1920s Figurative Prints

Lithograph on vélin pur fil Lafuma Navarre paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Sources du vent 1915-1929, avec un portrait par Picasso,...

Lithograph and stencil on papier vélin des Manufactures d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Les Biches, 1924. Published by Édi...

Original French poster: CORDIAL TOPAZE; Marie Brizard & Roger Bordeaux wine; original lithographic French 1924 antique poster. Signed but an illegible signature. Size: 18" x 24"...

Separe is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n.22 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-Ve...

Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper size: 11.42 x 9.05 inches. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: from the folio, Propos d'un intoxiqué, Aquarel...

Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 12.2 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Douze aquarelles de Auguste Rodin, 1920. ...

This is from the original first edition 1923 printing. there was a much later edition done after these originals. These are individually hand signed in pencil by artist as issued. This listing is for the one print. the other documentation is included here for provenance and is not included in this listing. The various images inspired by the Jewish Mysticism and rabbis and mystics of jerusalem and Kabbalah is holy, dramatic and optimistic Rubin succeeded to evoke the spirit of life in Israel in those early days. They are done in a modern art style influenced by German Expressionism, particularly, Ernst Barlach, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Franz Marc, as introduced to Israel by Jakob Steinhardt, Hermann Struck and Joseph Budko. Reuven Rubin 1893 -1974 was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania. Rubin Zelicovich (later Reuven Rubin) was born in Galati to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Finding himself at odds with the artistic views of the Academy's teachers, he left for Paris, France, in 1913 to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was of the well known Jewish artists in Paris along with Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine, At the outbreak of World War I, he was returned to Romania, where he spent the war years. In 1921, he traveled to the United States with his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik. In New York City, the two met artist Alfred Stieglitz, who was instrumental in organizing their first American show at the Anderson Gallery. Following the exhibition, in 1922, they both returned to Europe. In 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine. Rubin met his wife, Esther, in 1928, aboard a passenger ship to Palestine on his return from a show in New York. She was a Bronx girl who had won a trip to Palestine in a Young Judaea competition. He died in 1974. Part of the early generation of artists in Israel, Joseph Zaritsky, Arieh Lubin, Reuven Rubin, Sionah Tagger, Pinchas Litvinovsky, Mordecai Ardon, Yitzhak Katz, and Baruch Agadati; These painters depicted the country’s landscapes in the 1920s rebelled against the Bezalel school of Boris Schatz. They sought current styles in Europe that would help portray their own country’s landscape, in keeping with the spirit of the time. Rubin’s Cezannesque landscapes from the 1920s were defined by both a modern and a naive style, portraying the landscape and inhabitants of Israel in a sensitive fashion. His landscape paintings in particular paid special detail to a spiritual, translucent light. His early work bore the influences of Futurism, Vorticism, Cubism and Surrealism. In Palestine, he became one of the founders of the new Eretz-Yisrael style. Recurring themes in his work were the bible, the prophet, the biblical landscape, folklore and folk art, people, including Yemenite, Hasidic Jews and Arabs. Many of his paintings are sun-bathed depictions of Jerusalem and the Galilee. Rubin might have been influenced by the work of Henri Rousseau whose naice style combined with Eastern nuances, as well as with the neo-Byzantine art to which Rubin had been exposed in his native Romania. In accordance with his integrative style, he signed his works with his first name in Hebrew and his surname in Roman letters. In 1924, he was the first artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Tower of David, in Jerusalem (later exhibited in Tel Aviv at Gymnasia Herzliya). That year he was elected chairman of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Palestine. From the 1930s onwards, Rubin designed backdrops for Habima Theater, the Ohel Theater and other theaters. His biography, published in 1969, is titled My Life - My Art. He died in Tel Aviv in October 1974, after having bequeathed his home on 14 Bialik Street and a core collection of his paintings to the city of Tel Aviv. The Rubin Museum opened in 1983. The director and curator of the museum is his daughter-in-law, Carmela Rubin. Rubin's paintings are now increasingly sought after. At a Sotheby's auction in New York in 2007, his work accounted for six of the ten top lots. Along with Yaacov Agam and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Education 1912 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem 1913-14 École des Beaux Arts, Paris and Académie Colarossi, Paris Select Group Exhibitions Eged - Palestine Painters Group Eged - Palestine Painters Group, Allenby Street, Tel Aviv 1929 Artists: Chana Orloff, Abraham Melnikoff, Rubin, Reuven Nahum Gutman, Sionah Tagger,Arieh Allweil, Jewish Artists Association, Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, 1929 Artists: Ludwig Blum,Eliyahu Sigad, Shmuel Ovadyahu, Itzhak Frenel Frenkel,Ozer Shabat, Menahem Shemi...

Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper size: 11.42 x 9.05 inches. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: from the folio, Propos d'un intoxiqué, Aquarel...

Lithograph and stencil on vélin Hollande van Gelder paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Fernand Léger, 1928. Published and printed by Éd...

Family is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 2 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Ma...

Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 12.2 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Douze aquarelles de Auguste Rodin, 1920. ...

Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...

Etching on antique cream laid paper with a partial watermark, 9 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches (246 x 109 mm); full margins. Signed and dated "1928" in pencil, lower margin. Inscribed "Street in Porto Maurizio...

Wood engraving on vergé d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Les Petites Fleurs de St. François, 1928. Published b...

Lithograph on vélin Lafuma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Dessins de Henri-Matisse, 1925. Published by Édi...

One Hundred Prints Of The Noh - 1925 Original Japanese Woodblock Print Original Japanese woodblock print by Tsukioka Kogyo (Japanese, 1869...

Lithograph on vélin Lafuma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Dessins de Henri-Matisse, 1925. Published by Édi...

It's an original vintage poster. A beautiful stone lithograph that has a monogram signature of the artist. GUANO de POISSON FRANCAIS. Year; 1925. A French advertisement for fish guano that is produced in 18 factory locations. (Affiche publicitaire...

Bernard Sanders (1906-1967) was an extremely gifted portrait artist. and a master at showing us the sitter's age. This is clearly not a young woman. She's, well, early middle age? ...

MARC CHAGALL (1887 – 1985) MATERNITE, 1926. Motherhood I: Honte / Disgrace (Kornfeld 65, Cramer 5, Sorlier, p. 20-21 Etching, Frontispiece from Maternite Au Sans Pareil, Paris, 1926. Marcel Arland, illustrated by Marc Chagall with five original etchings this being one of the five. Image size: 5 5/8 x 4 1/8. 1130 unsigned impressions on various papers. The story begins with a young woman being shunned by the whole village because she had given birth to a child and left its dead body...

OTTO MUELLER (German 1874 – 1930) POTSDAMER KUNSTSOMMER, 1921 (1968) (Karsch 6) Woodcut. Edition of 25 and numbered 11. There are no known impressio...

The three dancers is a woodcut print realized by Raphaël Maurice (1884 - 1972) in 1920s Hand-signed and numbered, edition of 160 prints. Good conditions.

Wood engraving on vergé d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Les Petites Fleurs de St. François, 1928. Published b...

Sketch for a theatrical Costume is a modern artwork realized after Sergei Eisenstein in 1921. Mixed colored phototype print. Includes frame: 44.5 x 33.5 cm Fair conditions due to ...

Lithograph on vélin Lafuma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Dessins de Henri-Matisse, 1925. Published by Édi...

Studies is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n.10 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-V...

Homeland figures from Ecce Homo is an original offset and lithograph, realized by George Grosz in 1922. The artwork is the plate n. 47 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published betwee...

Tree is an original artwork realized by an anonymous artist in 1925. Original woodcut on paper glued on cardboard (40 x 30 cm). Signed C.L. This interesting drawing shows a beauti...

Greeting is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 5 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik...

Karl Michel, 'Ex Libris Verein' (New Year's Ex Libris Club Announcement), etching, 1924. Signed, dated, and numbered 'op. 167' in pencil. Signed and dated in...

"Eternal Problem" - 1924 Etching on Paper Etching on paper titled "Eternal Problem" by Elias M. Grossman (American, 1898-1947). A bearded rabbi is portrayed thinking with his hand p...

Wood engraving on vergé d'Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Les Petites Fleurs de St. François, 1928. Published b...

Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...

Ex Libris Josep Beleta Quer is an Artwork realized by the Spanish artist Antonio de Guezala (1889-1956). Woodcut coloured print on ivory paper. The work is glued on cardboard. Tot...

ARISTIDE MAILLOL (1861-1944) FEMME ASSISE / (WOMAN SEATED IN PROFILE, RIGHT, ONE LEG BENT. ONE LEG RAISED), 1926 (Gueirn 321) Etching signed with “M” monogram in pencil. Image 9 x 9...

Hunger is an original litograph, realized by George Grosz in 1924, from Hunger Hilfe Von Künstlern, edition of Neuer Deutscher Verlag, Included a frame. In very good conditions. Here representing a family, with a child, outside of bakery shop looking with desire and despair through the bread of shop, the title of the artwork, Hunger, critically demonstrated an allegorical and dramatic representation of Grosz's moral perspective regarding war. George Grosz (1893 -1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic. He studied drawing at the Dresden Academy 1909-11 and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin 1912-14, He was in the army 1914-15 and again for a short time in 1917, but spent the rest of the war in Berlin where he made violently anti-war drawings, in which his main focus was attacking the social corruption of Germany (capitalists, prostitutes, the Prussian military caste, the middle class). His artworks had great impact in the Berlin Dada movement 1917-20 and collaborated with John Heartfield and Raoul Hausmann in the invention of photomontage. Many of his drawings were published in albums (Gott mit uns...

Black and white etching. Hand signed and dated by the artist on lower right margin. Original title: "Figura Femminile Dormiente". Very good conditionsexcept lightly browned paper on ...

Wonderful original etching with aquatint realized by Georges Rouault between 1917 and 1923, published as a suite in 1948. Sheet in perfect conditions. The artwork is part of the important suite Miserere, considered as the most important religious graphic of XX century. Sunt lacrimae Rerum represents an episode of Christ's passion with a kneeling figure looking upwards. Miserere suite is divided in two themes: religious and profane; one is linked to Christ's passion and the other is dedicated to the human event, to the pilgrimage of pain on earth, made even more tragic by war. In the 58 original plates, Rouault lingers on the conditions of humanity. Like few other contemporaries, Rouault represents human figures placing him at the center of an absurd and squalid theater. Interesting the use of contrasts and the shapes of the figures with black outlines. Published in the Catalogue "Georges Rouault: Oeuvre Gravé", by Isabella Chapon. Georges Rouault (Paris, 1871) has been an interesting exponent of French...

L'Ecuyere is a beautiful original lithograph realized by Georges Rouault in 1920. Hand-signed and numbered by the artist in pencil. Edition of 25 prints. 5th ad final state of a s...

Georges BRUYER (1883-1962) The Carriage Accident, 1929 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the edit...

Original Magneto Lumiere LMC vintage automotive poster from the early 1920s. There is no date or artist/. The poster is archivally linen-backed in A- condition, ready to frame. ...

Jean LEBEDEFF (1884-1972) Nativity with Donkey and Bull, 1926 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of t...

Fernand SIMEON (1869-1931) Nude Model Reading with Her Dog, 1925 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp o...

Adolpho DE CAROLIS (1874-1928) Hylas and the Nymphs, 1925 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the e...

Alington in Wiltshire (The First Swallow). 1927. Etching. Garton 2.iv. 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 (sheet 10 1/2 x 13 1/2). Final state published by in an editon of 12 by Garton & Cooke in 1982 (Nicolson published an edition of 40 in 1927). In states iii and iv, the swallow of the title was removed. In state iv, the sky was re-etched and the cross-hatching was slightly finer. Signed in pencil. Garton writes, page 11: "The design was based on the Anglican chapel-of-ease is the farmyard of Bulisge at Allinston near Chippenham....The print was originally entitled The First Swallow, but the swallow was burnished out before the 1927 edition....Fifty years later new work was effected in the worn-out areas of the sky and distance to produce prints which, in his opinion, were better than those of the original edition." Robin Tanner was an English artist, etcher, and printmaker. He followed the visionary tradition of Samuel Palmer and English neo-romanticism. His etchings began following night-school classes at Goldsmiths College, London. He had been inspired by the major Samuel Palmer retrospective exhibition organized by Martin Hardie...

The Nude is a lithograph print on paper, realized by Jean Paul Sauget for "Les Sours d'Opium". The poem in French on the rear. Good conditions.

This aquatint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Henri Matisse" at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 200, at the lower left margin. ...

This original etching and drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "L. Ury" at the lower left margin. It is an artist’s proof aside from the standard edition of 100. There was...

Erotic Scene is a beautiful lithograph on ivory-colored paper, realized in the 1920s by Albert Marquet (Bordeaux, 1875 - Paris,1947). Monogrammed on the plate on the lower margin. ...

Experiment 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.

Lithograph on vélin Lafuma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Dessins de Henri-Matisse, 1925. Published by Édi...

Lithograph on vélin simili cuve des papeteries Navarre paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Écumes de la mer, avec un portrait de l'aute...

Make Fast, plate 2. 1929. Etching. Laver catalog number 146; Hurst catalog number 258. Plate: 14 3/8 x 9 13/16 (sheet 17 5/8 x 11 3/4). Trial proof 2, before the edition or 75. Ill...

Massachusetts-born Fred Nagler studied at the Art Students League from 1914 to 1917, with George Bridgeman and Robert Henri, and eventually became a member of the Board of Control. ...

Le Fleur Du Marécage is a phototype reproduction realized after Odilon Redon. They belong to the suite "Odilon Redon Peintre, Dessinateur et Graveur", published by Henri Felury in ...

The cobweb is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is part of the suite of 10 offset and lithographs realized by Grosz for the book "Kobes". 1st ...

Image dimensions: 19.4 x 12.7 cm. Blue Christmas is an original xylograph on laid ivory-colored paper, hand-watercolored by an anonymous artist at the beginning of XX century. This is a modern artwork representing a Santa Claus in blue dress, sitting on a grey pouf...

Old lad glory is an original offset and lithograph print, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 52 from the porfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923,edition of...

Original Bains de Mer de la Manche vintage poster. Artist Georges Meunier. Archival linen backed in good condition, ready to frame. Printer: Chaix ...

Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...