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Item Ships From: Wisconsin
Late 20th century color lithograph prairie style Frank Lloyd Wright architecture
By Frank Lloyd Wright
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Prairie School Collection - Rug" is an offset lithograph poster with gold foil. This piece advertises an exhibition of Frank Lloyd Wright's designs. Unsigned. 34 7/8" x 22" art...
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1980s American Modern Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

Original Lithograph Signed Pop Art Floral Abstract Galaxy Space Celestial Bright
By Michael Knigin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Romeo's Paradise" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. The artist signed the piece in the lower right then titled/editioned 130/300 in the lower left with graphite. It...
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1980s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Ink

Pura Vida, 1985, (A/P)
By Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Woodcut in colors on Japanese paper. Signed and titled by artist. 24.25" x 24.25" art 34.88" x 34.63" frame Carol Summers (1925-2016) has worked as an artist throughout the second ...
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1980s Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Lithographie Originale I, from Miro Lithographs IV, Maeght Publisher, Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lithographie Originale I" is an original color lithograph by Joan Miro, published in "Miro Lithographs IV, Maeght Publisher" in 1981. It depicts Miro's signature biomorphic abstract...
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1980s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Arroyo, " Woodcut and Monotype Landscape signed by Carol Summers
By Carol Summers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Arroyo" is a woodcut and monotype signed by Carol Summers. The print is a break from the usual bright coloring of Summers' images, though is rendered in his typical style and fields of unmodeled color. A pair of trees stand front and center before an arroyo, a Spanish term for an intermittently dry creek, running out to the ocean. A white sunrise glows in the distance beyond the sea. The playfulness of the image is enhanced by Summers' signature printmaking technique, which allows the ink from the woodblock to seep through the paper, blurring the edges of each form. 14.25 x 14 inches, artwork Numbered from the edition of 120 This print was commissioned by the Madison Print Club, Madison, WI Carol Summers (1925-2016) worked as an artist throughout the second half of the 20th century and into the first years of the next, outliving most of his mid-century modernist peers. Initially trained as a painter, Summers was drawn to color woodcuts around 1950 and it became his specialty thereafter. Over the years he has developed a process and style that is both innovative and readily recognizable. His art is known for its large scale, saturated fields of bold color, semi-abstract treatment of landscapes from around the world, and a luminescent quality achieved through a printmaking process he invented. In a career that has extended over half a century, Summers has hand-pulled approximately 245 woodcuts in editions that have typically run from 25 to 100 in number. His talent was both inherited and learned. Born in 1925 in Kingston, a small town in upstate New York, Summers was raised in nearby Woodstock with his older sister, Mary. His parents were both artists who had met in art school in St. Louis. During the Great Depression, when Carol was growing up, his father supported the family as a medical illustrator until he could return to painting. His mother was a watercolorist and also quite knowledgeable about the different kinds of papers used for various kinds of painting. Many years later, Summers would paint or print on thinly textured paper originally collected by his mother. From 1948 to 1951, Carol Summers trained in the classical fine and studio arts at Bard College and at the Art Students League of New York. He studied painting with Steven Hirsh and printmaking with Louis Schanker. He admired the shapes and colors favored by early modernists Paul Klee (Sw: 1879-1940) and Matt Phillips (Am: b.1927- ). After graduating, Summers quit working as a part-time carpenter and cabinetmaker (which had supported his schooling and living expenses) to focus fulltime on art. That same year, an early abstract, Bridge No. 1 was selected for a Purchase Prize in a competition sponsored by the Brooklyn Museum. In 1952, his work (Cathedral, Construction, and Icarus) was shown for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in an exhibition of American woodcuts. In 1954, Summers received a grant from the Italian government to study for a year in Italy. Woodcuts completed soon after his arrival there were almost all editions of only 8 to 25 prints, small in size, architectural in content, and black and white in color. The most well-known are Siennese Landscape and Little Landscape, which depicted the area near where he resided. Summers extended this trip three more years, a decision that would have a significant impact on choices of subject matter and color in the coming decade. After returning from Europe, Summers’ images continued to feature historical landmarks and events from Italy as well as from France, Spain, and Greece. However, as evidenced in Aetna’s Dream, Worldwind, and Arch of Triumph...
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1980s Contemporary Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Monotype, Woodcut

"Shell, " Original Etching signed by Arthur Luiz Piza
By Arthur Luiz Piza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Shell" is an original etching by Arthur Luiz Piza. It depicts an abstract, textured shell in the shape of an egg. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition numbe...
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1960s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

"Untitled 1970 C.P. #235" original lithograph abstract pop art signed mellow
By Garo Zareh Antreasian
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Untitled 1970 C.P. #235" is an original color lithograph with blended ink signed by the artist Garo Zareh Antreasian. It is editioned 10/60 in the center lower left margin with grap...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Lithograph

Fine art print, mono print, monotype, unique print, hand printed, “Jazz 189”
By Richard Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
" Jazz 189" This unique mono print is from my Jazz series, where each individual image is composed from shapes of found objects. My process of printing is one of improvising, much li...
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2010s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

Fine art print, mono print, monotype, unique print, hand printed, “Jazz 188”
By Richard Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
" Jazz 188" This unique mono print is from my Jazz series, where each individual image is composed from shapes of found objects. My process of printing is one of improvising, much li...
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2010s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

"More Points on a Bachelor s Tie, " Etching Aquatint signed
By James Rosenquist
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This is an abstract etching and aquatint by American artist James Rosenquist with colorful red, blue, green, and yellow shapes. It is signed and dated in pencil. Edition 57/78 17 3/...
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1970s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"Man With Horses, " a Relief Print signed by John Buck
By John Buck
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Man With Horses" is a signed relief print in red and black on rag paper. It is signed lower right and from an edition of 120. 28 1/4" x 18 3/8" image...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

I Forgot original etching (A/P)
By Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches Plate: 5.75 x 5.88 inches Frame: 14 x 14 inches Etching (A/P) Rozman received his BFA (with honors in 1967) and MFA (1969) from UW-Milwaukee, and would...
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1960s Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Fine art print, mono print, monotype, unique print, hand printed, “178 Jazz”
By Richard Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
" 178 Jazz" This unique mono print is from my Jazz series, where each individual image is composed from shapes of found objects. My process of printing is one of improvising, much li...
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2010s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

Fine art print, mono print, monotype, unique print, hand printed, “180 Jazz”
By Richard Taylor
Located in Milwaukee, WI
" 180 Jazz" This unique mono print is from my Jazz series, where each individual image is composed from shapes of found objects. My process of printing is one of improvising, much li...
Category

2010s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

"Mi Gato, " Rare Black White Pattern Collagraph AP signed by Joseph Rozman
By Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mi Gato" is an original collagraph by Joseph Rozman. The artist signed, dated, and titled the artwork below the image. This artwork is the artist's proof. This artwork features an a...
Category

1960s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Black and White

Original Lithograph Signed Pop Art Aquatic Abstract Cityscape New York Fish Reef
By Michael Knigin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Invading Knight" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the title/edition number 200/275, in the lower left corn...
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1970s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Ink

"Animal Farm" from Los Animales Portfolio, " Collagraph signed by Joseph Rozman
By Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Animal Farm" is an original color collagraph by Joseph Rozman. This artwork, edition number 9/10, is from the artist's "Los Animales" portfolio. The artis...
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1960s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

"Finest Hope" original lithograph signed pop art abstract hyperrealism collage
By Michael Knigin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Finest Hope" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number, 182/300, in the lower left with graphite...
Category

1980s Realist Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Ink

Prismatic Variation I
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The work of Ruth Leavitt (1944, Saint Paul, Minnesota) employs computation to manipulate and alter abstract forms by virtually stretching, rotating and deforming them across three ax...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

"Braque Graveur, " Lithograph Poster signed in the stone
By Georges Braque
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Braque Graveur" is an original color lithograph poster. It depicts a moth or butterfly landed on a black abstract form. There are blue and reddish-brown abstract shapes as well, and...
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1950s Synthetic Cubist Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Hinting (With Chine Colle), " Etching Aquatint signed by Molly McKee
By Molly McKee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Hinting (With Chine Colle)" is an etching and an aquatint signed by Molly McKee. This complex print starts with a mass of black scribbles that are in the foreground near the upper left. The next piece is a woman's torso. Covered up slightly by the black marks, but still beautiful and graceful. Behind her is a golden rocket shaped object. Art: 12 x 8.88 in Frame: 24.88 x 17.5 in A Milwaukee...
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1990s Surrealist Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

The Lamoille Project #63 original monoprint signed by Mickey Myers
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Mickey Myers is perhaps best known for her Pop art designs from the 1970s and '80s, where she would make vibrant compositions of Crayola crayons. In her l...
Category

2010s Contemporary Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Pastel, Monoprint

Floorboard Plus Four original collagraph signed by Joseph Rozman
By Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present unique collagraph is an excellent example of Joseph Rozman's pictographic style. The composition is organized like a tiled floor, each square containing an abstracted ima...
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Les Erophages" Etching Aquatint with Gold Ink on Paper signed by Andre Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Erophages" is an etching and aquatint with gold ink on Japanese paper signed by Andre Masson. Coming from the corner on the lower left was a boarder of pink with lines and circl...
Category

1960s Surrealist Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching, Aquatint

"Casual Encounter" original lithograph signed abstract galaxy bright fun vibrant
By Michael Knigin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Casual Encounter" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. The artist signed the piece lower right and titled it lower left. This artwork is edition number 147/300. It fea...
Category

1980s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Boldest Native" original lithograph signed pop art abstract hyperrealistic bold
By Michael Knigin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Boldest Native" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. This piece features a pile of apples with abstract textures. The artist signed the piece lower right and titled it...
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1980s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Don t Wine, " Original Surreal Serigraph by Paula Schuette Kraemer Bill Weege
By Paula Schuette Kraemer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Don't Wine" is a mixed media piece, predominately a serigraph, by Paula Schuette Kramer and Bill Weege. Both artists signed in pencil in the lower right, and the title is in the lower left. It is one of a an edition of 50. The print is an explosion of bright colors, but red, blue, and green dominated the composition as they fade through the background. A blue figure climbs up a ladder out of an apple, hefting a large wine bottle overhead, which they pour out into the sea of wine. A man, woman, and long-necked orange bird also look out from the apple, reading for the stem of a floating bunch of green grapes. A group surrounds the grapes with their heads and shoulders above the water, eating the fruit. Birds fly through the background, dodging wine glasses and a vase of flowers that seem to be tumbling from a flying carpet. The entire image feels very surreal. Art size: 12" x 10" Frame size: 19 1/4" x 17" Paula Schuette Kraemer is an independent artist living in Madison, Wisconsin...
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1990s Post-Modern Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Mixed Media

"In The Clear" original lithograph signed pop art abstract seashell calm vibrant
By Michael Knigin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"In The Clear" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. The artist signed, titled, and dated the artwork in lower center. This piece is an artist's proof. It features a she...
Category

1980s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Ink

"In Real Form" signed original lithograph pop art realistic swan floral vibrant
By Michael Knigin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"In Real Form" is an original color lithograph by Michael Knigin. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and titled/editioned "A/P" in the lower left with graphite. This piec...
Category

1980s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Stabiles original lithograph poster after Alexander Calder, Galerie Maeght
By Alexander Calder
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Stabiles' is a lithograph poster after Alexander Calder and published by Galerie Maeght in 1971. Calder had produced the stones for this lithograph a year earlier in 1970 for a prin...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Mother s Rainbow, A.P." Brightly Colored Etching Embossing by Joseph Rozman
By Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mother's Rainbow, A.P." is an original etching and embossing by Joesph Rozman. The artist signed, titled, and dated the artwork below the image. This is an artist's proof. The artwo...
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1970s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate floral
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Departing Beauty" and "Dreams" are two sides of one double-sided original lithograph by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were pages 94 & 93 of "Ilsee, Princess...
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1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Incoming Tide, " Woodblock Print signed by Hiroki Morinoue
By Hiroki Morinoue
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Incoming Tide" is an original woodblock print by Hiroki Morinoue. it is signed and dated in the lower right, titled lower center, and editioned (48/120) in the lower left. This prin...
Category

Early 2000s Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Chicago International Art Exhibition, " Abstract Exhibition Poster
By Ed Ruscha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Chicago International Art Exhibition" is a color poster after Ed Ruscha, autographed and dated lower right. The artists initials are also in the lower ...
Category

1980s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

"Derrière le Miroir, Terres de Grand Feu" Original Color Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Derrière le Miroir (Terres de Grand Feu)" from the exposition "Terres de Grand Feu Miró-Artigas" at Galerie Maeght June-July 1956. This is an original color lithograph on Arches paper, with three works on one sheet from the catalogue for the exhibition of ceramic work produced by Joan Miró and Llorens Artigas...
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1950s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Flowers original abstract linocut by Wisconsin artist Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Flowers' is an original linocut by Wisconsin-based artist Schomer Lichtner. The composition presents a scattered floral still life amongst abstracted shadows and forms, rendered with Lichtner's quintessential abstract sensibilities. This print is one from a series that each depict abstracted subjects in black silhouette, taking pleasure in the materiality of the linocut technique. The free forms of the flower resemble the lyrical mid-century works of the French artist Henri Matisse, which combined with these material concerns demonstrate Lichter's modern sensibilities. The prints from this series are unusual because of how below the image, Lichtner also includes his Chinese seal and a linocut remarque of a cow, each of which act as an additional signature of the artist on the artwork. Linocut in black and red on Permalife white wove paper 4 x 5.25 inches, image 11.5 x 8.75 inches, sheet 16.5 x 13.63 inches, frame Signed in pencil, below image, lower right. Edition 1/100 in pencil, below image, lower left. Chinese signature stamp in red, below image, lower right. Remaque of a cow in red, below image, lower right. Permalife watermark to paper. Framed to conservation standards in a shadow-box style mounting, using 100 percent rag matting, museum glass, and housed in a silver-finish wood moulding. Overall excellent condition with no creases or discoloration. Milwaukee artist Schomer Lichtner was well known for his whimsical cows and ballerinas and abstract imagery. He and his late wife Ruth Grotenrath, both well-known Wisconsin artists, began their prolific careers as muralists for WPA projects, primarily post offices. Lichtner also painted murals for industry and private clients. Schomer was a printmaker and produced block prints, lithographs, and serigraph prints. His casein (paint made from dairy products) and acrylic paintings are of the rural Wisconsin landscape and farm animals. He became interested in cows when he and Ruth spent summers near Holy Hill in Washington County. According to David Gordon, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Schomer Lichtner had a tremendous joie de vivre and expressed it in his art. Schomer Lichtner was nationally known for his whimsical paintings and sculptures of black- and white-patterned Holstein cows...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Black and White, Linocut

Fireworks
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Photo Giclee print, signed lower right by Michael MacDonald. 17 3/4 x 11 3/4 art 29.375 x 23.50" frame
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Early 2000s Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Giclée

"Exposicion de Alejandro Mojica" Lithograph Poster
By Alejandro Mojica
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Exposicion de Alejandro Mojica" is a lithograph poster. It features an abstracted figure in bright colors--yellow, orange, pink, blue, and green. It advertises an exhibition in 1991...
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1990s Contemporary Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Figure in Landscape
By Yves Rouvre
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pour Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler Figure in Landscape" is an original lithograph by Yves Rouvre. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features an abstracted figure in fields of co...
Category

1960s Modern Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Trompe L Oeil, " Original Color Lithograph Abstract signed by Saul Steinberg
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Trompe L'Oeil is an original color lithograph by Saul Steinberg. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number (6/50) in the lower left. This piece sho...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Figural Abstraction original black and white block print by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Figural Abstraction' is an original block print by American artist and teacher Sylvia Spicuzza. The image, printed in white ink against a grey paper, presents bold and graphic figur...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink

Mel Swimming in Beaver Lake (Blue) original digital artwork by Melodee Liegl
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Mel Swimming in Beaver Lake (Blue)' is an original digital artwork by Wisconsin-based artist and swimmer Melodee Liegl – the first digital artist represented by our gallery! As a pr...
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2010s Contemporary Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Digital Pigment

Untitled original 1960s signed serigraph silver abstract vintage train pop art
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this untitled serigraph, Vincent DiMattio combines the aesthetics of the space age with Pop Art sensibilities and techniques. In the postwar era of the 1950s and 1960s, the United States was in the midst of a period of economic growth for the middle class, and so the trappings and imagery of middle class life became the subjects of a number of artists. While figures like Andy Warhol focused on images of celebrities and soup cans, here DiMattio looks to robots and rockets. At the far left, a figure appears with a round green head and a small clamping arm. To the right, a form like a tank with phallic protrusions, one with a head like the form of a space ship. These signs all alight with the space age toys...
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1960s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Foil

Late 20th century abstract black yellow red blue lithograph poster with text
By Joan Miró
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Obra Grafica" is an original color lithograph poster in red, yellow and blue by the Catalan Spanish surrealist Joan Miro for the Foundation Calouste Gulbenkian, executed in 1974. 2...
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1970s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithographie Originale V from Miro Lithographs IV, Maeght Publisher by Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Lithographie Originale V" is an original color lithograph by Joan Miro, published in "Miro Lithographs IV, Maeght Publisher" in 1981. It depicts Miro's signature biomorphic abstract...
Category

1980s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Title Page" and "Art Nouveau Motif" are two sides of one double-sided original lithograph by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were from "Ilsee, Princess of Tri...
Category

1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Personnages with Bird, " Original Lithograph signed by Sebastien Hadengue
By Sebastien Hadengue
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Personnages with Bird" is an original lithograph by Sebastien Hadengue. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts abstracted figures and birds in earth tones. 11" x 8 1/2...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Galerie Maeght, " Offset Poster by Shusaku Arakawa
By Shusaku Arakawa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Designed by Shusaku Arakawa, this was a poster for his exhibition at the Galerie Maeght in Paris, 1977. Shusaku Arakawa was a Japanese artist and architect. Shusaku Arakawa, who spoke of himself as an “eternal outsider” and “abstractionist of the distant future,” first studied mathematics and medicine at the University of Tokyo, and art at the Musashino Art University. He was a member of Tokyo’s Neo-Dadaism Organizers, a precursor to The Neo-Dada movement. Arakawa’s early works were first displayed in the infamous Yomiuri Independent Exhibition, a watershed event for postwar Japanese avant-garde art. Arakawa arrived in New York in 1961 with fourteen dollars in his pocket and a telephone number for Marcel Duchamp, whom he phoned from the airport and with whom he eventually formed a close friendship. He started using diagrams within his paintings as philosophical propositions. Jean-Francois Lyotard said of Arakawa’s work that it “makes us think through the eyes,” and Hans-Georg Gadamer described it as transforming “the usual constancies of orientation into a strange, enticing game—a game of continually thinking out.” Quoting Paul Celan, Gadamer also wrote of the work: "There are songs to sing beyond the human." Charles Bernstein and Susan Bee observe, "Arakawa deals with the visual field as discourse, modal systems that constitute the world rather than being constituted by it." Arthur Danto found Arakawa to be “the most philosophical of contemporary artists." For his part, Arakawa declared: “Painting is only an exercise, never more than that.” Beginning in 1963, he collaborated with fellow artist, architect and poet Madeline Gins...
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Late 20th Century Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

"Pyramid Between Two Dry Lakes, " Pop Art Etching Aquatint by James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pyramid Between Two Dry Lakes" is an original etching and aquatint by James Rosenquist. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the title and edition number (56/78) in the...
Category

1970s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures floral
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dream Weavers" and "Soul of the Land" are two sides of a double-sided lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were created for "Ilsee, Princess of Tripoli" and are the rare proofs before the text. These artworks were for pages 31 and 32. 8" x 6 1/4" art 19 1/4" x 17 1/8" frame Alphonse Mucha was born in 1860 in the small town of Ivancice, Monrovia. Though it is rumored that Mucha was drawing before he was walking, his early years were spent as a choirboy and amateur musician. It wasn’t until after he finished high school that he came to realize that living people were responsible for the art that he admired in the local churches. That epiphany made him determined to become a painter. He was soon sent off to Paris, where he studied at the Academie Julian. On January 1, 1985, he presented his own new style to the citizens of Paris. Spurning the bright colors and the more square-like shape of the more popular poster artists, the design was a sensation. Art Nouveau can...
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1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Field original abstract linocut in black by Wisconsin artist Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Field' is an original linocut by Wisconsin-based artist Schomer Lichtner. The composition presents fields of flowers, trees and grasses below a cloudy sky, but rendered with Lichtner's quintessential abstract sensibilities. This print is one from a series that each depict abstracted subjects in black silhouette, taking pleasure in the materiality of the linocut technique. The free forms of the plants resemble the lyrical mid-century works of the French artist Henri Matisse, which combined with these material concerns demonstrate Lichter's modern sensibilities. The prints from this series are unusual because of how below the image, Lichtner also includes his Chinese seal and a linocut remarque of a cow, each of which act as an additional signature of the artist on the artwork. Linocut in black and red on Permalife white wove paper 4.5 x 6 inches, image 11.5 x 8.75 inches, sheet 16.5 x 13.63 inches, frame Signed in pencil, below image, lower right. Edition 1/100 in pencil, below image, lower left. Chinese signature stamp in red, below image, lower right. Remaque of a cow in red, below image, lower right. Permalife watermark to paper. Framed to conservation standards in a shadow-box style mounting, using 100 percent rag matting, museum glass, and housed in a silver-finish wood moulding. Overall excellent condition with no creases or discoloration. Milwaukee artist Schomer Lichtner was well known for his whimsical cows and ballerinas and abstract imagery. He and his late wife Ruth Grotenrath, both well-known Wisconsin artists, began their prolific careers as muralists for WPA projects, primarily post offices. Lichtner also painted murals for industry and private clients. Schomer was a printmaker and produced block prints, lithographs, and serigraph prints. His casein (paint made from dairy products) and acrylic paintings are of the rural Wisconsin landscape and farm animals. He became interested in cows when he and Ruth spent summers near Holy Hill in Washington County. According to David Gordon, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Schomer Lichtner had a tremendous joie de vivre and expressed it in his art. Schomer Lichtner was nationally known for his whimsical paintings and sculptures of black- and white-patterned Holstein cows...
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Black and White, Paper, Linocut

"Poly-Quad-Pod, " Original Color Collagraph signed by Joseph Rozman
By Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Poly-Quad-Pod" is an original color collagraph signed, titled, and numbered in the lower part of the print. This piece is edition 9/10 and is by the artist Joseph Rozman. It depicts...
Category

1960s Surrealist Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Color

Late 20th century abstract etching yellow ink splatter geometric shapes
By James Rosenquist
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Second state in yellow etching of bright abstract stars, by American post-war pop artist James Rosenquist. Signed and dated lower right Titled and edition number 33/78 lower left 17...
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1970s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

"Black Triangle in Color, " Etching and Aquatint signed by James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Milwaukee, WI
An etching/aquatint by American artist James Rosenquist. This is #69 from the edition of 78. Signed lower right. Titled and numbered lower right. 17 3/4" x 35 3/4" art 29" x 46 1/4"...
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1970s Contemporary Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

"Head of Woman, ed. 1/6" Woodcut on Yellow Paper signed by David Barnett
By David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Head of Woman" is an original woodcut on yellow paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right, and wrote the title lower center, and the edition number (1/6...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

"Dahlke-Rozman, Exhibition Poster, " Original Color Lithograph by Joseph Rozman
By Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dahlke-Rozman, Exhibition Poster" is an original color lithograph by Joseph Rozman. Rozman signed the work on the lower right side. This artwork advertises an exhibition of works by...
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1960s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Black Triangle, " Black Pop Art Etching signed by James Rosenquist
By James Rosenquist
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Black Triangle" is an original black etching by Pop artist James Rosenquist. The artist signed the piece lower right, wrote the title and edition number (72/78) lower left, and "2nd State" lower center. This piece is part of Rosenquist's "Tripartite" series, where he divides the composition into three juxtaposed images. This piece features a rocking chair and rocking horse, an irregular circle with a flower within, and a folded American flag...
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1970s Pop Art Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

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Etching

"Season s Greetings, " Abstract Holiday Silkscreen signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Season's Greetings" is an original color silkscreen by Schomer Lichtner. The artist signed the piece in the screen on verso. This piece features abstract, linear patterns in blue and white on a brown paper background. 6 1/4" x 4 5/8" art 14" x 12 1/2" frame Milwaukee artist, Schomer Lichtner passed away on May 9, 2006 at the age of 101. He continued to amaze and create with his whimsical paintings of ballerinas and cows. He and his late wife Ruth Grotenrath, both well-known Wisconsin artists, began their prolific careers as muralists for WPA projects, primarily post offices. Schomer Lichtner was well known for his whimsical cows and ballerinas, such as his "Ballerina Dancing on Cow" sculpture below. The late James Auer, art critic for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel referred to Lichtner as the artist laureate of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was the official artist of the Milwaukee Ballet. Lichtner also painted murals for industry and private clients. Schomer was a printmaker and produced block prints, lithographs, and serigraph prints. His casein (paint made from dairy products) and acrylic paintings are of the rural Wisconsin landscape and farm animals. He became interested in cows when he and Ruth spent summers near Holy Hill in Washington County. According to David Gordon, director of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Schomer Lichtner had a tremendous joie de vivre, " joy of life," and expressed it in his art. Schomer Lichtner was nationally known for his whimsical paintings and sculptures of black- and white-patterned Holstein cows and elegant ballerina dancers. Lichtner also painted all sorts of combinations of beautiful women, flowers and country landscapes. James Auer, former Milwaukee Journal Sentinel art critic, said that his art eventually "exploded into expressionistic design elements with bold, flat areas of color and high energy that anticipated Pop Art." Auer went on to describe Lichtner’s work as full of "wit, vigor and virtuosity." As early as 1930, Lichtner’s work was shown at the prestigious Carnegie International Exhibition in New York and at museums throughout the Midwest. As a student, he was a protégé of another icon of 20th century American art, Gustave Moeller...
Category

1950s American Modern Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

"Pax Peter A/P, " Lithograph signed by Peter Dahlke
By Peter Dahlke
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Pax Peter" is a lithograph by Peter Dahlke. The artist signed the piece lower right, wrote the edition (Artist's Proof) lower center, and titled it lower left in pencil. This piece depicts two abstract, amorphous forms in green, blue, yellow, and brown. 11" x 16 1/8" art 15 5/8" x 18 1/2" frame His work sometimes makes use of symbolism which is frequently rather obtuse in its allusions to art history. The boxes he manufactures are constructed from reclaimed antique pipe organ...
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1960s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Wee Fun, " a Relief Etching Artist Proof II signed by Joseph Rozman
By Joseph Rozman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Wee Fun" is Joseph Rozman's second artist's proof of a relief etching. The piece is in black and white and depicts many intricate interactions between figures, animals, and objects....
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1960s Abstract Wisconsin - Abstract Prints

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Etching

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