Surprising Novel Chapter 1

One of the most renown living Italian artists, Sandro borrows from his rich Florentine roots and the Neo-Expressionist movement. He's been exhibited in the MoMA, Guggenheim, Museum Bilbao.

Recognition

Foremost a painter, Chia incorporates hand painting across a variety of his printmaking techniques

Composition

Rich Italian imagery and themes, reinterpreted for current day with a colorful, figurative style.

Intent

A favorite Italian artist with a strong eye for color.

Ceres Take

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Sign of the Tiger

Hugh's Abstract Expressionist style taps into lyrical roots of Modernism, he's been exhibited in the likes of Hirshhorn, the MoMA, Tate Modern.

These color etchings are expressive gestures, that inadvertantly evoke emotion from their viewers.

Hugh's gestural drawings emulate the ebb and flow of of rhythms in the body.

A stunning Hero work with significant bang for its buck.

Canto V, 2

German artist who draws on theory and prose in his works, Partenheimer's prints and sculptures have been displayed in the MoMA, SF Art Institute, RISDI.

This multimedia series combines etching, lithography, and heliorelief woodblock. Here Partenheimer sets various configurations of blocks against the fluid and rich blue.

A complete vertical experience of blue –&nbsp;the mix of high alpine blues is simulatenously spiritual and earthly.

One of the most renown German artists of his generation, these Partenheimers are commanding Hero works.

Canto V, 4

One of the most renown German artists of his generation, these powerful Partenheimers should be collected.

Canto V, 5

Canto V, 7

Canto V, 8

Canto V, 9

Winter

Baselitz returned to his sugarlift etched plates a second time with a deeper etch in acid, creating another plane of figures. Printed with edges unfinished and holding ink so that they frame this new composition of action.

German Postwar artist who rejected Abstraction in favor of raw and real subjects, influenced by the likes of William de Kooning and Philip Guston. Exhibited in collections at the Guggenheim Bilbao, MoMA, the Tate Modern.

Nobel laureate, Joseph Brodsky, based his poem off of Virgil and uses songlike qualities and repetiton throughout. While Baselitz repeats the theme of inverted figure and emphatic green varying throughout the 14 etchings.

Distinct artistic language, evidenced by works selling for millions on the secondary market.

The World is a Gift

Mount Shasta

Woodblock

Sunrise

Untethered to any movement, Katz embraced figurative clarity and rejected abstraction. This prolific artist has been exhibited in the Whitney, National Portrait Gallery, Guggenheim.

This 6-run color lithograph &amp; woodcut has rich, flat planes of pigment.

Katz honors Earth's majestic landscape, elevating nature in a quiet reverence here.

Highly influential artist with an auction record of $4M.

Tree 8

This woodcut took three runs to build the blue background and define the tree. Then a final three runs through the press, for the orange, white, and black brushstrokes that create spring shadows on the trunk.

Swimming Home

Bound book of woodcuts by Alex Katz and accompanying letterpress by Vincent Text.

Beautifully crisp portraitures to accentuate a library collection of rare compositions like this book.

The MOMA has a copy of this bound Katz book; a collector's item.

7 Locks

American sculptor, adventurous in his rejection of narrative in favor of creating works that are self-referential. He has been exhibited in the MOMA, the Whitney, National Gallery.

Kendrick handpicked the raw sheets of plywood for this woodcut. With a circular saw, he cut out shapes and inked the sufrace for japanese paper. Each distinctive wood marking and movement is visible.

Simultaneously analytical and intuitive, Kendrick creates objects that provide clues to the process by which they were made. Visible traces of his trial-and-error method tease out the logic of his artmaking.

Experimental artist with rare global recognition in his lifetime, this work is a conversation piece.

Kissing the Bird

Coming to prominence in the 1970s, Rothenberg's commitment to painterly figures has been highly infliuential in generations of artists. She has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Whitney, Hirshorn Museum.

Shes uses woodcut to create this stark black impression, bringing to literal light the delicate bird.

Another example of Rothenberg's strength in figure and form.

Rothenberg is a trailblazing female artist and this is our only edition of this work.

Woodcut

Woodcut is a form of printmaking where an image is carved into a block of wood, leaving the raised areas to be inked and printed onto paper or fabric. This process dates back to ancient China and has since been practiced globally. Artists typically use tools like chisels and knives to carve intricate designs or patterns into the wood surface. Once the carving is complete, ink is applied to the raised surface using a brayer or roller, and then paper is pressed onto the block to transfer the image. The result is a bold, graphic print with a distinctive texture and character that reflects the natural grain of the wood. Woodcut is celebrated for its simplicity and versatility, allowing artists to create both intricate details and bold, expressive compositions.