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Art For Sale
Color:  White
L'Atelier Mourlot, by Joan Miro, 1984
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Joan Miro Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1984 Dimensions: 20.5 x 28.5 in, 52.1 x 72.4 cm Classic Poster Paper - Perfect Conditon A+
Category

1980s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Guitar Player- Lithograph by Alfredo Romagnoli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Guitar Player is a Lithograph realized by Alfredo Romagnoli in 1970s. The artwork is in good condition on a white cardboard. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Alfredo Romagnoli (January 5, 1915 in Genzano di Roma - March 21, 2008 in Rome) was an Italian painter. He studied first at the School of Sacred Art...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Miss Taylor
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Miss Taylor Drypoint, c. 1900 Signed in pencil lower left (see photo) Small edition, about 10 Very rich impression, full of burr Condition: Excellent Image size: 21-1/4 x 13-1/4" Sheet size: 25 3/8 x 18 5/8" Reference: Montesquiou XII Paul César Helleu was born in Vannes, Brittany, France. His father, who was a customs inspector, died when Helleu was in his teens. Despite opposition from his mother, he then went to Paris and studied at Lycée Chaptal. In 1876, at age 16, he was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts, beginning academic training in art with Jean-Léon Gérôme. Helleu attended the Second Impressionist Exhibition in the same year, and made his first acquaintances with John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, and Claude Monet. He was struck by their modern, bold alla prima technique and outdoor scenes, so far removed from the studio. Following graduation, Helleu took a job with the firm Théodore Deck Ceramique Française hand-painting fine decorative plates. At this same time, he met Giovanni Boldini, a portrait painter with a facile, bravura style, who became a mentor and comrade, and strongly influenced his future artistic style. When he was 18 years old, Helleu established a close friendship with John Singer Sargent, four years his senior, that was to last his lifetime. Already becoming established, Sargent was receiving commissions for his work. Helleu had not sold anything, and was deeply discouraged almost to the point of abandoning his studies. When Sargent heard this, he went to Helleu and picked one of his paintings, praising his technique. Flattered that Sargent would praise his work, he offered to give it to him. Sargent replied, "I shall gladly accept this, Helleu, but not as a gift. I sell my own pictures, and I know what they cost me by the time they are out of my hand. I should never enjoy this pastel if I hadn't paid you a fair and honest price for it." With this he paid him a thousand-franc note. Helleu was commissioned in 1884 to paint a portrait of a young woman named Alice Guérin (1870–1933). They fell in love, and married on 28 July 1886. Throughout their lives together, she was his favourite model. Charming, refined and graceful, she helped introduce them to the aristocratic circles of Paris, where they became popular fixtures. On a trip to London with Jacques-Émile Blanche in 1885, Helleu met Whistler again and visited other prominent artists. His introduction to James Jacques Tissot, an accomplished society painter from France who made his career in England, proved a revelation. In Tissot, Helleu saw, for the first time, the possibilities of drypoint etching with a diamond point stylus directly on a copper plate. Helleu quickly became a virtuoso of the technique, drawing with the same dynamic and sophisticated freedom with his stylus as with his pastels. His prints were very well received, and they had the added advantage that a sitter could have several proofs printed to give to relations or friends. Over the course of his career, Helleu produced more than 2,000 drypoint prints. Soon, Helleu was displaying works to much acclaim at several galleries. Degas encouraged him to submit paintings to the Eighth Impressionist Exhibition in May and June 1886. The show was installed in a Paris apartment at 1 rue Laffitte, which ran concurrently with the official Salon that year to make a statement. Although 17 artists joined the famous exhibit that included the first Neo-Impressionistic works, Helleu, like Monet, refused to participate. Paul Helleu Sketching with His Wife (1889), by John Singer Sargent, The Brooklyn Museum, New York In 1886, Helleu befriended Robert de Montesquiou, the poet and aesthete, who bought six of his drypoints to add to his large print collection. Montesquiou later wrote a book about Helleu that was published in 1913 with reproductions of 100 of his prints and drawings. This volume remains the definitive biography of Helleu. Montesquiou introduced Helleu to Parisian literary salons, where he met Marcel Proust, who also became a friend. Proust created a literary picture of Helleu in his novel Remembrance of Things Past as the painter Elstir. (Later, Helleu engraved a well-known portrait of Proust on his deathbed.) Montesquiou's cousin, the Countess Greffulhe, enabled Helleu to expand his career as a portrait artist to elegant women in the highest ranks of Paris society, portraits that provide the basis for his modern reputation. His subjects included the Duchess of Marlborough, the Marchesa Casati...
Category

Early 1900s Art Nouveau Art

Materials

Drypoint

So What
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Morris So What Digital Painting on Archival Paper Year: 2023 Size: 24x24in Edition: 15 Signed, numbered and dated by hand on label to be attached verso COA provided Ref.: 92480...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

1971 Imre Kocsis 'Graphik'
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 34 x 24 inches ( 86.36 x 60.96 cm ) Image Size: 34 x 24 inches ( 86.36 x 60.96 cm ) Framed: No Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling or age Additional Details: Exhibition poster for Imre Kocsis...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Genesis 18 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 18 -Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout included 29 x 39 cm The artwork ...
Category

Early 1600s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Fuga si, Fuga no - Lithograph by Antonio Scordia and Mino Maccari - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Fuga si, fuga no is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Scordia and Mino Maccari. Black and white lithograph realized by Antonio Scordia and a text by Mino Maccari. Good condition...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Woodcut Print Mimi Grooms Signed Small Edition Happy Birthday Woodblock Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Mimi Gross Grooms (American, born 1940) first print, black and white woodcut or woodblock print on paper "to... Happy Happy Birthday Lots of love and...
Category

20th Century Contemporary Art

Materials

Tissue Paper, Woodcut

Ancient View of Lisbon - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Lisbon is an original modern artwork realized in the mid-19th Century. Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lower margin in Capital Letters: ...
Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1953 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1953 Spr...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Breezin'
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Morris Breezin' Digital Painting on Archival Paper Year: 2023 Size: 24x24in Edition: 15 Signed, numbered and dated by hand on label to be attached verso COA provided Ref.: 9248...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Novus Amor, Novis Vita VII, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu
Located in London, GB
Novus Amor, Novis Vita VII, Mixed media Painting by Anca Stefanescu Instead of painting external realities, Anca Stefanescu depicts her inner spiritual experiences. Her working proc...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Picasso, Modèle et Grande Tête Sculptée (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Modèle et Grande Tête Sculptée (after Bloch 170) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original edition using the grain Autotype halft...
Category

1990s Cubist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Pick Up The Pieces
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Morris Pick Up The Pieces Digital Painting on Archival Paper Year: 2023 Size: 24x24in Edition: 15 Signed, numbered and dated by hand on label to be attac...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Red Baron
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Morris Red Baron Digital Painting on Archival Paper Year: 2023 Size: 24x24in Edition: 15 Signed, numbered and dated by hand on label to be attached ver...
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Nude - Lithograph by Sergio Barletta - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a lithograph a on paper realized in 1980 by Sergio Barletta. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. from the edition of 100 prints. Numbered in pencil on the lower left...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Yardbird
Located in Kansas City, MO
David Morris Yardbird Digital Painting on Archival Paper Year: 2023 Size: 24x24in Edition: 15 Signed, numbered and dated by hand on label to be attached verso COA provided Ref.: 9248...
Category

2010s Surrealist Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

An Island in the Air - Photograph by Urs Luthi - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
An Island in the Air is a Photograph realized by Urs Luthi in 1975. From the portfolio "Un'isola nell'aria", Vol. IV, edition of 75 copies. Hand signed, numbered and dated. Very g...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Figures - Lithograph - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures is a lithograph print on paper, realized after Jean Paul Sauget for Maurice Magre's Les Soirs d'Opium. Published in 1921. Good conditions.
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Les Songes Drolatiques - Handsigned Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Hand-Signed Lithograph by Salvador Dali Japan Paper Title: Pantagruel's Dreams Signed in Pencil by Salvador Dali Dimensions: 76 x 56 cm Edition: EA 1973 References : Field 73-7 (p. 1...
Category

1970s Surrealist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Posthomous Portrait of Pope John 23° - China Ink Drawing by Emilio Greco - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Drawing in china ink artwork realized in 1973 by Emilio Greco. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. In very good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Ink

David Hockney portrait drawing vintage Exhibition poster Graves Art Gallery '80
Located in New York, NY
The portrait of the David Hockney’s mother featured on this vintage David Hockney poster is currently on view at the National Portrait Gallery’s exhibition David Hockney: Drawing from Life. This poster was created for the exhibition 'Hockney's Progress: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Theatre Designs', held at the Graves Art Gallery in Sheffield, 19 September...
Category

1980s Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Celestial Mechanical - modern, geometric, abstract, painted aluminum sculpture
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A highly polished stainless-steel ball framed by a rectangular cardinal red form appears to float in this dynamic table-top sculpture by Philippe Pallafr...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Stainless Steel

Ubu aux Baléares (Ubu of The Balearic Islands), 1971
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Expressing the playful and vibrant quality of Miró's work, this piece uses minimal detail and shape in a delicate balance of color and line. Using a lyrical quality of shape, the vie...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

After Jasper Johns The 50th Anniversary of the Whitney Museum of American Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 46 x 30 inches ( 116.84 x 76.2 cm ) Image Size: 38 x 28.25 inches ( 96.52 x 71.755 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional...
Category

1970s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Shaped Paintings #002
Located in Marrakech, MA
Acrylic paint on galvanized steel plate 120X42 CM, Thickness 3 CM, 2022 Signed on the back
Category

2010s Abstract Geometric Art

Materials

Metal

Sailboat Race Modernist Watercolor on Paper, Double-Sided Artwork
Located in Soquel, CA
Sailboat Race Modernist Watercolor on Paper, Double-Sided Artwork Primary colors make up four sailboats racing towards a buoy, by California artist, Lucile Marie Johnston (1907-1994, American). Double-sided watercolor with a pastel watercolor landscape with a distant snow-capped mountain on back. Signature, "JOHNSTON" at the bottom left. Presented in a new cream mat with foam core backing. Mat size: 20"H x 24"W Paper size: 13.75"H x 18.5"W Born in Santa Rosa, California on May 26, 1907, Lucile Johnston settled in Glendale 1930-1939, later moving to Carmel and then Pacific Grove in Monterey County, California where she remained. she managed Marsh's Oriental Antiques Shop...
Category

20th Century American Impressionist Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1953 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Self-Portrait - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait with Imaginary Brother is an offset and lithograph print after Willem De Kooning in 1938. The print suite was realized in 1985 in a limited edition of 2500, and curate...
Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1954 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Still Life Fresco - Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life Fresco "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belongs t...
Category

18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Nude Reclining on a Mat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nude Reclining on a Mat Ink on paper, n.d. Signed in red ink lower right Same model used in Elliott & Wooden pages 198 and 199 Condition: Excellent Provenance: Estate of the Artist Warren Shaull, Dodge City, KS (collector's stamp verso) Aaron Bohrod (21 November 1907 – 3 April 1992) was an American artist best known for his trompe-l'œil still-life paintings. Education Bohrod was born in Chicago in 1907, the son of an emigree Bessarabian-Jewish grocer. Bohrod studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League of New York between 1926 and 1930. While at the Art Students League, Bohrod was influenced by John Sloan and chose themes that involved his own surroundings. Career He returned to Chicago in 1930 where he painted views of the city and its working class. He eventually earned Guggenheim Fellowships which permitted him to travel throughout the country, painting and recording the American scene. His early work won him widespread praise as an important social realist and regional painter and printmaker and his work was marketed through Associated American Artists in New York. Bohrod completed three commissioned murals for the Treasury Departments Section of Fine Arts in Illinois; Vandalia in 1935, Galesburg in 1938 and Clinton in 1939. During World War II, Bohrod worked as an artist; first in the Pacific for the United States Army Corps of Engineers' Army War Art Unit...
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Art

Materials

Ink

Josef Albers vinyl record art
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Josef Albers Album Art circa early 1960s: Vinyl record cover (containing its original record) brilliantly illustrated by Josef Albers in the early 1960s. Looks fantastic framed. Offset lithograph on vinyl album cover. 12x12 inches. Very good overall condition for its age, with the exception of a small pin-hole issued with this by record company. Original record also included in very good condition. Unsigned, from an edition of unknown. Albers credit featured on lower left of image 2. Literature/References Sonic Albers (David Zwirner...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Navona Square - Etching by Giuseppe Malandrino - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Navona Square is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Malandrino. Print in etching technique. Hand-signed by the artist in pencil on the lower right corner. Numbered edition of 99 copi...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Navona Square - Etching by Giuseppe Malandrino - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Navona Square is an artwork realized by Giuseppe Malandrino. Print in etching technique. Hand-signed by the artist in pencil on the lower right corner. Numbered edition of 99 copi...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Etching

Lovers - Etching by Amerigo Bartoli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is an etching and drypoint realized by Amerigo Bartoli in the Mid-20th Century. Edition II / XXXV 9x11 cm , 40x55 cm with frame. Good conditions.
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Paris Review Poster
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this early color offset lithograph on white wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered 8/150 in felt-tip pen and black ink by Rauschenberg...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Lithograph, Offset

"Point Du Jour"
Located in Warren, NJ
Original Delacroix lithograph In excellent condition measures 26x23x1 Gallery stamp in the back
Category

1990s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Oil Lamp With Decoration - Etching by Niccolò Cesarano - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Lamp With Decoration is an Etching realized by Niccolò Cesarano (1740-1815). The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Ant...
Category

18th Century Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Original "Drafted Men, War Savings Stamps 5 Dollars" vintage American poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Drafted Men” W. S.S. 5 Dollars vintage poster. World War 1. Linen backed and restored. This poster is rare and doesn’t appear in the Library of ...
Category

1910s American Realist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Birds Fresco - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Birds Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belon...
Category

18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Scarlet tanager; Plate 37
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Chromolithographs from “Birds of Pennsylvania. With Special Reference to the Food-Habits, based on over Four Thousand Stomach Examinations”. By B.H. Warren, M.D., Ornithologist, Penn...
Category

1990s Naturalistic Art

Materials

Lithograph

Moon Series - II
Located in Stamford, CT
John Berger states a line is not important because it records what we see, but because of what it will lead us on to see. He also adds that each mark we make on the surface is a stepping stone through...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Birds Fresco - Etching - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Birds Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching belo...
Category

18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Genesis 37 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Sisto Badalocchio - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 37 - Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Sisto Badalocchio. About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. Passpartout ...
Category

Early 1600s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Genesis 8 - Old Testament Story - Etching by Sisto Badalocchio - 1607
Located in Roma, IT
Genesis 8 - Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Sisto Badalocchio. About The Old Testament Story, 1607ca. Passpartout in...
Category

Early 1600s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Birds Pompeian Fresco - Etching by Secondo De Angelis - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Birds Pompeian Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Secondo De Angelis in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etchin...
Category

18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1953 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1953 Spr...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph is from the rare 1952 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1952 Spr...
Category

1950s Art

Materials

Lithograph

"The Little One" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Little One" - Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). A young child is kneeling, facing away ...
Category

1960s American Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Corrida - Original Lithograph by José Guevara - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
Corrida is a beautiful artwork realized by Josè Guevara in the 1990s. Colored lithograph on paper. Edited by Fondazione Di Paolo. The lithograph is hand...
Category

1990s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Old Testament Story - Etching by Giovanni Lanfranco - 1607s
Located in Roma, IT
Old Testament Story is an Etching print realized by the artist Giovanni Lanfranco after Agostino Carracci About The Old Testament Story, 1607 ca. ...
Category

Early 1600s Old Masters Art

Materials

Etching

Untitled (Infinity Field--Lefkada Series)
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color screenprint on white wove paper. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of 75. Signed and inscribed "A.P." in pencil by Stamos. Printed by Kelpra...
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Color, Screen

Pompeian Fresco - Etching by Secondo De Angelis - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pompeian Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Secondo De Angelis in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with slight foldin...
Category

18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Ellen Hackl Fagan, Orbs, 2016, acrylic on casein paper, meditative, spiritual
Located in Darien, CT
Ellen Hackl Fagan makes her paintings by pouring paint around the forms of commonplace, mass-produced objects placed on wet sheets of paper or panels – little fruit cartons, fragment...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Ink, Acrylic, Rag Paper

1979 After Robert Motherwell 'America Cup II"
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 29.75 x 21.75 inches ( 75.565 x 55.245 cm ) Image Size: 20.25 x 13.5 inches ( 51.435 x 34.29 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Ship...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Offset

Animals Pompeian Fresco - Etching by Fernando Strina - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Animals Pompeian Fresco from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Fernando Strina in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching...
Category

18th Century Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Petits Contes à ma Sœur - Lithograph by Hégésippe Moreau - 1838
Located in Roma, IT
Petits Contes à ma Sœur is a Lithograph on paper realized by Hégésippe Moreau in 1838. The artwork is in good condition. Hégésippe Moreau (1810-1838) was a French lyric poet. The r...
Category

1830s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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