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Item Ships From: London
Purple Marilyn Triptych - Marilyn Monroe Pop Art
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Caramel Marilyn Triptych
by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limited edition.
paper size 40 x 19" inches / 101 x 48 cm
signed and numbered by the artist on front
ed...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Bardot Blur Lavender by BATIK
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Bardot Blur Lavender 2022
by BATIK
Signed and numbered by the artist on front
limited to only 5 this size
Paper size 44 inches height x 40 inches width / 112 x 101 cm
Paper Type ...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Marilyn I - Signed Limited Edition
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Marilyn I
Signed Limited Edition
By Blank Barbie
pop artwork of the iconic sex symbol and actress Marilyn Monroe.
Taken from costume shots for her unfinished film Something's Go...
Category
2010s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Tattooed Man
By Peter Blake
Located in London, GB
Peter Blake
Tattooed Man, 2015
Screenprint on paper
Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right on recto
29.5 x 21 cm
Edition of 150
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Mulholland Drive Original Vintage Movie Poster One Sheet
Located in London, GB
Mulholland Drive 2001
Original Movie Poster
featuring Laura Harring
Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Single-Sided One-Sheet Movie Poster One sheet
measures 27″ x 40″ inches /
6...
Category
Early 2000s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Mulholland Drive Original Vintage Movie Poster One Sheet
Located in London, GB
Mulholland Drive 2001
Original Movie Poster
featuring Naomi Watts
Original Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Single-Sided One-Sheet Movie Poster One sheet
measures 27″ x 40″ inches /
69 ...
Category
Early 2000s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Marilyn I - Signed Limited Edition
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Marilyn I
Signed Limited Edition
By Blank Barbie
pop artwork of the iconic sex symbol and actress Marilyn Monroe.
Taken from costume shots for her unfinished film Something's Go...
Category
2010s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Marilyn I - Signed Limited Edition
By Blank Barbie
Located in London, GB
Marilyn I
Signed Limited Edition
By Blank Barbie
pop artwork of the iconic sex symbol and actress Marilyn Monroe.
Taken from costume shots for her unfinished film Something's Go...
Category
2010s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Army of Me II - Hand Signed Limited Edition Print
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Army Of Me II - Hand Signed Limited Edition
This piece is a modern reworking of the world famous shot of boxer Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston, aft...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Ohh Baby ! - Hand Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Hand Signed Limited Edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Archival Pigment Print
BATÍK is a London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist.
Measures 40 x 30 inc...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
9th Queen's Royal Lancers Officer Institute of Army Education uniform lithograph
Located in London, GB
The Ninth (Queen's Royal Lancers) Officer 1899 uniform
Lithograph
50 x 31 cm
Produced for the Institute of Army Education. Printed for HM Stationery Office by I A Limited, Southall ...
Category
1950s London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Blue Girl - Hand Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Blue Girl - Hand Signed Limited Edition
Archival Pigment Print
This piece is a modern reworking of the infamous 1952 Chinese Girl painting by Vladimir Tretchikoff...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Dream It I by BATIK signed limited edition Oversize POP ART
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Dream It I by BATIK signed limited edition Oversize POP ART
Paper Size OVERSIZE 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 51 cm
Signed & numbered by artist on front
Archi...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Cerise Kate - Kate Moss pop art by BATIK
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Cerise Kate
by BATIK
signed limited edition print
Paper Type : Archival Pigment print
Artwork of the supermodel Kate Moss
Made and signed by London based pop artist BATIK.
30 x...
Category
2010s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blue Girl - Oversize limited edition - Pop Art
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Blue Girl - Oversize limited edition
Beautiful archival pigment print
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size
limited to 10 only this size.
signed and numbered by the artist.
certificate of authenticity provided.
unframed.
(Framing available - please enquire)
This piece is a modern reworking of the infamous 1952 Chinese Girl painting by
by Vladimir Tretchikoff...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Henry Moore - Head of a Woman
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Head of Woman, 1981
Etching on paper.
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist.
Paper size: 57 x 46 cm
Framed: 60 x 49 cm
Edition of 50
Henry Moore’s prints are a vital aspect of hi...
Category
1980s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
The Blind Exit
Located in London, GB
Conor Harrington
The Blind Exit, 2023
silkscreen print on Somerset Satin Cotton, printed in 28 colours, with a high gloss varnish finish
125 x 99.5 cm
Edition of 100 + 10 AP
hand-sig...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Atomic Lemon Marilyn Monroe Oversize Pop Art
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Atomic Lemon by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limited edition.
paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm
signed and numbered by the artist on front
edition of 15 on...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
I Have A Dream - Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
I Have A Dream
by BATIK
Fantasy Portrait of Agneta Faltskog of ABBA by BATIK
paper size 12×16″ inches / 31 x 41 cm
edition of 50
signed and numbered ...
Category
2010s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Neg Edit Blondie - Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Neg Edit Blondie by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print of pop culture icon Debbie Harry of punk rock glam band Blondie –
signed & limited edition.
Luxe 20×16″ inches / 51 x 41 c...
Category
2010s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
8 Fun Loving Criminals Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
8 Fun Loving Criminals by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print of infamous criminal arrest mugshots of Fifty Cent, Elvis Presley, David Bowie,
Snoop Dog, Mick Jagger, Sid Vicious, Frank Sinatra and Prince – signed...
Category
2010s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Lavender Marilyn II - Marilyn Monroe Oversize Pop Art
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Lavender Marilyn II
by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limited edition.
paper size 30 x 30" inches / 76 x 76 cm
signed and numbered by the artist on front
edition o...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
"Thai Vintage 1987 Robocop" Framed Limited Edition Vintage Poster
Located in London, GB
"Thai Vintage 1987 Robocop" by Paul Verhoeven
Robocop, the classic 1987 Paul Verhoeven science fiction (sci-fi) police crime dystopian future thriller ("Part Man, Part Machine, All Cop."; "The Future of Law Enforcement."; "Written by Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner") starring Peter Weller (in the title role as Robocop/Officer Alex Murphy), Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Paul McCrane...
Category
1980s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color
The Drugs Don't Work II - Oversize signed limited edition - Pop Art - Twiggy
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
The Drugs Don't Work II - Oversize limited edition - Pop Art - Twiggy
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 30 x 20" inches / 76 x 41 ...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Nine Of One - Signed limited edition Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Colour Marilyn
Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Marilyn Monroe
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 30 x 30" inches / 76 ...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prince II - signed limited edition
Located in London, GB
Painted Portrait of the artist musician and actor
Prince
Giclée print on
Hahnemühle German Etching paper
310gsm
From an edition of 40
Paper size A2
The print has a 1cm border
hand signed and numbered by the artist
first edition 1/40
unframed
Framing available on request
Ships securely from London England
Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and actor. The recipient of numerous awards and nominations, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest musicians of his generation.[7] He was known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona;[8][9] his wide vocal range, which included a far-reaching falsetto and high-pitched screams; and his skill as a multi-instrumentalist, often preferring to play all or most of the instruments on his recordings.[10] His music incorporated a wide variety of styles, including funk, R&B, rock, new wave, soul, synth-pop, pop, jazz, blues, and hip hop. Prince produced his albums himself, pioneering the Minneapolis sound.
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Prince signed...
Category
2010s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blondie Orange - Hand Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Blondie Orange - Hand Signed Limited Edition
Archival Pigment Print
This piece is a modern reworking of Debbie Harry, from Blondie.
BATÍK is a London based contemporary pop art i...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Blondie Peach - Hand Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Blondie Peach - Hand Signed Limited Edition
Archival Pigment Print
This piece is a modern reworking of Debbie Harry, from Blondie.
BATÍ...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Blondie Blue by BATIK signed limited edition Oversize POP ART
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Blondie Blue by BATIK signed limited edition POP ART print
Paper Size OVERSIZE 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm
Signed & numbered by artist on front
Archival Pigment print
Limited to 15 only
Featuring pop art artwork of the iconic Debbie Harry from pop punk band Blondie circa 1979
Note other sizes and framing options available
BATIK is a London based contemporary pop artist
Sex symbol glamour music artist heart of glass...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Royal Tank Corps Captain Institute of Army Education WW1 uniform lithograph
Located in London, GB
Tank Corps (now Royal) Captain (Fighting Order) 1917 uniform
Lithograph
50 x 31 cm
Produced for the Institute of Army Education. Printed for HM Stationery Office by I A Limited, Sou...
Category
1950s London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Cherry Kate - Hand Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Cherry Kate - Hand Signed Limited Edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Archival Pigment Print
This piece is a modern reworking of the supermodel Kate Moss.
B...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Darth Elvis - Hand Signed Limited Edition
Located in London, GB
Darth Elvis - Hand Signed Limited Edition
Archival Pigment Print
This piece is a fun and modern reworking of actor and singer Elvis Presley, dressed as...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Fun Loving Criminals 8 Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Fun Loving Criminals 8 by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print of infamous criminal arrest mugshots of Fifty Cent, Elvis Presley, David Bowie,
S...
Category
2010s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Neg Edit Blondie - Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Neg Edit Blondie by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print of pop culture icon Debbie Harry of punk rock glam band Blondie –
signed & limited edition.
Grande XL 40×30″ inches / 101 ...
Category
2010s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Blondie Pink - Hand Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Blondie Pink - Hand Signed Limited Edition
Archival Pigment Print
This piece is a modern reworking of Debbie Harry, from Blondie.
BATÍK is a London based contemporary pop art image creator and...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Pattern Makers
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours on Coventry Rag paper,
signed in pencil, numbered from an edition of 30,
published by Fort Makers, New York
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones is a rising star...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Ohh Baby ! - Hand Signed Limited Edition by BATIK
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Hand Signed Limited Edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Archival Pigment Print
BATÍK is a London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist.
Measures 60 x 40 inc...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Ohh Baby ! - Hand Signed Limited Edition
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Hand Signed Limited Edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Archival Pigment Print
BATÍK is a London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist.
Measures 30 x 20 inc...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Lunar
Located in London, GB
Ryan Hewett
Lunar, 2021
Multi-layered Flatbed Giclée with silkscreen varnishes and textures on Somerset Satin 410gsm, with deckled edges to finish.
35 4/5 ...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Giclée, Screen
$1,649
Dream It I by BATIK signed limited edition Oversize POP ART
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Dream It I by BATIK signed limited edition Oversize POP ART
Paper Size OVERSIZE 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm
Signed & numbered by artist on front
...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
Located in London, GB
Ohh Baby ! - Oversize Signed limited edition - Pop Art - Kate Moss
by the London based contemporary pop art
image creator and artist, BATIK.
Measures 60 x 40" inches / 152 x 101 ...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Andy Warhol Kestner-Gesellschaft 1981 Gallery Poster
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in London, GB
Andy Warhol Kestner-Gesellschaft 1981 Gallery Poster
measures 32×40" inches / 81 x 101 cm
very good condition
A vintage Warhol Kestner-Gesellschaft retrospective German gallery show poster...
Category
1980s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Bardot Blur Lavender by BATIK
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Bardot Blur Lavender 2022
by BATIK
Signed and numbered by the artist on front
limited to only 5 this size
Paper size 44 inches height x 40 inches width / 112 x 101 cm
Paper Type ...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Celia - Adjusting her Eyelash - Portraiture British Art
By David Hockney
Located in London, GB
This original lithograph is hand signed in green pencil by the artist "Hockney" in the lower right margin. It is also dated "79" (1979) in pencil.
It is hand numbered and inscribed ...
Category
1970s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
Bardot Blur Lavender by BATIK
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Bardot Blur Lavender 2022
by BATIK
Signed and numbered by the artist on front
limited to only 5 this size
Paper size 44 inches height x 40 inches width / 112 x 101 cm
Paper Type ...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Man in the Violet Dreamscape No. 5
Located in London, GB
Hand-embellished Archival pigment print,
Edition of 25 + 5 AP + 1 PP
58.4 x 45.7 cm - 23 x 18 inches
hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Drawing from an early series of work on ...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Canceled (Black)
By Cleon Peterson
Located in London, GB
Hand-pulled black and yellow screen print.
Printed on 290gsm Arches Rag paper with deckled edges.
40.64 x 40.64 cm
Edition of 100
hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Cleon Pet...
Category
2010s Contemporary London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Mother and Child
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Etching on paper.
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist.
Paper size: 52 x 44 cm
Framed 57.3 x 48.5 cm
Edition of 65
Henry Moore’s Mother and Child...
Category
1980s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Bardot Blur Baby Pink by BATIK
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Bardot Blur Baby Pink 2022
by BATIK
Signed and numbered by the artist on front
limited to only 5 this size
Paper size 44 inches height x 40 inches width /...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Peter Blake, M is for Marilyn, from Alphabet Series, 1991
By Peter Blake
Located in London, GB
Screenprint in colours, on wove paper, signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 95 in pencil, published by Waddington Graphics and Corianda Studios, 102.5 x 77cm.
Category
1990s London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
Purple Marilyn Triptych - Marilyn Monroe Pop Art
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Caramel Marilyn Triptych
by BATIK
Archival pigment pop art print signed & limited edition.
paper size 40 x 19" inches / 101 x 48 cm
signed and numbered by the artist on front
ed...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
The Beatles, Paul McCartney on a train at Marylebone Station
Located in London, GB
Original silver gelatin print on Ilford Multigrade fibre base 255 gsm paper, numbered in black pen to verso from the edition of 35, artist’s name blindstamp lower right, publisher’s ...
Category
1960s London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mother and Child VI
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Etching and aquatint in 4 colours on Arches paper
signed and numbered by the artist
52.1 × 44 cm - sheet
58 x 50 cm - framed
Edition of 65
Published by Raymond Spencer Company Ltd f...
Category
1980s London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Concerto
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Etching and aquatint in black on Auvergne paper
Image Size: 13 x 10 cm
Sheet Size: 32 x 25 cm
Framed 48.7 x 41 cm
Edition of 50
hand-signed and numbered by the artist.
Category
1960s Modern London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Bardot Blur Purple by BATIK
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Bardot Blur Purple 2022
by BATIK
Signed and numbered by the artist on front
limited to only 5 this size
Paper size 44 inches height x 40 inches width / 112 x 101 cm
Paper Type : ...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Royal Horse Artillery Drivers Institute of Army Education uniform lithograph
Located in London, GB
Royal Horse Artillery Drivers 1900 uniform
Lithograph
50 x 31 cm
Produced for the Institute of Army Education. Printed for HM Stationery Office by I A Limited, Southall 51.
These p...
Category
1950s London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jan van Eyck-Portrait of a Man 1433 (2021)
Located in London, GB
His love for painting has a major influence on his work...
JAN VAN EYCK-PORTRAIT OF A MAN 1433 , 2021
Series: A Renaissance
Archival Pigment Print/ Framed or Unframed available
Print image size: 26 x 19 cm / Framed: 30.2 x 23.3 cm
Larger dimensions prints also available - please enquire
Edition of 15 + 2AP
Series: A Renaissance
Signed and dated
About the Artist
George McLeod...
Category
2010s Renaissance London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Color, Archival Pigment
Bardot Blur Cherry Pink by BATIK
By BATIK
Located in London, GB
Bardot Blur Cherry Pink 2022
by BATIK
Signed and numbered by the artist on front
limited to only 5 this size
Paper size 44 inches height x 40 inches width / 112 x 101 cm
Paper Ty...
Category
2010s Pop Art London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Color, Archival Pigment
Gurkha 9th Bengal Infantry Institute of Army Education uniform lithograph
Located in London, GB
9th Bengal Infantry (Gurkha) Private 1890 uniform
Lithograph
50 x 31 cm
Produced for the Institute of Army Education. Printed for HM Stationery Office by I A Limited, Southall 51.
...
Category
1950s London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Set of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages).
By Yoshu Chikanobu
Located in London, GB
CHIKANOBU, Yoshu (1838–1912)
A Set of Six Bust Portraits of Beauties - Jidai Kagami (Mirror of the Ages).
1896-1898
A Set of Six oban tate-e woodblock prints of okubi-e (bust portraits) of beauties, titled Jidai kagami (Mirror of the Ages), documenting the fashions of former times (from the Keicho to the Meiji era) in chronological order, each sheet with a beautiful woman in sumptuous costume depicted at the lower section and a rectangular panel at the top which makes a reference to the era, some sheets with lacquer and embossed details, published by Matsuki Heikichi, variously dated Meiji 29, 30 and 31 (1896-8), all signed Yoshu Chikanobu. Each sheet approx. 36 x 23.7 cm (14 1/8 x 9 3/8 in).
oyohara Chikanobu (1838–1912), better known to his contemporaries as Yōshū Chikanobu, was one of the most successful woodblock print artists of Japan's Meiji period. He lived at a time when Japan saw the reinstatement of the emperor as ruler and underwent rapid westernization. He worked both with traditional subjects, such as actors, courtesans, scenes of famous sites, beautiful women, and with topical subjects, such as the Satsuma Rebellion (1877) and the Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895). Chikanobu used the flat planes and decorative patterning of the ukiyo-e tradition to striking effect, adding brilliant colors, especially reds, purples, and blues to his compositions.
More precisely, Ukiyo-e, or ukiyo-ye (in Japanese: "pictures of the floating world"), is a genre of woodblock prints and paintings that flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries. It was aimed at the prosperous merchant class in the urbanizing Edo period (1603–1867). Amongst the popular themes were depictions of beautiful women, as is the case here with these okubi-e prints (i.e. bust portraits); kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers; scenes from history and folk tales; travel scenes and landscapes; flora and fauna; and erotica.
One of Chikanobu’s best series, A Mirror of the Ages shows women by fashion and hair style throughout history. Despite a sense of longing for the past, these prints are unmistakably modern and of their time. Each print depicts a beauty from a certain period in the lower part and customs at that time, in grisaille, in the upper part - a way to tell viewers about the latest fashion and historical backgroud at that time. The quality of printing is outstanding, especially in Chikanobu’s use of white for the rendering of the powdered faces. Indeed, Chikanobu was known as a master of bijinga (images of beautiful women), and for illustrating changes in women's fashion, including both traditional and Western clothing...
Category
1890s Other Art Style London - Portrait Prints
Materials
Wood
