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Art Subject: Bride
Woman - Etching and Drypoint Japan paper by Ilse Voigt - 1950s
By Ilse Voigt
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original artwork realized by Ilse Voigt in the first years of the 1950s.
Etching and drypoint on Japan paper.
Good conditions except for some small spots on the upper margin.
This artwork is a precious drypoint on elegant Japan paper; it represents a female stilized figure with a long...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
"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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Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh - 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
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
Yves Kline Violins, Arman
By Arman
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Arman (1929-2005)
Title: Yves Kline Violins
Year: 1978
Edition: 102/150, plus proofs
Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper
Size: 30 x 22.25 inches
Cond...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
$2,800 Sale Price
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Lovers and Nude - Etching by Carlo Mattioli - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers and Nude is the original etching and aquatint on paper realized by Carlo Mattioli in the 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Very good conditions.
The artwork is expressed thr...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Construction d'un Temple en Ruine - Plate n. 9 - Etching by Paul Delvaux - 1973
By Paul Delvaux
Located in Roma, IT
Construction d’un temple – Plate n. 9 is a b/w original etching realized in 1972 (as stated on plate on the lower right margin) by Paul Delvaux.
From the collection “ Construction ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le village (Cramer 34; Mourlot 199), Chagall
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 9.06 x 7.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Chagall, Marc, and Julien Cain. Chagall Li...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Tête de Femme (Ginestet-Pouillon 525), Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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
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
Inferno, Canto VIII (Field 189-200; M/L. 1039-1138), La Divina Commedia
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin pur chiffon de Rives paper. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné reference: Michler & Löpsin...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Eros and Thanatos - Etching by Sergio barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Eros and Thanatos is an Original Etching realized by Sergio Barletta in the Early 1970s.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
Numbered. Edition, 10/160
The artwork is depicted through...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Gerard Dou's Portrait of Himself
By Gerard Dou (Leiden 1613 - 1675)
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid Arches paper, 6 9/16 x 5 1/8 inches (166 x 129 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil, lower center margin. A very good impression. Titled, dated, and inscribed in...
Category
19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching
Fini, Composition, Fruits de la Passion, XXe siècle (after)
By Leonor Fini
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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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Ecole de Paris - Lithograph by Antoni Clavé - 1956
By Antoni Clavé
Located in Roma, IT
Ecole de Paris is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1956 by Antoni Clavé.
A mixed colored lithograph on vélin d'Arches.
Hand signed on the lower right margin
Numbered o...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$766 Sale Price
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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
Ancient Roman Statues - Original Etching by Vincenzo Campana - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Statues, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized from a design by Vincenzo Campana in the 18th century.
Signed on the pl...
Category
18th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Daily Life Scene - Etching by Thomas Holloway - 1810
Located in Roma, IT
Daily life scene is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to promote the Knowledge a...
Category
1810s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$293 Sale Price
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Antic Beauty in the Woods - Original lithograph - 1898
Located in Paris, IDF
Eugène GRASSET
Antic Beauty in the Woods, 1898
Original lithograph (Champenois workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in)
INFORMATION: Lithograp...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Construction d'un Temple en Ruine - Plate n. 10 - Etching by Paul Delvaux - 1973
By Paul Delvaux
Located in Roma, IT
Construction d’un temple – Plate n. 10 is a b/w original etching realized in 1973 (as reported on plate on the lower right margin) by Paul Delvaux.
From the collection “ Constr...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Arabes d'Oran - Etching by Eugene Delacroix - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Arabes d'Oran is a black and White etching realized by E. Delacroix in the 1860s.
Titled in the lower.
Image size: 17x21.
Very good impression with wide margins and a very fresh ...
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
St. Paul's From Ludgate Hill, from Original Views of London As It Is
Located in Middletown, NY
Lithograph with hand tinting on heavy wove paper, full margins. Significant condition issues in the margins which include adhesive residue, edge tears and minor edge losses. The image area is clean with minor mat tone, however, colors are slightly attenuated. The verso shows moderate uneven toning. Issues primarily exist outside of the image area. This large and lively work was printed by Charles Hullmandel.
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The images in Boys's 1842 portfolio, Original Views of London...
Category
Mid-19th Century English School Landscape Prints
Materials
Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Les Femmes
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Signed and numbered
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
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
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Guillaume le Conquérant rapporté après sa mort à l'église de Boscherville
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Guillaume le Conquérant rapporté après sa mort à l'église de Boscherville (William the Conqueror brought back after his death to the church at Boscherville)
Lithograph, 1823
As publi...
Category
1820s Romantic Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jeune Fille dans une Barque, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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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Hommage a Picasso, Etching by Bernard Schultze
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bernard Schultze, German (1915 - 2005)
Title: Hommage a Picasso
Year: 1973
Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 75/90
Image Size: 21.5 x 17.5
Size: 30 x 21...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Conversation - Original Etching - 1930 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Conversation is a splendid etching engraved by Anonymous Artist, in 1930 ca.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good except for a folding.
This original etching represent...
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, 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
World Class, iconic coveted 13 color silkscreen with paint Unique variant Signed
Located in New York, NY
Mr. Brainwash
World Class, 2009
Thirteen color silkscreen on hand stained archival art paper. Individually finished with spray paint and stencil balloon; unique variant
Hand signed t...
Category
Early 2000s Street Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Spray Paint, Archival Paper, Screen, Stencil
Fegefeuer XXXIII (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), Die Göttliche Komödie
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut in colors on vélin de Rives BFK paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches support, as issued. Paper size: 13 x 10.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the block, and unnumbered, as issu...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The Archangel Gabriel - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Archangel Gabriel is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Plate n.28 (as reported on the back o...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Romance, Woman with a Harp - Original lithograph - 1898
Located in Paris, IDF
Auguste ROEDEL (1859-1900)
Romance, Woman with a Harp, 1898
Original lithograph (Champenois workshop)
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum, 40 x 31 cm (c. 16 x 12 in)
INFORMATI...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Archangel Gabriel - Woodcut - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
The Archangel Gabriel - "The Divine Comedy" - Song 32 - Paradise is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Ali...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Composition, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy
By Jean Lurçat
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Arjomari paper. Paper Size: 11.75 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Du...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Dufy, Isaac Newton, Lettre à mon peintre Raoul Dufy (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Arjomari paper. Paper Size: 11.75 x 18.75 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, L...
Category
1960s Fauvist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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OUT CHORUS( RHYTHM SECTION) Hand Signed Lithograph, Abstract Jazz Portrait, Sax
Located in Union City, NJ
OUT CHORUS(RHYTHM SECTION) is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking paper, 100% acid free, in an editio...
Category
1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sailors
Located in New York, NY
Screenprint on Rives BFK, 1972. Signed by the artist, dated and numbered 14/180 in pencil in lower margin. Printed by Syria Studio, Ltd., New York City, with the blind stamp in low...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
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
Gaillard, Lecomte, and Cie - Parisian Fashion Trade Hand Painted Catalogue Print
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Transport yourself to the elegance of Victorian French fashion with this vintage lithograph print featuring exquisite ladies' La Mode dresses. The unframed size of the print measures...
Category
Early 20th Century Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
$4,400 Sale Price
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Composition, Verve: Revue Artistique et Littéraire
By André Derain
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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
1940s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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AJ Masthay - Adoration of the Mother - Wood Panel - Contemporary Prints
By AJ Masthay
Located in Asheville, NC
AJ Masthay - Adoration of the Mother - Wood Panel - Contemporary Prints
Artists: Masthay, AJ
Manufacturer: Furnace, The - Hartford, CT
Edition Details
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Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Wood, Giclée
"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.
By the 1880s, Hodler began to enjoy some recognition for his work which put him on a new path towards stability. Remaining in Geneva, he became assistant to the well-known muralist, Edouard Castres. Following his first solo show in 1885, Hodler’s work took on a Symbolist quality. He frequently associated with a group of Swiss Symbolist...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
The Greek Soldier and the Bacchant - Lithograph by F. Bac - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
The Greek Soldier and the Bacchant is an original modern artwork realized by Ferdinand Bac (1859 - 1952) in 1922.
Signed and dated on plate on the lowe...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hagoromo - Noh
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Matsuno Sofu (1899-1963), 'Hagoromo - Noh', woodblock print, 1937. Signed 'Sofu' with the artist's seal, lower right. A fine impression, with fresh color...
Category
1930s Showa Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Léger, Hissage de Forme Mobile, Dessins de Guerre (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 10 x 7.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Fernand Léger, Dessins de Guerre ...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Zeus - Vintage Offset Print by Giorgio de Chirico - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage offset print realized after a watercolor by Giorgio de Chirico in 1962.
From the rare portfolio "Greek Mythology" realized for IRI and printed by Stab Salomone.
Excellent c...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Calvary: Christ carrying the Cross - Original wooodcut, Handsigned & Numbered
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand HERTENBERGER (1882-1970)
Calvary: Christ carrying the Cross, 1927
Original woodcut
Handsigned in pencil
Numbered /160
On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in)
Bears the blin...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Inferno: Canto 32 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Title: Inferno: Canto 32
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Inferno
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Size: 19 1/4" x 16 3/4"
Sheet Size: 1...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Untitled (Face Study)
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Inscribed and signed lower center: "Monoprint H Lee-Smith"
Provenance: The Waintrob Project for the Visual Arts (Foundation); Sidney and Abraham Waintrob
This item is in our New Yo...
Category
1960s Post-War Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Monotype
City of a million with 25 boiled eggs
Located in Ciudad de México, MX
Pedro Friedeberg is an artist and designer from Mexico of Italian origin, known for his surreal work full of lines, colors, and ancient religious symbols. His best-known piece is the...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Digital
Moses /// Marc Chagall Israelites Christianity Judaism Religious Modern Litho
By Marc Chagall
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Marc Chagall (Russian-French, 1887-1985)
Title: "Moses"
*Signed by Chagall in pencil lower right
Year: 1979
Medium: Original Lithograph on Japon nacré paper
Limited edition...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Harlot's Progress - Etching after William Hogarth - 1732
Located in Roma, IT
A Harlot's Progress is an etching print realized after William Hogarth in 1732
Signature on the plate on the lower right.
Good conditions, with some foxing.
A Harlot's Progress" i...
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1730s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Modes et Manières d'Aujourd'hui
Located in Wilton, CT
7 volumes, complete. Six 8vo volumes (292 x 190 mm), and one 4to (Huitieme année, 1919, 310 x 245 mm). Publisher's pictorial paper board portfolios, patterned endpapers, housing loos...
Category
1910s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Gouache
The Revelation - Lithograph by Umberto Brunelleschi - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The revelation is a color lithograph on ivory paper, created by the Italian artist Umberto Brunelleschi(Montemurlo 1879- Paris 1949).
Illustration for “Tales and Short Stories” by L...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$179 Sale Price
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Le Hibou
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Le Hibou
Lithograph from 1954.
Dimensions of work: 35 x 26.5 cm.
Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,437
Composition (Field 69-3; M/L. 1600), VI tavole dal ciclo della, Biblia Sacra
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph in colors on vélin Fabriano charta ex meris pannis "ab alveo" manu fabricata, perlucidis figuris intexta paper. Paper size: 19 x 13.75 inches. Inscription: Signed in the p...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,116 Sale Price
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Le Pêcheur - Lithograph - 1967
Located in Roma, IT
Le Pêcheur is a contemporary artwork realized in 1967, as part to the "Homage à Meissonier".
Lithograph on ivory-colored wove paper.
Edition of 1177 prints....
Category
1960s Surrealist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Young Shepherd Joseph - 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
William Hogarth . Original engravings 155 pсs., 1 piece with blend. 1822 London
Located in Riga, LV
William Hogarth (1697-1764)
Original engravings 155 pсs., 1 piece with blend. 1822 London
From A. Neibergs collection
Category
1820s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Engraving