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Abstract Figurative Prints

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
Figurative Couple India Ltd Ed A/P Linocut Print Tender Days II Turquoise Brown
Located in Norfolk, GB
There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rura...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Printer s Ink, Woodcut, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

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

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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Bond
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Tosin Oyeniyi is Inspired by his unquenchable passion to preserve and project the African culture to the global arena. Through my craft, I am unrepentantly determined to give beauty to the sight; heal emotional wounds and injuries; emphasis on love; preach peaceful co-existence; highlight societal ills and injustices; advocate for the teeming poor; unite families and bind lesions that are occasioned by inevitable disagreements; educate the black youths...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Linen, Ink

Bond
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Tylaxpol
Located in New York, NY
This work is part of a limited edition of 48 Damien Hirst is a British contemporary master artist and entrepreneur recognized for his iconic artworks that have defined the contempor...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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

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

India Feasts of Fairs Festival original colorful vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original India Feasts of Fairs & Festivals vintage travel poster. Conservation linen backed in very fine condition. Ready to frame. A slight lower fold mark was professionall...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

Union
By Tony Bass
Located in Paonia, CO
Union IV is one of a series of original etching by American artist Tony Bass. Two abstract figures seem to be reaching for each other one on the left being pulled back but tryin...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

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

"Kimono 4" (Tan Kimono with Red Paper Strips)
Located in Soquel, CA
Paper applique kimono with red paper strips by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Numbered, titled, and signed along the bottom edge ("AP Kimono 4 Patricia A. Pearce"). No fra...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph, Tissue Paper

Dutch Masters, Larry Rivers
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Larry Rivers (1923-2002) Title: Dutch Masters Year: 1991 Medium: Lithograph and silkscreen on wove paper Edition: 23/500, plus proofs Size: 25 x 3...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

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

Modernist 1998 Flowering Tree Color Lithograph Dan Rizzie Mod Collage Artist
By Dan Rizzie
Located in Surfside, FL
Rizzie, Dan (American, born 1951) Flowering Tree 1998 Lithograph printed in colors on wave paper, Hand signed in pencil, dated, and numbered 6/25, unframed Provenance: acquired fro...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, 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

Sonia Delaunay - Composition - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Sonia Delaunay - Composition Original Lithograph 1969 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Revue XXe Siècle Cahiers d'art published under the direction of G. di San Lazzaro. Sonia Delaunay was known for her vivid use of color and her bold, abstract patterns, breaking down traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts as an artist, designer and printmaker. Born Sarah Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Ukraine, she was adopted in 1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved to Germany to study drawing with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutler (1863–1909) at the Karlsruhe academy of fine arts; Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer-to-be, was among her classmates there. In 1905, she traveled to Paris where she attended art classes at the Académie de la Palette, learned printmaking from Rudolf Grossman (1889–1941), and met Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966), André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), and Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883–1943). Sonia spent much of her time at exhibitions and galleries in Paris, which showed works by Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, as well as Les Fauves, Henri Matisse and André Derain. She did, however, maintain contact with Germany, exhibiting at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, in 1913, 1920 and 1921. During her first year in Paris, Sonia met the German collector and art-dealer, Wilhelm Uhde (1874–1947), whom she married on December 5, 1908, and whose Montparnasse gallery, the Galerie Notre-Dame des Champs, showed her first solo exhibition. Through Uhde, Sonia encountered many painters, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Robert Delaunay (1885–1941). In 1910, Sonia divorced Uhde by mutual agreement, married Delaunay that same year, and gave birth to their son, Charles, in January 1911. Together Sonia and Robert Delaunay pursued the study of color, influenced by theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889). Sonia’s interest in simultaneous contrast, as evidenced in her early collages, book bindings, small painted boxes, cushions, waistcoats and lampshades, led to one of her first large-scale works, the painting of the Bal Bullier (1912–1913), a popular Parisian dance-hall. Sonia’s first “simultaneous dresses,” a mix of squares and triangles of taffeta, tulle, flannelette, moiré, and corded silk, date from this period. Friendship with the poet Blaise Cendrars...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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. 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

"The Plain" Figurative Aquatint and Etching on Archival Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Plain" Figurative Aquatint and Etching on Archival Paper Bold aquatint by Jack Zajac (American, b. 1929). Seen from above, a figure stands outside at night, with arms outstretc...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Serigraphie Fernand Leger
Located in Belgrade, MT
This print is part of my private collection. They were published in a numbered unsigned edition of 1000, and a signed edition of 200, printed by Serifraphie Fernand Leger, Paris and ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Bacon, Pope Innocent X
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: After Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Title: Pope Innocent X, exhibition poster Year: 1999 Medium: Offset Lithograph on premium paper Size: 31.5 x 19.5 inches Condition: Excellent ...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Bacon, Pope Innocent X
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Shapes in Grid, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Lucio Del Pezzo
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lucio del Pezzo, Italian (1933 - ) Title: Shapes in Grid Year: circa 1970 Medium: Silkscreen, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 37/190 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 5...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

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

Sport Party - Lithograph (Olympic Games Munich 1972)
Located in Paris, IDF
Alan DAVIE Sport Party Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On edition paper 101 x 64 cm (c. 40 x 26 inch) Made for the Olympic Games in Munich, 1972 Excellent condition
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Red Olent Red
By Shigeki Kuroda
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Shigeki Kuroda (Japanese, b.1943) Title: Red Olent Red Year: circa 1990 Medium: Soft ground etching and aquatint Paper: Nippon watermarked pape...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

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

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 Orange Black
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, Celebration “O”, 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 piece I use multiple layering of image, repetition of shape, layered shapes to inform my life celebration and my investigation into Indian culture" 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

Silhouetted Figures, Surrealist Lithography by Marisol Escobar
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Marisol Escobar, French/Venezuelan (1930 - 2016) Title: Silhouetted Figures Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 15 Size: 44 in. x 30 in....
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

After Lunch Howard Hodgkin: Abstract black white painting, dots lines texture
Located in New York, NY
Abstract black and white hand painted print of interior scene with dots, lines, shadow and painted brushstroke texture. Ideal for display in minimalist, modern and contemporary space...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paint, Gouache, Etching

Flowers
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled, Flower, 1990 is a color silkscreen and lithograph on Arches 88 paper, by artist Donald Sultan (American, b. 1951) It is hand signed and numbered 31/125 in pencil by the artist. It was published by Parasol Editions Press L.T.D. Portland, Oregon. From the suite,Fruits. It is beautifully framed in a wood maple custom frame, with bevel and fabric matting. Donald Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and print maker, well-known for large-scale still life paintings and the use of industrial materials such as tar, enamel, spackle and vinyl tiles. He has been exhibiting internationally in prominent museums and galleries, and his works are included in important museum collections all over the globe. Donald Sultan rose...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Screen

Abstract Print India Artist Proof Linocut Nature Earth Love Red Orange
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, Twin Showcase, Lino-cut on German Ivory paper Edition: AP, 2005 Image size: 47 x 39 cm / Sheet size: 79 x 55 cm Unframed 'We belong where love finds us' 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

"Noir #11", Contemporary Miniature Figurative Abstract Lithograph in Black
Located in Soquel, CA
Miniature contemporary black and white abstract expressionist lithograph of a highly abstracted face in white by Bay Area artist Peter Foley (American, 20th/21stCentury). Signed "P.F...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Parchment Paper, Lithograph

"My Bedroom Windows in the Middle of the Night" Etching in Ink on Paper, #13/25
Located in Soquel, CA
"My Bedroom Windows in the Middle of the Night" Etching in Ink on Paper, #13/25 Bold surrealist etching by Ernesto Lombardi (Puerto Rican, 1929-2016). Several figures are floating i...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Ink, Archival Paper, Etching

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

"Portrait of Phyllis #22" from the suite "41 Etchings and Drypoints"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Richard Diebenkorn (American, April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. This piece title...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Arcadia
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Arcadia" c.1990, is an original colors etching with aquatint on Wove paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed, titled and numbered ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Westermann and Kapsalis Sculpture at Four Fourteen Art Center Poster
By HC Westermann
Located in New York, NY
H.C. Westermann, Thomas Kapsalis Rare artist designed early poster: Westermann and Kapsalis Sculpture at Four Fourteen Art Center and Gallery Chicago, 1957 Historic offset lithograph poster designed by both artists Not signed 17 × 22 inches Unframed This extremely rare poster on handmade paper was published for the Tom Kapsalis/H.C. Westermann sculpture exhibition at 414 Art Workshop and Gallery, Chicago Momentum, 1020 Art Center, Chicago in December 1957. The poster was hand designed by both artists, with each one designing his respective half for a cohesive whole, for an exhibition at a small, now defunct regional art center in the late fifties -- so it's not unreasonable to believe that there just aren't too many of these out there anymore. A must have for anyone seriously involved in the careers and legacies of each or both of these sculptors. About H.C. Westermann: American artist Horace Clifford Westermann (Los Angeles, 1922 – Danbury, 1981) assembled a distinctive and singular body of sculptures. His works were predominantly made from wood through his masterly command of carpentry and cabinetmaking, yet he also used other techniques and materials such as metal, glass and enamelling with incredible precision. Without adhering to one particular style, Westermann was a maker of objects, of separate pieces: his sculptures, laden with meaning, often irony, result from the processing of experience, coalescing to yield specific fragments of reality. It is the course of these fragments that the retrospective presented by the Museo Reina Sofía follows. A concern with going back to shelter would soon emerge, be it in the home or the body —and blighted by the threat of confinement and death. Also, stubborn or helpless figures would recur through Westermann’s oeuvre. The motif of the “death ship” runs right through the breadth of his production as well, pointing, on one side, to continued wandering and latent abandonment and, on the other, to a determined pursue of refuge which seems to hold firm across his work. At the turning point of the 1960s, Westermann’s sculptures drew from mass culture, and made part of several exhibitions of the new realisms, when the “cold” tag of Pop art had not yet fully taken shape. The exhibition presents this output and the “specificity” of Westermann’s objects, which interested Donald Judd in 1963. In later pieces his work increasingly deals with the absurd, either through playfulness with language, in the confusion between work and instrument, or with references to the impermanent Besides the sculptures, the show displays Westermann’s paintings, letter-drawings —in his correspondence with other artists, critics and friends— and series of prints, in which he applied vibrant colours to address themes such as an escapist, while critical depiction of the American scene; catastrophe, and fragility. A graduate from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1954, Horace Clifford Westermann produced most of his work from a small town in Connecticut, where he settled in 1961. He regularly exhibited his work in New York, and occasionally in Chicago and on the West Coast. Courtesy of Venus Over Manhattan About Tom Kapsalis: One of Chicago’s great abstractionists, painter Thomas H. Kapsalis (born 1922) has been an important artist and educator since the late ’40s, when he graduated from the School of the Art Institute. A prisoner of war in Germany, captured during the Battle of the Bulge, Kapsalis returned to continue his pursuit of art-making, eventually returning to Germany in the early ’50s on a Fullbright-Hays Fellowship to study with Willi Baumeister. He has taught at the School of the Art Institute since 1954, and his work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo shows. Among the honors bestowed upon Kapsalis are Huntington Harford Foundation Grants (1956, 1959); Robert Rice Jenkins Prize, Chicago Vicinity Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago (1956); Pauline Palmer Prize, Chicago Vicinity Exhibition, AIC (1960); Mr. Mrs. Julie F. Brower Prize, Chicago Vicinity Exhibition, AIC (1969). Courtesy of Corbett vs...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

The Dance II (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL APRIL 15th ONLY** *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Take Advantage Of It* Celebrating Spain in this original unique series by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

The Dance III (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL APRIL 15th ONLY** *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Take Advantage Of It* Celebrating Spain in this original unique series by ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

“Three Friends with Birds, Blue” Edition 2/10
Located in Houston, TX
Blue toned abstract figurative enhanced giclée depicting three men wearing funky hats and red striped vests. Signed by artist at the bottom right. Framed in a black and gold thick fr...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Acrylic, Giclée

Leafs
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Leafs" c.1980, is an original etching on Wove paper by noted American artist Charles Eckart, b.1935. It is hand signed and inscribed T/P in pencil by the artist. The pl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Black Moonlight: abstract black white and gray gouache and watercolor portrait
Located in New York, NY
Moody, expressive large scale black and white abstract interior scene with grey watercolor and gouache, depicting a bust, indian Mugal carpet, floral design...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

Squash scarce Abstract Expressionist woodcut print, Signed/N, top female artist
Located in New York, NY
Judy Pfaff Squash, 1985 Woodcut on wove paper Signed, numbered 78/85, dated and titled on the front with artist's and publisher's blind stamps. 21 3/4 × 29 3/4 inches Publisher Cente...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

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

Untitled (Mangold 1977.02; Parasol RM12), Robert Mangold
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Robert Mangold (1937) Title: Untitled (Mangold 1977.02; Parasol RM12), from Multiple Panel Paintings suite Year: 1992 Edition: 300, plus proofs ...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

"Seder" original artists proof signed lithograph by Theo Tobiasse
Located in Paonia, CO
Seder by Tobiasse shows a group of eleven men, woman and children sitting and standing around the Seder table with an orange background. This original lithograph is in good condi...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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

The Bloody Oscar I (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL FEB 29tH ONLY** THIS PRICE WON'T BE REPEATED AGAIN THIS YEAR - TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT** Celebrating the Academy with this Limited Oscar Art Series by Mauro O...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

Me Too / Time s Up Movements Oscar (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Celebrating the Academy in this original and limited Oscar art series by Mauro Oliveira. Limited edition of 30 museum quality Giclee prints on CANVAS, signed and numbered by the ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary 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

Young lady - XXI Century, Figurative etching print, Nude
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015) He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (later: Academy of Fine Arts)...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Untitled abstraction, woodcut, Signed/N, Art Against AIDS, British Pop pioneer
Located in New York, NY
Derek Boshier Untitled, from the Art Against AIDS Portfolio, 1988 Woodcut on paper with deckled edges Hand signed, numbered 38/50 and dated on lower front with printer's and publishe...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Woodcut, Pencil

Untitled Figure signed numbered mixed media print from scarce European portfolio
Located in New York, NY
George McNeil Untitled Figure, 1986 Lithograph on paper. Publisher's and Printer's Blind Stamps Hand-signed, numbered 78/84 and dated by the artist on the front with publisher's and...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Screen, Pencil

Joe Goode, Floating Cards - Part IV, Lithograph on Arches paper, Hand signed AP
Located in New York, NY
Joe Goode Floating Cards - Part IV, 1969 Lithograph on Arches paper with two deckled edges. Hand signed, dated and annotated Artists Proof on the lower front 22 1/4 × 29 4/5 inches Unframed Part of Joe Goode's five part 1960s series "Floating Cards". Rarely to market. The provenance of this print is from the Reese-Palley Gallery. The famous dealer and adventurer Reese Palley of Atlantic City New Jersey - was the second gallerist in the 1960s - after Paula Cooper - to set up shop in SOHO. Hand signed, dated, and annotated Artist's Proof aside from the regular edition. Pop art pioneer Joe Goode (born 1937) was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 1937. In 1959 he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he attended the Chouinard Art Institute until 1961. First recognized for his Pop Art milk bottle paintings and cloud imagery, Goode's work was included along with Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Jim Dine, Phillip Hefferton, Robert Dowd, Edward Ruscha, and Wayne Thiebaud, in the 1962 ground-breaking exhibit New Painting of Common Objects, curated by Walter Hopps...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Shooting into the Corner Poster (hand signed and dated by Anish Kapoor)
Located in New York, NY
Anish Kapoor Shooting into the Corner (hand signed and dated by Anish Kapoor), 2009 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed and dated 2016) Boldly signed and dated by Anish Kapoor on t...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Clarté I Mark Tobey abstract green turquoise and black lithograph
Located in New York, NY
Clarté by Mark Tobey is a characteristically delicate, abstract composition of swirling green and black curls. The gentle movement of his mark-making suggests a natural form such as ...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Wassily Kandinsky (after) - Small World - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Wassily Kandinsky (after) - Small World - Lithograph Conditions: excellent 32 x 24 cm 1952 From the art review XXe siècle, San Lazzaro Unsigned and unumber...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Abstract India Edition 3/5 Linocut Print Nature Australia Aborigine Purple Lilac
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 Limite...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Linocut, Archival Pigment

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