American Modern Portrait Prints

Original, archival linen backed, vintage movie poster: FIREBALL 500. Fireball 500, 1966. Original antique muscle car hot rod movie poster for sale, ...

Original "The Girl Rush." linen-backed 1955 vintage film poster. Ready to frame. The Girl Rush is a 1955 American musical comedy film starring Rosalind Russell...

Carol Wax's "Singer Needle" is a mezzotint issued in an edition of 100. It was originally designed to illustrate the step by step mezzotint process in the Abrams publication: "The Mezzotint: History and Technique" authored by Carol Wax. It is FIROS #44 in the catalogue raisonne. Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after she began engraving mezzotints she was asked by the renowned print dealer Sylvan Cole to exhibit at Associated American Artists Gallery, launching her career as a professional artist/printmaker. With the publication of her book, The Mezzotint: History and Technique, published by Abrams, 1990 and 1996, Carol added author and teacher to her credits. In the ensuing years she has expanded her repertoire of mediums beyond printmaking into other works on paper and painting. In compositions reflecting an appreciation for antiquated machinery and vintage textiles, Wax creates imagery that, in her own words, “… speaks to an inner life perceived in inanimate objects.” She uses stylization and imagination to reinvent subjects, transforming an ordinary typewriter into a monumental icon...

Original poster: Radio L.M.T. "La Meilleure Tonalite". Elle l'aime tant. French antique vintage poster for the L. M. T. Radio. The radio wit...

Original ‘AU DELA DU MISSOURI’ or Across the Wide Missouri, vintage Belgium movie poster. Museum linen backed. Smaller Belgium format. An affordable method to own an original Cl...

Private Property was created in 1982 and is #25 from an edition of 40. Martin Levine (born 14 May 1945 in New York City) is an American artist. Levine...

Original "World Premiere." Vintage movie poster. Linen-backed and in good condition for a poster created during World War 2. NSS: 41/347. Certificate of Authenticity. This is an original, theater-used US 1-sheet to the comedy starring John Barrymore...

James McBey. 1931. Drypoint. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 ). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed by the artist on cream wove paper. Signed in the plate lower ...

Original SHALAKO vintage movie poster, 1sheet, 1968 great art of Sean Connery as Shalako, sexy Brigitte Bardot! This collectible poster, printed in 1968 to promote the theatrical re...

Original Avenge December 7th vintage poster. Linen backed; excellent condition. Artist: Bernard Perlin. Office of War Information, Washington, D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office: 1942-O-491978 Dramatic original World War II poster depicting a sailor with his fist raised, standing above a scene of an exploding battleship, with the words “Avenge December 7” in red across the middle of the poster. The striking image on OWI “Poster No. 15,” memorializing the events of December 7, 1941, was created by artist Bernard Perlin. U. S. Government Printing Office. Year: 1942 As a Life Magazine war art correspondent living in Europe during the 1940s and 1950s, Perlin continued to document social change uniquely. An American painter primarily known for creating many American posters during WWII and for magic realism...

Original “Somebody Loves Me” vintage US 1-sheet movie poster, 1952. Archival linen backed, and ready to frame. Starring Betty Hutton, Ralph Meeker, a...

David Driesbach studied at the University of Illinois in 1940 and 41. In 1942 he enlisted in the Marines and served until 1945. His artistic education ...

Original Swiss poster: Apollo Stumpen Cigars. Johannes Handschin created this Swiss poster. Swiss size of 35" x 49". Professional acid-free archival linen backed, ready to frame. The colors are vibrant and intense. Great colors. Rare original Swiss (Switzerland) vintage poster. This is the rarer large format, the rarest version of the poster. The small format is 20 x 27, about 1/2 the size. There is a flaw in the lower section of the man’s covering, the lower left of his chin. Shown in images. Switzerland was known for some of the better printing of their posters and the use of more expensive inks, thus richer colors in the posters that survive today. This art deco-style cigar poster...

Original Victory Loan vintage poster. “In the Strength of Great Hope we must shoulder our common load” .. Buy Victory Bonds. Linen backed in very fin...

Original WW1 poster: MY DADDY BOUGHT ME A GOVERNMENT BOND OF THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN. DID YOURS? Archival linen-backed and in very good condition. Print...

Title: The Jazz Singer - Original 1953 US Half-Sheet Vintage Movie Poster Features:- - Warner Bros: Jubilant New Production of The Jazz Singer, in Techn...

Derrick Adams Interior LIfe (Man) & (Woman), 2019 24 x 18 inches Pigment print on Hotpress Published by Eminence Grise Editions Printed by Andre Ribu...

Original Alhambra Theatre Maurice Chevalier vintage lithographic poster. Artist: Charles Kiffer (1902 - 1992). Size: 19.25" x 27.25". Archival linen-backed antique vintage poster; ready to frame. An original lithograph was done for the inauguration of the new Alhambra Theater, featuring Maurice Chevalier. Over the years; Kiffer designed 13 for Chavalier from 1927 - 1963. (Kiffer also designed for Josephine Baker, Edith Piaf, and many other performers.) Today this version with the text of the Alhambra Theatre Maurice Chevalier is a rare poster. Mid-century-modern. The Alhambra was a music hall located at 50, rue de Malte in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It opened on August 11, 1866. This image with the familiar tilted hat is a recognized image associated with several different poster designs created for the actor Maurice Chevalier. In addition to the images created for the French cabaret; a similar image is also associated with the liquor poster...

In 1991 Harry Sternberg published a book with Brighton Press, San Diego. It was My Life in Woodcuts. At the time it was the only known woodcut autobiography. The deluxe editions of...

In 1991 Harry Sternberg published a book with Brighton Press, San Diego. It was My Life in Woodcuts. At the time it was the only known woodcut autobiography. The deluxe editions of...

Original vintage movie poster: "The Sundowners" is a 1950 American film directed by George Templeton. Horizontal half sheet U. S. Movie poster. The Sundowners is a 1950 American ...

Original Menton Fete Internationale du Citron (Menton International Lemon Festival). Archival linen backed in very good condition, A-, and ready to frame. The art group that created this poster is Studio Bazzoli. Printer: Imprimerie Corogec. In 1929, Menton was still the leading lemon producer on the continent. The Menton Festival of the lemon started in 1934, and in 1935 the first Lemon Festival poster was created. This poster is one of the featured posters on the festival website. The image of a woman’s face decorated with yellow and green lemons creating huge hair! The background is done in Mediterranean blue. Note that this is larger than the standard French travel poster size. A very relaxing and beautiful original Menton poster...

George Segal (American, 1924-2000) Walter from the series Portraits Printed by Vigna Antoniniana Stamperia d'Arte, Rome, Italy Published by Stamperia d'Arte 2RC, Rome, Italy Hand sig...

Really I have to believe that if you are as accomplished a composer as Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), you would have taken to driving without any problems at all. So perhaps this is a ...

This image is #12 from an edition of only 75, Carol Wax originally trained to be a classical musician at the Manhattan School of Music but fell in love with printmaking. Soon after...

In 1991 Harry Sternberg published a book with Brighton Press, San Diego. It was My Life in Woodcuts. At the time it was the only known woodcut autobiography. The deluxe editions of...

A limited edition woodcut portrait of Don Quixote de la Marcha by George De Groat (1917-1995). Don Quixote is instantly recognizable due to his thin fa...

This image is stamped as being rom the personal collection of Arms Referenced as Fletcher #386 the image is signed .and inscribed in pencil and is from a small edition of 16. The An...

Bernard Sanders (1906-1967) was an extremely gifted portrait artist. and a master at showing us the sitter's age. This is clearly not a young woman. She's, well, early middle age? ...

The full title really should be ...And So I Give Your The Next President of the United States. The scene is the Republican Convention, in Philadelphia, in 1948. There are so many fas...

Jacques Monory The American Dream, 1976 Original screen print Handsigned On BFK Rives 38 x 28 cm (c. 14x 11 in) Limited to 300 proofs, not numbered INFORMATION: This work is publi...

Dennis Corrigan gives us a fresh, admittedly whimsical, interpretation of the important nineteenth-century American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Known to most of us for the 'dark rom...

Thomas Maitland Cleland by Rockwell Kent, American (1882–1971) Date: 1929 Lithograph, signed in pencil Image Size: 9.5 x 7 inches Size: 12 x 10 in. (30.48 x 25.4 cm)

In 1991 Harry Sternberg published a book with Brighton Press, San Diego. It was My Life in Woodcuts. At the time it was the only known woodcut autobiography. The deluxe editions of...

The Greek-American artist George Constant is known for his modernist approach to traditional subject matter. This portrait of a young woman holding a book titled "When We Were Very Young...

Alexandre Calder (1898 - 1976) Santa Claus : Three Figures, 1974 Original Etching Handsigned in pencil On vellum Arches 50.5 cm x 66 cm (c. 19,7 x 25,9 inch) Excellent condition

Alex Katz’s Gloria is a compelling example of the artist’s iconic portrait style, characterized by bold simplicity, flattened forms, and a refined sense of elegance. Known for his ab...

Dimensions are for sheet size. The drawing is signed in pencil at the lower left. Agnes Weinrich was one of the artists who settled in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, at the ...

Lucille Fink creates slightly bizarre, densely drawn spaces. Signed, titled, and numbered '19,' in pencil. Annotated on the reverse, "June, 1932, week of 6-10-32, last wk of school."...

Artist: Beniamino Bufano (1889-1970) Title: Laura Year: 1970 Medium: Lithograph Image size: 18 x 12.25 inches Sight size: 19.5 x 13.5 inches. Framed size: 27 x 21 inches Signature: Signed, lower right Edition: 125. This one: 83/125 Condition: Very good Frame: Framed in black lacquer frame, black mat. Frame in good condition. This fine lithograph is by Beniamino Bufano (1889-1970), a well-known artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. The Museo Italo-Americano has this work in their permanent collection and indicates that it was pulled in 1970 at he Bank Street Atelier in New York in 1970. The print is in very good condition. The frame is in good condition with some light scratches. Beniamino Benvenuto Bufano was born in San-Fele, Italy on Oct. 14, 1889. At age three Bufano's family brought him to NYC where he spent his childhood and was educated by private tutors. He studied at the ASL in NYC from 1913-15, the pupil of James L. Fraser, Herbert Adams, and Paul Manship. He came to San Francisco in 1915 to work on a sculpture for the PPIE. For awhile he worked in the studio of coppersmith Dirk van Erp. He then traveled extensively for four years in France, Italy, India, and China. After returning to San Francisco in 1921, he remained there the rest of his life except for visits to the Orient and Europe. Always a radical, he lost his teaching position at San Francisco Institute of Art in 1923 because he was too modern for the conservative faculty. He later taught at UC Berkeley and the CCAC (1964-65). Henry Miller wrote of him, "He will outlive our civilization and probably be better known, better understood, both as a man and artist, five thousand years hence." His work, simple in style and monumental in scale, includes smoothly rounded animals in granite and icons sheathed in stainless steel. Only five feet tall, Bufano was a controversial, free spirit until his death in San Francisco on Aug. 16, 1970. Member: SFAA; NSS; American Artists Congress. Exh: Whitney Museum (NYC), 1917; Arden Gallery...

"Henry S. Miller" Lithograph in Ink on Paper, #3 of 8 Surrealist lithograph by Stephen Tracy White (American, 1947-2005). A figure in the lower right corner is partially enclosed by a red rectangle. Biomorphic shapes are flowing out of the rectangle, stretching across the composition. The shapes are rendered with intricate linework and soft green shading. Numbered, titled, signed, and dated along the bottom: 3/8 Henry S. Miller S. Tracy White 1969/April Tag on verso from Lee Nordness Galleries, New York Presented in a silver aluminum frame. Shipped without glass. Frame size: 26.5"H x 36.25"W Image size: 23.5"H x 34.25"W Stephen Tracy White (American, 1947-2005) was born in Bronwood, Georgia. They studied at the University of New Mexico, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art in 1969. They worked at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop, printing pieces by William Crutchfield...

George Segal (American, 1924-2000) "Woman in Red Kimono," 1985 Lithograph in colors on wove paper Edition: 104/120 Signed, dated, and numbered in pencil in the lower margin: G. Sega...

Albert Einstein portrait, "A L E", a color collotype print, watercolor by Lilya Vorobey (American, 20th C). Unsigned. From a collection of her works. On mat board. Image, 9.75"H x 7....

Original mid-century modernist lithograph by celebrated American artist Ethel Magafan (1916–1993), titled Riding the Brahmas. This powerful signed and numbered print captures the explosive energy and drama of a rodeo scene, featuring a cowboy riding a bucking Brahma bull while another figure recoils from the animal’s forceful movement. Executed with bold expressive linework and dynamic composition, the lithograph exemplifies Magafan’s distinctive blend of American Modernism, Western regionalism, and WPA-era artistic influence. A leading figure in 20th-century American art, Ethel Magafan was renowned for her New Deal mural commissions and vivid portrayals of rural and Western American life. Alongside her twin sister Jenne Magafan, she studied at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center under influential artists including Boardman Robinson, Peppino Mangravite, and Frank Mechau. Her work earned national recognition for its sophisticated fusion of realism and abstraction, particularly in depictions of horses, rodeos, ranch life, and the American West. Riding the Brahmas is an exceptional example of Magafan’s mature printmaking style, combining rhythmic movement, emotional intensity, and strong graphic design. The composition evokes the grit, danger, and excitement of the rodeo while maintaining the refined aesthetic qualities associated with American Modernist printmaking. Its striking black-and-white tonal contrasts and energetic figural forms make it highly appealing for collectors of Western Americana, equestrian art, vintage rodeo...

Original, “For A Few Dollars More”, professionally linen-backed US one sheet movie poster with restored original fold marks: for Sergio Leone's Per qualche dollaro in piu, Eastwood! ...

Original linen-backed Lisieux travel poster, printed by the French State Railways. Centre Mondial de Pèlerinage. Archival linen-backed and in very fine condition, ready for framing. Artist: Fred...

Original poster: QUAND LE RIRE ETAIT ROI. ( When Laughter Was King.) Artist: Boris Grinsson. French smaller format vintage movie comedy printed in 1960. Archival linen backed ...

Printed on a slightly reflective metallic silver finished paper. there is a companion piece on a money green paper. A depiction of a ballet dancer, superimposed upon canceled dance c...

A portrait of John F. Kennedy by American artist, Bob Forman. The woodcut print is signed and dated 1963 in the plate. Nicely framed.

Original “VILLA RIDES!”, US 1 sheet, 1969 original movie poster—art of Yul Brynner as Pancho & Robert Mitchum, Sam Peckinpah. Starring Yul Brynner as...

Original “All About Eve” Happy 50th Anniversary vintage movie poster. Archivally linen backed in excellent condition, ready to frame. All About Eve, the classic 1950 Joseph L. Ma...

Self Portrait (With Model) Lithograph, 1959-1960 Signed and numbered in pencil (see photos) Edition: 50 (30/50) Commissioned by ACA Gallery, NYC Depicts the artist in his studio at S...

Original Gone with the Wind “Vom Winde Verweht” vintage lithograph poster. Original vintage movie poster with professional acid-free linen backing; excellent condition; ready to frame. This is the German 1962 release of Gone with the Wind, printed in the full lithographic style of the old French posters. Unique imagery of the famous scene of the burning of Atlanta. Starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland...

Original, linen-backed, 1956 Anastasia movie poster with Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner and Helen Hayes. NSS: 56/550. Linen-backed. See images for minor...

Original poster: Keep Up the Good Work, Keep down living costs. Pay no more thjan ceiling prices. Original World War II; Uncle Sam. Artist: L. Helguera. Size: 20" x 27.75"...

Edition of 50 printed by Charles White in 1951 for the estate Bibliography: Lincoln Kirstein, Elie Nademan (New York: The Eakins Press, 1973),, 20 Elie Nadelman Born 1882, Warsaw...

Architextures is a suite of 8 mezzotints in an edition of 50 created in 1984: Mosque and Mosque Interior (5.1 cm x 5.1 cm) Dome and Dome Interior (5.7cm x 3.8 cm) Castle and Castle ...

Irwin Hoffman created a lively scene of a Mexican barber shop that serves as a focal point of the community's life. A man is being shaved as people cook, eat and revel in the camaraderie of the scene. This print was issued by Associated American Artists and is in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Art. Born in East Boston...

Joseph Hirsch had such empathy for his subjects! But he was also an amazingly skilled lithographer who could get extremely delicate details out of the stone. Signed and numbered in p...

Jan Matulka (1890-1972), Spanish Woman with Guitar, lithograph, 1925, an unsigned proof impression. Reference: Flint 13, only a few impressions known...