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Woodcut,
Italy, 16th Century. Cupid’s arrow will deflect the
gaze of the maiden from her mirror to a boy in the band, and
Love will replace Vanity as soon as eye contact is made. Concepts
such as Love, Hate, Health, Disease, etc., were considered
entities that could travel from eye to eye. “Love at
first sight” is still held to be an acceptable reason
explaining the desire to mate with a particular person. Love
and marriage were always very different ideas, and passion
could upset a family’s desire for “the perfect
match”. |
Limited edition
(250) linoleum block print. |
©1999
by Allen Bjorkman. |
Image
Size: 5-1/4” x 6–3/8”
Matted size: 10-7/8”
x 12” |
| Print |
Matted |
| $39 |
$59 |
Framed |
$108 |
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After a woodcut
in Jost Amman's Kunstbüchlin published by Johann Feyerabend,
Frankfurt, 1599. |
Open edition
engraving |
©
1994 by Allen Bjorkman. |
Image
Size: 6-1/2” x 5-3/4
Matted size: 11-1/2 x 10-3/4 |
| Print |
Matted |
| $33 |
$53 |
Framed |
$101 |
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After a woodcut,
Basel, circa 1475. |
Limited edition
(250) linoleum block print |
©
1998 by Allen Bjorkman |
Image
Size: 4-1/2” x 5-1/8
Matted size: 9-3/4”
x 10-1/2” |
| Print |
Matted |
| $39 |
$68 |
Framed |
$99 |
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After a woodcut,
France, 15th Century |
Limited edition
linoleum block print |
©
1985 Allen Bjorkman |
Image
Size: 6-1/2" x 5-1/2"
Matted size: 12-3/4"
x 11-3/4" |
| Print |
Matted |
| $48 |
$71 |
Framed |
$130 |
| Print - Hand Colored |
Matted - Hand Colored |
| $73 |
$96 |
Framed
- Hand Colored |
$155 |
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After a manuscript
illumination, Germany, 14th Century |
Limited edition
linoleum block print. Black
ink only. |
©
2006 Allen Bjorkman |
Image
Size: 6-1/4" x 6-1/4"
Matted Size: 12" x
11-1/4" |
| Print |
Matted |
| $48 |
$70 |
Framed |
$121 |
| Print - Hand Colored |
Matted - Hand Colored |
| $80 |
$102 |
Framed
- Hand Colored |
$153 |
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After a woodcut
in Der Seelentrost, Augsburg, 1478. |
Limited edition
(250) linoleum block print |
©
1994 by Allen Bjorkman. |
Image
Size: 6” x 3-3/4”
Matted size: 11-1/4”
x 9” |
| Print |
Matted |
| $39 |
$57 |
Framed |
$103 |
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Compiled
from various 12th century treatises on the proper manner of
courtly romance including Capellanus' De Arte Honesti Amandi
and Marie de France's Equitan. |
Open edition
engraving. All 5 ink colors
available. |
©
1997 by Allen Bjorkman. |
Image
Size: 8-1/2" x 6-1/4"
Matted Size: 14-1/2"
x 11-3/4" |
| Print |
Matted |
| $41 |
$63 |
Framed |
$117 |
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After a woodcut,
Paris, 1492.
The priest brings together a couple in holy matrimony as God
brought Adam and Eve together. |
Image restored
by redrawing and printed by hand in an open edition from a
zinc etched plate. |
©
1993 by Allen Bjorkman |
Image
Size: 8-3/8” x 5-1/8”
Matted size: 14” x
10-1/2” |
| Print |
Matted |
| $41 |
$62 |
Framed |
$114 |
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After an
engraving, Venice, circa 1524.
In Venice, in 1524, Marcantonio Raimondi published 16 engravings
referred to as 3the Kama Sutra of the west2. The Church confiscated
and destroyed all the copies it could find and jailed the artist.
After his release, a second edition was made accompanied by reportedly
lewd poems by Pietro Aretino, which also resulted in censorship.
I have reproduced another of Raimondi's erotica, Woman With Dildo,
as a screen print from a hand-cut stencil in a very limited edition
of only 12 (!) copies. (Also see Testa de Cazi). |
Limited edition
serigraph.
Low resolution JPG image sent on request
to patrons over 18 years of age. |
© 2007 Allen Bjorkman |
Image
Size: 17" x 8-1/2"
Matted Size: 23" x 14" |
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Print |
Matted |
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$81 |
$103 |
Framed |
$215 |
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Print - Hand Colored |
Matted - Hand Colored |
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$123 |
$146 |
Framed
- Hand Colored |
$258 |
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