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Modern Figurative Prints

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Andre Derain, The Great Hunt, from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, 1940
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Andre Derain (1880–1954), titled La Grande Chasse (The Great Hunt), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. II, No. 8, originates from the 1940 ...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Clown with Mirror and Young Mother - Original Lithograph (Mourlot)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) Comédie Humaine, Clown with Mirror and Young Mother, 1954 Original lithography (Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On paper 26 .5 x 35.5 cm (c. 10,2 x 13.7 in) I...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Tenant Farmers — Depression Era, WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lou Barlow (Louis Breslow), 'Tenant Farmers', color wood engraving, 1936, edition 25. Signed, titled, and numbered '15/25' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh c...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

From the Sea — Mid-Century American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Benton Spruance, 'From the Sea' also 'From the Sea — Pieta', lithograph, editions 30, 35, 1943. A superb, richly inked impression, on off-white wove paper; the full sheet, with decke...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Mexican Street Scene
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this lithograph, from an edition of 250. Signed in pencil by Covarrubias. Published by Associated American Artists, New York.
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Mother and Child - Lithograph by Carlo Levi­ - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mother and Child is an original litograph realized by Carlo Levi in mid-20th century. Good condition. Hand signed by the artist. Carlo Levi (29 Novembe...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series L, Var. 19, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie L, var. 19 (Series L, Variation 19), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Th...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Out of My Window. (Vista; My Own; De Ma Fenêtre)
Located in Storrs, CT
Out of My Window. (Vista; My Own; De Ma Fenêtre). 1916. Etching. Fletcher 4, Library of Congress 254. 7 x 5 9/16 (sheet 9 3/8 x 9 1/2). Edition 75. Good condition apart from two re...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig; Privatdruck, from the Catalogue ...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Engraving

City Scene II — Mid-Century Modernism, Precisionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Brussel-Smith, 'City Scene II', wood engraving, 1949, artist's proof, edition 100. Signed, titled, and annotated 'A.P.' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on whit...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Rancho Woodcut Heart, 1982
Located in Palo Alto, CA
One of Jim Dine’s most iconic motifs, the romantic Rancho Woodcut Heart work illustrates the story of hope and love through a symbolic image of a large red heart. With the contrast o...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

La Perruch et la Sirene
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Title: La Perruch et la Sirene Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Medium: Lithograph Date: 1958 Edition: 2000 Frame Siz...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Erotic Scene - Etching by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is an Etching and Drypoint realized by Mino Maccari in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed in the lower part. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching, Drypoint

Jean Lurcat, The Virgo, from The Signs of the Zodiac, 1959
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir by Jean Lurcat (1892–1966), titled La Vierge (The Virgo), from the folio Les Signes du Zodiaque (The Signs of the Zodiac), originates from the 1...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Deque mal Morira? - Etching and and Aquatint by Francisco Goya - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Deque mal Morira? is a black and White aquatint, drypoint and etching printed in blue-black ink on laid paper from Caprichos realized after Francisco Goya in 1881-1886 . 6th Edition...
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1880s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Icart, Sans titre, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Steps to the Grand Canal, St. Mark s in the distance, Venice.
Located in Middletown, NY
A lovely view of Venice from the water. Etching with drypoint on antique cream laid paper with a large figural watermark, signed in pencil, lower right. 14 1/4 x 11 inches (362 x 280...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Rippled Surface - Linocut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Linocut realized by Escher in March 1950. Released through linoleum cut in black and gray-brown on Japan paper, and printed from two blocks. Hand signed lower left, marked "eigen d...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Francois Auguste Rene Rodin, Untitled, from Twelve Watercolors, 1920 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Francois Auguste Rene Rodin (1840–1917), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Douze aquarelles de Auguste Rodin (Twelve Watercolors by Auguste...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Accuratissima Galliae Tabula - Etching by Frederick de Wit - 1680ca
Located in Roma, IT
This double-page etching with contemporary coloring, entitled Accuratissima Galliae Tabula [...], was realized by the cartographer Frederick de Wit for the famous Atlas published in ...
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1680s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Théo Tobiasse "Cantate 51 de Bach" Signed 1979 Lithograph, Music Memory Theme
Located in Miami, FL
THÉO TOBIASSE – "CANTATE 51 DE BACH POUR LES JOURS DE LUMIÈRE" ⚜ Lithograph on paper ⚜ Hand signed and numbered ⚜ Conservation framed SYMPHONIC FIGURATION FROM TOBIASSE’S FEMME SERI...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Plume, from Drawings by Henri Matisse, 1925 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Plume (Feather), from the album Dessins de Henri-Matisse (Drawings by Henri Matisse), originates from the 1925 editi...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Jules Pascin, Little Red Riding Hood, from XXe siecle, 1938 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jules Pascin (1885–1930), titled Le Petit Chaperon Rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), from the album XXe siecle, Sommaire du No. 1, 1er Mars 1938, Chroni...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original 1918 "Hey Fellows" American Library Association vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: Hey Fellows! Your Money Brings this Book We Need When We Want It. Original World War 1 antique military poster created by...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Origiinal Boston Fly TWA Jets vintage American travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
TWA (Trans World Airlines) was formed in 1924 as Transcontinental & Western Air. The airline's first route was from New York to Los Angeles, followed by multiple National routes. The airline expanded to serve Europe, the Middle East, and Asia after WWII when the company was under Howard Hughes's owner's control from 1939 until 1961. Hughes was a dominant force in expanding and promoting his company's routes. The economy was vastly improving, and travel by air for business and pleasure increased, too. Posters were a crucial element in promoting this form of travel and TWA. The airline started a decline in the 1970s, ending in a third bankruptcy that caused its acquisition by American Airlines in 2001. The airline operated in 132 destinations worldwide and had a fleet size of 190. The Boston FLY TWA shows a three-masted schooner in the background, a large colonial drum in the center with an American Eagle...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

Henri Matisse, Series K, Var. 4, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie K, var. 4 (Series K, Variation 4), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Them...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original Keep These Off The U.S.A., Buy Liberty Bonds vintage WW1 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Keep These Off the U.S.A." buy more Liberty Bonds vintage World War One posters. Archival linen backed in excellent condition, ready to frame. The images shown are of the exact poster you will receive. Grade A- Artist: John Norton. Printed by The Strobridge Litho Co., Cincinnati & New York. Ref: Johnson 21, Rawls 214, Full-size paper, not trimmed 31" x 40.25" in size. Bend right corner straightened during linen backing and tiny edge repair. Excellent bright colors. Clean, ready to frame. This poster was part of the Committee on Public Information (CPI) 's broader propaganda campaign to rally American support for the war effort. It shows a pair of boots with red stains, showing blood dripping onto the ground. The German Adler is on the top of each boot and is shown wearing spurs. The "Keep These Off the USA" poster was created during World War I as part of a broader American propaganda campaign to rally support for the war effort and demonize the enemy, particularly Germany. Propaganda posters...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Godfather - Original 1972 Lobby Card #1
Located in London, GB
The Godfather - Original 1972 Lobby Card #1 Vintage Godfather Lobby Card: The aging patriarch of an organized crime dynasty transfers control of his clandestine empire to his reluc...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, Cardboard

Harold E. Keeler, Water Fall
Located in New York, NY
Harold E. Keeler worked in Hollywood as a set designer. That seems especially important here because the Water Fall looks a little as though it could be a w...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Original CAZALIS PRATS Grand Cru Mermaid vintage French liquor poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original CAZALIS & PRATS since 1875. Artist: Emm. Gaillard. Size: 13" x 19.5". Professionally acid-free archival linen backed and ready to frame. Note that a small ink printing line ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Cat - Original Etching by Giselle Halff - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cat is an Original etching print on paper realized by Giselle Halff in 1950 ca. Good conditions with some foxing. .
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

The Love Letter, 1951 - Original lithograph (Catalog raisonne Stone Echoes #8)
Located in Paris, IDF
Françoise GILOT (1921) The Love Letter, 1951 Original lithograph On Marais vellum 28 x 22.5 cm (c. 11 x 9 inches) REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne "Stone Echoes, Original Prints by Fr...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Joan Miro, Woman and Bird IX/X, from Women, 1965
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Femme et Oiseau IX/X (Woman and Bird IX/X), from the folio Joan Miro, Femmes (Women), originates from the 1965 edition pu...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marc Chagall, The Lovers Bouquet, from The Painters My Friends, 1965 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Le Bouquet d'amoureux (The Lovers' Bouquet), from the folio Les Peintres mes amis (The Painters My Friends), originat...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

San Marco [Venice].
Located in Storrs, CT
William Walcot. R.E., R.I.B.A. San Marco. Etching with drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 66, Harvey-Lee 91. 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 9 1/4 x 12 1/8). Venice set, # 2. Edition 415. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper. Fold in the margin, well outside the image; otherwise good condition. Signed in pencil. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat. Soon after Walcot's arrival in England, the Fine Art Society sponsored a trip sent to Italy. This scene is one of four small drypoints that resulted from the artist’s stay in Venice. When he was seventeen, he began to study architecture under Louis Benois at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg. He went to Paris where he continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Atelier Redon. He practiced as an architect briefly in Moscow, designing the Hotel Metropole...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

La Sirène de Paris (Juffermans JL 35), Regards sur Paris, Kees van Dongen
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: from the folio, Regards sur Paris, 1963. Publi...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Original Fly TWA The Orient vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Fly TWA The Orient, an original linen-backed travel poster by David Klein. Size: 25” x 40". Archival linen backed and ready to frame. Excellent condition, Grade A. Standing i...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

Marie Laurencin, All Persons More Than a Mile High Leave the Court, 1930
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), titled Toutes les personnes a plus d'un mile de haut Quitter la Cour (All Persons More Than a Mile High Leave the Court), fr...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Drugs Don’t Work - Giant Signed Limited Edition Pop Art Print
Located in London, GB
The Drugs Don’t Work by BATIK Archival pigment pop art print of the 1960s supermodel Twiggy signed & limited edition. Giant 60 x 40 inches / 152 x 101 cm paper size signed and n...
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2010s Modern Figurative Prints

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Archival Pigment

Original "Sabena Belgium World Airlines, Brussels vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Sabena trave to Brussels; Gateway to continental Europe -- where business and pleasure begin. Sabena Belgian World Airlines. Europe...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

Norman Rockwell "Family Tree" Lithograph
Located in New York, NY
Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) Family Tree Original painting produced 1959, this print published 1959 in Japan by The Curtis Publishing Company Lithograph Sight: 19 1/4 x 13 3...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Crayon, from Drawings by Henri Matisse, 1925 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Crayon (Crayon), from the album Dessins de Henri-Matisse (Drawings by Henri Matisse), originates from the 1925 editi...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Un Vase de Fleurs II (Flowers in a Vase)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Un Vase de Fleurs II (Flowers in a Vase)" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by noted French artist Frederic Menguy, 1927-2007. It is ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Paris : Parisian Club - Original Etching, 1927 (Juffermans #JE4)
Located in Paris, IDF
Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968) Paris : Parisian Club, 1927 Original etching Unsigned Limited to 225 copies On BFK Rives vellum 33 x 25 cm (c. 12.9 x 9.8 in) REFERENCE : Catalogue ra...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Original LOUIS ARMSTRONG WNEW AM 1130 vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
The original WNEW AM 1130 poster features Louis Armstrong. Blessed with America's Best, linen-backed, fine condition. Ready to frame. Metromedia Radio broadcasts music in the trad...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

Main Street 104-106
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bengt Bockman Main Street 104-106 Year: 1974 Color Lithograph Size: 25.5 x 33.5 in. Edition: 175 Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist One of Swe...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Il va l Apaiser - From Modes et Manières du jour à Paris...
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 16 x 10.5 cm. Il va l'apaiser is an original watercolored print realized in the first quarter of the 19th century by the French artist Philibert-Louis Debucourt (...
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Early 19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Sunset on the Vineyards - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Raoul DUFY Sunset on the Vineyards, 1953 Original Lithograph with stencil watercolor With printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 28 x 38 cm (c. 11 x 15 inch) Excellent con...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Decorative Motifs - Egyptian Styles - Chromolithograph by Andrea Alessio
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative Motifs - Egyptian Styles is a print on ivory-colored paper realized by Andrea Alessio in the early 20th Century. Signed on the plate on the lower. Vintage Chromolithograp...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Visage noir moucheté, Pablo Picasso, Atelier Madoura, Design, Sculpture, Ceramic
Located in Geneva, CH
Visage noir moucheté 1948 Ed. 39/200 pcs White earthenware clay, decoration in engobes under glaze Stamped and inscribed on the back : Madoura Plein Feu, Edition Picasso, I105, 39/20...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Ceramic, Clay, Earthenware

Original "Japan" vintage travel poster serigraph bicycle
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Japan serigraph travel poster. Linen backed in very find condition, ready to frame. Japanese travel posters have a rich history and are renowned for their captivating aesthetics, often blending traditional imagery with modern elements. In the 1970s, during the height of travel poster popularity, Japanese artists created numerous designs promoting tourism within the country and to international destinations. The poster you're referring to, produced by the American Screen Printing Co. in 1972, likely aimed to capture the essence of Japanese culture and scenery while appealing to an American audience. Pagodas are iconic structures in Japanese architecture. They are multi-tiered towers...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Screen

Diurnes : The Satyr with Plants - Original Collotype and Stencil (Jacomet)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973) Diurnes, The Satyr with Plants, 1962 Original collotype and stencil (Jacomet workshop) Unsigned Limited to 1000 copy On paper 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 11.2 in)...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Stencil

Jean Cocteau, Cretan Evocation, from Bulls, 1965 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Evocation cretoise (Cretan Evocation), from the folio Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (Bulls, Lithographs by ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Kabuki Scene- Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki Scene is an original artwork realized in the mid 19th century by the Japanese master Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865). Color woodcut print. The artwork is a rare triptych (each ...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Original 1973 Vail Village Colorado vintage travel and skiing poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1973 Vail Village, Colorado vintage travel and skiing poster. Preservation linen-mounted in A- condition, ready to frame. Discover Vintage Vail Magic! Take a trip back i...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

"Lendas Africanas Da Bahia" from the suite.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled " Lendas Africanas Da Bahia" from the suite, 1978, is an original colors woodcut by renown Brazilian/Argentinian artist Hector Julio Paride Barnabo Carybe, 1911-1997. It is hand signed and numbered 83/200 in pencil by the artist. The Wood block mark (image) is 23.65 x 15.75 inches, sheet size is 26.75 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, has never been framed. It will be shipped in a 8 inches diameter heavy duty tube. About the artist: Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó (7 February 1911 – 2 October 1997) was an Argentine-Brazilian artist, researcher, writer, historian and journalist. His nickname and artistic name, Carybé, a type of piranha, comes from his time in the scouts. He died of heart failure after the meeting of a candomblé community's lay board of directors, the Cruz Santa Opô Afonjá Society, of which he was a member. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Carybé Born Héctor Julio Páride Bernabó 7 February 1911 Lanús, Argentina Died 2 October 1997 (aged 86) Salvador, Bahia, Brazil Nationality Brazilian Known for Painter, engraver, draughtsman, illustrator, potter, sculptor, mural painter, researcher, historian and journalist Close He produced thousands of works, including paintings, drawings, sculptures and sketches. He was an Obá de Xangô, an honorary position at Ilê Axé Opô Afonjá. Orixá Panels in the Afro-Brazilian Museum in Salvador Some of Carybé's work can be found in the Afro-Brazilian Museum in Salvador: 27 cedar panels representing different orixás or divinities of the Afro-Brazilian religion candomblé. Each panel shows a divinity with their associated implements and animal. The work was commissioned by the former Banco da Bahia S.A., now Banco BBM S.A., which originally installed them in its branch on Avenida Sete de Setembro in 1968. Murals at Miami International Airport American Airlines, Odebrecht and the Miami-Dade Aviation Department partnered to install two of Carybé's murals at Miami International Airport. They have been displayed in the American Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York since 1960. The 16.5 x 53-foot murals were accredited when Carybé won the first and the second prize in a contest of public art pieces for JFK airport. As its terminal at that airport was due for demolition, American Airlines donated the murals to Miami-Dade County, and Odebrecht invested in a project to remove, restore, transport and install the murals at Miami International Airport. The mural "Rejoicing and Festival of the Americas" portrays colorful scenes from popular festivals throughout the Americas, and "Discovery and Settlement of the West" depicts the pioneers’ journey into the American West. Carybé's Woodcuts in Gabriel García Márquez's Books Carybé illustrated four books by the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, including One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Love in the Time of Cholera "Carybé: um mestre da cultura baiana". ArqBahia Arquitetura, design, arte e lifestyle (in Brazilian Portuguese). 26 April 2023.. In particular, the woodcuts in One Hundred Years of Solitude are well-known for providing a visual image of the fictional town of Macondo, where the story takes place. The illustrations depict the colorful and winding houses, the railway bridge, and the hot and humid climate of the region, contributing to the reader's immersion in the story. Carybé's woodcuts are, therefore, an important part of Gabriel García Márquez's literary legacy, bringing a visual dimension to his stories that further enriches the reader's experience. Timeline 1911 — Birth in Lanús, Argentina. 1919 — Moved to Brazil. 1921 — The name Carybé is first given to him by the Clube do Flamengo scouts group, in Rio de Janeiro. 1925 — Beginning of his artistic endeavours, going to the pottery workshop of his elder brother, Arnaldo Bernabó, in Rio de Janeiro. 1927–1929 — Studies at the National School of Fine Arts, in Rio de Janeiro. 1930 — Worked for the newspaper Noticias Gráficas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1935–1936 — Works with the writer Julio Cortázar and as a draughtsman for the El Diario newspaper. 1938 — Sent to Salvador by newspaper Prégon. 1939 — First collective exhibition, with the artist Clemente Moreau, at the Buenos Aires City Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina; illustrates the book Macumba, Relatos de la Tierra Verde, by Bernardo Kardon, published by Tiempo Nuestro. 1940 — Illustrates the book Macunaíma, by Mário de Andrade. 1941 — Draws the Esso Almanach, the payment for which allows him to set on a long journey through Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, and Argentina. 1941–1942 — Study trip around several South American countries. 1942 — Illustration for the book La Carreta by Henrique Amorim, published by El Ateneo (Buenos Aires, Argentina). 1943 — Together with Raul Brié, translates the book Macunaíma, by Mário de Andrade, into Spanish; produces the illustrations for the works Maracatu, Motivos Típicos y Carnavalescos, by Newton Freitas, published by Pigmaleon, Luna Muerta, by Manoel Castilla, published by Schapire, and Amores de Juventud, by Casanova Callabero; also publishes and illustrates Me voy al Norte, for the quarterly magazine Libertad Creadora; awarded First Prize by the Cámara Argentina del Libro (Argentine Book Council) for the illustration of the book Juvenília, by Miguel Cané (Buenos Aires, Argentina). 1944 — Illustrates the books The Complete Poetry of Walt Whitmann and A Cabana do Pai Tomás, both published by Schapire ; as well as and Los Quatro Gigantes del Alma by Mira y Lopez, Salvador BA; attends capoeira classes, visits candomblé meetings and makes drawings and paintings. 1945 — Does the illustrations for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, for the Viau publishing house. 1946 — Helps in setting up the Tribuna da Imprensa newspaper, in Rio de Janeiro. 1947 — Works for the O Diário Carioca newspaper, in Rio de Janeiro. 1948 — Produces texts and illustrations for the book Ajtuss, Ediciones Botella al Mar (Buenos Aires, Argentina). 1949–1950 — Invited by Carlos Lacerda to work at the Tribuna da Imprensa, in Rio de Janeiro. 1950 — Invited by the Education Secretary Anísio Teixeira, moves to Bahia, and produces two panels for the Carneiro Ribeiro Education Center (Park School), in Salvador, Bahia. 1950–1997 — Settles in Salvador, Bahia. 1950–1960 — Actively participate in the plastic arts renewal movement, alongside Mário Cravo Júnior, Genaro de Carvalho, and Jenner Augusto. 1951 — Produces texts and illustrations for the works of the Coleção Recôncavo, published by Tipografia Beneditina and illustrations for the book, Bahia, Imagens da Terra e do Povo, by Odorico Tavares, published by José Olímpio in Rio de Janeiro; for the latter work he receives the gold medal at the 1st Biennial of Books and Graphic Arts. 1952 — Makes roughly 1,600 drawings for the scenes of the movie O Cangaceiro, by Lima Barreto; also works as the art director and as an extra on the film (São Paulo, SP). 1953 — Illustrations for the book A Borboleta Amarela, by Rubem Braga, published by José Olímpio (Rio de Janeiro, RJ). 1955 — Illustrates the work O Torso da Baiana, edited by the Modern Art Museum of Bahia. 1957 — Produces etchings, with original designs, for the special edition of Mário de Andrade's Macunaíma, published by the Sociedade dos 100 Bibliófilos do Brasil. 1958 — Makes an oil painting mural for the Petrobras Office in New York, USA; illustrates the book As Três Mulheres de Xangô, by Zora Seljan, published by Editora G. R. D. (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); Receives a scholarship grant in New York, USA. 1959 — Takes part in the competition for the New York International Airport panels project, in New York, USA, winning first and second prizes. 1961 — Illustrates the book Jubiabá, by Jorge Amado, published by Martins Fontes (São Paulo, SP). 1963 — Awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Salvador, Bahia. 1965 — Illustrates A Muito Leal e Heróica Cidade de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, published by Raymundo Castro Maya (Rio de Janeiro, RJ). 1966 — With Jorge Amado, co-authors Bahia, Boa Terra Bahia, published by Image (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); writes and illustrates the book Olha o Boi, published by Cultrix (São Paulo, SP). 1967 — Receives the Odorico Tavares Prize – Best Plastic Artist of 1967, in a competition ran by the state government to stimulate the development of plastic arts in Bahia; makes the Orixás Panels for the Banco da Bahia (currently at the UFBA Afro-Brazilian Museum) (Salvador, BA). 1968 — Illustrates the books Carta de Pero Vaz de Caminha ao Rei Dom Manuel, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro) and Capoeira Angolana, by Waldeloir Rego, published by Itapoã (Bahia). 1969 — Produces the illustrations for the book Ninguém Escreve ao Coronel, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ). 1970 — Illustrates the books O Enterro do Diabo and Os Funerais de Mamãe Grande, published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ), Agotimé her Legend, by Judith Gleason, published by Grossman Publishers (New York, USA). 1971 — Illustrates the books One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and A Casa Verde by Mario Vargas Llosa, both published by Sabiá (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); produces texts and illustrations for the book Candomblé da Bahia, published by Brunner (São Paulo, SP). 1973 — Illustrations for Gabriel Garcia Marquez's A Incrível e Triste História de Cândida Erendira e sua Avó Desalmada (Rio de Janeiro, RJ); paints the mural for the Legislative Assembly and the panel for the Bahia State Secretary of the Treasury. 1974 — Produces woodcuts for the book Visitações da Bahia, published by Onile. 1976 — Illustrates the book O Gato Malhado e a Andorinha Sinhá: uma história de amor, by Jorge Amado (Salvador, BA); receives the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of Bahia. 1977 — Certified with the Honor for Afro-Brazilian Cult Spiritual Merit, Xangô das Pedrinhas ao Obá de Xangô Carybé (Magé, RJ). 1978 — Makes the concrete sculpture Oxóssi, in the Catacumba Park; illustrates the book A Morte e a Morte de Quincas Berro D´Água, by Jorge Amado, published by Edições Alumbramento (Rio de Janeiro, RJ). 1979 — Produces woodcuts for the book Sete Lendas Africanas da Bahia, published by Onile. 1980 — Designs the costumes and scenery for the ballet Quincas Berro D´Água, at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro. 1981 — Publication of the book Iconografia dos Deuses Africanos no Candomblé da Bahia (Ed. Raízes), following thirty years of research. 1982 — Receives the title of Honorary Doctor of the Federal University of Bahia. 1983 — Makes the panel for the Brazilian Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria. 1984 — Receives the Jerônimo Monteiro Commendation – Level of Knight (Espírito Santo); receives the Castro Alves Medal of Merit, granted by the UFBA Academy of Arts and Letters; makes the bronze sculpture Homenagem à mulher baiana (Homage to the Bahian woman), at the Iguatemi Shopping Center (Salvador, BA). 1985 — Designs the costumes and sets for the spectacle La Bohème, at the Castro Alves Theater; illustrates the book Lendas Africanas dos Orixás, by Pierre Verger, published by Currupio. 1992 — Illustrates the book O sumiço da santa: uma história de feitiçaria, by Jorge Amado (Rio de Janeiro, RJ). 1995 — Illustration of the book O uso das plantas na sociedade iorubá, by Pierre Verger (São Paulo, SP). 1996 — Making of the short film Capeta Carybé, by Agnaldo Siri Azevedo, adapted from the book O Capeta Carybé, by Jorge Amado, about the artist Carybé, who was born in Argentina and became the most Bahian of all Brazilians. 1997 — Illustration of the book Poesias de Castro Alves. Exhibitions ммIndividual Exhibitions: 1943 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — First individual exhibition, at the Nordiska Gallery 1944 — Salta (Argentina) — at the Consejo General de Educacion 1945 — Salta (Argentina) — Amigos del Arte, Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Motivos de América, at the Amauta Gallery, Rio de Janeiro RJ — individual exhibition at the IAB/RJ 1947 — Salta (Argentina) — Agrupación Cultural Femenina 1950 — Salvador BA — First individual exhibit in Bahia, at the Bar Anjo Azul; São Paulo SP — MASP. 1952 — São Paulo SP — MAM/SP 1954 — Salvador BA — Oxumaré Gallery 1957 — New York (USA) — Bodley Gallery; Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Bonino Gallery * 1958 - New York (USA) — Bodley Gallery 1962 — Salvador BA - MAM/BA 1963 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Bonino Gallery 1965 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Bonino Gallery 1966 — São Paulo SP — Astrea Gallery 1967 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Santa Rosa Gallery 1969 — London (England) — Varig Airlines 1970 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — Galeria da Praça 1971 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — MAM/RJ, São Paulo SP — A Galeria; Belo Horizonte MG, Brasília DF, Curitiba PR, Florianopolis SC, Porto Alegre RS, Rio de Janeiro RJ and São Paulo SP — The Orixás Panel (exhibition tour), at the Casa da Cultura in Belo Horizonte, MAM/DF, the Public Library of Paraná, the Legislative Assembly of Santa Catarina State, the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul, MAM/RJ and MAM/SP 1972 — The Orixás Panel in Fortaleza CE — at the Ceará Federal University Art Museum, and in Recife PE — at the Santa Isabel Theater 1973 — São Paulo SP — A Galeria 1976 — Salvador BA — at the Church of the Nossa Senhora do Carmo Convent 1980 — São Paulo SP — A Galeria 1981 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril 1982 — São Paulo SP — Renot Art Gallery, São Paulo SP — A Galeria 1983 — New York (USA) — Iconografia dos Deuses Africanos no Candomblé da Bahia, The Caribbean Cultural Center 1984 — Philadelphia (USA) — Art Institute of Philadelphia; Mexico — Museo Nacional de Las Culturas; São Paulo SP — Galeria de Arte André 1986 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril; Salvador BA — As Artes de Carybé, Núcleo de Artes Desenbanco 1989 — Lisbon (Portugal) — Cassino Estoril; São Paulo SP — MASP 1995 — São Paulo SP — Documenta Galeria de Arte, São Paulo SP — Casa das Artes Galeria, Campinas SP — Galeria Croqui, Curitiba PR — Galeria de Arte Fraletti e Rubbo, Belo Horizonte MG — Nuance Galeria de Arte, Foz do Iguaçu PR — Ita Galeria de Arte, Porto Alegre RS — Bublitz Decaedro Galeria de Artes, Cuiabá MT — Só Vi Arte Galeria, Goiânia GO — Época Galeria de Arte, São Paulo SP — Artebela Galeria Arte Molduras, Fortaleza CE — Galeria Casa D'Arte, Salvador BA — Oxum Casa de Arte Collective Exhibitions: 1939 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Carybé and Clemente Moreau Exhibition, at the Museo Municipal de Belas Artes 1943 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — 29th Salon de Acuarelistas y Grabadores — first prize 1946 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Drawings by Argentine Artists, at the Kraft Gallery 1948 — Washington (USA) — Artists of Argentina, at the Pan American Union Gallery 1949 — Buenos Aires (Argentina) — Carybé and Gertrudis Chale, at the Viau Gallery; Salvador BA — Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at the Hotel Bahia 1950 — Salvador BA — 2nd Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts; São Paulo SP — MAM/SP 1951 — São Paulo SP — 1st São Paulo Art Biennial, Trianon Pavilion. 1952 — Salvador BA — 3rd Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at Belvedere da Sé; São Paulo SP — MAM/SP 1953 — Recife PE — Mario Cravo Júnior and Carybé, at the Santa Isabel Theater; São Paulo SP — 2nd São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP 1954 — Salvador BA — 4th Bahian Showroom of Fine Arts, at the Hotel Bahia. — Bronze medal 1955 — São Paulo SP — 3rd São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP — first prize for drawing 1956 — Salvador BA — Modern Artists of Bahia, at the Oxumaré Gallery; Venice (Italy) — 28th Venice Biennial 1957 — Rio de Janeiro RJ — 6th National Modern Art Show — exemption from the jury; São Paulo SP — Artists from Bahia, at the MAM/SP 1958 — San Francisco (USA) — Works by Brazilian Artists, at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Washington and New York (USA) — Works by Brazilian Artists, at the Pan American Union and the MoMA 1959 — Seattle (USA) — 30th International Exhibition, at the Seattle Art Museum; Salvador BA — Modern Artists of Bahia, at the Dentistry School. 1961 — São Paulo SP — 6th São Paulo Art Biennial, at MAM/SP — special room 1963 — Lagos (Nigeria) — Brazilian Contemporary Artists, at the Nigerian Museum; São Paulo SP — 7th São Paulo Art Biennial Bienal, at the Fundação Bienal 1964 — Salvador BA — Christmas Exhibition, at the Galeria Querino 1966 — Baghdad (Iraq) — collective exhibition sponsored by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Madrid (Spain) — Artists of Bahia, at the Hispanic Culture Institute; Rome (Italy) — Piero Cartona Palace; Salvador BA — 1st National Biennial of Plastic Arts (Bienal da Bahia) — special room; Salvador BA — Draughtsmen of Bahia, at the Convivium Gallery 1967 — Salvador BA — Christmas Exhibition at the Panorama Art Gallery; São Paulo SP — Artists of Bahia, at the A Gallery 1968 — São Paulo SP — Bahian Artists, at the A Gallery 1969 — London (England) — Tryon Gallery; São Paulo SP — 1st Panorama of Current Brazilian Art at the MAM/SP; São Paulo SP — Carybé, Carlos Bastos...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Study for a Monument in the Heroic/Erotic/Academic/Comic Style Claes Oldenburg
Located in New York, NY
This sensuous and playful scene is characteristic of Oldenburg’s printmaking ouevre: a veritable heap of women displaying various expressions of ecstasy and repose. The loose sketches were drawn directly onto the plate by the artist, a master draftsman whose erotic etchings are largely unknown. The composition is based on the drawing: Clinical Study, Towards a Heroic-Erotic Monument in the Academic/Comic Style, 1965, ball-point pen on paper, 20 x 40 in. / 60 x 101.6 cm. *This print was etched in six gorgeous inks, each in an edition of ten: take your pick of color!* Oldenburg had an interest in imaginary monuments: he famously conceptualized works such as “Ball”, an unbuilt monument conceived of in 1967 which imagined two ballcocks – the round mechanism in a toilet tank...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

The 1920’s, The Migrants Cast Their Ballots, by Jacob Lawrence
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original fine art print by Jacob Lawrence from the Kent Spirit of Independence Poster Portfolio, published in 1975 by Lorillard. The offset prints from this portfolio are unsigned...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

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