1930s Figurative Prints

The Creole Dancer is a photolithograph realized in 1993 after Henri Matisse. On Milano handmade paper. Very good conditions.

Samuel Chamberlain was a superb draftsman and his architectural images are often very complex. This image is, by contrast, quiet and understated: serene to the point of lonely. It's ...

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan Chicago : Michigan Avenue n°1, c. 1931 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On vellum 38 x 50 cm (c. 15 x 20 in) V...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Waiting for a client Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art seller, edito...

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan Chicago : Michigan Avenue n°1, c. 1931 Original etching Printed signature in the plate On vellum 38 x 50 cm (c. 15 x 20 in) V...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : In the Room with a Miror Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art...

Grant Arnold's Summer Landscape, made in 1936, in the depths of the Depression, is a study in peace and calm. It's as though he found a refuge from the wo...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : In the Intimacy of the Room Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (t...

Biographical information on Maurice Robert Dey is hard to find. He was born on 1899 (or maybe 1900), in Switzerland. As an adult he lived and worked in Woodstock, the NY artists' c...

For Herodias of G. Florent is an original etching realized by Edouard Chimot in 1936. The artwork is an etching, artist test before plate reduction. Good condition included a white...

Moses Oley drew an industrial scene, but one very much in isolation. The quarry equipment looks both imposing and busy. There appears to be smoke coming fro...

Lithograph realized by Edouard Chimot in 1932. Belongs to the suite "Le Chat", in which the author classifies and represents pubic hairstyles that become progressively more surreal....

Avery, Milton. YOUNG GIRL NUDE. Lunn 7. Drypoint, 1935. Edition of 100. Signed, dated, and numbered 12/100 in pencil. 10 x 4 1/4 inches (plate), framed to 19 x 14 inches.Provenance H...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien: one plate On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art seller, editor of Pica...

Work by Alicia Wiencek (Mrs. Edward Fiene) is generally extremely scarce. This print comes up from time to time and was made an actual edition (of 8) at a time when many artists didn...

Still life is original print realized after George Braque in 1931, with watermark of editor on the lower-left embossed stamp, J.B, Jenne Boucher Paris, From the edition of 1000 prints performed in 1933, the description notes on the rear. Titled in the French" Nature morte (toile), Editions J. Boucher and J. Becker, Paris and New York. Good conditions. Georges Braque (1882-1963) was a French Fauve painter who began to rethink his own painting style after admiring Picasso’s Les Demoiselles...

Standing Nude is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the 1930s. Drypoint etching print on paper. Hand-signed by the artist. Good conditions an aged.

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...

The title appears in pencil at the left bottom margin, in another hand. The print is monogrammed in the plate at the lower right. A Buffalo native, Kevin O'Callahan studied at the C...

Water Polo from "Joies du Sport." Original pochoir print from a limited edition of 750 copies. Paris, 1932. Sheet size: 16 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.

Mily POSSOZ (1888-1967) Sewing Girl , 1930 Original etching Handsigned in pencil by the artist Numbered / 50 copies Blind stamp of the editor Marcel Guiot (Paris) On vellum 67 x 47 ...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Prostitute Dressing her Hair Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (...

The Greek-American artist George Constant is known for his modernist approach to traditional subject matter. This portrait of a young woman holding a book titled "When We Were Very Young...

This is a signed woodcut engraving entitled "Subway Construction, Moscow" created by Albert Abramovitz in 1935, after a trip to the Soviet Union. It depicts many Russian workers acti...

Heinrich Glintenkamp was American painter, printmaker, and illustrator. His work was featured in "The Masses" and in the the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of th...

The Trench Lithograph, 1937 Signed and annotated in pencil (see photos) Edition: 30 Provenance: Estate of the Artist Mary Ryan Gallery Frac Teck Services, Ft. Worth, TX Part of a se...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Group of Nude Prostitutes Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great ar...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : A Gorgeous Woman Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great ar...

Roi Pausole is an original etching on ivory paper. glued on cardboard, realized by Marcel Vertès, in 1930s. In good conditions. Image Dimensions: 26.5 x 20 cm This artwork represe...

Philadelphia-born Irving Guyer attended the Art Students League and worked in New York City before moving to California. This print is signed and titled i...

Maurice DENIS Peace and Ceres, 1932 Original woodcut print Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 37 x 26 cm (c. 15 x 10.5 in) Excellent condition

Lithograph and stencil on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, La Leçon d'amour dans un parc, 1933. Published by Éditions...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir with hand coloring by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Le Livre blanc (The White Book), precede dun frontispice et accompagne de 17 dessins de Jean Cocteau (preceded by a frontispiece and accompanied by 17 drawings by Jean Cocteau), originates from the 1930 edition published by Editions du Signe, Paris, printed by Maitres-Imprimeurs, Ducros et Colas, Paris, and hand colored by M.B. Armington (a probable pseudonym of Jean Cocteau), May 10, 1930. The work reflects Cocteaus mastery of linear elegance and psychological nuance, distilling intimacy, vulnerability, and symbolic clarity into a composition that occupies a pivotal place in early twentieth-century modernism and queer cultural history. Executed as a lithograph and pochoir with hand coloring on velin d'Arches paper, this work measures 11.81 x 9.06 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. The edition exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Ducros and Colas, Maitres-Imprimeurs, and the exceptional hand-coloring attributed to Cocteau himself. ARTWORK DETAILS Artist: After Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) Title: Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Le Livre blanc (The White Book), precede dun frontispice et accompagne de 17 dessins de Jean Cocteau (preceded by a frontispiece and accompanied by 17 drawings by Jean Cocteau) Year: 1930 Medium: Lithograph and pochoir with hand coloring on velin d'Arches paper Size: 11.81 x 9.06 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Publisher: Editions du Signe, Paris Printer: Maitres-Imprimeurs, Ducros et Colas, Paris Catalogue Raisonne References: Bezit, Emmanuel. Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Gründ, 1976, vol. 3, p. 744. Carteret, Leon. Le Tresor du Bibliophile: Livres Illustres Modernes, 1875–1945. Editions Carteret, 1958, vol. 5, p. 51. van der Veen, H. In Liefde Verzameld: Homoseksualiteit en de Nederlandse Literatuur. De Buitenkant, 1992, no. 136. Monod, Luc. Manuel de Lamateur de Livres Illustres Modernes: 1875–1975. Ides & Calendes, 1992, no. 2912. Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the album Le Livre blanc, published by Editions du Signe, Paris; printed by Ducros et Colas, Paris; hand colored by M.B. Armington (a probable pseudonym of Jean Cocteau), May 10, 1930 NOTES Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This album, whose plates have been entirely colored by hand by M.B. Armington, an artist-painter, was completed to print on May 10, 1930, by Ducros and Colas, Maitres-Imprimeurs in Paris. The draw has been limited to: XVIII examples on japon nacre, each containing one of the XVIII original drawings and a suite on Hollande, numbered from I to XVIII; VI examples, H.C., marked from A to F; XVIII examples on japon imperial, numbered from XIX to XXXVI; VI examples, H.C., marked from G to L; CCCLXXX examples on velin d'Arches, numbered from XXXVII to CDXVI; XXII examples, H.C., marked from A to V. ABOUT THE PUBLICATION Le Livre blanc (The White Book), published in 1930 by Editions du Signe with plates printed by Ducros et Colas and hand colored by the enigmatic M.B. Armington (likely Cocteau himself), occupies a singular and foundational place in the history of LGBTQ...

Etching on vélin Canson et Montgolfier paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by L'Imprimerie Daragnès, Paris; printed by Jean Gabriel Daragnès, Paris, ...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir with hand coloring by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Le Livre blanc (The White Book), precede dun fronti...

A Lizard and a Sphinx! Image: 25.0 x 16.7 cm Mount: 37.8 x 28.3 cm Wood engraving 1932 One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...

Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Dix Reproductions, 1933. Published by Editions ...

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....

Biet Gabriel - Rafael is a modern artwork realized by Lino Bianchi Barriviera in the 1930s. Black and white etching. Signed on plate. Plate n.32 (as reported on the higher margin)...

Lithograph and stencil on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, La Leçon d'amour dans un parc, 1933. Published by Éditions...

"Ex Libris"  is an  Etching, Ex Libris, on ivory-colorated paper by Michel Fingesten . In excellent conditions: As good as new. Hand-signed in pencil, on the lower right. Container...

This exquisite heliogravure after Jean Lurcat (1892–1966), titled Noblesses Europeennes (European Nobility), from the folio Jean Lurcat Huit Dessins (Jean Lurcat Eight Drawings), ori...

Jean BERQUE Kate : Drinking Woman, 1930 Original stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 28 x 22 cm (c. 11 x 9 inch) Excellent condition

Mily POSSOZ (1888-1967) Christmas Tree Black & White, c. 1930 Original etching Handsigned in pencil by the artist Artist's proof (épreuve d'artiste) Blind stamp of the editor Marcel...

Mily POSSOZ (1888-1967) Little Girl With Her Toy, 1930 Original etching Handsigned in pencil by the artist Numbered / 30 copies Blind stamp of the editor Marcel Guiot (Paris) On vel...

This exquisite heliogravure after Jean Lurcat (1892–1966), titled La Lyre (The Lyre), from the folio Jean Lurcat Huit Dessins (Jean Lurcat Eight Drawings), originates from the 1933 e...

Mily POSSOZ (1888-1967) The cat on the table, 1930 Original etching Handsigned in pencil by the artist Blind stamp of the editor Marcel Guiot (Paris) On vellum 46 x 32 cm (18.1 x 12...

Chicago-born Golinkin studied at the Artist Students League with George Luks. After working as an illustrator for New York papers he joined the Navy in 1939 and retired as a Rear Adm...

Study for Self-portrait is an original lithograph realized by Raoul Dufy in 1930s. Good conditions. Signed on plate. Raoul Dufy (3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a French Fauvist ...

François-Louis SCHMIED (1873-1941) The White Villa, 1938 Original Woodcut Print Signed with the stamp of the artist On Japan paper 35 x 24 cm (c. 13.8 x 9.5 inch) Excellent condition

Etching on vélin Canson et Montgolfier paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by L'Imprimerie Daragnès, Paris; printed by Jean Gabriel Daragnès, Paris, ...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : The Toilet Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art seller, edito...

Classic American Depression-Era subject meets the French landscape? Clearly Guyer was looking at both Jean-Francois Millet and Vincent Van Gogh, who together informed this image. And...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Reproduction of a monotype as published in the first edition of "Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien / Dialogue of the Courtesans by Lucien" trans. Pierre Louys, 1934...

This (Street Scene) is undoubtedly O'Callahan's hometown of Buffalo, NY, where he lived and spent most of his career. The artist's name appears in pencil at the bottom edge on the re...

Werner Drewes brought his modernist vision to this subject but created, in my opinion, a great work of the Etching Revival. The reference is Rose 183. It...

Gregory often worked in lithography, probably learned at the Art Students League in New York City. In all likelihood this is a New York scene but he also often drew New England subje...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir with hand coloring by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Le Livre blanc (The White Book), precede dun frontispice et accompagne de 17 dessins de Jean Cocteau (preceded by a frontispiece and accompanied by 17 drawings by Jean Cocteau), originates from the 1930 edition published by Editions du Signe, Paris, printed by Maitres-Imprimeurs, Ducros et Colas, Paris, and hand colored by M.B. Armington (a probable pseudonym of Jean Cocteau), May 10, 1930. The work reflects Cocteaus mastery of linear elegance and psychological nuance, distilling intimacy, vulnerability, and symbolic clarity into a composition that occupies a pivotal place in early twentieth-century modernism and queer cultural history. Executed as a lithograph and pochoir with hand coloring on velin d'Arches paper, this work measures 11.81 x 9.06 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. The edition exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Ducros and Colas, Maitres-Imprimeurs, and the exceptional hand-coloring attributed to Cocteau himself. ARTWORK DETAILS Artist: After Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) Title: Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Le Livre blanc (The White Book), precede dun frontispice et accompagne de 17 dessins de Jean Cocteau (preceded by a frontispiece and accompanied by 17 drawings by Jean Cocteau) Year: 1930 Medium: Lithograph and pochoir with hand coloring on velin d'Arches paper Size: 11.81 x 9.06 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Publisher: Editions du Signe, Paris Printer: Maitres-Imprimeurs, Ducros et Colas, Paris Catalogue Raisonne References: Bezit, Emmanuel. Dictionnaire Critique et Documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs. Gründ, 1976, vol. 3, p. 744. Carteret, Leon. Le Tresor du Bibliophile: Livres Illustres Modernes, 1875–1945. Editions Carteret, 1958, vol. 5, p. 51. van der Veen, H. In Liefde Verzameld: Homoseksualiteit en de Nederlandse Literatuur. De Buitenkant, 1992, no. 136. Monod, Luc. Manuel de Lamateur de Livres Illustres Modernes: 1875–1975. Ides & Calendes, 1992, no. 2912. Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the album Le Livre blanc, published by Editions du Signe, Paris; printed by Ducros et Colas, Paris; hand colored by M.B. Armington (a probable pseudonym of Jean Cocteau), May 10, 1930 NOTES Excerpted from the album (translated from French), This album, whose plates have been entirely colored by hand by M.B. Armington, an artist-painter, was completed to print on May 10, 1930, by Ducros and Colas, Maitres-Imprimeurs in Paris. The draw has been limited to: XVIII examples on japon nacre, each containing one of the XVIII original drawings and a suite on Hollande, numbered from I to XVIII; VI examples, H.C., marked from A to F; XVIII examples on japon imperial, numbered from XIX to XXXVI; VI examples, H.C., marked from G to L; CCCLXXX examples on velin d'Arches, numbered from XXXVII to CDXVI; XXII examples, H.C., marked from A to V. ABOUT THE PUBLICATION Le Livre blanc (The White Book), published in 1930 by Editions du Signe with plates printed by Ducros et Colas and hand colored by the enigmatic M.B. Armington (likely Cocteau himself), occupies a singular and foundational place in the history of LGBTQ...

In Ancient Tunis Image: 23.0 x 15.2 cm Mount: 35.7 x 26.8 cm Wood engraving 1932 One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...

Folk Dancers, Skansen Image: 24.6 x 19.0 cm Mount: 37.3 x 31.0 cm Wood engraving 1932 One of Fourteen Wood Engravings, from drawings made on Orient Line Cruises by Robert Gibbings...