Abstract Expressionist Prints and Multiples

Cleve Gray, American (1918-2004) Composition, (1976) serigraph or lithograph Hand signed lower right, and editioned 9/50 Dimensions: 19.25 X 23.75 inches sheet. unframed Cleve Gray (1918 – 2004) was an American Abstract expressionist painter, who was also associated with Color Field painting and Lyrical Abstraction. Gray was born Cleve Ginsberg, the family changed their name to Gray in 1936. Gray attended the Ethical Culture School in New York City (1924–1932). From the age of 11 until the age of 14 he had his first formal art training with Antonia Nell, who had been a student of George Bellows. From 15 to 18 he attended the Phillips Academy, in Andover, Massachusetts; where he studied painting with Bartlett Hayes and won the Samuel F. B. Morse Prize for most promising art student. In 1940 he graduated from Princeton University summa cum laude, with a degree in Art and Archeology. He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. At Princeton he studied painting with James C. Davis and Far Eastern Art with George Rowley, under whose supervision he wrote his thesis on Yuan dynasty landscape painting. Best known for his calligraphic abstractions which melded elements of Abstract Expressionism, Color Field painting, and traditional Chinese scroll painting. After graduation in 1941 Gray moved to Tucson, Arizona. In Arizona he exhibited his modernist landscape paintings and still lifes at the Alfred Messer Studio Gallery in Tucson. In 1942 he returned to New York and joined the United States Army. During World War II, he served in the signal intelligence service in Britain, France and Germany, where he rose to the rank of sergeant. After the liberation of Paris he was the first American GI to greet Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein. He began informal art training with the French artists André Lhote and Jacques Villon, continuing his art studies in Paris after the war. Gray returned to the United States in 1946. In 1949 he moved to the house his parents had owned on a 94-acre property in Warren, Connecticut, and lived there for the rest of his life. In the 1960s he formed a close friendship with Barnett Newman. It was during this time that he experienced an artistic metamorphosis, dissolving his earlier cubist compositions in a sea of distilled color. This dramatic body of work marked the beginning of an artistic meditation that would last for over 40 years. The rigors of French modernism, the ethos of Abstract Expressionism and the meditative restraint of Chinese and Japanese scroll painting commingle with astounding affect. The atmospheric, subdued tones of his 1960s paintings gradually gave way to bright, monochromatic fields of color, hazily washed onto the canvas in stain like swathes. Much of his work from the last three decades of his career feature striking graphic brushwork that conjures the influence of Japanese and Chinese calligraphy. He married the noted author Francine du Plessix on April 23, 1957. They worked in separate studios in two outbuildings with a driveway in between. Gray was a veteran of scores of exhibitions throughout his career, as listed below, from the early days Tucson, through to postwar Paris and New York, and most recently in 2002 at the Berry-Hill Gallery in New York City. His paintings are held in the collections of numerous prominent museums and institutions. In 2009 the art critic Karen Wilkin curated a posthumous retrospective of his work at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida, and other posthumous exhibitions have been held. Museum collections Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida The Brooklyn Museum, New York City Columbia University Art Gallery, New York City Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York City Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii The Jewish Museum, New York City The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Museum of Modern Art, New York City The Neuberger Museum, State University of New York at Purchase New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut The Newark Museum, New Jersey Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida Oklahoma City Art Center, Oklahoma The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.[14] The Art Museum, Princeton University, New Jersey[6] Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts Sheldon Museum of Art, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. The Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut He was included in the show 1977, Group Exhibition, Betty Parsons Gallery. Mino Argento...

Sam Francis (1923-1994) is one of the most distinctive and collected 20th-century abstract artists. After serving in the Air Force in WW II, Francis returned to his native Californ...

This artwork titled "Figure Miroir" c.1980 is an original lithograph on Arches paper by noted French abstract expressionist artist Francois Rouan, b.194...

This artwork titled "Paysage" c.1980 is an original lithograph on Arches paper by noted French abstract expressionist artist Francois Rouan, b.1943. It ...

This artwork titled "Marbre" c.1980 is an original lithograph on Arches paper by noted French abstract expressionist artist Francois Rouan, b.1943. It i...

This artwork titled "Alternance" c.1980 is an original lithograph on Arches paper by noted French abstract expressionist artist Francois Rouan, b.1943. ...

This artwork "Sans Titre" c.1980 is an original etching on Arches paper by noted French abstract expressionist artist Francois Rouan, b.1943. It is hand...

Helen Frankenthaler: 1928-2011. Well listed very important American abstract expressionist. Her paintings have sold well into the millions of dollars. This particular print is done a...

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This artwork "Sans Titre II" c.1980 is an original color etching with aquatint on Arches paper by noted French abstract expressionist artist Francois Rouan...

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Limited edition of 5 pieces

Jim Dine Eight Sheets from an Undefined Novel: A rare, highly-collectible sample portfolio of 8 offset printed lithographs advertising Jim Dine's Eight Sheets from an Undefined Novel...

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Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (1866 - 1944) - Bogenschutze (The Archer), Year: 1908-1909, Medium: Color Woodcut on wove paper, Edition: 1200, Image Size: 6.5 x 6 inches, Size: 13 x 9.7...

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Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (1866 - 1944) - Der Blaue Reiter, Year: 1911, Medium: Woodblock on Japon, signed in the plate, Image Size: 10.75 x 8.25 inches, Size: 12.75 x 9.75 in. (32...

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Limited edition of 5 pieces

Wassily Kandinsky, Russian (1866 - 1944) - Plate 11 from 23 Gravures, Year: 1935, Medium: Etching, signed and dated in plate, Image Size: 9.25 x 7.75 inches, Size: 12.75 x 11.25 in....

Artist: (after) Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1992) Title: "Art 1981 Chicago" *Issued unsigned, though signed and dated by Motherwell in the plate (printed signature) upper right Year: 1981 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on Dove paper Limited edition: 2,000. (There was also a signed and numbered edition of 150 on Arches Cover paper without margins or text) Printer: Roger Campbell and Lee Funderburg of Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY Publisher: Lakeside Group, Chicago, IL Reference: "The Prints of Robert Motherwell - A Catalogue Raisonné 1943-1984" - Belknap No. 249, page 247; "Robert Motherwell - The Complete Prints 1940-1991" - Engberg No. 282; "Tyler Graphics - Catalogue Raisonné, 1974-1985" - Tyler No. 410:RM29, page 246 Sheet size: 39.5" x 27.5". Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. Some minor edge wear. In excellent condition Notes: Printed in four colors: light tan, orange, deep red, and black. Poster produced for a special exhibition of various artists' work at the Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL from May 14-19, 1981. The image featured on this poster is Motherwell's 1977 collage "Untitled". This poster was the official poster for the 1981 Chicago International Art Exposition. Printer's imprint and artist's copyright lower center. GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer: Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters. Biography: Robert Motherwell was born January 24, 1915, in Aberdeen, Washington. He was awarded a fellowship to the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles at age 11, and in 1932 studied painting briefly at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Motherwell received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1937 and enrolled for graduate work later that year in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He traveled to Europe in 1938 for a year of study abroad. His first solo show was presented at the Raymond Duncan...

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South Fork by James Brooks, American (1906–1992) Date: 1974 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 5/55 Image: 27 x 34.75 inches Size: 32.5 x 40 in. (82.55 x 101.6 cm)

La melodie acide. original lithograph painting. signed on the stone and numbered 384/ 1500

Pink flamingo, child of the sunset, 80х80cm, print on canvas

Omar’s Cup Power drypoint engraving, 1958 Printed in red, black with gold leaf highlights Annotated in pencil on detached bottom margin: “Printed by the artist’s own press at 4 rue d’universite, Paris, Sept. 1958” Signed and dated lower left: "Childs '58" Edition: 10 (8/10) Condition: Excellent Plate: 7 3/4 x 4 1/4" Sheet: 23 3/4 x 19 9/16"; (See photo) Dedicated in pencil by the artist: “For Alice and Albert Turner...

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67.3 x 49.5 cms (26 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins) Edition of 7

Richard Proctor pays tribute to painters like the cubist Albert Gleizes in this abstract lithograph numbered 14/30. The artist uses the principle of the kaleidoscope. He turns tradit...

Artist: Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Title: Homage to Martha Graham Year: 1971 Medium: Screenprint (unsigned) Edition: Printer's Proof Size: 44 x 34 in. (111.76 x 86.36 cm)...

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La melodie acide. original lithograph painting. signed on the stone and numbered 384/1500

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, 1982: Rare Basquiat announcement card published by Annina Nosei Gallery to advertise the release of ‘Basquiat Anatomy’ (a suite ...

Lithograph and chine appliqué 64.5 x 54 cms (25 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins) Edition of 50 Paper: Arches paper; Japanese Gampi handmade paper Other Collaborators: Image transferred from Mylar...

Robert Motherwell Untitled 1986 Colour lithograph and collage, on Guarro paper, Edtion of 100 55.9 x 37.8 cms (22 x 14 7/8 ins)

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Edition of 24 73.7 x 64.8 cms (29 x 25 1/2 ins)

extract from the catalogue raisonné: CR 309 Signature:Signed “Motherwell” in pencil lower right Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right; workshop...

144.8 x 62.2 cms (57 x 24.5 ins) Edition of 49 Lithograph and chine appliqué Paper:Two joined sheets of natural Nepal handmade paper; natural Sekishu handmade paper Proofs: 1 archiv...

Artist: Paul Jenkins, American (1923 - 2012) Title: Kendo Year: 1973 Medium: Screenprint, signed, dated and numbered in pencil Edition: 4/60 Size: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.88 cm) Fra...

40 x 42.2 cms (15 3/4 x 16 5/8 ins) Signature: Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil lower right Edition: 100

54.9 x 56.5 cms (21.6 x 22.25 ins) Edition of 50 Paper: Somerset paper Signature:Signed "RM" in pencil lower right Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right Proofs:20 AP, number...

Carborundum on Whatman paper Edition of 38 84.1 x 78.7 cms (33 1/8 x 31 ins)

Size includes frame. There is a plate impression at the image that leads me to believe this is an aquatint. Antoni Tàpies i Puig, 1st Marquis of Tàpies (Catalan: 13 December 1923 – ...

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Limited edition of 5 pieces

Untitled. SF-353 from “Papierski Portfolio” 1992. Signed by the artist. Artwork size : 56 x 76 cm Frame size : 75x97x4 cm Museum glass anti-reflective. Signed AP (artist proof) Sam Francis Archive Number: SF-353 Publisher: The Litho Shop, Santa Monica. Free shipment worldwide. Sam Francis’s paintings are a journey into a dream, a voyage into the landscapes of the soul where colours are lights on fire. Alongside names such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, Sam Francis is an artist who has succeeded in demonstrating a total mastery of abstract expressionism’s impassioned and spontaneous genre. The explosions of colour – red, blue, green and yellow – the streaks, strokes and bold lines of his pictures are the physical synthesis of the deepest crevices of the soul. His colours create rhythmical motifs that, characteristically enough, can be called the “musicality” of his paintings. The work of Sam Francis provides a visible meeting place for the conscious and the unconscious. His pictures are the cross-fertilisation of what has already been experienced with what exists still only as desire, a struggle between melancholy and merrymaking. Influenced by C.G. Jung, the father of psychoanalysis, Sam Francis spent a large portion of his life exploring the premise that dreams, instincts and intuition provide, the keys which unlock the mysteries and meaning of our inner lives. He was also fascinated by the four ancient elements – earth, water, air and fire – which developed into a leitmotif in his work. Sam Francis was born in San Mateo in California, USA in 1923. After starting to paint at the age of around twenty, he soon found himself increasingly consumed by the power of art. He spent much of the 1950s in Paris, from where he not only made frequent excursions to a number of European cities, but also embarked on many journeys to South America and Asia. He continued to move from place to place, primarily in the USA and Japan, right up until his death in 1994. Sam Francis’s first...

Edward Avedisian (1936-2007) Cleo, Fur Queen, 1969 Lithograph in color on Arches wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered in pencil. Edition 100 Dimensions: 22.25 inches X 30.25...

This artwork titled "Asbury Park II" 1992 is an original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American abstract expressionist artist, Michael Rubin, bor...

Pioggia d'Oro (Golden Rain) Etching with aquatint in colors, on Fabriano paper. 1988 Signed in pencil lower right. Numbered in pencil lower left. From the signed and numbered editio...

Signed, dated and titled. Initialed and dated lower right, each numbered 8/20, lower left. 9 x 6 image size, 22 x 15 in. sheet size. With the blindstamp of the Tamarind Institute pri...

Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...

Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...

Stephen John Crosby is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. He is a graduate from the Image Arts Film Program at Toronto Metropolitan University and attended York Unive...

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Ancient Landscape II (Ancient City) Etching and drypoint, 1953-1955 Signed and titled in pencil by the artist; (see photo) Annotated: "E130 A/1" in pencil lower right Estate stamp v...