Leo Castelli Gallery at Northpark National Bank (Reclining Bather) Poster

1978

Artist: Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004) Title: "Nude (Lithograph)" *Signed, dated, and numbered by Wesselmann in pencil lower right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph and Screenprint with Embossing on Rives BFK paper Limited edition: 49/75, (there were also 12 artist's proofs) Printer: Styria Studio, New York, NY Publisher: Multiples Inc., New York, NY Reference: "Tom Wesselmann" - Stealingworth page 285; "Synthesis and Tension: Tom Wesselmann's Editions" - Cristea Roberts Gallery No. 9, page 36-37 Sheet size: 22.5" x 30.13" Image size: 13.5" x 23.63" Condition: A superior example in mint condition Rare Notes: Provenance: one owner ever - private collection - Chicago, IL; acquired from van Straaten Gallery, Chicago, IL in 1979, retaining their original gallery label. This work is also sometimes referred to as "Nude with Rose". Printed in thirty-four colors. Styria Studio chop mark/blind stamp lower right. Multiples Inc. chop mark/blind stamp lower left. Rives BFK watermark lower left. Some pencil inscribed reference numbers on verso. Our example here is in mint condition with strong colors as the day it was printed having been previously archivally framed and properly stored. For reasons unknown, most all examples of "Nude (Lithograph)" that appear today, their colors have greatly attenuated (faded) over the past 45 years. Also, the printer and publisher of this edition are almost always incorrectly defined backwards, as Styria Studios as the publisher and Multiples Inc. as the printer. William (Bill) van Straaten (1937-2013) founded van Straaten Gallery in Chicago in 1969, a contemporary art gallery with an international reputation. He served as president of the Chicago Art Dealers Association. He ran the gallery at 646 North Michigan Avenue for 33 years until 2002. In 2003, van Straaten moved his operations to Steamboat Springs, Colorado establishing Riverhouse Editions, a fine art publisher. In 2008, van Straaten moved to Denver and acquired the Sandy Carson Gallery on Santa Fe Drive, which operated as the van Straaten Gallery for five final years before closing in 2012. Biography: Thomas K. Wesselmann (February 23, 1931 – December 17, 2004) was an American artist associated with the Pop Art movement who worked in painting, collage and sculpture. Born on February 23, 1931, in Cincinnati, Ohio, cartoonist and collagist Tom Wesselmann eventually moved to New York City to become one of the founding figures of the Pop Art movement, making waves with his "Great American Nude" series. He later became well known for his huge canvas...

Artist: Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004) Title: "Nude (Lithograph)" *Signed, dated, and numbered by Wesselmann in pencil lower right Year: 1976 Medium: Original Lithograph and Sc...

Artist: Walasse Ting (Chinese-American, 1929-2010) Title: "Galerie Adrien Maeght I (Bleue)" *Issued unsigned Year: 1974 Medium: Original Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on wove paper L...

Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Asleep on the Devil's Shoulder" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1997 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white ...

Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Reclining Nude (Blue) III" Portfolio: Reclining Nudes *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1983 Medium: Original Screenpri...

Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Reclining Nude (Black)" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1995 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded white wove paper Limited edition: 45/50 Printer: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA Publisher: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA Sheet size: 20.25" x 24" Image size: 11.38" x 17.13" Condition: In excellent condition Notes: Titled and dated by May in pencil lower right. Biography: Dan May is an American painter and printmaker born on March 11, 1955 in San Francisco, CA. Raised in aesthetic surroundings heavily influenced by his architect father, May grew up learning to view all things with an eye for design, color, and shape. At age 5, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their home. The French master Matisse as well as Richard Diebenkorn and David Hockney are his favorite art influences. He began his first attempts at painting at age 15, and later began to experiment with printmaking, teaching himself various techniques such as woodblock printing, etching, silkscreen printing, and monoprinting. Monoprinting soon became May's medium of choice due to its wide range of expression and spontaneity that he felt other techniques lacked. May - "With monoprinting, you can only work a piece for as a long as the paint stays wet, so the resulting print has a feeling of movement and immediacy. I also like how monoprinting allows the brush strokes to transfer a transparent light quality to the print. For me, this is a technique that bridges drawing...

Screenprint on museum board. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. HC edition. Sheet size 44 x 80 inches. Published by International Images, Putney, Vermont. Artwork is in exce...

Artist: Larry Bell, American (1939 - ) Title: Nude 1 Year: 1974 Medium: Silkscreen with Flocking, signed, dated and numbered in pencil Edition: 17/60 Image Size: 71 x 28.5 inches Siz...

Artist: Mel Ramos, American (1935 - ) Title: Camilla Year: 1989 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 161 Image Size: 37 x 32 inches Paper Size: 42 in. x ...

Tom Wesselmann Shiny Nude (Stealingworth, 33), 1977 Silkscreen on glossy cast-coated Kromekote paper 8 × 8 inches Edition 489/1000 Pencil numbered 489/1000 with artists printed name ...

Keith Haring, Theater der Welt Lithograph, Frankfurt, Germany 1985: Original 1st printing produced during Haring's lifetime. Bold, stand-out colors that make for brilliant, largely s...

"Cheek to Cheek to Cheek..." Nude Pop Culture Silkscreen on Paper (#100/100) Pop art silkscreen by notable artist Leo Posillico (American, b. 1944). Sev...