1980s Abstract Prints

Helen Frankenthaler Frankenthaler (Hand signed and inscribed), 1988 Offset lithograph (hand signed and inscribed to renowned collectors) Hand signed and warmly inscribed in ink on the front Frame included: Museum frame with UV plexiglass included Inscribed "to Paul and Joan, love Helen Frankenthaler" (Paul and Joan Gluck were major art collectors) Measurements: Framed 42 inches vertical by 34 inches by 1.75 inches Print 34.5 inches vertical by 27 inches Helen Frankenthaler, A Brief Biography Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), whose career spanned six decades, has long been recognized as one of the great American artists of the twentieth century. She was eminent among the second generation of postwar American abstract painters and is widely credited for playing a pivotal role in the transition from Abstract Expressionism to Color Field painting. Through her invention of the soak-stain technique, she expanded the possibilities of abstract painting, while at times referencing figuration and landscape in unique ways. She produced a body of work whose impact on contemporary art has been profound and continues to grow. Frankenthaler was born on December 12, 1928, and raised in New York City. She attended the Dalton School, where she received her earliest art instruction from Rufino Tamayo. In 1949 she graduated from Bennington College, Vermont, where she was a student of Paul Feeley. She later studied briefly with Hans Hofmann Frankenthaler’s professional exhibition career began in 1950, when Adolph Gottlieb selected her painting Beach (1950) for inclusion in the exhibition titled Fifteen Unknowns: Selected by Artists of the Kootz Gallery. Her first solo exhibition was presented in 1951, at New York’s Tibor de Nagy Gallery, and that year she was also included in the landmark exhibition 9th St. Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture. In 1952 Frankenthaler created Mountains and Sea, a breakthrough painting of American abstraction for which she poured thinned paint directly onto raw, unprimed canvas laid on the studio floor, working from all sides to create floating fields of translucent color. Mountains and Sea was immediately influential for the artists who formed the Color Field school of painting, notable among them Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland. As early as 1959, Frankenthaler began to be a regular presence in major international exhibitions. She won first prize at the Premiere Biennale de Paris that year, and in 1966 she represented the United States in the 33rd Venice Biennale, alongside Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, and Jules Olitski. She had her first major museum exhibition in 1960, at New York’s Jewish Museum, and her second, in 1969, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, followed by an international tour. Frankenthaler experimented tirelessly throughout her long career. In addition to producing unique paintings on canvas and paper, she worked in a wide range of media, including ceramics, sculpture, tapestry, and especially printmaking. Hers was a significant voice in the mid-century “print renaissance” among American abstract painters, and she is particularly renowned for her woodcuts. She continued working productively through the opening years of this century. Frankenthaler’s distinguished, prolific career has been the subject of numerous monographic museum exhibitions. The Jewish Museum and Whitney Museum shows were succeeded by a major retrospective initiated by the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth that traveled to The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI (1989); and those devoted to works on paper and prints organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1993), among others. Select recent important exhibitions have included Painted on 21st Street: Helen Frankenthaler from 1950 to 1959 (Gagosian, NY, 2013); Making Painting: Helen Frankenthaler and JMW Turner (Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK, 2014); Giving Up One’s Mark: Helen Frankenthaler in the 1960s and 1970s (Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 2014–15); Pretty Raw: After and Around Helen Frankenthaler (Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2015); As in Nature: Helen Frankenthaler, Paintings and No Rules: Helen Frankenthaler Woodcuts...

Landscapes of The Mind is an original hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by Marius Sznajderman(Born-Paris,France 1926-2018) printed in black ink on white archival Arches paper, 1...

111.8 x 140.3 cms (44 x 55.25 ins) Edition of 50 Impressed with Solo Press stamp and the printer’s stamp. Lithograph (from three plates) with hand colouring in gouache (two greys...

80 x 94 cms (31.5 x 37 ins) Edition of 100

Artist: Gene Davis (American, 1920-1985) Title: "Royal Curtain" *Signed by Davis in pencil lower right Year: 1980 Medium: Original Screenprint on Arches paper Limited edition: 250, (the number may differ from what is shown in the photos) Printer: Alpha Omega...

Artist: Robert Indiana (1928-2018) Title: Autoportraits Vinalhaven Suite, 1980, The complete set of ten screenprints in colors, all framed Year: 1980 Medium: Screen print on Fabrian...

A substantial trillium monotype landscape showing a view of the cultivated fields and coastal hills of Monterey County, California bathed in the glow of a radiant sunset. Signed lower left, "Maxon" for John Maxon (American, 20th century) and created circa 1985. Coming from a western tradition in Wyoming, John Maxon developed an expansive view of nature and the spiritual essence it imbued. Moving eventually to the San Francisco Bay area, John’s delight in the effects of light and color led him to the decision to become an artist at the young age of 15. His natural ability was encouraged and, at 16, he began figurative art classes with Howard Brodie. Maxon spent his youthful days painting seriously in the fields behind Stanford University, and was fortunate to be exposed to and to study the works of Nathan Oliviera, Wayne Thiebaud and David Park during those years. He attended San Jose State University, and apprenticed for Sam Richardson...

Artist: Pierre Clerk, Canadian (1928 - ) Title: Morocco Series #10 Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300, AP 45 Image Size: 21 x 36 inches Paper S...

Artist: (after) Helen Frankenthaler (American, 1928-2011) Title: "Rose Art Museum (Open Wall)" Year: 1981 Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Li...

Artist: (after) Robert Motherwell (American, 1915-1992) Title: "Art 1981 Chicago" *Issued unsigned, though signed and dated by Motherwell in the plate (printed signature) upper right Year: 1981 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on Dove paper Limited edition: 2,000. (There was also a signed and numbered edition of 150 on Arches Cover paper without margins or text) Printer: Roger Campbell and Lee Funderburg of Tyler Graphics Ltd., Mount Kisco, NY Publisher: Lakeside Group, Chicago, IL Reference: "The Prints of Robert Motherwell - A Catalogue Raisonné 1943-1984" - Belknap No. 249, page 247; "Robert Motherwell - The Complete Prints 1940-1991" - Engberg No. 282; "Tyler Graphics - Catalogue Raisonné, 1974-1985" - Tyler No. 410:RM29, page 246 Sheet size: 39.5" x 27.5". Condition: Never framed, has been professionally stored away for decades. Some minor edge wear. In excellent condition Notes: Printed in four colors: light tan, orange, deep red, and black. Poster produced for a special exhibition of various artists' work at the Chicago International Art Exposition, Chicago, IL from May 14-19, 1981. The image featured on this poster is Motherwell's 1977 collage "Untitled". This poster was the official poster for the 1981 Chicago International Art Exposition. Printer's imprint and artist's copyright lower center. GIA Gallery Poster Disclaimer: Not to be confused with thousands of contemporary inkjet/giclée/digital reproductions ignorantly or deliberately passed off as originals on the market today. The examples we offer here are the original period vintage (exhibition) posters, created and designed by, or under the supervision and authorization of the artist or their respective estate (posthumously), for various exhibitions and events in which they participated. If applicable, this poster is also fully documented within its respective artists' official catalogue raisonné of authentic graphic works, prints, and or posters. Biography: Robert Motherwell was born January 24, 1915, in Aberdeen, Washington. He was awarded a fellowship to the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles at age 11, and in 1932 studied painting briefly at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco. Motherwell received a B.A. from Stanford University in 1937 and enrolled for graduate work later that year in the Department of Philosophy at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. He traveled to Europe in 1938 for a year of study abroad. His first solo show was presented at the Raymond Duncan...

Jean-Michel Basquiat, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, 1982: Rare Basquiat announcement card published by Annina Nosei Gallery to advertise the release of ‘Basquiat Anatomy’ (a suite ...

Artist: Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: Paulo en Costume d'Arlequin (Paulo in Harlequin Costume) Year of Original Artwork: 1926 Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Pape...

Sam FRANCIS Color Explosion (c. 1983) Original lithograph Unsigned as issued On heavy paper 89.5 x 54 cm (c. 36 x 21 inch) Original lithographic exhibition poster for the artist Ret...

Artist: Joan Miró (Spanish, 1893-1983) Title: "Untitled (page 20, 21)" Portfolio: Derrière Le Miroir: Hommage à Aimé et Marguerite Maeght (No. 250) *Issued u...

FACE OF THE NIGHT (For Octavio Paz) is a limited run lithograph exhibition poster printed in multiple colors using traditional hand lithography techniques (not a photo reproduction) ...

Artist: Pablo Picasso, After, Spanish (1881 - 1973) Title: BUSTE DE FEMME ASSISE, LES MAINS SOUS LE MENTON , #3-B Year of Original Artwork: 1938 Medium: Lithograph on Coventry Paper, 100% acid free Edition of 1000, unnumbered, estate approved printed signature Print Size: 29.25 x 21.25 in. BUSTE DE FEMME ASSISE, LES MAINS SOUS LE MENTON( bust of a woman sitting with her hands under her chin) is a limited edition lithograph re-created after an original painting from the estate Collection of Marina Picasso, Picasso's grand-daughter. Printed using hand drawn lithographic plates(not a photo reproduction or digital print) on archival heavy weight Coventry printmaking paper, 100% acid free. Edition was produced in accordance with the Picasso family...

Abstract yellow and black Rene Ricard print with hand painted poetry on handmade paper. Printed in black ink at the top of the sheet and framed with a thin line, the artist's loose h...

Keith Haring New York City 1989: RARE original 1989 Keith Haring designed Sound Factory Halloween invite featuring a dazzling array of Keith Haring Skeletons: “Keith Haring & Sound Factory Invite You to A Special Halloween Costume...

Kenneth Noland (1924 – 2010) is one of the most important artists and contributors to the evolution of American abstraction. He is one of the most beloved and enduring figures in the...

Kenneth Noland (1924 – 2010) is one of the most important artists and contributors to the evolution of American abstraction. He is one of the most beloved and enduring figures in the...

Kenneth Noland (1924 – 2010) is one of the most important artists and contributors to the evolution of American abstraction. He is one of the most beloved and enduring figures in the...

Lithograph, drypoint, etching in colours, 1987/88, on handmade wove paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 75, printed and published by Polígrafa Obra Gráfica, Barcelo...

Etching, aquatint and drypoint in colours, 1987, on Magnani paper, signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 71 (there were also 8 artist’s proofs), published by 2RC E...

Artist: Francisca Sutil, Chilean (1952 - ) Title: Thebes Year: 1986 Medium: Paper Pulp and Pigment Multiple, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 75 Image Size: 22.5 x 14.5 inches ...

Helen Frankenthaler: 1928-2011. Well listed very important American abstract expressionist. Her paintings have sold well into the millions of dollars. This particular print is done a...

Engraving, 1985 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 31/99 Publisher : La Hune (Paris) 66.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.98 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 39.00 cm. x 29.00 cm. 15.35 in. x...

Engraving, 1980 Handsigned by the artist in pencil 91.00 cm. x 63.00 cm. 35.83 in. x 24.8 in. (paper) 49.00 cm. x 45.50 cm. 19.29 in. x 17.91 in. (image) Etching, drypoint and aqua...

Engraving, 1980 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 31/50 91.00 cm. x 63.00 cm. 35.83 in. x 24.8 in. (paper) 68.00 cm. x 44.00 cm. 26.77 in. x 17.32 in. (image) Etching, d...

Engraving, 1980 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 31/50 91.00 cm. x 63.00 cm. 35.83 in. x 24.8 in. (paper) 69.00 cm. x 49.00 cm. 27.17 in. x 19.29 in. (image) Etching, d...

Eduardo Arranz-Bravo - Casa negra (Black House) Date of creation: 1988 Medium: Lithograph on paper Edition: 75 Size: 56 x 76 cm Condition: In perfect conditions and never framed Obse...

Colorful vintage poster for the 1980 Democratic National Convention, held in Madison Square Garden in New York.Concentric lines of orange and bright green interweave with strokes of ...

Eduardo Arranz-Bravo - CASA AZUL Y BLANCA (BLUE AND WHITE HOUSE) Date of creation: 1988 Medium: Lithograph on paper Edition: 75 Size: 56 x 75 cm Condition: In perfect conditions and ...

Eduardo Arranz-Bravo - Casa con cielo azul (House with Blue Sky) Date of creation: 1988 Medium: Lithograph on paper Edition: 75 Size: 56 x 76 cm Condition: In perfect conditions and ...

Dynamic French abstract etching in black and grey by artist Julia Lan, circa 1980. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat f...

The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate

Victor VASARELY YKA : Cinetic Composition in Red end Blue, 1989 Original screenprint Signed in pencil Numbered /75 On Arches vellum 61 x 54 cm (c.24 x 22 in) REFRENCE : Catalog rai...

Victor VASARELY Zebra on a Rainbow (Op Art), 1984 Original lithograph Signed in pencil Numbered /75 On Arches vellum 61 x 78 cm (c.24 x 31 in) REFRENCE : Catalog raisonne Vasarely ...

La melodie acide. original lithograph painting. signed on the stone and numbered 384/ 1500

La melodie acide. original lithograph painting. signed on the stone and numbered 384/1500

Robert Rauschenberg Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games (with COA from Olympic Committee), 1982 Offset Lithograph on Parson's Diploma paper Stamp (plate) signed with the artist's initials...

Lithograph and chine appliqué 64.5 x 54 cms (25 3/8 x 21 1/4 ins) Edition of 50 Paper: Arches paper; Japanese Gampi handmade paper Other Collaborators: Image transferred from Mylar...

Frank Stella Frank Stella The Circuit Prints (Hand Signed), 1988 Color offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Frank Stella) Signed and dated 88 in ink by Frank Stella directly unde...

Naturalistic photo print proof of a pencil drawing of a forest path. Signed in print in lower right corner. Hung in a complimentary gray matte and white frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 7.5 in. x W 10.25 in. Artist Biography: Henri Gadbois is a second-generation Houston artist. Gadbois, a native Houstonian, graduated from Lamar High School and the University of Houston, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Letters Degrees. Although his main interest has been in painting the Texas landscape, he is also interested in rug hooking...

extract from the catalogue raisonné: CR 309 Signature:Signed “Motherwell” in pencil lower right Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; workshop chop mark lower right; workshop...

40 x 42.2 cms (15 3/4 x 16 5/8 ins) Signature: Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil lower right Edition: 100

Robert Motherwell Untitled 1986 Colour lithograph and collage, on Guarro paper, Edtion of 100 55.9 x 37.8 cms (22 x 14 7/8 ins)

144.8 x 62.2 cms (57 x 24.5 ins) Edition of 49 Lithograph and chine appliqué Paper:Two joined sheets of natural Nepal handmade paper; natural Sekishu handmade paper Proofs: 1 archiv...

54.9 x 56.5 cms (21.6 x 22.25 ins) Edition of 50 Paper: Somerset paper Signature:Signed "RM" in pencil lower right Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right Proofs:20 AP, number...

JAMES ROSENQUIST (B. 1933) "Night Transitions" 12 color lithograph on Arches, 1985 Catalog #204 Sheet size: 47” x 30” Printers Proof 2/4 – full edition of 35, and 7 AP Signed, ...

Rupprecht Geiger (1908 – Munich – 2009) Warm Reds (No. 11 from all die roten farben), 1981 Medium: Serigraph on 270g cardboard Dimensions: 39.5 x 40 cm Frame dimensions: 46.1 x 46.6...

Composition Ionau, Op Art print by Victor Vasarely 1987 .This bright and psychedelic lithograph by Vasarely .It features a signature and dedication in pencil by the artist Screenprin...

Pioggia d'Oro (Golden Rain) Etching with aquatint in colors, on Fabriano paper. 1988 Signed in pencil lower right. Numbered in pencil lower left. From the signed and numbered editio...

Jette Thyssen Composition, 1986 Silkscreen The artists proof signed and inscribed 70 x 56 cm Mint condition, newly framed

Jette Thyssen Composition, 1985 Silkscreen The artists proof signed and inscribed 70 x 56 cm Mint condition, newly framed

Jette Thyssen Composition, 1986 Silkscreen The artists proof signed and inscribed 70 x 56 cm Mint condition, newly framed

Bertrand Dorny Triptych (A-B-C) 1986 Triptych, original etching (drypoint, engraving and aquatint) in 4 colors with embossing, signed in pencil by the artist. Ed. Aeblegaarden, Den...

Jette Thyssen Composition, 1985 Silkscreen The artists proof signed and inscribed 70 x 56 cm Mint condition, newly framed

Jette Thyssen Composition, 1986 Silkscreen The artists proof signed and inscribed 70 x 56 cm Mint condition, newly framed