Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) was the vision of Tatyana Grosman, a Russian émigré who had settled in New York with her husband Maurice, an artist with printmaking skills. In 1957, through connections with other artists, the Grosmans began inviting painters, poets and printmakers to create limited edition artist’s books in their modest garage studio on Long Island. These first intimate collaborations set the tone for the quality of work to be produced at ULAE in the decades to follow.
Early prints by Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Robert Motherwell, Barnett Newman, and Larry Rivers gained Grosman the interest of museum curators and private collectors. Her reputation for ethical practices and high aesthetic standards propelled ULAE to the forefront of the burgeoning print market of the 1960s and 1970s. Grosman and her artists expanded the horizons of what we know as a limited edition print and her prints became the examples by which other studios’ editions were often judged.
Bill Goldston began working full–time as a printer at ULAE in 1969. His keen interest in experimentation influenced many of the remarkable editions of the 1970s by artists such as Marisol, Larry Rivers, James Rosenquist, and Cy Twombly. Upon Grosman’s death in 1982, Goldston became the director of ULAE, and introduced another generation of artists to the tradition of working with master printers.
Taking suggestions from his trusted advisors, Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, Goldston encouraged Carroll Dunham, Bill Jensen, Elizabeth Murray, Terry Winters and Susan Rothenberg to make prints in the ULAE studios.
With Ellen Gallagher, Jane Hammond, Julian Lethbridge, Lisa Yuskavage, Cecily Brown, Suzanne McClelland, Richard Tuttle and Kiki Smith, arguably some of the finest painters and sculptors working today, daring and intriguing editions were been created.
With a selection of new artists working at the studios - Amy Cutler, James Siena, Jason Middlebrook, Orly Genger, Joey Kotting - Goldston has continued the fine lineage of printmakers at ULAE.
AMY CUTLER
IDA, INA, OONA, 2009
Intaglio in 1 color with chine-colle on Gampi applied to Hahnemuhle
19.25 x 21 inches
Edition of 29
$2,000. unframed
AMY CUTLER
GROOMERS, 2008
Lithograph in 17 colors on Rives BFK gray
34.25 x 24.25 inches
Edition of 34
$4,800. unframed (set of 4: $19,200)
CARROLL DUNHAM
TREE 2, 2009
Lithograph in 8 colors on Arches Cover White
24.75 x 20.5 inches
Edition of 28
$2,500. unframed
HELEN FRANKENTHALER
LILAC SWEEP, 2006
Lithograph in 7 colors on Fabriano Artistico natural white
22.25 x 27.5 inches
Edition of 35
$5,500. unframed
HELEN FRANKENTHALER
VUILLARD'S CHARIOT, 2006
Lithograph in 7 colors on Rives BFK
24.75 x 30.25 inches
Edition of 50
$6,500. unframed
BILL JENSEN
CERN, 2010
Intaglio in 2 colors on Revere Felt Standard White
24 x 20 inches
Edition of 7
$1,500. unframed
BILL JENSEN
GUARDIAN, 2010
Intaglio in 2 colors on Revere Felt Standard White
19.25 x 25 inches
Edition of 6
$1,500. unframed
BILL JENSEN
HOWL, 2011
Intaglio in 4 colors on Revere Felt Standard Warm White
24 x 20 inches
Edition of 12
$2,800. unframed
BILL JENSEN
ORIGINAL FACE, 2011
Intaglio in 2 colors on Revere Warm White Suede
24 x 20 inches
Edition of 9
$1,800. unframed
BILL JENSEN
PRECEPTS, 2011
Intaglio in 7 colors on Revere Felt Standard White
24 x 20 inches
Edition of 10
$2,800. unframed
BILL JENSEN
SCONTRO FRONTALE, 2011
Intaglio in 3 colors on Revere Felt Standard Warm White
24 x 20 inches
Edition of 11
$2,500. unframed
BILL JENSEN
THE MONKEY'S RAIN COAT, 2010
Intaglio in 2 colors on Revere Felt Standard White
24 x 20 inches
Edition of 6
$1,500. unframed
BILL JENSEN
TAMBOURINE MAN (BILL), 2010
Intaglio on Revere Felt Standard Warm White
24 x 20 inches
Edition of 10
$1,500. unframed
JASPER JOHNS
FRAGMENT OF A LETTER, 2010
2 Intaglios in 1 color on Echizen Torinoko handmade
45 x 30.5 inches
Edition of 51
$80,000. unframed
JASPER JOHNS
UNTITLED, 2011
Spitbit etching in 10 colors
43.5 x 33.75 inches
Edition of 60
$50,000. unframed
JASPER JOHNS
SHRINK DINK 1, 2011
Intaglio in 1 color on Revere Standard White Felt paper
28.75. x 31.75 inches
Edition of 48
$30,000. unframed
JASPER JOHNS
SHRINK DINK 2, 2011
Intaglio in 2 color on Revere Standard White Felt paper
28.75. x 31.75 inches
Edition of 50
$30,000. unframed
JASPER JOHNS
SHRINK DINK 3, 2011
Intaglio in 6 colors with chine collé on Revere Standard White Felt paper
28.75 x 31.75 inches
Edition of 57
$30,000. unframed
JASPER JOHNS
SHRINK DINK 4, 2011
Intaglio in 2 color on Revere Standard White Felt paper
28.75. x 31.75 inches
Edition of 49
$30,000. unframed
JULIAN LETHBRIDGE
ALLOY, 2010
Intaglio in 2 colors on Sommerset White
16 x 12.75 inches
Edition of 10
$1,000. unframed
JULIAN LETHBRIDGE
FRIEZE, 2010
Intaglio in 2 colors on Hahnemuhle Copperplate Warm White
16 x 12.5 inches
Edition of 12
$850. unframed
ROSA LOY
AFTERNOON WITH LAIKA, 2008
Lithograph in 4 colors on Arches Cover
20.75 x 23 inches
Edition of 25
$650. unframed
JAMES ROSENQUIST
THE MEMORY CONTINUES BUT THE CLOCK DISAPPEARS, 2008-11
Lithograph in 10 colors with etched glass on rotating disc
40 in. x 26.5 x 2 inches
Edition of 45
$8,500. framed
JAMES SIENA
BACKS, 2007
Set of 5 Framed Lithographs in 4 colors on various papers
23.5 x 24.5 inches
Edition of 32
$9,000. framed
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RICHARD TUTTLE
THE TRIUMPH OF NIGHT, 2010
Handmade paper with incised and relief wood block, à la poupé, pigmented paper
15 x 43.5 x 2.5 inches
Edition of 15
$8,500. framed
TERRY WINTERS
THE INFLUENCING MACHINE, 2005
Lithograph in 5 colors on Arches
30.25 x 42 inches
Edition of 48
$7,000. unframed
TERRY WINTERS
YELLOW STONE, 2010
Lithograph
39.5 x 53 inches
Edition of 27
$7,500. unframed
ZACHARY WOLLARD
OPEN AXIS, 2011
Intaglio in 17 colors on Revere Felt Standard White
33.75 x 39.75 inches
Edition of 24
$1,250. unframed
LISA YUSKAVAGE
UKRAINIAN SHIRT, 2001
Lithograph
30 x 20 inches
Edition of 40
$6,500. unframed
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