Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant, OBEY Poster, 18 x 24 in.

Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant, Tunnel Vision, set of four screenprints, each 18 x 24 in., signed and numbered

Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant, Ideal Power, screenprint, signed and numbered

Shepard Fairey, Obey Giant, Salad Days, screenprint, unsigned

Jasper Johns (American, born 1930)
Untitled, 1977
Nine-color screenprint on Papatar printing parchment
unsigned
10 x 10 ¼ in.
framed

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Jasper Johns is one of the most important artists of the 20th century, and arguably the most important living American artist. He was at the forefront of the Pop-Art movement of the 1960’s, alongside Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg.

Takashi Murakami (Japanese, born 1962)
Hoyoyo, 1998
Offset lithograph in colors on mirror paper
Signed and numbered ‘233/300’ in ink (lower right)
Published by the artist and Kaikai Kiki Ltd., Tokyo, with full margins
19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.
27 1/8 x 27 1/8 in. (overall)
Framed

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The artwork of Takashi Murakami draws from the language of popular and traditional Japanese culture to comment on their relationship to contemporary life. Murakami's life-sized cyborgs, or human machines, are meticulously crafted sculptures inspired by the sometimes hard-core computer-generated imagery of the anime (animated film) and manga (comic book) industries that lie at the heart of Japanese popular culture.

Takashi Murakami's work has been exhibited in major museums all over the world. In November, 2003, ArtNews reported Murakami's work as being among the most desired in the world.

Provenance
Anon. sale, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Aldrich Undercover—Secret Exhibition & Art Sale, Ridgefield, 2008.

After Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997)
Museum Ludwig Koln (Cloud and Sea) 1989 (Not in Corlett)
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed ‘r. Lichtenstein’ in black ink (lower right)
printed by Achenbach Art Editions, Dusseldorf, with full margins
27 ½ x 47 ¼ in. (sheet)
35 ½ x 54 ¾ in. (framed)
Framed

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Roy Lichtenstein was one of the foremost artist in the Pop-Art movement of the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s, among other such luminaries as Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Robert Indiana. Lichtenstein is known for his comic-strip works and his dot motif, which is present in this work.

This work is a screenprinted poster used to advertise a museum exhibition from 1989. The work comes from an unknown, or possibly unlimited, edition size and as such is not included in the artist’s Catalogue Raisonné of prints by Mary Corlett. The work is hand-signed by the artist.

Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004)
Tit, from Seascape Portfolio, 1978
Pochoir in colors with embossing and pencil on Arches paper
signed in pencil, dated '78' and numbered 3/20
published by the artist, with full margins
7 ¼ x 5 ¾ in.
11 x 10 in. (sheet)
framed

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Tom Wesselmann (American, 1931-2004)
Nude, from Seascape Portfolio, 1978
Pochoir in colors with embossing and pencil on Arches paper
signed in pencil, dated '78' and numbered 3/20
published by the artist, with full margins
6 ¼ x 6 7/8 in.
10 x 11 ¼ in. (sheet)
framed

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Yaacov Agam (Israeli, born 1928)
Large Untitled, c. 1979
Serigraph on paper
Signed ‘Agam’ in pencil (lower right), numbered ‘38/180’ in pencil (lower left)
36 x 50 in. (sheet)
29 x 42 ¾ in. (image)
38 ¾ x 52 ½ in. (overall)
framed
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Yaacov Agam is an artist who was a major figure in Post-War Europe.  His work hangs in major museums and collections around the world.  He is considered one of the best-known artists to have come out of Israel.

Agam’s work can be considered an extension of the work of masters like Piet Mondrian and others, where the interplay of line and color create optical effects in the eye of the viewer, leading many to describe his work as “Op-Art” or “Kinetic Art”.

Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Love Poster, 1974
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
32 1/4 x 22 3/4 in. (sight)
36 3/4 x 27 1/4 in. (framed)
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Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
Indianapolis Museum of Art Poster, 1970
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
34 x 24 ¼ in. (sight)
38 ½ x 28 ¾ in. (overall)
framed

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Robert Indiana (American, born 1928)
The Hartley Elegies KvF IV Poster
Screenprint in colors on wove paper
Signed and dated ‘R. Indiana ‘91’ in pencil (lower right), embossed with edition stamp lower left
From an edition of 150
40 ½ x 20 ¾ in. (sight)
46 ¾ x 26 ¾ in.(overall)
framed

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Henry Joseph Breuer (American, 1860-1932)
Mount Tamalpais, 1917
signed 'H.J. Breuer 1917' (lower left)
oil on canvas
16 x 20 in.
23 3/4 x 27 3/4 in. (framed)
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Charles Harold Davis (American, 1856-1933)
A joyous day
Oil on canvas
Signed 'C. H. Davis' (lower left)
30 x 25 in.
overall: 37 x 32 ¼ in.
Framed

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Charles Harold Davis was a turn-of-the-century Connecticut painter. He was a founding member and a major figure in the Mystic Art Colony beginning in 1892. After a trip to Europe in 1880, Davis began painting in a typically Impressionist style, using light and the mutability of light as the main focus of his work. He is well known for his cloudscapes and his work is almost exclusively of rural Connecticut.

Davis was a well-known artist in his time, but has been somewhat unrecognized in recent times. A retrospective of the artist’s work was put on at a minor East-Coast institution in the Fall of 2015.

Jade Fon (American, 1911-1983)
Bathers on Baker Beach looking towards the Golden Gate Bridge
pencil and watercolor on paper
estate-stamped (lower left)
14 ¼ x 21 ½ in.
23 ¼ x 30 in. (framed)
Framed

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Jade Fon (Woo) is a California artist whose work is focused primarily around the city of San Francisco, as is the subject work. Fon began his work as a set artist for film, and worked on the production of Gone with the Wind. He was primarily a watercolorist and worked in a very quick and loose style, as was the nature of painting in watercolor in a Plein-Air setting. He enjoyed depicting scenes of regular people taking part in everyday or leisure activities. This work shows a group of figures preparing to swim at Baker Beach under the Golden Gate Bridge, a favorite subject of the artist, with a number of sailboats in the background.

Hank Pitcher (American, b. 1949)
Point Conception, Santa Barbara, 1988
oil and sand on paper
10 x 12 in.
signed and dated ‘H. Pitcher 08-22-88’ in pencil (lower right)
matted and framed

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Pitcher’s work is quintessentially California. A native of the Santa Barbara area, the artist exemplifies the beach culture so prevalent in the region. Through his images of the Santa Barbara beaches and communities, the landscapes of the Central Coast, as well as his surfboard images, the artist has created a distinctive style which resonates with the feeling and culture of Southern California.

This work shows a coastal cliff with a dramatic raking afternoon light. The work is painted on paper and the surface of the work has oil mixed with sand to add a rough texture and, in some light, a shimmering quality to further accentuate the light effect.

Roy Ropp (American, 1888-1974)
Monument Valley, 1950
oil on canvas
signed and dated ‘Roy Ropp 1950’ (lower right), Inscribed with title verso
24 x 30 in.
31 ¼ x 37 ½ in. (framed)
framed

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Ropp was a minor figure in the California Art movement. He painted coastal scenes, seascapes, and desert landscapes. He was the creator and director of the Pageant of the Masters, Laguna Beach Festival of the Arts. This work is a fine example of his desert paintings, and is very much in the style of the much more important artist, Edgar Payne, who also used Monument Valley as a subject of many of his works.

Maurice Brianchon (French, 1899-1979)
Marine – Bateaux de Peche, 1977
Oil on canvas
Signed ‘Brianchon’ (lower right), bears overpainted signature lower left
30 x 25 in.
38 x 32 ¾ in. (overall)
Framed

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Maurice Brianchon was a French artist during the Post-Impressionist and Modern period. He worked in murals, illustrations as well as Fine Art. He was a regular exhibitor at the Salon D’Automne during the 1920’s. He was represented by Wildenstein in London as well as Paris. Brianchon’s principal influences include Bonnard, Vuillard and Matisse.

This work was one of the artist’s last works, and can very possibly be considered one of his finest.

Unknown artist
River Landscape
Watercolor on paper
unsigned
7 ½ x 13 ¾ in.
12 ¾ x 18 ¾ in. (overall)
Framed

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This is an unidentified watercolor which appears to be in the style of the English 19th century watercolorists, as well as being similar to some of the California 19th and 20th century watercolor artists including Percy Gray and Lorenzo Palmer Latimer. This is a small and charming work showing a river scene with a small dory in the foreground and two sail boats with a mountain in the background.

Dutch School (19th century)
Winter Landscape
oil on panel
signed indistinctly ‘J.V.D. Velden’ (lower right)
8 x 10 in.
14 ¼ x 16 ¼ in. (overall)
framed

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This is a small work in the style of the Dutch Masters. The works displays figures skating on a frozen pond or river in a Dutch village.

Pierre Auguste Renoir, Le Chapeau Epingle, etching on paper

Paul Cezanne, Portrait of Guillaumin, etching on paper