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Item Ships From: South Coast
"Wine - SKOL" Hand painted and Intaglio on Paper by Diana Brady
Located in Soquel, CA
"Wine - SKOL" Intaglio and Hand painted on Paper by Diana Brady
Original 1983 Intaglio titled "Appetizer" from the "The Perfect Meal" Folio featuring 14 Artists at San Francisco St...
Category
1980s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Watercolor, Intaglio
Old Violinist - Late 19th Century Figurative Lithograph
By John George Brown
Located in Soquel, CA
Finely detailed late 19th century chromo-lithograph portrait of a violinist street musician by John George Brown (British, 1831-1913). Many of Brown’s paintings were reproduced in lithography (Chromo-lithograpy), as is the case with the one offered here. Presented in a rustic antique Oak wood frame with giltwood fillet. Image, 15.63"H x 10.63"W.
John George Brown was a British citizen and an American painter born in Durham, England. His parents apprenticed him to the career of glass worker at the age of fourteen, in an attempt to dissuade him from pursuing painting. He studied nights at the School of Design in Newcastle-on-Tyne while working as a glass cutter there between 1849 and 1852, and evenings at the Trustees Academy in Edinburgh while working at the Holyrood Glass Works between 1852 ad 1853. After moving to New York City in 1853, he studied with Thomas Seir Cummings at the National Academy of Design where he was elected a National Academician in 1861. Brown was the Academy’s vice-president from 1899 to 1904.
Around 1855, he worked for the owner of the Brooklyn Glass Company, and later he married the daughter of his employer. His father-in-law encouraged his artistic abilities, supporting him financially, letting Brown pursue painting full-time. In 1866, he became one of the charter members of the Water-Color Society, of which he was president from 1887 to 1904. Brown became famous for his depictions of street urchins found of the streets of New York (bootblacks, street musicians, posy sellers, newsboys, etc.).
Brown’s art is best characterized as British genre painting...
Category
1870s Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$463 Sale Price
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Washington
s Courtship - 1932 Etching on Paper
By William Auerbach-Levy
Located in Soquel, CA
Washington's Courtship - 1932 Etching on Paper
1932 black and white etching depicting George and Martha Washington by William Auerbach-Levy (Russian, 1889-1964). Titled "Washington'...
Category
1930s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
Pour ce Jour, 1968 (Poèmes, #7)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Greenwich, CT
Pour ce jour (For this Day) is a woodcut on paper from Marc Chagall's Poèmes portfolio, published in 1968. The image size is 13 x 10 inches and the art is framed in an ornate, gold-t...
Category
20th Century Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Original Impressionistic Monotype of Dancers
Located in Soquel, CA
Original Impressionistic Monotype of Dancers
This dynamic print by Linda O'Hagan captures the movement of a dancer with out arm outstretched and the other lifting her skirt. The fo...
Category
1980s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype
Avant-Garde Figurative Lithograph -- Icarus
By Rómulo Macció
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful lithograph of Icarus whom flew too close to the Sun by Avant-Garde artist Romulo Macció (Argentine: 1931-11 March 2016), circa 2000. Signed bel...
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Capricho" Original Impressionist Monotype
Located in Soquel, CA
"Capricho" Original Impressionist Monotype
In this eye-catching monotype, a performer stands on a stage, lit by a beam of light with one hand raised above her. The lifted hand and p...
Category
1980s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype
Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Located in Soquel, CA
Rue de la Paix, Paris - Hand Colored Lithograph 1845-1860
Delicate hand-colored lithograph of Rue de la Paix Palace in Paris, France printed by Rose-Joseph Lemercier (French, 1803 - 1887). Published, Paris 1843 to 1867 by Hautecoeur Freres (Eugène and Alfred Hautecoeur (French). After Charles Riviere...
Category
Mid-19th Century Romantic South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Nipples and Peas" The Perfect Meal "Soup Etching on Paper by Tina Heck
Located in Soquel, CA
The artwork "Nipples & Peas" by Tina Heck, created in 1983, is a print that combines elements of realism and abstraction. The technique appears to be a combination of printmaking, ...
Category
1980s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Intaglio, Woodcut
"New Hampshire Lobster with Chips" - Screen Print by Timothy Lee
Located in Soquel, CA
"New Hampshire Lobster with Chips" - Screen Print by Timothy Lee
The artwork "N.H. Lobster" by Timothy Lee, created in 1983, is a print that combines elements of realism and abstrac...
Category
1980s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Screen
"La Femme et la Folie Dominent le Monde I" - 1886 Print
By Félicien Rops
Located in Soquel, CA
"Postface. La Femme et la Folie Dominent le Monde I" (1886)
1886 French illustration from Felicien Rops (Belgian, 1833-1898) depicting a young partially nude woman. The woman is st...
Category
1880s Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Etching
Morning Madness - from Lewis Carroll
s the Complete Sylvie and Bruno 1991
Located in Soquel, CA
Morning Madness - Original Abstract Expressionist Lithograph
Original black and white abstract geometric lithograph by Renee Flower (American). The image features a black and white ...
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Etching
"The Plain" Figurative Aquatint and Etching on Archival Paper
By Jack Zajac
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Plain" Figurative Aquatint and Etching on Archival Paper
Bold aquatint by Jack Zajac (American, b. 1929). Seen from above, a figure stands outside at night, with arms outstretc...
Category
1960s Abstract Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching, Aquatint
$1,720 Sale Price
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"Die Segen" (Sins/Blessing) - 1986 Lithograph On Paper
By Deborah Rumer
Located in Soquel, CA
"Die Segen" (Sins/Blessing) - 1986 Lithograph On Paper
Original 1986 lithograph on paper titled "Die Segen" ("Sins/Blessing") by Deborah Rumer. Red, green, purple, black and white m...
Category
1980s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Lithograph, Acrylic
"Life Is Just A Shell Game" contemporary expressionist Serigraph
By Sandra Jones Campbell
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
"Life Is Just A Shell Game" is from Sandra Jones Campbell's series inspired by her unique social observations. It features her unique blend of modernism and expressionistic style, al...
Category
2010s Expressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"No Exit-ing" - 1976 Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"No Exit-ing" - 1976 Lithograph on Paper
1976 surrealist lithograph titled "No Exit-ing" by Jim Crabb (American b. 1947). Abstracted figures of black, white and grey take up the lit...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
$680 Sale Price
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"The Mermaid of Zennor" - Psychedelic Visionary Metallic Print, 9/100
Located in Soquel, CA
A dazzling visionary art print with psychedelic patterned imagery in metallic silver, teal, and yellow by Ian McNeil Cooke (British, b.1937). The Merm...
Category
1980s Other Art Style South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Foil
"The Engraver" Double Layer Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold woodcut print by M. Sheppard (20th Century). This piece is filled with Neolithic imagery of people and animals. There are two figures that are engaged in hunting and several pre...
Category
1980s Other Art Style South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
$540 Sale Price
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"Fifty Years Later" - Linocut Print on Paper 1/10
Located in Soquel, CA
"Fifty Years Later" - Linocut Print on Paper 1/10
A silhouetted image of a person's profile dropping their ballot into a voting box. The simple shapes, t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
$360 Sale Price
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"Un Grain à Trouville" (Squall at Trouville) from L
Illustration Nouvelle
By Félix Hilaire Buhot
Located in Soquel, CA
"Un Grain à Trouville" (Squall at Trouville) from L'Illustration Nouvelle
Dramatic etching of an approaching storm by Félix Hilaire Buhot (French,...
Category
1870s Barbizon School South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching, Aquatint
Kabuki Actor in Water Lily Robe with Samurai Sword - Japanese Woodblock Print
By Utagawa Toyokuni
Located in Soquel, CA
Kabuki Actor in Water Lily Robe with Samurai Sword- Japanese Woodblock Print
Finely detailed woodblock by Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825). A kabuki actor ("Master Haranyuki Sawamura") is standing on stage with mountainous backdrop, wearing a robe in a water lily pattern. He is wearing a samurai sword.
Presented in a gold colored frame with a silk mat.
Frame size: 20"H x 14.25"W
Image size: 14"H x 9"W
Utagawa Toyokuni (Japanese, 1769-1825) was born in Edo, the son of Kurahashi Gorobei, a carver of dolls and puppets...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Abstract Lithograph with Animals and Figures
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract figurative lithograph with a lively jumble of abstracted animal and figurative forms by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Titled (illegible), numbered ("5/...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
$700 Sale Price
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Kabuki Actor Diptych, Late 19th Century Figural Japanese Woodblock Prints (Pair)
By Kunichika Toyohara
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful late 19th century Japanese woodblock print diptych of two kabuki actors by Kunichika Toyohara (Japanese, 1835-1900). This pair of prints is united by a continuous landscape...
Category
1870s Edo South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Dreamscape - Figural Abstract
By Mohammad Hourian
Located in Soquel, CA
Dreamy abstract figural landscape of a metallic gold sun hung low in a purple sky with peace doves over a bright blue ocean and sailboat. In the foreground a reclining female figure ...
Category
1990s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Giclée
"Kitty Cat" - 1979 Abstract Expressionist Lithograph on Paper
By Sidney Budnick
Located in Soquel, CA
"Kitty Cat" - 1979 Abstract Expressionist Lithograph on Paper
Blue and purple abstract expressionist lithograph by Sidney Jonas Budnick (1921 - 1994) depicting an outline of a cat....
Category
1970s Post-War South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Acrylic, Lithograph
"The Retreat From Long Island" - 1932 Etching On Paper
By Levon West
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Retreat From Long Island" - 1932 Etching On Paper
Black and white etching titled "The Retreat from Long Island" (from the portfolio “The Bicentennial Pageant of George Washing...
Category
1930s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Etching
"June A" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"June A" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
1975 surrealist figurative lithograph on paper by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Black spotted figures appear to be ascending upward, ...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
$440 Sale Price
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"femme fatal" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"femme fatal" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "femme fatal" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landsca...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Lithograph
$680 Sale Price
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"Rabbit" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Rabbit" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Rabbit" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landscape, with b...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Lithograph
$480 Sale Price
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"cocoons?" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"cocoons?" - 1976 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
1976 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "cocoons?" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece features a variety of lines and f...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Lithograph
$680 Sale Price
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"Queremos Chuva!" - "We Want Rain!"- Mid Century Brazilian Figurative Abstract
By Isa Aderne
Located in Soquel, CA
An allegorical, mid-century woodcut print titled, "Queremos Chuva!", or "We want rain!" (trans. from Old Portuguese) by Brazilian artist Isa Aderne (b. 1923). ...
Category
1960s Folk Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut, Paper
$1,480 Sale Price
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Vintage -- Surrealist Figurative Etching -- "The Visitation"
By Herbert L. Fink
Located in Soquel, CA
Fantastical and erotic sepia etching titled "The Visitation" by Herbert L. Fink (American, 1921-2006). Titled, signed and dated 1982 lower edge. Unframe...
Category
1980s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
Untitled 1–3 (Suite of 3 screenprints)
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Andre Butzer
Title: Untitled 1–3 (Suite of 3 screenprints)
Year: 2021
Medium: Three, two-color screen prints on handmade Hahnemühle paper (300 g/m²)
Sheets: 19 7/10 × 27 3...
Category
2010s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"Folding Linen III" - Limited Edition Lithograph, 20/75
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful figurative limited edition lithograph by Robert Baxter (American, b. 1933). Signed and numbered "R. Baxter 20/75" lower left. Displayed with wh...
Category
1980s Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
"My Bedroom Windows in the Middle of the Night" Etching in Ink on Paper, #13/25
Located in Soquel, CA
"My Bedroom Windows in the Middle of the Night" Etching in Ink on Paper, #13/25
Bold surrealist etching by Ernesto Lombardi (Puerto Rican, 1929-2016). Several figures are floating i...
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Etching
Hugh Masekela, The Father of South African Jazz - Signed Lithograph Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Hugh Masekela, The Father of South African Jazz - Signed Lithograph Ink on Paper
Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Rendered in a s...
Category
1960s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"Alter Ego" - Original Watercolor Hand-Painted Etching on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Alter Ego" - Original Watercolor Hand-Painted Etching on Paper - 35/120 Edition Variable
In this highly detailed hand painted etching, artist Claus Sievert (American, 1949-2009) depicts a clown gazing into a handheld brass mirror holding a mask with matching face paint. The clown sits in what appears to be a dressing room surrounded with various costumes. This etching is uniquely hand painted in watercolor and gouache. The clown's eyes are hand drawn with added details throughout the face and hair.
Signed, numbered, and titled along the bottom edge of paper, "35/120 E.V. "Alter Ego" Claus Sievert"
Presented in a new white mat with foam core backing.
Mat size: 24"H x 20"W
Paper size: 18.38"H x 15"W
Image,
Claus Sievert, (American, 1949–2009) nicknamed “The Tree Guy," was a German-born American printmaker and illustrator, who studied etching in an art college in Brunswick, Germany, in 1971. He began his career as an art teacher in Germany, teaching printmaking, art history, advertising design, and visual communication, and became a full-time artist in 1981.
Sievert created limited-edition etchings from copper plates and a hand-turned press which he then individually hand-colored.
Sievert’s work won awards, illustrated a children’s book by Leo Tolstoy, was commissioned by the Sierra Club and Golden Gate National Recreation Area to illustrate their publications, and he had his images published in several calendars. He was known for his prints highlighting forms and the beauty of nature. His art was also featured in Ansel Adams Gallery, Muir Woods...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Etching
$600 Sale Price
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"Before The Fog" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Before The Fog" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Black and white surrealist lithograph by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). Abstracted figures take up the paper, with a pop of go...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
$440 Sale Price
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Mid Century French Color Lithograph "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage)
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful early 20th Century color linocut of abstracted man with leaves titled "Homme au Feuillage" (Man with Foliage) by French artist Jean Lucat (French, 1892 - 1966), circa 1950....
Category
1950s Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Linocut
Early 20th Century Dutch Girls Chromolithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming early 20th century chromolithograph of young Dutch girls with their older instructor titled, "Dutch Girls" by Bernhardt T. Wall (American, 1889-195...
Category
Early 1900s Realist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
$280 Sale Price
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"The Aunties" - Figurative Abstract Limited Edition Print, 20/100
By Anne Ormsby
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful figurative giclée and watercolor limited edition print titled "The Aunties", a homage to the classical figurative sculpture The Three Graces, by Anne Ormsby, a Aptos, Calif...
Category
1990s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Giclée
John F. Kennedy, Jr. Salutes His Father, the President - Rare Signed Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"From John to John" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Rendered in a semi-abstracted style, depicting John F. Kennedy, Jr. saluting his father.
Titled, numbered, dated, and signed along the bottom edge: "From John to John litho #46/50 Jan 64 Eugene Hawkins, Legend #412"
Presented in a new black mat.
Mat size: 20"H x 16"W
Image size: 15"H x 11"W
Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933) is a BIPOC artist...
Category
1960s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
"Haarlem" Aquatint Etching on Paper
By Johnny Friedlaender
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract aquatint by Johnny Friedlaender (Polish-French, 1912-1992). Comprised of two main sections, this piece is full of detail and texture. The upper layer is a reddish tan, whereas the bottom layer is a rich brown. Geometrical shapes are arranged such that they almost form mirror images of each other, but vary enough to create interest and a sense of movement.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Numbered 56/350 in the lower left corner.
Includes original certificate of authenticity.
Presented in a new cream mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 42"H x 32"W
Paper size: 33.75"H x 24.5"W
Johnny Friedlaender was a leading 20th century artist, whose works have been exhibited in Germany, France, Netherlands, Italy, Japan and the United States. He has been influential upon other notable artists, who were students in his Paris gallery. His preferred medium of aquatint etching is a technically difficult artistic process, of which Friedlaender has been a pioneer.
Johnny Gotthard Friedlaender was born in Pless (Silesia) and his early studies were in Breslau under Otto Mueller. In 1936 Friedlaender journeyed to Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Austria, France and Belgium. At the Hague he held a successful exhibition of etchings and watercolours. He fled to Paris in 1937 as a political refugee of the Nazi regime with his young wife, who was an actress. In that year he held an exhibition of his etchings which included the works: L 'Equipe and Matieres et Formes. From 1939 to 1943 he was interned in a series of concentration camps, but survived against poor odds.
After freedom in 1944 Friedlaender began a series of twelve etchings entitled Images du Malheur with Sagile as his publisher. In the same year he received a commission to illustrate four books by Freres Tharaud of the French Academy. In 1945 he performed work for several newspapers including Cavalcade and Carrefour. In the year 1947, he produced the work Reves Cosmiques, and in that same year he became a member of the Salon de Mai, which position he held until 1969. In the year 1948 he began a friendship with the painter Nicolas de Stael and held his first exhibition in Copenhagen at Galerie Birch. The following year he showed for the first time in Galerie La Hune in Paris. After living in Paris for 13 years, Friedlaender became a French citizen in 1950.
Friedlaender expanded his geographic scope in 1951, and exhibited in Tokyo in a modern art show. In the same year he was a participant in the XI Trienale in Milan, Italy. By 1953 he had produced works for a one-man show at the Museum of Neuchâtel and exhibited at the Galerie Moers in Amsterdam, the II Camino Gallery in Rome, in São Paulo, Brazil and in Paris. He was a participant of the French Italian Art Conference in Turin, Italy that same year.
Friedlaender accepted an international art award in 1957, becoming the recipient of the Biennial Kakamura Prize in Tokyo. In 1959 he received a teaching post awarded by UNESCO at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. By 1968, Friedlaender was travelling to Puerto Rico, New York and Washington, D.C. to hold exhibitions. That year he also purchased a home in the Burgundy region of France. 1971 was another year of diverse international travel including shows in Bern, Milan, Paris, Krefeld and again New York. In the latter city he exhibited paintings at the Far Gallery, a venue becoming well known for its patronage of important twentieth century artists.
From his atelier in Paris Friedlaender instructed younger artists who themselves went on to become noteworthy, among them Arthur Luiz Piza, Brigitte Coudrain, Rene Carcan...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
$1,160 Sale Price
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"Alice Monday Morn" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Alice Monday Morn" - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "Alice Monday Morn" by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece gives the impression of looking through a tunnel or cave to see biomorphic objects. Some of them look like bugs, cells, or worms. Several of the shapes are connected by a thin line, implying a rope of some other mechanism.
Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge:
Alice Monday Morn 11/20 J Crabb...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Abstract Color Field Lithograph in Pale Blue and Brown
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Color Field Lithograph in Pale Blue and Brown by American Beat artist Will Peterson (1928-1994.)
This lithograph blends the linework and movement of abstract impressionism with a color field-esque composition. A long copper-brown rectangle shines through from the bottom layer of the colors. It is then crossed in multiple places by black linework and hatching. Around this shape a pale cornflower blue acts as a frame and crosses the brown shape in the center. The addition of the cool black and blue tones creates a sense of warmth in the underlying shape.
Lithograph is printed on wove paper which is fixed to a larger piece of handmade paper containing the artists signature and a small embossing found on his other pieces from this time period. This paper is displayed on top of a linen covered board with sturdy wood edges and a plexiglass over over the entire piece.
Will Peterson was born in Chicago in 1928 to German immigrant parents. He contracted Polio when he was in High School and thus spent much of his early years ill. During this time he started working as a cartoonist for his high school’s paper. He started his official art studies at Wilber Wright College in Chicago and later earned a BA and a MA at Michigan State University. Here he studied print making and lithography under John S. deMartelly. He began enjoying artistic success while still in graduate school, exhibiting at the Detroit Art Institute, the Terry Art Institute, the National Print Exhibition, and the Boston Printmakers.
Peterson was drafted into the army in 1952 and thus spent time in Korea and Japan. His time as an educational specialist in Hokkaido was a formative experience for him and his interest in Japanese calligraphy and other arts influenced his later work. Upon returning to the United States, he moved to Oakland, California. He became involved with the beat movement and after founding the Bay Printmakers Society with fellow artist Mel Strawn...
Category
1960s Post-Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Lithograph
"Leonard Bernstein" - Rare Signed Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Leonard Bernstein" - Figurative Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Bold lithograph by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). Leonard Bernstein is raising both ha...
Category
1960s American Modern South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Cavalry
By John Baldessari
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: John Baldessari
Title: Cavalry
Year: 1986
Medium: Etching with aquatint on Rives B.F.K paper
Sheet: 29 3/4 x 22 inches (75.56 x 55.88 cm)
Edition: 35; signed, numbered and da...
Category
1980s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Male Figurative Study - Original Lithograph on Paper
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
Male Figurative Study - Original Lithograph on Paper
Original lithograph on paper depicting a male nude in pose. The male figure is depicted sitting, ...
Category
1960s American Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
$700 Sale Price
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Passages - A Suite of 16 Prints by Patricia Pearce and other artists
By Patricia A. Pearce
Located in Soquel, CA
Passages - A Suite of 16 Prints by Patricia Pearce and other artists
A set of lithographs by College of San Mateo class of 1992, instructed by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b 1948). Each print is on laid paper, meaning they all have ragged edges. Presented in a black folio with title sheet, table of contents, and ties. Includes protective tissue paper dividers between each piece.
Each piece is numbered, titled, and signed by the artist.
Patricia Pearce is a California artist who attended San Francisco State and UC Irvine and is the adjunct Professor of Fine Art at the College of San Mateo. Her early work on paper explored images of garments using various printmaking techniques. Later, she began to work mainly in collagraph and monotype prints creating singular images of kimonos and ribbons in her subtle shifting, subdued pieces are constructed in a three-step process. Awards include Grade Prize, 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama Japan; Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation. Collections: Nieman Marcus, San Francisco; Wells Fargo, San Francisco Exhibitions: Montalvo, California Center for the Arts; Pacific Prints, Palo Alto.
Other artists in the collection include:
Tom Attix
Donna Catalini
I. Colon
Nancy Conner
Judith Gaulke (American, b. 1946) is originally from Hood River, Oregon. Gaulke has been working in oils on canvas most of her life, painting seriously since 1988 when she had her first showing, then her first gallery representation in 1990. She is attracted to lone objects and scenes not yet populated — table settings, chairs, boats — all interpreted to give the viewer a sense of calm. Gaulke now resides in Atherton, California with her husband Michael. Together they created the Michael and Judith Gaulke Chair of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University, an endowment for the College of Engineering.
Exhibitions:
“Varied Visions” - Main House at Holbrook-Palmer Park, Atherton, CA - 1998
Solo Show - Wente Vineyards, Livermore, CA - 1998
Atherton Arts Foundation Show - Jennings Pavilion, Holbrook-Palmer Park, Atherton, CA - 2006, 2009-2011
Pacific Art League 95th Anniversary Exhibition - Palo Alto, CA - 2016
Betty Gong
M. A. Gothan
Gretel Hadland
Tokuko Ikeda
Michelle P. Kern (American, 20th C) has lived and worked in Northern California all her life. Educated in art in the Bay Area, she has worked in art and arts education for several decades. She has a BFA and MFA in Ceramics from California College of the Arts. Kern has taught ceramics for the College of San Mateo since 2006. She has also taught for the Summer Enrichment Program for California College of the Arts, the Richmond Art Center, the California State Summer School for the arts, and for the summer program for the Crystal Springs Uplands School. Kern was the recipient of the Ernie Kim...
Category
1990s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Lithograph
The Hunter, Mid-Century Photo Realist Drypoint Etching Portrait, Limited Edition
By Gilbert Schoenbrod
Located in Soquel, CA
An incredible photo-realist drypoint etching of a Native American man by Gilbert Adam Shoenbrod (American, 1903-1996), 1937. Titled "The Hunter", this hyper detailed portrait depicts...
Category
1930s Photorealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Untitled (Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary), 1983
By Niki de Saint Phalle
Located in Greenwich, CT
Niki de Saint Phalle's Untitled from 1983 was included in the famed 'Eight by Eight to Celebrate the Temporary Contemporary' portfolio published by MOCA as a fundraiser. The particip...
Category
20th Century Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
On the Beach Baroque Style Figurative
By Ben Messick
Located in Soquel, CA
Study of a female nude in the Baroque style, by acclaimed California artist Ben Messick (American, 1891-1981). Signed "Ben Messick 40" in plate and pencil lower left, by the estate. Unframed. Image size, 4.75"L x 10.5"H; overall mat size is, 16"L x 20"H. Some foxing to over-mat.
The following is submitted by Jim Lafferty whose sources include the autobiography of the artist:
William Washington Messick married Sarah A. Bristow January 2,1889 and from this marriage a son, Benjamin Newton Messick was born on January 9, 1891 on a farm near Strafford, Missouri. His art talent was apparent from the time he was a child and later recognized by his commanding officer in World War I. He completed his training in Los Angeles at Chouinard in the late-1920s and is well-known for his Regionalist scenes and Modernist paintings. He was an instructor at Chouinard through the 1950s & influenced a generation of LA Modernists.
Little is recorded in his autobiography about Messick's life from his teen years and service during the War. He enrolled at Chouinard Institute in the Fall of 1925, and was given a three-year scholarship by Mrs. Chouinard. In 1925 he won a cash award at the Los Angeles County Fair for a group of pen and charcoal drawings done in the parks and streets of Los Angeles. These works give the appearance of being spontaneous and fluid.
In 1930 Messick left Chouinard as a full-time student and rented an apartment on West Eighth Street to use as a studio and living quarters. He had his own ideas on what he was trying to accomplish in art. "If you should ask what is the message of my drawings, I should say that they may explain themselves or may be just a technical exercise."
By the mid 1940s, Messick's position in the art world had been well established as a teacher, painter, printmaker, writer and critic. Over his life time he had over 400 shows and exhibitions. Starting in 1939 he produced a number of stone lithographs that appear to the untrained eye as original drawings. To Messick the image was the most important aspect of his lithographs, and his signature in the plate was sufficient. Hand signing each lithograph did not seem necessary to him. He exhibited prints widely including the Albany Print Club and the Metropolitian Museum.
To further substantiate the authenticity of Messick's prints the Eclectic Gallery under the authority of the Messick family posthumously pencil signed each estate-acquired stone lithograph.
Messick had a childhood fascination with the circus and started drawing and painting the circus in 1935. His circus work, especially his clown studies, and his lithographs became his trademark work for in the 1940s and 1950s. A critic for ART REVIEW described his Big Top work this way: "His circus canvases...
Category
1940s Baroque South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Pop Art Portrait of Kate Moss, Black
White Screen Print
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
Pop Art style portrait of a woman with a likeness to Kate Moss by Marc Foster Grant (American, 20th Century). Unsigned, from a collection of his work...
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
"English Cremes", Biscuit Lover
s Limited Edition Screen Print, A/P
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
This charming large-scale 1973 screen print depicting various English cookies in sharp, masterful detail by Marc Foster Grant (American, b. 1947) is perfect for a bakery or biscuit l...
Category
1970s Pop Art South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Foam Board, Screen
"T.H.U.M.P." - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"T.H.U.M.P." - 1975 Surrealist Lithograph on Paper
1975 surrealist lithograph on paper titled "T.H.U.M.P." by Jim Crabb (American, b. 1947). This piece resembles a surreal landscape, but strange creatures and biomorphic shapes. There are similarities to deep sea organisms, trees, and clouds, but they are all from the imagination of the artist.
Titled, numbered, signed, and dated along the bottom edge:
T.H.U.M.P. 9/75 4/9 J Crabb...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Kiss, Hair, Hands
By John Baldessari
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: John Baldessari
Title: Kiss, Hair, Hands
Year: 1986
Medium: Etching with aquatint on Rives B.F.K paper
Sheet: 29 x 19 3/4 inches (73.7 x 50.2 cm)
Edition: 35; signed, numbere...
Category
1980s Contemporary South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
"Faded Jeans + Stuff" - Surrealist Colored Etching #10/20, 1976
Located in Soquel, CA
"Faded Jeans + Stuff" - Surrealist Colored Etching #10/20, 1976
Surrealist landscape with creatures by James C. Crabb (American, b. 1947). There is a low horizon, with objects that ...
Category
1970s Surrealist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Pigment, Lithograph
$680 Sale Price
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"Some Town without a Name" - Signed Screen Print
Located in Soquel, CA
"Some Town without a Name" - Signed Screen Print Exhibition Poster
Screen Print titled "Some Town without a Name" by Masuo Ikeda (Japanese, 1934-1997). A black headshot is seen with blue ink by the mouth and enclosed in a blue rectangle. "Masuo Ikeda" can be seen printed up top, with a list of Ten Lithographs under.
Signed in pencil "Masuo Ikeda" lower right and numbered "XXXlll" middle
Presented in a white mat.
Mat: 36"H x 28"W
Paper: 26"H x 21"W
Image: 25 1/2"H x 19 1/2"W
Masuo Ikeda (Japanese, 1934 - 1997) was born in 1934. Masuo Ikeda is well known a Japanese painter, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, ceramist, novelist, and film director. He started winning prize after prize in the 1960s: the Governor of Tokyo's Prize (1962), the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art Prize (1964). In 1961 he had established himself as a printmaker by winning the Grand Prize for Printmaking at the Tokyo International Biennale of Art, but it was in foreign parts that he achieved his greatest triumphs: in 1961 the Prix d'Excellence at the Young Artists' International Biennale in Paris; in 1965 the Grand Prix at the International Print-making Biennale in Ljubljana; in 1966, the First Prize at the International Engraving Biennale in Cracow, and first prizes at the Biennales of Vienna and Venice, where he was only the second Japanese to win in this category, after Munakata Shiko in 1956. He was the first Japanese to have a one-man show at the New York Museum of Modern Art (1965). He was always on the move and spent two years in New York (1965-66), then settled for a year in Berlin (1967). Ikeda was producing prints in his studio in New York from 1969, he returned to Japan in 1980 and was based there from then on, and extended his brilliant talent beyond printmaking. In 1977, he won the 77th Akutagawa Prize (the most prestigious literary award in Japan) for his novel, Offering in the Aegean, and directed the film adaptation of the same title in 1979. His vigorous artistic activity even extended to the production of ceramic works from around 1983 onward. The Ikeda Masuo...
Category
1960s Pointillist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Laid Paper
$1,168 Sale Price
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"Altered States of an Autorittrati", Skeleton Limited Edition Lithograph
By I. Colon
Located in Soquel, CA
Striking figurative abstract lithograph with skeleton by California artist I. Colon (20th Century). Numbered, titled, and signed along the bottom edge ("E.V. IV/X "Altered States ...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Abstracted Lithograph of The Louve Museum with E.M Pei Pyramids
By Bu King
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Lithograph of The Louve with E.M. Pei Glass Pyramids
Limited edition lithograph of an abstracted urban landscape, with fractured yellow and green color fields, by Bu King (...
Category
Late 20th Century Analytic Cubist South Coast - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Aquatint, Lithograph
$360 Sale Price
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