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Lithographs from the Don Foundation collection – editioned prints with a description and price on each work's page.

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Lithography is a planographic printing technique: the image is drawn on stone or plate and printed onto paper, and one plate yields an edition of impressions. For signature and edition number, see the photographs and description of each sheet; year and edition, where known, are given on the work's page.

34 works in the collection. Prices: from 360 to 6 000 $

Belly of Paris – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Belly of Paris, 1977
6 000 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 61 × 61 cm.
 Philosophy of the Sea – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Philosophy of the Sea, 1978
360 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 62 × 48 cm.
 Two Figures – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Two Figures, 1975
660 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 72.5 × 49.6 cm.
 Copy E.A. (inscription: To Zheka Yesaul from M.Sh. 1975) – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Copy E.A. (inscription: To Zheka Yesaul from M.Sh. 1975)
710 $
Technique: Lithograph.
 The Last Walk of Emperor Paul I – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
The Last Walk of Emperor Paul I, 1995
570 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 35 × 35 cm.
Edition 250/275.
 Gardener – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Gardener, 1995
570 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 35 × 35 cm.
Edition 244/275.
 Jester – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Jester, 1995
570 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 35 × 35 cm.
Edition 240/275.
 Rat Gardener – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Rat Gardener, 1995
570 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 35 × 35 cm.
Edition 108/275.
 Gardener – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Gardener, 1995
570 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 35 × 35 cm.
Edition 14/275.
 Two Rats – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Two Rats, 1995
570 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 35 × 35 cm.
Edition 57/275.
 Street Healer – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Street Healer, 1995
570 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 35 × 35 cm.
Edition 213/275.
 Blue Conspiracy – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Blue Conspiracy, 1980
570 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 60 × 85 cm.
 Love – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Love, 1982
830 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 76 × 54 cm.
Edition 152/275.
 Carnival Mask – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Carnival Mask
1 600 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 45 × 63 cm.
Edition 99/200.
 Metaphysical Conversation – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Metaphysical Conversation, 1980
710 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 79 × 67.5 cm.
Edition N.S.
 Carnivals of Saint Petersburg – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Carnivals of Saint Petersburg, 1982
1 100 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 76 × 56 cm.
Edition 56/250.
 Game with a Flying Head – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Game with a Flying Head, 1980
660 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 70 × 55 cm.
Edition 2/25 (E.A.).
 Angel in a Mask – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Angel in a Mask, 1981
660 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 54 × 76 cm.
Edition 39/50.
 Harlequin of Saint Petersburg – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Harlequin of Saint Petersburg, 1982
600 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 76 × 54 cm.
Edition 42/275.
 Phantom of Gogol. Carnivals of Saint Petersburg – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Phantom of Gogol. Carnivals of Saint Petersburg, 1982
710 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 76 × 56 cm.
Edition 34/225.
 Philosopher. Mr. and Mrs. Rostropovich – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Philosopher. Mr. and Mrs. Rostropovich, 1979
1 100 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 106 × 70 cm.
Edition 87/225.
 Still Life with Fish and Bread – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Still Life with Fish and Bread, 1990
1 100 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 46 × 66 cm.
Edition 12/25.
 Dinner – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Dinner, 1990
950 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 46 × 64 cm.
Edition 202/225.
 Innards – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Innards, 1979
830 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 76 × 54 cm.
Edition 93/225.
 Two Gnomes – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Two Gnomes, 1990
950 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 60 × 75 cm.
Edition 39/250.
 The Rite of Spring – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
The Rite of Spring, 1989
950 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 51 × 45 cm.
Edition 129/185.
 Illustration for Stravinsky's ballet “The Firebird” – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Illustration for Stravinsky's ballet “The Firebird”, 1989
830 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 62 × 45 cm.
Edition 181/185.
 Illustration for Stravinsky's ballet “The Firebird” – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Illustration for Stravinsky's ballet “The Firebird”, 1989
830 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 50 × 44 cm.
Edition 181/185.
 Masks – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Masks
950 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 80 × 65 cm.
Edition 198/250.
 My Funeral or The Nightmare of a Very Brave Man – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
My Funeral or The Nightmare of a Very Brave Man, 1984
360 $
Technique: Arches paper, Lithograph.
Size: 36 × 28 cm.
Edition 1/399.
 There Was an Escape on the Run... – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
There Was an Escape on the Run..., 1984
360 $
Technique: Arches paper, Lithograph.
Size: 36 × 28 cm.
Edition 1/399.
 Herbarium – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Herbarium, 1984
360 $
Technique: Arches paper, Lithograph.
Size: 36 × 28 cm.
Edition 1/399.
 Pair of Harlequins – Mikhail Mikhailovich Shemyakin
Pair of Harlequins, 1976
710 $
Technique: Lithograph.
Size: 74 × 51 cm.

Lithography is a planographic technique invented in 1798 by Alois Senefelder. The artist draws with greasy crayon or ink directly onto smooth limestone – later a metal plate – which is then treated so that ink adheres only to the greasy marks. Each impression is pulled by hand on a press.

The consequence is that the drawing remains the artist’s own: the line on the stone keeps the pressure and gesture of the hand. Colour lithographs are printed from several stones, one per colour, and registering them precisely is a craft in itself.

This selection holds 34 works; each sheet’s page gives the technique and, where known, the year, the edition and the signature. The price range is from 360 to 6 000 $.

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Questions and answers

How does a lithograph differ from a digital print?

A lithograph is pulled from a stone or plate the artist drew on by hand. A digital print reproduces a finished image from a file and is not original graphic art.

Is a lithograph an original or a copy?

An original. The printing surface is made by the artist for printing, and sheets pulled within the authorised edition are works in their own right.

What does a lithograph cost?

In this selection, from 360 to 6 000 $, depending on artist, edition size, condition and signature.

How do I know the edition is authorised?

The sheet carries a pencil signature and a fraction giving the impression number.

What is in the selection?

34 works; the technique is given on each work’s page, and the edition where known.

See also
“Carnivals of St Petersburg” by Mikhail Shemyakin10 works“Illustrations to the Poems and Songs of Vladimir Vysotsky” by Mikhail Shemyakin8 worksLithographs and serigraphs by Mikhail Shemyakin41 works