All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 2000 item #1420769 (stock #JB04866)
An elegantly understated print featuring somewhat Hopperesque houses framed by trees, the imagery generally appearing as monochromatic and grayish, with some light green and pinkish color, signed in pencil at lower right corner and numbered 76/90 at lower left, by the noted American contemporary artist ROBERT KIPNISS (1931-). Kipniss is known for his graphic art and for his paintings, which have gone into five figures at auction...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1960 item #1420765 (stock #JB04619)
Color lithograph on wove paper print, pencil signed at lower right margin by famous French cubist painter and printmaker JACQUES VILLON (1875-1963), the title "Carte de Veccio", circa 1960. Villon, one of three brothers, (one of them the famous Marcel Duchamp), worked early on in the style of Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Villon also studied printmaking techniques with Marcel Robbe. Later on he worked in various modernist styles including Fauvism, Cubism, and abstract impressionism...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1980 item #1420715 (stock #JB04598)
Pencil signed limited edition print "Watering Hole", circa 1970's, by the important Western American artist OLAF WIEGHORST (1899-1988). The print measures 21" by 26" and 30" by 35" framed in grayish wood. It is numbered 364/1500 at lower left margin and the artist has signed it in soft pencil at lower right. Wieghorst's works sell at major auctions of western American art, into the hundreds of thousands. Rumor has it that his "Navajo Madonna" masterpiece sold privately for $1.5 million...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1420702 (stock #JB04940)
This is a color print after the work of California-based Neo-Romantic, surrealist painter ROBERT WATSON (1923-2004), measuring approximately 19" by 24" and 33" by 39" in 1980's style black and silver framing). The work is numbered 15/400 at lower left margin, and at lower right in the margin is a complete, initialed pencil drawing by Watson, adjacent to his full pencil signature...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1960 item #1420698 (stock #JB05429)
By the hand of the noted American illustrator, sporting artist and printmaker CHURCHILL ETTINGER (1903-1984) is this pencil signed etching titled at lower left "Sunrise" the subject two Canada Geese rising from the water. The print measures 5 1/2" by 7 1/2" inside the innermost mat and 12 1/2" by 14" as framed in oak. Ettinger was born in New Jersey and died in Vermont in the 1980's...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1420687 (stock #JB05146)
This is one of the very scarce, desirable prints "Le Nid--Coree" ("The Nest--Korea") by the important French-Japanese printmaker artist PAUL JACOULET (1902-1960). In December 1941, as war exploded upon the world, the image was created by the artist as a gift for his mother, who never got to actually see it. The edition in this size/coloration is said to have been fewer than 200 examples...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 2000 item #1420674 (stock #JB04999)
A pencil signed print from near the end of his long and productive life, by the noted American caricaturist, ALBERT (AL) HIRSCHFELD (1903-2003). The work, in his typical black and white for which he is famous (although he did also work in color), features a family portrayed in the popular Fox TV show "Party of Five", which aired from 1994 through 2000. It is numbered 40/100 at lower left and pencil signed by the artist at lower right...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1990 item #1420672 (stock #JB05360)
An offset limited edition pencil signed print of St. Michael's Church in historic downtown Charleston, South Carolina, pencil signed by the artist, Charleston's long time fixture VIRGINIA FOUCHE BOLTON (1929-2004). The 13 1/2" by 20 3/4" print (22 1/2" by 29" framed) is numbered near the signature at bottom center 622/2000...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1990 item #1420665 (stock #JB05133)
A highly attractive, eye-catching contemporary lithograph for home or office, circa 1970's or 1980's, featuring black horses in profile in a very decorative design of white and bright pure yellow, 19 1/4" by 26 1/2" in side the mat, 27 1/2" by 34 1/2" framed, pencil signed at lower right and numbered LXI/CXXV (61/125), by the well-known and highly sought after French artist ANDRE BRASILIER (1929-)...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1970 item #1420664 (stock #JB05123)
Miro lithograph, "La Danse de Feu", ("The Fire Dance"), 1963, Mourlot 273, the sheet 15" by 22" (17 1/2" by 23 1/2" as framed), numbered in pencil 39/90 at lower left and pencil signed at lower center. The work is printed to the edges with no margin, and there is text on reverse, as shown. There is a soft center crease as issued with 1/4"-1/2" short tears along that pronounced crease at the very bottom and top due to the weakness from having been repeatedly folded...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1980 item #1420660 (stock #JB04606)
This larger (19 3/4" by 36") work "GRAVITY -- Commission Ellwood Kieser" dates to the year 1973. The message, reading "gravity-like, He draws us lovingly into that deep dark center which is Himself. Ego dying. Soul reborning. Meaning revealing. Psyche healing. Shackle bursting. Mind spreading. Love empowering...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1930 item #1420654 (stock #JB03854)
Etching of a young woman in dreamy sleep, 11 1/2" by 8 1/2" (14 3/4" by 11 3/4" simply framed), titled in the plate "Die Rosen", signed in the plate and again in the margin below in pencil by the German-born artist OTTO GOETZE (1868-1945). The artist's name is also sometimes spelled "Goetz" and some cite a death date of 1931. Goetze was born in Germany and was in San Francisco by 1930. Though evidently little known, judging at least from this sensitively rendered print, he was a master etcher...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Lithographs : Pre 1900 item #1420652 (stock #JB04290)
A scarce lithograph print, the sheet 10 3/8" by 6 3/4" (13 1/2" by 10 1/2" in inexpensive modern framing) signed in the plate and dated 1893 by the noted French artist PAUL-ALBERT BESNARD (1849-1934). The image is a self-portrait of the Paris-born artist, who initially worked in the academic tradition before changing over around 1880 to an impressionist style. Besnard was commissioned to execute a number of murals at significant venues around Paris. This print shows the artist at age 45 (who ...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1910 item #1420649 (stock #JB05328)
A charming little etching "Cape Ann Near Gloucester", so titled at bottom center, signed in the plate at lower right with the signature of listed American artist LOUIS KINNEY HARLOW (1850-1913). At lower left in smaller type is "Genuine Engraved Etching". The print likely dates to about the 1890's or 1900. Harlow was born in Massachusetts and became known as a prolific watercolorist in New England, producing coastals, landscapes, and images of familiar places. His work became even more known...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1980 item #1420646 (stock #JB02421)
Linocut print, the sheet 10 1/4" by 14", unframed, numbered at lower left 70/100 and pencil signed at lower right and dated there 1971, the "HB" blind stamp nearby, by the important and still highly underrated Swiss-California modernist HANS GUSTAV BURKHARDT (1904-1994). The subject is somewhat uncertain; perhaps a look at a catalogue raisonne of the artist's graphic works would provide the title. The primary color used is a rich dark blue, and an orange circle provides a central point of intere...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Pre 1980 item #1420634 (stock #JB04669)
A gallery poster of the year 1977 promoting a Fifth Avenue exhibition at the Robert Miller Gallery, for Pop Artist LARRY RIVERS (1923-2002). The colorful and complex image is signed by Rivers with felt marker at lower right and numbered 46/100. Larry Rivers, born in the Bronx of Ukrainian Jewish parentage, is considered a major figure of the second generation of the New York School. According to the Wikipedia listing, he is considered by many art scholars to be the "Godfather" or "Grandfather...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1940 item #1420631 (stock #JB02329)
**ONE OF FIVE WORKS I AM OFFERING BY THE ARTIS, this is an etching on paper print, 8 1/2" by 10 1/2" inside the mat (14 1/4" by 16 1/4" as framed), signed in pencil at lower left by noted western American artist GEORGE ELBERT BURR (1859-1939). At lower right is written the title of the work, "Whirlwinds Dead Mountains--Mojave Desert". Burr's etchings and watercolors of the Great Southwest, especially Arizona and Colorado, are eagerly sought after by collectors. This example, of dust devils in an...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Etchings : Pre 1950 item #1420579 (stock #JB03240)
Etching titled in pencil at lower margin "Springtime", pencil signed at lower right by the National Academician artist, JOHN EDWARD COSTIGAN (1888-1972). The print measures 10" by 11 3/4" inside the mat, 17" by 19" in modern day gold frame. Costigan was known for his sympathetic portrayals of what he knew and loved best, the people and countryside of upstate New York, where he lived on a farm in Orangeburg. A native of Providence, and an orphan, he was moved to New York City, where he learned a...