Pablo Picasso

Youth

1950

Original lithograph printed in colors on Arches wove paper. A superb impression of the definitive state, from the album edition of 250 (apart from the pencil-signed and numbered edition of 60).  One of 44 color lithographs from the album illustrating the 2nd century text Daphnis & Chloe by the Greek author Longus, published by Editions Verve, Paris, 1962. Catalog: Mourlot 347 With the vertical center fold (flattened) typical of this edition, otherwise in excellent condition, with bright, fresh colors, printed to the edges of the sheet. In 1959 Efstratios Tériade, the publisher of the vastly influential 20th century art review Verve, approached Chagall suggesting to him that he undertake a new project, illustration of the prose romance Daphnis & Chloe, the first known pastoral romance written by the 2nd century Greek author Longus.  Idyllic in nature, the poem tells the improbable but charming story of the love of Daphnis, a shepherd, the son of Hermes and a nymph (who was revered as the inventor of pastoral music), and the shepherdess Chloe.  The idea of reviving and illustrating this story, which had been widely popular primarily in France and England throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, is one that greatly appealed to Chagall.  He began his preparation by making two trips to Greece, traveling there to absorb the inspiration of the Greek landscape.  Over the course of three years Chagall worked on this project creating images which glow with an almost ecstatic color in which he exploits the whole range of tones and textures of lithography.  In Daphnis & Chloe Chagall succeeded in transforming a personal dream into a universal Eden where the figures seem to float in an atmosphere of infinite happiness whose warmth is all- pervasive.  The forty-two lithographs which comprise the album have since their release been heralded as the very greatest achievement of Chagall’s entire graphic oeuvre.  In the introduction to the set in the Mourlot catalogue raisonné...

Original lithograph printed in black ink on China paper. Signed on the stone with the artist’s butterfly monogram upper center. A superb, richly printed impression of Spink’s only state From the edition of unknown size printed by Lemercier, Paris (apart from the posthumous edition of 58 printed by Goulding in 1904). Catalog: Spink 169; Levy 129; Way 151 Collections in which impressions from this edition can be found: Art Institute of Chicago (4 impressions); Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow (1 impression); British Museum, London (1 impression); Freer Art Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (1 impression); National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (1 impression); University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor (1 impression); Boston Public Library (1 impression); Museum of Fine Art, Boston (1 impression); Cleveland Museum of Art (1 impression); Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2 impressions); Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, San Francisco (1 impression) . “The Shoemaker” was one of the first lithographs that Whistler made after his acrimonious break with his London printers, the Ways. It was entitled “The Shoemaker, Dieppe” by Rosalind Birnie Philip in her 1903 inventory of the artist’s estate, and indeed it does seem to have been drawn during a period when Whistler was making frequent Channel crossings...

Man Sounding Horn (Psalm 150) Lithograph, 1969-1970 Estate signed: "Ben Shahn/by B.B. Shahn" in pencil lower center Stamped signature lower right (see photo) Signed by Mourlot Lith. in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition: 125 (67/125) see photo Psalm 150, "A Hallelujah Chorus" Published by Kennedy Graphics, Ltd., New York, NY Printed by Mourlot Graphics, Ltd., New York, NY Reference: Prescott 255 Kennedy Galleries, The Kennedy Graphics, 380, reproduced Condition: Very good Image/sheet size: 20 1/8 x 25 3/8 inches A posthumous print "This was the final project completed by Ben Shahn (1898-1969), leading American realist painter and muralist widely recognized for his socially conscious works. Born in Lithuania to Jewish parents, Shahn emigrated to the United States in 1906 and became a popular and versatile artist who worked in a variety of media and on a range of projects. His credits are as varied as assistant to muralist Diego Rivera, photographer for the Resettlement Administration (alongside the likes of Dorothea Lange and his friend, Walker Evans), maker of posters for the Office of War Information during WWII, and commercial artist for CBS. He is best known, however, for artwork depicting left-leaning political ideals and highlighting social concerns, such as his series of gouache paintings known as "The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti...

Owl is an original artwork realized by the french artist Jean Lurçat (1892 Bruyeres - 1966 St.-Paul-de-Vence). Lithograph print, belongs to the suite "Géographie Animale", publis...