Giselle Halff

The Rabbit - Original Woodcut by Giselle Hallf - Early 20th Century

Early 20th Century

Ducks is an original woodcut print realized by Giselle Halff. Good condition, no signature. Included a white cardboard passpartout (39x29 cm).

Le Chat is a beautiful original print on wove paper, realized by the French artist Giselle Halff in the mid 20th century. A sensual black cat (one of the best French symbols) lying...

The Rabbit in Vase is an original artwork realized by the french artist Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence) Lithograph print, mid-20th century. Very good condit...

Black Cat is an Original Woodcut Print realized in the Mid-20th Century by Giselle Halff (1899-1971). Good condition, monogrammed on the lower right corner. Giselle Halff (1899-197...

In 'The Rabbit,' Wisconsin artist Clarice George Logan presents the viewer with a multi-figural scene: under a wood-frame structure, four children crouch on the ground, gathered around a young woman who presents a rabbit. Under normal circumstances, such an image of children with a bunny would recall childhood storybooks. In this case, however, the image is more ambiguous and suggests the unfortunate economic circumstances many children suffered during the interwar years. Nonetheless, the group could also be interpreted as a nativity play, with the rabbit taking the place of the Christ child, shining light on the children like in a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Correggio. The careful line-work of the woodblock engraving adds a sense of expressionism to the scene, leaving the figures looking distraught and dirty, though the image nonetheless falls into the Social Realist category that dominated American artists during the Great Depression. This print was published in 1936 as part of the Wisconsin Artists' Calendar for the year 1937, which included 52 original, hand-made prints - one for each week of the year. Clarice George Logan was born in Mayville, New York in 1909 but moved to Wisconsin in 1921. She attended the Milwaukee State Teachers College from 1927 to 1931 where she studied with Robert von...

Joanna Padfield Sitting Hare Limited Edition Linocut Print on Paper Edition of 50 Image Size: H20 cm x W 15cm Paper Size: H25cm x w21cm Sold Unframed (Please note that in situ images...

Raoul Dufy, French (1877 - 1953) - The Hare, Year: circa 1920, Medium: Woodblock on thin wove paper, Image Size: 8 x 7.75 inches, Size: 11.5 x 9 in. (29.21 x 22.86 cm), Description...

Signed, titled and numbered by the artist from an edition of 125. Portrait of a young Rabbit against an abstract background. Trevor Southey was born in Rhodesia, Africa (now Zimba...