Edouard Dufeu

A Cadart & Luquet - Etching by Edouard Dufeu - 1870s

1870s

Superb etching on papier de chine appliqué, realized by Dufeu in 1862. Signed in the plate. Very good condition.

Michel Ange is an artwork realized by Edouard Moyse in the 1870s. Etching. Good conditions. Realized for the "Société des Aquafortistes. Born on the initiative of the publisher Al...

Entree d'Okelle is a black and White etching realized by E. Dufeu in the 1860s.  Titled in the lower. Image size: 32x23. Very good impression with wide margins and a very fresh in...

Etching realized by Antoine Dezarrois in 1900, after P. Baudry. Proof on Japan paper, not signed as issued. Very good condition.

In the heart of 19th-century Paris, the art scene flourished with an unparalleled vibrancy, attracting connoisseurs and creators from around the globe. One pivotal event that capture...

In Molvout, François Houtin merges organic vitality with the crumbling geometry of architecture. The composition presents a fantastical form that seems part tree, part tower, entwine...

Marcus Behmer (German, 1879 – 1958) Die Geravbte orchidee (The robbed orchid), 1903 Signed ‘Marcus Behmer’ (lower right in pencil) Lithograph on paper 16.1/8 x 12in. (40.8 x 30.5cm.) It is apparent Behmer is influenced by the work of Aubrey Beardsley, though this work is no less beautiful in its execution. Little is known regarding his connections to Oscar Wilde though he is obviously an admirer and has many similarities with his private life and incarceration in prison. These works were a personal gift to Baron Detlev von Hadeln, the aristocrat and prominent art historian of the age. Behmer is known to be, since 1903, a member in the first ever homosexual organization in Berlin and was thus probably a part of Adolf Brand’s circle, and may have contributed to Brand’s publication Der Eigene. Until now, few know that Behmer was sentenced in April 1937 by a court in Konstanz to imprisonment for two years, being arrested in Freiburg and at other locations in southern Germany for being a homosexual. At times he was given the opportunity to work as an artist in prison. The works produced in this period are mostly calligraphic designed tablets with Greek text (prayers and Bible quotes...

Medium: etching (etched by Leopold Flameng after the Francois Fleming painting). This impression on laid paper was printed in 1875 and published in Paris by L'Art. Plate size: 7 1/2 ...