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Item Ships From: Continental US
Roland Garros French Open tennis Paris offset print (Hand signed by Sean Scully)
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully Roland Garros French Open tennis tournament, Paris, France (Hand signed by Sean Scully), 2001 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Sean Scully) 29 3/4 inches (vertica...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Message of Peace, Op Art Geometric Screenprint by Yaacov Agam
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Message of Peace Year: 1988 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Paper Size: 40 x 31 inches
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1980s Op Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Miró, Composition (Mourlot 872-881; Cramer 164), El tapís de Tarragona (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Sarrió paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Tapís De Tarragona, il·lustracions, Joan Miró...
Category

1970s Modern Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Me + Paul We Are the Trolls, famous signed monoprint from Douglas Cramer estate
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Me + Paul We Are the Trolls, 1995 Monoprint on paper Signed, titled and dated in graphite pencil on the front Unique Frame included: bears original label from Jay Jopling, the founder of White Cube Gallery, Emin's longtime gallery Measurements: Framed (original vintage frame included) 15.5 inches vertical by 20.5 by .75 inches Work 11.5 inches vertical by 16.5 inches horizontal Provenance: The Collection of Douglas S. Cramer, USA Hubert S. Bush Collection USA (with label) Jay Jopling, London (with label) - Jay Jopling is the legendary founder of White Cube Gallery This early (1995) monoprint is part of Tracey Emin's "troll" series, depicting her younger self and her (now estranged) twin brother Paul as children with sometimes murderous thoughts. It was acquired from the collection of Douglas Cramer, (August 22, 1931 – June 4, 2021) a top American television producer who worked for Paramount Television and Spelling Television, producing series such as Mission: Impossible, The Brady Bunch, and Dynasty - who amassed one of the most distinguished collections of contemporary art in the United States. A 2011 Daily Mail article entitled "If you Think Tracey Emin is Wild, say Hello to her Terrible Twin" describes a different monotype, also from the troll series, that Tracey gave to her brother Paul, which he promptly and publicly sold on a TV show, much to her chagrin. The article reads: "Yet there is one person central to Tracey's life who has managed to stay largely shielded from the public eye: her twin brother Paul.. He leads a life that could hardly be more different to Tracey's. She is worth millions, is a household name, owns an estate in the South of France and has A-list friends such as Kate Moss, Orlando...
Category

1990s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Monotype, Monoprint

Sans titre, San Lazzaro et ses Amis, XXe siècle
By Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, San Lazzaro et ses Amis, Hommage ...
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1970s Surrealist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Chateau Mouton Rothschild Wine Label Signed & inscribed Philippine de Rothschild
By Bernard Séjourné
Located in New York, NY
Bernard Séjourné Chateau Mouton Rothschild Wine Label (Hand Signed & Inscribed), 1989 Wine Label Print Signed “To John A. Powers, Chairman, ...
Category

1980s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Variant - P1, F11, I1, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

CORAL 7 Dark Green, Red, Signed Lithograph, Nature Abstract Coral Reef Sea Life
By Joan Melnick
Located in Union City, NJ
Coral 7 is an original hand drawn lithograph by the NY woman artist, Joan Melnick. Inspired by the fragile beauty of ocean reefs with their exotic aquatic a...
Category

1970s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Kandinsky, Orientalisches, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle (after)
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle Paris, Hommage à Wassily Kandinsky, Edited ...
Category

1970s Modern Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

14th New York Film Festival, Pop Art Screenprint by Allan D'Arcangelo
By Allan D'Arcangelo 1
Located in Long Island City, NY
14th New York Film Festival Allan D’Arcangelo, American (1930–1998) Date: 1976 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 107/144 Size: 40 x 59 in. (101.6 x 149.86 cm)
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1970s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Deborah Kass Feminist Jewish American Pop Art Silkscreen Screenprint Ltd Edition
By Deborah Kass
Located in Surfside, FL
Deborah Kass (born 1952) Limited edition geometric abstract lithograph in colors on artist paper. Hand signed and dated in pencil to lower right. 1973. Edition: 102/120 to lower left. Dimensions: sight: 16-3/4" W x 21-1/4" H. Frame: 24-5/8" W x 28-7/8" H. Finding inspiration in pop culture, political realities, film, Yiddish, art historical styles, and prominent art world figures, Deborah Kass uses appropriation in her work to explore notions of identity, politics, and her own cultural interests. She received her BFA in painting at Carnegie Mellon University and studied at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program and the Art Students League of New York. Deborah Kass (born 1952) is an American artist whose work explores the intersection of pop culture, art history, and the construction of self. Deborah Kass works in mixed media, and is most recognized for her paintings, prints, photography, sculptures and neon lighting installations. Kass's early work mimics and reworks signature styles of iconic male artists of the 20th century including Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock, and Ed Ruscha. Kass's technique of appropriation is a critical commentary on the intersection of social power relations, identity politics, and the historically dominant position of male artists in the art world. Deborah Kass was born in 1952 in San Antonio, Texas. Her grandparents were from Belarus and Ukraine, first generation Jewish immigrants to New York. Kass's parents were from the Bronx and Queens, New York. Her father did two years in the U.S. Air Force on base in San Antonio until the family returned to the suburbs of Long Island, New York, where Kass grew up. Kass’s mother was a substitute teacher at the Rockville Centre public schools and her father was a dentist and amateur jazz musician. At age 14, Kass began taking drawing classes at The Art Students League in New York City which she funded with money she made babysitting. In the afternoons, she would go to theater on and off Broadway, often sneaking for the second act. During her high school years, she would take her time in the city to visit the Museum of Modern Art, where she would be exposed to the works of post-war artists like Frank Stella and Willem De Kooning. At age 17, Stella’s retrospective exhibition inspired Kass to become an artist as she observed and understood the logic in his progression of works and the motivation behind his creative decisions. Kass received her BFA in Painting at Carnegie Mellon University (the alma mater of artist Andy Warhol), and studied at the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program Here, she created her first work of appropriation, Ophelia’s Death After Delacroix, a six by eight foot rendition of a small sketch by the French Romantic artist, Eugène Delacroix. At the same time Neo-Expressionism was being helmed by white men in the late Reagan years, women were just beginning to create a stake in the game for critical works. “The Photo Girls...
Category

2010s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

"Short of Expectations" Framed Limited Edition Print, 50" x 40"
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition giclee landscape print by Bri Custer is an edition size of 195. It features a warm, earth-toned palette. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a warm si...
Category

2010s Impressionist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital, Giclée

1950s "Abstract Line Print" Stone Lithograph San Francisco Printmaker
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper and Ruth Opper Abstract Line Print c.1950's Stone Lithograph on Paper 25" x 19.5" Unframed Estate stamp lower left Came from ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

"Tangerine Evening II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a warm, vibrant palette and captures a landscape with the sun just along the horizon. The painting has an impres...
Category

2010s Impressionist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Miró, Composition (Cramer 112; Mourlot 439-442), Derrière le miroir (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Derrière le miroir, N° 164-165, 1967. ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Alexander Liberman book, hand signed by both Alexander Liberman and Barbara Rose
By Alexander Liberman
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Liberman, hand signed and inscribed by both Alexander Liberman and Barbara Rose, and accompanied by a separate hand signed note, 1981 Hardback monograph (hand signed and inscribed by Alexander Liberman as well as art historian Barbara Rose), plus accompanied by a separate handwritten card signed by Liberman in the original envelope Warmly signed and inscribed on the monograph and card by Alexander Liberman and hand signed by Barbara Rose on the first front end page 13 1/4 × 12 1/4 × 1 3/4 inches A unique and memorable gift for any collector or fan of the sculptor Alexander Liberman! This lavishly illustrated hardback monograph with dust jacket is warmly signed and inscribed on the first front end page by both Alexander Liberman and the author, art historian, Barbara Rose, and it is accompanied by a separate handwritten card, signed by Alexander Liberman and held in the original envelope. (see photos). The book and card was inscribed to Jack Haber, the Editor-in-Chief of the magazine Gentlemen's Quarterly (GQ) from 1969 to 1983. GQ was owned by Conde Nast, and Alexander Liberman, who worked for Conde Nast for 32 years, was the Editorial Director from 1962-1983. Sadly, Jack Haber would die in 1984 at the age of 45 - one of the first casualties of the AIDS crisis, which was devastating to the art and publishing industries. Inscription on the monograph reads: To Jack Haber with warm friendship Alexander Liberman Inscription on the card reads: Dear Jack [Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year] with warm friendship Alex Book information: Publisher: Abbeville Press, 1981. Hardcover. Bound in publisher's original white cloth with spine and front cover stamped in black. Full color illustrations throughout, including several color foldouts. 392 pages. About Alexander Liberman: Considered a revolutionary Minimalist artist, Alexander Liberman produced works that predated the movement by more than a decade. Liberman, not wanting to limit himself to any one form of expression, worked to produce radically minimalist paintings and sculpture in order to illuminate his beliefs about celestial motion, the movement of the eye, as well as human sexuality. The artist’s fascination with American industrialization and modernization ultimately resulted in his widely known red steel sculptures and geometric paintings, which seem to decompose the turbulence of the time period. Alexander Liberman was born in 1912 in Kiev, Russia. He studied first in London and then in Paris. He took courses in philosophy and mathematics at the Sorbonne and architecture at L’École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Liberman has had numerous solo exhibitions at museums such as the Jewish Museum, New York (1966); Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY (1970); and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1970). His sculpture and paintings are included in the museum collections of the Art Institute, Chicago; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC; the Tate Gallery, London and many others. Additionally his public sculpture can be seen in over 40 cities around the world including Honolulu, Los Angeles, Miami, New Haven, New York, Oklahoma City and Philadelphia. Alexander Liberman died in November of 1999 at the age of 87. - Courtesy of Mitchell-Innes & Nass About Barbara Rose: Barbara Ellen Rose (June 11, 1936 – December 25, 2020) was an American art historian, art critic, curator and college professor. Rose's criticism focused on 20th-century American art, particularly minimalism and abstract expressionism, as well as Spanish art. "ABC Art...
Category

1980s Modern Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset, Lithograph, Permanent Marker, Mixed Media, Ink, Paper

"Staphisagria, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 53" x 53"
By Roger Mudre
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract limited edition print by Roger Mudre features light, translucent circles layered over one another throughout the composition. The under layers are a deep green and yell...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Temporal Perception 111 (Diptych) (Abstract photography)
By Serge Hamad
Located in London, GB
Temporal Perception 111 (Diptych) (Abstract photography) Archival C-Print — Unframed. Edition: 1/12 Available in 2 weeks turnaround. Sold as a diptych. Each element size is: 45 x 30...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

C Print

"Snapshot, the 50th State", Abstract Landscape, Hawaii, Flag, Black, Print, 2020
By Patty deGrandpre
Located in Franklin, MA
Patty deGrandpre’s “Snapshot, The 50th State” is an unique abstract inkjet print with four distinct 4.5 x 6.5 “snapshots” representing the 50th United State of Hawaii represented on...
Category

2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Digital

Miró, Composition (Cramer 102; Mourlot 428-449), Derrière le miroir (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 22 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 151-152, 1965. ...
Category

1960s Surrealist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

No. 7 from "Als Mestres de Catalunya, " Lithograph by Antoni Tapies
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph was created by Catalan artist Antoni Tapies. Tàpies started as a surrealist painter, and his early works were influenced by Paul Klee and Joan Miró. However, he soon ...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

In a French Restaurant (Knoedler Gallery) SIGNED poster colorful expressionist
By (After) Howard Hodgkin
Located in New York, NY
A large scale abstract interior scene with bold black, white, red, pink, green, white and orange patterns and brushstrokes, based on an abstract oil painting. Pink and purple dots, y...
Category

1980s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

French Abstract Surrealist Color Lithograph Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Surfside, FL
Published Benincasa Carmine. Edizioni SEAT, Torino, Italy. Offset directly from the original plates. Limited edition. This is not hand signed or numbered. Signature in the printing p...
Category

20th Century Surrealist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Vintage Bob Dylan Souvenir Poster (Milton Glaser Bob Dylan 1960s)
By Milton Glaser
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Original 1967 Milton Glaser Fold Out Poster for Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits. Offset lithograph printed in colors 33 x 22 in (83.82 x 55.88 cm) Fold lines as issued; very good vinta...
Category

1960s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (SF-297)
By Sam Francis
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph on Rives. Signed and numbered 4/50 in pencil by Francis. Printed and published by The Litho Shop, Inc., Santa Monica, with the blind s...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Lithograph

Untitled Winter Landscape (Edition 85/150)
By Bernard Charoy
Located in New York, NY
Bernard Charoy (French b. 1931 ) , "Untitled Winter Landscape," Edition 85/150, Abstract Lithograph signed and numbered in Pencil, 22 x 30, Late 20th Century Colors: Green, White, G...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Budding, Marisol Escobar
By Marisol Escobar
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Marisol Escobar (1930) Title: Budding Year: 1980 Edition: 84/150, plus proofs. Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Size: 30.25 x 22.5 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signe...
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1980s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nue
By Auguste Herbin
Located in Miami, FL
Nue - From the 12 plate Portfolio, 1959 Published by Denise Rene, Paris Lithograph in colors on heavy paper 20 x 26 inches Numbered in pencil, edition of 64/150 AUGUSTE HERBIN (188...
Category

1950s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Nue
Nue
$2,400 Sale Price
20% Off
New Glory Banner, Serigraph from the American Dream Portfolio by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Indiana, American (1928 - 2018) Title: New Glory Banner from the American Dream Portfolio Year: 1963 (1997) Medium: Serigraph Edition: 395 Image Size: 17 x 10 inches S...
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1960s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Agam Silkscreen Mod Judaica Lithograph Hand Signed Israeli Kinetic Op Art Print
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Surfside, FL
Yaacov Agam Israeli (b. 1928) Hommage aux Prix Nobel (1974) Serigraph signed lower right, numbered 85/100 sheet: 22 x 29 3/4 inches frame dimensions: 28 x 35 1/2 x 1 inches, wood fra...
Category

1990s Op Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen, Lithograph

Signed Abstract Etching by Gilou Brillant
By Gilou Brillant
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gilou Brillant Title: Untitled 21 Year: circa 1975 Medium: Aquatint Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 99 Size: 35.5 x 25.5 in. (90.17 x 64.77 cm)
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1970s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Edward Sacks, Seated Figure
Located in New York, NY
Little is known about the artist, Edward (Ed) Sacks, although this print may have been made at the Art Students League in NYC. it is a cross between, as the title suggests, a Seated ...
Category

1940s American Modern Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Chinati Foundation Marfa Texas Donald Judd poster Hand Signed by Claes Oldenburg
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
Claes Oldenburg Chinati Foundation, Marfa Texas (Hand Signed), 2003 Offset Lithograph poster. Hand signed by Claes Oldenburg 23 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches Exceedingly rare when hand signed....
Category

Early 2000s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

What Party (Orange), KAWS
By KAWS
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: KAWS (1974) Title: What Party (Orange) Year: 2020 Medium: Silkscreen on Saunders Waterford paper Size: 22 x 22 inches Edition: 100, plus 20 proofs Condition: Excellent Inscri...
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2010s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

What Party (Orange), KAWS
What Party (Orange), KAWS
$28,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Morning Dance
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Morris Morning Dance Digital Painting on Archival Paper Year: 2023 Size: 24x24in Edition: 15 Signed, numbered and dated by hand on label to be attached verso COA provided Ref.:...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Morning Dance
$2,311 Sale Price
40% Off
"Noshi" Lithograph
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Tan paper lithograph by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948). Titled "Noshi" on lower center and signed “Patricia Pearce” in lower right corner. Presented unframed and without glass. Impression on paper without ink. Print # 8/90. Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948) is a California artist who attended San Francisco State and UC Irvine and is the adjunct Professor of Fine Art at the College of San Mateo. Her early work on paper explored images of garments using various printmaking techniques. Later, she began to work mainly in collagraph and monotype prints creating singular images of kimonos and ribbons in her subtle shifting, subdued pieces are constructed in a three-step process. Awards include Grade Prize, 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama Japan; Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation. Collections: Nieman Marcus, San Francisco; Wells Fargo, San Francisco Exhibitions...
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1980s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

Abstract Composition (diptych), Modern Lithograph by Joanna Pousette-Dart
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joanna Pousette-Dart, American (1947 - ) - Abstract Composition (diptych), Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and dated in pencil, Image Size: 18 x 21 inches, Size: 3...
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1980s Modern Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Resting Cat
By Karel Appel
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Karel Appel Title: Resting Cat Portfolio: 1978 Cats Medium: Lithograph in colors on Japon paper Date: 1978 Edition: XV/LXV Sheet Size: 24 3/4" x 32 1/4" Signature: Hand signe...
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1970s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ecce Homo VII
By Werner Drewes
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ecce Homo VII Woodcut, 1921 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist One of only three known impressions Created while the artist was studying at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany. Extreme rarity-One of three know impressions Note: In 1921 Drewes went to the Bauhaus in Weimar, where, after completing the compulsory preliminary course with Johannes Itten, he continued to study with Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer and Georg Muche and initially went to the wall painting workshop. He then traveled extensively through Europe, North America and Asia. After returning to Germany in 1927, he went back to the Bauhaus, this time to his new location in Dessau, where he studied in the classes of László Moholy-Nagy and Wassily Kandinsky. He was one of the first artists to introduce the groundbreaking concepts of the Bauhaus School in the United States through his painting, printmaking, and teaching. Condition: Excellent Missing small voids in the upper margin from removal of the original hinges. Image size: 9 7/8 x 8 3/16 inches Reference: Rose 30 Provenance: From the estate of Drewes's teacher at the Bauhaus. During the pasot WW2 the professor lived in East Germany. WERNER DREWES 1899-1985 Werner Drewes initially studied architecture before enrolling, in 1921-22, at the Bauhaus in Weimar under Klee, Kandinsky, Itten and Feininger. For four years - 1923 to 1927 - he travelled the world with his bride, before completing his Bauhaus training in Dessau in 1929. He immigrated to the United States in 1930, documenting that move to New York through series of woodcuts. In 1936/37 he was an active founder of the American Abstract Artists and participated in the Federal Arts Project in New York before moving on to a teaching career at Washington University in St. Louis. As an artist for over sixty five years, he employed various media from drawing and watercolor, through woodcut and etching, to painting and collage. Translating an early interest in subjective cubistic forms, his work evolved into nonobjective abstraction. He was creative until the day of his death. Courtesy: Toby C. Moss Werner Drewes (1899–1985) was a painter, printmaker, and art teacher. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction, he was one of the first artists to introduce concepts of the Bauhaus school within the United States. His mature style encompassed both nonobjective and figurative work and the emotional content of this work was consistently more expressive than formal. Drewes was as highly regarded for his printmaking as for his painting. In his role as teacher as well as artist he was largely responsible for bringing the Bauhaus aesthetic to America. Early life and education Drewes was born in 1899 to Georg Drewes, a Lutheran pastor, and Martha Schaefer Drewes. The family lived in the village of Canig within Lower Lusatia, Germany. From age eight to eighteen he attended the Saldria Gymnasium, a boarding school in Brandenburg an der Havel. There, he showed talent both for painting and woodblock printing. Graduating from Saldria in 1917, he was drafted by the German army and served in France from then until the close of the war. About this period of his life he is reported to have said that the horrors of life at the front were only made tolerable by his sketchbook, a copy of Goethe's Faust and a volume of Nietzsche. For a decade following the close of the war he studied, made paintings and prints, and traveled widely. His friend, Herwarth Walden, helped shape his appreciation for expressionist literature and art. Walden produced the quarterly magazine, Der Sturm and ran a gallery of contemporary art, Galerie Der Sturm, from which, in 1919, Drewes purchased an expressionist painting by William Wauer titled Blutrausch (Bloodlust). In the same year he made the acquaintance of Heinrich Vogeler and participated in Vogeler's socialist utopian artists' commune, Barkenhoff, at Worpswede, Lower Saxony. In 1919 Drewes also enrolled at the Königlich Technischen Hochschule Charlottenburg to study architecture and the following year he studied the same subject at the Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart. Preferring art over architecture, he then enrolled in Stuttgart's school of applied arts (Kunstgewerbeschule) where he studied life drawing and learned to work with colored glass. At this time he joined a group of artists and architects associated with the newly formed Merz Akademie, a college of design, art, and media in Stuttgart. In 1921 his friendship with a French artist, Sébastien Laurent, led him to begin studies in Weimar at Bauhaus, then a new school which taught an integrated approach to the fine and applied arts. His instructors were Johannes Itten and Lyonel Feininger, whose paintings were expressionist and abstract, and Paul Klee, who taught bookbinding, stained glass, and murals. While at Bauhaus Drewes produced a portfolio of ten woodblock prints entitled "Ecce Homo." In 1923 and 1924 he studied art during travels throughout Italy, Spain, the United States, and Central America and in 1926 he traveled to San Francisco, Japan, and Korea, thence taking the Trans-Siberian railway to Manchuria, Moscow, and Warsaw. He later said the El Grecos he saw proved to be most influential in his work. While traveling, he exhibited: (1) etchings in Madrid (1923) and Montevideo (1924), oils and etchings in Buenos Aires and St. Louis (1925), and (3) etchings in San Francisco (1926). He paid his way by the sales these exhibits produced and by taking commissions to paint portraits. While in San Francisco he set up a shop from which he sold prints he had made in Spain and South America. After his return to Germany in 1927 he resumed study at Bauhaus, which had been forced to relocate in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt. His instructors at that time were László Moholy-Nagy (metal work), Wassily Kandinsky, and (painting), and Lyonel Feininger (prints). At this time he also worked and exhibited in Frankfurt. With the rise of Nazism abstract artists found it increasingly difficult to sell their work and, in 1930, Drewes, finding the political pressure unbearable, emigrated to the United States. There, despite the world economic crisis, Drewes was able to earn a living as a professional artist. Mature style After Drewes moved to New York, Kandinsky, who was both friend and mentor, continued to exert a strong influence over his style. Later in life he said he had a hard time getting away from Kandinsky's influence as he developed his own style. In time he was able to bring a more emotional approach to his work and to base it, more than Kandinsky did, on natural forms. In 1930 Drewes had a solo exhibition at the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library and a two-person show at the S.P.R. Penthouse Gallery...
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1920s Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Peaches (floral, still life, watercolor, bright colors, fruit)
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Lilac, Minimalist Lithograph by Gene Davis
By Gene Davis
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gene Davis Title: Lilac Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Paper Size: 21.75 x 30 inches
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1980s Minimalist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Winter Bells, Signed Abstract Lithograph by Ronald Julius Christensen
By Ronald Julius Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Winter Bells by Ronald Julius Christensen, American (1923–1999) Date: 1980 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 250, AP Size: 38.5 in. x 26 in. (97.79 cm x 66.04 cm) ...
Category

1980s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Untitled" serigraph and collage by Max Bill from the "Kinderstern" portfolio
By Max Bill
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" geometric abstract multi-color serigraph and collage by artist Max Bill from the "Kinderstern" portfolio, published in 1989 by Edition Domberger to raise money to house families of children hospitalized with cancer. Hand-numbered 66/100 in lower left corner. Hand-signed bill...
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

"Green Surrender" Framed Limited Edition Print, 24" x 36"
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition giclee landscape print by Molly Doe Wensberg is an edition size of 195. It features a cool blue and green palette and captures a landscape scene with lush foliag...
Category

2010s Other Art Style Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital, Giclée

Series 6, De Stijl Silkscreen by Bolotowsky
By Ilya Bolotowsky
Located in Long Island City, NY
A silkscreen print by Ilya Bolotowsky circa 1970. A retro modern piece with an abstract geometric design. Artist: Ilya Bolotowsky, Russian/American (1907 - 1981) Title: Series 6 Yea...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Aftermath
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Aftermath" 1981 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 2/150in pencil b...
Category

Mid-20th Century Op Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Untitled from Atelier International Portfolio, rare signed/n etching by sculptor
Located in New York, NY
Jackie Ferrara Untitled, from the Atelier International Portfolio, 1986 Hand Colored Etching on paper with deckled edges. Publisher's and Printer's Blind Stamps. Hand Signed. Numbere...
Category

1980s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Pencil, Etching

Presenza Grafica
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
Large, scarce limited edition color aquatint by Alexander Calder, from a limited edition of 90. Signed by Calder and numbered in pencil. Printed and published by 2RC Edizioni d'Art...
Category

1970s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Revolution IX - Blue geometric abstract monoprint and laser cut rice paper
By Amy Sands
Located in New York, NY
Monoprint, serigraphy, laser cut on two sheets of rice paper, unique 15 x 15 inches, 2016, framed 22.25 x 22.25 inches In this piece, Sands uses the motif of a sand dollar, and her ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint, Rice Paper

1960s "Night Magic" Teal, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Night Magic" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 3"x6" framed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Be...
Category

1960s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Intaglio

Le bonnet phrygien, Stabiles, Derrière le miroir
By Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 141, 1963. Published by Maeght É...
Category

1960s Surrealist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Cecil The Lion I (Limited Edition Print)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL APRIL 15TH ONLY** **This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Take Advantage** Remember Cecil, the old lion killed in Africa by an Americ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Giclée

Untitled, from Vertical Orchestration
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Yaacov Agam Title: Untitled Portfolio: Vertical Orchestration Medium: Silkscreen Year: 1980 Edition: H.C. 7/18 Sheet Size: 29 5/8" x 8 3/4" Image Size: 24" x 6" Signed: Hand ...
Category

1980s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

1945 Mexican Modernist Silkscreen Serigraph Print Regional Folk Art Dress Mexico
Located in Surfside, FL
This listing is for the one Silkscreen serigraph piece listed here. Mexico City, 1945. First edition. plate signed, limited edition of 1000, these serigraph plates depict various types of traditional and folk art indigenous clothing...
Category

1940s Folk Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Pre-Morocco, 1983 (Eight by Eight)
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pre-Morocco form the Eight by Eight portfolio is a lithograph on paper with an image size of 42 x 29 inches, signed 'RAUSCHENBERG 83' and annotated 92/250 lower right. From the editi...
Category

20th Century Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

'Collage, ' by David Mladjovic, Screenprint, 2020
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 27.5" x 30.5" screen print (#3 of 10) by Serbian artist David Mladjovic depicts an abstract composition of dynamic forms with a palette of gray and pale yellow with vibrant shot...
Category

2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

"Golden Haven" - Mid Century Modern Dual Panel Vertical Serigraph
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful modernist figurative abstract with birds, a large scale vertical dual panel original serigraph, "Golden Haven I, and "Golden Haven II", by Phil Paradise...
Category

1960s Modern Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen, Cardboard

Quelques Fleurs No. 2: Artigas
By Joan Miró
Located in Columbia, MO
Quelques Fleurs pour des Amis: Dypréau No. 9 1964 Lithograph Ed. Edition of 150 15 x 11 inches
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Galerie Maeght exhibition abstract colorful heart poster limited edition of 500
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine Galerie Maeght exhibition print, 1983 Lithograph and offset lithograph Signed in plate 31 1/4 × 21 inches Limited Edition of 500 Unframed Th...
Category

1980s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Crash" Blue and Red Constructivist Lithograph
Located in Pasadena, CA
The title of this square lithograph is "Crash," a reflection of the chaotic and dynamic energy captured within the artwork. The striking contrast between the bold blue edgy 3D triang...
Category

1980s Constructivist Continental US - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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