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Period: 1930s
'Lakeside Shower, Matsue' — Showa-era Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Kawase Hasui, 'Chihan no Ame, Matsue' (Lakeside Shower, Matsue), color woodblock print, 1932. A fine, atmospheric impression, with fresh colors; the full sheet, from a postwar editio...
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Showa 1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Rain at Shinagawa, Ryoshimachi' — Showa-era Woodblock Print
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Kawase Hasui, 'Rain at Shinagawa, Ryoshimachi' from the series 'Selection of Views of the Tokaido', woodblock print, 1931. A very fine, atmospheric impression, with fresh colors; the...
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Showa 1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Tête, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Verve: Revue Art...
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Fauvist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Pablo Picasso, Le Repos du Sculpteur II, from La Suite Vollard, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso Le Repos du Sculpteur II, from La Suite Vollard Hand signed by Picasso in pencil in the lower right, Watermark "Vollard" Reference: Bloch 172; Baer 325 Original etching...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching

Figure, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Verve: Revue Art...
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Cubist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'North Bank of the Chicago River' — WPA Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Turzak, 'North Bank of the Chicago River', color woodcut, c. 1935, edition 50. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, with...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Archway' — American Modernism, WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Archway', color serigraph, 1939, edition 25. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered ' /25' in pencil. A rich, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on buff wove paper; ...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Screen

'Unemployed Marchers' — American Modernism, WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Unemployed Marchers', 2-color lithograph, c. 1938, edition 25. Signed, titled, and numbered '2/25' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression on off-white, wove paper, w...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Poppy' — Art Deco Pochoir from the acclaimed portfolio 'RELAIS'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edouard Benedictus, 'Poppy' from the portfolio 'Relais', plate 14, color pochoir, 1930. Signed in the matrix, in the center bottom margin. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh, vibrant colors, including metallic gold and silver inks, on heavy, cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 3/8 inches), in excellent condition. Published by Éditions Vincent, Fréal et Cie, Paris. The pochoir production is by Jean Saudé, the French printmaker known for his mastery of the technique and the author of the first how-to book on the pochoir process. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 14 3/8 x 11 inches (365 x 279 mm); sheet size 17 1/4 x 13 7/8 inches (438 x 352 mm). Impressions of this work are held in the following museum collections: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Library (Smithsonian), Metropolitan Museum of Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, New York Public Library, Toledo Museum of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. ABOUT THIS WORK The Pochoir process is a refined stencil-based technique employed to create multiples or to add color to prints produced in other mediums. Characterized by its crisp lines and rich color, the print-making process was most popular from the late 19th century through the 1930s, with its center of activity in Paris. The pochoir process began with the analysis of an image’s composition, including color tones and densities. The numerous stencils (made of aluminum, copper, or zinc) necessary to create a complete image were then designed and hand-cut by the 'découpeur.' The 'coloristes' applied watercolor or gouache pigments through the stencils, skillfully employing a variety of different brushes and methods of paint application to achieve the desired depth of color and textural and tonal nuance. The pochoir process, by virtue of its handcrafted methodology, resulted in the finished work producing the effect of an original painting, and in fact, each print was unique. ABOUT THE ARTIST Edouard Benedictus (1878 -1930), artist, designer, composer, and chemist, was born and died in Paris. A highly-regarded designer and art critic of the Art Nouveau era, Benedictus gained renown as a colorist and creator of Art Deco-inspired geometric and floral motifs. His work had a significant influence on international fashions in clothing, home furnishings, graphic design, and decorative objects of the period, earning him commissions from leading European design firms. In 1925 he was invited to represent Art Deco textile design...
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Art Nouveau 1930s Figurative Prints

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Stencil

'Negro' — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Nicholas Panesis, 'Negro', 1934, color lithograph, edition 18. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered 8/28 in pencil. Initialed in the stone, lower right. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on buff wove paper, with margins (1 1/8 to 2 3/8 inches). Minor glue staining at the extreme sheet edges verso, where previously taped (not visible recto), otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches; (270 x 216 mm); sheet size 14 13/16 x 10 15/16 inches (376 x 278 mm). Created for the California Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project (WPA). Scarce. Impressions of this work are held in the public collections of La Salle University Art Museum (Philadelphia), U.S. General Services Administration, and Weisman Art Museum (University of Minnesota). ABOUT THE ARTIST Born in Massachusetts, Nicholas Panesis (1913-1967) studied art at Syracuse University, NY, and went on to teach ceramics at Alfred University, NY. Panesis moved to San Francisco in the early 1930s shortly before settling in Los Angeles, where he worked for different animation studios...
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American Realist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Public Building' — American Modernism, WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fred Becker, 'Public Building', wood engraving, c. 1937, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream wove Japan...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Still Life - Offset Print after Giorgio Morandi - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a Photolithograph print, reproducing the original watercolor by Giorgio Morandi created in 1932. The signature by the artist is perfectly reproduced on the plate and d...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Offset

'Lot Cleaning, Los Angeles' — 1930s Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Lot Cleaning, Los Angeles', wood engraving, edition 60, Zeitlin & Ver Brugge 69. Signed, titled and numbered '51/60' in pencil. A brilliant, black impression, on Kitakata Japan pape...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Open Air School (iconic image of indigenous teacher by Mexican muralist)
Located in New Orleans, LA
An indigenous teacher, surrounded by her multi-generational students, sits at the edge of a field, open book in hand. In the distance, we see campesinos working the fields with their horses. A lone, armed horseman watches over the class, locating the lithograph in its historical setting, the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Sommeil d'hiver, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 10.25 x 14 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Verve: Revue Art...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Portrait of James McBey.
Located in Storrs, CT
James McBey. 1931. Drypoint. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 ). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed by the artist on cream wove paper. Signed in the plate lower ...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Femme Nue se Couronnant de Fleurs - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval with watermark "Vollard" Hand Signed in pencil. One of 260 proofs Ref. Catalogue Bloch n.135; Baer 195 B.d.; Belongs to the "Suite Vollard". Édition Ambroise V...
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Cubist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

Art Deco Etching and Aquatint "Jeunesse" Original Signed by Louis Icart
Located in Soquel, CA
Art Deco Etching and Aquatint "Jeunesse" (Youth) Signed by Louis Icart Iconic figurative of woman and horse titled "Jeunesse" (Youth) by famous Art Deco artist Louis Icart (French, ...
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Other Art Style 1930s Figurative Prints

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Paper, Pencil, Aquatint

'Wild Pilgrimage' (Contemplation) — 'Story Without Words' Graphic Modernism
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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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Beckmann, Composition (Hofmaier 323-329), Der Mensch ist kein Haustier (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Van Gelder Zonen Bütten paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Der Mensch ist kein Haustier, 1937. Published by...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Versailles (France) original lithograph vintage SNCF travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Versailles, France vintage lithograph French travel poster. Printed by the French National Railroad, SNCF in the 1938's. Printer: Goossens. A poster fit for a king since he once resided here at Versailles. Transform your living space with the elegance and grandeur of the Versailles Original Poster. This exquisite piece captures the breathtaking beauty of the iconic Palace of Versailles, showcasing its majestic fountains and lush gardens. The vibrant colors and intricate details bring to life the opulence and historical significance of one of the world's most renowned landmarks. The grand fountains had a chariot and horses...
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Expressionist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Mrs. Hezekiah Brown
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Mrs. Hezekiah Brown Image: 19.0 x 11.2 cm Mount: 31.8 x 23.0 cm Wood engraving 1932 One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Wood, Engraving

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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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

PROLETARIANS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO (1893 - 1949) PROLETARIANS (aka Basurero, Scavengers ) 1935 (Orozco 27) lithograph, One of 88 signed and numbered of a total edition of 133, (+ 42 unnumbered a...
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Other Art Style 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Printemps, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Verve: Revue Artistique et ...
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Expressionist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Dancers, 1936 Woodcut by Georges Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dancers Georges Rouault, French (1871–1958) Date: 1936 Woodcut, initialed in the stone Size: 3 x 2 in. (7.62 x 5.08 cm) Frame Size: 9.5 x 8.25 inches
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Expressionist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Washington At Pohick Church - 1932 Etching On Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Washington At Pohick Church - 1932 Etching On Paper 1932 black and white etching depicting George Washington at Pohick Church by Ernest David Roth (German, 1879-1964). George Washin...
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American Impressionist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Laid Paper, Etching

'Victim of Misfortune and Folly' — Surrealist Fantasy
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Zena Kavin, 'Victim of Misfortune and Folly, lithograph, c. 1935, edition 20. Signed, titled, and numbered '17/20' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, wi...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, Couple in Love - Original Etching (Baer #148)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, Couple in Love, 1936 Original etching (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned On BFK Rives vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (12.7 x 9.8 in) REFERENCES : - Ca...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

'Plowing It Under' — WPA Era American Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Thomas Hart Benton, 'Goin' Home', lithograph, 1937, edition 250, Fath 14. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white, wove pape...
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American Realist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Locomotives Watering' — Ashcan School Social Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Reginald Marsh, 'Erie R.R. Locos Watering (Locomotives Watering)', etching, 1934, edition 100 (Whitney, 1969), Sasowsky 155. Unsigned as published; numbered '68/100' in pencil. A su...
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Ashcan School 1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching

Trio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Trio Color aquatint, 1938 Edition 250 printed on Montval wove paper with Maillol watermark From: Les Fleurs de Mal III (12 color aquatints) Published by Ambrose Vollard, 1940, Paris ...
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French School 1930s Figurative Prints

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Aquatint

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
Located in Surfside, FL
Simka Simkhovitch (Russian/American 1893 - 1949) signed lithograph. Pencil signed and dated "S. Simkhovitch 1933" lower center. Title "Island Beach,"...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Bowling on the Green (from the Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington)
Located in Soquel, CA
Bowling on the Green (from the Bicentennial Pageant of George Washington) 'Bowling on the Green', by printmaker Frederick Childe Hassam, depicts George Washington and friends lawn b...
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American Impressionist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Ink, Etching, Laid Paper

Henri Matisse Teeny
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse Title: Teeny Portfolio: Other Portfolios Medium: Linocut Date: 1938 Edition: Unnumbered Frame Size: 19" x 16 1/4" Sheet Size: 12 1/4” x 9 1/2” Image Size: 11 7/...
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Fauvist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, The Battle - Original Etching (Baer #152)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, The Battle, 1936 Original etching (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned On BFK Rives vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (12.7 x 9.8 in) REFERENCES : - Catalo...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching

Art Deco Lithograph Poster Franz Lehar, Le Comte de Luxembourg by Georges Dola
Located in New York, NY
This striking Art Deco lithograph, created by renowned French artist Georges Dola in 1934, celebrates Franz Lehár's famous operetta Le Comte de Luxembourg (The Count of Luxembourg). ...
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Art Deco 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Picasso, Composition (Horodisch D10), Serge Lifar, Destin d'un danseur (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Saint-Vincent-de-Blanzat des Papeteries Navarre paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Sources du vent 1915-1929, avec ...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Geo Ham 1937 Paris Race Poster
Located in San Francisco, CA
Geo Ham: 1900-1972. Well listed French artist who is best known for his posters of car racing. He has auction results over $32,000 for a single poster. This original lithographic pos...
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1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

AN EAGLE CEREMONY AT TESUQUE PUEBLO
Located in Portland, ME
Baumann, Gustave. AN EAGLE CEREMONY AT TESUQUE PUEBLO. Color woodcut, 1932. Publshed in The Colophon, December, 1932 in an edition of about 3000. Unsigned, as issued. 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 i...
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1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, On Achilles' Tomeb - Original Etching (Baer #168)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO Métarmorphoses d'Ovide, On Achilles' Tomeb, 1936 Original etching (Atelier Lacourière, Paris) Unsigned On BFK Rives vellum 32.5 x 25 cm (12.7 x 9.8 in) REFERENCES : ...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching

Electra (Spies/Leppien 21A), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Ernst, Max, et al. Max Ernst : G...
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Surrealist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Deux Femmes Nues - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on wove Arches paper. Hand signed and numbered in ink. Edition of 125 prints. Published by Editions Albert Skira, Paris, in 1930. Very good condition. Catalogue Bloch no. 132.
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Cubist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Paper, Etching

LA SORCIERE - (The Witch)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KURT SELIGMANN (1900–1962 American, born in Switzerland,) LA SORCIERE - (The Witch) 1934 Etching and aquatint, unsigned ? possibly a proof aside from The ...
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Surrealist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Spring : Goat playing Violin and Woman with Bouquet - Lithograph (Mourlot 1938)
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL (1887-1985) Spring : Goat playing Violin and Woman with Bouquet 1938 Lithograph (Mourlot workshop) Engraved by Sorlier under Marc Chagall supervision Other lithograph...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Schwartzer Fleck" original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Catalogue reference Roethel 145. Printed in Paris in 1938 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 3). Image size: 7 x 8 1/2 inches (170 x 218 mm). Sheet ...
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Expressionist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Girlfriends II" collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #1, Die Freundinnen II; multi-color collotype after 1916/17 painting in oil on canvas which was destroyed by fire in May 1945 at Immendorf Castle Lower Austria. Eisler’s choice to begin his 1931 portfolio of works by Klimt with Girlfriends II was both bold and prescient. Just 14 years later, the painting was tragically destroyed in a fire. With such a loss, this rare and exquisite image is all the more valuable by virtue of having been made in color. In works from his late period, Klimt continued his fascination with exploring female dynamics and their various forms of love. Girlfriends II is a fine example of how space, color and ornament play a noticeable role in the evolution of his symbolic language. Wide swaths of space in the background as well as the two female forms create the structure. Klimt’s strong brushstrokes show a painterly quality and a new move toward abstraction which feels very far away from his earlier work. Nor should Klimt’s economy of line be overlooked. His draughtsmanship is what infuses the female bodies with movement, emotion and a profundity of life. Both women confront the viewer’s gaze unselfconsciously, as if they are modern-day Viennese women stepping out of a Klimtesque ukiyo-e print. Characteristic of this late period, Klimt uses ornament...
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Vienna Secession 1930s Figurative Prints

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Paper

Passing the Bar
Located in Paonia, CO
artist: Adrien Barrere (1877-1931) title: Passing the Bar medium: Lithograph paper size: 19.75 x 25.50 image size: 18 x 24.25 French caricaturist...
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1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Eurybia and Eros
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Eurybia and Eros Etching, 1932 Printed on BFK Rives paper Unsigned (as issued by Vollard) Published by Ambrose Vollard, Paris From the suite of 16 illustrations for Hesiod's Theogony...
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French School 1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching

LA PARADE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871 – 1958) La PARADE 1932 (CR.203, W.211) color etching and aquatint 1932. Edition 270. Frontispiece from “Cirque”. Signed in plate as i...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching

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'Financial District', New York City — American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Howard Cook, 'Financial District', lithograph, 1931, edition 75, Duffy 155. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with wide margins (2 3/4 to 5 5/8 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 13 5/16 x 10 3/8 inches (338 x 264 mm); sheet size 23 x 16 inches (584 x 406 mm). Matted to museum standards, unframed. Literature: 'American Master Prints from the Betty and Douglas Duffy Collection', the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C., 1987. Collections: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum. ABOUT THE ARTIST Howard Norton Cook (1901-1980) was one of the best-known of the second generation of artists who moved to Taos. A native of Massachusetts, he studied at the Art Students League in New York City and at the Woodstock Art Colony. Beginning his association with Taos in 1926, he became a resident of the community in the 1930s. During his career, he received two Guggenheim Fellowships and was elected an Academician in the National Academy of Design. He earned a national reputation as a painter, muralist, and printmaker. Cook’s work in the print mediums received acclaim early in his career with one-person exhibitions at the Denver Art Museum (1927) and the Museum of New Mexico (1928). He received numerous honors and awards over the years, including selection in best-of-the-year exhibitions sponsored by the American Institute of Graphics Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Society of American Etchers, and the Philadelphia Print Club. His first Guggenheim Fellowship took him to Taxco, Mexico in 1932 and 1933; his second in the following year enabled him to travel through the American South and Southwest. Cook painted murals for the Public Works of Art Project in 1933 and the Treasury Departments Art Program in 1935. The latter project, completed in Pittsburgh, received a Gold Medal from the Architectural League of New York. One of his most acclaimed commissions was a mural in the San Antonio Post Office in 1937. He and Barbara Latham settled in Talpa, south of Taos, in 1938 and remained there for over three decades. Cook volunteered in World War II as an Artist War Correspondent for the US Navy, where he was deployed in the Pacific. In 1943 he was appointed Leader of a War Art Unit...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'Tree, Manhattan' — Classic American Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Martin Lewis, 'Tree, Manhattan', drypoint, 1930, edition 91 (including 10 trial proofs), McCarron 87. Signed in pencil. A superb, atmospheric impression, in warm black ink, on cream...
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American Realist 1930s Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

'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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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “The Embrace (Fulfillment)” collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #17, Aus dem Stoclet-Fries: Die Umarmung; multi-color collotype after the cartoon for the 1910-1911 mosaic frieze on the east wall of the dining hall o...
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Vienna Secession 1930s Figurative Prints

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Paper

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio “Hygieia” collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #10, Ausschnitt aus dem Bilde “Medizin”; multi-color collotype detail from Medicine, one of the faculty paintings for the Uni...
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Vienna Secession 1930s Figurative Prints

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Paper

Prodigal Son
Located in London, GB
A man raises his hand to his chin, his neck tilted and face turned to look at a dilapidated farmhouse, barely held together by planks of wood and exposed to the elements. Behind him ...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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