Timofey Smirnov Art

Lowell Nesbitt Orchid, 1979 Silkscreen on wove paper Pencil signed, dated and numbered 144/175 by Lowell Nesbitt on the front Published by Charles Cardinale Fine Creations, Inc., with blind stamp on the front 25 × 25 inches Unframed This work is pencil signed, dated and numbered 144/175 by Lowell Nesbitt on the front. About Lowell Nesbitt. Lowell Nesbitt, who was born in Baltimore on Oct. 4, 1933, was a graduate of the Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and also attended the Royal College of Art in London, where he worked in stained glass & etching. In 1964, the Corcoran Gallery or Art in Washington gave him one of his first museum exhibitions, and by the mid 1970's he had decided to leave the museum a bequest of more than $1 million. But in 1989, he publicly revoked the bequest after the Corcoran canceled a disputed exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe, who was an old friend. Mr. Nesbitt named the Phillips Collection as a beneficiary instead. He was frequently grouped with the Photo Realists, but his images were more interpretively distorted, somewhat loosely painted and boldly abbreviated. He had many subjects: studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes and groupings of fruits and vegetables. He also painted his dog, a Rottweiler named Echo, the Neoclassical facades of SoHo's 19th century cast-iron buildings and several of Manhattan's major bridges. Despite such variety, Lowell Nesbitt was best known for gargantuan images or irises, roses, lilies and other flowers, which he often depicted in close up so that their petals seemed to fill the canvas. Dramatic, implicitly sexual and a little ominous, they earned the artist a popularity with the general public that tended to overshadow his reputation within the art world. In 1980, the United States Postal Service issued four stamps based on Mr. Nesbitt's floral paintings. He also served as the official artist for the space flights of Apollo 9...

Set of 12 woodblock prints in colors on handmade, laid mulberry paper, 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (170 x 258 mm), printed in Ka-ei 4 (1851). Each print with minor handling wear, otherwise in excellent condition with bright and fresh color, and with details printed in silver ink. The images themselves contain several illusive characters indicating the publisher which are obfuscated by figures, as intended. Presented loose, as issued. A fine set. The astrological commentary print has a large and meandering blind stamp with a bird and palm frond motif. This print lists various phrases concerning the Twelve Zodiac Animals as historically counted in Japan, and appears to include erotic commentary on the traits of people born under each of the twelve signs. These Shunga images were issued in books that paralleled (in an erotic fashion...

Chuck Close Untitled Daguerreotypes, 2001 Two (2) pigmented digital output iris prints from daguerroeotype printed in a single sheet of wove paper 22 × 29 1/4 inches Signed in pencil...

Shan Fannin's (US based) "1930 Indian Scout 101" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a close view of a red Indian motorcycle gas tank w...

Kate II - Oversize limited edition - Kate Moss Beautiful archival pigment print of the supermodel and fashion icon by the London based contemporary pop art image creator and artist...

Heliogravure by Félicien Rops (1833 – 1898), a Belgian artist, known primarily as a printmaker in etching and aquatint. He is noted for his drawings depicting erotic and Satanic them...

TECHNICAL INFORMATION: The Connor Brothers All She Wanted Was To Be Someone's Most Precious Person 2017 Pigment print with silkscreen 47 1/4 x 29 1/2 ...

Color lithograph after the work by Henri Matisse, plate-signed by Matisse from the edition of 200. This lithograph was printed and published in 2007 in Paris using 100% cotton 300 g...

Shan Fannin’s 1967 Volkswagen Samba/Kombi Bus is an unframed limited edition giclée print on 230 gsm premium archival matte paper measuring 28 x 28 in (71.12 x 71.12 cm); image size ...

Shan Fannin's (US based) "1959 Cadillac El Dorado" is an limited edition giclée print that depicts a close up view of the baby blue fins and taillights o...

Vintage pinup nude. French etching by Suzanne Meunier. Signed and dated 1934. Framed. Suzanne Meunier (1888–1979), French artist This Suzanne Meunier was a French painter, engraver,...

Zaida del Rio (Cuba, 1954) 'Untitled 3', 2020 woodcut on paper Intaglio 300 g. 43 x 29.2 in. (109 x 74 cm.) Edition of 40 ID: DER-105 Unframed