1930s Figurative Prints

Ex Libris - Ex Libris - Good Luck is an original etching artwork realized by Michel Fingesten in the 1930s Good conditions. Original titled printed on plate: VIEL GLÜCK WÜNSCH S.M...

Composition is an exceptional etching made by Marcel Stobbaerts, in excellent conditions of preservation. The important Belgian artist was an engraver, painter and illustrator. His ...

The painter and the model is an original rare etching on paper realized by the Italian artist Giacomo Manzù. Hand-signed on the lower right and numbered only edition of 17 prints. ...

Ex Libris - 15 par Fingensten is an original xilograph artwork realized by Michel Fingesten in the 1930s Hand-signed on the lower center. Good conditions except for very light fol...

Harriet (Keese) Lanfair (1900-1988) lithograph, c. 1935, signed in pencil on lower right margin. Printed on a very light japan paper, with margins. A proof impression, with printers...

Image dimensions: 11.3 x 15.2 cm. Lo Scarabeo d'oro ("The Golden Beetle") is a beautiful etching realized by Luigi Bartolini in 1936. Titled in pencil on the lower left: Lo scara...

Image dimensions: 21 x 16.5 cm. Model is a beautiful black and white lithograph on paper, realized by the Italian artist, Alberto Salietti (Ravenna 1882 - Chiavari 1961) and publish...

America is an original artwork realized around 1830. Original black and whiteprint Quite good conditions except for foxings especially along the margin. Original title L'America. ...

Wonderful black and white lithograph on tissue paper, signed on plate. Excellent conditions, including cardboard passe-partout (cm 49.5 x 35). Luc-Albert Moreau (Paris, 1882-1948) The French painter, engraver and illustrator, was a member of the group “Bande Noire”, and after of the Section d'Or. He attended the Académie Julian in Paris, and he painted at the Jean-Paul Laurens’studio, where he became a friend of Jean-Louis Boussingault and André Dunoyer de Segonzac. For a brief period he attended the Charles Guérin, Georges-Pierre Olivier Desvalliéres and Pierre Laprade...

Wonderful original b/w lithograph on ivory colored paper stuck on cardboard, hand-numbered on lower-left and hand-signed on lower-right (one signature in pencil, other one on plate)....

The Woodpecker is an original artwork realized by Leonardo Castellani in 1934. Original etching on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower left; named and numbered on the lowe...

Fascinating view of Ravello (Amalfi Coast) by Nicola Galante. Published in 100 prints, it is hand signed lower right by the artist. This artwork is shi...

The print 'Jones Island' is something of a self portrait. In the image, an artist stands before and easel, depicting the docks and buildings on the coast. The title indicates that this is Jones Island in Milwaukee, the peninsula along Lake Michigan that today is home to largely industrial buildings. The buildings and figures in the print suggest that this might be a view of the last of the Kashubian or German immigrant settlements on the peninsula before they were evicted in the 1940s to make way for the development of the harbor. The artist in the image thus acts as a documentarian of these peoples. The careful line-work of the woodblock engraving adds a sense of expressionism to the scene, leaving the figures and buildings looking distraught and dirty, though the image nonetheless falls into the Social Realist category that dominated American artists during the Great Depression. This print was published in 1936 as part of the Wisconsin Artists' Calendar for the year 1937, which included 52 original, hand-made prints – one for each week of the year. 6 x 5 inches, image 10 x 7.13 inches, sheet 13.43 x 12.43 inches, frame Signed "GS" in the print block,upper left Entitled "Jones Island" lower left (covered by matting) Inscribed "Wood Engraving" lower center (covered by matting) Artist name "Gerrit V. Sinclair" lower right (covered by matting) Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting and museum glass, all housed in a silver gilded moulding. Gerrit Sinclair studied at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1910 - 1915, under Vanderpoel, Norton, and Walcott. In World War I, he served in the Army Ambulance Corps and later recorded his experiences in a series of oil paintings. He taught in Minneapolis before arriving in Milwaukee in 1920 to become a member of the original faculty of the Layton School of Art. He was also a member of the Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors. Sinclair's paintings and drawings were executed in a lyrical, representational style, usually expressing a mood rather than a narrative. His paintings reveal a great sensitivity for color and atmosphere. His subject matter focused on cityscapes, industrial valleys, and working-class neighborhoods, captured from eye-level. A decade before the popularity of Regionalism, Sinclair's strong interest in the community was reflected not only in his paintings, but also in his encouragement to students to return to their communities as artists and teachers. Joseph Friebert...

JEAN VICTOR DESMEURES - Paris International Colonial Exhibition - 1931 Robert Lang Paris Imp. 1931 Canvas and framed Good condition 100 x 62 cm 800 ...

"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 ...

Que haces tu para Evitor Esto? Ayuda a Madrid. Ca 1936 -1939. ( What are you doing to prevent this? Help Madrid) On Linen. Hand-modified photographic image of a tearful mother and child in foreground with bombed-out building and war planes...

Initialed in pencil, l.r. Engraving on paper (Unique) (State II) 12.5 x 9.5 inches (31.8 x 24.1 cm), sheet 8 x 6 inches (20.32 x 15.24 cm), plate Literature: Alfonso Panzetta, Jared French...

Jean Arp (after) - Composition - Pochoir 1958 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm From the art revue XXe siècle Unsigned and unumbered as issued

Henri Laurens - Ocean - Original Color Linoleum Cut 1938/1959 Medium : Color Linoleum Cut on Montgolfier Canson vellum Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm XXe siècle Henri Laurens was born in Paris in 1885. Impaired by tuberculosis when he was only 17, he is leg-amputated seven years later. First a stone cutter, he then becomes sculptor. In 1899, he studies drawing. Henry Laurens...

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 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...

Jules Pascin - Little Red Riding Hood - Original Lithograph Conditions: excellent 32 x 24 cm 1938 From the art review XXe siècle, San Lazzaro Un...

"Tristesse." (a state of melancholy sadness. "lamenting a lost love, he leaves us poised at the lip of a chasm of tristesse") Chassidic boy, Yeshiva student with open book. Judaica, Jewish scenes from a ghetto. Saul Yaffie, a.k.a. Paul Jeffay, (1898–1957) was a Scottish Jewish artist. Known for his charming French street scenes as well as his judaica work. This is signed in the plate and dated 1931 in the print. This is done in a style similar to the works of the early Bezalel School artists Hermann Struck and Jakob Steinhardt. This lithograph, by artist Paul Jeffay depicts a Judaic Shtetl interior scene with great charm and sensitivity. Saul Yaffie was born in Blythswood, Glasgow on 29 April 1898. His mother was Kate Yaffie (née Karkonoski), and his father, Bernard Yaffie, was a master tailor. Like many Russian Jews...

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 Andre Derain was born in 1...

BELA KADAR 1877-1956 Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian) Title: The Family, circa 1930's Technique: Original Signed Tempera on paper Image size: 90 x 71.5 cm / 35.4 x 28.2 in Additional Information: The work is hand signed "Kadar Bela...

"Kina Lillet" original 1937 lithograph poster by artist Robys. Affiches Stentor Etab. Marboeuf 91 Rue Reaumur Paris printed on front lower left. Robys 37 o...

SOLD UNFRAMED Pig Sticking by Orovida Pissarro (1893 - 1968) Etching 17.3 x 27.4 cm (6 ¾ x 10 ¾ inches) Signed and dated lower right Orovida 1931 Numbered lower left 26/50 and titl...

Color lithograph. Ca 1930. Constructivist propaganda poster depicting the heroic Soviet industrial worker struggling against the Western capitalist and racist threats. The dynamic ...

Hand signed, titled and numbered by the artist. Ginestet Pouillon 390. Sheet size 10.7 x 7 in. Image size 8 x 6 in. Framed. Edition of 140. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certi...

"Rest" is an original linoleum print by Schomer Lichtner, signed in the lower right hand corner. It features a man in the act of resting on a stick in the middle of work. Image: 5.6...

Date: 1931 Medium: Color Lithograph on Paper Dimensions; 14.50" x 16.50" Signature: Signed Lower Right

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...

Paul Cadmus Two Boys on a Beach 1938/1979 Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil, recto; Also blindstamped, l.l.; Initialed in plate, l.r. Etching (Edition of 35) 18 x 14.5 inch...

A risquee Modern print depicting a Cupid observing his good work on a Satyr & Nymph. The Bacchanalia has reached it's desired conclusion. This is an original 1935 linocut print on wo...

Rockwell Kent "Hail and Farewell" 1930 Wood Engraving on Paper Signed in Pencil Lower Right Sheet Size: 14 3/8 x 11 1/4 in. Image Size: 8 x 5 1/2 in. Framed Size: 17.5 x 13.5 in. Growing up in a genteel family in New York City, Rockwell Kent was a member of the rugged realist school of landscape painters as well as a popular illustrator and printmaker. His 1930 illustrations for Moby Dick are among his most lasting achievements. He was the first American artist to have work exhibited in the Soviet Union, a reflection of his Communist Party sympathies, which earned him the Lenin Peace Prize in 1967. This espousal of radical politics caused his career to suffer badly in the '50s because his leftist views caused him disdain among many Americans. However, his work, reflecting both realism and modernism, has earned increasing attention from American art historians. His subject matter is wide-ranging including scenes of Maine's Monhegan Island, the Adirondack Mountains, book illustrations, and commercial art renderings for companies including General Electric, Rolls Royce, and Westinghouse. Although his first love was painting, in addition to illustration, he also did fabric, ceramic, and jewelry designs, and spent time as a dairy farmer, carpenter, home builder, and lobster fisherman...

Lithograph. From the 'Barcelona Series'. Signed and dated in pencil, numbered from the edition of 5. Printed in 1944 on Torras Juvinya paper. Publ...

A fabulous impression of this scarce Picasso etching from the Vollard Suite published in 1939. In an excellent hand-carved museum frame with all acid-free conservation materials. ...