Ad’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Abstract Painting, 1960-65
Ad Reinhardt American, 1913-1967

Black and White
Ad Reinhardt American, 1913-1967

Untitled, from X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters)
Ad Reinhardt (American, 1913-1967) printed by Sirocco Screenprinters, Inc. (American, 20th century), under the supervision of Ives-Sillman (American, 20th century) published by Wadsorth Atheneum (American, 20th-21st century)

Untitled
Ad Reinhardt American, 1913-1967

Crown (Ade)
Yoruba Idowa, Nigeria Coastal West Africa

Ad Astra
Akseli Gallen-Kallela (Finnish, 1865–1931)

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Immeasurability: The Ridge
AD-WO (American, founded 2015) Emanuel Admassu (American, born Ethiopia 1983) Jen Wood (Australian, born 1984) Produced by Flanders Tapestries (Belgium, founded 1998)

Back Where I, Were Born. 2/20-1888 AD;
Joseph Yoakum American, 1891-1972

Insertion with Added Points
Italy

View of the Pantheon of Agrippa, today S. Maria ad Martyres, from Views of Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi Italian, 1720-1778

Saint Catherine
Hans Baldung Grien (German, 1484/85-1545) with added monogram of Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528)

White-Glazed Bowl with Later Added Enamels
China

Three-Color Glazed Vase of Qianlong (1736-96 AD) with Plum Blossoms
Hiratsuka Un'ichi (Japanese, 1895-1997)

Mantle
Wari Peru, Probably south coast

Husband: “My dear, how about a first kiss on my chin?” The wife (aside): “To think that I am married to this face!,” plate 21 from Moeurs Conjugalesa
Honoré Victorin Daumier French, 1808-1879

Parfum Ad
Franz Altschuler German, 1923-2009

Lloyd's Ad
Norman Platt American, 1921–2012

Lloyd's Ad
Norman Platt American, 1921–2012

Lloyd's Ad
Norman Platt American, 1921–2012