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Art Subject: Bride
La Mère et les Enfants
Located in New York, NY
Signed by Picasso in pencil lower left. Numbered 32/50 in pencil lower right.
Catalogue raisonne references: Bloch 739; Mourlot 239; Reuße 625.
Framed print. Framed dimensions ...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'Priests' from 'In Praise of Folly' — Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Priests' from the series 'Moriae Encomium (The Praise of Folly)', mezzotint, 1943, no edition, proofs only. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 1/4 to 2 inches) in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Scarce.
Image size 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (197 x 121 mm); sheet size 10 11/16 x 8 1/16 inches (271 x 204 mm).
Created by the artist for 'Erasmus's Moriae Encomium,' or 'In Praise of Folly,' published by the Limited Editions Club, 1943. A rare, signed, proof impression apart from the Limited Editions Club publication.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lynd Ward is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost wood engravers and book illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century. His innovative use of narrative printmaking as a stand-alone storytelling vehicle was uniquely successful in reaching a broad audience. The powerful psychological intensity of his work, celebrated for its dynamic design, technical precision, and compelling dramatic content, finds resonance in the literature of Poe, Melville, and Hawthorne. Like these classic American writers, Ward was concerned with the themes of man’s inner struggles and the role of the subconscious in determining his destiny. An artist of social conscience during the Great Depression and World War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the problems that challenged the ideals of American society.
The son of a Methodist preacher, Lynd Ward, moved from Chicago to Massachusetts at an early age. He graduated from the Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, in 1926, where he studied illustration and graphic arts. He married May Yonge McNeer in 1936 and left for Europe for their honeymoon in Eastern Europe. After four months, they settled in Leipzig, where Ward studied at the National Academy of Graphic Arts and Bookmaking. Inspired by Belgian expressionist artist Frans Masereel's graphic novel ‘The Sun,’ and another graphic novel by the German artist Otto Nückel, ‘Destiny,’ he determined to create his own "wordless" novel. Upon his return to America, Ward completed his first book, ‘God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts,’ published in 1929. ‘Gods’ Man’ was a great success for its author and publisher and was reprinted four times in 1930, including a British edition. This book and several which followed it, ‘Madman’s Drum,’ 1930, ‘Wild Pilgrimage,’ 1932, ‘Prelude to a Million Years,’ 1933, ‘Song Without Words,' 1936, ‘Vertigo,’ 1937; and ‘Last Unfinished Wordless Novel’ (created in the 1960s and published in 2001) were comprised solely of Ward's wood engravings. Ward designed each graphic image to occupy an entire page, the sequence of which conveys the story's narrative.
In 1937, Ward was named Director of the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In the following years, Ward went on to illustrate more than one hundred books (some of which he wrote), including classics for the Limited Editions Club Goethe’s ‘Faust,’ Faulkner’s ‘A Green Bough,’ and Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein,’ and several children’s books. He also produced single-subject wood engravings, paintings, and drawings. His print ‘Sanctuary,’ 1939, was shown at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and ‘Clouded Over,’ 1948, received the 1948 Library of Congress Award and was included in ‘American Prize Prints of the 20th Century’ by Albert Reese. He received the National Academy of Design Print Award (1949), the New York Times Best Illustrated Award (1973), and the Regina Award (Catholic Library Association, 1975). ‘The Biggest Bear,’ a children’s book with illustrations by Ward, was the recipient of the esteemed 1952 Caldecott Medal of the American Library Association.
An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, Ward was a member and board member of the National Academy of Design and the Artists’ League of America. He served several terms as president of the Society of American Graphic Artists and was a member of the American Artists Congress and the Society of Illustrators. Ward exhibited at the American Artists Congress; the National Academy of Design; the John Herron Art Institute; and the Library of Congress. He had a one-person show at Associated American Artists, NY, on the publication of his monograph 'Storyteller Without Words,' 1974; AAA mounted a memorial exhibition in 1986. The May 1976 issue of 'Bibliognost,' a book collector’s publication, was dedicated to Ward. ‘Lynd Ward, His Bookplate Designs,’ an article by Dan Burne Jones, was published in the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers Yearbook, 1981/82.
In 2001, sixteen years after his death, Rutgers University Libraries published ’Lynd Ward’s Last Unfinished Wordless Novel.’ The blocks were intended to be part of a novel in woodcuts, the first since Vertigo, but Ward did not live to complete the project. Master printer and book designer Barbara Henry collated and printed the twenty-six finished blocks out of the forty-four initially planned for the still unnamed narrative.
In 2010 the Library of America honored Ward’s achievements with the meticulous production of a collection of Ward’s woodcut novels—the first time the Library had gone wordless. The publication replicated his original editions with a single full-size image printed on the right page of each double-page spread. In his introduction to the books, renowned cartoonist/illustrator Art...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
Picasso, Composition (Orozco 238), Picasso, La flûte double (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on papier a la cuve du moulin Richard de Bas paper, spécialement filigrané pour cette édition. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From ...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Paradise: Canto 33 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Title: Paradise: Canto 33
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Size: 19 1/8" x 16 5/8"
Sheet Size:...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Saltimbanques : Drawings of Picasso & Max Jacob - Original etching (Baer #8c)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Acrobats: Plate of Drawings by Picasso and Max Jacob, 1913
Original Etching (Paul Fort Workshop)
Signed in the plate
On Arches vellum, 48 x 38 cm (c. 19 x ...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Chagall, Banished from Paradise (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25) (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Marc Chagall, Dessins Pour La Bible, Verv...
Category
1950s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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
Composition, Description of a Masque, Jane Freilicher
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Woodcut on vélin Tosa Hanga à la main paper. Paper Size: 16 x 12 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Description of a Masque, 1998. Publis...
Category
1990s Academic Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Ya es Hora - Etching and and Aquatint by Francisco Goya - 1881
Located in Roma, IT
Ya es Hora. 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.Very g...
Category
1880s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Princess after many years in the Glass Mountain by David Hockney fairy tale
Located in New York, NY
This etching from David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio depicts the somewhat obscure story Old Rinkrank, which Hockney chose to illustrate beca...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Grotesque Figures - Etching by Pierre Firens- 17th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grotesque Figures is an original etching realized by Pierre Firens in the early 17th century
It represents two grotesque figures in 17th century clothing.
Pierre Firens (1580-1636/...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Cheval (The Horse) — Mid-Century Cubism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Léopold Survage, 'Le Cheval' (The Horse), color etching, edition 60, 1953. Signed and numbered '46/60' in pencil. Initialed in the plate, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impressi...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Hölle V (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
Undergarment Model (1970s Gay Bathhouse Jockstrap Ad)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Vintage jockstrap ad poster, 1975. Offset lithograph on paper measures 18.5 x 12.75 inches. Copyright Winifred Bonney. Original offset period print on perio...
Category
1970s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Mitate of a Daimyo's Procession Crossing Ryogoku Bridge - Woodblock Print
By Keisai Eisen
Located in Soquel, CA
Mitate of a Daimyo's Procession Crossing Ryogoku Bridge - Woodblock Print
Woodblock print of a procession by Keisai Eisen (Japanese, 1790–1848). Terrific triptych of a procession of...
Category
Early 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Scene Galante au XVIII eme Siecle #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Scene Galante au XVIII eme Siecle" c.1930 in an aquatint on paper by French artist Antoine Calbet, 1860-1944. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner. The plate mark (image) size is 9.60 x 12.25 inches, framed size is 16.5 x 19.5 inches. Framed in a wooden gold and black frame, with fabric matting. The artwork is in very good condition, frame and matting are in good condition, frame have some minor dents, matting have a small point of discoloration at upper left.
About the artist.
Antoine Calbet is the son of Marie Singlande and Jean-Baptiste Calbet, landowner at a place called Gaubert.
Trained at the School of Fine Arts in Montpellier by Édouard - Antoine Marsal (1845-1929) where he learned drawing, this illustrator and illustrator, a painter of nudes and gallant scenes, was very popular during his lifetime.
Antoine Calbet is then admitted to the School of Fine Arts in Paris in the studio of Alexandre Cabanel (1823-1889). He was a member of the admission jury of the Beaux-Arts from 1913 to 1930. He began to exhibit in 1880 and became a member of the Society of French Artists . He was the friend of his compatriot of Lot-et-Garonne, the President of the Republic Armand Fallières , for which he drew the menus of his meals, which made him known in Parisian salons.He illustrated works by Jean Lorrain , Henri de Regnier , Pierre Loues 3 and for periodicals like L'Illustration .
Selected museums and collections
Dallas , Dallas Museum of Art : Back woman...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Vachère au Bord de l'Eau
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CAMILLE PISSARRO (French 1830-1903)
VACHERE au BORD de l’EAU 1890 (Delteil 93 viii/viii)
Etching, unsigned as published in “Gazette des Beaux Arts”, Paris, 1890. On laid paper
Very...
Category
1890s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Original "Mercurey Kina" art deco vintage poster lithograph
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Mercurey Kina” vintage lithographic poster.
Linen backed in B condition but ready to frame.
Artist: Paul Mohr. Printer: Edia Paris. Signatur...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Boaz sees Ruth at his feet (Mourlot 117-46; Cramer 25) (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Drawings from the Bible by Marc Chagall, ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jeanne d' Arc Litho Saint War Heroine Horse Nude Girl Woman In Stock
Located in Utrecht, NL
Jeanne d' Arc Litho Saint War Heroine Horse Nude Girl Woman In Stock - Edition 12/60
Michael Parkes (1944) studied graphic art and painting at the Univ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Conception" - Portrait of a Native American on a Vision Quest
Located in Soquel, CA
"Conception" - Portrait of a Native American on a Vision Quest
Large scale and fine detailed work by the artist. Detailed and evocative depiction of a Native American elder by Frank Howell...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Screen
Pablo Picasso ( 1881 – 1973 ) – hand-signed etching on BFK Rives paper - 1968
Located in Varese, IT
Groupe avec vieillard à la torche sur un âne amoureux, femme et arlequin (Ref: Bloch 1484 )
etching on Rives wove paper, Edited in 1968
Limited edition of 50 copies
Current copy num...
Category
1960s Cubist Nude Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Crossing of the Red Sea- 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.
Edition of 275+30 out of commerce copies.
Not signed nor numbered, as issued.
...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Original Americans All! Honor Roll - Victory Libery Loan vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1919 Vintage "Americans All!" Victory Liberty Loan Poster by Howard Chandler Christy. Archival linen backed in A- condition, ready to frame.
This iconic 1919 "American...
Category
1910s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Last Supper, from The Passion of Christ
By Hendrick Goltzius
Located in Middletown, NY
Engraving on cream laid paper, 8 x 5 3/8 inches (203 x 137 mm), trimmed at the platemark. A fine impression with a Coat of Arms watermark. Second state, after the addition of the Frederick de Witt...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
The Old Style - Woodcut Print by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The old style is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Colored woodcut on paper. Hand-signed on the lower, numbered 4/89 specimens and titled on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Decameron - Portfolio of 10 Original Signed Engravings by Salvador Dali
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Portfolio of 10 Original Signed Engravings by Salvador Dali
Title: Decameron
Signed in Pencil by Salvador Dali
Dimensions: 45 x 32 cm
Edition EA 1/5
1972
References : Field 72-8 (p. ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
David saved by Michal
By Marc Chagall
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) - David saved by Michal
Lithograph from 1960.
Dimensions of work: 35 x 26 cm
Publisher: Tériade, Paris.
The work is in Excellent condition.
Fast and se...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original "The Rocky Horror Picture Show' US 1 sheet vintage movie poster 1975
Located in Spokane, WA
Original "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" US 1-sheet vintage movie poster. Archvial linen backed. 1975, Style B. Original fold marks pr...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
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
de La Fresnaye, L'entrée du village, Collection Pierre Lévy (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper
Year: 1968
Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Roger de la Fresnay...
Category
1960s Cubist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition, Picasso and the Human Comedy (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin des Papeteries du Marais paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Picasso and the Human Comedy, Verve: Rev...
Category
1950s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Blind Man’s Bluff at the Imperial Russian Court, Lithograph by Philippe Noyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Blind Man’s Bluff at the Imperial Russian Court" lithograph is hand-signed and numbered in pencil. Philippe Noyer was born June 28, 1917 in Lyon. After a traditional course of study at the elite Ecole des Roches, Noyer enrolled in the Beaux Arts (Fine Arts) School of Lyon, before going to Paris to study at the Paul Colin School of Art and experience the whirlwinds of Surrealism first hand on Paris' Left Bank. Philippe Noyer started his painting career in 1943. That same year he met the famous Paris art...
Category
1980s Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Two Soldiers - Etching by G.B. Tiepolo - 1795
Located in Roma, IT
Two soldiers is an etching realized by Giambattista Tiepolo in 1785.
Sheet 23 x 30 cm.
Good impressions on paper, with wide margins.
Reference: D...
Category
1790s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
La Guerre et la Paix
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - La Guerre et la Paix
Lithograph from 1954.
Dimensions of work: 53 x 35.5 cm.
Publisher: Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris.
Each copy of this Lithograph was...
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Devota Profesion from Los Caprichos - Etching by Francisco Goya - 1799
Located in Roma, IT
Devota profesion from Los Caprichos is an original artwork realized by the artist Francisco Goya and published for the first time in 1799.
Etching and a...
Category
1790s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Picasso, Composition (Orozco 207-261), Vingt-Neuf Portraits Imaginaires (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in the plate, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso, Vingt-Neuf Portraits Imaginaires, 1969. Published by Éditions Cerc...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Composition (Cramer 61), Le Plafond de l'Opéra de Paris (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Le Plafond de l'Opéra de Paris, par Marc Chagall, 1965. Published ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru - One of a Diptych Original Woodcut Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Kumasaka Chōhan to Ushiwakamaru is a Japanese Ukiyo-e print created between 1848 and 1854 by artist Utagawa Kunisada (Japanese, 1786-1864). The print is a Diptych, and is part of the...
Category
1850s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Printer's Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Lightness of Being [Freedom Edition] - Queen, Royalty
By Chris Levine
Located in London, GB
Chris Levine
Lightness of Being [Freedom Edition], 2021
Diasec-mounted giclée print mounted on aluminium composite panel Artist's digital signature, lower right on recto
90 x 70 cm
E...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Giclée
Bonaparte in Jaffa - Etching by Gros Pina - 1837
Located in Roma, IT
Bonaparte in Jaffa is an Etching realized by Gros Pina in 1837.
Good conditions.
The artwork is realized in a well-balanced composition. the artwork and belongs to the suite suite ...
Category
1830s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Jules Pascin (French, 1885-1930) "Two Women Reclining" Original Etching C.1920
By Jules Pascin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jules Pascin (French, 1885-1930) "Two Women Reclining" Original Etching C.1920
Plate dimensions 9" wide x 12" high
Frame dimensions 19.5" wide x 26.5" high
Plate signed
The etchi...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Uses and Customs - Ancient Army Stuff - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Ancient Army Stuff is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of t...
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Composition (Cramer 61), Le Plafond de l'Opéra de Paris (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Le Plafond de l'Opéra de Paris, par Marc Chagall, 1965. Published ...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Minsky's New Gotham Chorus, Print by Reginald Marsh, engraving from 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Minsky's New Gotham Chorus - depicting a group of performers, an engraving print by Reginald Marsh, image from 1930s
1936/1969
15 x 13.5 inches
Engraving (Edition of 100)
Category
1930s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
19th century woodcut engraving print figurative American forest trees scene
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present woodcut engraving is an original print designed by Winslow Homer, originally published in Harper's Weekly on April 30, 1859. It is an excellent example of the many prints Homer produced of fashionable people engaged in leisurely activities, in this case along a picturesque countryside lane. The sign reading 'Belmont' on the left indicates this is probably near his home in Belmont Massachusetts. The image presents multiple figures, both men and women, riding horseback: Some in the distance gallop away, toward a town marked by a church steeple beyond. Three others in the foreground, including two equestrian women, gather around a group of children who have been gathering flowers and trapping birds...
Category
1850s Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Woodcut
Mexican Orchestra (joy of the people is captured in this celebratory festival)
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Mexican Orchestra" is one of the George Overbury Hart's largest pieces. It is #14 from a limited edition of 50. The image captures a festive event with hanging lanterns, an orches...
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
'A Visit to the King of the Waters' — Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fritz Eichenberg, 'A Visit to the King of the Waters' from the suite 'The Adventurous Simplicissimus', wood engraving, 1977, artist's proof apart from the edition of 50. Signed in pencil. Signed in the block, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 14 x 12 inches (356 x 305 mm); sheet size 17 1/2 x 15 inches (445 x 381 mm). Archivally sleeved, unmatted.
ABOUT THIS WORK
'Simplicius Simplicissimus' (German: Der abenteuerliche Simplicissimus Teutsch) is a picaresque novel of the lower Baroque style, written in five books by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen published in 1668, with the sequel Continuatio appearing in 1669.
The novel is told from the perspective of its protagonist Simplicius, a rogue or picaro typical of the picaresque novel, as he traverses the tumultuous world of the Holy Roman Empire during the Thirty Years' War. Raised by a peasant family, he is separated from his home by foraging dragoons. He is adopted by a hermit living in the forest, who teaches him to read and introduces him to religion. The hermit also gives Simplicius his name because he is so simple that he does not know his own name. After the death of the hermit, Simplicius must fend for himself. He is conscripted at a young age into service and, from there, embarks on years of foraging, military triumph, wealth, prostitution, disease, bourgeois domestic life, and travels to Russia, France, and an alternate world inhabited by mermen. The novel ends with Simplicius turning to a life of hermitage, denouncing the world as corrupt.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Fritz Eichenberg (1901–1990) was a German-American illustrator and arts educator who worked primarily in wood engraving. His best-known works were concerned with religion, social justice, and nonviolence.
Eichenberg was born to a Jewish family in Cologne, Germany, where the destruction of World War I helped to shape his anti-war sentiments. He worked as a printer's apprentice and studied at the Municipal School of Applied Arts in Cologne and the Academy of Graphic Arts in Leipzig, where he studied under Hugo Steiner-Prag. In 1923 he moved to Berlin to begin his career as an artist, producing illustrations for books and newspapers. In his newspaper and magazine work, Eichenberg was politically outspoken and sometimes wrote and illustrated his reporting.
In 1933, the rise of Adolf Hitler drove Eichenberg, who was a public critic of the Nazis, to emigrate with his wife and children to the United States. He settled in New York City, where he lived most of his life. He worked in the WPA Federal Arts Project and was a member of the Society of American Graphic Artists.
In his prolific career as a book illustrator, Eichenberg portrayed many forms of literature but specialized in works with elements of extreme spiritual and emotional conflict, fantasy, or social satire. Over his long career, Eichenberg was commissioned to illustrate more than 100 classics by publishers in the United States and abroad, including works by renowned authors Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, Poe, Swift, and Grimmelshausen. He also wrote and illustrated books of folklore and children's stories.
Eichenberg was a long-time contributor to the progressive magazine The Nation, his illustrations appearing between 1930 and 1980. Eichenberg’s work has been featured by such esteemed publishers as The Heritage Club, Random House, Book of the Month Club, The Limited Editions Club, Kingsport Press, Aquarius Press, and Doubleday.
Raised in a non-religious family, Eichenberg had been attracted to Taoism as a child. Following his wife's unexpected death in 1937, he turned briefly to Zen Buddhist meditation, then joined the Religious Society of Friends in 1940. Though he remained a Quaker until his death, Eichenberg was also associated with Catholic charity work through his friendship with Dorothy Day...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Odalisque, brasero et coup de fruits
Located in New York, NY
A very good, richly-inked impression of this lithograph. Signed and numbered 57/100 in pencil by Matisse. Printed at the studio of Duchatel, Paris 1929.
Category
1920s Fauvist Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Toshogu Shrine
Located in Middletown, NY
In image of the Tokugawa family paying homage to Tosho-gu Shrine in Nikko.
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1896
Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade m...
Category
Late 19th Century Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Woodcut
Divine : Young Girl Hidden by the Curtains - Stone lithograph, 1930
Located in Paris, IDF
Andre DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC
Divine : Young Girl Hidden by the Curtains, 1930
Original stone lithograph
Unsigned
On Arches vellum 28 x 22 cm (c. 11 x 9 inch)
Excellent condition
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Sirène de Paris (Juffermans JL 35), Regards sur Paris, Kees van Dongen
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: from the folio, Regards sur Paris, 1963. Publi...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Erotic Scene - Héliogravure by Micheal Von Zichy - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic scene is an original Héliogravure artwork on ivory-colored paper, realized by Micheal Von Zichy in 1911. Printed in only 300 copies, Leipzig;...
Category
1910s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving, Paper
Making Pour Decisions
By Todd White
Located in Toronto, ON
Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas
Limited Edition of 135
Hand Signed by Todd White
COA Included
2021
Todd white captures restaurant, night and Hollywood scenes with contrasting col...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Canvas, Giclée
René Gruau Les Pivonies The Peony Limited Edition Lithograph
By René Gruau
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
René Gruau
LES PIVOINES - THE PEONY - 1998
Print - Lithograph on Arches Archival Paper 46'' x 22''
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 59/300
Embossed with the printers stamp Mou...
Category
1990s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dancers - Original Etching and Drypoint by Robert Naly - Mid 20th Century
By Robert Naly
Located in Roma, IT
Dancers is an Original Etching and Drypoint realized by Robert Naly (1900-1984)
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Edition of 3/25.
Hand-signed and numbered on the lower margin.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Camelia - Les Fleurs Animées Vol.I - Litho by J.J. Grandville - 1847
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.3 x 17.5 cm.
Single sheet with passepartout.
"...The unhappy man had approached that mysterious spot where, amid a thousand aquatic plants, the Water-arrow gr...
Category
1840s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph