1930s Figurative Prints

By Pablo Picasso Intaglio Etching pair, edition 116/850, Dated 1937 Signed and numbered in pencil Image size 14" x 18" each Frame Size: 25.5" X 29" Entri...

James Allen, 'Spiderboy', 1937, etching, edition 40, Ryan 86. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream laid paper, with full margins (1 1/4 to 2 7/8 inches). A s...

Covarrubias, Miguel. LINDY HOP. Lithograph, 1936. AAG edition (usually about 200), with their label preserved and attached to the back of the mat. Unsigned as always. 13 1/8 x 9 1/2...

James Allen, 'The Connectors', 1934, etching, edition not stated, Ryan 66. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on handmade, cream laid paper, with margins (1/2 to 1...

Hand Signed. Edition of 99 prints. Plate 24 from "La Suite Vollard". Catalogue Bloch n.227. Passepartout included (cm.50x70). Prov. Private Collection, France.

This is an aquatint print by French painter Georges Rouault titled "Dors mon amour" ("Sleep, My Love") (plate facing page 164) from Cirque de l'étoile filante (The Shooting Star Circ...

Hand signed in ink. Edition of 125 prints. Very good condition. Catalogue Bloch n.132.

Ex-Libris - Luigi Servolini is an Artwork realized in 1930 by the Italian Artist Luigi Servolini (Livorno, 10 marzo 1906 – Livorno, 21 settembre 1981) Woodcut colored print on ivory...

Lynd Ward, 'Madman's Drum, Plate 41', wood engraving, 1930, edition small. Signed in pencil. A fine, black impression, on off-white tissue-thin Japan paper; the full sheet with margins (1 5/8 to 2 1/2 inches); a small paper blemish in the upper right margin, away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches (140 x 95 mm); sheet size 9 5/8 x 7 1/8 inches (244 x 181 mm). From Lynd Ward’s book of illustrations without words, 'Madman’s Drum', Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, New York, 1930. Illustrated in 'Storyteller Without Words: The Wood Engravings of Lynd Ward', Harry Abrams, New York, 1974. Reproduced in 'Storyteller Without Words, the Wood Engravings of Lynd Ward', Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1974. ABOUT THE ARTIST Lynd Ward is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost wood engravers and book illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century. His innovative use of narrative printmaking as a stand-alone storytelling vehicle was uniquely successful in reaching a broad audience. The powerful psychological intensity of his work, celebrated for its dynamic design, technical precision, and compelling dramatic content, finds resonance in the literature of Poe, Melville, and Hawthorne. Like these classic American writers, Ward was concerned with the themes of man’s inner struggles and the role of the subconscious in determining his destiny. An artist of social conscience during the Great Depression and World War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the problems that challenged the ideals of American society. The son of a Methodist preacher, Lynd Ward, moved from Chicago to Massachusetts at an early age. He graduated from the Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, in 1926, where he studied illustration and graphic arts. He married May Yonge McNeer in 1936 and left for Europe for their honeymoon in Eastern Europe. After four months, they settled in Leipzig, where Ward studied at the National Academy of Graphic Arts and Bookmaking. Inspired by Belgian expressionist artist Frans Masereel's graphic novel ‘The Sun,’ and another graphic novel by the German artist Otto Nückel, ‘Destiny,’ he determined to create his own "wordless" novel. Upon his return to America, Ward completed his first book, ‘God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts,’ published in 1929. ‘Gods’ Man’ was a great success for its author and publisher and was reprinted four times in 1930, including a British edition. This book and several which followed it, ‘Madman’s Drum,’ 1930, ‘Wild Pilgrimage...

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

This etching on paper, 11.75 x 8.25" image size, is signed ‘Henri Matisse’ lower right, numbered lower left, and framed in a beautiful, custom gold-leaf frame. From the edition of 15...

'Late Spring' is in all likelihood picturing the area around O'Callahan's hometown of Rochester, NY, where he lived and spent most of his career. It is signed, titled, and dated, in...

This etching on paper, 11.75 x 8.25" image size, is signed ‘Henri Matisse’ lower right, numbered lower left, and framed in a beautiful, custom gold-leaf frame. From the edition of 15...

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 Rochester native, Kevin O'Callahan studied at the...

GEORGES ROUAULT (1871 – 1958) La PARADE 1932 (CR.203, W.211) color etching and aquatint 1932. Edition 270. Frontispiece from “Cirque”. ...

This etching on paper, 11.75 x 8.25", is signed ‘Henri Matisse’ lower right, numbered lower left, and framed in a beautiful, custom gold-leaf frame. From the edition of 150, numbered...

Pablo Ruiz Picasso (Spain, 1881-1973) 'Sueño y mentira de Franco I', 1937 aquatint, etching on paper 15.2 x 22.4 in. (38.5 x 56.7 cm.) Editio...

Wood engraving. Physick catalog 917. Image: 3 3/4 x 2 5/16 (sheet 7 3/8 x 5 1/2). A fine impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed and numbered '5' in pencil. Housed in ...

Reginald Marsh, 'A Morning in May', etching, 1936, edition 100 (Whitney, 1969), Sasowsky 169. Unsigned as published; numbered '89/100' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, ...

Georges Braque (1882-1963) Hesiod's theogony : Artémis Original etching, 1932 Hand signed in pencil Numbered /50 copies On Hollande vellum size 49 x 38.5 cm (c. 19 x 15 in) Publishe...

From The robbers. lithographs by George Grosz for the drama of the same name. photolithography on watermarked paper. 19 X 25.5 inches (sheet size). This is not hand signed or numbe...

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...

Georges Braque (1882-1963) Hesiod's theogony : Pegasus Original etching, 1932 Hand signed in pencil Numbered /50 copies On Hollande vellum size 49 x 38.5 cm (c. 19 x 15 in) Publishe...

Georges Braque (1882-1963) Hesiod's theogony : Gaia & Ouranos Original etching, 1932 Hand signed in pencil Numbered /50 copies On Hollande vellum size 49 x 38.5 cm (c. 19 x 15 in) P...

Joan MIRO (1893-1983) Summer : Surrealist Figures with the Moon, 1938 Lithograph in colors Printed signature in the plate Printed in Mourlot workshop and published by Teriade for "V...

Georges Braque (1882-1963) Hesiod's theogony : the divinity and the dove Original etching, 1932 Hand signed in pencil Numbered /50 copies On Hollande vellum size 49 x 38.5 cm (c. 19...

Nude is an etching realized by Edouard Chimot in the 1930s. Signed on the plate by the artist on the lower right corner. Good conditions. Édouard Chimot (26 November 1880 – 7 June...

Ex Libris - Istvan Traurig is a Woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Signed on plate on back. The work is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: cm 32x24 Good conditions. ...

Ex Libris is a colored woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the upper margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech painter and engrav...

From The robbers. lithographs by George Grosz for the drama of the same name. photolithography on laid paper. 19 X 25.5 inches (sheet size). This is not hand signed or numbered in ...

Claire Mahl Moore, 'Court' also 'The Authorities', woodcut, 1936, edition 5. Signed 'Mahl' and titled in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on ...

From The robbers. lithographs by George Grosz for the drama of the same name. photolithography on watermarked paper. 19 X 25.5 inches (sheet size). This is not hand signed or numbe...

Ex Libris - Reinheimer is a colored woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czec...

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...

Ex Libris - R.A. is a Woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand signed on the lower margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech painter and engraver ...

Ex Libris P. de Sanctis is a colored woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czec...

Ex Libris - Nina Tosi is a woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech painter a...

Ex Libris - Mantero is a Woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Very Good condition. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech painter...

Ex Libris et Musicis Mantero is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the right margin. Very good condition. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech pa...

Ex Libris - Ex Bibliotheca Macabrum is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten in 1939. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech painter and engraver of Je...

This original etching is hand signed by the artist "Picasso" at the lower right. It was printed in by Lacourière in a limited edition of 250 impressions and published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris. This is the 13th plate in La Suite Vollard, Picasso's most important series of etchings, and was realised in December 1934. Note: The Suite Vollard...

Ex Libris - Eroticis M.B. is a colored woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a C...

Ex Libris - Benito Mussolini is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand signed on the lower margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech painter...

Ex Libris - Mantero is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the right margin. Numbered on the left corner ex. 40/50. The work is glued on cardboard. Tota...

Ex Libris - Mantero is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech painter and eng...

Ex Libris - Luciano Guidi is a colored woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Cz...

Ex Libris - H. Malz is a colored Woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. The artwork is glued on cardboard. Total dimensions: 29 x 22.5...

Zena Kavin, 'The Visitor', lithograph, c. 1935, edition 20. Signed, titled, and numbered '9/20' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (7/...

Ex Libris - Memento Vivere is a colored woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a ...

Ex Libris - Salve Pax is a woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten in 1937. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech...

Ex Libris - Gianni Mantero -Ex Musicis is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Cze...

Ex Libris - Fingesten is a colored Etching print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Very Good condition. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Cze...

Ex Libris - Marco Binnholz is a woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech pa...

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

Ex Libris - Gino Sabattini is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand signed on the lower margin. Good conditions except some foxings that doesn't affect the immage. M...

Zena Kavin, 'To Market, to Market', lithograph, c. 1935, edition 20. Signed, titled, and numbered '6/20' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full ma...

Ex Libris L'Amour et la Folie - Ex Libris Jean Brissac is a woodcut print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (...

Ex Libris - Mary Talbot is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech painte...