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Realist Portrait Prints

REALIST STYLE

Realist art attempts to portray its subject matter without artifice. Similar to naturalism, authentic realist paintings and prints see an integration of true-to-life colors, meticulous detail and linear perspectives for accurate portrayals of the world. 

Work that involves illusionistic techniques of realism dates back to the classical world, such as the deceptive trompe l’oeil used since ancient Greece. Art like this became especially popular in the 17th century when Dutch artists like Evert Collier painted objects that appeared real enough to touch. Realism as an artistic movement, however, usually refers to 19th-century French realist artists such as Honoré Daumier exploring social and political issues in biting lithographic prints, while the likes of Gustave Courbet and Jean-François Millet painting people — particularly the working class — with all their imperfections, navigating everyday urban life. This was a response to the dominant academic art tradition that favored grand paintings of myth and history. 

By the turn of the 20th century, European artists, such as the Pre-Raphaelites, were experimenting with nearly photographic realism in their work, as seen in the attention to every botanical attribute of the flowers surrounding the drowned Ophelia painted by English artist John Everett Millais.

Although abstraction was the guiding style of 20th-century art, the realism trend in American modern art endured in Edward Hopper, Andrew Wyeth and other artists’ depictions of the complexities of the human experience. In the late 1960s, Photorealism emerged with artists like Chuck Close and Richard Estes giving their paintings the precision of a frame of film.

Contemporary artists such as Jordan Casteel, LaToya Ruby Frazier and Aliza Nisenbaum are now using the unvarnished realist approach for honest representations of people and their worlds. Alongside traditional mediums, technology such as virtual reality, artificial intelligence and immersive installations are helping artists create new sensations of realism in art.

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Style: Realist
Portrait of Vera, The Artist's Wife, proof print
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Portrait of Vera, The Artist's Wife, proof print, 1908, Etching Technique: Etching on Paper Inscription: Signed and dated in the ...
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20th Century Realist Portrait Prints

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Paper

SHOWER PROFILE (SILVER)
Located in Aventura, FL
Silkscreen on canvas with diamond dust. Hand signed, dated, and numbered on verso by the artist. Edition of 25. Canvas is not stretched. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certific...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Prints

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Screen, Canvas

YOUNG WOMAN COMBING HER HAIR Hand Drawn Signed Lithograph, Interior Portrait
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG WOMAN COMBING HER HAIR is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter, 1899-1987. Printed using traditional hand lithography techniques from a hand drawn and etched lithographic stone in black ink on archival Rives BFK printmaking paper 100% acid-free rag. YOUNG WOMAN COMBING HER HAIR is a sensitive, realistically drawn portrait of a young woman combing her long dark hair while seated on a bed, her facial expression appearing somewhat melancholic and pensive, a glimpse of her reflection appearing in the wall mirror behind her. Print size - 14.75 x 11 inches Image size - 10.5 x 8 inches Year printed c.1976 by Master printer Joseph Kleineman in NYC Print is in excellent condition, deckled paper edges, hand signed in pencil and signed in the printing stone on lower right corner, printers chop mark embossed on lower left. From the master printers private collection. Raphael Soyer was a Russian-born painter. He was the twin to the artist Moses Soyer (1899-1974) and the older brother of the painter Isaac...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Self Portrait With Children - Original woodcut (Buisson #60.109)
Located in Paris, FR
Leonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA Self Portrait With Children, 1960 Original woodcut On vellum 37 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 in) REFERENCES : Catalogue Raisonne Sylvie Buisson #60.109 Excellent ...
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1960s Realist Portrait Prints

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Etching

R.B. Kitaj Orgasm: drawing of woman in ecstasy with pale pink and clay red
Located in New York, NY
Printed in a rich terra cotta red on pale pink paper, Orgasm depicts a woman’s head in profile with a dark background. Kitaj was fascinated with the female form, often producing edgy...
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Late 20th Century Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

A Young Woman of the Sandwich Islands Captain Cooks travels engraving J. Webber
Located in Paonia, CO
A Young Woman of the Sandwich Islands is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. John Webber (1752...
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1780s Realist Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Phil (Limited Edition rubber stamp Portrait of Philip Glass, pencil no. 243/100)
Located in New York, NY
Chuck Close Phil, 1976 Limited Edition Print on Strathmore 3-Ply Paper. Pencil numbered 243/1000 on the verso. Artist's printed copyright name verso. Accompanied by original envelope...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Mixed Media, Pencil, Lithograph, Offset

Vintage David Hockney Poster Gregory Loading His Camera 1983 in millennial pink
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster features a David Hockney photographic collage. A young man with a mop of curls wearing brown leather loafers crouches over his camera, reloading its f...
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1980s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso with Woman Head and Faun - Original etching - "Bon a tirer" proof
Located in Paris, FR
Pablo PICASSO and Paul LEMAGNY Portrait of Picasso with Woman Head and Faun, 1956 The upper part (portrait of Picasso) is an original etching by Paul Lemagny The lower part (woman head and faun) is an original etching by Pablo Picasso Printed signature in the plate Annotated 9th state and 'Bon à tirer...
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1950s Realist Portrait Prints

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Etching

JAZZ STORIES: MAMA CAN SING PAPA CAN BLOW #7: LOVE ME
Located in New York, NY
Faith Ringgold JAZZ STORIES: MAMA CAN SING PAPA CAN BLOW #7: LOVE ME, 2020 13-colour silkscreen print on Coventry Rag 335 gsm paper, accompanied by official COA 29 3/4 × 22 3/4 inche...
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2010s Realist Portrait Prints

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Permanent Marker, Screen

Vintage David Hockney poster, XIV Olympic Winter Games 1984, The Skater
Located in New York, NY
Vintage David Hockney poster for the XIV 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo published as part of the official 1984 Olympic Fine Art Posters Series. The Olympic Committee commissioned 15 ...
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1980s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

VENDEDORA Signed Lithograph, Portrait Seated Young Girl, Mexican Fruit Seller
Located in Union City, NJ
VENDEDORA, a limited edition lithograph by the renowned American-born Mexican sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett(b.1915–2012) depicts a sensitive black and white portrait of a...
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Early 2000s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

A Man of the Sandwich Islands, Dancing (Hawaii) from Captain Cooks travels engra
Located in Paonia, CO
A Man of the Sandwich Islands Dancing (Hawaii) is from the 1784 First Edition Atlas Accompanying Capt. James Cook and King; Third and Final Voyage of Captain James Cook. John Webber (1752-1793) was the official artist for the third voyage of Captain James Cook (1728-1779). The purpose of this voyage was to discover the Northwest Passage and to explore the Pacific Ocean north of the Equator. These engravings were published in 1784-85 by G. Nichol and Thomas Cadell of London in the four large format atlas, Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Captain Cook was an extraordinary explorer known for discovering and mapping unknown territory and for his many contributions to the scientific world. These original engravings from Webber’s drawings and paintings are only a glimpse into this great man’s historical contributions that make him one of the greatest explorers of all times. This image shows a Hawaiian dancer...
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1780s Realist Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Some do not (A) R.B. Kitaj erotic nude drawing of nude blonde with man on bed
Located in New York, NY
An erotic dalliance between a nude blonde woman lying down, and nude man, on a bed with white sheets. Subtle shades of peach, tan, yellow, and grey and black shadow behind the couple...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

A Rash Act: erotic drawing of nude blonde, redhead, and man with art deco motifs
Located in New York, NY
A colorful erotic daydream drawing of a nude blonde fantasizing, with a redhead woman, and man. Green and purple patterns on hair and pillows, and art deco motifs, adorn this sensual...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Poster: Photographs 1970-1990 with Steve Martin (Hand signed by Annie Leibovitz)
Located in New York, NY
Annie Leibovitz Photographs 1970-1990 (Hand signed by Annie Leibovitz), 1993 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed) Boldly signed in black marker on the front 30 × 24 inches Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Unframed This offset lithograph poster was published on the occasion of the Annie Leibovitz' 1993 survey exhibition at the Ansel Adams Center for photograph in San Francisco. The photograph of course depicts the actor and renowned art collector Steve Martin in front of a Franz Kline painting entitled Rue, which Martin apparently once owned. Steve Martin was said to have always wanted to be part of the painting; Complete with black brushstrokes on his white suit, Martin realized his dream and posed for Leibowitz in front of Rue. (Of course the irony is that Martin cuts a gleeful, almost clownish pose in front of a painting, Rue, whose very name means sorry and regret. Perhaps Martin will rue the day he sold this Franz Kline!) A companion photo appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine. The Portland Art Museum also exhibited the photo Annie Leibovitz took of Steve Martin in Beverly Hills when he posed for his portrait. A coveted poster when hand signed by Annie Leibovitz Provenance: Collection of former Trustee of the Portland Museum of Art Annie Leibovitz Biography: Born in 1949, Annie Leibovitz graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1971. Photos she took during college while living on a kibbutz in Israel and working to uncover the remains of King Solomon’s Temple helped land her a job at Rolling Stone magazine, where she was quickly named chief photographer. Between photographing John Lennon and documenting the Rolling Stones’ 1975 concert tour, Liebovitz reinforced her reputation as the most prominent celebrity photographer of her generation. In 1983, she moved to Vanity Fair, where she broadened her range of subjects from rock stars to other public figures like the Dalai Lama. In 1991, Leibovitz became only the second living photographer to be featured in an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery. Overview and Early Life For decades, Annie Leibovitz and her camera have exposed to the public eye subtleties of character in rock stars, politicians, actors, and literary figures that lay beneath their celebrity personae. Her work first fueled the American fascination with rock ’n’ roll dissidents in the 1970s and then, in the 1980s and 1990s, captured the essence of the day’s great cultural icons. Her photographs make plain that, as Leibovitz herself once put it, she was not afraid to fall in love with her subjects. Anna-Lou Leibovitz was born on October 2, 1949, in Westbury, Connecticut. She was the third of six children of Marilyn Leibovitz, a modern dance instructor, and Sam Leibovitz, an air force lieutenant colonel. As the daughter of a career military officer, Leibovitz moved with her family frequently from town to town. The constant relocation fostered strong ties among the six Leibovitz children. Education and Work with Rolling Stone Leibovitz attended the San Francisco Art Institute from 1967 until 1971. She shifted her focus from painting to photography early in her college career. In 1969, she lived on Kibbutz Amir in Israel. The archaeological team on which she worked during her five months in Israel uncovered the remains of King Solomon’s Temple. By the time Leibovitz received her bachelor of fine arts degree in 1971, her photographs of Israel and a picture of the poet Allen Ginsberg at a San Francisco peace march had already landed her a job at the music magazine Rolling Stone. Soon after she was hired, Leibovitz convinced editor Jann Wenner to grant her a breakthrough assignment. Leibovitz flew with Wenner to New York City to interview John Lennon. A photo from that trip adorned the cover of Rolling Stone, the first of dozens Leibovitz would shoot over the course of her career with the music magazine. In 1973, she was named chief photographer. The mid-1970s brought Leibovitz an increasing amount of notoriety and its concomitant tribulations. In 1975, the rock band the Rolling Stones invited Leibovitz to document their six-month concert tour. Living in the world of her subjects, her camera did not shield Leibovitz from the rock ’n’ roll life-style. She began using cocaine on tour and struggled for years afterward to recover. Photography Exhibits and Move to Vanity Fair In 1983, Leibovitz put together her first major exhibit, which led to the publication of her book Annie Leibovitz: Photographs (1983). Her ability to work with her subjects to get beneath the veneer of superficiality that typically characterizes Hollywood paparazzi has reinforced her reputation as the most prominent celebrity photographer of her generation. The rapport Leibovitz develops with her subjects creates an atmosphere in which celebrities will strike the most unconventional of poses and show emotions that other photographers could not evoke. Among her most famous shots are a naked John Lennon curled around a fully clothed Yoko Ono, Bette Midler in a bed of roses, and the Blues Brothers painted blue. In 1983, after more than a decade of photographing such rock ’n’ roll legends as Lennon, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, and Bruce Springsteen, Leibovitz left Rolling Stone for Vanity Fair. This move gave her the opportunity to shoot a broader range of subjects, including the Dalai Lama, Vaclav Havel, and Donald Trump. Her art did not suffer from the change. The American Society of Magazine Photographers selected her as the Photographer of the Year in 1984. Advertising Work, Awards, and Honors In addition to her work for Vanity Fair, Leibovitz became active in advertising photography. In 1986, she was the first photographer ever to be commissioned to design and shoot posters for the World Cup. A campaign she designed for American Express brought Leibovitz a storm of critical acclaim. In 1987, she received the Innovation in Photography Award from the American Society of Magazine Photographers, a Clio Award from Clio Enterprises, and a Campaign of the Decade Award from Advertising Age for the “Portraits” campaign she produced for American Express. Then, in 1990, the International Center of Photography recognized the same work by giving Leibovitz the Infinity Award for applied photography. n 1991, Leibovitz became only the second living photographer to be featured in an exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. She published this retrospective in book form under the title Annie Leibovitz: Photographs, 1970–1990. In anticipation of the centennial Olympic games, Leibovitz spent two years photographing athletes...
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1990s Realist Portrait Prints

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Ink, Offset, Lithograph

SEATED WOMAN BLUE JEANS Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait, Long Hair, Bare Feet
Located in Union City, NJ
SEATED WOMAN BLUE JEANS is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Judaica Woodcut Print Jewish Rabbi Hachnasas Torah Procession Woodblock
Located in Surfside, FL
This does not appear to be signed. not examined out of frame. In the manner of Frans Masereel here is an old woodblock print of a Jewish religious scene of the induction of a new torah in a procession with a chuppah, wedding canopy. In the tradition of the Jewish European artists of the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Moritz Oppenheim, Max Liebermann, Lesser Ury, Jakob Steinhardt, Jehudo Epstein, Artur Kolnik, Stanislaus Bender...
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Early 20th Century Realist Portrait Prints

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Woodcut

Grandma
Located in Columbia, MO
Artist Unknown Grandma c. 1930 Etching 8 x 5.5 inches, 15.5 x 13 (framed) Hand-signed in pencil lower right (artist name undiscernable)
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1930s Realist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Three Cocker Spaniels original signed etching by Leon Danchin
Located in Paonia, CO
Three Cocker Spaniels is an original color etching by well known French sports artist Leon Danchin. The three Spaniels are in waiting mode with two lying down and one sitting ...
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1930s Realist Portrait Prints

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Etching

THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Original Lithograph, Dance Portrait, Orange, Khaki
Located in Union City, NJ
THREE BALLET DANCERS is an original hand drawn lithograph by Moses Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. THREE BALLET DANCERS was hand...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

The World Stage: Israel (Hand Signed by Kehinde Wiley)
Located in New York, NY
Kehinde Wiley The World Stage: Israel (Hand Signed by Kehinde Wiley), 2012 Illustrated hardback monograph with dust jacket. Hand Signed by Kehinde Wiley Boldly signed in black marker...
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2010s Realist Portrait Prints

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Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Olga Hirshhorn is 90, by world top realist artist, the late Philip Pearlstein
Located in New York, NY
Philip Pearlstein Olga Hirshhorn is 90, 2010 Lithograph on Aquarelle Arches Paper Pencil signed, dated and numbered 158/185 by the artist on the front 31 1/2 × 24 inches Unframed Thi...
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2010s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

The Smell of Us (Hand signed poster)
Located in New York, NY
Larry Clark The Smell of Us (Hand signed poster), 2015 Offset lithograph poster Pencil signed by Larry Clark on the back 10 1/2 × 15 1/2 inches Unframed Limited edition poster; hand ...
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2010s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Portrait of Bob Pettis with official COA from publisher & Olympic Committee
Located in New York, NY
Garry Winogrand Portrait of Bob Pettis with official COA, 1982 Offset Lithograph Signed in graphite pencil by the artist on the front. Unnumbered. 24 × 36 inches Unframed Hand signed...
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1980s Realist Portrait Prints

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Offset, Felt Pen, Lithograph

Homage to the Panthers
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Catlett Homage to the Panthers, 1993 Color Lithograph on wove paper with deckled edges Signed, titled and dated in graphite pencil on the front Frame Included: elegantly floated and framed in dark wood museum quality frame under UV plexiglass This work, which truly needs no explanation, was exhibited by Gallery 511 in collaboration with Hirschl & Adler in New York City in an exhibition entitled "The Masters" (October 18...
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1990s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Postcard of Phong Bui's portrait of Jasper Johns, hand signed by Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
Jasper Johns and Phong Bui Offset lithograph card of portrait of Jasper Johns by Phong Bui (hand signed and dated by Jasper Johns), 2008 Card depicting a portrait of Jasper Johns by ...
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Early 2000s Realist Portrait Prints

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Postcard, Lithograph, Offset, Ink

"Sheila, " Etching and Aquatint in Color signed by Man Ray
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This original etching and aquatint in colors is by Surrealist and Dada artist Man Ray, an excerpt from the book "Ballade de Dames Hors du Temps". The etching is from a sketch Man...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Etching, Aquatint, Paper

Miss Parkett for Parkett 71
Located in New York, NY
Richard Phillips Miss Parkett for Parkett 71, 2004 5 Color Lithograph on Somerset White paper Hand signed, numbered 37/70 and dated on lower front 25 4/5 × 20 inches Unframed This 5-...
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Early 2000s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Private Tokyo
Located in New York, NY
Nobuyoshi Araki Private Tokyo, 1996 Two Sided Offset Lithograph Boldly signed and numbered by the artist in black marker on the lower right front 33 × 46 3/5 inches Unframed This dra...
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1990s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Charles Lee Esq.
Located in Boston, MA
Chaloner Smith (Engraver not ascertained, Class III) 9. Published by C. Shepherd, Oct. 31, 1775 London. Inscribed in plate lower center: "Charles Lee, Efq. / Major General of the Con...
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Late 18th Century Realist Portrait Prints

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Mezzotint

Untitled (Portrait)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Portrait) Drypoint printed in blue-black graphite mixed with silver, 1974 Signed and dated lower ight (see photo) From: Series entitled Six Drypoints Edition: 23 (4/23) Numbered lower left (see photo) Print Shop: Crown Point Press Printer: Jeannie Fine Publisher: Parasol Press, New York Note: A portfolio is in the collection of the National Gallery, Australia, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco- de Young/Legion of Honor, Davis Museum at Wellesley College and the Yale University Art Gallery. Condition: Excellent Image/Plate size: 6 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches Sheet size: 24 x 20 inches From a portfolio of six drypoints, printed with unqiue combination of blue-black graphite shavings combined with silver to create the appearence of an original drawing. I know of no other artist to use a similar printing technique. William Bailey studied art at the University of Kansas, Yale University and Yale School of Art where he studied with Josef Albers receiving his MFA in 1957. Mr. Bailey’s first exhibition in New York was at Robert Schoelkopf Gallery in 1968, where he showed regularly until its closing in 1990. During the 90’s he exhibited at the Andre Emmerich Gallery and on its closing, exhibited at the Robert Miller Gallery. In 2004 Bailey moved to the Betty Cuningham Gallery where his most recent exhibition was held from April 30 - June 11, 2016. Mr. Bailey’s work has been exhibited extensively in both America and Europe. He is represented in the collections of The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, among others. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in painting in 1965. Mr. Bailey was elected to The National Academy of Design in 1983 and to The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986. Mr. Bailey taught at The Yale School of Art from 1958 to 1962 and from 1969 to 1995. He has also taught at The Cooper Union, University of Pennsylvania and Indiana University. He maintains studios in New Haven and in Umbertide, Italy. Courtesy Betty Cunningham Gallery Tribute to William Bailey THE NEW YORK TIMES William Bailey, whose pristine, idealized still lifes and female nudes made him one of the leading figures in the return of figurative art in the 1980s, died on April 13 at his home in Branford, Conn. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Alix Bailey. Beyond his painting, Mr. Bailey influenced generations of students in his many years as a teacher at the Yale School of Art. In some of his best-known work, Mr. Bailey arranged simple objects — the eggs, bowls, bottles and vases that he once called “my repertory company” — along a severe horizontal shelf, or on a plain table, swathing them in a breathless, deceptively serene atmosphere heavy with mystery. William Bailey, Modernist Figurative Painter, Dies at 89 He swathed his nudes and still lifes of eggs, vases, bottles and bowls in a breathless, deceptively serene atmosphere heavy with mystery. The painter William Bailey in 2009. He was never given a career survey in a major museum, but his influence, particulary on students at Yale, was deep. Ford Bailey By William Grimes for the New York Times April 18, 2020 William Bailey, whose pristine, idealized still lifes and female nudes made him one of the leading figures in the return of figurative art in the 1980s, died on April 13 at his home in Branford, Conn. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his daughter, Alix Bailey. Beyond his painting, Mr. Bailey influenced generations of students in his many years as a teacher at the Yale School of Art. In some of his best-known work, Mr. Bailey arranged simple objects — the eggs, bowls, bottles and vases that he once called “my repertory company” — along a severe horizontal shelf, or on a plain table, swathing them in a breathless, deceptively serene atmosphere heavy with mystery. His muted ochres, grays and powdery blues conjured up a still, timeless world inhabited by Platonic forms, recognizable but uncanny, in part because he painted from imagination rather than life. “They are at once vividly real and objects in dream, and it is the poetry of this double life that elevates all this humble crockery to the realm of pictorial romance,” Hilton Kramer wrote in The New York Times in 1979. Mr. Bailey’s female figures, some clothed in a simple shift or robe and others partly or entirely nude, are disconcertingly impassive, implacable and unreadable, fleshly presences breathing an otherworldly air. The critic Mark Stevens, writing in Newsweek in 1982, credited Mr. Bailey with helping to “restore representational art to a position of consequence in modern painting.” But his version of representation was entirely idiosyncratic, seemingly traditional but in fact “a modernism so contrarian,” the artist Alexi Worth wrote in a catalog essay for the William Harrison Bailey was born on Nov. 17, 1930, in Council Bluffs, Iowa. His father, Willard, worked in radio advertising and moved the family from city to city in the Midwest. Bill was in his early teens when his father died. His mother, Marjorie (Cheyney) Bailey, was a homemaker who later worked as an accountant for her second husband, Fred...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Drypoint

Portrait de Priscilla Le Petit Chien
Located in New York, NY
Mickalene Thomas Portrait de Priscilla Le Petit Chien, 2012 Pigment print on 100% cotton rag paper Edition 148/150 Frame included with official COA affixed to the back Hand numbered from the edition of only 150 with plate signed official Certificate of Authenticity on the verso of the frame. This exquisite print, published in 2012, is based on an original collage made by the artist of her long-haired miniature dachshund (a gift from fellow artist Kehinde Wiley), Priscilla. Highly acclaimed contemporary art star Mickalene Thomas created this collage specifically for children- though adults will appreciate it as well - as will pet lovers! Portrait de Priscilla Petit Chien features Priscilla, Thomas' own dog who frequently attends the artist's photoshoots. This limited edition archival pigment print is printed on cotton rag paper and accompanied by a plate (facsimile) signed and uniquely hand numbered certificate of authenticity. It is matted and comes in a 1"-deep wooden frame with Plexiglas®. Wired for hanging. Edition of 150. This professionally framed limited edition pigment print on 100% cotton rag paper is based on an original collage made by the artist of her long-haired miniature dachshund (a gift from fellow artist Kehinde Wiley), Priscilla. The print is matted and comes in a white wooden frame (16" x 19" x 1") with Plexiglas, wired for hanging. Dimensions: 11" x 14" sheet, 9-1/4" x 12" image. Mickalene Thomas Biography: Mickalene Thomas (b. 1971, Camden, NJ; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) makes paintings, collages, photography, video, and installations that draw on art history and popular culture to create a contemporary vision of female sexuality, beauty, and power. Blurring the distinction between object and subject, concrete and abstract, real and imaginary, Thomas constructs complex portraits, landscapes, and interiors in order to examine how identity, gender, and sense of self are informed by the ways women are represented in art and popular culture. Rhinestones—the artist’s signature material and a symbol of femininity—serve as an added layer of meaning and a metaphor of artifice. Thomas uses rhinestones to shade and accentuate specific elements of each painting, while subtly confronting our assumptions about what is feminine and what defines women. Thomas has drawn inspiration from multiple artistic periods and cultural influences throughout Western art history, particularly the early modernists such as Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Edouard Manet, and Romare Bearden. She models her figures on the classic poses and abstract settings popularized by these modern masters as a way to reclaim agency for women who have been presented as objects to be desired or subjugated. Though Thomas draws from a number of time periods and genres, her use of pattern and domestic spaces often references various periods throughout the 1960s to the 1980s. This was a time of immense social and political conflict, change, and transformation—the civil rights movement, the black is beautiful movement, and the second wave of feminism—during which many women, particularly African-Americans, rejected and redefined traditional standards of beauty. Thomas received a BFA from the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, in 2000 and an MFA from Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, in 2002. Solo exhibitions of her work have been organized at The Dayton Art Institute, OH (forthcoming, 2018); Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (forthcoming, 2018); Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA (forthcoming, 2018); Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA (forthcoming, 2017); Newcomb Art Museum, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (2017); Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA (2017); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2016); Aspen Art Museum, CO (2016); Aperture Foundation, New York (2016); George Eastman Museum, Rochester, NY (2014); Brooklyn Museum, New York (2012-13); Santa Monica Museum of Art (2012); Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2012); Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2011); and La Conservera Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Ceuti, Spain (2009). Select group exhibitions featuring her work include Third Space / Shifting Conversations About Contemporary Art, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL (2017); Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art, Portland Art Museum, ME (2017); The Color Line: African American Artists and the Civil Rights in the United States, Musée du quai Branly, Paris (2016); SHE: International Women Artists, Long Museum, Shanghai (2016); No Man’s Land: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, traveled to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (2015); 30 Americans, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (2011), which has traveled extensively around the United States (2011-2017, ongoing); and Americans Now, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (2010). Thomas’ work is in numerous international public and private collections, including The Museum of Modern Art, New York; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; MoMA PS1, New York; Brooklyn Museum, New York; Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Yale University Art Collection, New Haven, CT; and Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Thomas has been awarded multiple prizes and grants, including the USA Francie Bishop Good & David Horvitz...
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2010s Realist Portrait Prints

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Digital Pigment, Permanent Marker, Laid Paper

Hayseed Critic
Located in Cumming, GA
Offered at an exceptional price, this piece is in excellent condition and will ship rolled. Edition number 89 / 200. There are 200 pieces in the edition all signed and numbered by...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Portrait of Barack Obama
Located in New York, NY
Kehinde Wiley Portrait of Barack Obama Color offset lithograph Based upon the original painting the artist did of President Obama, the official preside...
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2010s Realist Portrait Prints

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Offset

Freedom or Slavery, from the Paul Robeson Portfolio
Located in New York, NY
Elizabeth Catlett Freedom or Slavery, (from the Paul Robeson portfolio), 1988 Color lithograph on wove paper Pencil signed, dated and numbered by the artist on the front from the lim...
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1990s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

General Wilhelm von Blume - Visionary retrospective -
Located in Berlin, DE
Bernhard Pankok (1872 Münster - 1943 Baierbrunn), General Wilhelm von Blume, 1915, aquatint etching, 34 x 29.5 cm (sheet size), 26 x 22 cm (plate size), signed in the plate at upper left, in pencil at lower right and dated in pencil at lower left. - At lower left old collection stamp, at the right broad margin with a small spot, otherwise very good condition. About the artwork The 1915 aquatint etching of General Wilhelm von Blume is based on a 1912 oil painting in the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur in Münster. A second oil portrait of the general by Pankok is in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. When Pankok painted the first oil portrait in 1912, the general had already been retired for 16 years. It is therefore a retrospective portrait. Accordingly, the orientation of his head is such that he is looking back in both the oil painting and the etching. Without fixing on anything in particular, he looks thoughtfully inwards and reflects on his life. Uniformed and highly endowed, it is his military activities in particular that he is reviewing attentively and, as his gaze reveals, quite critically. Pankok has literally written the sum of his experiences on Wilhelm von Blume's face: The physiognomy is a veritable landscape of folds, furrows, ridges and gullies, all the more striking against the flat background. It is clear that each of the medals was also won through suffering. However, by breaking the boundaries of the picture, his bust appears as an unshakable massif, which gives the general a stoic quality. The fact that the design of the portrait was important to Pankok can be seen from the different versions, the present sheet being the third and probably final revision, which Pankok dates precisely to 18 February 1915. Compared with the previous state, the light background now has a dark area against which the sitter's face stands out, the dark background in turn combining with the uniform to create a new tension in the picture. Pankok's taking up of the portrait of the high-ranking military veteran and its graphic reproduction can also be seen in relation to the First World War, which had broken out in the meantime. In the face of modern weapons of mass destruction, Wilhelm von Blume's warfare and military writings were relics of a bygone, more value-oriented era. About the artist After studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1889 to 1891 under Heinrich Lauenstein, Adolf Schill, Hugo Crola, and Peter Janssen the Elder, Bernhard Pankok went to Munich in 1892, where he worked primarily as a graphic artist for the two major Jugendstil magazines "Pan" and "Jugend," which established his artistic success. Through this work he met Emil Orlik, with whom he had a lifelong friendship. In 1897, he exhibited his first furniture, and in 1898, together with Richard Riemerschmid, Bruno Paul and Hermann Obrist...
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1910s Realist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Venice Walk 1983 Vintage David Hockney Exhibition Poster in turquoise teal
Located in New York, NY
This vintage exhibition poster features a David Hockney photographic collage. Hockney’s keen eye and uncanny ability to capture his subjects’ individuality is evident in this casual portrait of Gregory Evans walking in Venice, California. Hockney’s longtime friend, one-time manager, and former lover, Evans has served as a longtime model and inspiration to the artist for over 40 years. Here, Gregory dons stylish heeled brown boots and flared blue jeans, with red backpack...
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1980s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Balaclava - The target in sight -
Located in Berlin, DE
Heinrich Haberl (1869 Passau to 1934 Munich), Sturmhaube, c. 1900. drypoint, 14 x 10 cm (platemark), 28 x 21 cm (sheet size), 39 x 29 cm (passe-partout), titled "Sturmhaube" in lead at lower left and inscribed "Kaltnadelradierung", signed and locally inscribed "Heinrich Haberl Mchn. [Munich]" at lower right, inscribed again in lead on verso and with old collection stamp. - slightly darkened, fixed and mounted - The target in sight - About the artwork The theatrical "role-portrait" is to be seen against the background of the Rembrandt cult, which reached its climax at the end of the 19th century. The soldier seems to have stepped straight out of Rembrandt's Night Watch (1642) to fix something outside the picture with an alert and ready gaze. The steeply rising brim of the morion frames the gaze and thus perspectivises it as the actual 'pictorial action'. The gaze represents both the vigilant defence and the visionary goal of the battle. Not only the subject, but also the style of the etching needle reflect Rembrandt's understanding of the times. Strong contrasts of light and dark are created in a virtuoso free stroke, without losing the effect of the reflections on the helmet and in the eyes. This shows a kinship with the early prints of Lovis Corinth, who also saw himself as an artist in the role of the knight. Against this background, Haberl's picture can also be seen as a representation of his artistic self-image. About the artist Heinrich Haberl first attended the art school in Nuremberg and from 1892 studied at the Munich Academy. There he was a master student of Johann Leonhard von Raab, Rudolf von Seitz, Franz von Defregger...
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Early 19th Century Realist Portrait Prints

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Etching

Young Girl Posing Beneath Chandelier, Hand Drawn Stone Lithograph, Slate Blue
Located in Union City, NJ
Young Girl Posing Beneath Chandelier is an original hand drawn stone lithograph attributed to the American Pop artist Mel Ramos, printed by hand at Bank Street Atelier NYC (the New York branch of the renowned lithographic printshop Atelier Mourlot Paris, France) circa 1970 using opaque slate blue ink on Buff color ARCHES paper 100% acid free. Young Girl Posing Beneath Chandelier portrays a topless young girl, eyes closed, wearing a floppy hat, striking a pose on the lower portion of the composition with a silhouetted image of a chandelier positioned at the very top. Print size - 16.5 x 12 inches, Image size - 10 x 9.5 in., unframed, excellent condition, rare unsigned Printers Proof/trial proof from an unknown early edition, fine hand printed impression Historic Note on Bank Street Atelier - Bank Street Atelier was founded in 1969 by George J. Goodstadt (Fine Arts Publisher) along with Jacques Mourlot, third generation of the famous Mourlot print shop in Paris, France. Bank Street Atelier became one of the premier lithography print studios in NYC at that time and became a major graphic center, which attracted many of the Modern American Masters of the 1970’s, including Alexander Calder, Willem deKooning, Red Grooms, Al Hirschfeld, Ellsworth Kelly, Romare Bearden, Fairfield Porter, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Alex Katz and many more. The resulting prints were produced with the highest quality and earned a reputation in the art world for professionalism and excellence in lithographic printmaking. About the artist - Mel Ramos(1935 - 2018, California) Mel Ramos is an American Pop artist best known for his female nudes painted alongside brand logos. The artist’s coupling of women with familiar products like martini glasses and bananas serves as a commentary on the ways in which capitalism has employed the female body. “I make sure that my pictures are not too erotic and that they always have a trace of humor,” he said of his work. “I make sure they are ‘in good taste.’ Either you understand it or not.” Born on July 24, 1935 in Sacramento, CA, Ramos like Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol, found inspiration through the comic books Wonder Woman and Superman growing up and later pinup posters...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

"Conception" - Portrait of a Native American on a Vision Quest
Located in Soquel, CA
"Conception" - Portrait of a Native American on a Vision Quest Large scale and fine detailed work by the artist. Detailed and evocative depiction of a Native American elder by Frank Howell...
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1990s Realist Portrait Prints

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Laid Paper, Screen

Aquila, female art, limited edition artwork, affordable art
Located in Deddington, GB
Discover new artworks by Rosie Emerson available to buy online with Wychwood art and in our art gallery. Rosie Emerson is an award winning contemporary artist from the Dorset, workin...
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2010s Realist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Color

RIOT POLICE Hand Drawn Lithograph, Law Enforcement, Policemen, Protestors
Located in Union City, NJ
RIOT POLICE - artist unknown Print Size - 23" x 30", full bleed image, no margins, unframed, unsigned proof, excellent condition Year - c. 1973 RIOT POLICE is an original hand draw...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

HOLD THE LINE Kansas City Chiefs, Signed Stone Lithograph, NFL Football History
Located in Union City, NJ
HOLD THE LINE is an original limited edition lithograph by the American artist, Merv Corning printed from hand drawn lithographic stones using traditional...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Sharbat Gula, Peshawar, Pakistan (Hand signed)
Located in New York, NY
Steve McCurry Sharbat Gula, Peshawar, Pakistan (Hand signed), 2002 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Steve McCurry) Boldly signed in black marker by Steve McCurry on the front...
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Early 2000s Realist Portrait Prints

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Offset

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...
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1980s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

NURSING MOTHER SEATED Signed Lithograph, Woman Breastfeeding Baby, Realism
Located in Union City, NJ
NURSING MOTHER SEATED is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/Ame...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

SEATED WOMAN ON BED, KNEE SOCKS Signed Lithograph, Realist B+W Female Portrait
Located in Union City, NJ
SEATED WOMAN PINK SOCKS is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

YE PIPE AND BOWL Signed Lithograph Old Tavern Sign Painter American Illustration
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist: Norman Rockwell, American (1894 - 1978) Title: Ye Pipe and Bowl Year: 1976 Medium: Hand Drawn Lithograph on Arches paper, 100% acid free, signed in pencil by Norman Rockwell Edition: 200 Lithograph was hand proofed and printed by Atelier Ettinger, NYC. YE PIPE AND BOWL was featured on the Saturday Evening Post Cover - Feb. 6, 1926 (First Post cover to be printed in full color). This cover depicts a colonial artist...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Self Portrait With a Cat - Original etching
Located in Paris, FR
Leonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA Self portrait with a cat Original drypoint etching Printed signature in the plate On vellum 65 x 50 cm (c. 26 x 20in) Rare proof on Japan paper applied on vellum Posthumous edition by Chalcographie du Louvre...
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Late 20th Century Realist Portrait Prints

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Etching

YOUNG WOMAN, STRIPED TEE SHIRT Signed Lithograph, Contemplative Portrait, Casual
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG WOMAN, STRIPED TEE SHIRT is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

SEATED SEAMSTRESS Signed Lithograph Young Woman, Dress Form, Rust, Lime Yellow
Located in Union City, NJ
SEATED SEAMSTRESS is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Marie-Thérèse Walter, Lithograph, Young Woman's Face, Pastel Portrait Drawing
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist: Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: Portrait Marie-Thérèse Walter Year of Original Artwork: 1927-28 Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Paper, 100% acid free Editi...
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1980s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

YOUNG WOMAN BRAIDED HAIR Signed Lithograph, Moody Girl, Realist Portrait Drawing
Located in Union City, NJ
YOUNG WOMAN BRAIDED HAIR is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Painter, 1899-1987. Printed in NYC 1977 by master printer Joseph Kleineman from a hand drawn lithography stone using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper 100% acid-free rag. YOUNG WOMAN BRAIDED HAIR is a sensitive, realist female portrait depicting a moody girl with dark braided hair wearing a notch neck blouse; her facial expression appearing serious and contemplative as she looks slightly downward. Fine impression - has the feel of a graphite drawing. Print size - 18 x 14 inches, unframed, very good condition, hand signed by Raphael Soyer, from the master printers private collection. Raphael Soyer was a Russian-born painter. He was the twin to the artist Moses Soyer (1899-1974) and the older brother of the painter Isaac Soyer...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Buffalo Bill 1899 Original Battle of San Juan Hill 1 sheet of a 24 sheet poster
Located in Southampton, NY
This rare original lithograph print is from 1899. It is one sheet of a huge 24 sheet poster that was created in 1899 to announce Buffalo Bills Wild West. The size of the complete 24 sheet poster would have been approx. 10 feet tall by 20 feet wide and would have been posted on barns and buildings in 1899 to promote Buffalo Bills Wild West before it would come to towns. This 1 sheet of the 24 sheet lithograph is in such good condition because it was found in the Lithographers draws of the print shop that created the poster. It is black and white because it was a proof that was used to create the final layout of the color poster. It indicates on the image that it is No. 2 Buffalo Bill San Juan Hill 1899, so it would have been the 2nd poster down on the left side of the large total image comprised of 24 separate sheets all unique to create the full image. You can see the two black printed lines on the left side indicate where the edge of the poster would have been. We have never seen a complete image of this rare 1899 poster. When we first acquired this rare proof over 20 years ago, we contacted the The Ringling Museum in Florida that houses a large Buffalo Bill poster...
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1890s Realist Portrait Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

LE PEINTRE Lithograph, Artist Portrait, Painter at his Easel, Cool Green, Blue
Located in Union City, NJ
Artist: Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: LE PEINTRE Year of Original Artwork: 1963 Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Paper, 100% acid free Edition of 1000, unnumbered, estate approved printed signature Print Size: 29 x 21.5 in. Year printed - 1979-1982 LE PEINTRE is a limited edition lithograph re-created after an original pastel drawing from the estate Collection of Marina Picasso, Picasso's grand-daughter. Printed using hand drawn lithographic plates on archival heavy weight Coventry printmaking paper, 100% acid free. Edition was produced in accordance with the Picasso family under the supervision of Marcel Salinas, master chromist who worked closely with Pablo Picasso during his lifetime. Bears the estate approved printed signature of Picasso on lower margin. Typeset under image reads Collection Marina Picasso...
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1980s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

SEATED WOMAN NEAR A BED Signed Lithograph, Realist Portrait, Plum Top Blue Skirt
Located in Union City, NJ
SEATED WOMAN NEAR A BED is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism...
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1970s Realist Portrait Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled (Male Nude)
Located in New York, NY
Realized in the manner of Thomas Eakins, this sophisticated figurative print presents a nude male model with his back to the viewer. Showcasing both the technical faculty of the arti...
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20th Century Realist Portrait Prints

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Digital

Realist portrait prints for sale on 1stDibs.

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