New York - Abstract Prints

Stephen Powers Turn to Me I See Eternity, 2016 Three color screenprint on 235g Coventry Rag Pencil with artist's trademark hat logo and numbered from the edition of 100 12 × 12 inche...

b. 1955, Elizabeth, NJ Phillip Taaffe’s travels in the Middle East, India, South America, Morocco, and Italy all provided experiences, which deeply shaped his artistic practice. In ...

Jill Moser, Luna, 2021 Woodcut print on Khadi 100 % cotton paper Signed and numbered by the artist on recto Paper size: 8.25 x 8 in Edition of 18 Published by Eminence Grise Editions, New York Printed by Andrew Mockler...

Unknown/ Unidentified Artist, "Fisch" Edition 35/100, Abstract / Animal Lithograph numbered and signed in pencil, 15 x 20, Late 20th Century, 1963 Colors: Red, Blue, Black, White, G...

Wearing a brightly-colored beret, the woman in this Pablo Picasso print is rendered in hues of blue and teal. Looking to the side, the woman is portrayed from a multitude of angles t...

This original poster was created for a Georges Braque exhibition at the Maeght Gallery in Zurich. The artwork prominently features two birds in flight, with one outlined in white and...

Artist: Jurgen Peters, German (1936 - ) Title: Top Square Year: 1981 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250, AP Image Size: 31.5 x 21.5 inches Size...

Saint Clair Cemin FLAG, 1978 Lithograph on blind stamped paper 25 × 35 inches Pencil signed and numbered 18/100 Unframed Rare vintage lithograph by this renowned Brazilian-born inter...

ABOUT THIS PIECE: Color is the foundation of my work. My circles start as a mood or idea that eventually evolves into a colored circle. I am curious how different colours interact wh...

Pierre Tal-Coat (French 1905-1985) "Derriere Le Mirroir (Transhumance), Framed Abstract Unsigned Lithograph, 14.50 x 28 (In Frame), Mid 20th Century, 1959 Colors: Black, White, Grey...

Artist: Allan D'Arcangelo (American, 1930-1998) Title: Landscape Year: 1968 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 75 Size: 28 in. x 22 in. (71.12 cm x 55.88 cm)

ABOUT THIS PIECE: Color is the foundation of my work. My circles start as a mood or idea that eventually evolves into a colored circle. I am curious how different colours interact wh...

Poster designed Martin Szufter with the approval of Andy Warhol, using an image of a Warhol work from the exhibition The New Gallery, 1971 Silkscreen on paper 24 × 17 1/2 inches Unfr...

ABOUT THIS PIECE: "This particular series is a an homage to photographs taken with film. They are the result of an aberration of light passing through a locked shutter and the camera...

David Schluss (Israel -b. 1943) Love Story, HC 32/45, Hand-Signed Serigraph A captivating composition by Israeli artist David Schluss, Love Story embodies a lyrical fusion of figura...

Christopher Wool Christopher Wool (Hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool), 2013 Hardback monograph with dust jacket (hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool) Boldly signed and ...

This edition of Derrière le Miroir (DLM), numbered 205, features the artwork of Saul Steinberg, published in 1973 by ARTE in Paris, France. The cover, along with the contents, showca...

Black, red and yellow abstract print with hand painting in gouache by Howard Hodgkin. Loose, painterly brushstrokes snake across the composition, bisected by a thick stroke of red. T...

Sparire means "to disappear" in Italian. This large-scale, dreamlike print spans almost ten feet. Enzo Cucchi Sparire 1, 1988 Color etching, aquatint and silkscreen 30 1/2 × 118 in ...

Richard Serra Early Work (Hand Signed), 2013 Offset lithograph (Hand Signed by Richard Serra) Boldly signed by Richard Serra on the front 18 × 24 inches Unframed This print was published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at David Zwirner in 2013. It depicts Richard Serra in his studio in 1968. The print was hand signed by the artist on the occasion of his opening at Zwirner Richard Serra Biography Richard Serra was born in 1938 in San Francisco and lives and works in New York and the North Fork of Long Island. His first significant solo exhibition was held at the Leo Castelli Warehouse, New York, in 1969. His first solo museum exhibition took place at the Pasadena Art Museum in 1970. Serra has since participated in numerous international exhibitions, including documenta (1972, 1977, 1982, and 1987) in Kassel, Germany; the Venice Biennales of 1980, 1984, 2001, and 2013; and the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Annual and Biennial exhibitions of 1968, 1970, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1995, and 2006. Solo exhibitions of Serra’s sculptural work have been held at numerous public institutions worldwide, including, among others, the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1980; Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, 1984; Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, 1985; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986; Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, 1987; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, 1987; Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1988; Kunsthaus Zürich, 1990; CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, 1990; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, 1992; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, 1992; Dia Center for the Arts, New York, 1997; Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, 1997–1998; Trajan’s Market, Rome, 2000; Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 2003; and Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, Naples, 2004. In 2005, The Matter of Time, a series of eight large-scale works by Serra from 1994 to 2005, was installed permanently at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and in 2007, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, presented the retrospective Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years. Promenade, a major site-specific installation, was shown at the Grand Palais, Paris, for MONUMENTA 2008. In 2011, the artist’s large-scale, site-specific sculpture 7 was permanently installed opposite the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. In 2014, the Qatar Museum Authority presented a two-venue retrospective survey of Serra’s work at the QMA Gallery and the Al Riwaq exhibition space, Doha, and East-West/West-East, 2014, was permanently installed in the Brouq Nature Reserve in the Zekreet Desert, Qatar. In June 2020, a new major sculpture by Serra was installed on the West Quad of Kenyon College, in Gambier, Ohio. In June 2022, the Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, will inaugurate a new building specially conceived to house a recent large-scale forged steel sculpture by Serra. Museum exhibitions that have focused on the artist’s drawings include Richard Serra: Tekeningen/Drawings 1971–1977, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1977; Richard Serra: Zeichnungen 1971–1977, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany, 1978; Richard Serra: Drawings, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark, 1986; Richard Serra: Tekeningen/Drawings, Bonnefantemuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands, 1990; Richard Serra: Drawings, Serpentine Gallery, London, 1992; Richard Serra: Drawings and Prints, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan, 1994; Richard Serra: Rio Rounds, Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, 1997–1998; and Richard Serra: Drawings: Work Comes Out of Work, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, 2008. A major traveling retrospective dedicated to the artist’s drawings was presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and The Menil Collection, Houston (which was the organizing venue), in 2011–2012. The Courtauld Gallery, London, presented Richard Serra: Drawings for The Courtauld in 2013, and Richard Serra: desenhos na casa da Gávea was on view at Instituto Moreira Salles, Rio de Janeiro, in 2014. Richard Serra: Drawings 2015–2017, a significant overview of the artist’s recent works on paper, was on view at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, in 2017. Serra/Seurat. Drawings, an exhibition pairing a selection of Serra’s recent drawings alongside those by Georges Seurat, was presented at the Guggenheim Bilbao in 2022. Four Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure, Serra’s monumental sculpture which debuted at David Zwirner in 2017, is now on long-term view at Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland, in a new building that was designed by Thomas Phifer in collaboration with the artist. Serra has been the recipient of many notable prizes and awards, including a J. Paul Getty Medal (2018) awarded in honor of extraordinary contributions to the practice, understanding, and support of the arts; the Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur, Republic of France (2015); Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España, Spain (2008); Orden pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste, Federal Republic of Germany (2002); Leone d’Oro for lifetime achievement, Venice Biennale, Italy (2001); Praemium Imperiale, Japan Art Association (1994); Carnegie Prize (1985); a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1974); and a Fulbright Grant (1965). In 2013 in New York, David Zwirner presented Richard Serra: Early Work, a critically acclaimed exhibition that brought together significant works from 1966 to 1971. The accompanying catalogue extensively covers this period of the artist’s career with a compendium of archival texts and photographs and an essay by Hal Foster...

Van Amerige - Ginger Rogers, Year: 1969, Medium: Hand colored Etching and Aquatint on hand made laid paper, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: ...

Artist: Dorothy Dehner, American (1901 - 1994) Title: Navaho Year: 1970 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150 Image Size: 17 x 22 inches Size: 20 x 26 in. (5...

Rene Marcel Carcan (Belgian 1923-1993) "Untitled" Edition LXXVI/CL, Abstract Etching/ Aquatint, 14 x 11 matted and paper, embossed plate image 4 x 5...

Peter Kalen - Sward Poem: The House, Year: 1963, Medium: Screenprint on wove paper, signed, numbered, titled and dated in pencil, Edition: 11/25, Size: 20 x 14.25 in. (50.8 x 36.2 cm)

Artist: Edival Ramosa, Brazil (1940 - ) Title: Sin Titulo Year: 1970 Medium: Screenprint, signed in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 30 x 22 inches [76.2 x 55.88 cm]

In the center of a royal blue field of color, Ricard has scrawled “Jasper Johns over 34,000,000 sold”.  Ricard’s work brims with cultural references: with this statement he positions...

A signed and numbered abstract print by Sam Francis. This bold composition is made up entirely of black on white and lithographed o...

Artist: Jesus Rafael Soto, Venezuelan (1923 - 2005) Title: Ovalo Verde Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150, AP 25 Paper Size: 22 in. ...

ABOUT THIS PIECE: With lively colors and jubilant forms, Alyson Fox's work is as playful as her approach to work and life. With a contagious energy, Fox's work brightens space as muc...

Unknown Artist - Geometric Hive, Medium: Etching, Image Size: 8 x 11 inches, Size: 10.75 x 13.75 in. (27.31 x 34.93 cm)

Abstract expressionist print by American artist Michael Steiner, who is most commonly known for his large scale sculptures. Michael Steiner, American (1945) Date: 1979 Screenprint,...

Stanley Boxer Hand Signed and Inscribed Abstract Expressionist Poster, 1979 Offset Lithograph Poster Hand signed and warmly inscribed by ...

Peter Halley New Works, Galerie Bruno Bischofberger (Hand signed), 1994 Offset lithograph poster (signed by Peter Halley) 19 × 26 1/2 inches Boldly signed in black marker on the fron...

ABOUT THIS PIECE: Color is the foundation of my work. My circles start as a mood or idea that eventually evolves into a colored circle. I am curious how different colours interact wh...

Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt Untitled, from from the Artsounds Collection, 1986 Lithograph on paper Signed and numbered from the edition of 200 in ink on the back; also bears artist's stamped name and provenance - Art Sounds portfolio. 12 × 12 inches Unframed Signed and numbered from the edition of 200 in ink on the back; also bears artist's stamped name and provenance - Art Sounds portfolio. This terrific offset lithograph print exemplifies the combination of religion and kitsch that Lanigan Schmidt is best known for. This print was created in the 1980s for the famous Artsounds portfolio, which featured prints by Marcel Duchamp, Jonathan Borofsky among others. Lanigan-Schmidt was a subject of a 2013 retrospective at PS1 MOMA and is on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts in New York. Provenance: Artsounds Portfolio About Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA, Brooklyn Museum, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Ackland Art Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, among others. He has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Europe, including the 1980 and 1984 Venice Biennales, the 1991 Whitney Biennial, and the 1999 exhibition The American Century: Art and Culture, 1950-2000, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY. Recent solo exhibitions include Tenemental: With Sighs Too Deep for Words, Howl! Happening, New York (2018); Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: Mysterium Tremendum, Rockland Art Center, NY (2013); and Ecce Homo: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt & The Art of Rebellion, Pavel Zoubok...

Piero Dorazio Untitled Geometric Abstraction (deaccessioned from the Triton Museum, Santa Clara, CA), 1968 Lithograph on white BFK paper Hand signed, numbered (AP), dated on the fron...

An abstract composition of several long black lines that end with a bright yellow bulb. In the upper right is a more detailed view of one of the bulbs. This lithograph is signed in p...

Artist: Raymond Parker, American (1922 - 1990) Title: Untitled 15 Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 70 Image Size: 31 x 36 inches Size: 32 x 37.5 ...

Christopher Wool 2004 CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE (Hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool), 2004 Softcover catalogue (Hand signed and dated by Christopher Wool) Hand signed and dated 2017 ...

Abstract Blue Square Ronaldo De Juan Argentinian (1931–1989) Date: 1971 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 120 Size: 30 in. x 23 in. (76.2 cm x 58.42 cm)

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Rubeena Ratcliffe was born and raised in Edmonton, Canada and later educated as an architect in Canada, Holland, and the US. Ratcliffe became enthralled with paint...

Sol LeWitt Untitled geometric abstraction for Ugo Ferranti Gallery Exhibition Invitation, Rome, Italy, 1980 Rare vintage silkscreen poster for Ugo Ferranti in Rome. Signed by Sol LeW...

ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Lesley Anderson (b. 1986) is a Canadian painter living on the west coast of Canada. She uses a variety of methods and materials to c...

Stanley William Hayter, British (1901 - 1988) - The Engraver, Year: 1947, Medium: Etching on copy paper, Edition: Trial Proof, Image Size: 9.75 x 6.75 inches, Size: 14 x 11.5 in...

Joseph Grippi, American (1924 - 2001) - Flight Paths, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Screenprint Monoprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 40/40, Size: 14 x 29 in. (35.56 x 7...

Robert Morris A Final Tomb for Frank "Jelly" Nash, 1980 Silkscreen on wove paper Hand signed, dated and numbered 153/180 in graphite by the artist on the front 26 × 32 inches Unframe...

Karl Kasten, American (1916 - 2010) - Civitaveccia, Year: 1968, Medium: Lithograph, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 11/20, Size: 18 x 24 in. (45.72 x 60.96 cm)

Unknown Artist - Reinhard Stair Builds a House, Year: 1969, Medium: Etching and Aquatint, signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 2/10, Image Size: 18.5 x 15.75 inch...

Benita Sanders, Canadian (1930 - ) - Biomorphic Shapes, Year: circa 1969, Medium: Embossed Etching and Aquatint on Arches, signed, titled and number...

Here we are in Croydon by Howard Hodgkin highlights the artist's abstract black and white brushwork which became increasingly spontaneous and loose towards the end of the 1970s when ...

This striking Art Deco lithograph poster, entitled "Pianos Daude," was created by the talented French artist Andre Daude around 1926. The poster is...

Harvey Konigsberg ( American b. 1940 ) "One on One" (Artist Proof), Figurative Abstract Lithograph, 30 x 21, Late 20th Century Colors: Black and White Harvey Konigsberg was born in...

ABOUT THIS PIECE: Alberto practices high speed photography. He has mastered the balance of pouring varnish into water and using his high speed photography knowledge to capture the mo...

John Chamberlain Hand Signed Letter re: Leo Castelli Exhibition, 1982 Typewriter on paper (hand signed) 6 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches Hand-signed by artist, Signed in purple felt tip marker Hand signed telegraph/letter refers to Chamberlain's exhibition at the legendary Leo Castell Gallery. A piece of history! John Chamberlain Biography John Chamberlain (1927 – 2011) was a quintessentially American artist, channeling the innovative power of the postwar years into a relentlessly inventive practice spanning six decades. He first achieved renown for sculptures made in the late 1950s through 1960s from automobile parts—these were path-breaking works that effectively transformed the gestural energy of Abstract Expressionist painting into three dimensions. Ranging in scale from miniature to monumental, Chamberlain’s compositions of twisted, crushed, and forged metal also bridged the divide between Process Art and Minimalism, drawing tenets of both into a new kinship. These singular works established him as one of the first American artists to determine color as a natural component of abstract sculpture. From the late 1960s until the end of his life, Chamberlain harnessed the expressive potential of an astonishing array of materials, which varied from Plexiglas, resin, and paint, to foam, aluminum foil, and paper bags. After spending three years in the United States Navy during World War II, Chamberlain enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago and Black Mountain College, where he developed the critical underpinnings of his work. Chamberlain lived and worked in many parts of the United States, moving between New York City, Long Island, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Connecticut, and Sarasota, before finally settling on Shelter Island. In many ways, each location provoked a distinct material sensibility, often defined by the availability of that material or the limitations of physical space. In New York City, Chamberlain pulled scrap metal and twelve-inch acoustic tiles from the ceiling of his studio apartment. He chose urethane in Los Angeles in 1965 (a material he had been considering for many years), and film in Mexico in 1968. He eventually returned to metal in 1972, and, in Sarasota, he expanded the scale of his works to make his iconic Gondolas (1981 – 1982). The movement of the artist and the subsequent evolution of the work is indicative not only of a kind of American restlessness but also of Chamberlain’s own personal evolution: he sometimes described his use of automobile materials as sculptural self-portraits, infused with balance and rhythm characteristic of the artist himself. Chamberlain refused to separate color from his practice, saying, ‘I never thought of sculpture without color. Do you see anything around that has no color? Do you live in a world with no color?’. He both honored and assigned value to color in his practice—in his early sculptures color was not added, but composed from the preexisting palette of his chosen automobile parts. Chamberlain later began adding color to metal in 1974, dripping and spraying—and sometimes sandblasting—paint and lacquer onto his metal components prior to their integration. With his polyurethane foam works, color was a variable of light: ultraviolet rays or sunlight turned the material from white to amber. It was this profound visual effect that brought the artist’s personal Abstract Expressionist hand into industrial three-dimensional sculpture. Chamberlain moved seamlessly through scale and volume, creating material explorations in monumental, heavy-gauge painted aluminum foil in the 1970s, and later in the 1980s and 1990s, miniatures in colorful aluminum foil and chromium painted steel. Central to Chamberlain’s works is the notion that sculpture denotes a great deal of weight and physicality, disrupting whatever space it occupies. In the Barges series (1971 – 1983) he made immense foam couches, inviting spectators to lounge upon the cushioned landscape. At the end of his career, Chamberlain shifted his practice outdoors, and through a series of determined experiments, finally created brilliant, candy-colored sculptures in twisted aluminum foil. In 2012, four of these sculptures were shown outside the Seagram Building in New York, accompanied by playful titles such as ‘PINEAPPLESURPRISE’ (2010) and ‘MERMAIDSMISCHIEF’ (2009). These final works exemplify Chamberlain’s lifelong dedication to change—of his materials, of his practice, and, consequently, of American Art. Chamberlain has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including two major Retrospectives at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York NY in 2012 and 1971; ‘John Chamberlain, Squeezed and Tied. Foam and Paper Sculptures 1969-70,’ Dan Flavin Art Institute, Dia Center for the Arts, Bridgehampton NY (2007); ‘John Chamberlain. Foam Sculptures 1966–1981, Photographs 1989–2004,’ Chinati Foundation, Marfa TX (2005); ‘John Chamberlain. Current Work and Fond Memories, Sculptures and Photographs 1967–1995,’ Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Traveling Exhibition) (1996); and ‘John Chamberlain. Sculpture, 1954–1985,’ Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA (1986). Chamberlain’s sculptures are part of permanent exhibitions at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa TX and at Dia:Beacon in upstate New York. In 1964, Chamberlain represented the United States in the American Pavilion at the 32nd International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. He received many awards during his life, including a Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit (2010); the Distinction in Sculpture Honor from the Sculpture Center, New York (1999); the Gold Medal from The National Arts Club Award, New York (1997); the Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture by the International Sculpture Center, Washington D.C. (1993); and the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, New York NY (1993). -Courtesy Hauser & Wirth Leo Castelli Leo Castelli was born in 1907 in Trieste, a city on the Adriatic sea, which, at the time, was the main port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Leo’s father, Ernest Kraus, was the regional director for Austria-Hungary’s largest bank, the Kreditandstalt; his mother, Bianca Castelli, was the daughter of a Triesten coffee merchant. With the outbreak of World War I in 1914 the Kraus family relocated to Vienna where Leo continued his education. A particularly memorable moment for Leo during this period of his life was the funeral of Emperor Francis Joseph which he witnessed in November of 1916. Leo and his family returned to Trieste when the war ended in 1918. With the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Trieste embraced its new Italian identity. Motivated by this shift Ernest decided to adopt his wife's more Italian-sounding maiden name, Castelli, which his children also assumed. In many ways the Castelli’s return Trieste after the war marked an optimistic new beginning for the family. Ernest was made director of the Banca Commerciale Italiana, which had replaced the Kreditandstalt as the top bank in Trieste. This elevated position allowed Ernest and Bianca to cultivate a cosmopolitan life-style. Together they hosted frequent parties which brought them in contact with a spectrum of political, financial, and cultural luminaries. Growing up in such an environment fostered in Leo and his two siblings, Silvia and Giorgio, a strong appreciation of high culture. During this time Leo developed a passion for Modern literature and perfected his fluency in German, French, Italian, and English. After earning his law degree at the University of Milan in 1932, Leo began his adult life as an insurance agent in Bucharest. Although Leo found the job unfulfilling and tedious, the people he met in Bucharest made up for this deficiency. Among the most significant of Leo’s acquaintances during this time was the eminent businessman, Mihail Shapira. Leo eventually became friendly with the rest of the Shapira family and in 1933 he married Mihail's youngest daughter, Ileana. In 1934 Leo and Ileana moved to Paris where, thanks to his step-father’s influence, Leo was able to get a job in the Paris branch of the Banca d'Italia. In the same year, Leo met the interior designer René Drouin, who became his close friend. In the spring of 1938, while walking through the Place Vendôme, Leo and René came across a storefront for rent between the Ritz hotel and a Schiaparelli boutique. The space immediately impressed them as an ideal location for an art gallery, a plan which became reality the following spring in 1939. The Drouin Gallery opened with an exhibition featuring painting and furniture by Surrealist artists including Léonor Fini, Augene Berman, Meret Oppenheim, Max Ernst, and Salvador Dali. Despite the success of this initial exhibition, the gallery proved short-lived. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 marking the start of World War II and consequently the temporary end of the Drouin gallery. René was called to serve in the French army, while Leo, Ileana, and their three-year-old daughter Nina moved to the relative safety of Cannes, where Ileana’s family owned a summer house. As the war escalated, it became evident that Europe was no longer safe for the Castelli family—Leo and Ileana were both Jewish. In March of 1941, Leo, Ileana and Nina fled to New York bringing with them Nina’s nurse Frances and their dog, Noodle. After a year of moving around the city, the family took up permanent residence at 4 East 77 Street in a townhouse Mihail had bought. Nine months after his arrival in New York, in December of 1943, Leo volunteered for the US army, expediting his naturalization as a US citizen. Owing to his facility with languages, Leo was assigned to serve in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corp, a position which he held for two years, until February 1946. While on military leave in 1945 Leo visited Paris and stopped by Place Vendôme gallery where René had once more set up business selling work by European avant-garde artists such as Jean Dubuffet and Jean Fautrier. The meeting not only rekindled René and Leo’s friendship but also the latter’s interest in art dealing, a pursuit which Leo began to view as more than a mere hobby but as a potential career. After reconnecting, the two friends decided to go back into partnership with Leo acting as the New York representative for the Drouin Gallery. Working in this capacity, Leo began to form relationships with some of the New York art world’s most influential figures, including Peggy Guggenhiem, Sydney Janis, Willem De Kooning, and Jackson Pollock. By the late 40s Leo’s ties with René Drouin had begun to slacken, while his alliance with the dealer Sydney Janis became closer. Janis opened his New York gallery in 1948 and in 1950 invited Leo to curate an exhibition of contemporary French and American artists. The show drew a significant connection between the venerable tradition of European Modernism and the emerging artists of the New York School. Not long after this, in 1951, Leo was asked by these same New York School artists to organize the groundbreaking Ninth Street Show. This exhibition was instrumental in establishing Abstract Expressionism as the preeminent art movement of the post-war era. Leo founded his own gallery in 1957, transforming the living room on the fourth floor of the 77th Street townhouse into an exhibition space. Perhaps the most critical moment of Leo’s career occurred later that year, when he first visited the studios of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. In 1958 Leo gave Johns and Rauschenberg solo shows, in January and March respectively. For Johns, this was the first solo show of his career. These exhibitions received wide critical acclaim, solidifying Leo’s reputation not only as a dealer but as the arbiter of a new and important art movement. Over the course of the 1960s Leo played a formative role in launching the careers of many of the most significant artists of the twentieth century including Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenberg, Cy Twombly, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner. Through his support of these artists Leo likewise helped cultivate and define the movements of Pop, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, and Post-Minimalism. As business expanded over the course of the 60s and artistic trends shifted in favor of larger artworks, Leo realized that his townhouse gallery was not sufficient to meet these new demands. Indicative of the trend toward maximal art...

ABOUT THIS PIECE: Colour, form, space and time are the main elements in the work of Johan Van Oeckel. In search for new compositions he always starts from small sketches based on fra...

WILLIAM T. WILEY Deneb, 1996 Multi Color Lithograph on wove paper with one deckled edge 25 × 17 3/4 inches Edition of 265 Signed, dated & inscribed "Ed. 265" Published by: Print Club of Cleveland Printed by Shark's Ink, Published by Print Club of Cleveland Unframed Fantastic multi color 1996 lithograph, hand signed and numbered by the remarkable well listed California artist William T. Wiley. Some people include Wiley in the genre of California funk...

This is a 33 color screen print titled, Small Abstract by Thomas Nozkowski (1944 - 2019). It was created in 2007 as a signed and numbered edition of 108. The edition was published by...

Tadanori Yokoo Man Powered Airplane Solomon (Jun Rope), 1967 Silkscreen poster 41 x 29 inches (image) 44 1/4 x 32 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches (frame) Signed and stamped with Artist's seal Wh...

Sparire means "to disappear" in Italian. This large-scale, dreamlike print spans almost ten feet. Enzo Cucchi Sparire II, 1988 Color etching, aquatint and silkscreen 30 1/2 × 118 in...

This print depicts the tangle of barbed wire encircling curling and twisting neon, with lengths of wood at the center. The dark paper sets off the electric blue, and captures the ori...