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Item Ships From: South Coast
"Golden Haven" - Mid Century Modern Dual Panel Vertical Serigraph
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful modernist figurative abstract with birds, a large scale vertical dual panel original serigraph, "Golden Haven I, and "Golden Haven II", by Phil Paradise...
Category
1960s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen, Cardboard
Portrait of Modern Man - Multilayer Woodblock in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Anger - Multilayer Woodblock in Ink on Paper
Bold and saturated woodblock print of a screaming man by Michael Dow (American, 20th Century). The man is centered in this m...
Category
1990s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Lady Holding a Baby" - Woodblock Print on Laid Rice Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Lady Holding a Baby" - Woodblock Print on Laid Rice Paper
Elegant woodcut print by Stephen White (American, b. 1939). In an early example of White's signature style, a stylized, mi...
Category
1970s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Woodcut
Visage - 1974 Original Monoprint Lithograph on Paper
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Visage - 1974 Original Lithograph on Paper
Original 1974 Lithograph depicting an abstracted mans face by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Black ink is used to out...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Soquel, CA
3 Panel Hand Colored Japanese Woodcut Print Lithograph
Three panel hand colored woodcut lithograph from Nanso Satomi hakkenden, Tale of the Eight Dogs...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
The Samurai Genta Kajiwara - Japanese Woodblock Diptych in Ink on Paper
By Utagawa Yoshitora
Located in Soquel, CA
The Samurai Genta Kajiwara - Japanese Woodblock Diptych in Ink on Paper
Boldly colored woodblock by Utagawa Yoshitora (Japanese, active c.1840-1880)...
Category
1860s Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Study 6" - 1975 Figurative Lithograph on Paper
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
"Study 6" - 1975 Figurative Lithograph on Paper
Abstract figurative lithograph by Jim Smyth (American, b. 1938). The nude figure is seen with one hand above her head, holding a cloth, as she gazes down.
Numbered, titled, signed and dated along bottom. "5/12", "Study 6", "Smyth 75."
Presented in a brown mat.
Mat: 16"H x 12"W
Paper: 10 1/2"H x 8"W
Image:9 1/4"H x 6 1/2"W
Jim Smyth has studied at the Academia de Belle Arti in Fiorenza, Italy, Ecole des BeauxArts in Geneva, New York Academy, and the Art Students League. He is also a graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in Fine Art.
Although academically trained, Smyth practices and teaches a more impressionistic style of painting, focusing on the Alla Prima technique.
He is particularly knowledgeable about drawing, perspective, color theory and the human figure, his passion. Smyth, with extensive academic knowledge, has a profound love of all human representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil painting and pastels.
When not in Provence, or Southeastern France, Smyth teaches intensely in art schools, art centers and several colleges in the Bay Area. He is a beloved instructor and his classes fill in quickly as he is very knowledgeable.
On his return to the United States, he began studying with Mr. Alanson Appleton at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. Smyth was a founding member of the Appletree Etchers, Inc., an etching print shop organized by Mr. Appleton and his students to develop and promote color intaglio. Smyth served as Master Printer at the studio for many years perfecting the techniques of intaglio and developing the color theories of Mr. Appleton as applied to the deeply etched plate.
Smyth received his degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972 and holds the California Community College Certificate and an Adult Education Certificate. Smyth was invited to teach "Anatomy for Artists" at Foothill College, Los Altos Hills, California, as a result of his many years of dissection of the cadaver and developed the course of study of Perspective for the college. During this period, he began teaching Life Drawing at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, Palo Alto, California. During the following thirty years Smyth has taught an average of twelve classes per week at the Pacific Art League of Palo Alto, the Palo Alto Art Center and the Burlingame Recreation Department among others in all phases of drawing and painting. He has conducted many workshops for the California Academy of Painters in many aspects of drawing and painting. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor of Drawing at the College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California. He is an authority on the materials of painting and drawing, techniques of traditional drawing and painting, color theory, perspective and anatomy for artists. In his career in Life Drawing, Smyth has made over two hundred thousand drawings from the model.
In addition to studies at Berkeley, Smyth has studied at the College of San Mateo, Foothill College, De Anza College, Mission College, and West Valley College, all in California. One of the pivotal points in his career was studying with Mr. Maynard Dixon Stewart at the University of San Jose, California. He spent a year at the New York Academy of Art where he was offered a full scholarship and at the Art Students League of New York. He concurrently attended classes at the National Academy of Design in New York. Among others, Smyth studied with M. Andrejivec, Ted Schmidt, Elliot Goldfinger, Gary Fagin, Ted Jacobs, Leo Neufeld...
Category
1970s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching, Lithograph
"Folding Linen III" - Limited Edition Lithograph, 20/75
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful figurative limited edition lithograph by Robert Baxter (American, b. 1933). Signed and numbered "R. Baxter 20/75" lower left. Displayed with wh...
Category
1980s Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
The Three Musketeers
By Yue Minjun
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Yue Minjun
Title: The Three Musketeers
Year: 2022
Medium: Screenprint on Rives BFK paper, deckled edges
Edition: 130; signed and numbered in pencil
Sheet: 31 1/2 × 39 2/5 in...
Category
2010s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Located in Soquel, CA
Les Tuileries, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph
Delicate hand-colored lithograph of Tuileries Palace in Paris, France printed by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887). Published, Paris 1843 to 1867 by Hautecoeur Freres (Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur (French). After Charles Riviere...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Pygmalion's Ladder" - Surrealist Colored Etching 9/20, 1975
Located in Soquel, CA
"Pygmalion's Ladder" - Surrealist Colored Etching 9/20, 1975
In this etching, a figure in soft blue could be interpreted as the sculptor surrounded by their creations by James C. Cr...
Category
1970s Post-War South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching, Screen
The Pilgrimage Procession to Kinryuzan Temple at Asakusa in the Eastern Capital
By Kuniyasu
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Parade - Woodblock Print
Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kuniyasu (歌川 国安) (Japan, 1794–1832). Japanese women, dressed in blue and red kimonos, are the focal point. A vi...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
1970's Figurative Home Interior Etching, Portrait of a Couple with Dogs
Located in Soquel, CA
1970's modernist etching of a man and woman at home with their dogs by Stephen Martin (American, 20th Century). The enigmatic couple both wear sungla...
Category
1970s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
"Dawn Revel" - Mid Century Modern Modernist Serigraph by Phil Paradise
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful modernist figurative silkscreen on paper of women dancing by Phil Paradise, (American, 1905-1997), c.1960.
Edition No. 56. Signed lower right ...
Category
1960s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
"1921 Blue And Gold" - UC Berkeley Yearbook Color Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"1921 Blue And Gold" - UC Berkeley Yearbook Color Lithograph
"1921 Blue And Gold" 1921 University of California Berkeley Color Lithograph by Pedro Lemos (American, 1882-1952). A Greek woman sits, holding a long blank script on her lap while a Greek man leans over her shoulder, as he dips a feather in ink, as to write on the script. The man is wearing a gold laurel crown...
Category
1920s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"Departure #7" - Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Departure #7" - Lithograph on Paper
Purple and tan lithograph depicting abstracted figures floating in space by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Abstracted figures take up the page, ...
Category
1970s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Moody Vintage Print - TV with Two Figures style of Edward Hopper
Located in Soquel, CA
Moody Vintage Print - TV with Two Figures style of Edward Hopper
Print of an interior scene with a tv stand, side table, lamp, and lifting weights. The tv screen reflects the tops o...
Category
1990s South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Face with a Mustache - Abstracted Lithograph by Cathleen Panttaja
Located in Soquel, CA
Face with a Mustache - Abstracted Lithograph by Cathleen Panttaja
Hip Woodcut Print done at the height of the Flower Power 60s, of a man with a large Moustache. Cathleen Panttaja (Am...
Category
1970s Abstract Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
The Fabulous Moolah, World Champion Female Wrestler Figurative Screen Print
Located in Soquel, CA
The Fabulous Moolah, World Champion Female Wrestler Figurative Screen Print
Modern figurative print of world champion female wrestler Mary Lillian Ellison (American, 1923-2007), also known as The Fabulous Moolah. The artist of this print is unknown. Unsigned and undated. Presented in a modern frame with Plexiglass. Image size: 26”H x 20L".
During her lifetime, Moolah was lauded as a leading figure in women's professional wrestling and was considered one of the industry's greatest wrestlers. Moolah's first World Championship reign lasted over ten years. Moolah successfully defended the belt against the top female wrestlers in the world, such as Judy Grable and Donna Christanello, while also purporting to befriend some of the biggest celebrities of the day such as Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis. She became the first woman to be inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1999, she became the oldest champion in the history of professional wrestling when she won the Women's Championship for a final time at age 76 in 1999.
Championships and Accomplishments:
Cauliflower Alley Club
Ladies Wrestling Award (1997)
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA Women's World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Toni Rose
NWA World Women's Championship (5 times)
NWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)
Pro Wrestling...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Portrait of Albert Einstein with Multi-Colored Wires
By Lilya Vorobey
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of Albert Einstein, a color collotype print, watercolor with electric wires, by Lilya Vorobey (American, 20th Century). Signed and dated "L. Vorobey '89" lower right. On mat...
Category
1980s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Wire
Dan (Twelve Tribes of Israel), 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Greenwich, CT
Dan is an etching on paper from Salvador Dalí's "Twelve Tribes of Israel." The image size is 19.62 x 14.37 inches and the framed dimensions are 34.25 x 27.75 inches. From the English...
Category
20th Century Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Japanese Artisans - Silk Dying -Japanese Woodblock Print
By Tosa Mitsuyoshi
Located in Soquel, CA
Japanese Artisans - Japanese Woodblock Print J
Japanese woodblock depicting six women, all wearing vibrant kimonos, working on crafts by Tosa Mitsuoki (Japanese, 1617-1691). Japanese,c. 1600. Handcraft depiction (dye works).Section from a painted screen with presentations of handcraft.Kita-in, Saitama.
Stamped lower left.
Presented in a white mat and giltwood frame.
Frame: 19"H x 14"W
Mat: 18.25"H x 13.25"W
Image: 14.5"H x 9.5"W
Tosa Mitsuoki was a Japanese painter, reinvigorating the Yamato style of classical Japanese painting. Yamato-e originated from interest in reproducing early Tang dynasty paintings, and was later reinvented and further refined to fit Japanese cultural perceptions in the late Heian period. Yamato, sometimes referred to as wa or kazu had become synonymous with the Tosa-ha by the Muromachi period as a way for Japanese artist to distinguish their works from those of mainland Chinese paintings, kara-e. Yamato-e incorporated various visual and literary techniques for establishing narrative. Works were not always accompanied with text and may rely on heavily on period specific visual motifs, icons, and symbols to relay a story or theme. Tosa style by the time of Mitsuoki focused heavily on depicting themes of plants and nature, famous places, meisho, the four seasons, shik, bird-and-flower, kacho. Many of these popular symbols and icons from mimicking Chinese practices, treating the original Chinese masterwork as a sort of prototype to improve upon. Popular formats for Mitsuoki's pictures were wall scrolls kakemono, or handscrolls that would be read from right to left with the accompanied story, sliding doors fusuma and folding screen panels byobu that featured up to six panels. Mitsuoki's style incorporated the depth and calligraphy techniques of ink wash brushwork similar to Song dynasty and Yuan dynasty Chinese court paintings...
Category
1920s Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Native American Figurative Woodblock -- "Weaving" #5/12
By Virginia J Hughins
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful woodblock print titled "Weaving" by Aptos, California artist Virginia J Hughins (Virginia Brubaker DeWolf) (American, 1923-2004), circa 1990.
Signed "Virginia" bottom rig...
Category
1990s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Panther - Figurative Abstract Woodcut, 3/10
By Cecelia Sánchez Duarte
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative abstract wood cut print titled "Copula Blanca" by Cecelia Sánchez Duarte. Pencil signed with edition number "3/10," title, and signature bottom margin. Image, 31.25"H x 23...
Category
1990s Folk Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Woodcut
"Altered States of an Autorittrati" 2nd State, Modernist Self-Portrait
By I. Colon
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold lithograph depicting an abstracted self-portrait with other figurative elements symbolizing the artist's past by California artist I. Colon (20th Century). Numbered, titled, and...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Plovers at Tamagawa" from "Six Jewel Rivers" - Woodblock Print on Paper
This print, sometimes titled "Chidori No Tamagawa" "Plovers at Tamagawa", is from the series Mu Tamagawa ("Six Views of Tama River", also known as "Six Jewel Rivers" or "Six Crystal Rivers") by Kubo Shunman...
Category
Late 18th Century Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Scribe and Personal Assistant to the Shogun - Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Scribe and Personal Assistant to the Shogun - Japanese Woodblock Print on Paper
Detailed woodblock print by an unknown artist, In the style of Suzuki Harunobu. There are two women i...
Category
19th Century Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Rainbow-Man" - Abstracted Mexican Figurative Woodblock Print
By Pedro Puesta
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rainbow-man," an abstracted Mexican figurative woodblock by Pedro Puerta (Mexican, 20th Century), 1974. Titled "Rainbow-Man" lower left and "from a Michoacan Pot" "Reproduced with a...
Category
1970s Other Art Style South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Located in Soquel, CA
Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Delicate hand-colored lithograph of Rue de la Paix Palace in Paris, France printed by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887). Published, Paris 1843 to 1867 by Hautecoeur Freres (Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur (French). After Charles Riviere...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Hyde Park on Sunday" - Hand Colored Etching from "Old and New London"
Located in Soquel, CA
"Hyde Park on Sunday" - Hand Colored Etching from "Old and New London"
Detailed etching of a typical Sunday in Hyde Park around 1800 after an etching by Ed...
Category
Late 19th Century Romantic South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, Mt Otawa Moon - Bright God Tamura
By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mount Otawa Moon: Bright God Tamura" - Woodblock on Paper by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
From the series "One Hundred Aspects of the Moon"
This piece depicts the general Sakanoe no Tamura...
Category
1880s Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Sale Julia" Abstract Figurative Monotype of a Dancer
Located in Soquel, CA
"Sale Julia" Abstract Figurative Monotype by California artist Linda O'Hagan.
This dynamic print by Linda O'Hagan captures the movement of a dancer mid-turn. The background is comp...
Category
1980s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype, Acrylic, Laid Paper
Woodblock Portrait of a Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold woodblock print of a woman by J. Duffy (American, 20th Century). The subject is staring directly at the viewer, creating a compelling yet delicate composition. The ink appears t...
Category
1950s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
One Hundred Prints Of The Noh - 1925 Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
One Hundred Prints Of The Noh - 1925 Original Japanese Woodblock Print
Original Japanese woodblock print by Tsukioka Kogyo (Japanese, 1869...
Category
1920s Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Mid Century French Color Lithograph "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th Century color linocut of abstracted man with leaves titled "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage) by French artist Jean Lucat (French, 1892 - 1966), circa 1950....
Category
1950s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Linocut
No. 45, View of Akasaka from "Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo" Woodblock
Located in Soquel, CA
No. 45, View of Akasaka from "Comical Views of Famous Places in Edo" Woodblock
Whimsical woodblock print by Utagawa Hirokage (Japanese, active 1855–1865). Four people are sitting on...
Category
1860s Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Rice Paper, Woodcut
Naphtali (Twelve Tribes of Israel), 1973
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Greenwich, CT
Naphtali is an etching on paper from Salvador Dalí's "Twelve Tribes of Israel." the image size is 19.5 x 14.75 inches and the framed dimensions are 34.75 x 29.25 inches. From the Eng...
Category
20th Century Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
"E" Albert Einstein, Modern Portrait
By Lilya Vorobey
Located in Soquel, CA
Albert Einstein "E", a color collotype print, watercolor modern portrait by Lilya Vorobey (American, 20th C). Titled "E" lower left, signed and dated "L. Vorobey '89" lower right. On...
Category
1980s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Color, Etching
Vintage -- Surrealist Figurative Etching -- "The Visitation"
By Herbert L. Fink
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical and erotic sepia etching titled "The Visitation" by Herbert L. Fink (American, 1921-2006). Titled, signed and dated 1982 lower edge. Unframe...
Category
1980s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
Windows - A Suite of Prints by Patricia Pearce, et al
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
A set of lithographs by College of San Mateo class of 1989, instructed by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b 1948). Pieces are individually signed by each artist. Each print is on laid paper, meaning they all have ragged edges. Presented in a black folio with title sheet, table of contents, and ties. Includes protective tissue paper dividers between each piece. Image size: 14"H x 11"W
Patricia Pearce is a California artist who attended San Francisco State and UC Irvine and is the adjunct Professor of Fine Art at the College of San Mateo. Her early work on paper explored images of garments using various printmaking techniques. Later, she began to work mainly in collagraph and monotype prints creating singular images of kimonos and ribbons in her subtle shifting, subdued pieces are constructed in a three-step process. Awards include Grade Prize, 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama Japan; Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation. Collections: Nieman Marcus, San Francisco; Wells Fargo, San Francisco Exhibitions: Montalvo, California Center for the Arts; Pacific Prints, Palo Alto.
Other artists in the collection include:
Peggy Christgau (American, b. 1939)
Marcia Pagels (American, b. 1930) - BA in Art, Stanford, 1951.
Barbara Cohn (American, b. 1923)
Megumi Kido
Julia Pitcher (American, b. 1942)
Bu King
Liane Rocker (American, b. 1929)
Jane Leddy...
Category
1980s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Lithograph
Mid Century Silkscreen -- Starlet Being Made 2/10 by Robert Graham 1963
By Robert Graham
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid century abstracted figurative silkscreen in red and black. Titled "Starlet being made," numbered "2/10" and signed "Graham" with date "63" lower edge. Presented in new ...
Category
1960s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"Schooner + Doryman" First Edition Hand-Colored Woodblock Print
By Byron Randall
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold woodblock print by Byron Randall (American, 1918-1999). Titled "Schooner + Doryman", numbered "1st ed.", and signed and dated "Byron Randall '62" along the bottom edge. Small am...
Category
1960s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
"Woman" Nude Figurative Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
Elegant nude by Suzanne Aubin Ledrew (American, b. 1942). The woman in this piece is seated, with her hand covering her face and head, turned partially away from the viewer. There is a lovely contract between the background and the figure, creating a negative shape out of the woman's body.
Titled "WOMAN" in the lower center.
Signed and dated "AUBIN LEDREW 74" in the lower right corner.
Presented in a new grey mat with a wood frame.
Image size: 12"H x 9"W
Suzanne Addicott (nee Aubin Ledrew) (American, b. 1942) graduated from California College of the Arts with a BFA in Painting and Drawing. She is an artist and teacher at Studio9...
Category
1970s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Early 20th Century Miniature Etching, Portrait of an Old Woman by Ralph Sweet
Located in Soquel, CA
Early 20th Century Miniature Etching, Portrait of an Old Woman by Ralph Sweet
Compelling early 20th century small-scale figurative etching of an old...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
"Some Town without a Name" - Signed Screen Print
Located in Soquel, CA
"Some Town without a Name" - Signed Screen Print Exhibition Poster
Screen Print titled "Some Town without a Name" by Masuo Ikeda (Japanese, 1934-1997). A black headshot is seen with blue ink by the mouth and enclosed in a blue rectangle. "Masuo Ikeda" can be seen printed up top, with a list of Ten Lithographs under.
Signed in pencil "Masuo Ikeda" lower right and numbered "XXXlll" middle
Presented in a white mat.
Mat: 36"H x 28"W
Paper: 26"H x 21"W
Image: 25 1/2"H x 19 1/2"W
Masuo Ikeda (Japanese, 1934 - 1997) was born in 1934. Masuo Ikeda is well known a Japanese painter, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, ceramist, novelist, and film director. He started winning prize after prize in the 1960s: the Governor of Tokyo's Prize (1962), the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art Prize (1964). In 1961 he had established himself as a printmaker by winning the Grand Prize for Printmaking at the Tokyo International Biennale of Art, but it was in foreign parts that he achieved his greatest triumphs: in 1961 the Prix d'Excellence at the Young Artists' International Biennale in Paris; in 1965 the Grand Prix at the International Print-making Biennale in Ljubljana; in 1966, the First Prize at the International Engraving Biennale in Cracow, and first prizes at the Biennales of Vienna and Venice, where he was only the second Japanese to win in this category, after Munakata Shiko in 1956. He was the first Japanese to have a one-man show at the New York Museum of Modern Art (1965). He was always on the move and spent two years in New York (1965-66), then settled for a year in Berlin (1967). Ikeda was producing prints in his studio in New York from 1969, he returned to Japan in 1980 and was based there from then on, and extended his brilliant talent beyond printmaking. In 1977, he won the 77th Akutagawa Prize (the most prestigious literary award in Japan) for his novel, Offering in the Aegean, and directed the film adaptation of the same title in 1979. His vigorous artistic activity even extended to the production of ceramic works from around 1983 onward. The Ikeda Masuo...
Category
1960s Pointillist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Laid Paper
Sam Colburn Carmel Artist Portrait, Signed Limited Edition Realist Lithograph
By Jack Coughlin 1
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed and realistic portrait lithograph of the modernist watercolor artist Sam Colburn (American, 1909-1993) by Jack Coughlin (American, b. 193...
Category
1980s Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"Tuesday; Today" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Tuesday; Today" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Black and white surrealist lithograph on paper depicting large figurative objects on a black surface. The ombre sky fades to d...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"A Song for a Nesei Fisherman" Poster, Limited Edition Screenprint #14 of 100
Located in Soquel, CA
"A Song for a Nesei Fisherman" Poster, Limited Edition Screenprint #14 of 100
Show poster designed by Chester Yoshida (American, b. 1922). The play "A Song for a Nisei Fisherman" wa...
Category
1980s Pop Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Early 20th Century Wuthering Heights Genre Woodcut -- Death of Earnshaw #28/30
By Clare Leighton
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful genre woodcut of a scene from Emily Bronte's "Wuthering Heights" titled "Death of Earnshaw" by Clare Leighton (British/American, 1898 - 198...
Category
1950s Other Art Style South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
"Nativity" Modernist Landscape Screen Print in Ink on Paper -
Located in Soquel, CA
"Nativity" Modernist Landscape Screenprint in Ink on Paper
Whimsical modern landscape silkscreen print of the nativity scene by San Francisco, C...
Category
1970s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Printer's Ink, Screen
"Jerry" - Caricature Portrait Etching 1977
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"Jerry" - Caricature Portrait Etching
A dual portrait in an illustrative, cartoon style by Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). Two men are portraye...
Category
1970s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Etching
"King Pin" Pointillist Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"King Pin" Pointillist Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Detailed lithograph of a king on a bench by E.B. Rothewell (American, 1926-2011). A stylized portrait of a king, seated on a large bench. He is looking upwards, with a somewhat dejected expression, hands near his mouth. This piece is completely made from small dots (stippling) giving the subject the feel of a fantasy illustration...
Category
Late 20th Century Pointillist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Figurative Etching of Two Girls in Gowns, Line Drawing
By Dorian Krausz
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate drypoint etching of two girls by Dorian Krausz (American, b. 1948). Signed "Dorian Krausz" in the lower right corner. Numbered "196/300" in the lower left corner. Presented ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Drypoint
"Before The Fog" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Before The Fog" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Black and white surrealist lithograph by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Abstracted figures take up the paper, with a pop of go...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"For Each That You Take" - Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"For Each That You Take" - Etching on Paper
Abstract expressionist etching depicting a human-like tree as the focal point, with a figure sittin...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
On the Beach Baroque Style Figurative
By Ben Messick
Located in Soquel, CA
Study of a female nude in the Baroque style, by acclaimed California artist Ben Messick (American, 1891-1981). Signed "Ben Messick 40" in plate and pencil lower left, by the estate. Unframed. Image size, 4.75"L x 10.5"H; overall mat size is, 16"L x 20"H. Some foxing to over-mat.
The following is submitted by Jim Lafferty whose sources include the autobiography of the artist:
William Washington Messick married Sarah A. Bristow January 2,1889 and from this marriage a son, Benjamin Newton Messick was born on January 9, 1891 on a farm near Strafford, Missouri. His art talent was apparent from the time he was a child and later recognized by his commanding officer in World War I. He completed his training in Los Angeles at Chouinard in the late-1920s and is well-known for his Regionalist scenes and Modernist paintings. He was an instructor at Chouinard through the 1950s & influenced a generation of LA Modernists.
Little is recorded in his autobiography about Messick's life from his teen years and service during the War. He enrolled at Chouinard Institute in the Fall of 1925, and was given a three-year scholarship by Mrs. Chouinard. In 1925 he won a cash award at the Los Angeles County Fair for a group of pen and charcoal drawings done in the parks and streets of Los Angeles. These works give the appearance of being spontaneous and fluid.
In 1930 Messick left Chouinard as a full-time student and rented an apartment on West Eighth Street to use as a studio and living quarters. He had his own ideas on what he was trying to accomplish in art. "If you should ask what is the message of my drawings, I should say that they may explain themselves or may be just a technical exercise."
By the mid 1940s, Messick's position in the art world had been well established as a teacher, painter, printmaker, writer and critic. Over his life time he had over 400 shows and exhibitions. Starting in 1939 he produced a number of stone lithographs that appear to the untrained eye as original drawings. To Messick the image was the most important aspect of his lithographs, and his signature in the plate was sufficient. Hand signing each lithograph did not seem necessary to him. He exhibited prints widely including the Albany Print Club and the Metropolitian Museum.
To further substantiate the authenticity of Messick's prints the Eclectic Gallery under the authority of the Messick family posthumously pencil signed each estate-acquired stone lithograph.
Messick had a childhood fascination with the circus and started drawing and painting the circus in 1935. His circus work, especially his clown studies, and his lithographs became his trademark work for in the 1940s and 1950s. A critic for ART REVIEW described his Big Top work this way: "His circus canvases...
Category
1940s Baroque South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Vintage Surrealism -- Alienation Ave X Special At The Five & Dime
By Herbert Holden
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful surrealistic etching by San Francisco artist Herbert Holden (American, 20th Century). 1983. Part of his Alienation Ave series, this etching is numbered 3/50. Signed, dated,...
Category
1980s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Archival Paper, Etching
"The Country Stable" 18th Century Antique Mezzotint Engraving by William Ward
By George Morland
Located in Carmel, CA
"The Country Stable" After a painting by George Morland. 1763-1804. - Mezzotint engraving by William Ward. 1766-1826.
Print: 20.75" x 26" - With Frame: 28.5" x 34"
Published: March...
Category
Late 18th Century Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Mezzotint
