Known for his fascination with the iconic, famous and infamous, Andy Warhol captured the likeness of countless household names, however the subjects of his 'Ladies and Gentlemen' series were little known.
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Helen FRANKENTHALER, Southern Exposure, 2005, screenprint in coloursHelen Frankenthaler's art offers an abstraction of place, a seized impression of streets, buildings and skies that moves beyond concrete perception: apricot skies; ochre, midnight, plum, and lavender; dripping streetlights, a train scrawled beneath a cloud of green smoke; white sails on a pistachio sea.
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Intaglio…
is the word used to describe the collection of printmaking techniques that create a print by incising an image onto a surface, known as a printing matrix.
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Picasso’s first visit to Paris in 1900 had a major impact on the artist’s life, helping him to discover his own artistic style and inspiring him to be more productive than he ever had been before. -
Born in Malaga in 1881, Picasso began his artistic career in the port city of A Coruña in Northern Spain where his family moved when he was just 10 years old. This epic move from the very South to the North West tip of Spain came about when Picasso’s father José Ruiz y Blasco accepted a teaching position in A Coruña. -
Have you heard the news? A visitor at a Miami museum recently broke an iconic Balloon Dog sculpture by Jeff Koons! But don't worry. We have another version of the blue balloon dog available for you, sitting safely in the original box.
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Do you know why Warhol named his piece the Shot Blue Sage Marilyn?
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Made in 1974, the ‘Flowers’ series is a sudden diversion away from Warhol’s typical stylistic way of working at the time.
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Artists Andy Warhol (front), Dorothy Cantor, and Philip Pearlstein at Carnegie Tech in 1948.In 1950s New York, before the Pop Art soup cans and Marilyns, Andy Warhol was already a well-regarded commercial artist. In an act of self-promotion to win new clients, Warhol created seven handmade books showcasing his early commercial blotted line illustrations. -
Frank STELLA The Quarter Deck Silkscreen, lithograph, linoleum block with hand-colouring, marbling and collage, 1989 151.3 x 200 cm POA‘…an around-the-world adventure story…’
As a gallery focusing on the original prints and works on paper of American 20th-century artists, it should come as no surprise that we adore the work of Frank Stella (b. 1936).
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Our current exhibition, a group selling show, celebrates the brilliance and diversity of modern printmaking techniques. Amongst the artists is one of the greatest American printmakers of the 20th century, Jasper Johns (b. 1930), whose work is on view now at our Maddox Street Gallery.
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Joan Miro, Plate III from Album 19As leading specialists in Modern & Contemporary prints, multiples and works on paper, we have chosen to showcase in Shapero Modern’s Summer Show some of the greatest examples of printmaking from these periods. -
A leading figure in the American Pop Art movement, Roy Lichtenstein grounded his innovative career in imitation and parody. His earlier influences included comic strips and advertisements, and were later extended to everyday objects, art styles, and art history itself. -
This portrait of Jacqueline Roque, Picasso's second wife and muse, belongs to a series of six lithographic portraits made between December 1957 and 1958. -
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Our new Summer Show is now open, running to the end of August 2022 at our gallery on Maddox Street and also at Shapero Rare Books at 105 New Bond Street. A group selling show celebrating the brilliance and diversity of modern and contemporary printmaking, artists include Andy Warhol, Alex Katz, David Hockney, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella and Pablo Picasso. -
Black Rhinoceros is part of Andy Warhol’s influential 1983 Endangered Species series. Following an impassioned conversation with his New York art dealers, Freyda and Ronald Feldman, Warhol produced this series of ten silkscreens to communicate the urgency of the wildlife conservation crisis occurring during the 1980s.
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Discover more about Andy Warhol every Wednesday and view available art for sale at Shapero Modern.
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Discover more about Andy Warhol every Wednesday and view available art for sale at Shapero Modern.
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Discover more about Andy Warhol every Wednesday and view available art for sale at Shapero Modern.
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Discover more about Andy Warhol every Wednesday and view available art for sale at Shapero Modern.
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Discover more about Andy Warhol every Wednesday and view available art for sale at Shapero Modern.
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Discover more about ANDY WARHOL every Wednesday and view available art for sale at Shapero Modern.
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Discover more about ANDY WARHOL every Wednesday and view available art for sale at Shapero Modern.
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Henry Moore is revered as one of the most prominent sculptors of the 20th century, although his mastery stems far beyond this branch of the visual arts. Moore developed his signature style following decades of studying the human form, and this is reflected in the impressive collection of sketches, etchings, and lithographs which he amassed over the course of his lifetime. -
Op Art in Three Acts: France, England and United States
Victor Vasarely, Bridget Riley and Richard Anuszkiewicz
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Rauschenberg playfully splashed his screen-prints with brilliant daubs of colour, forcing his audience to rethink everyday objects. -
By Tim GriffithsArtists have long supplemented their larger practice by making prints: original works, usually on paper, created in numbered editions and produced in collaboration with some kind of press.
