Karl Bodmer

Le Soir: Cerf et Herons (The Evening: Stag and Herons)

1858

Le Judgement de Paris ouf famille singe Lithograph, 1897 Signed and dated in the stone lower right (see photo) Published in L’Estampe Moderne with their blindstamp lower right corner, Lugt 2790 (see photo) Edition 2000 Printed by Chapenois, Paris Condition: Excellent Image size: 9 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches Sheet size: 12 x 15 3/4 inches Paul Jouve (1878-1973) Paul Jouve was two years old when his father set up his ceramist workshop on Boulevard Saint Jacques in Paris. It is in this artistic universe that he grew up playing with colors, modeling the earth, pampered by his young mother, who dreamed of making a teacher of her. Very early on, his father, seeing his passion for drawing, encouraged him, introduced him to the Jardin des Plantes, where he developed a passion for the big cats that he practiced drawing. For the Universal Exhibition of 1900, the architect Binet, commissioned a frieze of wild animals of more than 100m representing tigers, bears, lions, bulls, and mouflons. This frieze will be executed in greenish brown glazed flamed sandstone by the sculptor Alexandre Bigot. Binet also ordered four lions from him to decorate the main gate of the Champs Elysees, between the two palaces, and a monumental statue representing a rooster wings outstretched in the center of the gate. In 1907, Jouve was awarded a scholarship from the General Government of Algeria, and along with Léon Cauvy...

La Pique (The Pike) Lithograph, 1950 Original lithograph drawn with chalk and "frottage textures" transferred to stone, 1950. Unsigned printer's proof Inscribed on the verso in Mourl...

Action Plus Lithograph, 1950 Signed lower right (see photo) Titled lower left (see photo) Edition 250 Published by Associated American Artists, New York Illustrated: AAA catalogs 195...

Signed, dated, titled in pencil by the artist; Annotated "To Jon from Ray" Reproduced in the artists Retrospective Exhibition catalogue. In the collection of the Wichita Art...

Etching on cream laid paper, full margins. From Eaux-Fortes Animaux & Paysages. [Beraldi II.140.34] Henri Béraldi Les graveurs du XIXe siècle: Guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. Librairie L. Conquet, vol. XII, Paris, 1885–1892, cat. no. 34, p. 140. __________ Well known in his native Germany as a watercolorist, Karl Bodmer had a rich experience exploring in North America in the 19th century, accompanying German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied as the official artist on an expedition which toured the Missouri River...

Etching on cream laid paper, 6 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches (156 x 120 mm), full margins. In good condition with some minor, uniform age tone. Printed by George Bertauts, Paris. [Beraldi II.140.26] Henri Béraldi Les graveurs du XIXe siècle: Guide de l'amateur d'estampes modernes. Librairie L. Conquet, vol. XII, Paris, 1885–1892, cat. no. 34, p. 140. __________ Well known in his native Germany as a watercolorist, Karl Bodmer had a rich experience exploring in North America in the 19th century, accompanying German explorer Prince Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied as the official artist on an expedition which toured the Missouri River...

Etching on cream laid paper, 4 3/4 x 6 inches (120 × 152 mm), full margins. Minor uniform age tone, and a 2-inch x 1-inch margin loss, at top extreme sheet edge, well outside of imag...

Bear with Predella (from Rubber Stamp Portfolio), 1976 Rubber Stamp Print on Arches Satine with Envelope 8 × 8 inches Edition of 1000 Unframed -...