Dan May

Devil Chicken Dinner /// Contemporary Funny Screenprint Black and White Man

Circa: 1995

Artist: Eileen Alice Soper (English, 1905-1990) Title: "Blowing Bubbles" *Signed by Soper in pencil lower right Year: 1924 (fourth state of four) Medium: Original Etching on cream laid paper Limited edition: 240 Printer: Likely printed by Eva Soper, London, UK Publisher: H C Dickens, London, UK Reference: "The Catalogue Raisonne of Prints and Etchings of George and Eileen Soper" - Beetles No. 67, page 117, 141, 157 Framing: Recently framed in a Louis XV style frame with matting from Holland and Museum glass Framed size: 13.25" x 15.13" Sheet size: 7.25" x 9.63" Image size: 4.5" x 7" Condition: In very good condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Boulder, CO. Biography: Eileen Soper was born in 1905 in the Municipal Borough of Enfield and moved to the house where she was to spend the rest of her life in Harmer Green, Welwyn in the Hertfordshire countryside in 1908. The house she later named "Wildings" was built by her father, the artist George Soper...

Artist: Manuel Robbe (French, 1872-1936) Title: "Le Bouquet de Violettes (The Bouquet of Violets)" *Signed by Robbe in pencil lower right Year: 1903 Medium: Original Hand-Colored Etc...

Artist: Michael Burghers (Dutch, c.1647/1648-1727) Title: "The New Testament" Portfolio: Holy Bible *Signed by Burghers in the plate (printed signature) lower left Year: 1680 Medium: Original Etching and Engraving with recent Hand-Color on watermarked laid paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: John Baskett, London?, UK Publisher: Moses Pitt, Peter Parker, and Thomas Guy, London?, UK Sheet size (irregular margins): 17.25" x 10.5" Image size: 14.75" x 9.5" Condition: Uneven trimming and light edgewear in margins. One small tear entering image lower right which has been skillfully repaired with added backing paper with archival tape from verso. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition with strong colors Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Cotswolds, UK. Comes from the 1685 "Holy Bible" portfolio. John Baskett was deemed printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, for Great Britain and to the University of Oxford. Large unidentified watermark within center of sheet. There is an example of this work in the permanent collection of the British Museum in London, UK. In the foreground, John the Evangelist, holding a pen and writing...

Artist: Anders Zorn (Swedish, 1860-1920) Title: "Dance at Gopsmor" *Signed by Zorn in pencil lower right. It is also signed and dated in the plate (printed signature) lower left Year: 1906 (second state of two) Medium: Original Etching on cream Van Gelder Zonen laid paper Limited edition: approx. 50 impressions Printer: the artist Zorn himself, Mora, Sweden Publisher: the artist Zorn himself, Mora, Sweden Reference: Asplund No. 197; Hjert & Hjert No. 205; Loys Delteil No. 192 Framing: Recently framed in a gold ornate moulding and fabric matting from Holland. All archival Framed size: 22.75" x 18.25" Sheet size (irregular margins): 16.5" x 11" Image size: 11.88" x 7.75" Condition: A strong impression in very good condition Very rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Chicago, IL; acquired from Rothschild & Company, Chicago, IL in the early 1900's. Fleur-de-lis shield with text underneath (Van Gelder Zonen) watermark in center of sheet. "Towards the end of the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth century, Anders Zorn became increasingly interested in the history and ancient traditions of his native town Mora and its wider cultural territories which at the time, as a result of industrialisation and urbanisation, were begining to disappear. In 1904, Anders Zorn purchased an ancient farmhouse which he moved to the parish of Gopsmor, situated by the river Dal, North-West of Mora. The simple ritualistic lifestyle of its people, with whom he felt affinity, and Gopsmor's geographical isolation, became for Zorn, a place of refuge for the cosmopolitan artist". - Christie's, London, UK Biography: Anders Leonard Zorn...

Artist: Eileen Alice Soper (English, 1905-1990) Title: "The Tragedy" *Signed by Soper in pencil lower right Year: 1922 Medium: Original Etching on cream laid paper Limited edition: 264 Printer: Likely printed by Eva Soper, London, UK Publisher: H C Dickens, London, UK Reference: "The Catalogue Raisonne of Prints and Etchings of George and Eileen Soper" - Beetles No. 31, page 111, 141, 155 Sheet size: 9.13" x 5.5" Image size: 3.88" x 6" Condition: Remnants of previous mounting tape at right edges. In excellent condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Boulder, CO. Biography: Eileen Soper was born in 1905 in the Municipal Borough of Enfield and moved to the house where she was to spend the rest of her life in Harmer Green, Welwyn in the Hertfordshire countryside in 1908. The house she later named "Wildings" was built by her father, the artist George Soper...

Artist: Eileen Alice Soper (English, 1905-1990) Title: "Spring Song" *Signed by Soper in pencil lower right Year: 1924 Medium: Original Etching on cream laid paper Limited edition: 178 Printer: Likely printed by Eva Soper, London, UK Publisher: H C Dickens, London, UK Reference: "The Catalogue Raisonne of Prints and Etchings of George and Eileen Soper" - Beetles No. 83, page 119, 141, 157 Sheet size: 8.13" x 10.13" Image size: 6.63" x 9.63" Condition: Paper trimmed in the margins. A few faint areas of discoloration. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition Notes: Provenance: private collection - Boulder, CO. Biography: Eileen Soper was born in 1905 in the Municipal Borough of Enfield and moved to the house where she was to spend the rest of her life in Harmer Green, Welwyn in the Hertfordshire countryside in 1908. The house she later named "Wildings" was built by her father, the artist George Soper...

"Conception" - Portrait of a Native American on a Vision Quest Large scale and fine detailed work by the artist. Detailed and evocative depiction of a Native American elder by Frank Howell...

"Fish Dish" by Morag Muir (Scottish, b. 1960). Screen print on paper Signed "Morag Muir" and dated "87" lower right. Titled "Fish Dish" center and numbered "...

Beautiful Serigraph print on paper by the Cuban artist Manuel Mendive. Manuel Mendive is an eminent Afro-Cuban painter, sculptor, and performance artist. His colorful, evocative pai...

"Gertrude" - Eleven Color Woodcut on Laid Rice Paper 2/45 Portrait of a woman by artist, Dan Miller (American, b. 1928) made by layers of color in woodcuts in Miller's signature sty...

Purple and red kimono by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Pearce's work. No frame. Image, 27.5"H x 22.5"W Patrici...

A set of lithographs by College of San Mateo class of 1989, instructed by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b 1948). Pieces are individually signed by each artist. Each print is on laid paper, meaning they all have ragged edges. Presented in a black folio with title sheet, table of contents, and ties. Includes protective tissue paper dividers between each piece. Image size: 14"H x 11"W Patricia Pearce is a California artist who attended San Francisco State and UC Irvine and is the adjunct Professor of Fine Art at the College of San Mateo. Her early work on paper explored images of garments using various printmaking techniques. Later, she began to work mainly in collagraph and monotype prints creating singular images of kimonos and ribbons in her subtle shifting, subdued pieces are constructed in a three-step process. Awards include Grade Prize, 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama Japan; Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation. Collections: Nieman Marcus, San Francisco; Wells Fargo, San Francisco Exhibitions: Montalvo, California Center for the Arts; Pacific Prints, Palo Alto. Other artists in the collection include: Peggy Christgau (American, b. 1939) Marcia Pagels (American, b. 1930) - BA in Art, Stanford, 1951. Barbara Cohn (American, b. 1923) Megumi Kido Julia Pitcher (American, b. 1942) Bu King Liane Rocker (American, b. 1929) Jane Leddy...