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ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Mexican woman artist 2004 original hand signed engraving abstract limited editio
Located in Miami, FL
Perla Krauze (Mexico, 1953) 'El exilio de los sentidos' (The exile of the senses), 2004 engraving and screenprint on paper 15 x 15 in. (38 x 38 cm.) Edition of 75 ID: KRA1662-001 Han...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Screen

Marc Chagall (1887–1985) - Le Violoncelliste du Village- Etching on paper - 1967
Located in Varese, IT
Etching on paper, edited in 1967 Limited edition of 35, numbered 5/35
 Signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner 
Paper size: 41.2 x 51.4 cm Plate size: 24.8 x 31.4 cm Very go...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Plate 459 Abortion by Johanna Goodman (Figurative Print, Abstract Print)
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that all prints are produced to order. Lead times expected between 15-20 days. Prices may change due to currency fluctuations. Giclée print on Archival Matte Paper ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Plate 463 Abortion by Johanna Goodman (Women s History, Figurative Print)
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that all prints are produced to order. Lead times expected between 15-20 days. Prices may change due to currency fluctuations. Giclée print on Archival Matte Paper ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

PICASSO, Galerie Louise Leiris Exhibition vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1972 exhibition poster: PICASSO, Galerie Louise Leiris Exhibition. Printer Moulot 1972. Henri Deschamps engraver. Translated, it is called: "The Painter & His Model" Fine condition. This was the last exhibition of Picasso's works before his death in 1973. The drawing of a young woman with an aging artist is typical of Picasso's concern with death towards the end of his life. This lithographic poster was designed to advertise an exhibition of 172 recent drawings by Pablo Picasso at the Galerie Louise Leiris in 1972. Lithography was authorized by Picasso and executed by French artist Henri Deschamps. Signed in the plate by Deschamps lower right. Printed by Mourlot in Paris, under Picasso's supervision, 1972. Catalogue Raisonne: Czwiklitzer 446; Rodrigo 241. Limited edition: 5,250. Sheet size: 28" x 19". Galerie Louise Leiris was a fine art gallery in Paris established by Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler in 1920. It was named after Kahnweiler's partner, André Simon. In 1940, the business was turned over to Louise Leiris, who was Kahnweiler's daughter. It was run under her name. Prominent among the artists who sold paintings...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Green Composition - Etching by Nino Cordio - 1995
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 14.7 x 10 cm. Green Composition is an original mixed colored etching realized by Nino Cordio in 1995. Hand signed and dated on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower left margin. Ed. 57/65. Nino Cordio (Santa Ninfa, 10 July 1937 - Rome, 24 April 2000...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Plate 293 from Imaginary Beings - Giclée Print on Archival Paper
Located in Brighton, GB
Plate 293 from Johanna Goodman's Catalogue of Imaginary Beings Please be aware that all prints are produced to order. Lead times expected between 15-20 days. Prices may change due...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Landscape by Moonlight, Barges in Vietnam lithograph by Vietnamese Master
Located in Norwich, GB
Wonderful original original artist's proof lithograph by Vietnamese/French Master Dang Lebadang. Marked EA (for "Epreuve d'Artiste" lower left, signed lo...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Tree of life. Mixed media drawing, Black and white, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
ZOFIA ANNA MISIAK Zofia Anna Misiak is a contemporary painter from an artistic family. Her parents are Janina Żylińska and Stanisław Misiak. Zofia Anna Misiak graduated from the Acad...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

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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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Ink, Lithograph, Offset

Not Everybody does have Flies in his Head
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Etching on fine art paper, E.A. 1/1 from the cycle " Botanical Dream Nr. 11", recently presented in the Danubiana Meulenstein Art Museum in Bratislava.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Original "Spoleto 1974, Lulu Opera vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original linen-backed 1974 Spoleto poster. Roman Polanski directed Alban Berg's opera LuLu at the Spoleto Festival, which was conducted by Christopher K...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Plate 396 from Imaginary Beings - Giclée Print on Archival Paper
Located in Brighton, GB
Plate 293 from Johanna Goodman's Catalogue of Imaginary Beings Giclée print on Archival Matte Paper with Archival Pigment Ink In 2017 Goodman was awarded the New York State Council...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée, Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Daybreak original limited edition etching by Lucille Lucas
By Lucille Lucas
Located in Paonia, CO
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...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Henri Matisse (after) Danseuse Creole
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Title: Danseuse Creole Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Medium: Lithograph Date: 1958 Edition: 2000 Frame Size: 21 1/4" x 17" Sheet Size: 14" ...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Plate 464 Abortion by Johanna Goodman (Women s History, Figurative, Digital)
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that all prints are produced to order. Lead times expected between 15-20 days. Prices may change due to currency fluctuations. Giclée print on Archival Matte Paper ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Plate 460 Abortion by Johanna Goodman (Women s History, Figurative Print)
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that all prints are produced to order. Lead times expected between 15-20 days. Prices may change due to currency fluctuations. Giclée print on Archival Matte Paper ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Plate 428 by Johanna Goodman (Valentine s, Women Artists, Prints, Figurative)
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that all prints are produced to order. Lead times expected between 15-20 days. Prices may change due to currency fluctuations. Giclée print on Archival Matte Paper ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

1970s Silkscreen "Woman on Checkered Background Red Green"
Located in Arp, TX
"Checkered Woman Red/ Green" Artist unknown Silkscreen on paper c. 1970s 19"x24" unframed unsigned
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

Plate 259 by Johanna Goodman (Valentine s, Women Artists, Prints, Figurative)
Located in Brighton, GB
Please be aware that all prints are produced to order. Lead times expected between 15-20 days. Prices may change due to currency fluctuations. Giclée print on Archival Matte Paper ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Plate 14 from Imaginary Beings - Abstract Giclée Print on Archival paper
Located in Brighton, GB
Giclée print on Archival Matte Paper with Archival Pigment Ink. In 2017 she was awarded the New York State Council for the Arts/New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship grant for...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée, Archival Pigment

Meeting in the cathedral. Mixed media drawing, Black and white, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
ZOFIA ANNA MISIAK Zofia Anna Misiak is a contemporary painter from an artistic family. Her parents are Janina Żylińska and Stanisław Misiak. Zofia Anna Misiak graduated from the Acad...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

VALENTINES YEAR (Limited Edition Of Only 30 Prints)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**FALL SUPER SALE UNTIL OCT. 13TH - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT** **IMPORTANT: This is a limited edition print on CANVAS. IT will arrive rolled inside a tube** The print will look like as...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Canvas

Eric Ravilious’s Eat with Etching Print by Mychael Barratt
Located in Deddington, GB
Eric Ravilious’s eat by Mychael Barratt [2022] Eric Ravilious's eat by Artist Mychael Barratt is a limited edition print. In this scene there are two women reading under a tree sur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Angel Delgado, ¨Halar la cadena¨, 2010, Silkscreen, 17.5x14.8 in
Located in Miami, FL
"Angel Delgado (Cuba, 1965) 'Halar la cadena', 2010 silkscreen on toilet cover 17.6 x 14.8 in. (44.5 x 37.5 cm.) Edition of 10 ID: DEL-101"
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Found Objects, Screen

Golden Oscar (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL MAY 15TH ONLY** *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Take Advantage of It* Celebrating the Academy in this original and limited Os...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Cotton Canvas

Temporary Like Achilles
Located in Kansas City, MO
Benito Huerta Temporary Like Achilles Year: 1999 8 Color Lithograph Edition: 32 Paper: Rives BFK, White Paper Size: 30.25 x 30 inches Image Size: Same Si...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Rare 1923 Cubist Reuven Rubin Woodcut Woodblock Print Israeli Hasidic Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the original first edition 1923 printing. there was a much later edition done after these originals. These are individually hand signed in pencil by artist as issued. This listing is for the one print. the other documentation is included here for provenance and is not included in this listing. The various images inspired by the Jewish Mysticism and rabbis and mystics of jerusalem and Kabbalah is holy, dramatic and optimistic Rubin succeeded to evoke the spirit of life in Israel in those early days. They are done in a modern art style influenced by German Expressionism, particularly, Ernst Barlach, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Franz Marc, as introduced to Israel by Jakob Steinhardt, Hermann Struck and Joseph Budko. Reuven Rubin 1893 -1974 was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania. Rubin Zelicovich (later Reuven Rubin) was born in Galati to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Finding himself at odds with the artistic views of the Academy's teachers, he left for Paris, France, in 1913 to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was of the well known Jewish artists in Paris along with Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine, At the outbreak of World War I, he was returned to Romania, where he spent the war years. In 1921, he traveled to the United States with his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik. In New York City, the two met artist Alfred Stieglitz, who was instrumental in organizing their first American show at the Anderson Gallery. Following the exhibition, in 1922, they both returned to Europe. In 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine. Rubin met his wife, Esther, in 1928, aboard a passenger ship to Palestine on his return from a show in New York. She was a Bronx girl who had won a trip to Palestine in a Young Judaea competition. He died in 1974. Part of the early generation of artists in Israel, Joseph Zaritsky, Arieh Lubin, Reuven Rubin, Sionah Tagger, Pinchas Litvinovsky, Mordecai Ardon, Yitzhak Katz, and Baruch Agadati; These painters depicted the country’s landscapes in the 1920s rebelled against the Bezalel school of Boris Schatz. They sought current styles in Europe that would help portray their own country’s landscape, in keeping with the spirit of the time. Rubin’s Cezannesque landscapes from the 1920s were defined by both a modern and a naive style, portraying the landscape and inhabitants of Israel in a sensitive fashion. His landscape paintings in particular paid special detail to a spiritual, translucent light. His early work bore the influences of Futurism, Vorticism, Cubism and Surrealism. In Palestine, he became one of the founders of the new Eretz-Yisrael style. Recurring themes in his work were the bible, the prophet, the biblical landscape, folklore and folk art, people, including Yemenite, Hasidic Jews and Arabs. Many of his paintings are sun-bathed depictions of Jerusalem and the Galilee. Rubin might have been influenced by the work of Henri Rousseau whose naice style combined with Eastern nuances, as well as with the neo-Byzantine art to which Rubin had been exposed in his native Romania. In accordance with his integrative style, he signed his works with his first name in Hebrew and his surname in Roman letters. In 1924, he was the first artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Tower of David, in Jerusalem (later exhibited in Tel Aviv at Gymnasia Herzliya). That year he was elected chairman of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Palestine. From the 1930s onwards, Rubin designed backdrops for Habima Theater, the Ohel Theater and other theaters. His biography, published in 1969, is titled My Life - My Art. He died in Tel Aviv in October 1974, after having bequeathed his home on 14 Bialik Street and a core collection of his paintings to the city of Tel Aviv. The Rubin Museum opened in 1983. The director and curator of the museum is his daughter-in-law, Carmela Rubin. Rubin's paintings are now increasingly sought after. At a Sotheby's auction in New York in 2007, his work accounted for six of the ten top lots. Along with Yaacov Agam and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Education 1912 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem 1913-14 École des Beaux Arts, Paris and Académie Colarossi, Paris Select Group Exhibitions Eged - Palestine Painters Group Eged - Palestine Painters Group, Allenby Street, Tel Aviv 1929 Artists: Chana Orloff, Abraham Melnikoff, Rubin, Reuven Nahum Gutman, Sionah Tagger,Arieh Allweil, Jewish Artists Association, Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, 1929 Artists: Ludwig Blum,Eliyahu Sigad, Shmuel Ovadyahu, Itzhak Frenel Frenkel,Ozer Shabat, Menahem Shemi, First Exhibition of ''Hever Omanim'' First Exhibition of ''Hever Omanim'' Steimatzky Gallery, Jerusalem 1936 Artists: Gutman, Nachum Holzman, Shimshon Mokady, Moshe Sima, Miron Rubin, Reuven Steinhardt, Jakob Ben Zvi, Zeev Ziffer, Moshe Allweil, Arieh Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Katz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 1939 Artists: Avni, Aharon Holzman, Shimshon Gliksberg, Haim Gutman, Nachum Ovadyahu, Shmuel Shorr, Zvi Schwartz, Chaya Streichman, Yehezkel Tagger, Sionah Rubin, Reuven A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of Israel A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of Israel The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1940 Artists: Shemi, Menahem Rubin, Reuven Avni, Aharon Mokady, Moshe Jonas, Ludwig Steinhardt, Jakob Ticho, Anna Krakauer, Leopold Gutman, Nachum Budko, Joseph Ardon, Mordecai Sima, Miron Castel, Moshe Pann, Abel Struck, Hermann Gur Arie, Meir Ben Zvi, Zeev Litvinovsky, Pinchas Artists in Israel for the Defense, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv 1967 Artists: Avraham Binder, Motke Blum, (Mordechai) Samuel Bak, Yosl Bergner, Nahum Gilboa, Jean David, Marcel Janco, Lea Nikel, Jacob Pins, Esther Peretz...
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1920s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Original "Monte-Carlo Festival International de Television" vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Monte Carlo Festival International de Television antique poster. Size: 25.5" x 36". Artist Molné (Molne). Year: 1963. (Monte Carlo...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Morning Madness - from Lewis Carroll s the Complete Sylvie and Bruno 1991
Located in Soquel, CA
Morning Madness - Original Abstract Expressionist Lithograph Original black and white abstract geometric lithograph by Renee Flower (American). The image features a black and white ...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Ink, Laid Paper, Etching

Three Standing Figures
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Three Standing Figures," 1976, in an original color lithograph on Arches paper by British artist Henry Moore, 1898-1986. It is hand signed with initials in pencil. It was published by Association de Bibliophiles Art et Poesie, and printed by Curwen Studio, London. From the suite, La Poesie, Les Poetes. From the edition of 110. Catalogue raisonne by Cramer, plate #323. In excellent condition. It is beautifully framed in a custom wooden gold frame with gold color bevel and fabric matting. Henry Spencer Moore...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Haarlem" Aquatint Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract aquatint by Johnny Friedlaender (Polish-French, 1912-1992). Comprised of two main sections, this piece is full of detail and texture. The upper layer is a reddish tan, whereas the bottom layer is a rich brown. Geometrical shapes are arranged such that they almost form mirror images of each other, but vary enough to create interest and a sense of movement. Signed in the lower right corner. Numbered 56/350 in the lower left corner. Includes original certificate of authenticity. Presented in a new cream mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 42"H x 32"W Paper size: 33.75"H x 24.5"W Johnny Friedlaender was a leading 20th century artist, whose works have been exhibited in Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Japan and the United States. He has been influential upon other notable artists, who were students in his Paris gallery. His preferred medium of aquatint etching is a technically difficult artistic process, of which Friedlaender has been a pioneer. Johnny Gotthard Friedlaender was born in Pless (Silesia) and his early studies were in Breslau under Otto Mueller. In 1936 Friedlaender journeyed to Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Austria, France and Belgium. At the Hague he held a successful exhibition of etchings and watercolours. He fled to Paris in 1937 as a political refugee of the Nazi regime with his young wife, who was an actress. In that year he held an exhibition of his etchings which included the works: L 'Equipe and Matieres et Formes. From 1939 to 1943 he was interned in a series of concentration camps, but survived against poor odds. After freedom in 1944 Friedlaender began a series of twelve etchings entitled Images du Malheur with Sagile as his publisher. In the same year he received a commission to illustrate four books by Freres Tharaud of the French Academy. In 1945 he performed work for several newspapers including Cavalcade and Carrefour. In the year 1947, he produced the work Reves Cosmiques, and in that same year he became a member of the Salon de Mai, which position he held until 1969. In the year 1948 he began a friendship with the painter Nicolas de Stael and held his first exhibition in Copenhagen at Galerie Birch. The following year he showed for the first time in Galerie La Hune in Paris. After living in Paris for 13 years, Friedlaender became a French citizen in 1950. Friedlaender expanded his geographic scope in 1951, and exhibited in Tokyo in a modern art show. In the same year he was a participant in the XI Trienale in Milan, Italy. By 1953 he had produced works for a one-man show at the Museum of Neuchâtel and exhibited at the Galerie Moers in Amsterdam, the II Camino Gallery in Rome, in São Paulo, Brazil and in Paris. He was a participant of the French Italian Art Conference in Turin, Italy that same year. Friedlaender accepted an international art award in 1957, becoming the recipient of the Biennial Kakamura Prize in Tokyo. In 1959 he received a teaching post awarded by UNESCO at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. By 1968, Friedlaender was travelling to Puerto Rico, New York and Washington, D.C. to hold exhibitions. That year he also purchased a home in the Burgundy region of France. 1971 was another year of diverse international travel including shows in Bern, Milan, Paris, Krefeld and again New York. In the latter city he exhibited paintings at the Far Gallery, a venue becoming well known for its patronage of important twentieth century artists. From his atelier in Paris Friedlaender instructed younger artists who themselves went on to become noteworthy, among them Arthur Luiz Piza, Brigitte Coudrain, Rene Carcan...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching, Aquatint

"Altered States of an Autorittrati", Skeleton Limited Edition Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking figurative abstract lithograph with skeleton by California artist I. Colon (20th Century). Numbered, titled, and signed along the bottom edge ("E.V. IV/X "Altered States ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Nassos Daphnos, Structures (Rare Leo Castelli Gallery invitation
Located in New York, NY
Nassos Daphnis Structures (Rare Leo Castelli Gallery invitation), 1963 Offset Lithograph poster/invitation 22 × 16 inches Publisher Leo Castelli Gallery Accompanied by gallery issued...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

de Kooning, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 8.96 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, In Memory of My Feelings,...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original Secret Ceremony or "Ceremonie Secrete" vintage movie poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original linen-backed Secret Ceremony vintage film poster. French, archival linen backed in fine condition, ready to frame. A woman and the girl s...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Offset

Nude Study (4)
Located in Columbia, MO
Norman Carton Norman Carton (Russian American, 1908–1980), a vibrant force in Abstract Expressionism, was known for his dynamic use of color and expressive, gestural brushwork. Born...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

Garden
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Garden" 1997, is an original etching on Wove paper by noted American artist Charles Eckart, b.1935. It is hand signed, dated, titled and numbered 3/8 in pencil b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Narziss-Limited Edition Etching with Aquatint, comes with COA
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Etching with Aquatint 41/50. 36.5 in x 30 in, Framed. Signed by Artist, comes with Certificate of Authenticity. Image is in Excellent Condition. Frame shows signs of wear/cosmetic im...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Johns, Two Cup Picasso (ULAE 123) (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Jasper Johns (1930) Title: Two Cup Picasso Year: 1981 Medium: Lithograph and silkscreen on premium paper Size: 14 x 10.5 inches Inscription: Signed & dated with the artist's ...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

L Artiste dans le Studio from Douze Contemporains
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Fernand Leger (after) Title: L'Artiste dans le Studio from Douze Contemporains Year: 1959 Original: 1938 Medium: Lithograph with Pochoir on Wove paper, signed and dated in t...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Malach
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Jerome Kaplan (1920-1997). Malach (Angel), 1952. Lithograph on wove paper. Image measures 15 x 19 inches; 23 x 28 inches in custom shadowbox frame with custom beveled linen matting. ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Malach
Malach
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Original Mondorf-les-Baines vintage spa poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Mondorf-les-Baines lithograph created by the artist Lex Weyer in 1959. Archival linen back in very fine to excellent condition; ready to frame. Grand-Duche de Luxembour...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

1984 Olympics Lithograph (Hand Signed, Limited Edition w/ Olympic Committee COA)
Located in New York, NY
Raymond Saunders Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games (Hand Signed with Olympic Committee COA), 1982 Lithograph Signed in graphite pencil on the front. Accompanied by a letter of authentic...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

1916 German Expressionism Figurative Lithograph Man Two Horses Paul Kleinschmidt
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Kleinschmidt, (1883–1949) "Man & Two Horses" Lithograph 1916 Frame: 21" X 17" Image: 13.5" X 10.5" Rare Artist's Proof Provenance: bears labels from ACA Galleries and Richard ...
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1910s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Figurenberg (Figure-mountain)
By Roland Doerfler
Located in Kansas City, MO
Roland Dörfler Title: Figurenberg (Figure-mountain) Medium: Etching Edition: 100 Signed, dated, titled, numbered or inscribed Size: 22.6 × 18.7 on 28.7 × 20.3 inches COA provided
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jet Stream Nude, Abstract Monoprint by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alvin Carl Hollingsworth, American (1928 - 2000) - Jet Stream Nude, Medium: Monoprint, signed lower left, Size: 10.5 x 16.5 in. (26.67 x 41.91 cm), Frame Size: 20 x 26 inches, Des...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Monoprint

Whoosh
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Oil on paper, signed lower right corner. Artist Robert Roach lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico. His one-of-a-kind, abstract monoprints are inspire...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Monotype

Chamonix Mid-Century Hand Signed Original Lithograph.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid-Century original lithograph entitled " Chamonix " hand signed by Joan Gardy Artigas and numbered 12/75 on arches vellum rag paper from the 1966-70 edition. Presented in period 19...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Printer s Ink, Rag Paper, Lithograph

Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled" 1977, is an original etching on Wove paper by noted American artist Charles Eckart, b.1935. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 7/50 in pencil by the artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Abstract Landscape India Edition 3/5 Linocut Print Nature Red Navy Primitive
Located in Norfolk, GB
There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that both depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rural India. In these Limited Edition fine-art prints, made over a period of twenty years, we are offered the colours of India’s ancient land, the textures, light and the patterns that are everywhere. In the patterns of the arable fields to the jali's (carved screens) in the architecture. This work is however not romantic nor nostalgic but shows a deeper rooted need to offer a visual heritage of place, of where the artist is from and the journey that he is taking. The results are both compelling and honest. Mukesh Sharma, Frenzy M3, Lino-cut chin-coll’e on German Ivory paper Edition: 3 of 5, 2005 Image size: 50 x 33 cm / Sheet size: 79 x 55 cm Unframed 'In this work in particular I feel that a true work of art is the creation of an experience from the interaction between the human self and the outside world' Mukesh Sharma's work: It is often in childhood that paths are set for what we will become. Mukesh Sharma hails from a rural, agricultural village in Rajasthan, India. His Father is a craftsman who fixed and mended farm machinery and understood the working parts in the processes. Sharma followed in his Father’s footsteps, as is often the case in Indian families, but his was not the machines of the fields but the presses of the printing studio. Like his Father, Mukesh Sharma is fascinated with understanding how things work and how he can manipulate the metal in his hands. It is not surprising then that his medium of choice is printing. One of the most physically challenging of all the practices, it can often be physically challenging as well as technical and detailed. In his youth, Sharma would draw with stones on walls and floors. He was lucky his family encouraged this and he is grateful for his early art-training at the Jaipur School of Art but it was at the Baroda Art Department that he was introduced to the great printing traditions of Jyoti Bhatt...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut, Archival Pigment

Screenprint for the Relocation Project, Serpentine Gallery, London. UK Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Tadashi Kawamata Untitled for the Relocation Project, Serpentine Gallery, London, 1997 Screenprint on wove paper Pencil signed, dated '97 and numbered 169/180. 34 1/2 × 24 3/4 inches...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

Art Investment Report
Located in New York, NY
Mary Bauermeister Art Investment Report, 1983 Lithograph on Arches paper Hand-signed by artist, hand signed and dated, with annotated blind stamp 26 1/2 × 20 inches Edition AP/250 Un...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Sacred Heart (Limited Edition Print Of Only 30 Prints)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**STORE CLOSURE - UP TO 80% OFF - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT** ***EVERYTHING MUST GO BY DECEMBER 31ST!*** >>The artist is moving to a new full time venture in 2026<< _________...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas

Mary Bauermeister at Galleria Schwarz Milano (Hand signed, dated and inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
Mary Bauermeister Mary Bauermeister at Galleria Schwarz Milano (Hand signed, dated and inscribed), 1972 Offset lithograph on exhibition catalogue (hand signed, dated and inscribed in...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Golden Oscar (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL MAY 15TH ONLY** THIS PRICE WON'T BE REPEATED AGAIN THIS YEAR - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT** Celebrating the Academy in this original and limited Oscar art series...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Cotton Canvas

"Red for Love 9" Photography 18" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Tetiana Kalivoshko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Red for Love 9" Photography 18" x 28" inch Edition of 24 by Tetiana Kalivoshko "The Red One - That Is Love" "The Red One - That Is Love" is a thought-provoking art series by Tetian...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Digital Pigment

Sin título, Surrealist Screenprint by Miguel Angel Rojas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Miguel Angel Rojas, Colombian (1946 - ) Title: Sin Titulo Year: 1992 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Edition: 4/150 Image...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

Like a Dream, Arman
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Arman (1929-2005) Title: Like a Dream Year: 1979 Edition: A.P., 150, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 30 x 22.25 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signe...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

Like a Dream, Arman
Like a Dream, Arman
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The Accordian Player
Located in New York, NY
deluxe limited edition of 25 medium: etching, aquatint, with carborundum, collage on paper year: 1980 paper size: 58" x 38" image size: 58" x 38" (145 x 98 cm.) frame size: 65.5" x...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Mixed Media, Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph

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