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Period: Mid-20th Century
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, TLautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper
Year: 1946
Paper Size: 17 x 13 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, TLautrec, 1946. ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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RENÉ MAGRITTE Le Maître d'École - 1955 Limited edition Lithograph - Surrealism
Located in Madrid, Madrid
LE MAÎTRE D'ÉCOLE, 1955 (THE SCHOOLMASTER)
Date of creation: 2010
Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives Paper
Edition: 275
Size: 60 x 45 cm
Observations: Lithograph on BFK Rives paper plat...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Composition, Portrait de A. Decaris, Albert Decaris
Located in Southampton, NY
Engraving on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Portrait de A. Decaris, 1953. Published by Editions d'Art Manuel Bruker, Paris; printed by Ateliers Rigal, Paris, January 30, 1953. Excerpted from the volume (translated from French), The present portrait of Albert Decaris was completed to print on January 30, 1953 for typography by Zichieri; for engraving by Rigal. The edition has been set at 250 on vélin de Rives. The first twenty examples are suites on annam of all the engravings.
ALBERT DECARIS (1901-1988) was a French artist, engraver, painter and Olympic Gold Medallist. Decaris was the first illustrator of luxury art books such as Le Chant de Mon Voyage vers la Grèce by Léon Cathlin, Combourg by Chateaubriand, Les Discours des Misères de ce Temps by Ronsard and Les Destinées by Alfred de Vigny. Decaris joined the infamous group called FVHJ at age 24.
In the 1930s, Decaris began engraving postage stamps, resulting in more than 500 such designs, for various postal services, notably French and African. Stamp collectors...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
$716 Sale Price
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"Vanity Fair (The Face Off) Recto, Camel Cigarette Verso, " by Paolo Garretto
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This double-sided lithograph by Paolo Garretto features a Vanity Fair cover "The Face Off" on the front and a Camel Cigarette ad on the back. It was pu...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Degas, Famille Cardinal, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 8.5 x 6.25 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the ...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
$956 Sale Price
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Abstract Composition - Original Etching and Drypoint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original print in etching and drypoint on white color paper, realized by an anonymous artist of the Mid-20th Century.
In very good conditions.
The artwor...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Roman Vestal Virgins - Woodcut Print by Paul Baudier - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Vestal Virgins is an original woodcut print on ivory-colored paper realized by Paul Baudier (1881-1962) in the 1930s.
Good conditions.
Paul Baudi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Alberto Giacometti, Figures in an Interior, Derriere le miroir, 1954
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Alberto Giacometti (1901–1966), titled Figures dans un interieur (Figures in an Interior), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 65, originates from the...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Daikoku, Dieu de la Richesse" Japanese Style Woodblock Print
Located in Austin, TX
A woodblock print of a Japanese geisha in elegant clothing against a yellow decorative background.
By Paul Jacoulet
15.5" x 12" Woodblock print on paper
Framed Size: 22.5" x 18.5"
...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
"Swimmers, " Seascape Linoleum Cut by Clarice George Logan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Swimmers" is an original linoleum print by Clarice George Logan. It features five figures enjoying a swim, jumping off from a small boat.
Image: 4.94" x 6"
Framed: 13.87" x 14.87"
Clarice George Logan was born in Mayville, New York in 1909 but moved to Wisconsin in 1921. She attended the Milwaukee State Teachers College from 1927 to 1931 where she studied with Robert von Neumann...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Portrait of a Child - Woodcut by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Child is an original Woodcut Print realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century.
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard passpartout (35x28 cm)....
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
after Jean Dubuffet - Man - Pochoir
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
after Jean Dubuffet - Man - Pochoir
1960
Dimensions: 32 x 25 cm
Edition: G. di San Lazzaro.
From the art review XXème siècle
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Stencil
1960s Francis Bacon lithograph (from Bacon derrière le miroir)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1960s Francis Bacon lithograph from Derrière le miroir:
Well-suited for matting & framing, this original 1960's print is derived from Bacon's ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Raoul Dufy, The Studio on Impasse Guelma, from Raoul Dufy, IV, 1969 (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), titled L’atelier de Impasse Guelma (The Studio on Impasse Guelma), from the folio Raoul Dufy, IV (Raoul Dufy, IV), Collection ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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"Mexican Family, " Black & White Lithograph Family Portrait
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Mexican Family" is a black and white lithograph by Howard Cook. The artist signed the piece lower right. It is from an edition of 250, unnumbered. This...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Belles de nuit 1969 Signed Limited Edition Etching Abstract Nude
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Barbara Kwasniewska
Title: Belles de nuit - ladies of the Night
Year: 1969
Medium Type: etching
Size-Width Size-Height: 22.5'' x 30" inches
Signed Edition Size: Signe...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Joan Miro, Untitled, from Miro Recent Paintings, 1953
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1953 album Miro Recent Paintings. Published by the Pierre Matisse Gallery, New Y...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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Parade (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Parade, 1960
Drypoint Etching, 5.5 × 17.75 inches.
Signed, titled and dated by the artist in pencil, lower margin.
Small tear, left margin which exte...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Clown Training a Horse, from The Circus, 1952 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901), titled Clown dressant un cheval et un singe (Clown Training a Horse and a Monkey), originates from the 1952 alb...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Nus Bleus III, from 1958 The Last Works of Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after)
Title: Nus Bleus III
Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1958
Edition: 2000
Framed Size: 22" x 18"
Sheet Size: 14" x 10...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marc Chagall, The Eiffel Tower and the Donkey, from Derriere le miroir, 1954
By Marc Chagall
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled La Tour Eiffel a l'Ane (The Eiffel Tower and the Donkey), from the folio Derriere le miroir, No. 67–68, originates from ...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$7,196 Sale Price
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Portrait - Original Woodcut Print by M. Callet-Carcano - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original xilography, realized in mid 20th Century by Marguerite Callet-Carcano.
The artwork is dated 1969 and hand-signed.
Provenance: Vente de l'atelier Bruxelles 1969
Good conditions.
Marguerite Callet-Carcano was an Italian-Belgian graphic artist, who illustrated books like Drame by Iwan Gilkin (1926), Les Chimères by Georges Rency (1928), René by François-René Chateaubriand and a reprint by Benjamin Constant. In addition to the xilograph technique, she also used linoleum...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Salvador Dali - Oysters and Nude
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Oysters and Nude - Original Etching
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Edition: 390
1967
On Rives Vellum
References : Field 67-4 (p. 32-33) / Michler & Lopsinger 174 to 187.
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Woman with Pig, from: Faust (Walpurgis Night) - Spanish Surrealism
Located in London, GB
This original hand-coloured etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Dalí" at the lower right margin.
It is also all hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 145, with Roma...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Alongside
Located in Missouri, MO
Alongside, 1941
Tod Lindenmuth (American, 1885-1976)
Color Woodblock Print
9 x 7 inches
19.75 x 14.5 inches with frame
Signed Lower Right
Titled and Dated Lower Left
A founder of the Provincetown Art Association and one of the original Provincetown Printers, Tod Lindenmuth was a semi-abstract painter and graphic artist who did much to promote modernist styles. Although he was much influenced by Abstract Expressionism, his subject matter was realistic enough to be recognizable. He did linoleum cuts and was one of the first to work with that medium, and towards the end of his life, he experimented with collage. In the 1930s, he had commissions for the Public Works of Art Project and the Works Progress Administration.
Lindenmuth was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He studied with Robert Henri at the New York School of Art in Manhattan, and in Provincetown with E. Ambrose Webster and George Elmer Browne.
He first exhibited in Provincetown in 1915, and between 1917 and 1928 served on the jury for the Provincetown Art Association's 'First Modernistic Exhibition". He exhibited regularly with the Society of Independent Artists in New York.
He married artist and illustrator Elizabeth Boardman Warren...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Color
Henri Matisse, Series L, Var. 14, Drawings, Themes and Variations, 1943 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Serie L, var. 14 (Series L, Variation 14), from the album Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations (Drawings, Th...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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La Penitenciaria
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this early woodcut. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 145/300 in pencil by Siqueiros.
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Nus Bleus IV, from The Last Works of Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after)
Title: Nus Bleus IV
Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1958
Edition: 2000
Framed Size: 22" x 18"
Sheet Size: 14" x 10 ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Flying Demons - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print from the Series "Der vreeselijke avonturen vas Scholastica" (The Terrible Adventures of Scholastica).
Edition of 300, published by A. J. van Dishoeck.
Unsigned, ass i...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The Yellow Castle, 1933 - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Jacques Camus
The Yellow Castle, 1933
Original lithograph and stencil
Unsigned
On paper 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4 inch)
INFORMATION : This lithograph is part of the "Idées" portfo...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Plumed Serpent, Chichén Itzá
Located in Middletown, NY
A masterful rendering of Kukulkan at the base of the west face of the northern stairway of El Castillo, Chichen Itza.
Etching on antique watermarked fine Barcelona cream laid paper,...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Migration from Lettera Amorosa
Located in Palo Alto, CA
Braque is known to have spent years working on this project, the illustrations for Lettera Amorosa by René Char. This exquisite work from the book utilizes sweeps of color to create ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$7,000 Sale Price
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Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Couple Under a Tree
Located in New York, NY
Elyse Ashe Lord (1900-1971), Couple Under a Tree, c. 1930, color etching, soft ground, drypoint; signed lower right in pencil and numbered by the artist lower left. In very good condition, the full sheet, 11 3/4 x 12 1/4, the sheet 17 x 16 inches.
A fine impression, with strong colors and plate tone. Printed on a light laid ivory Japan...
Category
Art Nouveau Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Still Life with Hand - Original lithograph (Atelier Michel Cassé), 1964
By Le Corbusier
Located in Paris, IDF
Le Corbusier
Still Life with Hand, 1964
Original lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum 42.5 x 35.5 cm (c. 16.5 x 13.7 in)
Edited by Forces-Vives (Paris) in 1964
Exc...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Femme au Clown - Etching - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on chamois-colored laid paper, realized by Dalì in 1968/69.
Plate from "Faust (La Nuit de Walpurgis), published by Argillet, Paris.
Edition of 49/150, hand colored.
Hand s...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Maurice Utrillo, Montmartre, Moulin de la Galette, from Paris Capital, 1955
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955), titled Montmartre, Moulin de la Galette (Montmartre, Moulin de la Galette), from the album Paris Capitale (Paris Capital), o...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
$1,436 Sale Price
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Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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Saul Steinberg, Chrysler Building, L'édition de tête (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Lana paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, tête edition, Consacré a Steinberg, Derrière le miroir, N° ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,036 Sale Price
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Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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'Merry Christmas' original color woodcut on paper, signed in block
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 5 1/2 x 4 3/8"
Frame: 10 1/8 x 8 1/8"
Original color woodcut on paper, signed in block.
Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Marc Chagall - Moses - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall, Original Lithograph depicting an instant of the Bible.
Technique: Original lithograph in colours
Year: 1956
Sizes: 35,5 x 26 cm / 14" x 10.2" (sheet)
Published by: Éditions de la Revue Verve, Tériade, Paris
Printed by: Atelier Mourlot, Paris
Documentation / References: Mourlot, F., Chagall Lithograph [II] 1957-1962, A. Sauret, Monte Carlo 1963, nos. 234 and 257
Marc Chagall (born in 1887)
Marc Chagall was born in Belarus in 1887 and developed an early interest in art. After studying painting, in 1907 he left Russia for Paris, where he lived in an artist colony on the city’s outskirts. Fusing his own personal, dreamlike imagery with hints of the fauvism and cubism popular in France at the time, Chagall created his most lasting work—including I and the Village (1911)—some of which would be featured in the Salon des Indépendants exhibitions. After returning to Vitebsk for a visit in 1914, the outbreak of WWI trapped Chagall in Russia. He returned to France in 1923 but was forced to flee the country and Nazi persecution during WWII. Finding asylum in the U.S., Chagall became involved in set and costume design before returning to France in 1948. In his later years, he experimented with new art forms and was commissioned to produce numerous large-scale works. Chagall died in St.-Paul-de-Vence in 1985.
The Village
Marc Chagall was born in a small Hassidic community on the outskirts of Vitebsk, Belarus, on July 7, 1887. His father was a fishmonger, and his mother ran a small sundries shop in the village. As a child, Chagall attended the Jewish elementary school, where he studied Hebrew and the Bible, before later attending the Russian public school. He began to learn the fundamentals of drawing during this time, but perhaps more importantly, he absorbed the world around him, storing away the imagery and themes that would feature largely in most of his later work.
At age 19 Chagall enrolled at a private, all-Jewish art school and began his formal education in painting, studying briefly with portrait artist Yehuda Pen. However, he left the school after several months, moving to St. Petersburg in 1907 to study at the Imperial Society for the Protection of Fine Arts. The following year, he enrolled at the Svanseva School, studying with set designer Léon Bakst, whose work had been featured in Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This early experience would prove important to Chagall’s later career as well.
Despite this formal instruction, and the widespread popularity of realism in Russia at the time, Chagall was already establishing his own personal style, which featured a more dreamlike unreality and the people, places and imagery that were close to his heart. Some examples from this period are his Window Vitebsk (1908) and My Fianceé with Black Gloves (1909), which pictured Bella Rosenfeld, to whom he had recently become engaged.
The Beehive
Despite his romance with Bella, in 1911 an allowance from Russian parliament member and art patron Maxim Binaver enabled Chagall to move to Paris, France. After settling briefly in the Montparnasse neighborhood, Chagall moved further afield to an artist colony known as La Ruche (“The Beehive”), where he began to work side by side with abstract painters such as Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger as well as the avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire. At their urging, and under the influence of the wildly popular fauvism and cubism, Chagall lightened his palette and pushed his style ever further from reality. I and the Village (1911) and Homage to Apollinaire (1912) are among his early Parisian works, widely considered to be his most successful and representative period.
Though his work stood stylistically apart from his cubist contemporaries, from 1912 to 1914 Chagall exhibited several paintings at the annual Salon des Indépendants exhibition, where works by the likes of Juan Gris, Marcel Duchamp and Robert Delaunay were causing a stir in the Paris art world. Chagall’s popularity began to spread beyond La Ruche, and in May 1914 he traveled to Berlin to help organize his first solo exhibition, at Der Sturm Gallery. Chagall remained in the city until the highly acclaimed show opened that June. He then returned to Vitebsk, unaware of the fateful events to come.
War, Peace and Revolution
In August 1914 the outbreak of World War I precluded Chagall’s plans to return to Paris. The conflict did little to stem the flow of his creative output, however, instead merely giving him direct access to the childhood scenes so essential to his work, as seen in paintings such as Jew in Green (1914) and Over Vitebsk (1914). His paintings from this period also occasionally featured images of the war’s impact on the region, as with Wounded Soldier (1914) and Marching (1915). But despite the hardships of life during wartime, this would also prove to be a joyful period for Chagall. In July 1915 he married Bella, and she gave birth to a daughter, Ida, the following year. Their appearance in works such as Birthday (1915), Bella and Ida by the Window (1917) and several of his “Lovers” paintings give a glimpse of the island of domestic bliss that was Chagall’s amidst the chaos.
To avoid military service and stay with his new family, Chagall took a position as a clerk in the Ministry of War Economy in St. Petersburg. While there he began work on his autobiography and also immersed himself in the local art scene, befriending novelist Boris Pasternak, among others. He also exhibited his work in the city and soon gained considerable recognition. That notoriety would prove important in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution when he was appointed as the Commissar of Fine Arts in Vitebsk. In his new post, Chagall undertook various projects in the region, including the 1919 founding of the Academy of the Arts. Despite these endeavors, differences among his colleagues eventually disillusioned Chagall. In 1920 he relinquished his position and moved his family to Moscow, the post-revolution capital of Russia.
In Moscow, Chagall was soon commissioned to create sets and costumes for various productions at the Moscow State Yiddish...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$796 Sale Price
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PKZ [Hand putting Rose into lapel of Suit].
By Hermann Blaser
Located in New York, NY
Blazer, Hermann. PKZ [Hand putting Rose into lapel of Suit]. 1936, Color lithograph. On Linen.
Blazer was a Graphic Designer who designed posters for the PKZ
Dept. store in Swit...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - Strength - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau
Title: Taureaux
Signed in the plate
Dimensions: 40 x 30 cm
Edition: 200
Luxury print edition from the portfolio of Trinckvel
1965
From the last po...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Adolf Dehn, Commodore Peak, 1940-42, mid-century lithograph of Colorado mountain
By Adolf Dehn
Located in New York, NY
Adolf Dehn (1895-1968) was an American painter, printmaker and draftsman. A native of Waterville, Minnesota, he attended the Minneapolis School of Art where he met colleague Wanda Ga...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Woman with Clown, from: Faust (Walpurgis Night) - Spanish Surrealism
Located in London, GB
This original hand-coloured etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Dalí" at the lower right margin.
It is also all hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 145, with Roma...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Marc Chagall - Bath-Sheba at the Feet of David - Original Handsigned Etching
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall - Bath-Sheba at the Feet of David - Original Handsigned Etching
1958
Printed by Tériade
Dimensions: 54 x 39 cm
Handsigned and numbered
handcolored
Edition: 100
Reference: Cramer 30.
Etching with hand-coloring, circa 1930, initialled in pencil, numbered 75/100 (there were also twenty hors-commerce copies) , published 1958 by Tériade, Paris, on Arches wove paper
Marc Chagall (born in 1887)
Marc Chagall was born in Belarus in 1887 and developed an early interest in art. After studying painting, in 1907 he left Russia for Paris, where he lived in an artist colony on the city’s outskirts. Fusing his own personal, dreamlike imagery with hints of the fauvism and cubism popular in France at the time, Chagall created his most lasting work—including I and the Village (1911)—some of which would be featured in the Salon des Indépendants exhibitions. After returning to Vitebsk for a visit in 1914, the outbreak of WWI trapped Chagall in Russia. He returned to France in 1923 but was forced to flee the country and Nazi persecution during WWII. Finding asylum in the U.S., Chagall became involved in set and costume design before returning to France in 1948. In his later years, he experimented with new art forms and was commissioned to produce numerous large-scale works. Chagall died in St.-Paul-de-Vence in 1985.
The Village
Marc Chagall was born in a small Hassidic community on the outskirts of Vitebsk, Belarus, on July 7, 1887. His father was a fishmonger, and his mother ran a small sundries shop in the village. As a child, Chagall attended the Jewish elementary school, where he studied Hebrew and the Bible, before later attending the Russian public school. He began to learn the fundamentals of drawing during this time, but perhaps more importantly, he absorbed the world around him, storing away the imagery and themes that would feature largely in most of his later work.
At age 19 Chagall enrolled at a private, all-Jewish art school and began his formal education in painting, studying briefly with portrait artist Yehuda Pen. However, he left the school after several months, moving to St. Petersburg in 1907 to study at the Imperial Society for the Protection of Fine Arts. The following year, he enrolled at the Svanseva School, studying with set designer Léon Bakst, whose work had been featured in Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. This early experience would prove important to Chagall’s later career as well.
Despite this formal instruction, and the widespread popularity of realism in Russia at the time, Chagall was already establishing his own personal style, which featured a more dreamlike unreality and the people, places and imagery that were close to his heart. Some examples from this period are his Window Vitebsk (1908) and My Fianceé with Black Gloves (1909), which pictured Bella Rosenfeld, to whom he had recently become engaged.
The Beehive
Despite his romance with Bella, in 1911 an allowance from Russian parliament member and art patron Maxim Binaver enabled Chagall to move to Paris, France. After settling briefly in the Montparnasse neighborhood, Chagall moved further afield to an artist colony known as La Ruche (“The Beehive”), where he began to work side by side with abstract painters such as Amedeo Modigliani and Fernand Léger as well as the avant-garde poet Guillaume Apollinaire. At their urging, and under the influence of the wildly popular fauvism and cubism, Chagall lightened his palette and pushed his style ever further from reality. I and the Village (1911) and Homage to Apollinaire (1912) are among his early Parisian works, widely considered to be his most successful and representative period.
Though his work stood stylistically apart from his cubist contemporaries, from 1912 to 1914 Chagall exhibited several paintings at the annual Salon des Indépendants exhibition, where works by the likes of Juan Gris, Marcel Duchamp and Robert Delaunay were causing a stir in the Paris art world. Chagall’s popularity began to spread beyond La Ruche, and in May 1914 he traveled to Berlin to help organize his first solo exhibition, at Der Sturm Gallery. Chagall remained in the city until the highly acclaimed show opened that June. He then returned to Vitebsk, unaware of the fateful events to come.
War, Peace and Revolution
In August 1914 the outbreak of World War I precluded Chagall’s plans to return to Paris. The conflict did little to stem the flow of his creative output, however, instead merely giving him direct access to the childhood scenes so essential to his work, as seen in paintings such as Jew in Green (1914) and Over Vitebsk (1914). His paintings from this period also occasionally featured images of the war’s impact on the region, as with Wounded Soldier (1914) and Marching (1915). But despite the hardships of life during wartime, this would also prove to be a joyful period for Chagall. In July 1915 he married Bella, and she gave birth to a daughter, Ida, the following year. Their appearance in works such as Birthday (1915), Bella and Ida by the Window (1917) and several of his “Lovers” paintings give a glimpse of the island of domestic bliss that was Chagall’s amidst the chaos.
To avoid military service and stay with his new family, Chagall took a position as a clerk in the Ministry of War Economy in St. Petersburg. While there he began work on his autobiography and also immersed himself in the local art scene, befriending novelist Boris Pasternak, among others. He also exhibited his work in the city and soon gained considerable recognition. That notoriety would prove important in the aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution when he was appointed as the Commissar of Fine Arts in Vitebsk. In his new post, Chagall undertook various projects in the region, including the 1919 founding of the Academy of the Arts. Despite these endeavors, differences among his colleagues eventually disillusioned Chagall. In 1920 he relinquished his position and moved his family to Moscow, the post-revolution capital of Russia.
In Moscow, Chagall was soon commissioned to create sets and costumes for various productions at the Moscow State Yiddish Theater, where he would paint a series of murals titled Introduction to the Jewish Theater as well. In 1921, Chagall also found work as a teacher at a school for war orphans. By 1922, however, Chagall found that his art had fallen out of favor, and seeking new horizons he left Russia for good.
Flight
After a brief stay in Berlin, where he unsuccessfully sought to recover the work exhibited at Der Sturm before the war, Chagall moved his family to Paris in September 1923. Shortly after their arrival, he was commissioned by art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard to produce a series of etchings for a new edition of Nikolai Gogol's 1842 novel Dead Souls. Two years later Chagall began work on an illustrated edition of Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables, and in 1930 he created etchings for an illustrated edition of the Old Testament, for which he traveled to Palestine to conduct research.
Chagall’s work during this period brought him new success as an artist and enabled him to travel throughout Europe in the 1930s. He also published his autobiography, My Life (1931), and in 1933 received a retrospective at the Kunsthalle in Basel, Switzerland. But at the same time that Chagall’s popularity was spreading, so, too, was the threat of Fascism and Nazism. Singled out during the cultural "cleansing" undertaken by the Nazis in Germany, Chagall’s work was ordered removed from museums throughout the country. Several pieces were subsequently burned, and others were featured in a 1937 exhibition of “degenerate art” held in Munich. Chagall’s angst regarding these troubling events and the persecution of Jews in general can be seen in his 1938 painting White Crucifixion.
With the eruption of World War II, Chagall and his family moved to the Loire region before moving farther south to Marseilles following the invasion of France. They found a more certain refuge when, in 1941, Chagall’s name was added by the director of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City to a list of artists and intellectuals deemed most at risk from the Nazis’ anti-Jewish campaign. Chagall and his family would be among the more than 2,000 who received visas and escaped this way.
Haunted Harbors
Arriving in New York City in June 1941, Chagall discovered that he was already a well-known artist there and, despite a language barrier, soon became a part of the exiled European artist community. The following year he was commissioned by choreographer Léonide Massine to design sets and costumes for the ballet Aleko, based on Alexander Pushkin’s “The Gypsies” and set to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
But even as he settled into the safety of his temporary home, Chagall’s thoughts were frequently consumed by the fate befalling the Jews of Europe and the destruction of Russia, as paintings such as The Yellow Crucifixion...
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