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Art Subject: Bride
The Eyes of Herod - Original Lithograph by Aubrey Beardsley - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Eyes of Herod is a beautiful original print on paper realized by Aubrey Vincent Beardsley.
Black and white lithograph.
The artwork is the plate n. 11 from the portfolio Eroti...
Category
1970s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Sans titre, Pablo Picasso, Toros Y Toreros (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Paper Size: 14.75 x 10.5 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Pablo Picasso, Toros y toreros, 1961. Published ...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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THE SMITH’S YARD
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES ABBOTT MCNEIL WHISTLER (1834 – 1903)
THE SMITH’S YARD 1895 (Spink, Stratis & Tedeschi 124)
lithograph, 1895, on wove paper, from the edition of 3000, published by
The Inter...
Category
1890s Impressionist Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mysterious Woman - Etching and Aquatint by Eliano Fantuzzi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Mysterious Woman is a hand-colored etching realized by Eliano Fantuzzi in 1970s.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower.
Written on the left" Hand-c...
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
"Le printemps" engraving by Amédée & Eugène Varin - Engraving 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Paint by Pierre Auguste COT in 1873
Engraved by Amédée et Eugène Varin
Entered according to act of congress in the year 1875 by M. Knoedler & co in the office of the librarian at Was...
Category
1870s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
$1,200 Sale Price
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Ark Interior III, four etchings by Arthur Geisert
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Title: Noah's Ark III
Medium: Etching with hand watercolor
Four plates, each one 14.5 x 20 inches
Condition: new, never framed
Date: 1981
This is a set of four etchings that make up...
Category
1980s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Etching
Picasso, Sans titre, Pablo Picasso, Toros Y Toreros (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Paper Size: 14.75 x 10.5 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Pablo Picasso, Toros y toreros, 1961. Published ...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Picasso, Sans titre, Pablo Picasso, Toros Y Toreros (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Paper Size: 14.75 x 10.5 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Pablo Picasso, Toros y toreros, 1961. Published ...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Paris-Ischia - Lithograph - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Paris-Ischia is a print realized by an Anonymous Artist in the 1880s century.
Lithograph on paper.
Titled.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented through harmonious and cong...
Category
1880s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jean Cocteau - The Picador - Original Lithograph
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph by Jean Cocteau
Title: The Picador
1961
Dimensions: 38 x 28 cm
Printed signature
Lithograph made for the portfolio "Gitans et Corridas" published by Soc...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ali Baba - (Cover design for "The Forty Thieves) - Serigrafía
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
La serigrafia va firmada a plancha
Se presenta enmarcada
Medidas de la serigrafía: 68 x 52 cm.
Medidas del marco: 83 x 63 cm.
El estado tal cual se aprecia, con algunas faltas y ...
Category
20th Century Aesthetic Movement Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Quebec and Iroquois, Canada, North America, mid 19th century lithograph.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Il Quebec / Irochesi - Capo degl' Irochesi''
Italian lithograph, c1841. Originally from 'Galleria universale di tutti i popoli del mondo' by Giuseppe Antonelli, published in Venice...
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fini, Sans titre, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin de Rives pur chiffon paper, manufactured by Les papeteries de Rives, Voiron, France. Paper Size: 16.93 x 14.17 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnu...
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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The Bedside - Lithograph by Pierre Chaput - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Bedside is an original Original Lithograph by Jean-Pierre Chaput in the Mid 20th Century.
Good condition.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced comp...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Si Sabrá Mas - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Si Sabrá Mas is a black and White aquatint, drypoint, and etching printed in blue-black ink on laid paper from Caprichos realized after Francisco Goya in 1881-1886.
6th Edition.
T...
Category
1880s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Modèle au Manteau Noir - Etching by Albert Besnard - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful print on verge, 1st state on 3 after which several changes were made. Numbered, signed and noted in pencil by the artist. Full Margins.
Former Collection Henri Prost and Lo...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Si Son de Otro Linage - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1863
Located in Roma, IT
Si son de otro linage is an original artwork realized by the great Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1810.
Original Etching on paper.
The artwork belongs to the famous series "Los...
Category
1860s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Retrospective Dutch Masters
By Larry Rivers
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original exhibition poster was created for the landmark Larry Rivers retrospective held in 1981 at the Kestner-Gesellschaft in Hanover, one of Germany’s leading institutions for...
Category
1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Jeune Fille dans une Barque, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Paper Size: 14 x 10.25 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Verve: Revue Artistique et ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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David Brings the Gold Shield to Jerusalem, Renaissance Engraving by Raphael
Located in Long Island City, NY
Raphael Sanzio da Urbino, Italian (1483 - 1520) - David Brings the Gold Shield to Jerusalem, Year: 1649, Medium: Engraving on laid paper, plate signed, Size: 9.5 x 11 in. (24.13 x...
Category
1940s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
"Introspection" Woodblock by Kaoru Kawano
By Kaoru Kawano
Located in Pasadena, CA
The woodblock print of a girl in red depicts a moment of introspection with the defined closed eyes of a little girl at the top of the work and the vision of a malicious face at the bottom.
Kaoru Kawano was a woodblock...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$520 Sale Price
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Sibilla - Etching by Leo Guida - 1972
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Sibilla is an etching print realized by Leo Guida in 1972.
Hand-signed, dated, edition of 3/15.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic mov...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Moses and Aaron - Etching by Marc Chagall - 1956
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Etching on Montval wove paper, realized by Marc Chagall in 1931-39 and published by Tériade in 1956.
Belongs to the series "The Bible".
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
N...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Moses Parts the Red Sea & Receives the Ten Commandments
Located in Soquel, CA
Moses Parts the Red Sea & Receives the Ten Commandments - Leaflet from the 1497 'Pirate' Nuremberg Chronicles
The Nuremberg Chronicles were first published in 1493 by Anton Koberg...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Figurative Prints
Materials
Rag Paper, Etching
Three Nudes Bathing
By McVey
Located in Houston, TX
Alluring black and white fine art stone lithograph of three females frolicking in the shallow water around a dock by artist McVey, circa 1950. Signed lower right.
Original one-of-a-...
Category
1950s Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink
Roman Costume - Etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli - 1831
Located in Roma, IT
Roman Costume is an original etching artwork realized by Bartolomeo Pinelli in 1831.
Signed by the artist on the plate, dated lower right.
Good conditions.
The artwork represents ...
Category
1830s Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Decorative Motifs- Japanese - Chromolithograph by A. Alessio - Early 20th Centur
Located in Roma, IT
Decorative Motifs - Japanese Styles is a print on ivory-colored paper realized by Andrea Alessio in the early 20th Century. Signed on the plate on the lower.
Vintage Chromolithogra...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Forgiveness - Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1925
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
Forgiveness is an offset and lithograph print, realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is from the suite of illustrations realized by Grosz for the book "Kobes".
1st edition printed ...
Category
1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Birmingham Race Riots
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only helped define Pop Art but has had a profound and enduring effect on artists, and image-mak...
Category
1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Sweet Home - 21st Century, Contemporary, Figurative, Africa Village, Chhild
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure
Unmounted artwork
Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
About Artist
Tosin Oyeniyi is an intrinsically talente...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Ink, Linocut
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
The Pig Killers, by David Deuchar after Ostade
Located in Middletown, NY
Deuchar, David (after van Ostade). Les paysans tuant un porc.
Edinburgh: c1800.
Etching on thin cream laid paper, 4 11/16 x 4 11/16 inches (117 x 117 mm), narrow margins. Horizontal edge tear extending approximately 1-inch into the image area at the center left sheet edge. Skinning at the bottom-center sheet edge, verso, and adhesive residue at the top two corners, verso. Etched by David Deuchar after van Ostade, from A Collection of Etchings After the Most Eminent Masters of the Dutch and Flemish Schools particularly Rembrandt, Ostade, Cornelius Bega and Van Vliet, Edinburgh: 22 December, 1803.
"The pig killers is one of van Ostade’s most striking, both for its circular format and unusual lighting. Pictorial representations of pig slaughtering were known in medieval book illumination where they were incorporated into depictions of activities relating to the month of November or December. In this intimate, nocturnal scene, illuminated by torchlight, van Ostade combines coarse, barnyard realism with tender observation as a peasant family gathers round to witness the slaughter of a pig, which presumably will feed the large family during the long winter months. As the eldest son kneels on the animal, the farmer’s wife collects the blood in her long handled pan...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Monstrosities of 1824; Plate 7
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Thomas McLean, 1835. Third Edition. Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 1818 (published August 1st, 1835) 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (240 x 348 mm), full...
Category
Mid-19th Century Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Watercolor
RUNNING THE RAPIDS
By Frank Benson
Located in Portland, ME
Benson, Frank. RUNNING THE RAPIDS. Paff 269. Etching, 1927. Edition of 150. Signed in pencil. Printed on Whatman paper. 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches (plate), 8 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (sheet). A...
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Soutine, Lièvre pendu, Soutine, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper
Year: 1966
Paper Size: 26 x 20 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Soutine, I, Collect...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Dios la Perdone: Y era su Madre - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Dios la perdone: Y era su madre is a black and White aquatint, drypoint, and etching printed in blue-black ink on laid paper from Caprichos realized after Francisco Goya in 1881-188...
Category
1880s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Picasso, Minotaur (Orozco 95), Picasso (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper
Year: 1946
Paper Size: 12.625 x 18.75 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Catalogue raisonné reference: Or...
Category
1940s Cubist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$3,996 Sale Price
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Femmes Surrealiste - Surrealistic Woman
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Femmes Surrealiste - Surrealistic Woman
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 23/150
MEASUREMENTS: 25.6" x 19.6"
YEAR: 1974
FRAME...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
XII from Visions of the Bible, Modern Lithograph by Reuven Rubin
By Reuven Rubin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Reuven Rubin, Israeli (1893 - 1974) - XII from Visions of the Bible, Year: 1972, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 83/150, Image Size: 25 x 18 inches, S...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bathsheba Receiving David's Letter - Etching after Adriaen Collae - 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
This etching, the prototype of which is attributed to Adriaen Collaert (ca. 1560-1618), is taken from the Theatrum Biblicum by Claes Jansz. Visscher, first published in Amsterdam in ...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Tête de Femme (Ginestet-Pouillon 525), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Southampton, NY
Etching on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Ginestet, Colette de, and Catherine...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Disparate Furioso - Original Etching - 1875
Located in Roma, IT
Disparate furioso - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828).
The artwork is the plate n. 6 from of the second edition of t...
Category
1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Model in the Studio - Lithograph by Felice Casorati - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Modella nello studio is a beautiful original lithograph on paper, realized by the Italian master Felice Casorati in 1946.
Hand-signed in pencil "F. Casorati" on the lower left margi...
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,181 Sale Price
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Dos Mujeres Sentadas, Lithograph by Francisco Zuniga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Francisco Zuniga, Mexican (1912 - 1998)
Title: Dos Mujeres Sentadas
Year: 1978
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: VIII
Size: 22.5 in. x 31 in. (57.15...
Category
1970s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Fille - Original Lithograph by Georges Rouault
Located in Roma, IT
Original lithograph, edited in 100+25 pieces numbered and hand signed.
3rd statem, the first with monogram printed on plate lower left.
Very good conditions.
Published in the Catalogue "Georges Rouault: Oeuvre Gravé", by Isabella Rouault and François Chapon n. 320, p. 278
Georges Rouault (Paris, 1871) has been an interesting exponent of French Expressionism...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Samson, the Judge - Original Etching by Ernst Fuchs - 1960s
By Ernst Fuchs
Located in Roma, IT
Samson, The Judge is an original artwork realized between 1963 - 1967 by the famous artist Ernst Fuchs.
Black and white etching.
Included frame: 72.5 x 1.5...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
What Price Tickets
By Ronnie Wood
Located in Toronto, ON
24" x 36" Unframed
Limited Edition Giclee on Paper of 150
Hand Signed by Ronnie Wood
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Giclée
The Poem of Ossian - Lithograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph realized in 19th Century and dedicated to the Poem of Ossian (an imaginary Gaelic Bard, in reality a contemporary author of the time).
Not signed. good condition.
Category
19th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Couple - Etching on Paper by Ricardo de Los-Rios - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is an artwork realized by the Spanish artist Ricardo de Los-Rios.
Original etching on paper.
Signed on the plate at the bottom
Good conditions.
The artwork represented a ...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Confindustria. Innovazione Formazione Sviluppo - Offset - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage offset poster realized fior Confindustria in 1986.
Very good condition.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Kabalat Shabbat
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Kabalat Shabbat" c.1990 is an original color serigraph by Israeli artist Zamy Steynovitz, 1951-200. It is hand signed and numbered 170/300 in pencil by the artist. The image size is 27.5 x 19.5 inches, framed size is 43.5 x 34 inches. Custom framed in a wooden gold frame, with gold color bevel and black fabric matting. It is in excellent condition.
About the artist:
Zamy Steynovitz was born in Liegnitz, Poland in 1951 and at a very early age he aspired to be a painter. He won first prize in an art competition for children before immigrating to Israel in 1957.
Formally educated at the Art School in Tel-Aviv and the Royal Academy in London, he completed his studies and began artistic pursuits in earnest. Zamy established his place in the art world after displaying his work in one-man exhibitions around the world.
His art subjects has been strongly influenced by Jewish tradition and folklore. Additionally, his work presents general themes such as Paris cafes, still lives, flowers, circuses and landscapes.
In the early stages of his work, he used rich pastels and light brush strokes. When he visited South America in the early 1980’s, his work reflected his new surroundings and were further enhanced by local brightness and colorfulness.
His paintings are a reflection of his Eastern-European Jewish heritage, and they are enhanced by a rich choice of warm tones and colors
He became known in the circles of the Nobel Institute for Peace in Norway, and consequently was acquainted with many Nobel prize winners, such as Anwar Sadat, Menahem Begin, the Dalai Lama, Itzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, Elie Wiesel, Desmond Tutu, Oscar Arias Sanchez, as well as many of the world’s greatest leaders and artists.
He tragically passed away in September of 2000.
The work of Zamy Steynovitz is held in numerous collections worldwide.
Selected exhibitions
1970 – Museum – Ramat – Gan
1973 – Brussels – gallery L’Angle Aigu
1974 – London – International Gallery
1974 – Paris – Grand Palais Gallery
1975 – Milan – Brera Gallery
1976 – N.Y. Valentino Gallery – N.Y. Hilton
1977 – N.Y. Valentino Gallery – N.Y. Hilton
1978 – Basel - Aactual Gallery
1978 – Geneva – Bohren Gallery
1978 – Oslo – Nobel Peace Prize Exhibit
1979 – London – Hamilton Gallery
1979 – N.Y. – Canty Art Gallery
1979 – Amsterdam – Schipper Gallery
1979 – Washington – International Art Fair
1980 – Cleveland – Jewish Museum
1980 – Tel-Aviv – Habima National Art Fair
1981 – Abraham – Goodman House N.Y.
1981 – San Lucas Gallery – Bogotá
1981 – Petach-Tikva – Israel – Shelanu Gallery
1982 – Pedro Gerson Gallery – Mexico City
1983 – Simon Bolivar...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Fisherman Three 1939 original signed etching by John E. Costigan
Located in Paonia, CO
Fisherman Three is an original 1939 signed etching by the American artist John E. Costigan
( 1888-1972 ) a self-taught painter and printmaker. The locale for Costigan...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Serpent - Etching by M. Chirnoaga - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Serpent is an original etching artwork by Marcel Chirnoaga (Romanian, 1930–2008) one of the most important artists of fantasy painting and mythology subjects in the XX century.
The ...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Etching
"What the Flowers Say" Copper Plate Heliogravure
Located in Chicago, IL
2018 marks the centenary anniversary of Ferdinand Hodler’s death. In that 100 years time, the art world’s esteem of this important artist has proved fickle. It has shifted from extolling his artistic merits during his lifetime to showing something of a feigned disdain- more reflective of the world political order than a true change of heart for Hodler’s work. After years of Hodler being all but a footnote in the annals of art history and generally ignored, finally, the pendulum has righted itself once again. Recent retrospective exhibitions in Europe and the United States have indicated not only a joyful rediscovery of Hodler’s art but a firm conviction that his work and world view hold particular relevance today. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is not only a collection of printed work reflecting the best of all of his painted work created up to 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I, the portfolio itself is an encapsulation of Hodler’s ethos, Parallelisme.
Hodler developed his philosophy of Parallelisme as a unifying approach to art which strips away detail in search of harmony. By means of abstraction, symmetry and repetition, Hodler sought ways to depict Nature’s essence and her fundamental, universal order. He believed these universal laws governing the natural, observable world extend to the spiritual realm. Symbolist in nature with Romantic undertones, his works are equally portraits of these universal concepts and feelings governing all life as they are a visual portrait in the formal sense. Whether his subject is a solitary tree, a moment in battle, mortal fear, despair, the awe inspired by a vast mountain range, a tender moment or even the collective conviction in a belief, Hodler unveils this guiding principle of Parallelisme.
Several aspects of Hodler’s portfolio reinforce his tenets of Parallelisme. The Table of Contents clearly preferences a harmonious design over detail. The two columns, consisting of twenty lines each, list the images by order of appearance using their German titles. The abbreviated titles are somewhat cryptic in that they obscure the identities of the sitters. Like the image Hodler presents, they are distillations of the sitter without any extraneous details. This shortening was also done in an effort to maintain a harmonious symmetry of the Table of Contents, themselves, and keep titles to a one-line limit. The twenty-fourth title: “Bildnis des Schweizerischen Gesandten C.” was so long, even with abbreviation, that it required two lines; so, for the sake of maintaining symmetry, the fortieth title: “Bauernmadchen” was omitted from the list. This explains why the images are not numbered. Hodler’s reasoning is not purely esoteric. Symmetry and pattern reach beyond mere formal design principles. Finding sameness and imposing it over disorder goes to the root of Hodler’s identity and his art. A Swiss native, Hodler was bi-lingual and spoke German and French. Each printed image, even number forty, have titles in both of Hodler’s languages. Certainly, there was a market for Hodler’s work among francophones and this inclusion may have been a polite gesture to that end; however, this is the only place in the portfolio which includes French. With German titles at the lower left of each image, Hodler’s name at bottom center and corresponding French titles at the lower right of each image, there is a harmony and symmetry woven into all aspects of the portfolio. This holds true for the page design, as it applies to each printed image and as it describes the Swiss artist himself. Seen in this light, Hodler’s portfolio of printed work is the epitome of Hodler’s Parallelisme. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is also one of the most significant documents to best tell the story of how Hodler, from Switzerland, became caught between political cross-hairs and how the changing tides of nations directly impacted the artist during his lifetime as well as the accessibility of his art for generations to come.
The Munich-based publisher of the portfolio, R. Piper & Co., Verlag, plays a crucial role in this story. Publishing on a wide range of subjects from philosophy and world religion to music, literature and the visual arts; the publisher’s breadth of inquiry within any one genre was equal in scope. Their marketing strategy to publish multiple works on Hodler offers great insight as to what a hot commodity Hodler was at that time. R.Piper & Co.’s Almanach, which they published in 1914 in commemoration of their first ten years in business, clearly illustrates the rapid succession- strategically calculated for achieving the deepest and broadest impact - in which they released three works on Hodler to hit the market by the close of 1914. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was their premier publication. It preceded C.A. Loosli’s Die Zeichnungen Ferdinand Hodlers, a print portfolio after 50 drawings by Hodler which was released in Autumn of 1914 at the mid-level price-point of 75-150 Marks; and a third less expensive collection of prints after original works by Hodler, which had not been included in either of the first two portfolios, was released at the end of that year entitled Ferdinand Hodler by Dr. Ewald Bender.
The title and timing of DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS' debut leaves little doubt as to the connection it has with another avant-garde portfolio of art prints, Das Werk Gustav Klimts, released in 5 installments from 1908 -1914 by Galerie Miethke in Vienna. Hodler, himself, was involved in Klimt’s ground-breaking project. As the owner of Klimt’s 1901 painting, “Judith with the Head of Holifernes” which appears as the ninth collotype print in the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Hodler was obliged to grant access of the painting to the art printers in Vienna for them to create the collotype sometime before 1908. Hodler had been previously invited in 1904 to take part in what would be the last exhibition of the Vienna Secession before Klimt and others associated with Galerie Miethke broke away. In an interview that same year, Hodler indicated that he respected and was impressed by Klimt. Hodler’s esteem for Klimt went beyond the art itself; he emulated Klimt’s method aimed at increasing his market reach and appeal to a wider audience by creating a print portfolio of his painted work. By 1914, Hodler and his publisher had the benefit of hindsight to learn from Klimt’s Das Werk publication.
Responding to the sluggish sales of Klimt’s expensive endeavor, Hodler’s publisher devised the same diversified 1-2-3 strategy for selling Hodler’s Das Werk portfolio as they did with regards to all three works on Hodler they published that year. For their premium tier of DAS WERKS FERDINAND HODLERS, R. Piper & Co. issued an exclusive Museum quality edition of 15 examples on which Hodler signed each page. At a cost of 600 Marks, this was generally on par with Klimt’s asking price of 600 Kronen for his Das Werk portfolio. A middle-tiered Preferred edition of 30, costing somewhat less and with Hodler’s signature only on the Title Page, was also available. The General edition, targeting the largest audience with its much more affordable price of 150 Marks, is distinguishable by its smaller size.
Rather than use the subscription format Miethke had chosen for Klimt’s portfolios which proved to have had its challenges, R. Piper & Co. employed a different strategy. In addition to instantly gratifying the buyer with all 40 of the prints comprising DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS and the choice among three price points, they advertised in German journals a fourth possibility of ordering single prints from them directly. These printed images are easily discernible from the three complete folio editions. The paper size of the single purchased images is of the larger format like the Museum and Preferred editions, measuring 65 h x 50 w cm; however, the paper itself is the same copper print paper used in the General edition and then mounted on poster board. The publishing house positioned itself to be a direct retailer of Hodler’s art. They astutely recognized the potential for profitability and the importance, therefore, of having proprietary control over his graphic works.
R. Piper & Co. owned the exclusive printing rights to Hodler’s best work found in their three publications dating from 1914. That same year, a competing publication out of Weimar entitled Ferdinand Hodler: Ein Deutungsversuch von Hans Muhlestein appeared. Its author, a young scholar, expressed his frustration with the limited availability of printable work by Hodler. In his Author’s Note on page 19, dated Easter, 1914, Muhlestein confirms that the publisher of Hodler’s three works from that same year owned the exclusive reproductive rights to Hodler’s printed original work. He goes further to explain that even after offering to pay to use certain of those images in his book, the publisher refused. Clearly, a lot of jockeying for position in what was perceived as a hot market was occurring in 1914.
Instead, their timing couldn’t have been more ill-fated, and what began with such high hopes suddenly found a much different market amid a hostile climate. The onset of WWI directly impacted sales. Many, including Ferdinand Hodler, publicly protested the September invasion by Germany of France in which the Reims Cathedral, re-built in the 13th century, was shelled, destroying priceless stained glass and statuary and burning off the iron roof and badly damaging its wooden interior. Thomas Gaehtgens, Director of the Getty Research Institute describes how the bombing of Reims Cathedral triggered blindingly powerful and deeply-felt ultra-nationalistic responses: “The event profoundly shocked French intellectuals, who for the most part had an intense admiration for German literature, music and art. By relying on press accounts and abstracting from the visual propagandistic content, they were unable to interpret the siege of Reims without turning away from German culture in disgust. Similarly, the German intelligentsia and bourgeoisie were also shocked to find themselves described as vandals and barbarians. Ninety-three writers, scientists, university professors, and artists signed a protest, directed against the French insults, that defended the actions of the German army.”
In similar fashion, a flurry of open letters published in German newspapers and journals as well as telegrams and postcards sent directly to Hodler following his outcry in support of Reims reflected the collectively critical reaction to Hodler’s position. Loosli documents that among the list of telegrams Hodler received was one from none other than his publisher in Germany, R.Piper & Co. Allegiances were questioned. The market for Hodler in Germany immediately softened. Matters worsened for the publisher beyond the German backlash to Hodler and his loss of appeal in the home market; with the war in full swing until 1918, there was little chance a German publisher would have much interest coming from outside of Germany and Austria. Following the war and Hodler’s death in 1918, the economy in Germany continued to spiral out and just 5 years later, hyper-inflation had rendered its currency worthless vis-a-vis its value in the pre-war years. Like the economy, Hodler’s reputation was slow to find currency in these difficult times. Even many French art fans had turned sour on Hodler as they considered his long-standing relationship in German and Austrian art circles. Thus, the portfolio’s rarity in Hodler’s lifetime and, consequently, the availability of these printed images from DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS since his death has been scarce.
In many ways, Hodler and his portfolios were casualties of war. Thwarted from their intended purpose of reaching a wide audience and show-casing Parallelisme, Hodler’s unique approach to art, this important, undated work has been both elusive and shrouded in mystery. Perhaps DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was left undated as a means of affirming the timelessness of Hodler’s art. Digging back into the past, Hodler’s contemporaries, like R. Piper, C.A. Loosli and Hans Muhlestein, indeed provide the keys to unequivocally clarify what has largely been mired in obscurity. Just after Hodler’s death, the May, 1918 issue of the Burlington Review ran a small column which opined hope for better access to R.Piper & Co.’s DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS; 100 years later, it is finally possible. Hodler’s voice rings out through these printed works. Once more, his modern approach to depicting portraits, landscapes and grand scale scenes of Swiss history speak to us of what is universal. Engaging with any one of these images is the chance to connect to Hodler’s vision and his world view- weltanschauung in German, vision du monde in French- however one expresses these concepts through language, its message embedded in his work is the same: “We differ from one another, but we are like each other even more. What unifies us is greater and more powerful than what divides us.” Today, Hodler’s art couldn’t be more timely.
FERDINAND HODLER (SWISS, 1853-1918) explored Parallelisme through figurative poses evocative of music, dance and ritual. His images of sex, night, desertion and death as well as his many landscapes exploring the universal longing for harmony with Nature are unique and important works embodying a Symbolist paradigm. Truly a Modern Master, Hodler’s influence can be felt in the work of Gustav Klimt and Kolomon Moser and subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern, Switzerland in 1853. His entire family succumbed to tuberculosis, and he was orphaned by the age of 13, the only surviving child among his 13 siblings. In the absence of family, the influence and guidance which his art instructors provided Hodler was foundational and profound. Hodler began formal studies in 1872 at the Geneva School of Design. Under Barthelemy Menn, Hodler was drawn to the ordered beauty of Euclidian geometry and Durer’s fundamentals of human proportion that proved to be guiding principles informing his art throughout his life.
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