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Medium: Offset
Cindy Sherman Comme des Garcons 1994 (announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Cindy Sherman Comme des Garcons postcard 1994:
A rare advertisement/promotional card designed and (offset) illustrated by Cindy Sherman in conjunction with Comme des Garcons FW94.
D...
Category
1990s Pop Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$500 Sale Price
20% Off
I Castelli Romani - Vintage Poster after Neal Slavin - 1983
By Neal Slavin
Located in Roma, IT
I Castelli Romani is a splendid poster realized by Neal Slavin, in 1983, for the exhibition held in Rondanini Gallery in Rome.
Offset print, in very good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Paper, Offset
Signed Keith Haring exhibition poster 1985 (signed Keith Haring poster 1985)
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Signed Keith Haring poster 1985:
A highly collectible hand-signed 1985 Keith Haring exhibition poster published on the occasion of:
Keith Haring Painting...
Category
1980s Pop Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Winslow Pinney Pels
The Tale of Beatrix Potter
Vintage Masterpiece Theater
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This very large advertisement poster was created by Mobil to promote the two-part Masterpiece Theatre series "The Tale of Beatrix Potter," designed by Winslow Pinney Pels. The series...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Original vintage travel poster to London Horse Guards
Located in Spokane, WA
London original travel poster; artist Sam Wisnom. Size 25 x 37"; archival linen backed and ready to frame.
Original vintage travel po...
Category
1960s American Realist Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Guido Crepax From Valentina to O - Vintage Offset Print by Guido Crepax - 1976
By Guido Crepax
Located in Roma, IT
Offset Print, from " Valentina to 0" in an artwork realized in 1976 by Guido Crepax.
This Crepax offset is hand signed. This original print is from an edition of 40 signed copies.
...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Winter Song, Limited Edition of 50, Pop exhibition poster from "Not Now Darling"
By Sarah Lucas
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Lucas
Winter Song, 2020
Offset lithograph poster
Limited Edition of 50
27 3/5 × 19 7/10 inches
Unframed and unsigned
Published by the Consortium Museum, Dijon France
Limited E...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Jack Gallery 1977, Framed Pop Art Poster by Kiki Kogelnik
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kiki Kogelnik, Austrian (1935 - 1997)
Title: Jack Gallery
Year: 1977
Medium: Poster
Size: 28.5 x 18 in. (72.39 x 45.72 cm)
Frame Size: 30 x 19.25 inches
Category
1970s Pop Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
The Gershwin
s Porgy and Bess
Located in Brooklyn, NY
To commemorate the Metropolitan Opera’s production of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, acclaimed artist Kerry James Marshall created a striking poster featuring Porgy and Bess in a ten...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Monograph: Alex Katz Black and White (Hand signed by Alex Katz)
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Alex Katz
Alex Katz Black and White (Hand signed by Alex Katz), 2017
Hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued (Hand signed by Alex Katz)
Hand signed by Alex Katz on the first...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
TINTIN : Destination Moon - Official print (Tintin Museum)
Located in Paris, IDF
Hergé (1907-1983)
Destination Moon (Objectif Lune), 2024
Official poster
On thick glossy paper 70 x 50 cm (c. 27.5 x 19.6 in)
INFORMATION : Official and authorized edition of the ...
Category
2010s Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Original 1941 "World Premier" US 1-sheet vintage movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original "World Premiere." Vintage movie poster. Linen-backed and in good condition for a poster created during World War 2. NSS: 41/347. Certificate of Authenticity. This is an original, theater-used US 1-sheet to the comedy starring John Barrymore...
Category
1940s American Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
"The Convalescent" printed in 1905
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after the watercolor). Published in London by The Studio in 1905 for a rare deluxe portfolio. Printed on smooth wove paper, the image measures 7 3/4 x 5 1/...
Category
Early 1900s Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
TINTIN : Tintin In America - Official print (Tintin Museum)
Located in Paris, IDF
Hergé (1907-1983)
Tintin In America (Tintin en Amérique), 2024
Official poster
On thick glossy paper 70 x 50 cm (c. 27.5 x 19.6 in)
INFORMATION : Official and authorized edition o...
Category
2010s Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Paul Davis
King Lear
1984
By Paul Davis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 46 x 30 inches ( 116.84 x 76.2 cm )
Image Size: 41 x 25 inches ( 104.14 x 63.5 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Supplemental Conditi...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$240 Sale Price
60% Off
1977 Paul Davis
Paul Davis Posters
Paintings
Reference Book
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paul Davis: Posters & Paintings, published in 1977 by E.P. Dutton, New York, is a first edition that showcases the celebrated works of artist Paul Davis. This volume contains large, ...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
Original American Graffiti Italian vintage movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Italian movie poster: American Graffiti - Italian style. Anche Tu negli anne '60's Linen-backed offset lithograph. A great George Lucas film. American Graffiti, voted in 1998 to the American Film Institute's list of 100 superlative films. This one should be in your collection. This original Italian size (39.5" x 54.75') is ready to frame. Original movie poster theatrical issued fold marks restored during linen backing. Overall condition is very good with very minor printing flaws.
The vintage poster features a silhouette of a football jersey with a big glass of Coca-Cola balanced as the head of the image. This was a George Lucas film with Richard Dreyfuss and Ron Howard. A Francis Ford Coppola production.
This is a genuine Italian one-sheet ORIGINAL MOVIE POSTER issued by the studio when the film was released and meant for theatrical display. (Italian posters of this size may also be referred to as a 2-sheet because of their size; it is, however, printed on a single sheet.) a.k.a. (an Italian duo foglio.)
This is an Original Lithograph Vintage Italian Poster...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Desiree Calderon
By Agent X
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X
Title : Desiree Calderon
Year: 2019
Medium: Digital Print
Signed
Edition: 125
70 x 70 inches
Agent X, cultural explorer and agent of the unknown, is an emerging artist who c...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
$4,250 Sale Price
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New Orleans Go Greyhound original vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Orignal NEW ORLEANS GREYHOUND vintage travel poster; larger format size. Excellent condition that has acid-free archival linen backing; ready to frame.
This image is from the old French Quarter section of New Orleans. It features two women entering into the courtyard and in the background, the old stairs leading to the upstairs area. A bright and colorful image that would compliment any room or office. A great New Orleans vintage poster...
Category
1960s American Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$580 Sale Price
20% Off
Figure - Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a Vintage Offset Print on ivory-colored paper, realized by Franco Gentilini ( Italian Painter, 1909-1981), in the 1970s.
The state of preservation of the artwork is excel...
Category
1970s Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Paper, Offset
TINTIN : Explorers Of The Moon - Official print (Tintin Museum)
Located in Paris, IDF
Hergé (1907-1983)
Explorers of the moon (On a marché sur la Lune), 2024
Official poster
On thick glossy paper 70 x 50 cm (c. 27.5 x 19.6 in)
INFORMATION : Official and authorized ...
Category
2010s Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Studies - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Studies is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.10 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-V...
Category
1920s Expressionist Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Paper, Lithograph, Offset
Monograph: Jeff Koons Conversations with Norman Rosenthal, hand signed by both
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons Conversations with Norman Rosenthal (Hand signed and inscribed by BOTH Jeff Koons and Norman Rosenthal), 2014
Hardback monograph (hand signed, dated and inscribed)
Hand si...
Category
2010s Pop Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
Abstract Composition for Albi 1971 - Lithograph Poster
Located in Paris, IDF
Alexander CALDER
Abstract Composition, 1971
Original vintage lithograph poster (Arte / Maeght workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On thick paper 89 x 59 cm (c. 35 x 23,2 in)
I...
Category
1970s Abstract Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
The Homestead, Photorealist Offset Lithograph by Kathleen Caddick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Kathleen Caddick, English (1937 - ) - The Homestead, Medium: Offset Lithograph, Size: 19.5 x 29.5 in. (49.53 x 74.93 cm), Frame Size: 26.5 x 36.5 inches, Publisher: Solomon & Whi...
Category
Late 20th Century Photorealist Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Jorg Immendorf-
80 Years Joseph Bueys
- Hand Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This print, titled "80 Jahre Joseph Beuys," is by the artist Jörg Immendorff. It is signed and numbered out of 275 in pencil by the artist. The artwork features Immendorff's characte...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$160 Sale Price
60% Off
Paolozzi Signed 1969 poster Galerie Mikro vintage futuristic psychedelic pop art
Located in New York, NY
Printed in chartreuse, dark green, bright yellow, orange, and brown, this surreal scene features a grey-walled room populated with strange machinery and a red chair. Paolozzi creates...
Category
1960s Pop Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
The Pont Neuf, Paris Wrapped, from the Estate of Aviva and Jacob Bal Teshuvah
Located in New York, NY
Christo, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Javacheff Christo
The Pont Neuf, Paris Wrapped (Hand Signed), from the Estate of Aviva and Jacob Bal Teshuvah, 1985
Offset lithograph poster (hand signed Christo et Jeanne-Claude)
Signed Christo et Jeanne-Claude in orange crayon on the front
Unnumbered
24 × 36 1/2 inches
Unframed
Hand signed Christo et Jeanne-Claude in orange crayon on the front
unframed
Accompanied by gallery issued Certificate of Guarantee & provenance
This elegant vintage poster was published to promote and raise funds for Christo's famous The Pont Neuf Wrapped Project in the mid 1980s. From the estate of Jacob and Aviva Bal Teshuva - authors of books on Christo, collectors, philanthropists and friends of the artist.
Provenance
Estate of Aviva and Jacob Bal-Teshuva
ABOUT THE PONT NEUF WRAPPED PROJECT:
On September 22, 1985, a group of 300 professional workers completed the temporary work of art The Pont Neuf Wrapped. They had deployed 450,000 square feet (41,800 square meters) of woven polyamide fabric, silky in appearance and golden sandstone in color, covering:
The sides and vaults of the twelve arches, without hindering river traffic.
The parapets down to the ground.
The sidewalks and curbs (pedestrians walked on the fabric).
All the street lamps on both sides of the bridge.
The vertical part of the embankment of the western tip of the Île de la Cité.
The Esplanade of the Vert-Galant.
The fabric was restrained by 8 miles (13 kilometers) of rope and secured by 12.1 tons of steel chains encircling the base of each tower, 3.3 feet (1 meter) underwater.
The Charpentiers de Paris headed by Gérard Moulin, with French sub-contractors, were assisted by the USA engineers who had worked on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's previous projects, under the direction of Theodore Dougherty: Vahé Aprahamian, August L. Huber, James Fuller, John Thomson and Dimiter Zagoroff. Johannes Schaub, the project's director had submitted the work method and detailed plans and received approval for the project from the authorities of the City of Paris, the Department of the Seine and the State. 600 monitors, in crews of 40, led by Simon Chaput...
Category
1980s Pop Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Original Los Angeles United Air Lines, Charlie Chaplin, vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Los Angeles, United Air Lines vintage travel poster. Archival linen backed in A- condition, ready to frame. Images shown are of the exact poster you will receive.
Step ...
Category
1960s American Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
"Illuminations" (after) Zao Wou-ki
By Zao Wou-Ki
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: offset lithograph (after the watercolor). Printed in 1966 on Johannot wove paper for the "Illuminations" poftfolio, and published in Paris by Club Francais du Livre. Image si...
Category
1960s Abstract Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Historic, Original Betty Parsons Gallery Poster (Minimalism, Constructivism)
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp
Kipp, at Betty Parsons Gallery, 1968
Rare Minimalist silkscreen announcement poster
24 × 13 1/4 inches
Unframed
Extremely rare. If you're reading this listing, you know wh...
Category
1960s Minimalist Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Original "The Savage Guns" vintage movie poster NSS 62/298
Located in Spokane, WA
Original linen backed one sheet "The Savage Guns". Nss: 62/298. Archivally linen backed with the original issued fold marks restored. Great color, no paper loss, Excellent condition. As close to mint as you will find. Because the original fold marks were restored, it can only be listed as good. Condition: A.
The gunfighter and the spitfire meet and love in a wild wind-lashed land where the law ends ... And the one they thought was afraid surprised them the day the banditos came!. Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Starring: Richard Basehart; Don Taylor, Alex Nicol, Pacquita Rico. In Metrocolor and Metroscope. Western movie poster...
Category
1960s American Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$316 Sale Price
20% Off
It
s a Free Concert European offset print (Hand Signed by Richard Prince)
Located in New York, NY
Richard Prince
It's a Free Concert (Hand Signed by Richard Prince), 2014
Offset Lithograph (hand signed by Richard Prince)
Hand signed by the artist on the front
Unnumbered
33 × 23 3...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
1985 After Bruce Nauman
Big Welcome
Pop Art Multicolor, Blue, Green USA Offset
By Bruce Nauman
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 23.5 x 35.25 inches ( 59.69 x 89.535 cm )
Image Size: 23.5 x 35.25 inches ( 59.69 x 89.535 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Ad...
Category
1980s Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
Miss Morison
s Ghosts 1981 PBS miniseries
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Very large advertisement poster created by Mobil for the promotion of the Masterpiece Theatre series "Miss Morison's Ghosts".
It was a 1981 British supernatural television drama that...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
NGV Melbourne Blue
By KAWS
Located in Kansas City, MO
KAWS (after)
NGV Melbourne Blue
Color Offset Lithograph exhibition poster
Year: 2019
Size: 23.1 × 16.4 inches
Publisher: NGV Melbourne
Unsigned
Still Wrapped
Brian Donnelly, know...
Category
2010s Street Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Photogenic Drawings Poster famed Japanese photographer (Hand Signed by Sugimoto)
Located in New York, NY
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Photogenic Drawings (Hand Signed), 2012
Offset Lithograph Poster. (Hand signed by Hiroshi Sugimoto)
Unframed
This offset lithograph poster was hand-signed by photogr...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset, Lithograph, Permanent Marker
Original "Save Waste Fats for Explosives" vintage poster 1943
Located in Spokane, WA
Original: "Save waste fats for explosives. Take them to your meat dealer" vintage poster—original World War II Acid-free, archival linen-backed, ready-to-frame.
The Original "Save...
Category
1940s American Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$500 Sale Price
20% Off
Andy Warhol in Drag (hand signed with drawing to Warhol estate curator Tim Hunt)
Located in New York, NY
Douglas Gordon
Andy Warhol in Drag, for the VANITY of Allegory (hand signed with drawing and warmly inscribed to Tim Hunt, Warhol Foundation curator), 2005
Offset lithograph poster (...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Mel Ramos
Virnaburger
(or Verna Burger) signed print
By Mel Ramos
Located in San Rafael, CA
Mel Ramos (1935-2018)
Virnaburger (Verna Burger), 1965
Offset lithograph
A proof aside from the numbered edition of 500
Signed and dated LR: M Ramos 65
Image 19 x 14 inches
In a vint...
Category
1960s Pop Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Galerie Maeght The Artist as Phoenix
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This very large original billboard poster, measuring 120 x 160 cm, was prominently displayed in specific areas of Paris to advertise Marc Chagall’s ex...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
MAN RAY
Galerie Marion Meyer
1967- Offset Lithograph
By Man Ray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 25.25 x 17.75 inches ( 64.135 x 45.085 cm )
Image Size: 22.75 x 17.75 inches ( 57.785 x 45.085 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: B: Very Good Condition, with signs of handling o...
Category
1960s Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Leo Castelli Gallery mailer (Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, John Chamberlain)
Located in New York, NY
Rare, historic collectors item:
Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Stella, John Chamberlain
New Work, Leo Castelli poster, 1967
Offset lithograph poster invit...
Category
1960s Pop Art Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
United Colors of Benetton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction features a powerful advertisement by Oliverio Toscani for United Colors of Benetton, depicting two young girls—one Caucasian and one of African descent—embracing ea...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Fabrizio Clerici - Vintage Offset after Renato Guttuso - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Fabrizio Clerici is an offset print realized after a drawing by the Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, Palermo 1912 - Rome,1987) in 1974.
The drawing presents a d...
Category
1970s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Do Not Abandon Me (Hand signed in green marker by Tracey Emin)
By Louise Bourgeois
Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Louise Bourgeois & Tracey Emin
Do Not Abandon Me (Hand signed in green marker on the half title page by Tracey Emin), 2010
Cloth hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued (Han...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Board
GE Professional TV Service Repairman
Located in Spokane, WA
Original General Electric Professional TV Service midcentury modern vintage poster.
“I’m no artist, but I know what makes the best picture.” I install General Electric Tubes, Best for any set! Service-designed Black-Daylite picture tubes.
In the black-and-white area of the television tube is an image of Whistler’s mother in a rocking chair. Of course, during this time frame, all televisions were only black and white.
Archival linen is backed and ready to frame and in A- condition. Note that the white mark on the service man’s sleeve is printed into the image and is not a flaw.
A great vintage poster for the collector of old televisions, radios, and early electronics...
Category
1950s American Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$398 Sale Price
20% Off
Theatre Osterwy - Vintage Poster - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Theatre Osterwy - Posteris a vintage offset print realized in 1974.
Signed on the plate
Good conditions.
Category
1970s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
Joseph Kosuth
Zero
Not
Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This first-edition exhibition poster was created for Joseph Kosuth’s solo show at Leo Castelli Gallery, held from May 17 to June 14, 1986. Kosuth, a leading figure in conceptual art, is known for challenging traditional notions of representation, meaning, and authorship in art. His work often employs language, definitions, and philosophical inquiry to explore the relationship between objects, words, and ideas.
Kosuth was a frequent exhibitor at Castelli Gallery in the late 1980s, a period when he was refining his investigations into semiotics, linguistics, and the nature of art itself. His exhibitions often featured text-based works, neon installations, and philosophical references, reinforcing his belief that art exists as an idea rather than a physical object.
The meaning of this exhibition—and by extension, the poster—likely aligns with Kosuth’s broader practice: art as intellectual engagement, where the work is not about aesthetics but about questioning how meaning is constructed. The exhibition poster serves as both an artifact and an extension of Kosuth’s conceptual framework, making it a historically significant piece for collectors interested in conceptual art and the role of Castelli Gallery in shaping contemporary discourse.
Paper Size: 16 x 36...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
$100 Sale Price
20% Off
Galerie Louis Leiris (Gravures), Modern Lithograph Poster by Andre Masson
By André Derain
Located in Long Island City, NY
Andre Masson, French (1896 - 1987) - Galerie Louis Leiris (Gravures), Year: 1968, Medium: Lithograph Poster, Image Size: 25 x 18 inches, Size: 26 x 19 in. (66.04 x 48.26 cm), P...
Category
1960s Modern Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
1994 Ger Dekkers
Overview
Contemporary Black, White, Blue Offset Lithograph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 33 x 23.25 inches ( 83.82 x 59.055 cm )
Image Size: 17 x 17 inches ( 43.18 x 43.18 cm )
Framed: No
Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling
Additional...
Category
1990s Art by Medium: Offset
Materials
Offset
John Chamberlain, Signed Western Union cable re: sculpture show at Leo Castelli
Located in New York, NY
John Chamberlain
Hand Signed Letter re: Leo Castelli Exhibition, 1982
Typewriter on paper (hand signed)
6 1/2 × 8 1/2 inches
Hand-signed by artist, Signed in purple felt tip marker
Hand signed telegraph/letter refers to Chamberlain's exhibition at the legendary Leo Castell Gallery.
A piece of history!
John Chamberlain Biography
John Chamberlain (1927 – 2011) was a quintessentially American artist, channeling the innovative power of the postwar years into a relentlessly inventive practice spanning six decades. He first achieved renown for sculptures made in the late 1950s through 1960s from automobile parts—these were path-breaking works that effectively transformed the gestural energy of Abstract Expressionist painting into three dimensions. Ranging in scale from miniature to monumental, Chamberlain’s compositions of twisted, crushed, and forged metal also bridged the divide between Process Art and Minimalism, drawing tenets of both into a new kinship. These singular works established him as one of the first American artists to determine color as a natural component of abstract sculpture. From the late 1960s until the end of his life, Chamberlain harnessed the expressive potential of an astonishing array of materials, which varied from Plexiglas, resin, and paint, to foam, aluminum foil, and paper bags.
After spending three years in the United States Navy during World War II, Chamberlain enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago and Black Mountain College, where he developed the critical underpinnings of his work. Chamberlain lived and worked in many parts of the United States, moving between New York City, Long Island, Los Angeles, Santa Fe, Connecticut, and Sarasota, before finally settling on Shelter Island. In many ways, each location provoked a distinct material sensibility, often defined by the availability of that material or the limitations of physical space. In New York City, Chamberlain pulled scrap metal and twelve-inch acoustic tiles from the ceiling of his studio apartment. He chose urethane in Los Angeles in 1965 (a material he had been considering for many years), and film in Mexico in 1968. He eventually returned to metal in 1972, and, in Sarasota, he expanded the scale of his works to make his iconic Gondolas (1981 – 1982). The movement of the artist and the subsequent evolution of the work is indicative not only of a kind of American restlessness but also of Chamberlain’s own personal evolution: he sometimes described his use of automobile materials as sculptural self-portraits, infused with balance and rhythm characteristic of the artist himself.
Chamberlain refused to separate color from his practice, saying, ‘I never thought of sculpture without color. Do you see anything around that has no color? Do you live in a world with no color?’. He both honored and assigned value to color in his practice—in his early sculptures color was not added, but composed from the preexisting palette of his chosen automobile parts. Chamberlain later began adding color to metal in 1974, dripping and spraying—and sometimes sandblasting—paint and lacquer onto his metal components prior to their integration. With his polyurethane foam works, color was a variable of light: ultraviolet rays or sunlight turned the material from white to amber. It was this profound visual effect that brought the artist’s personal Abstract Expressionist hand into industrial three-dimensional sculpture. Chamberlain moved seamlessly through scale and volume, creating material explorations in monumental, heavy-gauge painted aluminum foil in the 1970s, and later in the 1980s and 1990s, miniatures in colorful aluminum foil and chromium painted steel.
Central to Chamberlain’s works is the notion that sculpture denotes a great deal of weight and physicality, disrupting whatever space it occupies. In the Barges series (1971 – 1983) he made immense foam couches, inviting spectators to lounge upon the cushioned landscape. At the end of his career, Chamberlain shifted his practice outdoors, and through a series of determined experiments, finally created brilliant, candy-colored sculptures in twisted aluminum foil. In 2012, four of these sculptures were shown outside the Seagram Building in New York, accompanied by playful titles such as ‘PINEAPPLESURPRISE’ (2010) and ‘MERMAIDSMISCHIEF’ (2009). These final works exemplify Chamberlain’s lifelong dedication to change—of his materials, of his practice, and, consequently, of American Art.
Chamberlain has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including two major Retrospectives at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York NY in 2012 and 1971; ‘John Chamberlain, Squeezed and Tied. Foam and Paper Sculptures 1969-70,’ Dan Flavin Art Institute, Dia Center for the Arts, Bridgehampton NY (2007); ‘John Chamberlain. Foam Sculptures 1966–1981, Photographs 1989–2004,’ Chinati Foundation, Marfa TX (2005); ‘John Chamberlain. Current Work and Fond Memories, Sculptures and Photographs 1967–1995,’ Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Traveling Exhibition) (1996); and ‘John Chamberlain. Sculpture, 1954–1985,’ Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA (1986). Chamberlain’s sculptures are part of permanent exhibitions at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa TX and at Dia:Beacon in upstate New York. In 1964, Chamberlain represented the United States in the American Pavilion at the 32nd International Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. He received many awards during his life, including a Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa, from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit (2010); the Distinction in Sculpture Honor from the Sculpture Center, New York (1999); the Gold Medal from The National Arts Club Award, New York (1997); the Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture by the International Sculpture Center, Washington D.C. (1993); and the Skowhegan Medal for Sculpture, New York NY (1993).
-Courtesy Hauser & Wirth
Leo Castelli
Leo Castelli was born in 1907 in Trieste, a city on the Adriatic sea, which, at the time, was the main port of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Leo’s father, Ernest Kraus, was the regional director for Austria-Hungary’s largest bank, the Kreditandstalt; his mother, Bianca Castelli, was the daughter of a Triesten coffee merchant.
With the outbreak of World War I in 1914 the Kraus family relocated to Vienna where Leo continued his education. A particularly memorable moment for Leo during this period of his life was the funeral of Emperor Francis Joseph which he witnessed in November of 1916. Leo and his family returned to Trieste when the war ended in 1918. With the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire Trieste embraced its new Italian identity. Motivated by this shift Ernest decided to adopt his wife's more Italian-sounding maiden name, Castelli, which his children also assumed.
In many ways the Castelli’s return Trieste after the war marked an optimistic new beginning for the family. Ernest was made director of the Banca Commerciale Italiana, which had replaced the Kreditandstalt as the top bank in Trieste. This elevated position allowed Ernest and Bianca to cultivate a cosmopolitan life-style. Together they hosted frequent parties which brought them in contact with a spectrum of political, financial, and cultural luminaries. Growing up in such an environment fostered in Leo and his two siblings, Silvia and Giorgio, a strong appreciation of high culture. During this time Leo developed a passion for Modern literature and perfected his fluency in German, French, Italian, and English.
After earning his law degree at the University of Milan in 1932, Leo began his adult life as an insurance agent in Bucharest. Although Leo found the job unfulfilling and tedious, the people he met in Bucharest made up for this deficiency. Among the most significant of Leo’s acquaintances during this time was the eminent businessman, Mihail Shapira. Leo eventually became friendly with the rest of the Shapira family and in 1933 he married Mihail's youngest daughter, Ileana.
In 1934 Leo and Ileana moved to Paris where, thanks to his step-father’s influence, Leo was able to get a job in the Paris branch of the Banca d'Italia. In the same year, Leo met the interior designer René Drouin, who became his close friend. In the spring of 1938, while walking through the Place Vendôme, Leo and René came across a storefront for rent between the Ritz hotel and a Schiaparelli boutique. The space immediately impressed them as an ideal location for an art gallery, a plan which became reality the following spring in 1939. The Drouin Gallery opened with an exhibition featuring painting and furniture by Surrealist artists including Léonor Fini, Augene Berman, Meret Oppenheim, Max Ernst, and Salvador Dali. Despite the success of this initial exhibition, the gallery proved short-lived. Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 marking the start of World War II and consequently the temporary end of the Drouin gallery. René was called to serve in the French army, while Leo, Ileana, and their three-year-old daughter Nina moved to the relative safety of Cannes, where Ileana’s family owned a summer house.
As the war escalated, it became evident that Europe was no longer safe for the Castelli family—Leo and Ileana were both Jewish. In March of 1941, Leo, Ileana and Nina fled to New York bringing with them Nina’s nurse Frances and their dog, Noodle. After a year of moving around the city, the family took up permanent residence at 4 East 77 Street in a townhouse Mihail had bought. Nine months after his arrival in New York, in December of 1943, Leo volunteered for the US army, expediting his naturalization as a US citizen. Owing to his facility with languages, Leo was assigned to serve in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corp, a position which he held for two years, until February 1946.
While on military leave in 1945 Leo visited Paris and stopped by Place Vendôme gallery where René had once more set up business selling work by European avant-garde artists such as Jean Dubuffet and Jean Fautrier. The meeting not only rekindled René and Leo’s friendship but also the latter’s interest in art dealing, a pursuit which Leo began to view as more than a mere hobby but as a potential career. After reconnecting, the two friends decided to go back into partnership with Leo acting as the New York representative for the Drouin Gallery. Working in this capacity, Leo began to form relationships with some of the New York art world’s most influential figures, including Peggy Guggenhiem, Sydney Janis, Willem De Kooning, and Jackson Pollock.
By the late 40s Leo’s ties with René Drouin had begun to slacken, while his alliance with the dealer Sydney Janis became closer. Janis opened his New York gallery in 1948 and in 1950 invited Leo to curate an exhibition of contemporary French and American artists. The show drew a significant connection between the venerable tradition of European Modernism and the emerging artists of the New York School. Not long after this, in 1951, Leo was asked by these same New York School artists to organize the groundbreaking Ninth Street Show. This exhibition was instrumental in establishing Abstract Expressionism as the preeminent art movement of the post-war era.
Leo founded his own gallery in 1957, transforming the living room on the fourth floor of the 77th Street townhouse into an exhibition space. Perhaps the most critical moment of Leo’s career occurred later that year, when he first visited the studios of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. In 1958 Leo gave Johns and Rauschenberg solo shows, in January and March respectively. For Johns, this was the first solo show of his career. These exhibitions received wide critical acclaim, solidifying Leo’s reputation not only as a dealer but as the arbiter of a new and important art movement.
Over the course of the 1960s Leo played a formative role in launching the careers of many of the most significant artists of the twentieth century including Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenberg, Cy Twombly, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner. Through his support of these artists Leo likewise helped cultivate and define the movements of Pop, Minimalism, Conceptual Art, and Post-Minimalism.
As business expanded over the course of the 60s and artistic trends shifted in favor of larger artworks, Leo realized that his townhouse gallery was not sufficient to meet these new demands. Indicative of the trend toward maximal art...
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