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Item Ships From: Wisconsin
"Two Women -La Garconne Series -Deux Femmes, " a Color Pochoir
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This color pochoir by Kees Van Dongen was done on arches paper No. 738/750. Two nude women outlined by purple cover their faces with a white sheet.
Archivally framed with 12k white...
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1920s Art Deco Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Other Medium
"Couple Conversing - La Garconne Series, " Pochoir on Paper
By Kees van Dongen
Located in Milwaukee, WI
A color pochoir on arches paper by Kees Van Dongen titled "Couple Conversing" from the La Garconne Series "Un Couple Parle Ensemble." Two figures are surrounded by an aura-like pink ...
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1920s Art Deco Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Other Medium
Lobsterman
s Wharf, Maine
original lithograph signed by "Zsissly" Albright
By Malvin Marr Albright
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Lobsterman's Wharf, Maine' is an original lithograph signed by Malvin Marr "Zsissly" Albright. While Malvin Marr – along with his better-known identical twin Ivan Albright – was known for his meticulous and unsettling magic realist compositions, he and his brother were also prolific in capturing landscapes of the coast of Maine where the two spent several consecutive summers away from Chicago over their lives. Sometimes these Maine landscapes and views would be painterly and seemingly antithetical to the careful realism of his other work; but in this example, however, the wharf is treated with the same macabre decay as his human subjects. In the composition, the shack...
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1940s American Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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 - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Three Studies
original signed drawing, Venus de Milo
Victory of Samothrace
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This drawing, three studies of figures, was done by the contemporary artist Claude Weisbuch in 1979, but it shows his interest in the old masters and his academic approach to drawing. The figures are based on sculptures at the Louvre Museum in Paris, especially the ancient Greek sculptures of the Venus de Milo int he center and the Winged Victory of Samothrace...
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1970s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Late 20th century abstract lithograph portrait face purple
By Charles Dwyer
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Untitled" is a 3-color lithograph on arches paper created by Charles Dwyer. It depicts an abstracted human figure in purple. The faceted portrait hearkens back to cubist aesthetics ...
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1980s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Noel, " Religious Linocut in Green on Tan Paper signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Noel" is an original linocut in green ink on tan paper by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist stamped her signature lower center. This artwork features the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesu...
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1950s American Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Early 20th century color lithograph poster figures globe flags sun moon text
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"La Conquéte Du Pôle (The COnquest of the Pole)" is an original lithograph poster by an unknown artist published by the Club of America. It depicts personifications of major world po...
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Early 1900s Other Art Style Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Annette"
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Annette" is a black and white lithograph after Alberto Giacometti, published in Derriere le Miroir. It depicts the bust of a nude woman in scratchy lines. Annette was Alberto's wife and frequently modeled for his sculptures and drawings.
10" x 7 1/4" art
21 1/4" x 18 5/8" frame
Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) was born in Borgonovo, a Swiss municipality, to the post-impressionist painter Giovanni Giacometti.
In 1922 he moved to Paris to study under the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, an associate of Auguste Rodin. It was there that Giacometti experimented with cubism and surrealism and came to be regarded as one of the leading surrealist sculptors. Among his associates were Joan Miró, Max Ernst, Pablo Picasso, Bror Hjorth and Balthus.
Between 1936 and 1940, Giacometti concentrated his sculpting on the human head, focusing on the sitter's gaze. He preferred models he was close to, his sister and the artist Isabel Rawsthorne (then known as Isabel Delmer). This was followed by a unique artistic phase in which his statues of Isabel became stretched out; her limbs elongated. Obsessed with creating his sculptures exactly as he envisaged through his unique view of reality, he often carved until they were as thin as nails and reduced to the size of a pack of cigarettes, much to his consternation. A friend of his once said that if Giacometti decided to sculpt you, "he would make your head look like the blade of a knife." After his marriage to Annette Arm in 1946 his tiny sculptures became larger, but the larger they grew, the thinner they became. Giacometti said that the final result represented the sensation he felt when he looked at a woman.
In 1962, Giacometti was awarded the grand prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale, and the award brought with it worldwide fame. Even when he had achieved popularity and his work was in demand, he still reworked models, often destroying them or setting them aside to be returned to years later. The prints produced by Giacometti are often overlooked but the catalogue raisonné, Giacometti - The Complete Graphics and 15 Drawings by Herbert Lust (Tudor 1970), comments on their impact and gives details of the number of copies of each print. Some of his most important images were in editions of only 30 and many were described as rare in 1970.
In his later years Giacometti's works were shown in a number of large exhibitions throughout Europe. Riding a wave of international popularity, and despite his declining health, he travelled to the United States in 1965 for an exhibition of his works at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. As his last work he prepared the text for the book Paris sans fin...
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1970s Minimalist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,800
Artist Series at the Pabst
original lithograph poster, violinists 1980s
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This limited edition poster was produced for the fifth anniversary season of the Artist Series at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, in cooperation with the David Barnett Gallery. It is...
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1980s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Street Scene With Building #2
original silkscreen signed by Lester Johnson
By Lester Johnson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an original screen print signed by Lester Johnson, from his 'Street Scene Portfolio.' It features four figures, all wearing fashionable street clothing emblematic...
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1970s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
20th century aquatint etching figurative portrait ink unfinished female subject
By Moishe Smith
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Maria (Artist's Wife)" is an original etching by Moishe Smith, signed in the bottom right corner and numbered in the bottom left. The piece depicts a seated woman from the waist up,...
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1960s Post-Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching, Aquatint
"Derriere Le Miroir, " Three Original Color Lithographs by Saul Steinberg
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Derriere Le Miroir" is an original color lithograph signed by the artist Saul Steinberg. The artist's signature is in the bottom left margin.
Image Size: 14"x20"
Frame Size: 25 5/8...
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1970s American Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
17th century etching black and white indoors table figures scene
By Cornelis Bega
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Conversation" is an original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega. It depicts three men conversing in a dark interior. Publisher: Pearce #43.
3" x 2 1/4" art
12 3/4" x 11 5/8" fra...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
20th century aquatint etching figurative scene dark moody urban city cart signed
By Jacques Villon
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Manege rue Caulaincourt ou Le Petit Manege Aux Chevaux De Bois" is an original etching and aquatint signed by Jacques Villon. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This is an artist proof in brown & black on arches paper. This piece depicts a number of figures on a horse-drawn carousel going through the street.
21 7/8" x 28 1/2" art
29 1/4" x 33 1/2" frame
Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963)
French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon; soon afterwards this new surname was combined with the family name by Raymond. Marcel Duchamp and their sister Suzanne Duchamp...
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Early 1900s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Late 19th century lithograph art nouveau ornate bookplate figures floral
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli "Ilsee and Jaufre" is an original lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. From "Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli," a rare illustrated book.
Image: 8.12" x 6"
F...
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1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Noel
Linocut with estate signature
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
4.88 x 6 inches, folded sheet - David originally printed this as a greeting card in 2008 from Sylvia's block. In 2022 he had it cut down to the image size and stamped on face with es...
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Early 2000s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
"La Lecon du Professor Tulp, " Original Lithograph signed by Claude Weisbuch
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"La Lecon Du Professor Tulp" is an original lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (126/320) in the lower left. This piec...
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1970s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Rayon des Soieries, Opera Bouffe en un Acte, " Original Lithograph by M. Dufrêne
By Maurice Dufrêne
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Rayon des Soieries, Opera Bouffe en un Acte" is an original color lithograph poster by Maurice Dufrene. It advertises an opera called "Rays of Silk" and depicts a woman with a long ...
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1930s Art Deco Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
17th century etching black and white landscape forest trees satyr goats
By Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mythological Scene--Satyr & Goat Herder" is an etching by Italian artist Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione. It depicts a satyr lounging on the left and an approaching goat herder on th...
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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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...
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1960s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Smoker (Le Fumeur)
original etching by Cornelis-Pietersz Bega
By Cornelis Bega
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'The Smoker (Le Fumeur)' is an original etching by the celebrated Dutch painter and printmaker Cornelis-Pietersz Bega. It presents a genre scene of the type Bega was best known for: Bega's principal subjects were genre representations of taverns, domestic interiors and villages. He depicted nursing mothers, prostitutes, drunks, gamblers and fools such as quack doctors and alchemists. In this case, he shows a man seated on a chair with his foot on a flat stool and holding a smoking pipe. For Bega, this representation was more of a caricature than it was an image of a specific person, and such genre scenes would have held allegorical and symbolic meaning for the seventeenth-century viewer. During the seventeenth century, the Dutch of all levels of society consumed tobacco and alcohol, and these were an important part of the Dutch economy and a major source of wealth. At the same time, however, moralists and ministers sought to curb intoxication: they openly described drinking and smoking as sinful, immoral, and a general threat to one’s reputation. This paradox is reflected in prints such as this, which inherently carry the national pride of the Dutch economy alongside a moral warning in a print that could be just as easily consumed and collected.
2.5 x 2.25 inches, print
12.38 x 10.38 inches, frame
Framed to conservation standards using archival materials including 100 percent rag matting and mounting materials. Housed in a gold finish Spanish-style wood moulding.
Overall good and stable condition; margins cut to plate; some wrinkling in the corners from previous mounting; housed in a new custom frame.
Cornelis Bega was born into prosperous circumstances. His mother, Maria Cornelis, inherited half the estate (gold, silver, paintings, drawings and prints) and all of the red chalk drawings of her father, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, a renowned Mannerist artist. Bega's father was Pieter Jansz Begijn (d 1648), a gold and silversmith.
Like other family members, Bega was probably Catholic. Houbraken's claim that Bega studied with Adriaen van Ostade is likely to be correct; this was probably before 24 April 1653, when Bega joined Vincent Laurentsz. van der Vinne in Frankfurt for a journey through Germany, Switzerland and France. Bega had returned to Haarlem by 1 September 1654, at which time he joined the Guild of St Luke; he was already a competent draughtsman, as indicated by his first extant dated work, Interior with a Nursing Mother (1652; Frankfurt am Main, Städel. Kstinst.), and by a remarkable double portrait (Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum) drawn by him and Leendert van der Cooghen in 1654.
Bega painted, drew, etched and made counterproofs in a wide variety of materials on different types of small-scale supports. He may have been the first Dutch artist to make monotypes, but this remains controversial. Approximately 160 paintings, 80 drawings and six monotypes by Bega have been catalogued, as well as around 34 etchings.
Bega's principal subjects were genre representations of taverns, domestic interiors and villages. He depicted nursing mothers, prostitutes, drunks, smokers, gamblers and fools such as quack doctors and alchemists. Less common subjects include the ridiculed or pestered woman, as in Two Figures and Mother with a Spirits Bottle (c. 1662; Gouda, Stedel, Museum Catharina Gasthuis) and The Inn (etching), as well as witty satires on traditional scenes of middle-class music-makers, such as the Music Lesson (1663; Paris, Petit Palace).
Bega's early paintings, such as the Weaver's Family (c. 1652; St Petersburg, Hermitage), are freely executed, dark and coarse, recalling the many-figured peasant subjects of van Ostade. Between c. 1660 and 1664 he began to paint genre scenes with fewer figures, which are finely articulated, colourful and psychologically expressive, for example Two Men Singing (1662; Dublin, N.G.). His exquisite, late fijnschilderen ('fine painting') manner, evident in The Alchemist (1663; Malibu, Getty Museum), compares well with that of Gerrit Dou.
As a draughtsman Bega is noted for his single-figure studies, executed mainly in black and white chalk on blue paper or red chalk on white paper. None of the studies, which were drawn naer het leven (from life), seem to relate to a painting or etching. Bega traded drawings or shared models with other artists of the Haarlem school, including van der Cooghen, Gerrit Berckheyde, Dirck Helmbreker and Cornelis Visscher. These artists drew chalk figure studies in a very similar style, characterised by regular and precise parallel shading and well-defined forms; their drawings, especially those of Bega and Berckheyde, have been frequently confused. Unlike the realistic figure studies, Bega's etchings depict interiors with figures or single figures in the manner of van Ostade; the compositions, often with masterful chiaroscuro effects, reflect most closely the paintings of the 1650s.
Bega is likely to have remained in Haarlem, where he paid dues to the Guild in 1661. He probably died from the plague; fees for his expensive funeral at St. Bavo's were paid on 30 August 1664. Among the artists he influenced were Thomas Wijck, Jan Steen, Richard Brakenburg (1650-1702) and Cornelis Dusart. Painters such as R. Oostrzaen ( fl ?1656) and Jacob Toorenvliet...
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17th Century Old Masters Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau floral plants figures blue orange
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princesse de Tripoli Recto: "A Vision" Verso: "Worried Souls" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs from "Ilsee, ...
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1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Victor
s Camp - Hell Gate Ronde
original John Mix Stanley lithograph
By John Mix Stanley
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States government set out to survey and document its newly acquired lands and territories west of the Mississippi. The goals of these surveys were manifold: to produce topographical maps, to document flora and fauna, and to document natural resources to build the emerging US economy. These surveys, and the images from them, also functioned to build the new sense of American identity with the landscape, condensing vistas into the 'picturesque' tradition of European image making. Thus, the entire span of US territory could be seen as a single, cohesive whole.
This lithograph comes from one of six surveys commissioned by the Army's Topographic Bureau in 1853, which sought to find the best route to construct a transcontinental railroad. The result was a thirteen-volume report including maps, lithographs, and technical data entitled 'Explorations and Surveys to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a Railroad from the Mississippi river to the Pacific Ocean.' In particular, the print comes from the northern survey, commanded by Isaac Stevens, which explored the regions between the 47th and 49th parallels.
Stanley shows here the stop the Stanley Party made at the junction of the Bitterroot and Hell Gate, in present day Montana. While there, the Party met with the Flathead Chief by the name Victor, as is shown in the image. The figures and their encampment are dwarfed by the vast landscape around them, indicating the sublimity of these new American territories.
5.75 x 8.75 inches, image
6.5 x 9.25 inches, stone
17 x 20 inches, frame
Artist 'Stanley Del.' lower left
Entitled 'Victor's Camp - Hell Gate Ronde' lower center margin
Publisher 'Sarony, Major & Knapp. Lith.s 449 Broadway N.Y.' lower right
Inscribed 'U.S.P.R.R. EXP. & SURVEYS — 47th & 49th PARALLELS' upper left
Inscribed 'GENERAL REPORT — PLATE XXXI' upper right
Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting with French accents; glazed with UV5 Plexiglas to inhibit fading; housed in a gold reverse ogee moulding.
Print in overall good condition; some localized foxing and discoloration; minor surface abrasions to frame.
John Mix Stanley...
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1850s Romantic Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hommage à Michel-Ange
original signed lithograph, Sistine chapel 1970s
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Hommage à Michel-Ange' is an original color lithograph signed by the contemporary artist Claude Weisbuch and shows the strong interest he took in the High Renaissance. In the image, Weisbuch draws from Michelangelo's frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel...
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1970s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Le Portrait Termine, " Original Drypoint signed by Claude Weisbuch
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Portrait Termine" is an original drypoint etching by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (21/50) in...
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1970s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Late 19th century color lithograph figures dog rabbit landscape cart haystacks
By Jules Denneulin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Jamais Bredouille (Never Empty-Handed)" is a color lithograph after Jules Denneulin. It depicts a hunter showing his day's work to a farmer on a path at dusk.
20" x 26" art
40 1/4...
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1880s Realist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Poster for "Gran Show de la Risa" with Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, and others
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This original color lithograph poster features some of the most iconic and beloved comedians of the early 20th century: The image is dominated by the figure of Charlie Chaplin, holding his iconic bowler hat over his head. Surrounding him are portraits of Harold Lloyd...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
19th century lithograph realistic black and white landscape figurative print
By Fernand Cormon
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cite Lacustre" is an Estampe Originale en coleurs by Fernand Cormon. The artist created this work for the art nouveau publication L'Estampe Moderne in 1897. The L'Estampe Moderne bl...
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1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Self Portrait 1974
original etching signed by Sandra Sweeney
By Sandra Sweeney
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Following in line with artists before her, like Rembrandt and van Gogh, Sandra Sweeny here presents a self portrait. The image is both direct and subtle not only in its handling of m...
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1970s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
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 - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
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 - Figurative Prints
Materials
Foil
"Graine d
Horizontales, " Original Black
White Lithograph by Jules Cheret
By Jules Chéret
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Graine d'Horizontales" is an original black and white lithograph by Jules Cheret. It depicts a woman with an animal on her left next to a page of everyday people.
8" x 11 1/2" ima...
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1890s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau floral plants hands blue orange
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Prince Father's Heart" and "Jaufre's Feared Affection" are two sides of one double-sided original lithograph by Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha. These illustrations were pages 11 & 12 of "Ilsee, Princess of Tripoli," published in 1897. These pages feature decorative Art Nouveau motifs and romanticized figures.
8 1/2" x 6 11/16" art (both verso and recto)
19 3/4" x 17 5/8" 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 - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Les Petits Japonais, " Original Color Lithograph by Jules Chéret
By Jules Chéret
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Les Petits Japonais" is an original color lithograph by Jules Cheret. It depicts three young Japanese children in red, yellow, and blue. This piece is a design for the cover of "Les...
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1890s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Two Women
Man With Band T-Shirt
original screenprint by Lester Johnson
By Lester Johnson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work is an original screen print signed by Lester Johnson, from his 'Street Scene Portfolio.' It features three figures, all wearing fashionable street clothing emblemati...
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1980s Contemporary Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
"Seba after Hiroshige" from "Japanese Suite" original lithograph signed pop art
By Michael Knigin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Seba after Hiroshige" is an original color lithograph from the Japanese Suite by Michael Knigin. The artist signed the piece lower right and titled it...
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1970s Pop Art Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Robbialac, " Original Lithograph Poster by Lajos Marton
By Lajos Marton
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Robbialac" is an original lithograph poster by Lajos Marton. This poster features an abstracted man pouring out brightly-colored enamel pa...
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1930s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Hotel Lobby, " Linoleum Cut by Alexander Tillotson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Hotel Lobby" is a linoleum print by Alexander Tillotson. It features the view of a hotel lobby from the viewpoint of the back of two men. Thick lines and minimal negative space give...
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1930s American Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Kiss Me Stupid Exhibition Poster, " Poster by Valerio Adami
By Valerio Adami
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Kiss Me Stupid Exhibition Poster" is a poster by Valerio Adami. The poster was created for the Kiss Me Stupid show at the Galerie Maeght. This graphic black and white composition sh...
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1970s Surrealist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Other Medium
Late 19th century color lithograph art nouveau figures pastoral blue yellow
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Princess and Djeldah" Verso: "Fruit" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs from "Ilse...
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1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Figurative 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 - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Venise en Fleurs" from "Je Reve, " Surrealist Lithograph signed by Andre Masson
By André Masson
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Venise en Fleurs" is an original color lithograph by Andre Masson. This piece is from the "Je Reve" (I Dream) portfolio of 1975. The edition number, written lower left, is H.C. XXV/...
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1970s Surrealist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
19th century lithograph landscape battle scene military figurative print
By Kurz and Allison
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Battle of Monmouth June 28, 1778" is an original lithograph by Kurz & Allison. It depicts a battle in the American Revolutionary War.
12 1/4" x 18" art
21 1/4" x 27" frame
Kurz &...
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1890s Other Art Style Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Noel, " Religious Linocut on Blue Paper stamped signature by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Noel" is an original linocut on blue paper by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist stamped her signature lower center. This artwork features the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus. Both figu...
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1950s American Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
"Le Repos (Rest), " Original Etching Nude signed by Victor Roux-Champion
By Victor Roux-Champion
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Repos (Rest)" is an original etching by Victor Roux-Champion. It features a nude woman lounging on a couch. The artist signed the piece lower left and wrote the edition number, 2...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
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...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Car La Race, Became the Race..., " Woodcut on Blue Paper by Louis Lepere
By Auguste Louis Lepère
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Car La Race" is an original woodcut on blue paper by Louis Auguste LePere. It depicts a centaur capturing a nude human woman in a flurry of motion and muscle.
16" x 13 3/8" art
16...
Category
1890s Post-Impressionist Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
20th century lithograph realism figurative female print female subject signed
By Maximilien Luce
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Woman Manicuring Her Nails" is an original lithograph by Maximilien Luce. The artist signed the piece lower right and it is numbered (#7). It features a woman seated in an interior taking care of her nails.
8 1/4" x 5 3/4" image
14 1/8" x 10 3/4" paper
19 1/4" x 16 1/2" frame
Maximilien Luce (1858 – 1941) was a prolific French Neo-impressionist artist, known for his paintings, illustrations, engravings, and graphic art, and also for his anarchist activism. Starting as an engraver, he then concentrated on painting, first as an Impressionist, then as a Pointillist, and finally returning to Impressionism.
Gausson and Cavallo-Péduzzi introduced Luce in about 1884 to the Divisionist technique developed by Georges Seurat. This influenced Luce to begin painting in the Pointillist style. In contrast to Seurat's detached manner, Luce's paintings were passionate portrayals of contemporary subjects, depicting the "violent effects of light". In addition to Pissarro and Signac, he met many of the other Neo-impressionists, including Seurat, Henri-Edmond Cross, Charles Angrand, Armand Guillaumin, Hippolyte Petitjean, Albert Dubois...
Category
Early 1900s Victorian Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Man Monkey, " Original Etching Genre Scene signed by John Sloan
By John Sloan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Man Monkey" is an original etching by John Sloan. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This is from an edition of 100. It depicts a man banging a drum in the middle of a ...
Category
Early 1900s Ashcan School Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"VALMY! (L
Estampe Moderne), " Lithograph after Drawing by Adolphe Willette
By Adolphe Willette
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"VALMY! (L'Estampe Moderne)" is a print watermarked PL BAS after a drawing by Adolphe Willette. It depicts a general with his army and a young girl.
15 3/4" x 12" art
23" x 19 1/4" frame
Adolphe Léon Willette (30 July 1857 – 4 February 1926) was a French painter, illustrator, caricaturist, and lithographer, as well as an architect of the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Willette ran as an "anti-semitic" candidate in the 9th arrondisement of Paris for the September 1889 legislative elections.
Biography
Willette was born in Châlons-sur-Marne.
He studied for four years at the École des Beaux-Arts under Cabanel, training which gave him a unique position among the graphic humorists of France. Whether comedy or tragedy, dainty triviality or political satire, his work is instinct with the profound sincerity of the artist. He set Pierrot upon a lofty pedestal among the imaginary heroes of France, and established Mimi Pinson, frail, lovable, and essentially good-hearted, in the affections of the nation.
Willette is at once the modern Watteau of the pencil, and the exponent of sentiments that move the more emotional section of the public. Always a poet, and usually gay, fresh, and delicate, in his presentation of idylls exquisitely dainty and characteristically Gallic, illustrating the more "charming" side of love, often pure and sometimes extremely materialistic. Willette frequently reveals himself bitter and fierce, even ferocious, in his hatreds, being a violent though at the same time a generous partisan of political ideas, furiously compassionate with love and pity for the people whether they be ground down under the heel of political oppression, or are merely the victims ot unrequited love, suffering all the pangs of graceful anguish that are born of scornful treatment. There is charm even in his thrilling apotheosis of the guillotine, and in the introduction into his caricatures of the figure of Death itself.
The artist was a prolific contributor to the French illustrated press under the pseudonyms "Cemoi", "Pierrot", "Louison", "Bebe", and "Nox", but more often under his own name. He illustrated Melandri's Les Pierrots and Les Giboulles d'avril, Le Courrier français, and published his own Pauvre Pierrot and other works, in which he tells his stories in scenes in the manner of Busch. He decorated several "brasseries artistiques" with wall-paintings, stained glass, &c., notably Le Chat noir and La Palette d'or, and he painted the highly imaginative ceiling for La Cigale...
Category
1890s Academic Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Black and White
20th century color lithograph figurative print male subjects sketch scene signed
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Geste et Peinture" is an original color lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number (16/160) in the lower left. This p...
Category
1970s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
20th century lithograph figurative print male subjects hats dark scene signed
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Five Dutchmen with Hats" is an original lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition number (EA 15/30) in the lower left. This piece ...
Category
1970s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
"Untitled (Woman With Basket of Grapes), " Original Color Lithograph
By Angelika Thusius
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Untitled" is an original color lithograph by Angelika Thusius. This is an artist proof and a completely unique impression. Unsigned. This piece depicts a woman with a basket of grapes...
Category
1980s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
20th century etching figurative landscape city street black and white signed
By Edgar Chahine
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Venise" is an original etching and chine colle by Edgar Chahine. This is an artist's proof, the third state of the etching, and the artist signed the piece in pencil lower right. Th...
Category
1920s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Chanson d
Amour, " Original Lithograph Poster signed by Georges Dola
By Georges Dola
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Chanson d'Amour" is an original lithograph poster by Georges Dola. The artist signed the image on the left of Franz Schubert. This poster, published by Club of America, was used to ...
Category
1930s Other Art Style Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Chagall Gouaches et Lavis, " Offset Poster After Marc Chagall, Galerie Maeght
By Marc Chagall
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Chagall Gouaches et Lavis" is an offset poster after a painting by Marc Chagall printed by Galerie Maeght. It depicts one of Chagall's self-portraits ...
Category
1970s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
20th century color lithograph figurative print male subjects sketch scene signed
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"La Lecon Du Professor Tulp" is an original lithograph by Claude Weisbuch. The artist signed the piece lower right and wrote the edition (ETAT) in the lower left. This piece depicts ...
Category
1970s Modern Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
20th century color lithograph French scene female figure boats water signed
By Francois Batet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Printemps" is an original color lithograph by Francois Batet. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number (184/200) in the lower left. This piece ...
Category
1980s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
20th century color lithograph French scene female figures park flowers signed
By Francois Batet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Jeune Fille en Rose" is an original color lithograph by Francois Batet. The artist signed the piece in the lower right and wrote the edition number (39/200) in the lower left. This ...
Category
1980s Wisconsin - Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph





