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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Girl on an Armchair
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, Girl in an Armchair c.1980 is an original color lithograph by Italian/Israeli artist Mario Doretti, born 1929. It is Hand signed and numbered 157/200 in pencil by the a...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Serrer la Main (The Hand Check)
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss, 1859-1923)
Title: Serrer la Main (The Hand Check)
Year: 1916
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Numbered 27/100 in...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Troisieme Oeil (The Third Eye) plate #4
By Marcel Marceau
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by French artist Marcel (le Mime) Marceau, 1923-2007. It is signed and numbered 217/250 in pencil by the artist. The imag...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Trumpeteers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Trumpeteers" 1976 is an original wood engraving by Russian/American artist Leon Gilmour, 1907-1996. It is hand signed, titled, dated ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Pasquariello Truonno, Meo Squaquara
By Jacques Callot
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
Title: Pasquariello Truonno, Meo Squaquara
Year: 1622
Medium: Etching
Paper: Laid paper
Size of paper: 2.35 x 3.95 inches
Condition: Very g...
Category
17th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Duke of Gloucester Street, Willamsburg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Duke of Gloucester Street, Willamsburg" c. 1970 Is an original etching on paper by noted American artist Leonard H. Mersky, 1917-1994. It is signed, titled and numbered 56/200 in pencil by the artist. The size of the plate mark (image) is 6.75 x 7.75 inches, framed size is 15.15 x 16.15 inches. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is in good condition, it has minor dents.
About the artist.
Born in Boston in 1917, Leonard Mersky...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
An Old Friend
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "An Old Friend" c. 1985 is an original sepia etching by American artist Scott Fitzgerald. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 5...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Ulm on the Danube
By Josef Eidenberger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ulm on the Danube" c.1950 is a color etching on Wove paper by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Woman with Fruits
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Woman with Fruits" c.1980 is an original color aquatint by noted 20th century Bolivian Artist Norha Beltran. It is hand signed and numbered...
Category
Late 20th Century Romantic Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
War Dance of the Sauks and Foxes Hand Colored Lithograph C.1837
Located in San Francisco, CA
War Dance Of The Sauks And Foxes Hand Colored Lithograph c.1837
Published by E.C. Biddle, Philadelphia.
Beautiful hand colored lithograph from the "History of the Indian Tribes of ...
Category
1830s Naturalistic Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Retour de Guerre
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss, 1859-1923)
Title: Retour de Guerre
Year: 1915
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Numbered 97/100 in pencil
Paper: Wove
Image size: 11.5 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
l'Adieu au Poilu
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss, 1859-1923)
Title: l'Adieu au Poilu
Year: 1916
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Numbered 78/100 in pencil
Paper: Wove
Image size: 12.5...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Gares
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss, 1859-1923)
Title: Gares
Year: 1916
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Unknown, probably 400
Paper: Japan
Image size: 11 x 8.5 inches
She...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Si Ca Continue
By Jean Louis Forain
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean-Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931)
Title: Si Ca Continue
Year: 1918
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Numbered 266/300 in pencil
Paper: Wove
Size paper: 15 x 22.25 inches
...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pour en Finir
By Jean Louis Forain
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean-Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931)
Title: Pour en Finir
Year: Circa 1918
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Numbered 266/300 in pencil
Paper: Wove
Size paper: 15 x 22.25 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ils Parlent de nNotre Emprunt
By Jean Louis Forain
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean-Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931)
Title: Ils Parlent de Notre Emprunt
Year: 1918
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Numbered 266/300 in pencil
Paper: Wove
Size paper: 15 x...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
l' Emprunt Pour la Victoire
By Jean Louis Forain
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jean-Louis Forain (French, 1852-1931)
Title: l' Emprunt Pour la Victoire
Year: 1918
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: Numbered 266/300 in pencil...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hambourg
By John Taylor Arms
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: John Taylor Arms (American , 1887-1953)
Title: Hambourg
Year: 1927
Medium: Etching
Edition: Unknown
Paper: Thin paper
Image (plate mark) size: 10.1 x 4.85 i...
Category
Early 20th Century Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Woman with Hat
By Franco Gentilini
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is an original color lithograph on wove paper by Roman Italian artist Franco Gentilini (1909 - 1981) entitled "Woman with Hat." It was created circ...
Category
20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Vase De Fleurs Jaune
By (after) Georges Braque
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is an original color etching with aquatint by artist Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963). Titled Vase De Fleurs Jaune, created in 1958, hand signed in pencil by the artis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Billie Coyne "Boulangerie Kiss" Original Signed Lithograph C.1995
By Billie Coyne 20th c
Located in San Francisco, CA
Billie Coyne "Boulangerie Kiss" Original Signed Lithograph C.1995
32" wide x 22" high
The frame measures 43.25" wide x 33.5" high
Numbered in the lower...
Category
Late 20th Century Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
John Winkler "The Constitutional Convention" Original Signed Etching c.1932
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Winkler "The Constitutional Convention" Original Signed Etching c.1932
Plate dimensions 13.75" wide x 9.5" high
Paper dimensions 19.75" wide x 14....
Category
Early 20th Century Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Moro con clavel (Moor with Carnation) (A/P)
By Rafael Coronel
Located in San Francisco, CA
Serigraph by Mexican painter Rafael Coronel. Edition of 100. Certificate of authenticity included.
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
AOC - Contemporary Political Pop Art Print Portrait of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
By Amy Smith
Located in Gilroy, CA
Limited Edition #3 of 20
Print of original painting, printed on Coventry rag paper. Unframed.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known by her initials, AOC, is an American politician s...
Category
2010s Pop Art Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Revised Endpapers for "The Homosexual Neurosis" (Pink)
By Hernan Bas
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color aquatint.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Howard Willard "The Accordionist" Original Lithograph c.1931
Located in San Francisco, CA
Howard Willard "The Accordionist" Original Lithograph c.1931
Dimensions 9.25" wide x 13.5" high
The frame measures 14.25" wide x 18.25" high
Good ...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Leafs
By Charles Eckart
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Leafs" c.1980, is an original etching on Wove paper by noted American artist Charles Eckart, b.1935. It is hand signed and inscribed T/P in pencil by the artist. The pl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Love - Unframed Colorful Print of Women / Lesbian / Sisterhood / Women of Color
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Love" is one of DC-based artist Samantha Viotty's most recent illustrations. This work is part of a more extensive series that display the beauty, str...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Congregate - Colorful Print of Womanhood / Sisterhood / Women of Color (Yellow)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Congregate," is one of DC-based artist, Samantha Viotty's most recent illustrations. This work is part of a larger series that display the beauty, str...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Cantique du Singulier
By Aristide Caillaud
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cantique du Singulier" 1977, is an original colors lithograph on Japan paper by noted French artist Aristide Caillaud, 1902-1990. It is hand signed and numbered ...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
RBG - Contemporary Print of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Orange+Black)
Located in Gilroy, CA
Edition 8 of 20 "RBG," is one of DC-based artist, Samantha Viotty's most recent illustrations. This piece is a tribute to the late supreme court powerh...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital
Girl Puff- Portrait of Black Brown Woman / Queen (Blue+Black+Brown)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Girl Puff," is a digital illustration by DC based artist Samantha Viotty. This piece, created from a found image, creates a portrait of a figure without facial features to allow for...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital
RBG- Contemporary Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsberg Supreme Court Judge in Orange
Located in Gilroy, CA
"RBG" is one of DC-based artist Samantha Viotty's most recent illustrations. This piece is a tribute to the late supreme court powerhouse Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Viotty pays her respect...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
RBG- Framed Contemporary Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsberg Supreme Court Judge
Located in Gilroy, CA
Edition 2 of 15 "RBG," is one of DC-based artist, Samantha Viotty's most recent illustrations. This piece is a tribute to the late supreme court powerhouse Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Viott...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital, Archival Paper
Virgil Vigil "Pueblo Dancers" C.2007
Located in San Francisco, CA
Virgil Vigil "Pueblo Dancers" C.2007
Dimensions 10" wide x 3.5" high
The frame measures 19.5" wide x 13" high
Signed and dated
Good vintage condition...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Printer's Ink
BSG- Digital Illustration of Two Female Figures Green+Orange+Red (1/20)
Located in Gilroy, CA
"BSG," is a digital illustration by DC based artist Samantha Viotty. This piece shows an unapologetic stance of power from the who female figures. Viotty explores the themes of Black...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital
Gyals BW- Contemporary Digital Illustration of Three Women (Black+White) (1/20)
Located in Gilroy, CA
“Gyals BW,” created by Washington DC-based emerging artist Samantha Viotty, is the digital illustration of a found image. This image goes in conjunction with the full-colored piece "...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Digital
Untitled
By Stanley Whitney
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Stanley Whitney’s Untitled 2017 color etchings are musical and improvisational with a spectrum of colors created in a grid that reinvigorate the mind and spirit. Each so unique and s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Niño Maíz Gusanos (Boy Corn Worms)
By Francisco Toledo
Located in San Francisco, CA
Francisco Toledo
Niño Maíz Gusanos (Boy Corn Worms), 2014
Poster
35.40 x 23.60 inches
Edition of 33
This poster is part of a series called "No a los Transgénicos” - a visual arts ca...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Color
Untitled (Frankenstein)
By Kerry James Marshall
Located in Berkeley, CA
Hardground Etching
Category
2010s Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Torero
By Georges Braque
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Toreros seek to elicit inspiration and art from their work. Their intentions are not to deliberately cause harm the bull, but create an emotional connection with the crowd through th...
Category
1950s Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Carlo Lasinio "Ermina and the Wounded Tancredi" Original Etching C.1820
Located in San Francisco, CA
Carlo Lasinio "Ermina and the Wounded Tancredi" Original Etching C.1820
Remarkable early 19th century etching
Plate dimensions 14.75" wide 11.25" high
The frame measures 24.75" wi...
Category
Early 20th Century Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Joseph Hirsch "September Morn" Rare Variant Signed / Numbered, circa 1960s
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in San Francisco, CA
Joseph Hirsch (1910-1981) "September Morn" rare variant signed / numbered, circa 1960s
"September Morn" is most recognized in its color variant. This i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Moses Strikes the Rock" Louvre Museum Etching Late 19th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Moses Strikes the Rock Louvre Museum Etching Late 19th Century
Remarkable detail in this fine etching done by the Louvre in Paris. The Louvre has the largest collection of original ...
Category
Late 19th Century Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Plate 11 from 'Album 19'
By Joan Miró
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Rhythmic serenity emanates from this delightful work. Miro creates a quirky yet sophisticated pattern of decorative and playful spots, irregular yet repetitive like a Dalmatian's coa...
Category
1960s American Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Masked Woman Signed Lithograph
By Richard Lindner
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Richard Lindner (German/American 1901-1978) original hand signed in pencil lithograph "Masked Woman". Unframed #16 of 100 dated and stamped lower right 1971.
Category
20th Century Modern Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Constance Fletcher
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Constance Fletcher"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
1970s Pop Art Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Susan B.
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "ISusan B."
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
1970s Pop Art Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Indiana Elliot
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Indiana Eliott"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
1970s Pop Art Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jenny Reefer
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Jenny Reefer"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
1970s Pop Art Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Anthony Comstock
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Anthony Comstock"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
1970s Pop Art Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jo the Loiterer
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Jo the Loiterer"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18 x 14 inches
paper size: 23.65 x 19.5 inches
Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist
Publisher: Leon Amiel, New York
Printer: Fernand Mourlot, Paris
Condition: It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
Description: From the suite "The Mother of All Us"
About the artist:
Robert Indiana was born in New Castle, Indiana, in 1928. His family name was Clark but he adopted the name of his native state early in his career. His father worked for a Phillips 66 gas station and his mother ran a diner. He began his studies in art in 1945 at the Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and then at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica, New York. He then moved to Chicago and continued his studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Skowhgan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine, the Edinburgh College of Art and London University, eventually moving to New York City in 1956.
A major Pop Artist, his work is characterized by the use of words and relatively flat paint with no brush strokes. This cold and somewhat mechanical approach to painting in which the words are often stenciled into the design probably was influenced by street signs, pinball machines, the commercial stenciling process used in printing and advertisements. In fact, Indiana calls himself "a painter of signs". He uses the common everyday symbols and words of America and paints them as brilliantly colored pop art paintings. His work comments in an ironic fashion on American life and culture, often making pointed political statements about American society.
The words in his painting are usually simple and short words, sometimes with clear meaning and other times arranged in an ambiguous fashion to project multiple meanings, and occasionally involve puns. It is interesting to try to put his "words" together to get a sense of the meaning. For instance, in The Triumph of Tira, painted in, 1960-61, the artist presents four circles with four squares inside them and four stars inside the squares. There is one word in each star. The upper left says "Law"; the upper right says "Cat"; the lower left says "Men"; and the lower right says "Sex." Of course it is hard to understand the relationship between the words, and as you begin to speculate on what it might mean, a number of possible interpretations evolve.
Other works have more obvious meanings, sometimes political. One painting shows an outline of the State of Alabama with Selma marked in the right location. The words "Just as in the anatomy of man, every nation must have its hind part", are stenciled around the map. This is a reference to the march on Selma, which was an important event in the Civil Rights Movement during the 60's.
Indiana's most famous painting is of the word "Love". It is painted with the LO on the top and VE on the bottom. This painting was used as a design for an American postage stamp...
Category
1970s Pop Art Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Lillian Russell
By Robert Indiana
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Title: "Lillian Russell"
Year: 1977
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 32/150 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist artist Oskar Kokoschka, 1886-...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera (Variant)
By Oskar Kokoschka
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Le Bal Masque" Giuseppe Verdi Opera, (Variant) 1967 is an original color lithograph on Japan paper by renown Austrian expressionist art...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
ACLU
By Charles Bragg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "ACLU" c.1980 is an original etching by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed, titled and inscribed HC (Hors Commerce) in pencil by the artis...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Jury
By Charles Bragg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Jury" c.1980 is an original etching by noted American artist Charles Bragg, 1931-2017. It is hand signed and inscribed H.C (Hors Comm...
Category
Late 20th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
