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Genesis 6th Day
By Dennis Ray Beall
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Genesis 6th Day" 1962 is a n original etching, with embossing by noted American artist Dennis Ray Beall, b.1929. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 24...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Attempting the Other
By Sarah Smelser
Located in San Francisco, CA
This abstract monotype is by Sarah Smelser (1971-). It measures 8.5 x 8.5 inches the plate and 16.5 x 15.25 inches framed. It is titled in the lower left, “Attempting the Other” and signed and dated in the lower right, “Sarah Smelser 1997.” It is matted with an acid-free mat and framed in brushed metal. The print, mat and frame are in very good condition.
Sarah Smelser received her BA from University of California at Santa Cruz, her MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. She has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center; The Franz Masereel Center in Kasterlee, Belgium; Artica in Bilbao, Spain; Kala Art Institute in Emeryville, CA; Jentel Artist Residency in Banner, WY; and Skopelos Foundation for the Arts in Skopelos, Greece, Anchor Graphics in Chicago; and the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Ireland. Her work is in such collections the Readers' Digest Association, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, the Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, the Spencer Museum at University of Kansas, Hallmark Corporate Collection, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.
Smelser has had solo exhibitions at Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld in New York City, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York City, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, MI, Carnegie Mellon University, Bradley University, University of Wyoming, Diablo Valley College, Luther College and Spencer College. Her work has been included in many invitational and juried shows, and been shown at numerous art fairs including Art Frankfurt, Estampa (in Madrid), the Affordable Art Fair in New York, Art Miami, Red Dot Art Fair in New York and Miami, Art Santa Fe, Art Chicago, EDITION Chicago, Boston Print Fair, Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair, Editions/Artists’ Book Fair, and the Los Angeles Art Show.
Smelser's work has been reviewed in Art on Paper: The Journal of Prints, Drawings and Photography, as well as Abstract Art Online, and has been reproduced in New American Paintings. Most recently Smelser was the featured interview in Monotype, Monoprint, & Strappo Ezine.
Smelser is a Professor of Art at Illinois State University and a co-founder of Manneken Press...
Category
1990s Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Asbury Park III
By Michael Rubin
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Asbury Park III" 1992 is an original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American abstract expressionist artist, Michael Rubin, bo...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Genesis 2th Day
By Dennis Ray Beall
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Genesis 2th Day" 1961 is a n original colors etching, with embossing by noted American artist Dennis Ray Beall, b.1929. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numb...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Expanding
By Betty Rees Heredia
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Expandingr" 2001 is a original color lithograph on wove paper by American artist Betty Rees Heredia A.K.A Betty Snyder Shapiro,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Almanac E
By Hiroyuki Tajima
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Japanese woodblock print is by the noted sosaku hanga artist Hiroyuki Tajima (1911-1984). It measures 24 x 18 inches, (25 x 19.5 inches the sheet, 33.25 x 26.25 inches framed). ...
Category
1960s Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Awakening
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Awakening" 1981 is a color serigraph on Wove paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 70/150 in pencil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Aerial V
By Janet Jones
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Aerial V" c.1980 is a monotype with chine colle and embossing on heavy paper by noted Canadian artist Janet Jones b.1952. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. It is numbered “1/1-2”. I believe this indicates the artist did 2 impressions of the monotype, and that they are not identical. There are three levels of paper. The printed part with a plate that measures 8 x 8 inches (9x9 inches the sheet) is on thin Japon paper. It is mounted to another thin pastel colored sheet measuring 12 x 12 inches. This, in turn, is mounted to heavy paper similar to Arches measuring 22.25 x 18 inches It is in very good condition with some faint rippling on the left and right edges, and has never been framed.
About the artist:
Janet Jones was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1952. She received her BFA in painting and photography from Concordia University - studying painting with Guido Molinari and Yves Gaucher, and photography with the experimental photographer Suzanne Swibold.
Janet Jones is currently a Toronto based painter whose work has been exhibited across Canada, in Los Angeles, New York, England, Germany, France and China. Her recent projects include; the solo exhibition, The Dream Machine at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal (2017), two solo exhibitions, Playtimes (2015) and Joyride (2012) both at Katzman Contemporary Toronto, a national touring exhibition of her paintings, DaDa Delirium, with an accompanying catalogue (2011) with essays by Stuart Reid, Nell Tenhaaf and an interview with the artist by Georgiana Uhlyarik, and participation in the Empire of Dreams exhibition, MOCCA (Summer 2010) curated by David Liss. Jones has been a visiting artist in France, England, Russia, China, the Netherlands, and Cuba.
Jones received her MFA from York University and her PhD from New York University in the area of art theory and criticism. Her dissertation titled: Clement Greenberg and the Artist /Critic Relationship, included interviews with Clement Greenberg, Jules Olitski, and other members of the ‘Greenberg Group’ and research gained through accompanying Greenberg on numerous studio visits.
A Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, where she teaches painting, she has been Chair of the Department of Visual Arts and Director of the MFA Program in Visual Arts.
Professor of Painting, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, AMPD, York University.
EDUCATION
1988 Ph.D. New York University, New York, NY. Dissertation Title: Clement Greenberg & the Artist/Critic Relationship.
1979 M.F.A. York University, Toronto, Ontario. Samuel Sarick Award
1977 B.F.A. Honours, with Distinction, Concordia University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 The Dream Machine, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal, Quebec, October - December, 2017
2016 Recent Acquisitions from DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, ON. March – July
2015 Playtimes, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, March-April 2015.
2013 DaDa Delirium, MacIntosh Gallery, University of Western ON.
2012 Joy Ride, Katzman Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON September, 2012.
2012 DaDa Delirium, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Coburg, ON, April-May
2010 DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON.
2009 A Las Vegas State of Mind, Peak Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2009 DaDa Delirium, Curated by Stuart Reid, Tom Thompson Art...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Monotype
"Diagrams" Monotype with collage
By Inez Storer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Diagrams" 1982 is a color monotype with collage on Chine colle paper by noted American artist Inez Storer, b. 1933. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower righ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Aerial IV
By Janet Jones
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Aerial IV" c.1980 is a monotype with chine colle and embossing on heavy paper by noted Canadian artist Janet Jones b.1952. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. It is numbered “1/1-20”. I believe this indicates the artist did 20 impressions of the monotype, and that no two are alike. There are three levels of paper. The printed part with a plate that measures 8 x 8 inches (9x9 inches the sheet) is on thin Japon paper. It is mounted to another thin pastel colored sheet measuring 12 x 12 inches. This, in turn, is mounted to heavy paper similar to Arches measuring 22.25 x 18 inches It is in very good condition with some faint rippling on the left and right edges, and has never been framed.
About the artist:
Janet Jones was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1952. She received her BFA in painting and photography from Concordia University - studying painting with Guido Molinari and Yves Gaucher, and photography with the experimental photographer Suzanne Swibold.
Janet Jones is currently a Toronto based painter whose work has been exhibited across Canada, in Los Angeles, New York, England, Germany, France and China. Her recent projects include; the solo exhibition, The Dream Machine at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal (2017), two solo exhibitions, Playtimes (2015) and Joyride (2012) both at Katzman Contemporary Toronto, a national touring exhibition of her paintings, DaDa Delirium, with an accompanying catalogue (2011) with essays by Stuart Reid, Nell Tenhaaf and an interview with the artist by Georgiana Uhlyarik, and participation in the Empire of Dreams exhibition, MOCCA (Summer 2010) curated by David Liss. Jones has been a visiting artist in France, England, Russia, China, the Netherlands, and Cuba.
Jones received her MFA from York University and her PhD from New York University in the area of art theory and criticism. Her dissertation titled: Clement Greenberg and the Artist /Critic Relationship, included interviews with Clement Greenberg, Jules Olitski, and other members of the ‘Greenberg Group’ and research gained through accompanying Greenberg on numerous studio visits.
A Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, York University, Toronto, where she teaches painting, she has been Chair of the Department of Visual Arts and Director of the MFA Program in Visual Arts.
Professor of Painting, Department of Visual Arts and Art History, AMPD, York University.
EDUCATION
1988 Ph.D. New York University, New York, NY. Dissertation Title: Clement Greenberg & the Artist/Critic Relationship.
1979 M.F.A. York University, Toronto, Ontario. Samuel Sarick Award
1977 B.F.A. Honours, with Distinction, Concordia University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 The Dream Machine, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal, Quebec, October - December, 2017
2016 Recent Acquisitions from DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, ON. March – July
2015 Playtimes, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, March-April 2015.
2013 DaDa Delirium, MacIntosh Gallery, University of Western ON.
2012 Joy Ride, Katzman Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON September, 2012.
2012 DaDa Delirium, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Coburg, ON, April-May
2010 DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON.
2009 A Las Vegas State of Mind, Peak Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2009 DaDa Delirium, Curated by Stuart Reid, Tom Thompson Art...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Monotype
J.B. Thompson "Photon" Mixed Media Etching w/ Copper and Aquatint c.1970s
Located in San Francisco, CA
J.B. Thompson "Photon" Mixed Media Etching w/ Copper and Aquatint Limited Edition
J.B. Thompson (American, 1932-1984)
Fantastic pencil signed and numbered mixed media etching with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Copper
Untitled VI
By Tracey Adams
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled VI" is a monotype on paper by noted artist Tracey Adams, born 1954. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 15.6...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Acropolis Dream I
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Acropolis Dream I" 1994 is in an original color monoprint on paper by noted American artist Pia Stern, b. 1953. It is hand signed, dated...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Finger Print
By Tom Marioni
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Tom Marioni – American (1937- )
Title: Finger Print
Year: 1991
Medium: Color soft ground etching with sugar lift aquatint, drypoint, fingerprint ...
Category
1990s Contemporary San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Aquatint, Drypoint, Etching, Mixed Media
One Horse Night Hawaii
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "One Night Horse Hawaii" c.2000 is a colors monotype on B.F.K Rives paper by American artist Phil Gallagher. It is hand signed, titl...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Foment
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Maggie Hazell-Rosen – American (1919-2010)
Title: Foment
Year: circa 1990
Medium: Monotype
Image size: 12.5 x 11.75 inches.
Framed size: 28.25 x 24 inches
Signature: Signed...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Genesis 5th Day
By Dennis Ray Beall
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Genesis 5th Day" 1962 is a n original colors etching, with embossing by noted American artist Dennis Ray Beall, b.1929. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numb...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #1" is a colors monotype on Arches paper by Dutch artist Frans Horbach. It is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) is 19.65 x 19.65 inches, sheet size is 35.5 x 24.75 inches. It is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright, has never been framed.
About the artist:
Born in Holland, Dutch artist Frans Horbach first visited New York when he was 17 years old, traveling on a cargo ship from Rotterdam, just as his fellow country man Willem de Kooning had done years before. Two years later he left Holland and emigrated to California.
During the years that he lived and worked as a professional artist in America, one of the main sources of artistic influence came from artists belonging to what is now known as the New York school of American lyrical abstract expressionist art - Rothko, Pollock, De Kooning... He was attracted by their ideas, style of work, and more importantly, by their vital energy and uninhibited self-confidence.
Horbach's work also was influenced, more subtely perhaps, by his contact with indigeneous Indian people during his journeys in the American South-West and Mexico. These encounters were a rich source of inspiration - they became integral to a philosophical framework which involved the appreciation of physical space in a poetic and artistic sense. In later years, as the result of his long-time interest in oriental art and philosophy, some of his work show a distinct affinity with the aesthetic sensibilities of traditional Japanse...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Love
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Love" 1978 is an original color serigraph on Wove paper by Canadian/American artist Howard Bradford, 1919-2008. It is hand signed,...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Island Jewels Hawaii
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Island Jewels Hawaii" c.2000 is a colors monotype on B.F.K Rives paper by American artist Phil Gallagher. It is hand signed, titled...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Self Portrait II
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Self Portrait II" 1994 is in an original color monoprint on paper by noted American artist Pia Stern, b. 1953. It is hand signed, dated ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monoprint
Untitled- Abstract Grid
By Richard Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Richard Smith, CBE (1931-2016) British
Title: Untitled Abstract Grid
Date: 1972
Medium: Serigraph (screenprint)
Sheet size: 29.5 in x 22 in
Framed size: 36.75 x 28.25 inches
...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Cascade
By Bruce Weinberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Cascade" 1991 is a color etching, with embossing and gold addition on handmade paper by noted artist Bruce Weinberg, 1942-1994 It is hand signed, titled, numbere...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Monotype - Elipse IV
By Kirsten Stolle
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautiful monotype by Kirsten Stolle (1967-) is a simple, yet elegant composition with beautiful, harmonious colors. There is a wonderful warmth and richness to the surface; var...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Desert Approach
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Desert Approach" 1993 is an original color serigraph on Wove paper by Canadian/American artist Howard Bradford, 1919-2008. It is hand signed, titled, dated and ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Red Rock #4
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Red rock" 1994 is an original color serigraph on Wove paper by Canadian/American artist Howard Bradford, 1919-2008. It is hand si...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Untitled #4
By Richard Attilio Moquin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Richard Attilio Moquin (American, born 1934)
Title: Untitled #4
Year: 1992
Medium: Monotype
Paper: B.F.K Rives
Image size: 13.75 x 9.75 inches
paper size: 20.5 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Untitled #6
By Richard Attilio Moquin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Richard Attilio Moquin (American, born 1934)
Title: Untitled #6
Year: 1992
Medium: Monotype
Paper: B.F.K Rives
Image size: 13.75 x 9.75 inches
paper size: 22 x 1...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Self Portrait III
By Pia Stern
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Self Portrait III" 1994 is in an original color monoprint on paper by noted American artist Pia Stern, b. 1953. It is hand signed, dated...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monoprint
"Canyon Wall #2" Large color serigraph
Located in San Francisco, CA
This large original color serigraph on Wove paper, 1975 is by Canadian/American artist Howard Bradford, 1919-2008. It is hand signed, titled, dated and...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Aero
By Bruce Weinberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Aero" 1990 is a color etching, with embossing and gold addition on handmade paper, with deckle edge, by noted artist Bruce Weinberg, 1942-1994 It is hand signed,...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
Untitled
By Charles Arnoldi
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Charles Arnoldi (American, born 1931)
Title: Untitled
Year: 2001
Medium: Off set lithograph
Edition: Numbered XXIX 12/30 in pencil
Image size: 17 x 17 inches
Signatu...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Number I
By Avis Newman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Number I" 1969 is an original colors etching and aquatint on CP paper by noted British artist Avis Newman, born 1946. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 29/5...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Ascension
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ascension" 1978 is a color serigraph on paper by noted American artist Roy Ahlgren, 1927-2011 It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 34/65 in pencil by th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Op Art San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Abstract Monotype - Elipse VI
By Kirsten Stolle
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautiful monotype by Kirsten Stolle (1967-) is a simple, yet elegant composition with beautiful, harmonious colors. There is a wonderful warmth and richness to the surface; var...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Untitled #2
By Richard Attilio Moquin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Richard Attilio Moquin (American, born 1934)
Title: Untitled #2
Year: 1992
Medium: Monotype
Paper: B.F.K Rives
Image size: 13.75 x 9.75 inches
paper size: 20.5 x...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Invocation
By Stanley William Hayter
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Stanley William Hayter (British, 1901-1988)
Title: Invocation
Year: 1939
Medium: Etching
Edition: Numbered 63/100 in pencil
Paper: Barcham Green handmade paper
Image (plate ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled #1
By Barbara Diethelm
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #1" 1992 is a original monotype on paper by Swiss artist Barbara Diethelm, born 1962. It is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist. Printed and published by Aurobora Press, San Francisco. The artwork (image) size is 7 x 6.75 inches, framed is 18.5 x 17.5 inches. It is framed in a wooden maple frame. It is in very good condition, frame have very minor scratches.
About the artist.
Barbara Diethelm was born and raised in Zürich. After attending college in Zürich she moves to the United States in 1982. 1983 – 1988 Studies Graphic Design and Fine Art (with Mel Casas, Mark Pritchett und Tom Willome) at S.A.C. in San Antonio, Texas. Studies Humanities and Management at St. Mary’s University, San Antonio. 1988 – 1990 studies Painting (with Sam Tchakalian...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
La Joie de la Thora
By Guillaume Azoulay
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "La Joie de la thora (The Joy of the Thora)" is an original color etching on wove paper by Maroccan artist Guillame Azoulay, born 1949. It is signed , titled and numbered 17/300 in pencil by the artist. The image (plate mark) is 15.75 x 15.75 inches, sheet size is 22 x 26 inches, It is in excellent condition.
About the artist.
Guillaume Azoulay was born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1949. Since age he went to many parts of the world, earning his way by painting and performing as an actor.
In 1976 he arrived in the United States. In this short time span, Azoulay has worked to establish himself as an American etcher. After moving several times Azoulay settled in California in March of 1976 where he now lives
Seven of his works are held in the permanent collection of the Musee Du Louvre...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Monotype
By Marvin Lipofsky
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Monotype" 1991 is an original monotype by renown American glass sculptor Marvin Lipofsky. It is signed, titled and dated in pencil by the artist. The artwork size is 30 x 22.5 inches, framed is 33.75 x 26.25 inches. It is custom framed in the original wooden off white frame. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Glassmaker, sculptor and graphic artist, Marvin Lipofsky, born in 1938, received his B.F.A. degree in Industrial Design from the University of Illinois. He earned his M.S. degree, 1963, and M.F.A., 1964, in sculpture from the University of Madison, Wisconsin. There, he was one of Harvey Littleton's first graduate students working in glass.
Littleton had been the first American artist, in the 1960s, to visit Czechoslovakia, famous for its work in glass, where glass sculpture had been made since the 1950s. Marvin Lipofsky would also be an early visitor, observing there. Since that time, the artist has traveled extensively, collaborating with the world's best glass artists.
After graduation from Wisconsin, Lipofsky was hired by the University of California, Berkeley, where he introduced the second university glass program in America (Littleton was the first). Lipofsky also established the glass program at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland in 1967, the San Francisco area becoming a center for glass in the 60s and 70s because of his own work and the students produced by his teaching.
While Lipofsky may be best known for three-dimensional globe forms, he has indulged himself in the making of glass Pop Art pickles and hamburgers. He has also created multi-colored, irregular flower...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Genesis 1th Day
By Dennis Ray Beall
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Genesis 1th Day" 1961 is a n original etching, with embossing by noted American artist Dennis Ray Beall, b.1929. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 24...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Layers of Each Other
By Sarah Smelser
Located in San Francisco, CA
This abstract monotype is by Sarah Smelser (1971-). It measures 6 x 6 inches the plate and 16.5 x 12.75 inches framed. It is titled in the lower left, “Layers of Each Other” and signed and dated in the lower right, “Sarah Smelser 1997.” It is matted with an acid-free mat and framed in brushed metal. The print, mat and frame are in very good condition.
Sarah Smelser received her BA from University of California at Santa Cruz, her MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. She has been an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center; The Franz Masereel Center in Kasterlee, Belgium; Artica in Bilbao, Spain; Kala Art Institute in Emeryville, CA; Jentel Artist Residency in Banner, WY; and Skopelos Foundation for the Arts in Skopelos, Greece, Anchor Graphics in Chicago; and the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Ireland. Her work is in such collections the Readers' Digest Association, the New York Public Library, the Library of Congress, the Jane Vorhees Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, the Spencer Museum at University of Kansas, Hallmark Corporate Collection, and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts.
Smelser has had solo exhibitions at Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld in New York City, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York City, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, MI, Carnegie Mellon University, Bradley University, University of Wyoming, Diablo Valley College, Luther College and Spencer College. Her work has been included in many invitational and juried shows, and been shown at numerous art fairs including Art Frankfurt, Estampa (in Madrid), the Affordable Art Fair in New York, Art Miami, Red Dot Art Fair in New York and Miami, Art Santa Fe, Art Chicago, EDITION Chicago, Boston Print Fair, Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair, Editions/Artists’ Book Fair, and the Los Angeles Art Show.
Smelser's work has been reviewed in Art on Paper: The Journal of Prints, Drawings and Photography, as well as Abstract Art Online, and has been reproduced in New American Paintings. Most recently Smelser was the featured interview in Monotype, Monoprint, & Strappo Ezine.
Smelser is a Professor of Art at Illinois State University and a co-founder of Manneken Press...
Category
1990s Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Untitled
By Terry Leftrook
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" 1987 is an original offset lithograph, with pastel addition on wove paper, by Canadian artist Terry Leftrook, born 1948. It is unsigned. The size is 24.85 x ...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Mixed Media
Abstract Monotype - Inside XV
By Kirsten Stolle
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautiful monotype by Kirsten Stolle (1967-) is a simple, yet elegant composition with beautiful, harmonious colors. There is a wonderful warmth and richness to the surface; var...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Abstract Monotype - Elipse III
By Kirsten Stolle
Located in San Francisco, CA
This beautiful monotype by Kirsten Stolle (1967-) is a simple, yet elegant composition with beautiful, harmonious colors. There is a wonderful warmth and richness to the surface; var...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Modica - large format photograph of Brutalist architecture
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large format photograph of Brutalist architecture in south of Italy ( Sicily )
Modica (2020)
by Frank Schott
40 x 27 inches / 102cm x 68cm
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
Untitled II
By Joseph Zirker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Joseph Zirker (American, born 1924)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1988
Medium: Color monotype
Paper: Arche 88
Size: 42 x 30 inches
Signature: Signed and dated in pencil by the artist
Printer: The artist
Condition: Very good
Frame: Unframed
About the artist.
Joseph Zirker is a noted American modern artist, educator, lecturer that was born on August 13, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, United States. As a young man he Served with United States Navy, from 1944 to 1946.
He attended the University of California in Los Angeles 1946—1947. He got a bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Denver in 1949 and a master of Fine Arts, University Southern California, 1951.
He was a printer and research fellow at Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles, 1961—1963. Lecturer University Southern California, 1963. Instructor Los Angeles County Art Institute, 1964, San Jose City College, California, 1966—1980.
Lecturer Stanford University, 1981—1983, 1986—1990. All along his carer, he had numerous acclaimed shows in the U.S and abroad. He is known worldwide as an innovator in monotype and printmaking. His works are represented in private and public collections, both in the USA and worldwide, including:
Grunwald Collection, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, California,
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Free Library of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June Wayne, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, California
Tamarind Archives, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, California,
Charles White, Los Angeles, California
Stanley Freeman Collection, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
Ben Smith...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Ajournement I
By Jacques Villon
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Jacques Villon
Title: Ajournement I
Year: 1959
Medium: Etching
Edition: Inscribed Bon A Tirer (Trial Proof) in pencil
Paper Wove
Image size: 5.5 x 6.5 inches
Signature: H...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Untitled VII
By Tracey Adams
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled VII" is a monotype on paper by noted artist Tracey Adams, born 1954. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 15....
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Untitled
By Terry Leftrook
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" c.1980 is an original offset lithograph on wove paper by Canadian artist Terry Leftrook, born 1948. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist, also inscribed...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Offset
Untitled #7
By Richard Attilio Moquin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Richard Attilio Moquin (American, born 1934)
Title: Untitled #7
Year: 1992
Medium: Monotype
Paper: B.F.K Rives
Image size: 13.75 x 9.75 inches
paper size: 22 x 1...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Darryl Pottorf Exceptional Print – Truck Stop de Marra Kech
By Darryl Pottorf
Located in San Francisco, CA
This impressive 12 color screenprint is by Darryl Pottorf (1952- ) The print is titled “Truck Stop de Marra Kech”. It was printed and published in 2000 by Gemini G.E.L. the well-kno...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Dame Creole
By Henry Moore
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986)
Title: Dame Creole
Year: 1976
Medium: Color lithograph
Edition: 110
Paper: Arches
Image size: 18.5 x 15 inches
paper size: 18.5 x 15 i...
Category
1970s Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled III
By Joseph Zirker
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Joseph Zirker (American, born 1924)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1988
Medium: Color monotype
Paper: Arche 88
Size: 42 x 30 inches
Signature: Signed and dated in pencil by the artist
Printer: The artist
Condition: Very good
Frame: Unframed
About the artist.
Joseph Zirker is a noted American modern artist, educator, lecturer that was born on August 13, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, United States. As a young man he Served with United States Navy, from 1944 to 1946.
He attended the University of California in Los Angeles 1946—1947. He got a bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Denver in 1949 and a master of Fine Arts, University Southern California, 1951.
He was a printer and research fellow at Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles, 1961—1963. Lecturer University Southern California, 1963. Instructor Los Angeles County Art Institute, 1964, San Jose City College, California, 1966—1980.
Lecturer Stanford University, 1981—1983, 1986—1990. All along his carer, he had numerous acclaimed shows in the U.S and abroad. He is known worldwide as an innovator in monotype and printmaking. His works are represented in private and public collections, both in the USA and worldwide, including:
Grunwald Collection, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, California,
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Free Library of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
June Wayne, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, California
Tamarind Archives, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, California,
Charles White, Los Angeles, California
Stanley Freeman Collection, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
Ben Smith...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Monotype
Theo Tobiasse "Woman" Original Color Lithograph Signed / Numbered c.1960s
By Théo Tobiasse
Located in San Francisco, CA
Theo Tobiasse (1927-2012) "Woman" Original Color Lithograph Signed / Numbered c.1960s
Titled "Woman"
Dimensions 27" x 20.5". The frame measures 36.5" x 30.25".
Signed and numbered...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Alvar Sunol Embossed Figural Abstract Nude Lithograph C.1978
By Sunol Alvar
Located in San Francisco, CA
Alvar Sunol Embossed Figural Abstract Nude Lithograph C.1978
Number 46 from an edition of 100
Dimensions 12" x 16.5"
The frame measures 22" x 27.5"
The frame shows a chip at one...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Roland Petersen Original Abstract Etching w/ Aquatint c.1970
By Roland Petersen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Roland Petersen (California / Denmark) Original Abstract Etching w/ Aquatint c.1970s
Rare pencil signed etching w/ aquatint by noted artist Roland Petersen
Titled Driftwood and Vic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Melanie Lundquist "Kimono" Original Framed Serigraph C.1990
Located in San Francisco, CA
Melanie Lundquist "Kimono" Original Framed Serigraph C.1990
Fine vintage serigraph with gold tones and beautiful blues on a cream background
Housed...
Category
Late 20th Century San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Cacti - large format photograph of iconic desert cactus landscape 27" x 40"
By Erik Pawassar
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph of sunny cactus landscape, from a series of highly detailed large format nature observations,
an homage to the photo realistic ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Wallscape IV (New York) - abstraction of urban textures and palimpsest colors
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
WALLSCAPE IV by Frank Schott
from a series of photographic observances capturing urban textures and wallscape color palettes
27 x 40 inches / 69cm x 102c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary San Francisco - Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
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