About Avanti

Avanti Lithograph emerged from the discovery and preservation of a remarkable estate collection of more than 10,000 lithographs from the 1970s and early 1980s. Through Avanti, my role is to revive these images, making them visible again, allowing their stories and craftsmanship to live on in today’s homes and collections,

The Name "Avanti"

When I was seventeen, wandering a mall in Scottsdale, Arizona, I saw a car that stopped me, the Avanti. Surrounded by cars of every era, it stood apart: sculptural, aerodynamic, almost otherworldly. Its name meant “forward,” and it felt like a glimpse of the future.

That moment stayed with me. It was my first real sense of design as revelation, how a form or line could express intelligence, daring, and possibility.

Decades later, when I began shaping a new venture rooted in art, curiosity, and beauty, that memory returned. Avanti felt right again: a name that honors the moment design first sparked something in me, and still speaks of motion, evolution, and imagination made real.

A Message from Cathie

I’ve spent years collecting art. The power of art in a space is undeniable. Art can transform a room and reshape the way one feels — through color, shape, line, subject matter, and technique. It reminds me to pause, to wonder, to imagine, and to connect with something beyond myself.

I believe everyone deserves to live with real art — work that is made by hand, that carries the weight of human touch, history, and imagination; art that tells a story, changes a room, and deepens the experience of living in it.

This collection is an invitation: to slow down, to look closely, and to bring something genuine and lasting into your space — something that doesn’t just decorate but speaks, comforts, and inspires for years to come.

— Cathie Lee