1930s Figurative Prints

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

This original, limited edition etching, was realized by the esteemed American artist John E. Costigan, who is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Philips Memorial Gallery in Washington and the Brooklyn Museum, to name only a few of the many institutions that feature his work. This print, with its highly considered composition and its loose style of figuration- deftly balances realism and abstraction- helps to explain his acclaim. This etching features a mother walking with her child and two goats in a forested glen. It is a Classic pastoral scene rendered in Costigan's inimitable style- somewhere between Theodore Rousseau and Thomas Hart Benton. These offer a beautiful glimpse of a bygone American pastoral...

(after) Diego Rivera "National Palace, Mexico City (Juarez and the Reform Laws) 1933 from the portfolio "Frescoes of Diego Rivera" Published by the Museum of Modern Art, NY Hand-Signed by the Artist Diego Rivera was born on December 13, 1886 in the mountain town of Guanajuato in Mexico. His mother was an ardent Catholic and his father was a rich and aristocratic revolutionary fighter and an atheist. Little Diego decided in favor of atheism. He swore his family had to leave Guanajuato when he was six because of his diatribes against the Church. When he was eleven he attended the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts; his real teacher was Jose Posada...

Captivating black and white etching of a crowd gathered to watch performers with hula hoops by Huchs, 1939. Titled and signed in lower margin. Original artw...

In these beady-eyed playboys, Durieux pokes some fun at the pride and pretensions of the Great Gatsby class. Here are two Americans pretending to be macho on a Mexican beach. Caroline Durieux (American, 1896 – 1989) Printmaker, painter, satirist, innovator, social activist, Caroline Durieux was born in New Orleans and was already making sketches by the age of four. Her formal art training was at Newcomb College (1912-1917) and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1918-1920). Carl Zigrosser of the Philadelphia Museum of Art encouraged Durieux to try lithography. While living in Mexico, she learned lithography from Emilio Amero...

"Robbialac" is an original lithograph poster by Lajos Marton. This poster features an abstracted man pouring out brightly-colored enamel pa...

Jean Cocteau White Book - Autobiography about Cocteau's discovery of his homosexuality. The book was first published anonymously and created a scandal. Original Handcolored Lithograph...

Bacon, Peggy. SPEAKING OF CHILDREN and PTA FRIEND'S SEMINARY. Flint 120. Etching, 1933, together with a preparatory drawing, titled "PTA Friend's Seminary." The etching titled, dated an signed in pencil. The edition size is not known, but likely small as the print is uncommon; there are no auction...

After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #6, Bildnis Frau Serena Lederer; grey monochrome collotype after the 1905 painting in oil on canvas. GUSTAV KLIMT EINE NACHLESE (GUSTAV KLIMT AN...

10 15/16 x 8 7/16 (sheet 13 13/16 x 10 13/16). Subsequent to Dodgson. Edition 40 published by the Twenty-One Gallery for 7 guineas. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1936. A rich...

Barnet, Will. AT THE SEASHORE. Szoke 69, Cole 68, Johnson 54. Woodcut printed in black, brown and white, 1939. There was no edition, only a few proofs printed by the artist on Japane...

Barnet, Will. THE TAILOR. Szoke 39, Cole 38, Johnson 30. Aquatint and etching, 1938. Edition of 25, titled, inscribed "25 Prints, and signed in pencil. Printed by the artist on Rives...

"Chanson d'Amour" is an original lithograph poster by Georges Dola. The artist signed the image on the left of Franz Schubert. This poster, published by Club of America, was used to ...

Lewis Teel Jr. 1913-1995 El Paso Artist Image Size: 9 x 7 Frame Size: 16 x 14 Medium: Etching Circa 1930s "City Market" Juarez, Mexico Biography Lewis Teel Jr. 1913-1995 Lewis Woods...

Abramovitz, Albert (American, born Latvia, 1879-1963). UNTITLED (TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITH BRICKS). Linoleum cut on wove paper, c. 1930s. Si...

Hand Signed. Edition of 108 prints. Cat. Prouté, 1973, n.250. Provenance: Prouté 31/3/'73.

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...

"Man Pull" is an original color lithograph poster by Ducelier. It features a figure dressed in a striped shirt with a hat pulled down over their eyes. The artist's name is inscribed ...

after Diego Rivera "Ministry of Education, Mexico City" (Workers' Meeting) 1933 from the portfolio "Frescoes of Diego Rivera" Published by the Museum of Modern Art, NY Signed by the artist lower center Diego Rivera was born on December 13, 1886 in the mountain town of Guanajuato in Mexico. His mother was an ardent Catholic and his father was a rich and aristocratic revolutionary fighter and an atheist. Little Diego decided in favor of atheism. He swore his family had to leave Guanajuato when he was six because of his diatribes against the Church. When he was eleven he attended the San Carlos Academy of Fine Arts; his real teacher was Jose Posada...

After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler #12, Aus dem Stoclet-Fries: Erwartung; multi-color collotype after the cartoon for the 1910-1911 mosaic frieze on the west wa...

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

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Celebration for Madam Mother Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Reproduction of the monotype "Au Salon" (In the Salon) as published in the first edition of "Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien" by Pierre Louys, 1934/35. Etching an...

Soyer, Raphael. THE TEAM. Lithograph with hand coloring, 1932 (Cole 23). 14 3/4" x 11." Edition of 25 published by Asociated American Artists, NY. A unique, or one of a few colored b...

"When Day is Done" is an original etching and aquatint signed lower right in pencil by the artist John Edward Costigan. It depicts a man and a woman with their young child at the end...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Blond Hair Girl 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...

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

Artist: Manuel Robbe (French, 1872-1936) Title: Les Sardinieres Year: 1933 Medium: Etching with aquatint Paper: B.F.K Rives Image size: 11 x 15 inches Signature: Signed in pencil b...

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...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Waking Up After a Long Love Night Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the ...

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 (...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Prostitutes Sharing a Meal Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (th...

Absorbing black and white woodcut of a nude female figure in the water surrounded by sea life and small figures by French artist Colette Pettier, 1936. Signed, dated and numbered 49 ...

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...

Une Dacquoise. (Anaïs) (A Woman from Dax (Landes).) 1922. Etching. Fletcher catalog 29 state iii. 6 3/8 x 4 1/2 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 1/8). Edition 76. A rich impression printed on crea...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Two Women : a Delicate Choice 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 sel...

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...

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

Signed and dated in pencil, inscribed " Ed 100 I." In excellent condition, except for tape remains at upper margin corners on verso. Also called South Portal of The Collegiate Church...

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1880 in Chatou, an artist colony outside Paris. In 1898, he enrolled in the Academie Carriere in Paris where he met Matisse. He attended art school and in 1900, set up a studio with Maurice deVlaminck. After his military service from 1900-1904, Derain exhibited his work at the Salon des Independants and then at the Salon d'Automne with Matisse, Vlaminck and others, thus creating the movement of Fauvism.He worked with Henri Matisse in 1905 at Collioure, and participated in the 1905 Salon d’Automne with Matisse, Vlaminck, and Braque, the exhibition in which this group was labeled as Fauves, or Wild Beasts. Along with Vlaminck, Derain was one of the first artists to collect the tribal art of Africa which was influential to many of the artists of the early 20th century. In 1906, Derain met Picasso and his dealer, who purchased Derain's entire studio, creating newfound financial success. During this time, he was hired for the illustrations for works by Guillaume Apollinaire and Andre Breton. After World War I, his friend's Cubism movement affected his art, along with influence from Classicism and African Art. Derain stayed in Paris during most of the Occupation, where he was esteemed by the Nazis because of his artistic integrity. Hitler's Foreign Minister commissioned him to paint a family portrait, but he politely refused. His popularity began to decline after the war because of disagreement over new artistic movements. He later lost most of his eyesight due to illness, which may have been the reason he was hit by a truck in 1954, dying from shock at the age of 74. Derain’s Fauve paintings are typically bright with intense color. Influenced by the work of Cézanne as well as the early Cubist paintings of Picasso and Braque’s, Derain’s style changed and by 1912, the paintings became more traditional and structured. For the remainder of his career, he continued to investigate different compositional methods including the perspective of Cézanne and the pointillism of Seurat. He also designed ballet sets and made a number of sculptures. At the turn of the century, Andre Derain exhibited at the radical Fauve Salon d’Automne (1905) and was one of the founding members of the Fauvist movement together with his life-long friends Matisse and Vlaminck. The works he produced in this period, often under the guidance of Matisse, have been counted among the masterpieces of Fauvism. From around 1918, Derain turned his back on the avant-garde and had begun to explore some of the more traditional genres of Western art, including landscapes. His main source of inspiration once the Fauves group had dispersed was found in the Louvre, where he admired the early Renaissance works in particular. Talking of his frequent visits there, he once said, ‘That seemed to me then, the true, pure absolute painting.’ His work evolved through many styles and, most significantly, turned back to the past, particularly after 1922 when Lenin had publicly pronounced his disdain for abstract art. Derain built up an immense and fascinating collection of paintings, sculpture and objets d’art throughout his life which aided his experimentation and was reflected in his work between 1930 and 1945. During these years, his painting technique displayed the most avenues of invention, using a repertoire of primitivist motifs. His eclectic collection was constantly changing. In 1930 he sold his African collection in exchange for bronzes of antiquity and the Renaissance which indicated a real change of interest in the objects, as did his later pursuit of Greek ceramic painting and his enthusiasm for grand cycles of literary and antique themes...

Yves ALIX Under Observation, 1930 Original stone lithograph Unsigned On Arches vellum 28 x 22 cm (c. 11 x 9 inch) Excellent condition

Below Stairs. 1930-31. Drypoint. Appleby 143. 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 15 3/4 x 10 1/8). Edition 100, #31. A very rich, tonal impression on cream-colored laid paper. Unobtrusive soiling in the top left- and lower-left hand margins, just below the platemark; and light mat line just outside the platemark. . Signed and numbered in ink. Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat, suitable for framing. A charming discussion between the chef and a scullery maid in a "Downtown Abbey...

Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Model with Arched Back Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920...

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...

Meishing, Jin ca. 1935 Color lithograph. [Advertisement for tobacco.] (woman holding a pekinese Dog) Most of the posters were printed in Shanghai during the first three decades ...

Signed and annotated in pencil Edition: 30 Provenance: Frac Teck Services, Ft. Worth, TX Part of a series of 12 images commissioned by United States Foundry Company in 1937. Not...

Andre DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC Divine : Young Girl Hidden by the Curtains, 1930 Original stone lithograph Unsigned On Arches vellum 28 x 22 cm (c. 11 x 9 inch) Excellent condition

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938...

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

"Bal de l'AAAA Festival of Light" is an original lithograph poster by Paul Emile Pissarro. It depicts a silhouetted couple dancing in white, pink, and yellow ...

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

Besancon La Mouillere PLM. Ca 1930. printed by Gerin Paris Color lithograph. On Linen Lucien Pillot registered as a member of the Société des Artistes Français. He had previo...

André Derain - Ovid's Heroides Original Etching Edition of 134 Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm Ovide [Marcel Prevost], Héroïdes, Paris, Société des Cent-une, 1938 Andre Derain was born in 1...

Coney Island Beach #1. 1939. Engraving. Sasowsky catalog 191 state ii. 9 3/4 x 12 (sheet 11 1/2 x 13 7/8). Edition of 17-lifetime impressions printed by Marsh in 1939 as noted by Sas...

John Sloan (1871-1951), “Up the Line, Miss?”, etching, 1930, signed, titled and inscribed 100 proofs [also signed in the plate]. Reference: Morse 243, fifth state (of 5). In excellen...

Martin Lewis (1881-1962), Little Penthouse, drypoint, 1931, signed in pencil lower right [signed in the plate in a rectangle lower left]. Reference: McCarron 91, only state. Printed ...

Artist: Donga Title: Germaine Kerjean Year: 1934 Medium: Lithograph Poster Size: 62 x 45.5 in. (157.48 x 115.57 cm) Frame Size: 63 x 47 inches