New York City - Still-life Prints

ABOUT THIS PIECE: Julio Larraz is an expert draftsman, adroitly sketching his subjects and enlivening them with vibrant color. Larraz is recognized for his precise and detailed techn...

Artist: John Moore Title: Still Life (Sixth Annual Community Holiday Festival) Year: 1976 Signed: No Medium: Serigraph Paper Size: 47.25 x 31.25 inches ( 120.015 x 79.375 cm ) Image ...

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Marc Dennis is an American artist renowned for his paintings of subtly staged and slightly voyeuristic images of contemporary American culture. Interested in the tr...

Jack Beal Frogs and Toad, 1971 Hand signed in pencil by Jack Beal, annotated AP One-color lithograph proofed by hand and pulled by machine from a zinc plate on Arches buff paper with deckled edges at the Shorewood Bank Street Atelier Stamped, hand numbered AP, aside from the regular edition of 150 Stamped on reverse: COPYRIGHT © 1971 BY JACK BEAL, bears blind stamp 18 × 24 inches Unframed 18 x 24 inches Stamped on reverse: COPYRIGHT © 1971 BY JACK BEAL, bears distinctive blind stamp of publisher (shown) Publisher: David Godine, Center for Constitutional Rights, Washington, D.C. Jack Beal's "Frogs and Toads" is a classic example of protest art from the early 1970s - the most influential era until today. This historic graphic was created for the legendary portfolio "CONSPIRACY: the Artist as Witness", to raise money for the legal defense of the Chicago 8 - a group of anti-Vietnam War activists indicted by President Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell for conspiring to riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. (1968 was also the year Bobby Kennedy was killed and American casualties in Vietnam exceeded 30,000.) The eight demonstrators included Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale. (The eighth activist, Bobby Seale, was severed from the case and sentenced to four years for contempt after being handcuffed, shackled to a chair and gagged.) Although Abbie Hoffman would later joke that these radicals couldn't even agree on lunch, the jury convicted them of conspiracy, with one juror proclaiming the demonstrators "should have been shot down by the police." All of the convictions were ultimately overturned by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. This lithograph has fine provenance: it comes directly from the original Portfolio: "Conspiracy The Artist as Witness" which also featured works by Alexander Calder, Nancy Spero and Leon Golub, Romare Bearden Sol Lewitt, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, Larry Poons, Peter Saul, Raphael Soyer and Frank Stella - as well as this one by Jack Beal. It was originally housed in an elegant cloth case, accompanied by a colophon page. This is the first time since 1971 that this important work has been removed from the original portfolio case for sale. It is becoming increasingly scarce because so many from this edition are in the permanent collections of major museums and institutions worldwide. Jack Beal wrote a special message about this work on the Portfolio's colophon page. It says, "In 1956, shortly after Sondra and I moved to New York, two friends were arrested and jailed for protesting air-raid drills. From them and their friends came our education. This work is dedicated to them and their families. "In Memory of Patricia McClure Daw and AL Uhrie" - This print was made for their children. Jack Beal Biography: Early in his career Walter Henry “Jack” Beal Jr. painted abstract expressionist canvases, because he believed it was “the only valid way to paint.” By the early 1960s he totally altered his approach and fully repudiated abstraction. Turning to representation, he painted narrative and figurative subjects, often enhanced by bright colors and dramatic perspectives. Beal was born in Richmond, Virginia, and from 1950 to 1953 he attended the Norfolk Division of William and Mary College Polytechnic Institute, (now Old Dominion University) where he studied biology and anatomy. Shifting gears, he sought art training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he focused on drawing, and met his wife, artist Sondra Freckelton. His art history instructor encouraged her students to paint in the manner of established artists, and to that end he frequented the Institute’s galleries. For Beal this was significant: “Until I saw pictures of real quality I had tended to think of painting as just so much self-indulgent smearing around, but when I saw masterpieces by Cézanne and Matisse, and other painters of similar stature, I was bowled over; suddenly I realized the force of art.” After spending three years (1953–1956) at the Art Institute, Beal concluded his studies there without getting a terminal degree, thinking it was only useful if he wanted to teach, which, at the time, he did not. He also took courses at the University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956. During this period he married Freckelton, a fellow student and sculptor who began her career working in wood and plastic. Together they moved to New York’s SoHo District before its transformation from a wasteland of sweatshops and small factories into an arts district. They were active with the Artist Tenants Association which was instrumental in getting zoning laws changed so that artists could live and work in the well-lit lofts. Embracing what came to be called “New Realism,” Beal initially painted an occasional landscape as well as earthy-toned still lifes which consisted of jumbled collections filled with personal objects. His signature style started with a series of female nudes—all modeled by Freckelton—based on Greek mythology. These were large canvases with flat paint surfaces, dramatic foreshortening, and unusual perspectives. He further enlivened them with vivid colors, stark lighting, and dynamic patterns derived from textiles and overstuffed furniture. He stopped painting nudes after two episodes. The first came as he was loading a canvas of his naked wife onto a truck in lower Manhattan; several laborers walked by and started to fondle and kiss the painting. On the one hand he felt his wife had been violated, while on the other he was pleased that his realism was so convincing. The second occurred after a solo exhibition in Chicago at which the reception had been sponsored by Playboy magazine. A few days later he was approached by a publicist and asked if Playboy bunnies could be photographed in front of his paintings. He refused. Some portrait commissions came Beal’s way, but he preferred only portraying friends. More significant were four large murals on the History of Labor in America, the 20th Century: Technology (1975), which he undertook for the headquarters of the United States Department of Labor in Washington. Following a historical timeline, the themes were: colonization, settlement, nineteenth century industry, and twentieth century technology. The unveiling ceremony was attended by government officials and Joan Mondale, an arts advocate and wife of the vice-president. The reviewer for the Washington Post wrote enthusiastically: “They’re heartfelt and they’re big (each is 12 feet square). Their many costumed actors (the Indian, the trapper, the scientist, the hardhat, the capitalist in striped pants, the union maid, etc.) strike dramatic poses in dramatic settings (a seaside wood at dawn, an outdoor blacksmith’s forge, a 19th-century mill, a 20th-century lab). The lighting is theatrical. Beal’s compositions, with their swooping curves and bunched diagonals, are as complicated as his interwoven plots.” To accomplish the murals Beal assembled a team of assistants and models, much in the manner of Renaissance masters, which included artist friends and Freckelton. who by then was painting brightly colorful still lifes. A second mural commission ensued from New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority for two twenty-foot long installations for the Times Square Interborough Rapid Transit Company subway station. Beal’s designs for The Return of Spring (installed in 2001, three days after the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, DC and Philadelphia) and The Onset of Winter (installed in 2005), Beal captured the appearance of his models in an oil painting made to the scale of the intended mosaic. A collaboration with Miotto Mosaics, the canvases were shipped to the Travisanutto Workshop, in Spilimbergo, Italy, where craftsmen fabricated the design to glass mosaics. The Return of Spring depicted construction workers and other New Yorkers in front of a subway kiosk and an outdoor produce market and in The Onset of Winter, a crowd watches a film crew recording a woman entering the subway as snow falls against the city’s skyline. Harkening back to some of his early nudes based on Greek myth, Persephone, goddess of fertility and wife of Hades, appears in both. The symbolism is pertinent, since she spent six months each year below ground. Although he disparaged teaching early on, Beal and Freckelton offered four summertime workshops on their farm in Oneonta, New York. He was an instructor at the New York Academy of Art, a graduate art school he helped to establish in 1982. Returning to Virginia, he taught at Hollins College...

Shunji Sakuyama, Japanese (1940 - ) - Cutting Board, Year: 1975, Medium: Woodcut on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 47/50, Image Size: 13 x 17 inches, Size...

Black Berries by Judith Rothchild - 23/100 Judith Rothchild is an American born artist, having grown up in Boston, Massachusetts. She now lives in the Languedoc region of France, wh...

Ed Baynard Blue Vase on Antique Paper, 2002 Pochoir and relief in colors on vintage handmade paper Signed, dated and numbered lower right ‘AP 3/4 Ed Baynard 02’. This work is artist'...

A series of ghostly Morning Glory blooms set against a rich black background. These moon-toned flowers are rendered as a screenprint by Lowell Blair Nesbitt. This print is signed and...

Bodegon by Juan Manuel Gomez-Quiroz, Chilean (1939–2021) Date: 1979 Etching, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil Edition of 65 Image Size: 29.5 x 23.5 inches Size: 35.75 x 2...

Robert Kipness was an American painter and printmaker who’s work focused on forms and a pronounced moodiness. This print is signed, numbered, dated, and...

Reproduction of Paint Cans by Wayne Thiebaud exemplifies the artist's masterful ability to elevate everyday objects into vibrant works of art. Known for his bold use of color, textur...

Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Three Deer Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 30 Image Size: 24 x 32 inches Size: 26 in. ...

This original poster, printed in lithography by renowned German artist HAP Grieshaber, was created for the Württemberg Art Association (Württembergischer Kunstverein) in Stuttgart. T...

Georgia O'Keeffe, Red Poppy poster, with Friendship Quote, 1987 "Still - in a way - nobody sees a flower - it is so small - we haven't time- and to see takes time, like to have a fr...

Jim Dine Kenneth Koch Homage (Oh Scarf of Paradise, Blue Sky is Bread to the Scarf), 1966 Color lithograph on blue grey wove paper with deckled edges 37 × 24 1/2 inches Pencil signed...

Rendered against a textured teal background, the still life shown in this Pablo Picasso print features a red mandolin and a wine bottle. A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate C...

Still Life #2 Juan Manuel Gomez-Quiroz Chilean (1939–2021) Date: 1981 Hand-Colored Etching, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil Edition of 19/65 Image Size: 19.75 x 29 inc...

Jonas Wood Large Shelf Life (Hand Signed), 2018 Limited edition offset lithograph (uniquely hand signed by the artist) 23 × 23 inches Boldly signed and dated in black marker on the f...

Burke Libaire is a Charleston based visual artist and designer. She began her career in New York City, translating her love of art and architecture into the world of interior design ...

ABOUT THIS PIECE: Musk of the Rose Blown is about the intimate relationships that abound amidst the natural world. Inspiration for this painting stemmed from my many walks along fore...

James Rosenquist Nails, from Monochromes at the New Gallery, 1975 Limited edition lithograph and offset lithograph (pencil signed and numbered) Signed and numbered 10/100 in graphite...

Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Many Cities from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in the plate Edition: 750 Size: 22.5 x 17.75 in....

Robert Rauschenberg Lily Scent, 1981 Lithograph 32 x 24 inches SPIII Signed

Burke Libaire is a Charleston based visual artist and designer. She began her career in New York City, translating her love of art and architecture into the world of interior design ...

Karl Kasten, American (1916 - 2010) - Reliquary L'Abbe, Year: circa 1968, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/20, Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55...

George Lockwood, American (1929 - 1969) - Flowers, Year: 1963, Medium: Lithograph, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 8.5 x 10.5 inches, Size: 1...

Screenprint in colors on Lenox Museum Board Frame: 43.5 x 32.5 in. Edition of 2000 (plus 200 APs) Printed by Rupert Jasen Smith, New York Published by Committee 2000, Munich, Germany...

Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Spell III Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Image Size: 19 x 23.5 inches Size: 22 in. x 30 in. (55.88 c...

'Flower Piece' shows the artist, John Billmyer, to be a highly accomplished wood engraver. There are endless patterns and created details -- all executed flawlessly. Mostly made up o...

Artist: John Grillo, American (1917 - 2014) Title: Kaleidoscope I Year: 1978 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Image Size: 29.5 x 22 inches ...

Artist: Hunt Slonem Title: Lobster Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250; AP 30 Image: 19 x 19 inches Paper Size: 22 x 30 inches

Double Decoy Hunt Slonem, American (1951) Date: 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition AP 30 Image Size: 22 x 26.5 inches Size: 26 in. x 30.5 in. (66.04 cm x 77.47 c...

Three-color solar plate intaglio on Somerset paper (Edition of 75 + 15 APs) Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil, recto 30 x 22 inches, sheet 16 x 10.75 inches, image This artwork...

The hand tool is undoubtedly Jim Dine’s most iconic motif. Meticulously catalogued in rows like scientific specimens or sketched individually, hammers, awls, brushes, saws and screwd...

Artist: Janet Fish, American (1938 - ) Title: Still Life with Fruits Year: 1992 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Edition: 75 Image Size: 36 x 42 inches Siz...

ABOUT THIS PIECE: Dennis is known for his hyper naturalistic, highly detailed and obsessively delineated paintings that explore the subversive potential of beauty and pleasure. Fresh...

Burke Libaire is a Charleston based visual artist and designer. She began her career in New York City, translating her love of art and architecture into the world of interior design ...

Burke Libaire is a Charleston based visual artist and designer. She began her career in New York City, translating her love of art and architecture into the world of interior design ...

Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Unexpected Meetings from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in the plate Edition: 750 Size: 22.5 x 1...

Curtains and Leaves Robert Kipniss, American (1931) Date: circa 1975 Lithograph, Signed and numbered in Pencil Edition of 32/35 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm)

Poster for Learning Through Art/ The Guggenheim Museum Children's Program. This map was created by children enrolled in Paloma Picasso's Learning Through Art Workshop. The Learning T...

ABOUT THIS PIECE: The Happy Life is about marriage, hence the white bouquet; family, hence the copulating and crawling insects; and the general aspects of life, such as change and gr...

Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Floral Balloons, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, 30 AP, Image Size: 30 x 22 inches, Size: ...

Artist: Ben Shahn, American (1898 - 1969) Title: Many Things from the Rilke Portfolio Year: 1968 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in the plate Edition: 750 Size: 22.5 x 17.75 in....

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Mustard for Blue Flowers, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 12 x 16.5...

A hand-signed lithograph of still life images by Israeli artist, Michael Eisemann. The print is hand-signed and numbered in pencil. unframed.

Christine Ravaux, Belgian (1961 - 2021) - Ivy, Year: 2002, Medium: Mezzotint, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 41/100, Image Size: 4.25 x 4.25 inches, Frame Size: ...

Artist: Mike McKenzie, American (1954 - ) Title: Cream of Crop - Campbell's Soup (Warhol Chef) Year: circa 1992 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 15/30 Size...

"What I wish to show when I paint is the way I see things with my eyes and in my heart." -Raoul Dufy This lithograph was reproduced after a painting by Raoul Dufy entitled "L'Atelie...

Robert Kipness was an American painter and printmaker who’s work focused on forms and a pronounced moodiness. This print is signed, numbered, dated, and...

Artist: Janet Fish, American (1938 - ) Title: Pears and Autumn Leaves Year: 1988 Medium: Aquatint Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 60 Paper Size: 38.5 x 29 inches

Lowell Blair Nesbitt was an American painter and printmaker who’s work consists of unique and vivid depictions of flowers. Birds of Paradise (Brown) Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (...

Photorealist flower screenprint by American artist Lowell Blair Nesbitt, signed and numbered in pencil. Red Spotted Lily from the Stamp Series Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933–1...

Andre Minaux, French (1923–1986) Date: circa 1975 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of EA Image Size: 22.5 x 16.5 inches Frame Size: 34 x 27 in...

Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Flowers 6, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 75, Size: 29.5 in. x 21 in. (74.93 cm x 53.34...

Artist: Janet Fish, American (1938 - ) Title: Apples and Zinnias Year: 1995 Medium: Lithograph on Japon paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 65 Imag...

Georges Braque, French (1882 - 1963) - Nature Morte, Year: circa 1963, Medium: Offset Lithograph, Image Size: 7.5 x 6 inches, Size: 13.5 x 10 in. (34.29 x 25.4 cm)

Set against the green background, the geometric figure in this Pablo Picasso print is comprised of numerous rectangular shapes that overlap one another in the typical Cubist fashion....

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Multicolor Iris Year: 1981 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 35/40 Size: 36 x 25 in. (9...

Arranged alongside one another, the goat skull accompanied by the glass bottle is rendered in a geometric fashion that is reminiscent of Pablo Picasso's ot...