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Item Ships From: Bay Area
Casa Malaparte - large photograph of iconic Mediterranean villa on Capri island
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of iconic Italian architecture by architect Adalberto Libera on the Mediterranean island of Capri, Italy, built for writer Curzio Malaparte and famous film location of Jean-Luc Godard's movie 'Contempt' starring Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli
Casa Malaparte...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
Tree Study V - large format b/w photograph of lone ancient tree in landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of large scale black & white photographs capturing the ancient flora and dramatic arboretum of California's vast Sierra Nevada mountain landscapes, an homage to photogr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink
Bearded Tree Swift Birds: 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by John Gould
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a remarkable hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Dendrochelidon Mystaceus" (Bearded Tree-Swift) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Great Britain", publi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bird of Prey: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
By François Nicolas Martinet
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored engraving of a parrot bird entitled "La Bondree (Bird of Prey)" by Francois Nicolas Martinet, plate 420 from 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux' in association wi...
Category
1760s Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Champs de Lavande (Fields of Lavender)
By Kaiko Moti
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Kaiko Moti – Indian/French (1921-1989-)
Title: Champs de Lavande (Fields of Lavender)
Year: 1979
Medium: Color Aquatint on Arches paper
Sight size: 17.25 x 22.5 inches.
She...
Category
1970s Impressionist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Aquatint, Etching
Davis F. Schwartz "Historic First Theater, Monterey County" PRINT c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
Davis Francis Schwartz "Historic First Theater, Monterey County" Original PRINT C.1950
PRINT dimensions 20" wide x 16" high
The distressed per...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Watercolor
Cowboy TV - large format photograph of iconic Western scene American landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Cowboy TV by Frank Schott
58 x 77.25 inches ( 147 x 196cm )
signed edition of 7
48 x 64 inches (122 x 162cm)
signed edition of 7
30 x 40 inches (76 x 102cm)
signed edition of 25
archival fine art pigment print
signed & numbered by artist on certificate label
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Frank Schott grew up in Germany and attended the prestigious Academy of Arts in Cologne, studying under Professor Arno Jansen, who was an early influence.
Moving to California in 1998, Schott's work has evolved to include the epic landscapes and deserts of the American West as well as architectural, conceptual and more formal environments from both home and his travels.
Influenced by a number of photographic peers and precursors such as Candida Höfer, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall, Ed Rusha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Flowering Digitalis Plants: An Original 17th C. Botanical Engraving by E. Sweert
By Emanuel Sweert
Located in Alamo, CA
This beautiful and extremely rare early 17th century hand-colored copperplate engraving of four flowering Digitalis plants by the Dutch artist and botanist Emanuel Sweert is plate 6 ...
Category
Early 17th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
18th Century Etching of "Chiesa di S. Lucia" in Rome by Giuseppe Vasi
By Giuseppe Vasi
Located in Alamo, CA
This 18th century etching is entitled "Chiesa di S. Lucia alle Botteghe Oscure" by Giuseppe Vasi was published in Rome in 1747 in Vasi's 'Magnificenze di Roma Antica e Moderna', whic...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
White-throated Hummingbirds: A 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by John Gould
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a remarkable hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Schistes Albogularis (White-throated Wedge-bill Hummingbirds) by John Gould from his monograph " from A Monograph o...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tawny or Brown Owl: A Framed Original 19th C. Hand-colored Lithograph by Gould
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed original 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled “Syrnium Aluco" (Tawny or Brown Owl) by John Gould, from his "Birds of G...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Asia Declineatio: A 17th Century Hand-colored Map of Asia by Justus Danckerts
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a scarce 17th century beautifully hand-colored copperplate engraved map of Asia entitled “Exactissima Asiae Delineatio in Praecipuas Regiones Caerterasque Partes divisa et de...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Cornucopia
By Helen Rundell
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cornucopia" 1987 is an original color lithograph on Aches paper by American artist Helen Rundell, b. 1935. It is hand signed and numbered 103/295 in pencil by th...
Category
Late 20th Century American Realist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Loire Valley of France: A 17th C. Hand-colored Map by Sanson and Jaillot
By Nicholas Sanson d'Abbeville
Located in Alamo, CA
This large 17th century copper plate hand-colored engraved map entitled "Gouvernement D'Orleans et la Generalite divisee en ses Elections Par...
Category
1690s Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Wild West I - large scale photograph of iconic landscape of American West
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wild West I by Frank Schott
from a series of photographic observances around Monument Valley
27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 102cm
signed edition of 25
48 x 71 inches / 122cm x 180cm
sign...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
Tree Study III - large scale photograph of dramatic mountain landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tree Study III by Frank Schott
from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast mountain landscapes
26 x 40 inches / 66cm x 102cm
signed edition of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Morning Glow - large format photograph of California water surface and horizon
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Morning Glow by Frank Schott
27 x 40 inches / 68cm x 101cm
signed edition of 25
48 x 72 inches / 122cm x 183cm
signed edition of 7
archival quality fine art pigment print
limited...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Paysage
By Maurice de Vlaminck
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958)
Title: Paysage
Year: 1952
Medium: Original color lithograph
Edition: Numbered 66/75 in pencil
Paper: Arches
Image size: 14.5 x ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Fauvist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peacock Butterfly, Moth & Botanical: An 18th C. Hand-colored M. Harris Engraving
By Moses Harris
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a rare, original first edition hand-colored engraving of Peacock Butterflies and Water Betony Moths depicted in their natural botanical environment, which is plate 8 from Mos...
Category
Mid-18th Century Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
"The Wharf" Large original color serigraph
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Wharf" c.1980 is an original color serigraph by American artist Filastro (Fil) Mottola, 1915-2008. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 19/450 in pencil by...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
Flowering Cactus: A Framed 18th C. Hand-colored Engraving by Redoute
By Pierre-Joseph Redouté
Located in Alamo, CA
This framed hand-colored stipple engraving entitled "Cactus Peruvianus Cierge du Pérou" by Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Plate 58 from his illustrated publication 'Plantarum Historia Succulentarum ou Histoire des Plantes Grasses', published in Paris in 1799. It depicts a branching limb of a cactus with a beautiful flower. There is a separate detail of the anatomy of a seed with early growth. Redoute was a pioneer of the stipple engraving technique, which he used to create this image. It involves utilizing a series of small dots worked into a copper plate rather than the more common lines. These dots can be made smaller or thicker depending on the degree of opacity the artist intends for various areas of the print. When inked and applied to paper, this allows for a greater portion of the paper to be seen, which accentuates the appearance of luminosity of the subject the artist is creating. Different color inks are used in the printing process, a time consuming technique known as "a la poupee". The engraving is then finished with watercolor to further enhance the beauty and realism of the print subject.
This engraving of a flowering cactus is presented in silver-colored ribbed wood frame and a double mat; cream-colored outer mat and heather green inner mat. The frame measures 21.25" high by 17.25" wide by 1.13" deep. The sheet measures 19.88" high by 14" wide. There are wide margins with a few short tears and chips along the the left, right and upper edges, which are all covered by the mat. There are small spots predominantly in the margins, with a few present in the image area. The print is otherwise in very good condition. There is another Redoute flowering cactus listed on 1stdibs, LU117326853392, which is framed and matted identically to this one. The pair would make an attractive display grouping.
Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840), was a painter and botanist originally from Belgium, who pursued his extremely successful artistic career in France. He is well known for his watercolor paintings of roses, lilies and other flowers and their subsequent folio-sized, color stipple engravings. Some believe him to be the greatest botanical illustrator of all time. Redouté was a favorite of the French royal court at the time and of the post French...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
A Flowering Cactus Plant: 18th C. Hand-colored Botanical Engraving by Weinmann
By Johann Wilhelm Weinmann
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "Cereus Erectus Altissimo Surinamensis (Cereus Cactus Plant)". It is plate...
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
Mothu et Doria: A 19th C. Lithograph from Les Maitres de l'Affiche by Steinlen
By Théophile Alexandre Steinlen
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a framed 19th century color lithograph entitled "Mothu et Doria" created by Theophile Alexandre Steinlen and published between 1896 and 1899 in Paris, France by Jules Cheret in his famous series of miniature colored stone lithographs of popular Belle Epoch posters...
Category
Late 19th Century Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sunrise
By Kaiko Moti
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sunrise" 1978, is an original color aquatint on rice paper by noted Indian artist Kaiko Moti, 1921-1989. It is hand signed and numbered LXXIV/LXXV in red pencil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Racetrack - large scale desert landscape panorama under mesmerizing night sky
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
highly detailed photographic capture of the mesmerizing night sky above the California desert
Racetrack by Frank Schott
48 x 88 inches (122 x 224cm)
signed edition of 7
24 x 40 ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
Tree Study IV - large scale photograph of dramatic mountain landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Tree Study V by Frank Schott
from a series of black and white photographs capturing the Golden State's vast mountain landscapes
26 x 40 inches / 66cm x 102cm
signed edition of 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Seascape XIV - large format photograph of monochrome blue water surface
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mesmerizing large scale photograph from artist's Seascape series, a body of works capturing the tactile surfaces and monochromatic nature of oceanic water and cloudscapes
Seascape ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless field
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Landscape view from rural county road outside of town, from a series of impressions captured in Marfa, Texas, longtime residence of minimalist artist Donald Judd
Marfa ( Texas ) by ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Vienna Scene II
By Robert Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Vienna Scene II, Austria" c. 1970 is a color etching on wove paper by noted Austrian artist Robert Kasimir, 1914-2002. It is hand signed in pen...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Best Seats - large format photograph of iconic yellow soccer goals
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
an homage to the photo realism + pop art color palette of artist David Hockney
Best Seats by Erik Pawassar
27 x 40 inches (69 x 102cm)
signed edition of 25
48 x 72 inches (122 x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Runway - large format art photograph of iconic airport runway tarmac
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
highly detailed panoramic photograph of pilot's view of airport runway
Runway (2006) by Frank Schott
22 x 40 inches (56 x 102cm)
signed edition of 25
48 x 87 inches (122 x 221cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment, Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Giclée
"Mine Shaft", Soviet Union: An Early 20th C. Woodcut Engraving by Abramovitz
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a signed woodcut engraving entitled "Mine Shaft" created by Albert Abramovitz in 1935, after a trip to the Soviet Union. It depicts two Russian workers constructing a mine sh...
Category
1930s Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Brothers
By Don Hatfield
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Brothers" 1991 is an original color serigraph on heavy Coventry paper by noted American artist Donald (Don) Hatfield, b.1947. It is hand signed and numbered 115/...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
"King Duck": An Original First Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal first octavo edition lithograph entitled "King Duck, 1. Male, 2. Female", No. 81, Plate 404, from A...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Daughters" Large color original serigraph
By Don Hatfield
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Daughters" 1992 is an original color serigraph on heavy Coventry paper by noted American artist Donald (Don) Hatfield, b.1947. It is hand signed and numbered 72/...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Screen
The Port Of Bordeaux, France In Winter: A 19th C. Etching by Maxime Lalanne
By Maxime Lalanne
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a mid 19th century etching entitled "Rade de Bordeaux, Janvier" (Port Of Bordeaux In Winter), etched by Phillip Gilbert Hamerton after a drawing by Maxime Lalanne in London in 1868. The etching depicts many boats in the busy harbor of Bordeaux, including small sailboats, as well as tall ships. Another harbor is seen in the distance across the river on the left. Snow covered buildings are on the left and extending long distances in the distant background. Many people occupy the road and ground centrally and on the left along with some horses or mules attached to carts. The sky is a wintery gray.
This etching is an excellent impression printed on thick chain-linked, laid, deckle-edge paper with wide margins, watermarked with a 2 in the lower left corner. It is signed in the plate in the lower left, the title and date are in the center and Bordeaux and the year are included in script along the top of a wall in the lower left of the engraving. The sheet measures 8.75" high by 12" wide. The print is in excellent condition. This etching is held by many museums and institutions, including The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
François Antoine Maxime Lalanne (1827-1886) was a leading French etcher and painter of landscapes and urban views, who was at the forefront of the French revival of etching during the 1860's. He grew up in Bordeaux, but he refined his artistic skills and worked in Paris. His art was first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1852 and he continued to regularly show both etchings and paintings there until the mid 1880's. He was also the author of several important books on the subjects of etching and other graphic arts. He was a founding member of the Societe des Aquafortistes, along with Auguste Delatre, Cadart, Ribot and Bracquemond. Lalanne created over one hundred and fifty fine etchings. Lalanne's unique style of art influenced many French and English artists in the twentieth century.
Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1834-1894) was a British artist, art critic and author. He was particularly focussed on contemporary graphic art and printmaking techniques. He frequently wrote about the theory of the English Etching...
Category
Mid-19th Century Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Colossal Statues of Ramses: David Roberts' 19th Century Hand Colored Lithograph
By David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
"One of Two Colossal Statues of Rameses II. Entrance to the Temple at Luxor" is a 19th century half-folio sized duo-tone lithograph from the "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Eg...
Category
1840s Realist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Edinburgh, Scotland: An Original 17th C. Hand-Colored Engraved Sea Chart
By Captain Greenvile Collins
Located in Alamo, CA
This hand-colored sea chart is entitled "Edinburgh Firth" from "Great Britain's Coasting Pilot. Being a New and Exact Survey of the Sea-Coast of England" by Captain Greenville Collin...
Category
Late 17th Century Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Jonah on the Way
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Jonah on the Way" 1975, is an original colors wood block print on thin paper by noted Austrian artist Bernd Kroeber, b.1942. It is hans signed, titled, dated and...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
David Roberts' 19th Century Duo-tone Lithograph, "Suez, General View"
By David Roberts
Located in Alamo, CA
"Suez, General View" is a 19th century folio sized tinted duo-tone lithograph, plate 124 from the "The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia" volume of David Roberts’ large folio edition, published in London by F. G. Moon in 1843. The lithographs were prepared by Louis Haghe (1806-1885) from paintings by Roberts. The resultant large folio editions of 'The Holy Land' and 'Egypt & Nubia' are considered the greatest lithographically illustrated works issued in the 19th century. The lithograph depicts the Suez city skyline on a peninsula with boats moored in the bay. Men, dressed in traditional Arab costumes, rest on a hillside In the foreground with their camels, weapons and presumably goods for sale and trade.
This tinted lithograph, which is professionally framed in a decorative gold-colored wood frame with cream-colored double mats. The print is in excellent condition.
There are four additional listings of David Roberts hand colored engravings of Egypt...
Category
1840s Realist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Belgium and the Netherlands: A Hand-colored 17th Century Map by Visscher
By Nicolaus Visscher
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original hand-colored 17th century map of Belgium by Nicolaus (Nicolas) Visscher II entitled "Belgium Foederatum emendate auctum et novissime editum", published in Amsterdam in 1678. The map shows the seven provinces comprising the Belgium federation or the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands or the Dutch Republic as it was also known. The republic was formed when an alliance of seven Dutch provinces in the Spanish Netherlands revolted against rule by Spain in 1579 (the Union of Utrecht) and declared their independence in 1581 (the Act of Abjuration). The seven provinces were Groningen, Frisia, Overijssel, Guelders, Utrecht, Holland and Zeeland. This was a predecessor state to the Netherlands and the first fully independent Dutch nation state. Amsterdam, Delft, Rouen, Utrecht, Brugge, Ghent, and Antwerp are all included on the map. A small inset map in the lower right depicts the course of the Maas River from Maastricht to Wessem. There is a decorative cartouche in the upper left corner and a distance scale cartouche in the lower right corner.
The map is presented in an attractive antiqued medium brown-colored wood frame with gold-colored inner and outer trim and a light tan-colored fabric mat. The frame measures 26.63" high by 30" wide by 0.75" deep. There is some darkening of the red areas in the map, presumably related to oxidation of the original iron containing pigment over time. There are also a few scattered spots. The map is otherwise in very good condition.
The Visscher family were one of the great cartographic families of the 17th century. Begun by Claes Jansz Visscher...
Category
Late 17th Century Other Art Style Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
West Coast of Africa; Guinea & Sierra Leone: Bellin 18th Century Map
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a Jacques Bellin copper-plate map entitled "Partie de la Coste de Guinee Dupuis la Riviere de Sierra Leona Jusquau Cap das Palmas", depicting the coast of Guinea and Sierra L...
Category
1740s Old Masters Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Forest Sunrise (Hand-printed cyanotype, 8.5 x 11 inches)
Located in Oakland, CA
This is the mini studio proof of the larger hand-printed photograph of the same name.
These iconic Monterey pines can be found all up and down the coast of northern California from S...
Category
2010s Realist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Photogram
California Mono - large photograph of infinite monochromatic desert landscape
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
From a series of photographs capturing the Golden State's vast monochromatic desert landscapes on an moody autumn day
48 x 48 inches ( 122 x 122cm )
edition of 7
signed
40 x 40 inc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Wind Chimes #2
By Ming Wai
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork Titled "Wind Chimes #2" 1983 in a color off set lithograph by renown Chinese/American artist Wai Ming A.K.A Lo Hing Kwok, b.1938. It is hand signed an inscribed A.C (Hors Commerce) in pencil by the artist. The image size is 30.25 x 22.75 inches, sheet size is 32.75 x 25.25 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Wai Ming, was born in Canton, South China on November 11, 1938, the son of a school master with nine children. Extremely poor as a child, he was raised in Hong Kong enduring many hardships amidst a chaotic environment of war and refugee settlements. Wai Ming's love for art flourished and he developed his drawing techniques without any art education, just painting what he saw. In the 1960s, Ming found representation in Hong Kong and also took the unusual step of opening his own gallery to display his work in. His primary interest being to capture images of life in fishing villages, or 'fish-folk', who have retained traditional Chinese culture, his work was at home with the sensibilities of many art buyers in Hong Kong. Crossing the ocean in his mid-30s, Wai Ming arrived in San Francisco from Hong Kong in 1974. There, he experienced initial resistance from galleries and the official art world for a variety of reasons, but was ultimately embraced by dealer Jack Swanson...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Map of the World: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by E. Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "A New & Correct Chart of All The Known World Laid down according to Mercator's Projection" by Emanuel Bowen. It was published in 1744 in London in John Harris's "Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca" or "A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels". This highly detailed and colorful map depicts the world. as it was known in the mid 18th century. A majority of the northern and central portions of Canada and America are left blank due to the purity of knowledge at the time this map was published.
The map is embellished with four Compass Roses in the lower left, lower center, lower right and center, along with many rhumb lines. There a is a decorative title cartouche in the upper left. This colorful, attractive, historical and interesting 1744 map presents the entire world on Mercator's projection as it was understood in the middle part of the 18th century, before the landmark explorations of Captain’s Cook, Vancouver, Wilkes and others. It is an example of a nautical chart, a type of map that was designed specifically for use by mariners. The map is centered on the equator and includes both the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. The continents of North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia are depicted, as well as various islands in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. The map is laid out according to the Mercator projection, a type of cylindrical map projection that was developed in the 16th century by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. This projection has the advantage of preserving angles and shapes, making it useful for navigation. The map presents a paucity of inland detail, particularly for the Americas, but major cities, geographical landmarks, and regions are included. Ocean currents and Tradewinds are identified, as well as the magnetic declination lines or magnetic variance, which refers to the difference between true north and compass north. The continents are color coded, enhancing the beauty of this map. The three compass roses indicate the directions of the cardinal points.
The depiction of the western coast of America, the Pacific and Australia are interesting. There was very little exploration of Australia between the navigations of William Damper in 1699 and Tobias Furneaux in 1773. Most of the maps detail relies on the 17th century Dutch expeditions to Australia's western coast, by Abel Tasman and William Janszoon. Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) and New Guinea appear connected to the Australian continent. New Zealand appears as a single landmass. North of New Zealand there is a landmass labelled 'Ter d' St. Esprit' which probably represents the New Hebrides Islands. This map precedes the accurate exploration of the South Pacific and east coast of Australia by Captain James Cook later in the 18th century. The map includes ‘Drakes' Port,' the site where Sir Francis Drake supposedly landed in 1579 during his 1579 circumnavigation of the globe. Here he claimed territory for England, restocked, and repaired his vessels. Drake named the region New Albion. The exact location of Drake's Port is a cartographic mystery. Drake's Harbor is believed to be in the region of San Francisco Bay, Bodega Bay, San Pablo Bay...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Seascape III - large format photograph of monochromatic blue horizon and sea
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
from a series of photographic works capturing the sea blue color palette of the ocean
Seascape III by Frank Schott
48 x 64 inches / 122cm x 163cm
signed edition of 7
30 x 40 inche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée
Alexandria, Egypt & Lighthouse: A Hand-colored Aquatint & Engraving by L. Mayer
By Luigi Mayer
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored aquatint and engraving entitled "Part of the New City of Alexandria, with the Light House", published in London by R. Bowyer from 1802-1805. The print was crea...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving, Aquatint
Mer Pacifique (Pacific Ocean)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled ""Mer Pacifique (Pacific Ocean)" 1979 is an original color etching with aquatint on Arches paper by French artist Jean Solombre, 1948-2005. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 125/125 in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) size is 17 x 17 inches, framed size is 31.75 x 25 inches. Framed in a mahogany style wood frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition, the frame has very small minor restorations, practically invisible.
About the artist:
Jean Solombre was born in Paris France in 1948. Solombre is an internationally respected painter, engraver, and writer. Tapestries created from images of Solombre paintings are woven at the atelier Aubsson, in France. The first Solombre fiber art created at Aubsson, was produced in 1979. Solombre, among the finest artists in France, was first acclaimed as printmaker, best known for his handsome richly textured and technically exquisite aquatint engravings which he presented with descriptive original poetry. Solombre's work has been shown in premiere art exhibitions Since 1970 including: The Great and Young of Today, at the Museum of Grand Palais, Paris; The Print Biennial at the Museum Galleria, Paris; and The International Art Fair in Paris, Basel, Dusseldorf, Washington, and New York. Solombre's printmaking intaglio technique masterfully combines the techniques of acquatint and engraving. These combination works, watercolor paintings, and oil paintings on canvas have been shown in prestigious solo exhibitions at: Jean-Marie Cupillard's la Bijougalerie in Grenoble, La Torte Gallery, Paris; Lahumiere, Paris; L'Empreinte Gallery, Strasbourg; Gallery Oliveier, Lille; Hohenloher Foundation, Langenburg West Germany; Gallery L'Angle Aigu, Bruxelles, Belgium; Gallery 410, New York USA; Frances Aronson...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"The Jaguar", an Original 19th C. Audubon Hand Colored Quadruped Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This rare original John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph is entitled "The Jaguar", No. 21, Plate CI, 101 from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America". It was drawn ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Map of the East Indies: An Original 18th Century Hand-colored Map by E. Bowen
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 18th century hand-colored map entitled "An Accurate Map of the East Indies Exhibiting the Course of the European Trade both on the Continent and Islands" by Emanu...
Category
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Engraving
Burgtheater, Vienna
By Josef Eidenberger
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Burgtheater, Vienna" c. 1970 is an original color etching by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist. The p...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Flame-bearer Hummingbirds: A 19th C. Gould Hand-colored "Selasphorus Scintilla"
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Selasphorus Scintilla" (Little Flame-bearer Hummingbirds) by John Gould, Plate 162 in his "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-birds", published in London in 1850. The print, which was drawn by Gould and Henry Richter and lithographed by Hullmandel and Walton, depicts three brown, green, ochre-colored hummingbirds with flame red protrusions under their beaks; perched on broad moss green-colored leaves of a plant with pale blue-colored flowers.
This beautiful Gould hand-colored hummingbird lithograph is augmented with iridescent gum-arabic paint. It is in excellent condition. The original text page is included, which has extensive foxing related to the lower quality paper used for the text pages in the publication.
There are several other unframed Gould hummingbird...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
White Eye-browed Partridges: Hand-colored Folio-sized Bird Lithograph by Gould
By John Gould
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a 19th century hand-colored folio-sized lithograph entitled "Dendrortyx Leucophrys" (White Eye-browed Partridges) by John Gould, published in his monograph 'A Monograph of the Odontophorinae, or Partridges of America' in London between 1844-1850. Reportedly only 250 copies were printed. The print depicts two partridges, one standing and the other lying apparently on sand, surrounded by high grass. A landscape of plants and possibly water is seen in the background.
This beautiful hand-colored lithograph is presented in a double cream-colored mat. There is one tiny spot in the left lower corner, faint spots in the right upper print and mild toning about the periphery which is covered by the mat. It is otherwise in excellent condition. It is accompanied by the original text page.
John Gould (1841-1881) was an English contemporary of the American John James Audubon. Gould published his first illustrated book on birds in 1831 entitled "A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains", followed by "Ramphastidae" and "Birds of Europe". He then extended the scope of his travels and research to include Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea, drawing birds in their natural habitat. Artists, such as his wife Elizabeth Gould, Henry Richter and Edward Lear, transferred his drawings to hand printed and hand colored stone lithographs, which are known for their beauty, detail and accuracy.
As well as an exceptional and prolific artist, Gould was an outstanding scientific naturalist. In approximately 50 years he created approximately 3,000 lithographs of birds...
Category
1840s Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Conversation
By Aldo Luongo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Conversation" 1988 is a color lithograph on Arches paper by noted Italian/Argentinian artist Aldo Luongo, b.1941. It is hand signed and numbered 103/275 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 20 x 25 inches, sheet size is 25 x 29 inches. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Aldo Luongo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Italian heritage. Since as far back as he can remember, Luongo had two great passions: art and soccer. Shortly after his graduation from the Academy of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires, Luongo came to the U.S. to play professional soccer for the New York Generals. After his athletic career was cut short due to an injury, he arrived in New York City with a dream to pursue his artwork full time.
In the 70’s, he had his first major success with multiple reproductions of his black & white drawings. Not only were these prints released to great critical acclaim, they were a huge commercial success as well (hundreds of thousands of pieces sold within several years). Aldo had put himself on the map as a major international artist.
Aldo Luongo has continued his reign at the top of the contemporary art world for almost four decades – a distinction that puts him in a class of his own. He has received numerous awards and honors, including being named a 3-time official Olympic Artist (Summer 1988, Summer 1996, and Winter 2002); an official World Cup Artist (1998); an official U.S. Women’s World Cup Artist (1999); and the 1999 Sports Artist of the Year (U.S. Sports Museum). He also has twice been chosen to paint eggs for the White House Easter Egg Hunt which now reside in the Smithsonian Institute.
SELECTED PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS & COLLECTIONS
2018 Chloe Gallery Summer Art and Winemakers’ Dinner Exhibition Chloe Gallery, San Francisco, California
The Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
The Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, California
The Juarez Museum, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
The John F. Kennedy Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
The Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
The Olympic Village Collection, Colorado Springs, Colorado
The Sports Museum, Daphne, Alabama
PRIZES, HONORS, & AWARDS
International Olympics, “Official Olympic Artist,”
(Summer 1988, Summer 1996, Winter 2002, Winter 2010)
World Cup of Soccer, “Official World Cup Artist” (1998)
U.S. Women's Soccer World Cup, “Official Artist” (1999)
1999 “Sports Artist of the Year,” U.S. Sports Museum
White House “Easter Egg Hunt,” commissioned painting
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
FAMOUS COLLECTORS:
Giada De Laurentiis
Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen
Matt Leinert
Bob Arum
Geena Davis
Kevin Costner
Placido Domingo
Argentine President Menem
Luciano Pavarotti
Jose Carreras...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Woodpeckers, Sonnerat's Pygmy: A 19th C. Gould Hand-colored Lithograph
By John Gould and Henry Constantine Richter
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored folio sized lithograph entitled "Iyngipicu Maculatus" (Sonnerat's Pygmy Woodpeckers) by John Gould from his monograph "The Birds of Asia", published in London ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sign Of The Time - large scale photograph of conceptual motivational billboard
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large format photograph of a billboard signage in California desert landscape, from a series of conceptual motivational messages on iconic Americana roadside signs and billboards cap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Seascape VII - large format photograph of cloud formations and reflecting sea
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph of dramatic cloud formations and reflecting sea
SEASCAPE VII by Frank Schott
48 x 48 inches ( 122 x 122cm )
signed edition of 7
58 x 58 inches ( 14...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bay Area - Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Inkjet, Archival Pigment, Black and ...
