The mission of the Brodsky Center at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is to enable artists to create new work in print and paper, and promote the printed image and paper as central to contemporary art practice. Artists are invited to collaborate with the Brodsky Center's master printers and master papermakers. These experts and innovators make it possible for artists to translate their vision into media that may be new to them. Since our founding in 1986, our mission continues to focus on new and underrepresented narratives by American and international artists from diverse backgrounds and women artists. Several of our five hundred editions made with over four hundred artists are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, The Newark Museum, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Stadtmuseum Berlin, and PAFA, among other museums, and many private collections.
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Artwork
African Mephisto
Pacita Abad (Filipino, 1946–2004), 1991
Lithograph with handmade paper chine collé
on White Rives BFK paper
44 x 30 inches
Edition of 30
$3,000
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Art Heaven
Emma Amos (American, 1937–2020), 2006
Digital print with fabric appliqué
on Arches Infinity Textured paper
26 x 20 inches
Edition of 100
$1,200
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Bob
Will Barnet (American, 1911–2012), 2005
Polymer gravure on Somerset Velvet White paper
10 x 14 ¾ inches
Edition of 95
$1,200
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Rutgers Raven Bundle, Red
Rick Bartow (American, 1946–2016), 2001–2005
Four-color lithograph with gold leaf on Rives BFK paper
42 ¾ x 30 ¼ inches
Edition of 20
$3,500
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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1930s to 1960s
Sonia Boyce (British, b. 1962), 2007
One-color soft ground, hard ground etching,
and spit bite aquatint on Magnani Pescia paper
30 x 20 inches
Edition of 70
from The Rivington Place Portfolio
$1,000
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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For You for Us Come Back Soon
Jonathan Lyndon Chase (American, b. 1989), 2019
Seven-color plate lithograph
on Somerset Satin White paper
38 x 30 3/8 inches
Edition of 10
$6,000
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Water Mark
Parastou Forouhar (Iranian, b. 1962), 2015
Two-color lithography and nine-colors pigmented
over-beaten flax pulp paint on abaca sheets
37 ¼ × 22 ½ inches
Final impressions 8/9 and 9/9, edition of 9
$2,200
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Delicate Line (Corpse She Was Holding)
Chitra Ganesh (American, b. 1975), 2009–2010
Silkscreen with lithography, monotype, relief,
and glitter on commercial and handmade paper
Approximately 22 x 28 inches each
Edition of 20
$1,000, select available single print, impressions BCI 2/4
$9,000, portfolio of 11 prints
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Delicate Line (Corpse She Was Holding)
Chitra Ganesh (American, b. 1975), 2009–2010
Silkscreen with lithography, monotype, relief,
and glitter on commercial and handmade paper
Approximately 22 x 28 inches each
Edition of 20
$1,000, select available single print, impressions BCI 2/4
$9,000, portfolio of 11 prints
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Encounter
Leon Golub (American, 1922–2004), 1986
Four-color lithograph on Arches Cover White paper
20 x 30 inches
Final impressions RU and 59/70, edition of 70
$3,000
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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The Nature of the Beast: Voice
Sharon Hayes (American, b. 1970), 2019
Five five-color plate lithograph on Somerset Satin White paper
17 × 20 inches
Edition of 10
$2,500
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Adam and Eve
Margo Humphrey (American, b. 1942), 2005
Five-run our-color lithograph on White Rives BFK paper
22 ½ x 18 inches
Final impression RUII, edition of 20
$1,500
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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After the Dance
Chris Ofili (British, b. 1968), 2006
Five-color silkscreen on Somerset Velvet White paper
30 x 20 inches
Final impression PP 3/3, edition of 70, from The Rivington Place Portfolio
$2,900
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Two decades ago, Ofili broke new ground with multi-layered paintings, whose monumental physicality encompasses the viewer’s body in space with decorative exuberance around imagery probing the subsistence of African culture in postcolonial Great Britain. The artist moved to Trinidad in 2005. His new environment inspired a shift in his work: “I’ve found that the night and twilight here enhances the imagination… It’s unlit, so you’re relying on the light of the moon and sensitivity of the eyes. It’s a different level of consciousness that is less familiar to me, and stimulating through a degree of fear and mystery.” (Chris Ofili, Tate Etc., Spring 2010). In After the Dance, Ofili hints at the moment following the one we see depicted. Dark hues of blue give shape to sinuous natural and human forms slowly revealing themselves in a seamless flow of light reflections.
Untitled (Déjà-Vu No.2, Baltimore Series)
Isaac Julien (British, b. 1960), 2007
Epson 9800 digital inkjet print in Matte Black UltraChrome HDR ink with manually applied gold leaf on Somerset Enhanced Velvet paper
Two parts, 20 x 30 inches each
Edition of 70, from The Rivington Place Portfolio
$3,500 (for the set)
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Untitled (Déjà-Vu No.2, Baltimore Series)
Isaac Julien (British, b. 1960), 2007
Epson 9800 digital inkjet print in Matte Black UltraChrome HDR ink with manually applied gold leaf on Somerset Enhanced Velvet paper
Two parts, 20 x 30 inches each
Edition of 70, from The Rivington Place Portfolio
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
Homage to Utopia
Matsumi Kanemitsu (Japanese-American, 1922–1992), 1970
Lithograph on paper
30 1/8 x 21 5/8 inches
Final impressions 34/50, 35/50, and 36/50
Edition of 50
$1,500
Provenance: June Wayne Collection for the Brodsky Center at PAFA
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Untitled
Glenn Ligon (American, b. 1960), 2007
Photogravure on paper
30 x 20 inches
Edition of 70, from The Rivington Place Portfolio
$2,000
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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The Prize
Hew Locke (British, b. 1959), 2007
Digital images with silkscreen cut into 43 pieces
and re-collaged into a three-dimensional object
30 x 20 x 5 inches overall
Edition of 70, from The Rivington Place Portfolio
$2,000
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Wise Woman Disappears
Nell Painter (American, b. 1942), 2017
Woodcut and polymer relief print on Sekishu white paper
2 parts, 24 x 36 inches overall
Final impressions 8/10, 9/10, 10/10, edition of 10
$1,500
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Somebody Stole My Broken Heart
Faith Ringgold (American, b. 1930), 2004
Five-color lithograph on Arches Cover White paper
22 x 30 inches
Final impressions WP, WP, and WP, edition of 100
$3,000
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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When and Where I Enter the British Museum
Carrie Mae Weems (American, born 1953), 2007
Inkjet digital print on Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art paper
30 x 20 inches
Final impressions BCI 18/20, BCI 19/20, and PP 3/3
Edition of 70, from The Rivington Place Portfolio
$2,000
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Broken Skies 2 (Fertile)
Didier William (Haitian-American, b. 1983), 2019
Photogravure on Somerset soft white velvet paper
28 ¼ x 33 inches
Edition of 10
$6,000
Published by the Brodsky Center at PAFA, Philadelphia
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Faith Ringgold signing Somebody Stole My Broken Heart, 2004