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Style: Modern
Medium: Woodcut
3 Turns - Surfing Art - Figurative Print - Woodcut Print By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Three surfers carving up the Hawaiian waves, having a blast in the tropical surf.
3 Turns - Surfing Art - Figurative Print - Woodcut Print By Marc Zimmerman
Limited Edition 01/05
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2010s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Composition (Duthuit N° 17), Pierre à feu, Les Miroirs profonds, Henri Matisse
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin supérieur paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by Maeght, éditeur, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, January 17, 1947. Notes: ...
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1940s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
"Fanti Fishing Boat" Modern Abstract Figurative Woodcut Print 47 of 86
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract figurative woodblock print of a beach landscape with a boat. The print is stamped by the artist and titled and editioned in pencil. This print is editioned 47 of 86 and the print is not currently framed.
Artist Biography: Born in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1924, John Biggers studied at Hampton Institute (now Hampton University) under Viktor Lowenfeld and muralist Charles White. In 1943, Biggers' mural, Dying Soldier, was included in the exhibition curated by Lowenfeld, Young Negro Art, at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
After serving in the United States Navy, Biggers transferred to Pennsylvania State University where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees as well as his doctorate in art education. In 1949, Biggers accepted a faculty position at Texas State University for Negroes (now Texas Southern University) in Houston, where he founded and chaired the art department until his retirement. In the early 50s, he won prizes for his work at annual exhibitions held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Dallas Museum of Art.
In 1957, he traveled to Africa on a UNESCO fellowship to study Western African cultural traditions, becoming one of the first black artists to study the culture first-hand rather than through library research. His work was profoundly influenced by his experiences in Africa.
He was known for his murals, but also for his drawings, paintings, and lithographs, and was honored by a major traveling retrospective exhibition from 1995 to 1997. He created archetypal imagery that spoke positively to the rich and varied ethnic heritage of African Americans, long before the Civil Rights era drew...
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Late 20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
'The Aquarium' — WPA Era Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fritz Eichenberg, 'The Aquarium', wood engraving, 1933, edition 200. Signed and titled in pencil. Initialed in the block, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impression, on pale yel...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
On the Beach (Coney Island, New York) — 1930s Graphic Modernism, WPA
By Lou Barlow
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lou Barlow (Louis Breslow), 'On the Beach' (Coney Island) wood engraving, c. 1937, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. Stamped 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT NYC WPA' in the bottom left margin. A fine, richly-inked impression, with all the fine lines printing clearly, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 3 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Scarce.
Image size 11 x 8 1/8 inches; sheet size 16 x 11 3/8 inches.
Created during the Great Depression for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Art Project, New York City.
Impressions of this work are in the permanent collections of the Amon Carter Museum of Art, Illinois State Museum, and the New York Public Library.
ABOUT THE IMAGE
Due to Coney Island's proximity to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and other New York boroughs, it began attracting vacationers in the 1830s and 1840s. Most of the vacationers were wealthy and went by carriage roads and steamship services that reduced travel time from a formerly half-day journey to two hours. By the late 1870s, the development of Coney Island's amusement park attractions and hotels drew people from all social classes. When the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company electrified the steam railroads and connected Brooklyn to Manhattan via the Brooklyn Bridge at the beginning of the 20th century, Coney Island turned rapidly from a resort to an accessible location for day-trippers seeking to escape the summer heat in New York City's tenements. In 1915, the Sea Beach Line was upgraded to a subway line, and the opening of the Stillwell Avenue station in 1919 ushered in Coney Island's busiest era. On the peak summer days, over a million people would travel to Coney Island. In 1937, New York City purchased a 400-foot-wide strip of land along the shoreline to allow the boardwalk to be moved 300 feet inland. At this point, Coney Island was so crowded on summer weekends that parks commissioner Robert Moses...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Sanjûroku Kasen... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26).
Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
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1890s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Beehive - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
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1930s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Mute Swan - Woodcut Print by Alexander Francis Lydon - 1870
Located in Roma, IT
Mute Swan is a modern artwork realized in 1870 by the British artist Alexander Francis Lydon (1836-1917) .
Woodcut print, hand colored, published by London...
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1870s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Gathering Scene - Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 1860 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Rare tryptich. Woodcut print nishike-e in loose sheets.
Utagawa Yoshikazu was a pupil of Utagawa Kuniyoshi and was active until around 1870. He is remembered for images of battles,...
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1860s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Utagawa Kunisada - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Samurai is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19 century by Utagawa Kunisada.
Beautiful colored woodblock print, included a cardboard passpartout.
Includes frame: 45.5 x 35...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Amos
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Amos" 1960 is an original woodcut on paper by noted American artist Leonard Baskin, 1922-2000. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 35/50in pencil by the artis...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Umegaye. Hayakawa Takakage in... - Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Utagawa Kuniyoshi in 19th century.
Good condition.
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
'Wild Pilgrimage' (Contemplation) — 'Story Without Words' Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Wild Pilgrimage', No. 26, wood engraving, 1932, edition not stated but very small. Signed in pencil. A fine, black impression, with full margins (1 1/16 to 3 3/16 inches), on tissue-thin cream Japan paper, in very good condition. A scarce, artist-printed, hand-signed proof impression before the published edition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Created by Lynd Ward for his narrative book of illustrations without words, 'Wild Pilgrimage', published by Harrison Smith...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Madman's Drum (Brothel) — 'Story Without Words' Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Madman's Drum, Plate 41', wood engraving, 1930, edition small. Signed in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white tissue-thin Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (1 5/8 to 2 1/2 inches); a small paper blemish in the upper right margin, away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. A scarce, artist-printed, hand-signed proof impression before the published edition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (140 x 95 mm); sheet size 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (244 x 181 mm).
From Lynd Ward’s book of illustrations without words, 'Madman’s Drum', Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1930.
Reproduced in 'Storyteller Without Words, the Wood Engravings of Lynd Ward', Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1974.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lynd Ward is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost wood engravers and book illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century. His innovative use of narrative printmaking as a stand-alone storytelling vehicle was uniquely successful in reaching a broad audience. The powerful psychological intensity of his work, celebrated for its dynamic design, technical precision, and compelling dramatic content, finds resonance in the literature of Poe, Melville, and Hawthorne. Like these classic American writers, Ward was concerned with the themes of man’s inner struggles and the role of the subconscious in determining his destiny. An artist of social conscience during the Great Depression and World War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the problems that challenged the ideals of American society.
The son of a Methodist preacher, Lynd Ward, moved from Chicago to Massachusetts at an early age. He graduated from the Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, in 1926, where he studied illustration and graphic arts. He married May Yonge McNeer in 1936 and left for Europe for their honeymoon in Eastern Europe. After four months, they settled in Leipzig, where Ward studied at the National Academy of Graphic Arts and Bookmaking. Inspired by Belgian expressionist artist Frans Masereel's graphic novel ‘The Sun,’ and another graphic novel by the German artist Otto Nückel, ‘Destiny,’ he determined to create his own "wordless" novel. Upon his return to America, Ward completed his first book, ‘God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts,’ published in 1929. ‘Gods’ Man’ was a great success for its author and publisher and was reprinted four times in 1930, including a British edition. This book and several which followed it, ‘Madman’s Drum,’ 1930, ‘Wild Pilgrimage...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Sanjûroku Kasen... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26).
Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
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1890s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Bathing - Woodcut by Aristide Maillol - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bathing is a print realized by Aristide Maillol in the early 20th Century.
Woodcut on paper.
Good conditions.
Aristide Maillol, (born December 8, 1861, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France—die...
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
'Tenant Farmers' — Depression Era, WPA
By Lou Barlow
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lou Barlow (Louis Breslow), 'Tenant Farmers', color wood engraving, 1936, edition 25. Signed, titled, and numbered '15/25' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh c...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
'The Pimp' — Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fritz Eichenberg, 'The Pimp', wood engraving, 1980, artist's proof before the edition. Signed in pencil. Signed in the block, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (2 3/16 to 3 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Archivally sleeved, unmatted.
Image size 12 x 9 3/4 inches (305 x 248 mm); sheet size 18 x 14 inches (457 x 356 mm).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Fritz Eichenberg (1901–1990) was a German-American illustrator and arts educator who worked primarily in wood engraving. His best-known works were concerned with religion, social justice, and nonviolence.
Eichenberg was born to a Jewish family in Cologne, Germany, where the destruction of World War I helped to shape his anti-war sentiments. He worked as a printer's apprentice and studied at the Municipal School of Applied Arts in Cologne and the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig, where he studied under Hugo Steiner-Prag. In 1923 he moved to Berlin to begin his career as an artist, producing illustrations for books and newspapers. In his newspaper and magazine work, Eichenberg was politically outspoken and sometimes wrote and illustrated his reporting.
In 1933, the rise of Adolf Hitler drove Eichenberg, who was a public critic of the Nazis, to emigrate with his wife and children to the United States. He settled in New York City, where he lived most of his life. He worked in the WPA Federal Arts Project and was a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists.
In his prolific career as a book illustrator, Eichenberg portrayed many forms of literature but specialized in works with elements of extreme spiritual and emotional conflict, fantasy, or social satire. Over his long career, Eichenberg was commissioned to illustrate more than 100 classics by publishers in the United States and abroad, including works by renowned authors Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Poe, Swift, and Grimmelshausen. He also wrote and illustrated books of folklore and children's stories.
Eichenberg was a long-time contributor to the progressive magazine The Nation, his illustrations appearing between 1930 and 1980. Eichenberg’s work has been featured by such esteemed publishers as The Heritage Club, Random House, Book of the Month Club, The Limited Editions Club, Kingsport Press, Aquarius Press, and Doubleday.
Raised in a non-religious family, Eichenberg had been attracted to Taoism as a child. Following his wife's unexpected death in 1937, he turned briefly to Zen Buddhist meditation, then joined the Religious Society of Friends in 1940. Though he remained a Quaker until his death, Eichenberg was also associated with Catholic charity work through his friendship with Dorothy Day...
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1980s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
'The Yankee' — America's Cup, 1934
By Jacques La Grange
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jacques La Grange, 'The Yankee', color woodcut, edition 500, 1934. Signed and numbered '25/500' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper, with margins (1 1/8 to 1 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. A work from La Grange’s celebrated series of woodcuts 'Drama and Color in the America's Cup Races'. Image size 10 x 10 11/16 inches (254 x 271 mm); sheet size 12 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches (311 x 337 mm). Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed.
When the artist created this print in 1934, the 'Yankee' was one of the most promising yachts eligible for the America's Cup but ultimately 'Rainbow' was chosen to defend against England's 'Endeavor' in that year's race. The 'Endeavor' was built for Thomas Sopwith who used his aviation design expertise to ensure the yacht was the most advanced of its day with a steel hull and mast. She was launched in 1934 and won many races in her first season but the Cup challenge was blighted by a strike of Sopwith's professional crew prior to departing for America. Forced to rely mainly on keen amateurs, who lacked the necessary experience, the campaign failed. 'Rainbow' won the series 4–2. This was one of the most contentious of the America's Cup battles and prompted the headline "Britannia rules the waves and America waives the rules."
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jacques La Grange was born in Clanwilliam (near Cape Town) in South Africa in 1895. He studied at London University and later immigrated to the United States. La Grange established himself as a painter, illustrator, and printmaker specializing in nautical subjects. He and his wife, Helen La Grange, published 'Drama and Color in the America's Cup Races' in 1934 and 'Clipper Ships of America and Great Britain 1833-1869', in 1936. Both were deluxe hardcover limited edition volumes with signed original color woodblock prints. La Grange had solo exhibitions at the Buchanan Gallery in 1929; the Babcock Gallery and the 56th Street Gallery, New York, in 1930; and at the Nicholas Roerich...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Yakushae Aizurie - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 1840s
Located in Roma, IT
Yakushae Aizurie is an original artwork realized in 1840-1843 by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (January 1, 1798– April 14, 1861).
Woodcut Print.
Actor in the r...
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1850s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Sanjûroku Kasen ... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26).
Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
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1890s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Squirrel - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
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1930s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
The Beach - Woodcut by Raphael Drouart - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Beach is an artwork realized by Raphael Drouart in the mid-20th Century.
Woodcut.
Good condition.
Hand signed..
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Mid-20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Picasso, Composition (Johnson, Vollard 193), Hélène chez Archimède (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut Engraving on cream wove Montval paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Hélène Chez Archimède, 1955. Publis...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Sumo - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Sumo Tournament is a Woodcut print realized in the first half of the 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada.
Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print.
This wonderful modern artwork represents Japanese Sumo...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Farmers Eating - Woodcut Print by Katsushika Hokusai - 1814
Located in Roma, IT
Farmers Eating is an original modern artwork realized by Katsushika Hokusai in 1814.
Woodcut print double page of a book.
B/W print with light gray and red. From one of the manga v...
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19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
'Sailor and His Girl' —Mid-Century Modernism, WWII
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Brussel-Smith, 'Sailor and His Girl', wood engraving, 1941, edition 35. Signed, titled, and numbered '21/35' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower right. A superb, richly-in...
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1940s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Sanjûroku Kasen ... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26).
Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
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1890s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Werner Drewes, Winter, 1933, modernist woodcut
Located in New York, NY
A modernist fantasy winter scene created by Werner Drewes, this print brings key aspects of the period together. His cubist-inspired woodcut technique is utilized here to bring the s...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Hommage à Jean de la Fontaine, Vingt fables de La fontaine, Jean Cocteau
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Vingt fables de La fontaine, 1961. Published by Éd...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Watering Can - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
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1930s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Sanjûroku Kase... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26).
Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
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1890s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Joseph Zirker, Playhouse
Located in New York, NY
In the 1950s woodcuts started to get bigger and bigger as they competed with paintings for a space on the wall. This California print by Joseph Zirke...
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1950s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects, 19...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
The Opening of the Temporary Diet - Woodcut by Ginko Adachi- 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Picture of the opening of the temporary Diet building is an original artwork realized in the 1890s by Ginko Adachi (born 1853; active c. 1870 – 1908).
Sheet dimensions: 22 x 48 cm.
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1890s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Sanjûroku Kasen... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26).
Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
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1890s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Boy from Aizu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Kiyoshi Saito – Japanese – (1907-1997)
Title: Boy from Aizu
Year: circa 1950s
Medium: Woodblock
Image size: 15 x 10 inches.
Sheet size: 16.5x 11 inches.
Signature: Signed, ...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Paper, Woodcut
Kabuki - Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada II - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki is an original artwork realized in 1862 by Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880).
Boatman with elegant passenger in snowy landscape.
Sign: Kochoro Kuni...
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1860s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Kabuki Actor - Original Woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada - 1830 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki actor is a superb colored woodblock print realized around 1830 by one of the most famous Japanese Ukiyo-e artists Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (1786 - ...
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1830s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Magic Hour, Autumn
By John DePol
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
John DePol, 'Magic Hour, Autumn', chiaroscuro wood engraving, 1981, edition 160 in 1983. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. Signed in the block, lower right. A superb impression, on...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Todros Geller (1889 – 1949) was a Jewish American artist and teacher best known as a master printmaker and a leading artist among Chicago’s art community.Geller was born in Vinnytsia, the Russian Empire (now Ukraine) in 1889.[2] He studied art in Odessa and continued his studies after moving to Montreal in 1906 where he immigrated to Canada. He married and moved to Chicago in 1918, where he studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago until 1923.
Geller produced paintings, woodcuts, woodcarvings, and etchings. His work focused on Jewish tradition, often including moralistic themes and social commentary, shtetl, ghetto life, and the intersection of Jewish tradition with modern-day Chicago. He regarded art as a tool for social reform and he spent a large part of his career teaching art. His work was commissioned for stained glass windows, bookplates, community centers and Yiddish and English books. He was regarded as a leader in the field of synagogue and religious art. He designed stained glass window for synagogues in Omaha, Fort Worth, Dayton, Stamford, and Chicago Heights. Over the course of his career he illustrated more than 40 books.
In addition to conducting classes in his studio, Geller was head of art at the Jewish People’s Institute (JPI), supervisor of art for the Board of Jewish Education and director of art for the College of Jewish Studies (which became the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership) and taught at Hull House. Many prominent Chicago artists studied drawing and painting under Geller. Geller was a source of inspiration to Aaron Bohrod and Mitchell Siporin...
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Early 20th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Paper, Woodcut
Sumo Fighter - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sumo Fighter is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19 century by Utagawa Kunisada.
Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print, included a cardboard passpartout (45...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Sumo Fighters - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sumo Fighters is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19th century by Utagawa Kunisada.
Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print.
This wonderful modern artwork re...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Kabuki - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1864
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki is an original artwork realized in 1864 by Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865).
Breast portrait of the actor Sawamura Toshi in front of a dark blue background, he's wearing a lion dance costume. In the inset portrait of Kataoka Nizaemon with a feather costume.
Signed: Oshio Toyokuni ga (77 Toyokuni).
Publisher: Ebiya Rinnosuke in Horie. Censorship: Aratame. Wood engraver: Matsushima Masakichi.
Excellent impression with visible wood grain and baren print lines...
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1860s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Sumo Tournament - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kunisada - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sumo Tournament is an original Woodcut print realized in mid 19TH century by Utagawa Kunisada.
Good condition and Beautiful colored woodblock print.
This wonderful modern artwork represents Japanese Sumo...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Squirrel - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher in 1931.
It belongs to the series "Emblemata".
Signed with initials in the plate lower right.
Ref. F.H. Bool, J.R. Kist, J.L. Locher and F. Wierda...
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1930s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Le lièvre et la tortue, Vingt fables de La fontaine, Jean Picart Le Doux
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Vingt fables de La fontaine, 1961. Published by Éd...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Padlock - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher in 1931.
It belongs to the series "Emblemata".
Signed with initials in the plate lower center.
Ref. -F.H. Bool, J.R. Kist, J.L. Locher and F. Wier...
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1930s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Picasso, Composition (Johnson, Vollard 193), Hélène chez Archimède (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut Engraving on cream wove Montval paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Hélène Chez Archimède, 1955. Publis...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Kabuki Scene: a Revenge Story - Woodcut by U. Kuniyoshi - 1846/52
Located in Roma, IT
Kabuki Scene: a Revenge Story is a wonderful color xylograph on paper, realized by the Japanese master Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861) between 1846-1852.
Japanese ideograms are print...
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1840s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Cheval et âne en Provence, Vingt fables de La fontaine, Yves Brayer
By Yves Brayer
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Vingt fables de La fontaine, 1961. Published by Éd...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Wandering Monks in the Courtyard of Konoura - Woodcut by U. Hiroshige II - 1840s
Located in Roma, IT
Wandering monks in the courtyard of Konoura is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Hiroshige II (1826 – 1869) in the 1840s.
Good impression with reduced palette mainly in...
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1840s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Paper, Woodcut
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects, 1951-1952. Published by Curt V...
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1950s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Kandinsky, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin paper. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°66, 1966. Published and printed under the direction of Gualtieri di San Lazzaro, éditeur, Paris, by...
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1960s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Matsubaya - Woodblock Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - Mid-19th Cent.
Located in Roma, IT
Yosooi of the Matsubaya is an Original Woodcut Print, Oban Format, realized by Kitagawa Tsukimaro.
Good condition but many folds in the paper.
No signature.
Kitagawa Tsukimaro ( 1...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Les Soirs d'Opium - Woodcut after Jean Paul Sauget - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
Les Soirs d'Opium is a woodcut print print on paper, realized after Jean Paul Sauget for Maurice Magre's Les Soirs d'Opium.
Published in 1921.
Good conditions.
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1920s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Dan Burne Jones, Affection
Located in New York, NY
Dan Burne Jones is widely know as the author of the Rockwell Kent print catalogue raisonne. It's so interesting to see that he is a gifted wood engraver as well. Jones's own prints a...
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1930s American Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Gargantua - Rare Book Illustrated by Gustave Dorè - 1854
By Gustave Doré
Located in Roma, IT
Gargantua is an original modern rare book by François Rabelais illustrated for the first time by Gustave Doré (Strasbourg, 1832 – 23 January 1883) in 1854...
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1850s Modern Woodcut Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
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