an American fashion critic, television/radio personality, and fashion designer. We can imagine that this drawing was a study for a dress paying homage to the myth and quintessence of the beauty found within peacock feathers. Like any artist, there is a story, structure, composition, and arrangement of the woman and the peacock, creating an iridescent visual of blue, green, and yellow, a dialogue between forms, curves, and lines. It is said that the Eye on the bird’s feathers reminds us that God is always watching. The off-white background is sober, crossed by two simple circular colored shapes, in the lower part. The two subjects initially appear as one entity, but as we move into the scene, we see that the woman is holding the peacock under her arm as one might hold an accessory. Then very quickly, it appears as the main figure, taking over the entire narrative rather than an accessory or a secondary figure. The peacock's regal posture, with its unfurled feathers, contrasts with the woman's near imbalance, almost as if she was fainting. It could also be interpreted as an intimate and seductive dance, where the two subjects come together as one to pay homage to a poetic and metaphorical world where aesthetics, fashion, and onirism converge. Did you know that peacocks use...