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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Period: 1920s
Maurice de Vlaminck - Original Handsigned Etching
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Maurice de Vlaminck - Original Handsigned Etching Title: L'Oise à Cergy Reference: Catalogue raisonné Walterskirchen, n°110. Original etching, hand-signed in pencil by the artist ; ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Maternité
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful black and white lithograph on China paper. Excellent conditions, including a ivory colored cardboard passepartout 49.6 x 45 cm. Image dimensions: 26 x 20.5 cm Touching ar...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"7Eme Bal de l'AAAA Skater, " Original Lithograph Poster by Ludovic Rodo Pissarr
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"7Eme Bal de l'AAAA Skater" is an original color lithograph poster by Ludovic Rodo Pissarro. The artist signed the piece in plate lower right. It depicts a wo...
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Lithograph

La Parade, Lithograph by Georges Rouault c1925
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Georges Rouault Title: La Parade Year: circa 1925 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 15/25 Image: 12.5 x 1...
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Lithograph

L'Orateur, Lithograph by Georges Rouault
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Georges Rouault Title: L'Orateur Year: circa 1925 Medium: Lithograph on ivory Japanese paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 13/50 Image: 11.5 x 8.5 inches Size: 19...
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Lithograph

A Spanish Good Friday (Ronda)
Located in Storrs, CT
A Spanish Good Friday (Ronda). 1925. Drypoint. Dodgson catalog 412 state xxix. Image: 12 1/2 x 8 1/8 (sheet 16 3/4 x 12). Edition 160 in 29 states. Illustrated: Zigrosser: Six Centuries of Fine Prints. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr. Printed on smooth simili-Japan paper with full margins. Signed in pencil by Bone. Housed in a 22 1/4 x 15 1/2-inch period gold leaf frame. This is one of Bone's most dramatic images. The night shadows...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Fourteenth Street. The Wigwam. (Tammany Hall).
Located in Storrs, CT
1928. Etching. Morse catalog 235. state ii. Image: 9 3/4 x 7 (sheet 17 1/4 x 11 3/8). From the first printing of 100 proofs by Peter Platt. There were an additional 10 printed by Er...
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Etching

Le Gladiateur (B/W)
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered.This lithograph is from the portfolio “Metamorphosis”. Reference: A. Ciranna, Giorgio de Chirico. Catalogo delle opere grafiche, Milan-Rome, p. 32, n.12 V...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Le Gladiateur - Lithograph - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Coloured Lithograph, 1929. Dimensions: 41,2 x 31 cm. Hand signed and numbered. This lithograph is from the portfolio “Metamorphosis”. Reference: A. Ciranna, Giorgio de Chirico. C...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Machine Guns
Located in Storrs, CT
Machine Guns. 1921-22. Etching. Giardina 64 state ii. 7 x 11 1/2 (sheet 9 3/8 x 13 3/4). Published state from the edition of 75. Toning in the image area; ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

La Depart Pour La Chasse
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur lithograph La Depart Pour La Chasse, in five colors, 1927, signed and numbered (35/150) in pencil (Sylvain Laboureur, Godefry 780), from the edition of 150 plus ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marechal Ferrant (The Blacksmith)
Located in New York, NY
Hermine David (1886-1970), Marechal Ferrant (The Blacksmith), etching and drypoint, signed in pencil lower right [also signed in the plate lower left], ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Peintre travaillant
Located in Wien, 9
- one of the 13 etchings from the book Le Chef-d'OEvre Inconnu - edition 340 - unsigned (as specified in the cat. raisonné) - cat. raisonné Bloch 89
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

"New Masses" Vol 1, No 1, May 1926, Actual Magazine, VG Condition Hugo Gellert
Located in New York, NY
"New Masses" Vol 1, No 1, May 1926, Actual Magazine, VG Condition Hugo Gellert New Masses Magazine. May 1926, Inaugural: Vol 1, No 1. Published by the New Masses Inc., 39 West 8th St., New York City. New Masses (1926-1948) was an American Marxist magazine launched in New York City. It was closely associated with the Communist Party USA. With the coming of the Great Depression in 1929 America became more receptive to ideas from the political Left and New Masses became highly influential in intellectual circles. The magazine has been called the principal organ of the American cultural left from 1926 onwards. It featured the work of an array of independent writers and artists. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s recent exhibition, “Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s” celebrated the American spirit during the depression era. In the exhibition several issues of "New Masses" are exhibited, but not Vol 1. No. 1. We offer that. Lithograph by Hugo Gellert on the cover and multiple illustrations in magazine. Hugo Gellert (1892-1985) was a Hungarian-American illustrator and muralist. A committed radical and member of the Communist Party of America, Gellert is considered by some art critics as among the best political work of the first half of the 20th century. The artists who works are inside Vol 1, No. 1 include: William Gropper, Adolph Dehn, Stuart Davis, Art Young, I. Klein, Boardman Robinson, Wanda Gag, Louis Lozowick, F. S. Hynd, New Masses, Otto Soclow, Hans Stengel and Arnold Ronnebeck. The writers included in this issue: Babette Deutsch, Robert Dljnn, Robinson Jeffers, William Carlos Williams, Nathan Asch, Norman Studer, M. H. Hedges, Art Shields, Karol Rembov, Hal Saunders-White, Edwin Seaver, George Sterling, Scott Nearing and Whittaker Chambers. Editors: Egmont Arens, Joseph Freeman, Hugo Gellert, Michael Gold, James Rorty, and Joan Sloan.Executive Board: Egmont Arens, Maurice Becker, Helen Black, John Dos Passos, Robert Dunn...
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Paper

THE GOOD CANDIDATE - from Reincarnations - Pere Ubu
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871 -1958) THE GOOD CANDIDATE, BOUDOUBADABOU, 1928 (Chapon & Rouault 10) Etching, aquatint and roulette. From “Reincarnations du Pere Ubu...
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Aquatint

Odalisque sur la terrasse (Odalisque on the Terrace)
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This large, dramatic and beautiful work has been thoughtfully executed, expressing the technical mastery and skill of Henri Matisse. Brightly colored and delicately composed, this wo...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Aquatint

Figure assise sur fond de carreaux fleuris
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Figure assise sur fond de carreaux fleuris, 1929 etching, on chine appliqué Signed in pencil and numbered 12 from the edition of 25 Plate: 4 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (11.1 x ...
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Drypoint

Nu assis, bras croisés sur la poitrine
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Nu assis, bras croisés sur la poitrine, 1929 drypoint, on chine appliqué, signed in pencil and numbered 22 from the edition of 25 Plate: 5 9/16 x 3 15/16 inches (14.1 x...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Petite Liseuse
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Petite Liseuse, 1923 lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition 3 of 12 AP, apart from the edition of 50 17 3/16 x 11 in. (43.7 x 27.9 cm) Ref: Duthuit 431; Cat. 40 signed...
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Lithograph

Nu couché, jambe repliée - Étude de jambes
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Nu couché, jambe repliée - Étude de jambes, 1925 lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition of 50 18 x 22 1/16 in. (45.7 x 56 cm)
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Lithograph

Figure devant tapa africain
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Figure devant tapa africain, 1929 lithograph on Japanese vellum, edition of 50 25 3/8 x 19 11/16 in. (64.5 x 50 cm)
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Lithograph

Danseuse endormie
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Danseuse endormie, 1926-27 lithograph on Japanese vellum, AP 17 5/16 x 22 in. (44 x 55.9 cm)
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Danseuse à mi-jambes, Main au Menton (Pl. de l'album Dix danseuses)
Located in New York, NY
Henri Matisse Danseuse à mi-jambes, Main au Menton (Pl. de l'album Dix danseuses), 1927 lithograph on wove paper 19 3/4 x 13 in. (50.2 x 33 cm)
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Lithograph

Paris Omnibus - 20th Century, Linocut, Print by Claude Flight
Located in London, GB
Signed & numbered in image from the edition of 50. Printed from 4 blocks in blue oil paint, crimson oil paint, viridian printing ink and black printing ink. On oriental laid tinted w...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Attractive Nude - Original drypoint etching, Handsigned, 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934) Attractive Nude, 1928 Original drypoint etching Signed with a crayon and also plate signed Dated 1928 On vellum 28 x 24 cm (c. 11 x 9,4 in) Very good...
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Drypoint

Stretching Nude - Original drypoint etching, Handsigned, 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934) Stretching Nude, 1928 Original drypoint etching Signed with a crayon and also plate signed Dated 1928 On vellum 28 x 24 cm (c. 11 x 9,4 in) Excellent...
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Drypoint

Young Model - Original drypoint etching, Handsigned, 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934) Young Model, 1928 Original drypoint etching Signed with a crayon and also plate signed Dated 1928 On vellum 28 x 24 cm (c. 11 x 9,4 in) Excellent con...
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Drypoint

Awaking Model - Original drypoint etching, Handsigned, 1928
Located in Paris, FR
Armand Rassenfosse (1862-1934) Awaking Model, 1928 Original drypoint etching Signed with a crayon and also plate signed Dated 1928 On vellum 28 x 24 cm (c. 11 x 9,4 in) Very good c...
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Drypoint

Cafe des Allies - Original woodcut, Handsigned and Numbered /105 - Ref #L725
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Emile Laboureur Cafe des Allies, 1920 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /105 Bears the blind stamp of the editor (Lugt 1140a) On Vel...
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Woodcut

Quarter of Nine, Saturday's Children.
Located in Storrs, CT
Quarter of Nine, Saturday's Children. 1929. Drypoint. McCarron 78. 9 3/4 x 12 3/4 (sheet 12 7/8 x 17 7/8). Illustrated: American Etchers: Martin Lewis. Edition 107. A fine impression...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Relics (Speakeasy Corner).
Located in Storrs, CT
McCarron 74. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 17 1/8 x 13 3/4). Edition of 111. Illustrated: American Etchers: Martin Lewis. A brilliant, luminous impression with rich, velvety burr, printed on cream laid paper. Signed in pencil. Price upon request. Housed in an archival mat and a 25 x 21-inch black wood frame. According to McCarron, page 136, "The popularity of Relics when first issued is clear; the entire edition sold in just a few months, a spectacular achievement for a printmaker of the time." The location depicted in Relics is the intersection of Charles Street and West Fourth Street in Greenwich Village, a few blocks from Lewis's house on Bedford Street. During Lewis' lifetime, Relics was his most popular print, and the entire edition was sold. Relics and Glow of the City...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

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