Still-life Prints

A unique hand-painted lithograph of a colorful Bouquet of Flowers by Wayne Ensrud, American (1934). Quiet Sunday (Yellow) Wayne Ensrud, American (1934) Date: 1980 Hand-Painted Lithog...

Artist: Eugenie Torgerson, American Title: Fourth Costume Year: 1984 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 21 Image Size: 24 x 18.5 inches Size: 32 x 24.5 inches

SEASONS (1981) This is for the single print listed here. (not the outside folder or title sheet) Title: Flowers in Hand. This one is hand signed and dated verso. Seasons explores the seasons of Man, Woman, Child, Civilization, Nature and Technology. First digital artwork purchased by the Metropolitan Museum. Date: 1980-1981 Medium: vintage color photocopy print. “I worked at The Metropolitan Museum in 1981, when they acquired [Lesley’s] SEASONS portfolio. We knew we wanted it, even though we didn’t have a category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. Lesley Schiff (born 1951) is an American fine artist. Schiff studied painting at the Art Institute Chicago before developing her signature practice using color laser printers to create images. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Mead Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other major museums, corporate and private collections globally. Lesley Schiff revolutionized the photocopier from being an office tool to just another instrument in the artist's arsenal. Rather than addressing the tool in her work, Schiff instead uses the photocopier like a paintbrush to realize her vision. Once a painter, Schiff says: “I never intended to stop painting. I just decided to start painting with a modern tool. Working with the color laser printer keeps you in your culture. It's like America. Plugged in. Electronic. Direct." Painting with light, Schiff's body of work outlines a cycle of life: man, woman, child, civilization, nature, technology. More recent works challenge the viewer to understand the concept of eye-levels and perspectives, reinventing the way we see. Schiff's work was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first digital acquisition, and most recently, was featured at the Whitney Museum of American Art in "Experiments in Electrostatics". She uses a color laser printer “like a paintbrush” to create her art. She has said about her work and her tool: “I never intended to stop painting. I just decided to start painting with a modern tool. Working with the color laser printer keeps you in your culture. It's like America. Plugged in. Electronic. Direct—but no matter how hi-tech my tools become, I’m a painter, but instead of painting with oils, I paint with light. The Whitney Museum will show Lesley Schiff's pioneering SEASONS portfolio in its entirety. Many prominent collections acquired SEASONS as their first digital artwork. She participated in the Punk Art show in the 1970's. Her work kind of relates to Fluxus and Dada. Leslie Schiff moved from Chicago to New York in the early 1970s. Much of her art involves collage and the Xerox photocopy machine. Her images are rooted in her personal psyche and have an intuitive meaning that is not always easily understood. In exhibitions, Xerox sheets are combined and displayed decoratively on the wall. Schiff has also created books; and made video and sound tapes. She was included in the seminal New York/New Wave 1981 exhibition show at MoMA PS1 along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, William S.Burroughs, David Byrne, Larry Clark, Crash (John Matos), Ronnie Cutrone, Brian Eno, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Robert Mapplethorpe, Kenny Scharf, Steven Sprouse, Andy Warhol and Lawrence Weiner. She did a “visual biography,” comprised of portraits of Bob Dylan—depicted at different ages, from his 20s to his 60s—illustrations of his lyrics, and images of iconic objects like his sunglasses and harmonica. Schiff collaborated with Matthew Carter...

Patrick Caulfield Sue Ware Jar, 1990 Screenprint on paper sheet: 107.2 x 81.1 cm image: 79.4 × 53.3 cm Edition of 45 + 10 AP Patrick Caulfield was a British painter and printmaker, ...

Discover new photography by Allan Forsyth online and in our Wychwood Art Gallery in Deddington. Allan Forsyth is an artist who explores a breadth of themes that is reflected in the r...

Artist: Donald Sultan, American (1951 - ) Title: Red Pears Year: 1989 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 125 Image Size: 12 x 12 inches Size: 23 x 22 in. (58...

The pleasure of bring freshly gathered flowers indoors celebrates the connnection between the home and the garden. The bouquet celebrates the essence of a season of flowers, an intui...

Future Garden is an original screen print realized by Leo Guida in 1976. Hand signed and dated. Edition of 50. Excellent condition. Leo Guida  (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current...

SEASONS (1981) This is for the single print listed here. (not the outside folder or title sheet) Title: Pine Tree. This one is hand signed and dated verso. Seasons explores the seasons of Man, Woman, Child, Civilization, Nature and Technology. First digital artwork purchased by the Metropolitan Museum. Date: 1980-1981 Medium: vintage color photocopy print. “I worked at The Metropolitan Museum in 1981, when they acquired [Lesley’s] SEASONS portfolio. We knew we wanted it, even though we didn’t have a category for it.” David Kiehl, Curator of Prints and Special Collections The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. Lesley Schiff (born 1951) is an American fine artist. Schiff studied painting at the Art Institute Chicago before developing her signature practice using color laser printers to create images. Her work is included in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Mead Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and other major museums, corporate and private collections globally. Lesley Schiff revolutionized the photocopier from being an office tool to just another instrument in the artist's arsenal. Rather than addressing the tool in her work, Schiff instead uses the photocopier like a paintbrush to realize her vision. Once a painter, Schiff says: “I never intended to stop painting. I just decided to start painting with a modern tool. Working with the color laser printer keeps you in your culture. It's like America. Plugged in. Electronic. Direct." Painting with light, Schiff's body of work outlines a cycle of life: man, woman, child, civilization, nature, technology. More recent works challenge the viewer to understand the concept of eye-levels and perspectives, reinventing the way we see. Schiff's work was the Metropolitan Museum of Art's first digital acquisition, and most recently, was featured at the Whitney Museum of American Art in "Experiments in Electrostatics". She uses a color laser printer “like a paintbrush” to create her art. She has said about her work and her tool: “I never intended to stop painting. I just decided to start painting with a modern tool. Working with the color laser printer keeps you in your culture. It's like America. Plugged in. Electronic. Direct—but no matter how hi-tech my tools become, I’m a painter, but instead of painting with oils, I paint with light. The Whitney Museum will show Lesley Schiff's pioneering SEASONS portfolio in its entirety. Many prominent collections acquired SEASONS as their first digital artwork. She participated in the Punk Art show in the 1970's. Her work kind of relates to Fluxus and Dada. Leslie Schiff moved from Chicago to New York in the early 1970s. Much of her art involves collage and the Xerox photocopy machine. Her images are rooted in her personal psyche and have an intuitive meaning that is not always easily understood. In exhibitions, Xerox sheets are combined and displayed decoratively on the wall. Schiff has also created books; and made video and sound tapes. She was included in the seminal New York/New Wave 1981 exhibition show at MoMA PS1 along with Jean-Michel Basquiat, William S.Burroughs, David Byrne, Larry Clark, Crash (John Matos), Ronnie Cutrone, Brian Eno, Nan Goldin, Keith Haring, Ray Johnson, Joseph Kosuth, Robert Mapplethorpe, Kenny Scharf, Steven Sprouse, Andy Warhol and Lawrence Weiner. She did a “visual biography,” comprised of portraits of Bob Dylan—depicted at different ages, from his 20s to his 60s—illustrations of his lyrics, and images of iconic objects like his sunglasses and harmonica. Schiff collaborated with Matthew Carter...

Artist: Hunt Slonem, American (1951 - ) Title: Pocahontas Pillow Year: 1980 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: AP 30 Size: 26 x 29 inches

Size: 91cm, x 63cm (unframed) This is a signed, Limited Edition Giclée print of the original painting by Harriet Hoult. The print is on a high grade, cold press rough textured, hand...

Watercolor on paper

Artist: Ben Schonzeit, American (1942 - ) Title: Lamps Year: 1979 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 14/125 Image Size: 19.5 x 17 inches Size: 28 x 25 in. (71.12...

Watercolor on paper 32 x 25 inches framed Eunju Kang’s monotype and watercolor compositions are spare and lively as the artist balances bold color and delicate forms within an abund...

Joan Miro Miro Original Abstract Lithograph Artist: Joan Miro Medium: Original lithograph on Rives vellum Portfolio: Miro Lithographe III...

Artist: Jack Beal, American (1931 - 2013) Title: Wisconsin Year: circa 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50, AP 6 Size: 22 in. x 27.5 in. (55.88 cm x 69...

Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993) Title: Rose Year: 1980 Edition: 92/175, plus proofs. Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 29 x 29 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed an...

Six hand-coloured plates of Grapes, printed in colour and finished by hand. Framed and glazed, overall size: 42.5 by 57.5cm. Pomona Italiana Ossia Trattato Degli Alberi Fruttiferi...

Artist: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, American (1933 - 1993) Title: Lilium Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200 Image Size: 30 x 39 inches Size: 37 x 45...

A striking etching by Simon Goldberg (1913-1985). Rendered in expressive lines, Goldberg depicts a vase of flowers and a pile of books. Signed and numbered 2/50 in graphite below the...

This bold and layered etching displays clearly visible cross-hatching marks with excellent use of light and tone to capture flowers in a tall glass vase. Areas of aquatint add depth ...

limited_edition Oil based inks on 300gsm Somerset Velvet Paper Edition number 50 Image size: H:30 cm x W:30 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:40 cm x D:1cm Sold Unf...

Dodo by Artist Mychael Barratt is a limited edition print. The scene depicts a Dodo. The use of material provides the bird with softer features. This makes the work more elegant. Or...

Lithograph on thick art paper 23 × 15 in 58.4 × 38.1 cm Solo Show December 5th-19th Medium Print Condition Print is in good condition and has been stored flat since 2013. 8/10 Si...

"Untitled 1.21" Still Life Photography 24' x 35' in Ed of 10 by García De Marina Signed and numbered by the artist Comes with COA issued by the artist García de Marina was born in ...

Still Life with Net Curtain is a unique monoprint by Rosemary Farrer. The simplistic shapes and contrasting colours give the work a layered effect. The prints are in no way copies of...

Elizabeth Quandt (1922 - 1994) Aries II, 1978 Etching on Arches paper. Deckled edges. Singed and dated in pencil, lower right Edition IX/L (9/50) With artist's embossed stamp to lower center Image 8in H x 10 1/2in L: Sheet 22 1/4in H x 18in L. Unframed. The ram's skull pictured was found entwined in a stand of trees in Mendocino by the artist's grandchild, Timothy Brien Mailliard. The first 25 prints in this edition of 50 are identified by Roman numerals and comprise the portfolio suite...

(There’s A Place) Pensao Amor, Lisbon [2021] limited edition Digital on 315gsm etching paper Edition of 200 Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look I think the name suggests that this cosy little bar served a slightly more risqué purpose once upon a time. Johnny Bull...

Around and About London – 5 colour limited edition screen print featuring the blue of the Thames, the green of the landscapes, the black and white of the architecture and the iconic big red buses. The inspiration for Clare’s work comes from the buildings that surrounded her and nostalgic reminisces of places and items of interest. Within each image, design, pattern and colour plays an important part, adding depth and decoration to build an aesthetically pleasing overall effect. Clare Halifax, artist, joins Wychwood Art selling art online and in their art gallery in Deddington. Clare Halifax is offering exclusive Cotswold screen prints with Wychwood Art as well as scenes of London and Oxford. Clare Halifax graduated from the University of Loughborough in 2000 with a BA Hons in Printed Textile design and went on to sell her work internationally to the fashion and interior markets...

Elizabeth Quandt (1922 - 1994) Aries IV: Ram in a Thicket, 1978 Etching on Arches paper Singed and dated in pencil, lower right Edition IX/L (9/50) With artist's embossed stamp to lower center Image 5 1/4in H x 5in L: Sheet 22 1/4in H x 18in L. Unframed. The ram's skull pictured was found entwined in a stand of trees in Mendocino by the artist's grandchild, Timothy Brien Mailliard. The first 25 prints in this edition of 50 are identified by Roman numerals and comprise the portfolio suite...

Elizabeth Quandt (1922 - 1994) Aries III, 1978 Etching on Arches paper Singed and dated in pencil, lower right Edition IX/L (9/50) With artist's embossed stamp to lower center Image 11 1/2in H x 6 1/2in Lin x 11in: Sheet 22 1/4in H x 18in L. Unframed. The ram's skull pictured was found entwined in a stand of trees in Mendocino by the artist's grandchild, Timothy Brien Mailliard. The first 25 prints in this edition of 50 are identified by Roman numerals and comprise the portfolio suite...

Artist: Arman Title: Macho Year: 1979 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches, Signed and Numbered in Pencil Edition: 150, AP 30 Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm) (framed larger)

Pensao Amor, Lisbon and Oriental Bar, Venice Diptych by Johnny Bull [2021] limited_edition Digital on 315gsm etching paper Edition number 200 Image size: ...

Brodie Standing by Helen Fay [08] Limited Edition Etching , hand printed on Hanemulle etching paper Edition number edition size 75 Image size: H:30.5 cm x W:51 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:45 cm x W:64 cm x D:.15cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look This is a handmade and hand printed etching. An old friend of mine, Brodie the Scottish Terrier. He was a regular at the shows and a wonderful character. Animals have always been at the heart of my work. I find the form, movement and behaviour of the creatures I draw a source of limitless fascination. I love the idea of them watching me, watching them as I draw. I hope my appreciation of the sentience and character of the animals I draw comes across in my work. Over my career I have drawn everything from primates to penguins, dogs, ostriches and even an echidna. These days dogs are my main focus, mostly because I adore dogs but also because they are such an integral part of life. I am delighted by the theory that humans and dogs co evolved, we wouldn’t be what we are without them and vice versa. I try to pare my images down to a balanced simplicity that directs attention to the subject of the picture. I try to balance the subject and the space it occupies, giving each equal importance. Light is hugely important to my work, I imagine my subject in three dimensions as I draw and the light describes the musculature and texture that gives the drawing it’s presence and grounds it in the picture. I aim to capture a pause, a moment where whatever I draw looks like it could wander off or leap up any minute. My influences include Japanese prints, Chinese and Japanese brush drawing and the European artists who were influenced by Japan. I am really excited by composition, by artists like Bonnard and Leon...

Salmon and Swiss Cheese and A Piece of Swiss Cheese diptych Overall Size cm : H70 x W70 Salmon and Swiss Cheese Clare Halifax A 3 colour image of the p...

Halston and Andy Warhol were the ringleaders of the 1960s and 1970's social scene. Halston was charismatic, outgoing and flamboyant, while Warhol was soft-spoken, reserved and observ...

‘Bear Hugs’ is a large silkscreen print in a variable edition It is an image which aim to explore the very special bond between a mother and a child...

Snow Blossom Cottage is a limited edition print by Anya Simmons, inspired by her travels across the United Kingdom. This Giclée limited edition print is created using archive qualit...

Love Apple (Brown background). 1967. Linoleum cut printed in black, red, orange, brown and tan. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 (sheet 21 3/4 x 15). Edition 18. A vivid impression printed on wove pa...

Niagara Ellen Lanyon, American (1926–2013) Date: 1989 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition 38/50 Size: 31.5 x 47 in. (80.01 x 119.38 cm)

Artist: Ron Kleemann (1937-2014) Title: White Knight Year: 1980 Medium: Silkscreen on Somerset paper Edition: 208/250, plus proofs Size: 22 x 30 inches Condition: Good Inscription: ...

"Butterfly Monarch #2" Print on Canvas 40x40 in Ed. of 75 by Mick Fleetwood Digital print on canvas Not framed Mick Fleetwood, the legendary drummer and founding member of Fleetwo...

Still Life by Benjamin Thomas Taylor [2022] Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look 'Still Life’ depicts a remot...

Lithograph realized by Bruno Caruso in 1980s. Edition of 120. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Excellent condition.

SEASONS (1981) This is for the single print listed here. (not the outside folder or title sheet) Title: Flowers. This one is not hand signed although the rest in the portfolio were. ...

Artist: Arman, French (1929 - 2005) Title: Night Music Year: circa 1978 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 150, AP 30 Size: 39.25 in. x 27.75 in. (99.7 c...

"Lobster" is an original color serigraph by Hunt Slonem. The artist signed and dated the piece lower right, wrote the title lower center, and the edition number (AP/2) in the lower left. This piece depicts a still life of patterned pillows, vegetables, and animals. 19"x 19"image 21 7/8"x 29 3/4"paper 31 1/2 x 31 1/2" frame Hunt Slonem (born Hunt Slonim, July 18, 1951) is an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker. He is best known for his Neo-Expressionist paintings of tropical birds, often based on a personal aviary in which he has been keeping from 30 to over 100 live birds of various species. Slonem's works are included in many important museum collections all over the world; he is exhibiting regularly at both public and private venues, and he has received numerous honors and awards. Hunt Slonem’s oil paintings...

Spring is definitely in the air when cherry trees are in bloom. Lusciously pink and so heady. Clambering through a riot of colour, a bear cub gazes at a yellow butterfly as a couple ...

Featuring "Untitled" by Dale Chihuly, 1980. Photography: Ira Garber Photography. Design: Colophon/Images. 1981, Founders Society of The Detroit Institute...

Justin Helton is a graphic designer/illustrator specializing in design for the music industry. He is probably best known for his excellent gig posters, which usually comprise of quite detailed illustrations, beautiful typesetting and are all printed by hand. Justin works from Knoxville, Tennessee, creating work for bands such as Phish, The Avett Brothers...

Anchored Up By Gordon Hunt [2022] limited_edition Acrylic paint on paper Edition number 20 Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x D:0.5...

Living the dream By Gordon Hunt [2022] limited_edition Acrylic paint on paper Edition number 18 Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:60 cm x W:60 cm x ...

Artist: Helen Covensky, Polish/American (1925 - 2007) Title: Yellow Spring Year: 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 225 Ima...

Created in 2018 by Alexandra Buckle. A reduction linocut of marsh marigolds next to a rippling pool of water with a reflected tree. This is one of a s...

Portia Munson (American, b. 1961), "Flower Mandala Baroque", pencil signed, dated, 2003 and titled by hand along lower margin, Artist Proof. 19 X 14 (sig...

Joan Miro Miro Original Abstract Lithograph Artist: Joan Miro Medium: Original lithograph on Rives vellum Portfolio: Miro Lithographe IV Year: 1981 Editi...

SEASONS (1981) This is for the single print listed here. (not the outside folder or title sheet) Title: Fruits. This one is hand signed and dated verso. Seasons explores the seasons ...

Jack Beal Frogs and Toad, 1971 Hand signed in pencil by Jack Beal, annotated AP One-color lithograph proofed by hand and pulled by machine from a zinc plate on Arches buff paper with deckled edges at the Shorewood Bank Street Atelier Stamped, hand numbered AP, aside from the regular edition of 150 Stamped on reverse: COPYRIGHT © 1971 BY JACK BEAL, bears blind stamp 18 × 24 inches Unframed 18 x 24 inches Stamped on reverse: COPYRIGHT © 1971 BY JACK BEAL, bears distinctive blind stamp of publisher (shown) Publisher: David Godine, Center for Constitutional Rights, Washington, D.C. Jack Beal's "Frogs and Toads" is a classic example of protest art from the early 1970s - the most influential era until today. This historic graphic was created for the legendary portfolio "CONSPIRACY: the Artist as Witness", to raise money for the legal defense of the Chicago 8 - a group of anti-Vietnam War activists indicted by President Nixon's Attorney General John Mitchell for conspiring to riot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. (1968 was also the year Bobby Kennedy was killed and American casualties in Vietnam exceeded 30,000.) The eight demonstrators included Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale. (The eighth activist, Bobby Seale, was severed from the case and sentenced to four years for contempt after being handcuffed, shackled to a chair and gagged.) Although Abbie Hoffman would later joke that these radicals couldn't even agree on lunch, the jury convicted them of conspiracy, with one juror proclaiming the demonstrators "should have been shot down by the police." All of the convictions were ultimately overturned by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. This lithograph has fine provenance: it comes directly from the original Portfolio: "Conspiracy The Artist as Witness" which also featured works by Alexander Calder, Nancy Spero and Leon Golub, Romare Bearden Sol Lewitt, Robert Morris, Claes Oldenburg, Larry Poons, Peter Saul, Raphael Soyer and Frank Stella - as well as this one by Jack Beal. It was originally housed in an elegant cloth case, accompanied by a colophon page. This is the first time since 1971 that this important work has been removed from the original portfolio case for sale. It is becoming increasingly scarce because so many from this edition are in the permanent collections of major museums and institutions worldwide. Jack Beal wrote a special message about this work on the Portfolio's colophon page. It says, "In 1956, shortly after Sondra and I moved to New York, two friends were arrested and jailed for protesting air-raid drills. From them and their friends came our education. This work is dedicated to them and their families. "In Memory of Patricia McClure Daw and AL Uhrie" - This print was made for their children. Jack Beal Biography: Early in his career Walter Henry “Jack” Beal Jr. painted abstract expressionist canvases, because he believed it was “the only valid way to paint.” By the early 1960s he totally altered his approach and fully repudiated abstraction. Turning to representation, he painted narrative and figurative subjects, often enhanced by bright colors and dramatic perspectives. Beal was born in Richmond, Virginia, and from 1950 to 1953 he attended the Norfolk Division of William and Mary College Polytechnic Institute, (now Old Dominion University) where he studied biology and anatomy. Shifting gears, he sought art training at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he focused on drawing, and met his wife, artist Sondra Freckelton. His art history instructor encouraged her students to paint in the manner of established artists, and to that end he frequented the Institute’s galleries. For Beal this was significant: “Until I saw pictures of real quality I had tended to think of painting as just so much self-indulgent smearing around, but when I saw masterpieces by Cézanne and Matisse, and other painters of similar stature, I was bowled over; suddenly I realized the force of art.” After spending three years (1953–1956) at the Art Institute, Beal concluded his studies there without getting a terminal degree, thinking it was only useful if he wanted to teach, which, at the time, he did not. He also took courses at the University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956. During this period he married Freckelton, a fellow student and sculptor who began her career working in wood and plastic. Together they moved to New York’s SoHo District before its transformation from a wasteland of sweatshops and small factories into an arts district. They were active with the Artist Tenants Association which was instrumental in getting zoning laws changed so that artists could live and work in the well-lit lofts. Embracing what came to be called “New Realism,” Beal initially painted an occasional landscape as well as earthy-toned still lifes which consisted of jumbled collections filled with personal objects. His signature style started with a series of female nudes—all modeled by Freckelton—based on Greek mythology. These were large canvases with flat paint surfaces, dramatic foreshortening, and unusual perspectives. He further enlivened them with vivid colors, stark lighting, and dynamic patterns derived from textiles and overstuffed furniture. He stopped painting nudes after two episodes. The first came as he was loading a canvas of his naked wife onto a truck in lower Manhattan; several laborers walked by and started to fondle and kiss the painting. On the one hand he felt his wife had been violated, while on the other he was pleased that his realism was so convincing. The second occurred after a solo exhibition in Chicago at which the reception had been sponsored by Playboy magazine. A few days later he was approached by a publicist and asked if Playboy bunnies could be photographed in front of his paintings. He refused. Some portrait commissions came Beal’s way, but he preferred only portraying friends. More significant were four large murals on the History of Labor in America, the 20th Century: Technology (1975), which he undertook for the headquarters of the United States Department of Labor in Washington. Following a historical timeline, the themes were: colonization, settlement, nineteenth century industry, and twentieth century technology. The unveiling ceremony was attended by government officials and Joan Mondale, an arts advocate and wife of the vice-president. The reviewer for the Washington Post wrote enthusiastically: “They’re heartfelt and they’re big (each is 12 feet square). Their many costumed actors (the Indian, the trapper, the scientist, the hardhat, the capitalist in striped pants, the union maid, etc.) strike dramatic poses in dramatic settings (a seaside wood at dawn, an outdoor blacksmith’s forge, a 19th-century mill, a 20th-century lab). The lighting is theatrical. Beal’s compositions, with their swooping curves and bunched diagonals, are as complicated as his interwoven plots.” To accomplish the murals Beal assembled a team of assistants and models, much in the manner of Renaissance masters, which included artist friends and Freckelton. who by then was painting brightly colorful still lifes. A second mural commission ensued from New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority for two twenty-foot long installations for the Times Square Interborough Rapid Transit Company subway station. Beal’s designs for The Return of Spring (installed in 2001, three days after the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, DC and Philadelphia) and The Onset of Winter (installed in 2005), Beal captured the appearance of his models in an oil painting made to the scale of the intended mosaic. A collaboration with Miotto Mosaics, the canvases were shipped to the Travisanutto Workshop, in Spilimbergo, Italy, where craftsmen fabricated the design to glass mosaics. The Return of Spring depicted construction workers and other New Yorkers in front of a subway kiosk and an outdoor produce market and in The Onset of Winter, a crowd watches a film crew recording a woman entering the subway as snow falls against the city’s skyline. Harkening back to some of his early nudes based on Greek myth, Persephone, goddess of fertility and wife of Hades, appears in both. The symbolism is pertinent, since she spent six months each year below ground. Although he disparaged teaching early on, Beal and Freckelton offered four summertime workshops on their farm in Oneonta, New York. He was an instructor at the New York Academy of Art, a graduate art school he helped to establish in 1982. Returning to Virginia, he taught at Hollins College...

Fresh Blooms by Vicky Oldfield Hand signed by the artist Limited Edition Collograph Print Edition of 30 Image Size: H 19.5cm x W 15.5cm Sheet Size: H 35.5cm x W 30.5cm x D 0.1cm Sol...

Game Work No. 20 Mezzotint, c. 1984 Signed, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos) Edition 100: (7/100) Provenance: Ninion and Sheldon Landy Collection, Donors to Art Inst. of Chicago Hamanishi Exhibition, Oct. 12, 2013-January 5, 2014 Reference: Katsunori Hamanishi's Work Price List-Small 22 Condition: Excellent Image: 13 1/4 x 8 3/4" Sheet: 17 1/2 x 13 1/8" Ninion and Sheldon Landy were major collectors of Hamanishi's works. They donated a large group of his mezzotints to Art Institute of Chicago, which formed the core of the exhibitions of his works at AIC in 2014 and again in 2019. HAMANISHI Katsunori...