Nicholas Africano signature
American · b. 1948
40 catalogued lots by Nicholas Africano record a signature line. The most common placement is on the reverse (58% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed in pencil.
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Catalogue signature lines
Signed and dated to the reverse, composed of a glyph-like stick figure retelling of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles
— Tess, Circle Auction, Jan 28, 2022Pencil-signed and inscribed "to Bill" in the bottom margin
— Rage On, Pearly Queen, My Molly Bloom, Circle Auction, Jan 28, 2022Pencil-signed, dated, and editioned (hors d'commerce) to the bottom edge
— Memoir, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Signed and dated to the bottom left corner
— An Occasion for Hope, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Signed and dated to the to the bottom right
— The concertina player, the juggler, the strongman, the sailor, and the boy with a horn, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Pencil-signed, dated, and numbered (2/ 30) to the bottom edge
— Untitled, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Pencil-signed, titled, and numbered (2 / 25) to the bottom edge, and bearing the chop marks of printer Richard Finch and the Normal E
— September, 1988 Three-color, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Signed and dated to the bottom right corner
— Trois Poemes d'Amour, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Pencil-signed, dated, and editioned (bon a tirer) to the bottom edge
— Boy and Angel, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Pencil-signed, dated, and numbered (Printers proof 4 / 10) to the bottom edge
— Flesh Armor, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Signed and dated to the bottom edge
— Magic Flute, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Signed and dated to the reverse, and float-mounted over silk
— A Man and Woman Fishing, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Pencil-signed, dated, and editioned (36 / 38) to the bottom edge
— Memoir, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Pencil-signed, dated, and editioned (studio proof) to the bottom edge
— Salvador Spitting Jewels, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Pencil-signed, dated, and numbered (2 / 25) along the bottom edge
— Gnossienne, Circle Auction, Jul 29, 2023Signed and titled on verso, and with gallery label for Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, New York
— You'll Have to Kill Me First -, Jackson's International Auctioneers, Dec 13, 2022Signed, dated, and titled to the reverse
— Laughing Man and Crying Man, Circle Auction, Jan 28, 2022Initialed to the reverse
— Actor II, Circle Auction, Jan 28, 2022Initialed to the reverse, with Holly Solomon Gallery (New York) tags affixed to each
— Actor, Circle Auction, Jan 28, 2022Signed and dated to the reverse of the canvas
— The Meaning, Circle Auction, Jan 28, 2022Pencil-signed and numbered (#1/1) to the bottom margin
— Artificer, Circle Auction, Jan 28, 2022Signed and dated to the bottom right
— Thomas Hardy, Circle Auction, Jan 28, 2022Pencil-signed and numbered (#3/3) in the bottom margin
— Untitled geometric composition, Circle Auction, Jan 28, 2022Signed on reverse
— Birds and Worms, Fioretti Series, Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005Signed on reverse
— A Man & Woman Fishing, Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005Signed in pencil and numbered 12/45 on reverse
— The Shadow (I Beat This Fucker Up), Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005Signed on reverse
— Forgiving, Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005Signed in pencil and numbered 12/45
— The Shadow (4 works), Bonhams, Sep 10, 2025Signed in pencil
— High Wire, Bonhams, Sep 10, 2025Signed
— The Nurse; and She is Leaving, Phillips, Oct 24, 2022Signed
— (American b. 1948), Bonhams, Apr 30, 2006Signed
— (American b. 1948), Bonhams, Apr 30, 2006Signed and dated
— (American b. 1948), Bonhams, Apr 30, 2006Signed
— Girl of the Golden West, Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005Initialed
— An Argument, Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005Signed
— Flowers and Sunlight, Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005Signed in pencil
— Salvador, Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005Signed
— Girl of the Golden West, Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005Signed
— Le Dance, Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005Signed
— Gnossienne, Bonhams, Nov 6, 2005
From the signature and inscription lines published by the auction houses in their lot descriptions. ArtSell does not authenticate signatures; a signature matching these descriptions is not evidence that a work is genuine. No house signature photographs are recorded for this artist yet. Back to Nicholas Africano auction results.