Abstract Expressionist Nude Prints

OLYMPISCHED SPIELE MUNCHEN 1972; original German Olympic poster created by the artist Oskar Kokoshka. Size: 25" x 39.5". Archival linen-backed in excellent condition, this origi...

Modern black and white etching of a nude figure on point by Bulgarian artist Ivan Valtchev. The work features loose, expressive line work that beautifull...

Artist: Hans Erni (Swiss, born 1909) Title: Naked Male Year: Circa 1950 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 73/100 in pencil Paper: Arches Image size: 29.25 x 16 inches Framed size: 43.35 x 28.35 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Condition: Excellent Frame: Custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with off white matting and black color spacer. About the artist: Hans Erni (February 21, 1909 – March 21, 2015) was a Swiss graphic designer, painter, illustrator, engraver and sculptor. Born in Lucerne, the third of eight siblings, to a cabin cruiser engineer, he studied art at the Académie Julian in Paris and later in Berlin, and admired artists such as Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. He is known for having illustrated postage stamps, his lithographs for the Swiss Red Cross, his participation on the Olympic Committee as well as his activism. His 1939 works and first major public success was a mural titled Switzerland: "Vacation Land of the People" was commissioned and displayed for the national exhibition in Zürich. The Hans Erni Museum, situated in the grounds of the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, contains a large collection of artwork, he also designed ceramics and theatre costumes and sets. He did the art for Swiss bank...

This original color etching, 'Poemes Secrets Nude Female' by Salvador Dali, in excellent condition on Japan paper size 11, complete with white mat and si...

Vivid and beautiful female figurative nude with lifted arms by Nathan Oliveira - color sugar lift and spit bite aquatints, aquatint and texture from the back of a discarded plate 23 ...

Richard Diebenkorn (American, April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This piece title...

" WOMAN PROVOKING A PENSIVE MAN " Femme aguichant un homme songeur PICASSO Pablo Ruiz Picasso Malaga 1881- 1973 Mougins Suite 347 19 AUGUST 1968 I ...

Daybreak is a very energetic image of three female figures symbolizing the joy of the beginning of a new day. Strong tones of black and greys make this piece very dynamic. Aquatint...

Artist: Sue Williams, American (1954 - ) Title: Picnic Year: 1997 Medium: Lithograph on Somerset, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: PP 1/5 Image: 15....

The Lovers, a stunning mid-century collotype and ink etching by French artist Yvonne Baliff (French, b. 1929). Unframed. Signed "Y. Baliff" and dated "69" l...

Unique lithograph of a man and woman in repose, which offers a blend of figuration and densely organic abstraction by listed artist Arnold Belkin (Canadian, 1930–1992). Signed in pen...

Will Petersen, a painter, master printer and a poet, was born in Chicago. (Amer. 1928-1994) created this limited edition LITHOGRAPH at the Lakeside Studio in 1982. it is an abstarct depiction of a nude woman in a sculpture studio with a hat. The LITHOGRAPH PRINT is from a limited edition of 25 (Roman Numerals), printed in black on Arches Cover White (archival paper). with chopmarks and blindstamps. published by The Lakeside Studio (chopmark lower right). THE LITHOGRAPH IS SIGNED TITLED AND ANNOTATED BY THE ARTIST in pencil EXCELLENT condition. Will's formal art education began with classes at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. As a student at the city's Steinmetz High School, Petersen succeeded Hugh Hefner (of Playboy magazine fame) as the HS newspaper cartoonist, the Steinmetz Star. During this time, Petersen recovered from polio. In 1947 Petersen enrolled at Chicago's Wilbur Wright College. While there, he painted with oils for the first time. Two years later he enrolled at Michigan State University where he developed a strong interest in literature and writing and began printmaking. By 1951 he had begun to exhibit paintings and prints nationally. A year later he completed his master's degree. Petersen served in the United States Army from 1952-54, spending one year as an education specialist in Japan. This encounter with the Japanese culture affected his entire life. He became interested in calligraphy and Noh, classical Japanese Buddhist performance that combines elements of drama, music and poetry. Upon completion of his military service in Japan in 1955, Will Petersen settled in Oakland, California, where he met some of the most active poets of the Beat Generation: Gary Snyder, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Phil Whalen, Mike McClure and others. Petersen was attracted to the group by their intelligence and belief in Zen Buddhism. In 1956 in his small studio in Oakland, he printed the poems of Jack Kerouac. He attended for the first time, the reading of Ginsberg's Howl at Six Gallery. His relationship with Gary Snyder had begun when both were in Kyoto, Japan; later Snyder wrote for the Plucked Chicken. Petersen returned to Japan in 1957, pursuing painting, printmaking and writing for eight years while living in Kyoto. In 1965 he accepted a faculty appointment at Ohio State University, teaching drawing, painting and printmaking. Four years later Petersen took his teaching skills to West Virginia University in Morgantown, where he concentrated on printmaking. He taught there until 1977 when he began publishing Plucked Chicken, a journal of art and poetry. In 1978 in Morgantown, Petersen and his wife, Cynthia Archer...