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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
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

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

Abstract Landscape India Edition 3/5 Linocut Print Nature Green Yellow Leaves
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, Untitled, Lino-cut chin- coll’e on German Ivory paper Edition: 3 of 5, 1999 Image size: 50 x 33 cm / Sheet size: 79 x 55 cm Unframed 'This work reminds me of my childhood and early youth, growing up in a village that was full of nature, surrounded by lush green. The towering Aravalli hills left a strong impression on me.' 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

Rueckenakt
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title: Rueckenakt Medium: Etching Edition: 50 Signed and numbered by hand Size: 21.5 × 17.6 on 25.0 × 19.9 inches COA provided Claude Garache is a French artist. He has worked in pa...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

It s Only Rock 2
Located in Brecon, Powys
Mono prints with litho on Fabriano paper. Edition of 1
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Monoprint

Vintage Abstract Figurative Etching -- "Embrace"
By Patricia Way
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage abstract figural "Embrace", a lithograph by Patricia Ann Way (American, 20th Century). Signed "Patricia Way" and dated "76" lower right. Slight crease to lower center and s...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Uses and Customs - Queens Attire - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Queens attire is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the go...
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1860s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Aubervilliers (France)
Located in New York, NY
Trying my best to decipher the name I get Leo Tanenbaum. Well, (Sergeant) Sgt. Leo Tanenbaum. Sorry that I haven't been able to find a mid-century artist with this name. It's such an...
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1940s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

1960s "After Brueghel" Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "After Brueghel" c.1960s Intaglio etching, ink on paper 6"x4" site unframed Titled in pencil, estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September ...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink

Rainbow Signed/N 1970s silkscreen lithograph, pioneering female Fluxus artist
Located in New York, NY
Mary Bauermeister Rainbow, 1973 Lithograph and silkscreen on creamy white paper Hand signed, dated and numbered 56/250 by the artist on the front 19 x 25.5 inches Unframed This work is on the permanent collection of various institutions like: Rice University, Samuel Dorksy Museum of Art, Rutgers Zimmerli Museum and Wheaton College Massachusetts. While studying the fringe sciences the 1970s, Bauermeister created Rainbow (1973), a lithograph and silkscreen. She uses a creamy white background as the base. Two intersecting diagonal bands of color transcend across the page, and black cursive lettering dances over the surface serving as a mind map of interweaving ideas. Through the central band, Bauermeister shifts through the color spectrum; she begins with red and finishes with violet. Inspired by music, she uses strokes of color that are rhythmically smeared across the lithograph. The surface lettering, a kind of visual poetry, explores her interest in human emotion and science. The viewer can see Bauermeister’s thoughts as they flow into one another through the use of words such as bliss, love, and healing. Bauermeister also includes a repetition of words such as cancer, sickness, and cure. The word cancer emerges from a cell-like shape. A careful study of the words shows that they may seem dark in nature; however, she juxtaposes these words against the cheerful title and colors. Perhaps the rainbow symbolizes a new hope, an inspiration for an optimistic future. -Courtesy to the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art About Mary Bauermeister: A multidisciplinary artist known for her intricate and enigmatic assemblages, Mary Bauermeister (1934-2023) continues to defy categorization with layered works in a range of media. A precursory figure of the Fluxus movement—her studio was the meeting point for a number of defining artists of the avant-garde—her work plays an integral role in the discussion of art, both European and American, that emerged from the 1960s. Her reliefs and sculptures, which have incorporated drawing, text, found objects, natural materials and fabric, reference a plethora of concepts: from natural phenomena and astronomy to mathematics and language, as well as her own “spiritual-metaphysical experiences.” Maturing amidst the currents of Minimalism and Pop Art, Bauermeister’s art has resisted labels due to the singular expression of her interests and concerns, among them the simultaneous transience and permanence of the natural world with experimentations in transparency and magnification, multiplication and variation, structure and order, chance and ephemerality, introversion and extroversion. Her three-dimensional receptacles of thoughts, ideas, and notes contain visual, conceptual, and philosophical paradoxes that challenge perceptions and that offer literal and metaphorical windows into which one can glimpse the inner workings of the artist’s mind. - Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Screen, Mixed Media

Assemblee des Rabbins et Notables.. original lithograph by Theo Tobiasse
Located in Paonia, CO
Assemblee des Rabbins et Notables au 16 siecle  dans un village de Lithuanie is an original artist proof ( E. A. ) lithograph by  Theo Tobiasse (b.1927 -2012) , an internationally successful French painter, engraver, illustrator, and sculptor. He grew up in Paris during the Nazi occupation. His work has great depth and originality as he seeks to express the inner world of man.  Perhaps the hardships he and his family endured helped define his artistic expression. He has had many exhibitions around the world, in Paris at the Drouant gallery, in Geneva, Montreal or Tokyo, then London, Zurich, Lauzanne, Los Angeles, Kyiv. He also had a solo exhibition in New York and many more shows world wide over the years.  A visit to Jerusalem in 1970 brought him closer to his Jewish origins. He created his first stained glass windows on the theme of “Jewish Holidays” for the Jewish Community Center in Nice and a monumental oil on canvas entitled Que tes tentes sont belles, ô Jacob (1982). He traveled and immersed himself in the cultures he encountered, the jazz of New Orleans, Mexican archaeological sites and Native American totems. In New York, he met Elie Wiesel...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"The Cove" Abstract Landscape of a Desert with Mother and Child Lithograph
Located in Houston, TX
Gray toned abstract landscape of a desert with mother and child walking by coves. Original print is at the Portland Art Museum collections. Signed and titled by the artist. Framed and matted in a black wooden frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 12 x W 17.38 Artist Biography: William Givler was one of the most influential artists and teachers in Oregon. He devoted forty-two years to the Museum Art School, beginning in 1931 as an instructor, interrupted by service as a forester during World War II, and then as dean from 1944 until his retirement in 1973. He established the four-year degree program and secured accreditation for the school. In 1949 Givler inaugurated the first Print Annual at the Portland Art Museum. In 1953 Givler, Carl Hall, and two Washington artists exhibited in a four-person show at the Seattle Art Museum. He had many one-person shows throughout the United States during his long career: Seattle Art Museum, Portland Art Museum, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, University of Virginia, and others. In 1959 Givler painted an oil, Mt. Hood, for Timberline Lodge...
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1950s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Graphite

Nude Study (11)
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

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

Forget me nots - XX century, Mixed media print, Figurative, Portrait, Abstract
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (born in 1948) He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Mixed Media

Natura Morta - Lithograph by Concetto Pozzati - 1990s
Located in Roma, IT
The print is a lithograph with a print run of 150 copies, in very good condition. The lithograph print bears the print number in the lower left margin and the artist's hand signatur...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Large 1960 s California Pop Art Abstract Expressionist LA Lithograph John Altoon
Located in Surfside, FL
John Altoon (1925-1969) UNTITLED, 1966, color lithograph, hand signed in pencil and inscribed trail proof II, sheet 29 ¾ x 41 ¼, printed by Gemini G.E.L., with their blind stamp low...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Clock - Print by Vagaram Choudhary - 2024
Located in Roma, IT
"Clock" is a painting realized by Indian Artist Vagaram Choudhary in 2024. Painting Medium : Natural pigment on wasli paper Painting backside Hand sign with years Painting style ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Washi Paper, Pigment

HAPPY IN PINK Signed Lithograph, Abstract Figure, Black Yellow Red Lavender Aqua
Located in Union City, NJ
HAPPY IN PINK is an original limited edition lithograph by the Dutch artist Karel Appel printed using traditional hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid...
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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

Japanese woman artist, one-of-a-kind framed original abstract monoprint in blue
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a one-of-a-kind original monoprint, made on a press by contemporary Japanese woman artist Kyoko Takagaki. Takagaki studied art at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, USA. ...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Monoprint

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

View from below - Contemporary Gouache Painting, Abstraction
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (born in 1948) He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Gouache, Cardboard

Visage - 1974 Original Monoprint Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Visage - 1974 Original Lithograph on Paper Original 1974 Lithograph depicting an abstracted mans face by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Black ink is used to out...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Marcel Pouget original signed limited ed. Expressionist lithograph
Located in Paonia, CO
Marcel Pouget (1923 -1985 ) painter, poet, choreographer and film maker was a member of the avant -garde group COBRA. This was a reactionary movement in search of free expre...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Spirits Through Time VIII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 24"
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract figural limited edition print by Ned Martin features a warm palette. Two women stand together, one with her eyes covered by a white cloth and holding a small gold plate...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Digital, Giclée

La Charrue
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Georges Braque Title: "La Charrue" (The Plow) Year: 1960 Medium: Original Hand Colored Lithograph on Printed Japan Nacre Signature / Edition: Signed in pencil "G. Braque" in ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

No title
Located in Paris, FR
Stencil The work signed in the plate 24.00 cm. x 35.00 cm. 9.45 in. x 13.78 in. (image) 42.50 cm. x 53.00 cm. 16.73 in. x 20.87 in. (frame) LCD5581
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1950s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Stencil

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

Iranian Israeli Large Aquatint Etching Figurative Abstract Circus Monde Balloons
Located in Surfside, FL
Bright colorful abstract circus scene with balloons. Born in 1941 in Sanandaj, Iran and immigrated to Israel at the age of 17. Elie Abrahami began his study of art at the Avni School...
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20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Aquatint

Interaction - Print by Vagaram Choudhary - 2024
Located in Roma, IT
"Interaction" is a painting realized by Indian artist Vagaram Choudhary in 2024. Painting Medium : Natural pigment on wasli paper Painting backside Hand sign with years Painting s...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Washi Paper, Pigment

Collecting Clouds - Print by Vagaram Choudhary - 2024
Located in Roma, IT
"Collecting clouds” is a painting realized by Indian artist Vagaram Choudhary in 2024. "Collecting clouds" Natural pigment on wasli paper Painting style contemporary Indian miniatu...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Washi Paper, Pigment

1960 s California Pop Art Abstract Expressionist LA Lithograph "About Women"
Located in Surfside, FL
John Altoon (American, 1925-1969) From the 'About Women' Series. Color lithograph 1965/66, Hand signed and editioned in pencil with the chop mark of Gemini G.E.L. publishers John Altoon (1925 - 1969), an American artist, was born in Los Angeles to immigrant Armenian parents. From 1947–1949 he attended the Otis Art Institute, from 1947 to 1950 he also attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, and in 1950 the Chouinard Art Institute. Altoon was a prominent figure in the LA art scene in the 1950s and 1960s. Exhibitions of his work have been held at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, The Baxter Museum, Pasadena, and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Altoon's work was influenced by the Abstract Expressionism Movement although he is best known for his figurative drawings of the 1960s, with as Leah Ollman describes "a vocabulary of vaguely figurative, botanical and biological forms that he pursued until his death." He was part of the "Ferus group" of artists so called for their association to the Ferus Gallery that operated in Los Angeles in 1957–1966. Some of the other artists included in this group are Edward Kienholz, Larry Bell, Robert Irwin, Billy Al Bengston. He was featured in the Cool School documentary, a film about Altoon and other Ferus Gallery artists such as Walter Hopps and Ed Kienholz...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Rainbow: Thelonious Monk, Devil at the Keyboard, Lithograph by Willem De Kooning
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Willem de Kooning, Dutch/American (1904 - 1997) Title: Rainbow - Thelonious Monk - Devil at the Keyboard Year: 1972 Medium: Six Color Lithograph on Thin Velin, printed signat...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Portrait of a Lady - Etching by Thomas Cheesman - Early-19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Lady is a beautiful etching on paper, realized by the English artist  Thomas Cheesman (1760 - 1834).  Signed on plate on the right corner, the watercolor etching is d'...
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Early 19th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Time And Space - Black and White Lithograph On Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking abstract expressionist lithograph by I. Colon (20th Century). An open hand with a baby in the palm is the focal point with objects, including a spaceship, an eye and doodles...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Frank Denota (1966) - Underground - Lithograph on paper - 2020
Located in Varese, IT
Lithograph on paper, edited in 2020. Limited edition, numbered PA (Artist's Proof) Signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner. Very good conditions. Paper size: 65 x 91 cm A r...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

L’ETE 1969 Signed Etching Limited Edition
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Barbara Kwasniewska Title: L'Ete Year: 1969 Medium Type: etching Size-Width Size-Height: 22.5'' x 30" inches Signed Edition Size: Signed, Titled, and Numbered 2/75 ...
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1960s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Etching

Alice Earl Lyall, (Abstraction -- with Figure)
Located in New York, NY
This print was made for the American Abstract Artists Portfolio, 1937. All the images were lithographs made on zinc plates. Usually they were signed or initialed in the image -- on t...
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1930s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Little Evil - Portrait Study - Geometric Abstract - Unique Luminogram Print
Located in London, GB
"The portrait was chosen because it is fascinating to me - that underlaying interests is essential to get a good running start at an idea - as well the fact that the human head has b...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogram, Silver G...

"For Each That You Take" - Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"For Each That You Take" - Etching on Paper Abstract expressionist etching depicting a human-like tree as the focal point, with a figure sittin...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

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

Passing Shaman 17
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Lawrence Fodor – American (1951- ) Title: Passing Shaman 17 Year: 1989 Medium: Monotype Image size: 18 x 12 inches Sheet size: 30 x 22 inches Framed size: 32.5 x 24.5 inches Signature: Signed, dated lower right by the artist Condition: Excellent Frame: Floating. Framed in modern wood frame. Frame in good condition. This haunting monotype is by the well-known artist Lawrence Fodor (1951-). It is in excellent condition, archivally mounted and floating in a modern wood frame. The maple frame is in good condition with a few very light scratches. Lawrence Fodor began the pursuit of painting when he was 10. He studied at Orange Coast College and received a BFA from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California where he also did graduate work towards his MFA in printmaking and painting. He has studied, traveled and lived in Europe, Asia, Central and South America. His work is exhibited and collected extensively in private and public collections including the Lannan Foundation in Santa Fe, New Mexico and recently by the Modern Art Museum of Forth Worth, Texas, among others. In addition to a studio art career as a painter and printmaker he has done curating and fine art consulting, residential design and construction, graphic design, gallery management, set design and production for live theater. He has worked and had studios in Los Angeles, Long Beach and Santa Barbara, California, Kathmandu, Nepal, Tucson, Arizona and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Maintaining studios in both locations, his work includes painting using oil, alkyd resin and cold wax on canvas, panels, and wood boxes, monotypes, watercolors, other works on paper and photography. Source: Artist's website C UR R I C U L U M V I T A E BORN 1951, Los Angeles, CA. EDUCATION 1974 – 1976 Graduate Work toward MFA, Otis Art Institute • Los Angeles, CA 1973 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing/Printmaking Major • Otis Art Institute • Los Angeles, CA 1971 Associate of Arts Degree, Fine Arts Major • Orange Coast College • Costa Mesa, CA TRAVEL 2015 – 2016 Independent study & research in Baja del Sur, Mexico 2013 Independent study & research in Key West & surrounding Keys & Islands including Dry Tortugas National Park 2009 – 2010 Independent study & research in Costa Rica, Argentina & Patagonia 1985 – 2008 Independent study & research in England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico & Costa Rica 1974 – 1975 Independent study in Katmandu, Nepal 1974 Independent study & research in England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy & Switzerland S E L ECTED EXHIBITIONS 2019 “…a tireless hand.” • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID 2017 Eclipse: obscured memories • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Amended Mythologies • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA Purple Haze • Group Exhibition • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM 2016 EMERGENCE • Group Exhibition • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM 2014 Without Gravity • Solo Exhibition • Chiaroscuro @ Gebert Contemporary • Santa Fe, NM 2013 Friends and Family • Three-Person Exhibition with Florence Pierce & Mala Breuer • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM Again: Repetition, Obsession and Meditation • Group Exhibition with Agnes Martin, Sol Lewitt, Olafur Eliasson, Uta Barth, Chuck Close, Susan York & others • Lannan Foundation • Santa Fe, NM 2012 Infinite Sequence 2 • Two-Person Exhibition with Chris Richter • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Holding Light 4: 315 paintings • Site-specific installation • ALCOVE 12.6: New Mexico Museum of Art • Santa Fe, NM Holding Light 02: 81 paintings • Installation • Laguna Art Museum • Laguna Beach CA Infinite Sequence • Two-Person Exhibition with Chris Richter • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA 2010 Ligatures and Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA Considered • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Speak for the Trees • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID & Seattle, WA 2009 Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Lannan Foundation • Santa Fe, NM Ligatures & Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Ligatures & Kōan Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM 2008 Ligatures • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA Gold • Group Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art Stochastic II • Solo Exhibition • R Duane Reed Gallery • St. Louis, MO 2007 Stochastic • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM 2006 Summer Moon • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA 2005 Moment of Inertia • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM Winter Group Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM 2004 Sustained Resonance • Two-Person Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA Beneath the Surface • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Beneath the Surface • Two-Person Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA Greek Contributions to Mankind • An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art • Group Exhibition, catalog • United States Embassy • Athens, Greece • Curator: Virginia Shore 2003 A Given Moment – Part 2 • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Group exhibition • Jeannie Denholm • The Shed • Newport Beach, CA Outside Within • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA 2002 The Art Collection • Embassy of the United States of America • Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 2002 A Given Moment • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Group Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM 2001 Stream from the Clearing • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA 2000 Group exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Group exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA 1999 Vestiges II • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM 1998 Into the Clearing • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM The Romantic Landscape • Group Exhibition • Turner Carroll Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Vestiges • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA 1997 The Dialogue Within • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Setting Prayers on Fire • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM 1996 Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Two-Person Exhibition with Lucy Brown • Diane Nelson Fine Art • Laguna Beach, CA • Curator: Jeannie Denholm 1995 Setting Prayers on Fire • Solo Exhibition • Zenith • Denver, CO • Curator: Kyle Belding 1994 Two-Person Exhibition with Peter Joseph • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Solo Exhibition • Jan Maiden Contemporary Art • Columbus, OH 1993 Two-Person Exhibition with Holly Roberts • Jeannie Denholm Fine Art • Newport Beach, CA Solo Exhibition • Canyon Contemporary Art • Columbus, OH 1992 Perigrinari • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM 1991 Ex Arcanum Locus • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA A Sense of Place • Group Exhibition• Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM 1990 In Lucem Proferre • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Monotypes from Black Mesa Workshop • Group Exhibition • Lone Pine Gallery • Irvine, CA Ritual Images/Ritual Objects • Two-Person Exhibition with Ann Mallory • Lone Pine Gallery • Irvine, CA 1989 Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID 1983 Solo Exhibition • Pamela Auchincloss Gallery • Santa Barbara, CA 1981 Solo Exhibition • Pamela Auchincloss Gallery • Santa Barbara, CA PUBL ICATIONS 2017 The Beauty in Painting A Time After Time. Sun Valley Property News, article by Courtney Lauck. 30 July 2017. “Chaco Issue,” Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican. Multiple photographs illustrating various articles about Chaco Culture National Historical Park. 21 April 2017. 2015 Chaco Canyon: Wandering the Past in the Present. Photographs & essay by the artist of Chaco Culture National Historic Park. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM. 2015 Apparatus: in a Painter’s Studio. Photographs of vignettes in the studio of Lawrence Fodor by the artist, essay by Aline Branduaer. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM. 2012 Holding Light, a catalogue documenting the work for an installation of paintings at the Laguna Art Museum, essay by Cyndi Conn. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM 2009 Speak for the Trees, Composed by Andria Friesen, publisher Marquand Books, Inc., Seattle, WA. Illus.: In Lucem Proferre VIII, 1989-90, oil on canvas. Sarah S. King, Lawrence Fodor – Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Art in America, National Reviews, October 2009. Illus.: Ligature 12 Green/Blue-Green/Violet, oil/wax/alkyd on canvas. Kōan Boxes, catalogue to accompany Lannan Foundation Exhibition, essay Timothy Rodgers Ph. D., Chief Curator, New Mexico Museum of Art. Publisher: Lannan Foundation, Design Twin Palms Press, 2009. 2007 Hollis Walker “Larry Fodor...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Monotype

1922 German Expressionist Figurative Train Tunnel Etching Paul Kleinschmidt
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Kleinschmidt, (1883–1949) "Tunnel" Etching 1922 Frame: 17" X 21" Image: 10.5" X 13.5" Rare Artist's Proof edition 1 of 4 An architectural study of a bridge and train tunnel Prov...
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1920s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Abstract portrait of a Woman Finely Detailed Collotype on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract portrait of a Woman Finely Detailed Collotype on paper Finely detailed abstract collotype of a woman by Heather Speck a San Francisco. Californi...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching, Oil, Gouache

Finely Detailed Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Collotype on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely Detailed Abstract W/Woman Carrying a Young Child Collotype on paper Finely detailed etching or collotype of a complicated fine line drawing o...
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1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Golden Fig
Located in Paris, IDF
Archival pigment ink print on canvas Edition of 12 Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Canvas, Archival Pigment

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

Pears
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Donald Sultan (American, born 1951) Title: Pears Year: 1991 Medium: Color silkscreen and lithograph Edition: Numbered 31/125 in pencil Paper: Arches 88 Image size: 12 x 12 inches paper Size: 22 x 23 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Publisher: Parasol Editions Press L.T.D. Portland, Oregon. Condition: Excellent Frame: Unframed Description: From the suite, Fruits Sultan is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, 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

As time goes by - Mixed media print, Figurative etching, Black White
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (born in 1948) He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Mixed Media

Cash cow Original silkscreen print by Katie Edwards, coloured, animal print
Located in Deddington, GB
limited_edition Screen print Edition number 20 Image size: H:28 cm x W:19.5 cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look A q...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Screen

1920 German Expressionist Figurative Lithograph "The Forest" Paul Kleinschmidt
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Kleinschmidt, (1883–1949) "The Forest" Lithograph on Cream Paper 1920 Frame: 21" X 17" Image: 10.75" X 8.5" An expressionist forest scene with pine trees Provenance: bears label...
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1920s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

Forget me nots - XX century, Mixed media print, Figurative, Portrait, Abstract
Located in Warsaw, PL
JACEK SOWICKI (born in 1948) He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and graduated from the Academy Of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 1973. In 1984-89 he run the graphics atelier at...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Figurative Prints

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Paper, Mixed Media

André Masson "Judith and Holofernes", 1974
Located in Washington, DC
Signed color lithograph by French artist André Masson (1896-1987). Title of work is Judith and Holofernes. Work is signed and numbered 74/150 in ...
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1970s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper

Oskar Kokoschka (1886–1980) - Madeleine - Lithograph on paper - 1920
Located in Varese, IT
Lithograph on paper, edited in 1920. Limited edition of 100 copies Signed and dated in pencil in the lower right corner, countersigned and backdated on the plate. Very good condition...
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1920s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Abstract Skyscrapers, Aquatint Etching by Martha Diamond
By Martha Diamond
Located in Long Island City, NY
Martha Diamond (1944-2023) was a Contemporary American painter best known for cityscape abstractions in sweeping, gestural brush strokes. Skyscrapers is...
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1980s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Aquatint

Bad Guy, Abstract Art Giclee Print by Michael Knigin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) - Bad Guy, Year: 2006, Medium: Giclee print on paper signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 23.5 x 17.5 inches, Siz...
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Prints

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Giclée

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