John James Audubon

Raccoon by Audubon

ca. 1856

The Merican Pelican and The Pelican from George Edwards "A Natural History of Birds, Most of which have not been figured or described and others very little known..." published in Lo...

Original engraving, hand-colored at the time of publication, after the work of George Edwards from "Sammlung verschneider auslandischer und seltener Vogel" by Johann Michael Seligma...

Benedictus, Edouard. "Relais." Plate 14. Paris, Éditions Vincent, Fréal et Cie, 1930. Original pochoir, printed by J. Saudé. Unsigned and unnumbered from an edition of presumabl...

Kilbourne, S.A. Game Fishes of the United States. This plate: California Salmon. New York, Scribner & Sons, 1878-81. Original chromolithograph.

Antique Rooster Portrait Prosper Alphonse Isaac (France, 1858-1924) Woodblock Print circa 1910 9 x 7 1/8 (15 1/4 x 17 frame) inches The excellent book "The Great Wave: The Influence of Japanese Woodcuts on French Prints" which was an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1974, recounts the phenomenal "cult of Japan" in late nineteenth-century France and reveals through direct comparisons its particular impact on the graphic work of Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Bonnard, Vuillard, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Gauguin. This print directly relates to the discovery of Japanese art most notably through the woodblock prints which found their way to the West oftentimes as stuffing or packing materials from consumer goods that were being imported to the West at the end of the 19th century. Prosper-Alphonse Isaac was born in a well-to-do family. This gave him the means not only of leaving his native Calais to pursue a career as an artist in Paris, but also the means to acquire art. Isaac was particularly drawn to Japanese arts, which he collected avidly. Many of the objects he bought were eventually given to museums. As a printmaker Isaac started drawing seascapes in dry point, but eventually moved on to become one of only a handful of artists versed in color woodcut techniques in France. His compositions, generally small in scale, are heavily influenced by the arts of Japan. He printed small editions of these works. Aside from this artistic activity, Isaac was also an active textile decorator. "This mark, which he borrows from Hokusaï and Totoya Hokkeï...

This work is hand signed and numbered in the front. Sense of Security is a limited edition of 99 copie.

"Birth" by Tomoya Uchida (American, 20th Century). This piece is mostly abstract, high-contrast organic shapes, with the exception of one straight line that sits above the organic shapes. In the lower left corner of the piece, there is a wasp. Titled "Birth" along the bottom edge. Signed "T. Uchida" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new white and black double mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 14"H x 10"W Paper size: 12"H x 8.5"W Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947) was born in Tsuyama City in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, in 1970, and went on to become the artist-in-residence at the KALA Institute of Prints in Berkeley, CA, in 1989. He then moved to Australia, where he studied under Prof. Jorg Schmeisser...

"Dialogue to the Wind" by Tomoya Uchida (American, 20th Century). Plant matter swirls in the air above a minimalist landscape. In the foreground, two bees have landed on a housekey. The sky is subtly textured, creating the impression of passing gusts of wind. Titled "Dialogue to the Wind" along the bottom edge. Signed and dated "T. Uchida - 89" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new light grey mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 22"H x 17"W Paper size: 19.75"H x 13"W Tomoya Uchida (Japanese, b. 1947) was born in Tsuyama City in the Okayama prefecture in Japan. He graduated from Doshisha University, Kyoto, in 1970, and went on to become the artist-in-residence at the KALA Institute of Prints in Berkeley, CA, in 1989. He then moved to Australia, where he studied under Prof. Jorg Schmeisser...