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Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Punk flyer (Post Marked 1984)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Rare Original Raymond Pettibon Black Flag Flyer, 1984 Early Black Flag Punk Flyer featuring artwork by Raymond Pettibon. A rare postmarked version. Further details: Flyer / handbill...
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1980s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Offset

Nudes on Towels /// Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Swimming Pool Screenprint
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Nudes on Towels" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1983 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded cream wove paper Limited edition: 104/150 Printer: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA Publisher: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA Sheet size: 31.75" x 29.63" Image size: 24.13" x 24.13" Condition: Light wear to lower right corner. In excellent condition. A fantastic image Notes: Titled and dated by May in pencil lower right. Biography: Dan May is an American painter and printmaker born on March 11, 1955 in San Francisco, CA. Raised in aesthetic surroundings heavily influenced by his architect father, May grew up learning to view all things with an eye for design, color, and shape. At age 5, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their home. The French master Matisse as well as Richard Diebenkorn and David Hockney are his favorite art influences. He began his first attempts at painting at age 15, and later began to experiment with printmaking, teaching himself various techniques such as woodblock printing, etching, silkscreen printing, and monoprinting. Monoprinting soon became May's medium of choice due to its wide range of expression and spontaneity that he felt other techniques lacked. May - "With monoprinting, you can only work a piece for as a long as the paint stays wet, so the resulting print has a feeling of movement and immediacy. I also like how monoprinting allows the brush strokes to transfer a transparent light quality to the print. For me, this is a technique that bridges...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Screen

Green Gold and Red:Contemporary Limited Edition Etching
Located in Brecon, Powys
Signed and dated 2013 limited edition 14/25 Ian Laurie was born in 1933 and is a self taught artist who made the transition from industry to artistry around 40 years ago when he ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Etching

Erotica
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Leonor Fini Title: Erotica Medium: Etching Signed: Hand Signed Edition Number: 65/150 Measurements: 14" x 18" Framed: 20.75" x 26" Condition: Excellent. This piece has...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Nude - Etching on Paper by Sergio Barletta - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original etching realized by Sergio Barletta. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Numbered, edition of 9/15 prints, on the lower left in pencil. In very good conditions. Sheet Dimension:35 x 50.5 cm The artwork represents a laying nude...
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1980s Nude Prints

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Etching

Thou art all faire, my love: there is no spot in thee, Etching by Salvador Dali
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed Dali etching framed in a museum white-gold leaf frame with silk matting and silver bevel. Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Thou art all faire, my love: there is ...
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1970s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Construction d un Temple en Ruine - Plate n.3 - Etching by Paul Delvaux - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Construction d’un temple – Plate n. 3  is a b/w original etching realized in 1973 (as reported on plate on the lower right margin) by Paul Delvaux. From the collection “ Construction d’un temple en ruine à la déesse Vanadé ”, this wonderful original print   came into being from the collaboration of four years between the French author and a member of the Nouveau-Roman , Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-2008), and the Belgian artist Paul Delvaux (1897-1994). At first, Robbe-Grillet wrote a text, to which Delvaux then replied with a wonderful engraving; Robbe-Grillet then responded with a second text. This is how the building blocks of this beautiful book came together: it was constructed like a temple.  The book was printed in an edition of 187 copies, of which  only 40 contain the illustrations by Paul Delvaux .  Our copy is unnumbered and printed on  “Arches”  ivory colored paper with the  Bateau Lavoir watermark  (on the lower right corner), and  “Richard Bas ” watermark (on the lower left margin). This beautiful artwork, representing an enigmatic composition with seven women realized like ancient Greek marble...
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1970s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Feminaire II, Surrealist Etching by André Masson
Located in Long Island City, NY
André Masson, French (1896 -1987) - Feminaire II, Year: 1951, Medium: Etching on wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 30, Image Size: 9.75 x 8 inches, Size: 14.25...
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1950s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Morning Rise:Contemporary Limited Edition Etching
Located in Brecon, Powys
10/25 Signed Mounted 14 x 11 inches Ian Laurie was born in 1933 and is a self taught artist who made the transition from industry to artistry around 40 years ago when he & his wife opened a gallery specialising in original, hand made prints by artists working in that medium. His own hobby of sketching soon became etching and it wasn't long before he was producing his own limited edition etchings...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Etching

Untitled - Lithograph by Ugo Attardi - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized by Ugo Attardi in 1985. Very good condition. Ugo Attardi was born in Sori, near Genoa, in 1923 - 2006 In 1948 in Rome he shared with Carla Accardi, Pietro Consa...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Dancers in Love - Original Etching Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Alméry Lobel-Riche Dancers in love Original etching Handsigned in pencil (with also a printed signature in the plate) Numbered /12 On Japan paper 31 x 22.5 cm (c. 12.2 x 8.9 inches)...
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Early 20th Century Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

La Voyante - Lithograph by Paul Delvaux - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
La Voyante is an original contemporary artwork realized by Paul Delvaux in 1974. Color Lithograph on Arches Paper. Hand signed and numbered on the lower margin. Edition of 25/75. ...
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1970s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Original Folies Berger Folies de Paris vintage cabaret showgirl semi-nude poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage advertising poster for the famous Parisian cabaret music hall - Folies Bergère / Folies de Paris. La revue de Helene Martini. Acid-free linen backed, in Grade A- condition and ready to frame. Striking original cabaret poster featuring a classic Folies Bergère showgirl with sweeping blue feathers, white gloves, and heels The "Folies Bergère" is an iconic cabaret music hall established in 1869 in Paris, renowned for its lavish variety shows, extravagant costumes, and brilliant performances that defined Parisian nightlife throughout the Belle Époque and beyond. During the late 20th century, Helene Martini revived the tradition with sumptuous revues, blending classic glamour with modern flair. This poster, illustrated by the renowned artist Alain Aslan, epitomizes the exuberance and allure of Parisian cabaret. Featuring a glamorous showgirl framed by dramatic blue plumes, the artwork captures the spirit of "Folies de Paris," one of the venue’s most celebrated shows. Aslan’s work stands out for its bold colors, stylized elegance, and sensuality, making these posters emblematic of vintage Paris entertainment advertising. Today, vintage Folies Bergère...
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Late 20th Century Nude Prints

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Offset

Green Vase:Contemporary Limited Edition Etching
Located in Brecon, Powys
Signed Limited Edition Etching, 15 of 25, from this well collected Scottish artists studio. Very understated. Ian Laurie was born in 1933 and is a self taught artist who made the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Construction d un Temple en Ruine - Plate n. 10 - Etching by Paul Delvaux - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Construction d’un temple – Plate n. 10  is a  b/w   original etching  realized in 1973 (as reported on plate on the lower right margin) by Paul Delvaux. From the collection “ Constr...
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1970s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Etching

Male Nude, Photorealist Lithograph by Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Titles: Male Nude 3 Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 175 Paper Size: 44 x 30 in. (111.76 ...
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1970s Expressionist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

By the Sea (aka Idyll)
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), By the Sea (aka Idyll), soft ground etching and aquatint, 1919, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Czestochowski 72, fourth state (of 5; see disc...
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1910s American Impressionist Nude Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Nude in New Mexico, lithograph, hand signed/N by renowned realist painter
Located in New York, NY
PHILIP PEARLSTEIN Nude in New Mexico, 1984 Lithograph on art paper 31 3/5 × 40 3/4 inches Signed, titled, dated and numbered in graphite pencil from the limited edition of only 65. (48/65) Unframed Philip Pearlstein was born in Pittsburgh, PA, in 1924 and came to New York with Andy Warhol - his first roommate. In 1941, his junior year in high school, he received his first recognition when awarded first and third prizes in Scholastic Magazine's 14th National High School Art Exhibition. Upon graduation from high school in 1942, he enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology but the draft limited his attendance to one year. After discharge from the army in 1946, he returned to Carnegie Tech where he studied with Robert Lepper, Balcomb Green and Samuel Rosenberg...
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1980s Realist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Three Graces - Original lithograph poster - 1960 ( Buisson #60.28)
Located in Paris, IDF
Leonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA La jeunesse, les trois graces Stone lithograph printed by MOURLOT Printed signature in the plate On paper 20 x 30...
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1960s Realist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Female Figure - Original Etching by Emilio Greco - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Hand-signed and numbered by artist in pencil. Editions of 90 copies (11/90). Includes some artist's proofs. Image dimensions: 50x35 cm. Very good conditions. Published in general cat...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Etching

STANDING NUDE Signed Lithograph, Realist Portrait Young Woman, Figure Drawing
Located in Union City, NJ
STANDING NUDE an original hand drawn lithograph by Raphael Soyer, the renowned Russian-born American realist painter, draftsman, and printmaker. Printed on archival Arches paper 100%...
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1970s Realist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Nude XIII - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Drypoint Etching Print
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA WAKUŁA-MAC: Master of Arts in Fine Art Education- Diploma in Fine Art Printmaking at the Institute of Art, Pedagogical University, Krakow, 2003. Member of Graphic Studio Dubl...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Erotic Scene - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is an original xilography artwork realized by Mino Maccari in 1945. Hand-signed in the pseudonym of "Jean Baschie" which is the artist's signature in 1944-45 ca. erotic ...
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1940s Nude Prints

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Woodcut

Erotic Female Nude - Etching from Le Satyricon
Located in Surfside, FL
This offering is for one etching. --- Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, Yvelines, Île-de-France, just outside Paris. In 1895 Derain began to study on his own, contrary to claims tha...
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20th Century Nude Prints

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Etching

La Source dans les Bois - Lithograph by Henri Fantin-Latour - 1898
Located in Roma, IT
Autographie (Calcography on paper transfer and Lithograph). Beautiful Proof in sanguine on China paper. In Excellent conditions and full margins. Ref. Cat. Hédiart-Mason n.139; Jo...
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1890s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Made with Pride by a Queen
Located in New York, NY
Nayland Blake Made with Pride by a Queen 1989 Silkscreen on canvas 8 x 10 inches; 20 x 25 cm Edition of 50 Initialed, dated, and numbered in ink (lower ...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Screen, Canvas

Female Nude - 2000s - Original Lithograph After E. Schiele
Located in Roma, IT
Female Nude is an original colored lithograph from the portfolio "Erotica" by Egon Schiele. It deals with a reproduction of the homonym artwork realized in gouache, watercolor, and ...
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Early 2000s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Nude 1, Large Conceptual Art Nude Screenprint by Larry Bell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Larry Bell, American (1939 - ) Title: Nude 1 Year: 1974 Medium: Screenprint with Flocking, signed, dated and numbered in pencil Edition: 17/60 Image Size: 71 x 28.5 inches Si...
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1970s Conceptual Nude Prints

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Screen

Rock n Roll Hootchie Koo
Located in East Hampton, NY
Japanese Block POP ART technique with a nude Geisha Comes unframed About the Artist World-renowned guru of Jap Pop Art - Zane Fix, is an American artist, ...
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2010s 85 New Wave Nude Prints

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Archival Ink, Rice Paper

Equis Equitude, Cubist Lithograph by Alvin Carl Hollingsworth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Alvin Carl Hollingsworth, American (1928 - 2000) - Equis Equitude, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: PP, Image Size: 9 x 4.5 inches, Frame Size: 18.5 x ...
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1980s Cubist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Nude on Yellow - Screen Print by Nicola Simbari - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Edition of 90. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
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1970s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Screen

Male Acrobat, Impressionist Lithograph by Auguste Rodin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Male Acrobat, Year: 1902, Medium: Lithograph on Japon, signed in the plate, Image Size: 9 x 8 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Refe...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

La Première Conscience du Chaos - Lithograph after Odilon Redon - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
La Première Conscience Du Chaos is a lithograph realized after Odilon Redon. It belongs to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in 19...
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1920s Symbolist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Martini Miss, Pop Art Print by Mel Ramos
Located in Long Island City, NY
A pin up picture of a woman (in the likeness of Courtney Cox) sitting in a martini glass. In a fine white contemporary frame. Artist: Mel Ramos Title: M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Woman - Original Etching by Jeanne Bardey - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original etching realized in Early 20th Century after Auguste Rodin by French artist Jeanne Bardey (1872 - 1954) Numbered.Edition, 9/25. Good conditions. Jeanne Barde...
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Early 20th Century Modern Nude Prints

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Etching

Composition, Éloge de Gromaire, Marcel Gromaire
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin du Marais paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, Éloge de Gromaire, 1958. Publ...
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1950s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Raymond Pettibon Black Flag punk flyer (Raymond Pettibon Punk)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon illustrated Black Flag flyer published on the occasion of: Black Flag on Broadway / Dec. 19 1982 / Dec. 20 1982 with Code of Honor, Redd Kross, Nig-Heist, & Flipper...
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1980s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Offset

Relaxing Nudes - Original lithograph, Handsigned and Numbered /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Alain BONNEFOIT Relaxing Nudes, 1975 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On vellum 38 x 55 cm (c. 15 x 22 inch) Excellent condition
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1970s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Nude
Located in New York, NY
Pencil signed and numbered 115/200 in pencil on lower edge. Published by Original Editions, New York. From 11 Pop Artists, Volume II. A spectacular, colorful image, and a Pop Art m...
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1960s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Screen, Color

Raymond Pettibon illustrated Punk flyer 1980 (Raymond Pettibon punk art)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Raymond Pettibon Punk Art 1980: Rare early Raymond Pettibon illustrated punk flyer published on the occasion of: The Dead Kennedys & Circle Jerks at The Whisky A Go Go: August, 1980....
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1980s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Offset

Rare Original Keith Haring Vinyl Record Art (vintage Keith Haring)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Record Art 1987: A rare highly sought-after Keith Haring illustrated album cover featuring vibrant colors that make for stand-out wall art (7x7 inches). Off-Set Lithog...
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1980s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Eye and Camera, Red Blue and Yellow by John Piper abstracted nude screenprint
Located in New York, NY
This print is based on photographs of Piper's wife, Myfanwy Evans, exploring themes of seeing and recording images. This work is from a series of prints entitled Eye and Camera creat...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Screen

(Monument to Cezanne) original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Guerin 265. This lithograph was executed by Aristide Maillol in homage to Paul Cezanne. Printed in 1914 and published in Paris by Be...
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1910s Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Asleep Nude - Original lithograph, Handsigned and Numbered /100
Located in Paris, IDF
Alain BONNEFOIT Asleep Nude, 1975 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 100 On vellum 38 x 55 cm (c. 15 x 22 inch) Excellent condition
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1970s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Jean Cocteau - Woman s Profile - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau Title: Profil Signed in the plate Dimensions: 65 x 44 cm
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1950s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. This impression on wove paper was printed in 1968 and published in Paris for the Humanisme actif portfolio. Plate size: 8 1/4 x 6 inches (210 x 153 mm). Sig...
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1960s Nude Prints

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Etching

Summer : Nude with a Fan - Original woodcut, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Paul VERA Summer : Nude with a Fan, 1922 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /154 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp ...
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1920s Art Deco Nude Prints

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Woodcut

Waiting, male nude against black background by Fernando Reyes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered linocut of a male nude reclining, from a series of 4 male and female nudes. Reyes attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he received a Bachel...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Linocut

Marc Chagall "Dédicace"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Marc Chagall (French/Russian, 1887-1985) "Dédicace" 1968 Color lithograph signed and numbered ##/50 in pencil Image: 17 7/8 x 15 1/4 inches. Framed: 38 x 34 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches. ...
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Mid-19th Century Surrealist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Nude - Etching on Paper by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original etching, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1970s. Hand-signed on the lower right. Numbered, VI/XL prints, on the lower left. In good conditions. Sergio Barletta (...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Prints

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Etching

Erotic Scene - Lithograph by Albert Marquet - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a beautiful lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized in the 1920s by Albert Marquet (Bordeaux, 1875 - Paris,1947). Monogrammed on the plate on the lower margin. ...
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1920s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Nude Woman - Lithograph by Guglielmo Coladonato - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is an original modern artwork realized in mid-20th century by the artist Guglielmo Coladonato. Lithograph on paper. Signature an hand written dedication on the lower ma...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Two Native American Girls
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "two Native American Girls" c. 1990 is a color offset lithograph by noted artists Popo and Ruby Lee, b.1940. It is Hand signed and numbered 501/750 in pencil by the arti...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Mardi Gras 1980 New Orleans (playful forms cavorting in the carnival fun)
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Mardi Gras 1980, New Orleans", shows playful forms cavorting in the carnival celebration. It is signed in the lower left, and stamped/numbered "671/850" in the lower right corner. ...
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20th Century Abstract Geometric Nude Prints

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Screen

Two Nude Women Surprised - Original etching - 1951
Located in Paris, IDF
Andre DERAIN Two Nude Women Surprised Original drypoint etching Stamp signature of the artist On vellum 45 x 34 cm (c. 18 x 14 in) Excellent condition
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1950s Modern Nude Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Erotic Scene - Lithograph by Albert Marquet - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a beautiful lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized in the 1920s by Albert Marquet (Bordeaux, 1875 - Paris,1947). Monogrammed on the plate on the lower margin. ...
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1920s Modern Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse Lithograph, Unsigned, 1958, Framed, "Nus Bleus II"
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Title: Nus Bleus II Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Medium: Lithograph Year: 1958 Edition: 2000 Framed Size: 22" x 18" Sheet Size: 14" x 10 ...
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1950s Nude Prints

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Lithograph

The Gathering (top right), abstract male nude by Fernando Reyes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
This is a unique working proof for one of six images that comprise the group of prints called The Gathering. Signed and titled in pencil, Working Proof II. Reyes attended The Schoo...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Prints

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Woodcut

German Surrealist Hans Bellmer Etching Engraving Print Cecile Reims Surrealism
Located in Surfside, FL
After Hans Bellmer (German, 1902-1975) Surrealist engraving, etching after drawings from a 1942 notebook, engraved in 1974-75 by Cecile Reims Printed by L'Atelier de Chalcographie du Louvre, Paris, Having printed monogram lower left in plate, pencil notations verso Editioned from a very small edition of #7/10 'Musee du Louvre' blindstamp. Dimensions: Sheet 11 X 7.5, Plate size 6.5 X 4 Hans Bellmer ( 1902 – 1975) was a Polish born German artist, best known for his drawings, etchings that illustrates the 1940 edition of Histoire de l’œil, and the life-sized female sculpture mannequin dolls he produced in the mid-1930s. Historians of art and photography also consider him a Surrealist photographer. Bellmer was born in the city of Kattowitz, then part of the German Empire (now Katowice, Poland). Up until 1926, he worked as a draftsman for his own advertising company. Bellmer is most famous for the creation of a series of dolls as well as photographs of them. He was influenced in his choice of art form in part by reading the published letters of Oskar Kokoschka (Der Fetisch, 1925) and Surrealism. Bellmer's puppet doll project is also said to have been catalysed by a series of events in his personal life. Hans Bellmer takes credit for provoking a physical crisis in his father and brings his own artistic creativity into association with childhood insubordination and resentment toward a severe and humorless paternal authority. Perhaps this is one reason for the nearly universal, unquestioning acceptance in the literature of Bellmer's promotion of his art as a struggle against his father, the police, and ultimately, fascism and the state. Events of his personal life also including meeting a beautiful teenage cousin in 1932 (and perhaps other unattainable beauties), attending a performance of Jacques Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann (in which a man falls tragically in love with an automaton), and receiving a box of his old toys. After these events, he began to actually construct his first dolls. In his works, Bellmer explicitly sexualized the doll as a young girl (his work bears connection to the works of Bathus). Hirschfeld has claimed (without further argumentation) that Bellmer initiated his doll project to oppose the fascism of the Nazi Party by declaring that he would make no work that would support the new German state. Represented by mutated forms and unconventional poses, his dolls (according to this view) were directed specifically at the cult of the perfect body then prominent in Germany. He visited Paris in 1935 and made contacts there, such as Paul Éluard, but returned to Berlin because his wife Margarete was dying of tuberculosis. He was part of the circle of Surrealist luminaries such as Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, André Masson, René Magritte, Alberto Giacometti and Salvador Dali as well as women artists—such as Frida Kahlo, Dorothea Tanning and Leonora Carrington. Bellmer produced the first doll in Berlin in 1933. Long since lost, the assemblage can nevertheless be correctly described thanks to approximately two dozen photographs Bellmer took at the time of its construction. Standing about fifty-six inches tall, the doll consisted of a modeled torso made of flax fiber, glue, and plaster; a mask-like head of the same material with glass eyes and a long, unkempt wig; and a pair of legs made from broomsticks or dowel rods. One of these legs terminated in a wooden, club-like foot; the other was encased in a more naturalistic plaster shell, jointed at the knee and ankle. As the project progressed, Bellmer made a second set of hollow plaster legs, with wooden ball joints for the doll's hips and knees. There were no arms to the first sculpture, but Bellmer did fashion or find a single wooden hand, which appears among the assortment of doll parts the artist documented in an untitled photograph of 1934, as well as in several photographs of later work. Bellmer's 1934 anonymous book, The Doll (Die Puppe), produced and published privately in Germany, contains 10 black-and-white photographs of Bellmer's first doll arranged in a series of "tableaux vivants" (living pictures). The book was not credited to him, as he worked in isolation, and his photographs remained almost unknown in Germany. Yet Bellmer's work was eventually declared "degenerate" (entartete kunst) by the Nazi Party, and he was forced to flee Germany to France in 1938, where Bellmer's work was welcomed by the Surrealists around Andre Breton. He aided the French Resistance during the war by making fake passports. He was imprisoned in the Camp des Milles prison at Aix-en-Provence, a brickworks camp for German nationals, from September 1939 until the end of the Phoney War in May 1940. After the war, Bellmer lived the rest of his life in Paris. Bellmer gave up doll-making and spent the following decades creating erotic drawings, etchings, sexually explicit photographs, paintings, and prints of pubescent girls. In 1954, he met Unica Zürn...
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20th Century Nude Prints

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Etching

Aphrodite - Héliogravure and Drypoint attr. to Salvador Dali - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Attr. to S. Dalì, "Aphrodite", Heliogravure and dry-point. Paris, Argillet. 1963-65. Image dimensions 49,2 x 39,7 cm. Beautiful Proof on vélin filigrané “Arches”, Signed and Dated...
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1960s Surrealist Nude Prints

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Drypoint