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The Split Man
By Darryl Sapien
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Split Man" 1976 is an original serigraph by American artist Darryl Sapien, b.1950. It is hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 7/60 in pencil by the artist. The image size 21.5 x 29.5 inches, sheet size is 27.5 x 38.75 inches, framed size is 30.5 x 41.75 inches. It is framed in a wooden black frame. It is in excellent condition, The frame has very minor restorations, barely visible. About the artist: Selected exhibitions. San Francisco Art Institute, B.F.A., Sculpture 1974 "Introductions 74," Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1976 San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A., Sculpture 1976 "17 Artists, Hispano/Mexican American/Chicano," The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1976 "Other Sources," San Francisco Art Institute, (catalog)(Group Exhibition) 1977 "Work in Progress,” Union Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, California (catalogue) 1977 "Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era," (catalog) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art & The Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. (Group Exhibition) 1977 "Tokyo-Bay Area Exchange," Kanagawa Prefectural Hall, Tokyo, Japan (Group Exhibition) 1977 "Arte Fiera di Bologna," Bologna, Italy (Group Exhibition) 1978 "California-Hawaii Biennial," San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group Exhibition) 1979 “Darryl Sapien, Recent Work,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California 1979–1980 "From Self-Portrait to Autobiography," Neuberger Museuem, Purchase, New York, New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland Ohio (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1980 "Space/Time/Sound: A Decade in the Bay Area," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1981 "19 Artists, Emergent Americans," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1981 "La Vue Independante," The American Center, Paris France (Group Exhibition) 1981 “American Roulette”, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (Performances) 1982 "California Art on the Road," Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California (Group Exhibition) 1984 “Darryl Sapien at Studio Ink,” San Francisco, California 1984 "Crime and Punishment," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California (Group Exhibition) 1984 "Artists and the Theater," Phillipe Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1985 "The Twentieth Century," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Group Exhibition) 1985 Contemporary Art, 30,000 B.C. to the Present," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California (Group Exhibition) 1987 "Connotations," Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1988 “Darryl Sapien: Artspace Painting Grant Award” Artspace Gallery, San Francisco, California (catalogue) 1988 "Digital Visions: Computers and Art," Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse University, New York (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1989 "Darryl Sapien and David Flipse" Riskin-Sinow Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1990 "The Written Word," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California (Group Exhibition) 1991 "Four Hispanic Artists," San Francisco Art Commission Gallery (Group Exhibition) 1994 “Darryl Sapien: Recent Work,” Opts Art, San Francisco, California 1995 "Facing Eden: One Hundred Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area," M.H. DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1996 “Darryl Sapien,” City College of San Francisco 2003 "Reactions, Artists Respond to September 11, 2001," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Group Exhibition) 2005 “Darryl Sapien,” Swallowtail Gallery, San Francisco, California 2010 "75 Years of Looking Forward" San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 2010 “Radical Light,” U.C. Berkeley Art Museum (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 2011 “State of Mind: new California Art circa 1970” (catalog) Orange County Museum of Art, California (Group Exhibition) 2012 Berkeley Art Museum, U.C. Berkeley, California (Group Exhibition) 2012 Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Canada (Group Exhibition) 2013 Site Santa Fe, NM (Group Exhibition) 2013 The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY (Group Exhibition) 2013 “Son of War Games”, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY (Performances) 2013–2014 The Smart Museum, Chicago, IL (Group Exhibition) 2014 "The site a live" San Francisco Art Institute (Group Exhibition) 2015 "Out Of This World," Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, California Public Collections Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California The American Academy of Opthalmology, San Francisco, California National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company, Pasadena, California City and County of San Francisco-Public Utilities Commission Building Performances “Synthetic Ritual”, San Francisco Art Institute “Initiation”, San Francisco Art Institute “War Games”, corner of Third & Howard Street San Francisco, California (outdoor sitespecific) “Split-Man Bisects the Pacific”, the ruins of Sutro Baths...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art California - More Prints

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Screen

Pine Cones
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Pine Cones" c.1990 is an original etching by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed with initials in pencil by the artist. The artwo...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist California - More Prints

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Etching

Sunspot
By Arnold A. Grossman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sunspot" c.1980 is an original color aquatint by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed, titled, and numbered 3/30 in pencil by the ...
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Late 20th Century Op Art California - More Prints

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Aquatint

Characters VIII / Eclipse
By Guntars Sietins
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The illusions and reflections in Sietens prints often bring M.C. Escher to mind, but his prints have a distinctive feel all their own. The letters on the background reflect up into t...
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Early 2000s Surrealist California - More Prints

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Mezzotint, Aquatint

Panic in the Minefield
By Mark Kostabi
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Panic in the Minefield" 2001 is an original color serigraph by noted American artist Mark Kostabi, born 1960. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 62/100 in pen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist California - More Prints

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Screen

I Have an Elephant
By John Baldessari
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Johns Baldessari Title: I Have an Elephant Year: 2017 Medium: Screenprint on Arches 88 paper Edition: 50; signed, dated and numbered in pencil Sheet: 32 1/2 x 28 inches (82.5...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Screen

Yogurt
By John Baldessari
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Johns Baldessari Title: Yogurt Year: 2017 Medium: Screenprint on Arches 88 paper Edition: 50; signed, dated and numbered in pencil Sheet: 32 1/2 x 28 inches (82.5 x 71.1 cm) ...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Screen

Fishing Boats in the Wharf - San Francisco Bay Area Maritime Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate print of Fishing and sailboats on the Wharf In San Francisco from the collection of Patricia Pearce by one of her contemporaries or students, at the College of San Mateo, sh...
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1980s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Paper, Ink, Etching

Big Brother City
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A print by Shepard Fairey. “Big Brother City” is a contemporary, popular culture offset print on paper in black, red, and white by American street artist Shepard Fairey. The artwork ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - More Prints

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Screen

Big Brother City
Big Brother City
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Los Angeles Summer Games 1984, Vintage Poster
Located in Pasadena, CA
This vintage poster from 1984, designed by doll historians Stéphanie Farago and Bob Dennison, features seven Lenci dolls in a setting related to the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The image plays on mimicry: dolls imitating children, children dressed as adults, and adults observing them. These iconic dolls, made of pressed felt by the Lenci company in the early 20th century, are dressed in adult sports attire: boxing gloves, jockeys, golfers' uniforms, riding jackets, and fencing gear. Their gaze is turned sideways, not toward each other or the viewer, but offstage. This sidelong glance, detached and unreadable, is the hallmark of Lenci's design and one of its earliest formal signatures. Dressed for adult games, but motionless, they do not play—they pose, returning to their status as objects. The poster unsettles by staging this discrepancy between the theatricality of adult roles and the inert form of the doll. What should remain two-dimensional takes on unexpected volume, as if the viewer were reanimating a fragment of childhood. The image, likely tied to Farago and Dennison’s 1986 publication "The Magic Romance of Art Dolls", presents the quintessential Lenci figure...
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1980s Pop Art California - More Prints

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Offset

11th Hour
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A print by Shepard Fairey. “11th Hour” is a contemporary, popular culture screenprint in black, red, and white by American street artist Shepard Fairey. The artwork is signed in penc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - More Prints

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Screen

What Is Left
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela What Is Left, 2019 Giclée archival inkjet print on watercolor paper Unframed dimensions: 14 x 14 inches Framed dimensions: 17.12 x 17.12 inches Edition of 10 Limite...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract California - More Prints

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Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

Untitled, 1981, Sam Francis Monotype
By Sam Francis
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled, 1981, unique embossed monotype print on handmade paper. Created at the Institute of Experimental Printmaking by lauded American artist, Sam Francis (1923-1994). The Sam Fra...
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1980s California - More Prints

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Ink, Oil, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Pigment, Monotype

Viktorija Pashuta "Fashion Marie Antoinette" Original Fine Art Print
By Viktorija Pashuta
Located in Culver City, CA
Viktorija Pashuta "VOGUE Fashion" photography Original Fashion Photograph from the Series CASABLANCA by an award-winning fashion photographer Vikto...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist California - More Prints

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Archival Paper, Color

Postcards (diptych)
By Christian Marclay
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Edition of 100. Published by the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, 2003. Works come framed with UV Filtered Acrylic Glazing. Each work is framed separately, each print is 25 3/8 x 37 3/8 i...
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Early 2000s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Lithograph

JUPITER FIVE 4/10 Signed Louise Siekman
Located in Pasadena, CA
An otherworldly, black and white lithograph in a jigsaw puzzle piece shape, enclosed by negative. Signed L. Siekman. Unframed.
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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style California - More Prints

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Lithograph

" I am a Mexican" Pop Art Portrait of a Man in Amsterdam by Shao Qi
Located in Pasadena, CA
In contemporary art's diverse and infinitely complex world, many works serve as vehicles for thoughts, statements, and emotions. SHAO QI, a Chinese artist born in 1987 in Shanghai, blends political, cultural, and aesthetic elements in her lithographic work titled "I am Mexican." This piece, limited to fifty copies and numbered 21/50 in pencil, dated 2011, transcends the materiality of art to explore societal palimpsests and interrogate notions of identity and globalization. The dynamic confrontation of colors, particularly the dichotomy of red and black, is essential. The radiant luminescence of red contrasts sharply with the ultimate absorption of black, framing the piece in a colorimetric standoff reminiscent of vintage propaganda posters. Red, the color of revolution and power, passion and vitality, mingles with black, the shade of shadow and void, embodying the potential for new beginnings, as French artist William Klein once proclaimed. SHAO QI employs a stylistic language that is instilled with almost raw expressiveness. The bold black strokes outlining the figure are reminiscent of Shepard Fairey's work under the OBEY signature. These black lines convey a vibrancy and primal force akin to Russian constructivist posters...
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2010s Pop Art California - More Prints

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Lithograph

"Bull and Butterfly" Lithograph signed F.G.Silva
Located in Pasadena, CA
This lithograph signed by F.G Silva shows a colorful combination of a bull and a butterfly referring to the ideas of strength and delicacy. The late Franco Gregori Silva was born in Cignone-Cremona...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist California - More Prints

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Lithograph

Butterfly Roof and Inner Tube (Print) (edition of 75)
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --This is a limited edition print of Heller's original painting "Butterfly Roof and Inner Tube." Edition of 75. Print dimension 17 x 24...
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2010s American Realist California - More Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Racquet Club Estates Lounging (Print) (edition of 75)
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --This is a limited edition print of Heller's original painting "Butterfly Roof and Inner Tube." Edition of 75. Print dimension 17 x 24...
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2010s American Realist California - More Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Movie Colony Sunset (Print) (edition of 75) FRAMED
By Danny Heller
Located in Fairfield, CT
Represented by George Billis Gallery, NYC & LA --This is a limited edition print of Heller's original painting "Butterfly Roof and Inner Tube." Edition of 75. Print dimension 17 x 24...
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2010s American Realist California - More Prints

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Anarch to Monarch
By RISK
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hand-Embellished Print on Archival Bamboo Paper Signed and Numbered, Edition of 50 with 5 APs Monarch Butterfly, Stars, Small Print, Los Angeles Graffiti Artist, Urban Street Art
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2010s Street Art California - More Prints

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Spray Paint, Acrylic, Bamboo Paper

Addisonjones photography, Fawn Buttons black and white photography
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones photography, Fawn Buttons black and white photography Custom Sizing available. ABOUT THIS PIECE: This piece of black white photography titled "Fawn Buttons" features ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Black and White

Addisonjones artwork, Rise Up contemporary artwork
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones artwork, Rise Up contemporary artwork A R T I S T S T O R Y: “As I walked back through the fields of my grandparents' farm before we sold it, a sense of nostalgia washed over me. Memories of my childhood flooded back, reminding me of the simpler times when I would visit Grandpa in his cabinet wood shop or swing on the porch with Grandma, watching the hummingbirds feed. Life was all about the simple moments, and while I often got bored, it forced me to contrast constant stimulation with a state of peace and freedom. This boredom expanded my creativity in different ways.” This stunning print printed on acrylic is a piece that captures the essence of the beauty of used material. These pieces have hardware on the back and ready to be hung.With only 25 prints available, this is an opportunity to add a truly unique piece to your collection. You can purchase individually or as a collection. ADDISON'S FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY: Addison’s earliest expedition into fine art photography was through her inspiration of adding prints to create depth and drama in showroom booth designs. These images were captured during her deeply personal journeys of exploration and were never meant to become a collection, but as interior designers expressed...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Color

PLEXI PRINT Blue artwork, Blue abstract Earth s Edge contemporary artwork
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones artwork, Earth's Edge contemporary artwork A R T I S T S T O R Y: “As I walked back through the fields of my grandparents' farm before we sold it, a sense of nostalgia ...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Color

Addisonjones artwork, Midnight Emotions contemporary artwork
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones artwork, Midnight Emotions contemporary artwork A R T I S T S T O R Y: “As I walked back through the fields of my grandparents' farm before we sold it, a sense of nosta...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Color

PLEXI PRINT Addisonjones artwork, Obsidian Drizzle contemporary artwork
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
PLEXI PRINT Addisonjones artwork, Obsidian Drizzle contemporary artwork A R T I S T S T O R Y: “As I walked back through the fields of my grandparents' farm before we sold it, a sen...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Color

PLEXI PRINT Addisonjones artwork, Riveting Rorschach contemporary artwork
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones artwork, Etched Ash contemporary artwork A R T I S T S T O R Y: “As I walked back through the fields of my grandparents' farm before we sold it, a sense of nostalgia wa...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Color

Addisonjones artwork, Etched Ash contemporary artwork
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones artwork, Etched Ash contemporary artwork A R T I S T S T O R Y: “As I walked back through the fields of my grandparents' farm before we sold it, a sense of nostalgia wa...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Color

PLEXI PRINT Mystic Motley contemporary artwork
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones artwork, Mystic Motley contemporary artwork customs available A R T I S T S T O R Y: “As I walked back through the fields of my grandparents' farm before we sold it, a ...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Color

Addisonjones artwork, Smelting Serif contemporary artwork
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Addisonjones artwork, Smelting Serif contemporary artwork A R T I S T S T O R Y: “As I walked back through the fields of my grandparents' farm before we sold it, a sense of nostalg...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Color

Wall Art Photography, Butterfly Photos, Black and White Prints-Intimate Exposure
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Wall Art Photography, Butterfly Photos, Black and White Prints-Intimate Exposure ABOUT THIS PIECE: This piece of wall art photography titled "Intimate Exposure" features butterflied shot in Delaware, Ohio. This is a limited edition, hand-signed piece with a certificate of authenticity. ADDISON'S FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY: Addison’s earliest expedition into fine art photography was through her inspiration of adding prints to create depth and drama in showroom booth designs. These images were captured during her deeply personal journeys of exploration and were never meant to become a collection, but as interior designers expressed...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Black and White

Butterfly Photography, Black and White Prints, Wall Art Prints-Winged Glory
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Butterfly Photography, Black and White Prints, Wall Art Prints-Winged Glory ABOUT THIS PIECE: This wall art print titled "Winged Glory" features butte...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Black and White

Black White Photograph, Butterfly Prints, Butterfly Photos-Shadowy Procession
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Black White Photograph, Butterfly Prints, Butterfly Photos-Shadowy Procession ABOUT THIS PIECE: This black white photograph titled "Shadowy Procession" features butterflies shot in Delaware, Ohio. This is a limited edition, hand-signed piece with a certificate of authenticity. ADDISON'S FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY HISTORY: Addison’s earliest expedition into fine art photography was through her inspiration of adding prints to create depth and drama in showroom booth designs. These images were captured during her deeply personal journeys of exploration and were never meant to become a collection, but as interior designers expressed...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Black and White

Large Wall Art, Black and White Prints, Butterfly Prints-Into the Abyss
By Addison Jones
Located in Delaware , OH
Large Wall Art, Black and White Prints, Butterfly Prints-Into the Abyss ABOUT THIS PIECE: This piece of large wall art titled "Into the Abyss" features butterflies shot in Delaware...
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2010s Contemporary California - More Prints

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Rag Paper, Black and White

"Doreen" - Large original color serigraph
By R.C. Gorman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork, titled "Doreen", done in 1983, is an original color serigraph by renown Navajo artist Rudolph Carl Gorman, 1932-2005. It is hand signed and numbered E.P.I. in pencil by the artist ( E.P.I. refers to "Editions Press Impression", one of ten impressions done for the publisher.) With the blind stamp of the artist and the printer, Editions Press, San Francisco. The edition size was 150 plus proofs (a total of 45 proofs). The sheet size is 26.25 x 33.25 inches, framed size is 39.25 x 45.25 inches. Custom framed in a wooden oak frame, it is floating, with a deep red liner and with natural linen matting. The artwork is in excellent condition. The frame is in very good condition, it has minor restorations, practically invisible. Medium: Serigraph on Paper Dimensions: 26 1/4" x 33 1/4" Year Produced: 1983 Edition Size: 150 plus proofs (45 proofs) About the artist: Born in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona and raised in a hogan on the Navajo Reservation, R.C. Gorman became one of the Southwest's best known late 20th-century artists. His signature works were Navajo women in a variety of poses. Many persons have been fascinated by the fact that he, an Indian artist, became famous in the white man's world with some calling him the "Picasso of Indian artists". Of this kind of attention, he said: "I wish people would quit pushing my being Indian. The only time I was interviewed as If I were a normal person was by the Jewish Press in Tucson. It was the first time I felt international and almost white". (Samuels 222) His parents were Carl Nelson...
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Late 20th Century Realist California - More Prints

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Screen

Columbus Circle
By Arnold Rönnebeck
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ARNOLD RONNEBECK (1885 – 1947) COLUMBUS CIRCLE ca. 1929 Lithograph, edition probably 50. Signed and titled in pencil, 12 ½” x 8 ¼” In very good condit...
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1920s American Modern California - More Prints

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Lithograph

Brillo Pads, Pasadena Art Museum
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Exhibition poster for "Andy Warhol: Pasadena Art Museum," edition size unknown, unsigned as issued. The name of American artist Andy Warhol is all but sy...
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1970s Pop Art California - More Prints

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Screen

Mo jam
By Farah Khelil
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Farah Khelil, Mo’jam, Fine Art Print, 99.7 x 150 cm, 2015 antoine lefebvre editions bookworm, curated by Antoine Lefebvre The boundaries between passion and destruction fade away. bookworms is an transnational transmedia artists’ project about book-loving and book-eating, conservation and conservatism, passion and destruction. From the encounter with a destroyed book stems a reflection between two artists who are both passionate about books. It is important for us to present this project in different countries because the issues of transmission of knowledge are everywhere the same. This project is about the ignorants for whom knowledge, intelligence and education has become a threat and who seek to drag others with them into darkness. For Khelil, the book eaters are thinkers and intellectuals against conservatism and dogmatism. *** bookworms is an artists’ project about book-loving and book-eating, conservation and conservatism, passion and destruction This project is the fruit of a very special encounter with an object… After the death of her grandfather in 2012, Tunisian artist Farah Khelil (b. 1980) explored his library and found an old family dictionary in Arabic (Mo'jam Arabia), at least what was left of it, for it had been devoured by book eaters. She decided to collect some fragments without knowing what she would do with them. Impressed by how carefully cut the pieces were, she wanted to transform them into artworks that would honor the memory of her grandfather. Because she knew how important the book object is in my artistic practice, she showed me the fragments and invited me to participate in an exhibition at the Tunisian gallery A.GORGI in her hometown Sidi Bou Said. I then thought about introducing her to Barbara Denis-Morel, the curator of the Avranches Library. This library conserves, among other treasures, more than 200 medieval manuscripts from the abbey of the Mont Saint-Michel, but it also holds a few books that were entirely devoured. Thanks to the curator, we could consult old books that were infected, quarantined, pierced by galleries and routes that revealed the passage of book-eating insects. We filmed these pages to create a video that we entitled ALL THE MEMORY IN THE WORLD, Toute la mémoire du monde, which is an appropriation of the eponymous film by Alain Resnais. Farah had also kept some intact pages of the devoured dictionary. Then we used this sequence of 120 pages to build the lay-out structure of an artist’s book. The idea was to empty all the textual content —captions and definitions— to keep only the figures, the dropped initials, and the page numbers. The emptied columns of the dictionary were then filled with artistic contributions and texts that we commissioned to invited authors. Printed in an edition of 500 copies, this artist book was made by Farah Khelil and antoine lefebvre editions from the remains of a devoured book. It will be a key element, of this second presentation of the project, and a special edition with a bookstand will produced especially for the fair. Behind the idea of book-eating insects, there is the issue of conservation but also of conservatism, as in Solitaire, an installation Khelil made with a peg solitaire game and mothballs. This work is a “portrait” of her grandfather, Abdelaziz Majdoub, who taught Arabic at the Sadiki High School for a long time where he specialized in “ilm al-kalam,” the science of language. This project is imbued with nostalgia, it is reminder for the artist of the time she spent as a child with this thinker always with his head in books. These encyclopedic pieces transformed into artworks draw the territories and communal places of knowledge. They are extensions of a family memory and reflect a culture going back and forth between book-loving and book-eating, conservation and conservatism. This idea of book destruction is one of the main dangers threatening the library and the books that compose it: fire, water and confinement. But there is also this minor or mediocre scourge that intend to harm the books: the book eaters. This exhibition is a metaphor, a reflection on ignorance, not as opposed to knowledge but as an enemy of knowledge. Ignorance is what attempts to undermine the intelligence, kill or reduce it. Just like the bookworms...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual California - More Prints

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Mixed Media

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