1910s Figurative Prints

Original WW1 poster: Keep this Hand of Mercy at its work. War Fund Week. One hundred Million Dollars. Original WW1 lithograph, archival line...

Hans Frank (1884 Vienna - 1948 Salzburg), Death and Life, 1911. Lithograph, 18 cm x 31 cm (depiction), 25.5 cm x 38.7 cm (sheet size), signed “H.[ans] Frank” in pencil lower right and inscribed “Tod und Leben” lower left. - darkened, remains of an old mounting on the verso - United in Laughter - Here, Hans Frank refers to the skull as a vanitas motif. In Renaissance and Baroque portraits, this motif symbolizes the transience of the sitter, whose head has become a skull over time. Penitents, such as St. Jerome, often hold skulls in melancholy contemplation. Here, however, the boy stands up for life itself. He boldly grabs the skull and laughs at the absurdity of life and death. The laughter of death joins the laughter of life, and vice versa. The child's thumb penetrates the skull's cheekbone to illustrate the inseparable connection between death and life. About the artist Hans Frank studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts from 1902 to 1906 and then studied painting under Franz Rumpler at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1907 to 1911. In 1911, he received a substantial travel grant from the emperor, which he used to travel to Switzerland, Paris, London, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. After serving in World War I, Frank moved to St. Marein im Mürztal, returning to Vienna in 1925. He took further study trips to Italy, southern France, and the Austrian countryside. In 1927, Frank became a member of the London Society of Color Printers. An exhibition of his work at the Medici Gallery in London brought him international recognition. He joined the Pasadena Printmakers Society of California and established contacts in Canada. In addition to his highly regarded paintings, Frank primarily worked as a graphic artist. He created over 300 prints and developed a new gradient technique for the fern woodcut with his twin brother, Leo Frank...

Chestnut Seller is an original modern artwork realized in the second half of the 19th Century by the French artist Henri de Rachy. Original Etching and Drypoint on paper. Hand-sig...

Alfred Rethel after (1816 Diepenbenden - 1859 Düsseldorf), Death as a servant, around 1920. Color woodcut by Oskar Bangemann after a drawing by Rethel created around 1845 on handmade...

SOLD UNFRAMED *UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Leicester Square, London by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Wood engraving 14.2 x 11.5 cm (5 ⅝ x...

The European Macabre Dance N.10 is a hand-colored lithograph, from the Series "La Danza Macabra Europea" illustrated by Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 – Milan, 1954) in 1915. Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good conditions. Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 - Milan, 1954); was an Italian draftsman, painter, engraver and illustrator, forerunner of the surrealist movement...

"Military" is a beautiful print in the lithograph technique, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). Signed on the lower right. Good conditions. Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955): Italian...

Front Italien is a beautiful print in etching on paper, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). Good conditions. Sheet dimension: 36 X 27.5 From the collection: “Croquis du Front ...

Sleep - from "Le Croquis du Front Italien" is an Artwork, Drypoint, realized by the Italian Artist Anselmo Bucci, in 1917 s. Hand signed on the right margin . Edition n. 14/100 specimens on Hollande paper. From the collection: “Croquis du Front Italien” , published in Paris by D'Alignan editions. Good conditions, except for a light yellowing of the paper. Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955) was an Italian painter and printmaker. He took part in the Salon des Indépendants from 1910 on. He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war...

Portrait of Grandmother is a Litograph realized by Hermann Paul. Hand signed on the lower right corner and monogrammed on the left corner. Good conditio...

Image dimensions: 11,5x17,8 cm. Under the Snow is an original artwork realized by Anselmo Bucci in 1913. The state of preservation is very good, except for some small stains on the...

Soldier at the Front is an original etching realized by Anselmo Bucci in 1917. Limited edition of 200 copies. The artwork represent a soldier at the front during WWI 1915/1918. Go...

Jean-Emile LABOUREUR Sheltered From The Storm, 1919 Original wood engraving Printed signature in the plate Limited editions to 400 copies On vellum Ar...

"Verona" is a beautiful print in the lithography technique, realized in 1917 by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). In very good conditions. The artwork represents a landscape of Verona in ...

Image dimensions: 24.5 x 19 cm. Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints on Hollande paper. From the collection: “Croquis du Front Italien”, published in Paris by D'Alignan editions. Anse...

Evakuierte in Ostgaliezien ("Evacuation in East Galicia") is an original color lithograph on paper realized by Oskar Laske in 1916. Printed by k. k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei Wien / Albert Berger...

Héliogravure on japanese paper realized by Fraz von Bayros in 1913 for Ex Libris Verlag K. Th. Senger, Munich. Mounted on passepartout. Edition of 260, hand signed in pencil by the ...

Dans la Poudrière - from "Le Croquis du Front Italien" is an Etching and Drypoint realized by the Italian Artist Anselmo Bucci, in 1917. Hand signed on the right margin . Edition n. 68/100 specimens on Hollande paper. From the collection: “Croquis du Front Italien” , published in Paris by D'Alignan editions. Good conditions, except for a light yellowing of the paper. Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955) was an Italian painter and printmaker. He took part in the Salon des Indépendants from 1910 on. He enlisted in the Volunteer Cyclist Battalion in 1915 and he became one of the most famous Italian war...

Louis Ridel, born February 12, 1866 in Vannes and died November 10, 1937 in Paris, is a painter, sculptor, medalist, French decorator. Louis Ridel studied at the Académie Julian then under the direction of Gustave Moreau at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1889 (with Matisse, Camoin, Marquet and Rouault). He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français between 1893 and 1935, at the Salon des Tuileries between 1927 and 1934, the Universal Exhibition of Ghent in 1913 and the famous Georges Petit Gallery (1909-1910). The works of the artist are present in the museums of Nantes, Strasbourg, Pont-Aven but also Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. This symbolist painter, friend of Aman-Jean, Maxence and Albert Besnard, represented essentially women of the bourgeoisie, ethereal and diaphanous or landscapes of his native region, Brittany. In 1896, he received an honorable mention from the Salon des artistes français, then a third class medal in 1898 and second class in 1900. In 1901, he was out of competition. In 1909, he was named Knight of the Legion of Honor. He receives official orders for the Senate, the Ministry of Public Works or the mayor of the 12th arrondissement of Paris. Two Women in Boat...

Die Mörderin is an original hand-signed lithograph realized by the Expressionist German artist Ernst Barlac in 1912. This is the edition 150 prints. In good conditions. This lith...

Jean-Emile LABOUREUR The Convalescent On The Road, 1929 Original wood engraving Printed signature in the plate Limited editions of 400 copies On vellu...

The European Macabre Dance N.1 is an hand-colored lithograph, from the Series "La Danza Macabra Europea" illustrated by Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 – Milan, 1954) in 1915. Signed...

Figures is a drawing realized by Paul Emile Colin in 1916. Carbon Pencil on ivory-colored paper Hand-Signed on the lower. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is reali...

Petrarque is a woodcut print realized by Henri Louis Bracons Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Numbered on the lower left, the edition of 28/50 prints. Passpartout included...

Image dimensions. 13.5x26 cm. Mele is a beautiful and rare color lithograph printed by G. Ricordi and C. Milano, Milan between 1895 and 1914. A nice advertising poster representing...

Reading Soldier is a beautiful print in etching on paper, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). Good conditions. Sheet dimension: 36.5 x 27 cm. T...

Henri DeGroux (1866-1930) was a Belgian Symbolist painter, sculptor and lithographer. He was known for his allegorical, religious and historical subject matter. He became an inspired...

Image dimensions: 9.5 x 13.5 cm. Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints on Hollande paper. From the collection: “Croquis du Front Italien” , published in Paris by D'Alignan editions. An...

"Military" 1917s is a beautiful print in etching technique, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). Hand signed. Numbered 89/100 of prints on the lower left. On the lower left corner...

GAMY and MONTAUT, Ernest. La Voiture Th. Schneider, 1912 gagne à Dieppe Dinant et à la Sarthe vitesse et régularité / Magneto Bosch Corburateur Claudel Roues Riley. Mabileau & Co., ...

Image dimensions: 10 x 9.5 cm. Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints on Hollande paper. From the collection: “Croquis du Front Italien” , published in Paris by D'Alignan editions. Anse...

Sketch for a Frieze is a vintage, beautiful, and rare collotype from “Gustav Klimt: Fünfundzwanzig Handzeichnungen”, a limited-edition collection of 25 monochrome and two-color collotypes after drawings by Gustav Klimt. Published by Gilhofer and Ranschburg, Vienna, July 1919, just one year after Klimt...

"Military" 1917s is a beautiful print in etching technique, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). Hand signed. Numbered 81/100 of prints on the lower left. On the lower left corner...

Ex Libris Marie Sprenger is an Artwork realized in 1915. Woodcut B./W. print on paper. The work is glued on ivory cardboard. Total dimensions: 20 x 14 cm. Good conditions. The ...

Drypoint and aquatint (brown ink) on cream paper. Signed "Rehn" in pencil on the lower right margin. Titled and numbered in pencil on the lower left margin. Edition of 25 prints. Fr...

Image dimensions. 26x18 cm. La Secchia Rapita is a beautiful and rare color lithograph printed by Ricordi, Milan, in 1910. A nice poster for "La Secchia Rapita", by Alessandro Tass...

"Emprunt de la Defense Nationale" is an original lithograph poster by Francisque Poulbot. It depicts a mother with three young children saying goodbye to her husband as he leaves for war. This was an advertisement for French people to donate to the war effort during the first world war. 43 1/2" x 30 1/4" art 48" x 34 1/2" frame Emprunt de la Défense Nationale [National Defence Loan] WW1 French...

Edition of 100 prints. Hand signed and numbered. Good conditions, just some minor stains on lower left margin. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any a...

"Military" is a beautiful print in the etching technique, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955) as part of the series "Croquis du Front Italian". In the series "Croquis du Front Ita...

Der Kopf is an original Rare Book llustrated by the Expressionist German artist Ernst Barlach (1870- 1938) and written by Reinhold von Walter (St. Petersburg, 1882 - Ravensburg, 196...

Mele is a rare colored lithograph, printed by G. Ricordi and C. Milano, Milan, between 1895 and 1914. An advertising poster of the famous Napolitan tailoring society "Mele", in very...

Very rare xylograph of the artist, who was considered one of the 20th Century Masters in xylography. Title and signature printed on the lower margin. Very good condition. Passepartout included (cm 55 x 45). The artwork was made in Paris, where he used the name of his mother "Martini de la Valle...

Image dimensions: 12.5 x 8.5 cm. Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints on Hollande paper. From the collection: “Croquis du Front Italien”, published in Paris by D'Alignan editions. Ans...

Image dimensions: 11.5 x 14 cm. Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints on Hollande paper. From the collection: “Croquis du Front Italien” , published in Paris by D'Alignan editions. Ans...

"Military" 1917 is a beautiful print in etching technique, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). Hand signed. Numbered 89/100 of prints on the lower left. On the lower right corner...

"Military" 1917s is a beautiful print in etching technique, realized by Anselmo Bucci (1887-1955). Hand signed. Numbered 89/100 of prints on the lower left. On the lower left corner...

Grand Hôtel Regoledo is a colored lithographed original manifesto on cardboard, realized around 1914 by the Italian artist Aldo Mazza. This modern artwork ...

Maps is a work realized by Kate Kollwitz, 1910 ca. Portfolio, two-page cover sheet with text and 13 insert sheets with mounted heliogravures based on drawings by Käthe Kollwitz, ed...

A very good, dark and evenly-printed impression of this scarce lithograph on cream laid paper. From the edition of approximately 50.

Ex Libris For Giorgio Balbi, realized by Giulio Cesari, 1912.  Woodcut, sheet 11 x 8 cm. It includes passepartout, 30 x 24 cm. Name of the engraver bottom right, Giulio Cesari. Go...

Walter Helbig (1878 Falkenstein - 1968 Ascona), Adoration of the Magi, 1918. Hand-colored linocut, 30 cm x 22.5 cm (depiction), 50 cm x 35 cm (sheet size), signed “W.[alter] Helbig” in pencil lower right, inscribed “Adoration of the Magi” lower left and dated “1918”. Below this a handwritten dedication “with heartfelt Christmas greetings”. - Paper somewhat darkened and with slight creases, thumbtack holes in the corners - The Rider of the Sun - The 'apocalypse' of World War I brought about a return to sacred art. Walter Helbig belonged to the circle of the 'Brücke' and the 'Blauer Reiter'. With his reinterpretation of religious themes in an expressionist formal language, Helbig shaped an avant-garde neo-sacred art. This is symbolically expressed in the silhouette of the rider against the sun-like yellow background. It refers to the awakening initiated by the Blue Riding, which is now linked back to the sacred. The rider and horse "look" at Mary and the Christ Child, who occupy the entire field. Opposite them are the three kings, the eldest of whom kneels before Christ and offers him a gold-filled casket. The expressionist lines give rise to a tower that rises into the "sun", so that the gift has become a Gothic church, expressing the hope that the fallen world will be resurrected in the name of Christ. This dimension of meaning is emphasized by the magical effect of the color scheme. About the artist In 1895, Walter Helbig began studying at the Dresden Academy of Art, where he became friends with the future Brücke artist Otto Müller, with whom he lived in Dresden from 1903 to 1905. While studying in Italy from 1897 to 1899, he met Arnold Böcklin and Adolf von Hildebrand. After completing his studies, he first worked for Otto Gussmann, painting churches. From 1905 to 1909 he worked as a freelance painter in Hamburg. In 1909, through the mediation of Otto Müller, Helbig made the acquaintance of artists from the 'Brücke'. In 1910 he exhibited at the founding exhibition of the Berlin 'Neue Sezession'. In the same year, he moved to Switzerland, where, together with Hans Arp and Oscar Lüthy, he founded the 'Moderne Bund' in Weggis, to which Cuno Amiet and Giovanni Giacometti also belonged. At the second exhibition of the 'Moderne Bund' in Zurich in 1911, Henri Matisse and Robert Delaunay were represented alongside artists from the 'Blauer Reiter'. In 1913, Helbig traveled to Paris with Arp and Lüthy. After the dissolution of the 'Moderne Bund', Helbig was represented at the first Dada exhibition in Zurich in 1914. In 1919, he joined the Berlin 'Novembergruppe'. After the devastation of World War I, Helbig turned increasingly to religious themes in his work. In 1924, like many other artists of his time, he moved to Ascona for financial reasons, where he became a naturalized citizen in 1938. There he founded the artists' association "The Great Bear", to which Marianne von Werefkin...

Drypoint and aquatint (brown ink) on cream paper. Signed "Rehn" in pencil on the lower right margin. Titled and numbered in pencil on the lower left margin. Edition of 25 prints. Fr...

Image dimensions: 18.5 x 24.5 cm. Hand signed. Edition of 100 prints on Hollande paper. From the collection: “Croquis du Front Italien”, published in Paris by D'Alignan editions. An...

This artwork titled, Les Otages Civils, 1916 is an original lithograph on Japan paper by Swiss/French artist Theophile Alexandre Steinlen, 1859-1923. It is signed and numbered out of...

'Sculptured Drum, Temple of Artemis, Ephesus' Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above...

Ex-Libris -B. Sigales is an Artwork realized in 1911. Woodcut print on paper. The work is glued on ivory cardboard. Total dimensions: 21 x 15 cm. Excellent conditions. The arti...

Front Italien is a beautiful print in etching on paper, realized by Anselmo Bucci in 1918 (1887-1955). Good conditions. Sheet dimension: 35.5 x 27.5 From the collection: “Croqui...

Signed on plate. Numbered. Edition of 60 prints in Roman Numerals. Very good conditions. Image Dimensions : 21 x 12.5 cm

Drypoint and aquatint (brown ink) on cream paper. Signed "Rehn" in pencil on the lower right margin. Titled and numbered in pencil on the lower left margin. Edition of 25 prints. Fr...

Das Grosse Tier II is an original etching and drypoint, realized by Richard Müller in 1919, signed on the plate, numbered 60/74 and signed in pencil l...