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Art Subject: Dog
Composition, Les Biches, Marie Laurencin
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on papier vélin des Manufactures d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Les Biches, 1924. Published by Édi...
Category
1920s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
The Fisherman
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: The Fisherman
MEDIUM: Lithograph
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 44/150
MEASUREMENTS: 39.87" x 23.75"
CONDITION: Excellent
AUTHENTICATION: ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Death Holds an Audience - Etching by G.B. Tiepolo - 1785
Located in Roma, IT
Death holds an audience is an etching realized by Giambattista Tiepolo in 1785.
Death, an old nun with a veiled head leafs through a large book and holds an audience. In front of ...
Category
1780s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Sutherland, Hybrid, Souvenirs et portraits d'artistes (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Souvenirs et portraits d'artistes, 1972. Published by Fernand Mourlot, ...
Category
1970s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
A Wild Boar, and a Bear, from Animalium Quadrupedum
Located in Middletown, NY
Drypoint etching in brownish black ink on J. Whatman watermarked cream laid paper. 7x12 1/4 inches (177 x 312 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 36/75 in pencil, lower margin. In...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Animal Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Engraving
18th-century celestial - Camelopardal & Auriga
Located in London, GB
18th-century celestial
FLAMSTEED, John.
Camelopardal & Auriga
London, C. Nourse, 1753.
Hand coloured star chart heightened with gold and silver, engraved by John Mynde, from the s...
Category
1750s Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Les Chantes de Maldoror (Piano) Memory of Music
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: LEs Chantes de Maldoror Memory of Music
MEDIUM: Etching Arches paper
SIGNED: Not signed
PUBLISHER: Albert Skira, Paris
MEASUREMENTS: 10" x13"
YEAR...
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Winnie the Pooh And Tiger Too - Original 1974 Lobby Card
Located in London, GB
Winnie the Pooh And Tiger Too - Original 1974 Lobby Card
Vintage 1974 Lobby Card:
Rabbit is tired of Tigger always bouncing him, so he gets Pooh and Piglet together to come up wit...
Category
1970s Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Cardboard
Earl Waldegrave coat of arms
Located in Middletown, NY
London: c 1750. Steel engraving on cream wove paper, 5 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches (sheet) (142 x 162 mm), margins trimmed inside the platemark. Scattered handling wear, creasing and edge nic...
Category
Mid-18th Century English School Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Etching
The Hunters
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is artist signed and numbered. Jacques Despierre was born in St. Etienne France, 1912-1995. He studied at the Academie Colarrossi and also at the Ecole des Beaux arts in P...
Category
Mid-20th Century French School Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
CLINIQUE CHÉRON Lithograph, Girl with Cats, Dogs, Vintage French Advertising 58"
Located in Union City, NJ
CLINIQUE CHÉRON is a fine art lithographic re-creation after the original 1905 vintage French advertising poster created by Théophile Steinlen for the veterinary CLINIQUE CHÉRON Fran...
Category
1990s Art Nouveau Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
September Morn
Located in New Orleans, LA
Three women strolling on a beach. This impression is one of the rare impressions printed monochromatically. Hirsch natural inclination was to print in lack and white but reprinted ...
Category
1960s American Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
DIE TRAUME BESCHAUTE (OBSERVED IN A DREAM)
Located in Chicago, IL
Published anonymously c. 1920, Vienna, in an edition of 100, after the original watercolor and pencil on paper, titled in the plate at the top: “DIE TRAUM/BESCHAUTE” and signed and d...
Category
1920s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Tigre couché à l'entrée de son antre (Tiger Lying at the Entrance to its Lair)
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching, drypoint, and roulette on watermarked Hallines cream laid paper, 3 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (95 x 148 mm), full margins. A very good impression of this charming image, with all of...
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Animal Prints
Materials
Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching
Picasso, Composition (Bloch 1276; Czwiklitzer 23), Toros y Toreros (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros, 1961. Published by aux Éditions Cercle d'...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition (Bloch 1276; Czwiklitzer 23), Toros y Toreros (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on Arches wove paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Pablo Picasso, Toros y Toreros, 1961. Published by aux Éditions Cercle d'...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Purgatory: Canto 7 from The Divine Comedy
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali
Medium: Woodblock engraving
Title: Purgatory: Canto 7
Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Purgatory
Year: 1963
Edition: 4765
Framed Size: 19 1/8" x 16 5/8"
Sheet Size...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Man, Dog (Blue), Canoe/Shark Fins (One Yellow), Capsized Boat
Located in New York, NY
It is hard to characterize John Baldessari’s varied practice—which includes photomontage, artist’s books, prints, paintings, film, performance, and installation—except through his ap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Once upon a time in London, Morning, Woodcut print, Vincent Van Gogh, Sunflowers
Located in Deddington, GB
A limited edition woodcut on paper print by Mychael Barratt of Vincent Van Gogh in his bedroom with his dog. Sunflowers appear in the background, brightening up a blue and purple room.
Additional information:
Mychael Barratt
Once upon a time in London, Morning
Woodcut on paper
Signed and titled in pencil
Numbered from the edition of 100
Image size
Height: 27.5 cm
Width: 27 cm
Complete size of sheet
Height: 39.6 cm
Width: 37.5 cm
Depth: 0.2 cm
ARTIST PROFILE: Mychael Barratt was born in Toronto, Canada, however, considers himself to be a Londoner since arriving for what was supposed to be a two-week stay thirty years ago. He is a narrative artist whose work is steeped in imagery relating to art history, literature, theatre and everything else that overfills his bookshelves. He was an artist in residence for Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut
Jardins de Paris, A La gloire à Paris, Luc-Albert Moreau
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin Canson et Montgolfier paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by L'Imprimerie Daragnès, Paris; printed by Jean Gabriel Daragnès, Paris, ...
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Bonnard, La Petite Blanchisseuse, Bonnard Lithographe (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage filigrané paper.
Year: 1952
Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.5 inches; image size: 9.45 x 6.69 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tofcia II and Tofcia III. Contemporary Figurative Etching Print, Animals, Dogs
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative etching print by Polish arist living in Canada, Pawel Zablocki. Print depicts dog Tofcia in dynamic poses viewed from the side. Artist's unique technique of p...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Le Chien Courant - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Chien Courant is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Dog - Etching by Antonio Tempesta - 1610s
Located in Roma, IT
Dog is a wonderful black and white etching on thick laid paper, realized by the Italian master Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).
Not signed.
In good conditions.
Including a cream-colored cardboard passepartout, 34 x 50 cm.
An exciting original print, with all the dignity of a mythological or epic story, represented with an incredible balance of black and white, light and shadow, and a typical Baroque dynamism.
Antonio Tempesta, also known as Il Tempestino (Florence, 1555 - Rome, 1630), was an Italian painter and engraver of the early Baroque period. Antonio Tempesta trained in the culture of late Mannerism, with a naturalistic but also calligraphic taste, acquired from the frequentation of Giovanni Stradano, with whom he collaborated in the decoration of Palazzo Vecchio.
Moving to Rome in 1573, he worked for Pope Gregory XIII, frescoing some maps of Rome in the Vatican, including the famous Map of Rome (1593). In the pontifical capital, he worked for many noble families and for important cardinals, such as Alessandro Farnese and Scipione Borghese. His works are in San Giovanni dei Fiorentini, at the villa in Caprarola, in Tivoli.
He returned to Florence for a brief stay, where he collaborated with Alessandro Allori...
Category
Early 17th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Dog: realist expressive black and white portrait drawing of pet dog in the sun
Located in New York, NY
This tenderly illustrated print depicts a black dog sitting comfortably on the lawn. A low fence and a bench can be seen in the background. Plants grow along the sides of the lawn, b...
Category
1980s Contemporary Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Astrological Sign of Leo - Screenprint by Sergio Barletta - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Astrological sign of leo is a screen print on grey paper realized by Sergio Barletta, in 1980s.
Signed on the lower left margin.
68 x 49 cm.
In good conditions except for fairl...
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Persian Medal- Triumph of Alexander the Great - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Persian Medal- Triumph of Alexander the Great is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862.
Titled on the lower.
The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples o...
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hounds and a boar. Figurative print, Animals, Hunting, Realistic, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary etching print by Polish artist Marian Bocianowski. The print depicts two cats, blach and white on the foreground with cityscape in the background. There is half of a but...
Category
Early 2000s Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Paper
Ancient Roman Fresco - Original Etching by Carlo Nolli - 18th Century
By Carlo Nolli
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Roman Drawing, from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum", is an original etching on paper realized by Carlo Nolli in the 18th century.
Signed on the plate.
Good conditio...
Category
18th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Disparate Volante - Original Etching - 1875
Located in Roma, IT
Disparate volante - from Los Proverbios is an original black and white etching realized by Francisco Goya (1746-1828).
The artwork is the plate n. 5 from of the second edition of ...
Category
1870s Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Le Renard - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Renard is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire Naturelle de Buffon".
The Artist's signature is engraved lower right.
Good condi...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Dog - Etching by Antonio Tempesta - 1610s
Located in Roma, IT
Dog is a wonderful black and white etching on thick laid paper, realized by the Italian master Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).
Not signed.
In excellent conditions.
Including a crea...
Category
Early 17th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Composition - Original Lithograph after F. Léger - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original lithograph on paper realized by Fernand Léger (1881-1955).
Very good conditions except for some little foxings.
Sheet dimension: 23.5 x 26
On both sides...
Category
20th Century Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Le Pyrame - Etching by Louis Simon Lempereur - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Pyrame is an etching realized by Louis-Simon Lempereur in 1771.
It belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du Cabinet du Roi".
Art...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
No title
Located in Paris, FR
Stencil
The work signed in the plate
20.50 cm. x 32.50 cm. 8.07 in. x 12.8 in. (image)
41.00 cm. x 52.00 cm. 16.14 in. x 20.47 in. (frame)
LCD5582
Category
1950s Figurative Prints
Materials
Stencil
Dog - Etching by Enotrio Pugliese - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Dog is an Etching realized by Enotrio Pugliese in 1963.
Limited edition of 12 copies numbered and signed by the artist.
Good condition on a white cardboard.
Enotrio Pugliese (May ...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Astrological Sign of Leo - Screen Prints by Sergio Barletta - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Astrological sign of leo is a screen print on grey paper realized by Sergio Barletta, in 1980s.
Signed on the lower left margin.
68 x 49 cm.
In good conditions except for fairl...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
The Milking Girl - Original Etching by Filippo Palizzi - 1889
Located in Roma, IT
The Milking Girl is an original modern artwork realized in 1889 by Filippo Palizzi.
Original Etching.
Signed and dated on plate on the lower right c...
Category
1880s Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Dog - Etching by Enotrio Pugliese - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Dog is an Etching realized by Enotrio Pugliese in 1963.
Limited edition of 12 copies numbered and signed by the artist.
Good condition on a white cardboard.
Enotrio Pugliese (May ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Art Deco Etching "Paresse" by Louis Icart, 1925
By Louis Icart
Located in Berlin, DE
Art Deco colored etching by Louis Icart ( 1888-1950 ), France. 1925. Signed in pencil lower right: Louis Icart.
Dated top left: Copyright 1925 by Gravures Modernes, Paris. Decorativ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Elephant - Original Lithograph by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Elephant is an original lithograph realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934)
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and is part of...
Category
1930s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ancient View of Pont Rouge in Saint Petersburg - Original Lithograph - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Pont Rouge in Saint Petersburg is an original modern artwork realized in France in the first half of the 19th Century.
Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper.
Insc...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dog - Etching by Antonio Tempesta - 1610s
Located in Roma, IT
Dog is a wonderful black and white etching on thick laid paper, realized by the Italian master Antonio Tempesta (1555-1630).
Not signed.
In excellent conditions.
Including a crea...
Category
Early 17th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Stoats on a Rock - Original Lithograph - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Stoats on a Rock is an original print realized in the late 19th century by an anonymous illustrator.
Color lithograph representing a group of stoats: one has just captured a lttle b...
Category
Late 19th Century Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Night Night, Tammy Mackay, Limited edition print, Animal and Wildlife art
By Tammy Mackay
Located in Deddington, GB
Night Night by Tammy Mackay
Limited edition print and hand signed by the artist
Edition of 50.
Photopolymer, Chine Colle and Graphite on Paper.
Images Si...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Hazy Day, Ian Phillips, limited edition print, linocut print for sale, seascape
By Ian Phillips
Located in Deddington, GB
Hazy Day by Ian Phillips [2022]
limited_edition and hand signed by the artist
Original Linocut
Edition number 23/30
Image size: H:28.5 cm x W:41 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
La Fête Nationale du Boulevard Clichy
Located in Fairlawn, OH
La Fête Nationale du Boulevard Clichy
Etching, drypoint, and aquatint, 1878
Signed lower left in the plate (see photo)
Printed chine collee, mounted on white wove paper
Upper plate m...
Category
1870s French School Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
GREEK PORT
By Tony Bennett
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph in colors on paper.. Hand signed Bennett / Benedetto (Tony Bennett's family name) and numbered. Image size 23.75 x 33.5 inches. Sheet size approx. 29 x 38 inches. Frame ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Le Dogue de Forte Race - Etching by Jean Charles Baquoy - 1771
Located in Roma, IT
Le Dogue de Forte Race is an etching realized by Jean Charles Baquoy in 1771.
The artwork Belongs to the suite "Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière avec la description du C...
Category
1770s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Bird - Lithograph by Giselle Halff - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Bird is an Original lithograph on ivory-colored paper realized by Giselle Halff in 1950 ca.
Hand-signed by pencil on the rear.
Good conditions.
Category
1950s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Le Paradis VI (Field 189-200; M/L 1039-1138), La Divine Comédie
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
The Cathedral - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cathedral is an original Vintage Offset Print on ivory-colored paper, realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981), in 1970s.
The state of preservation of the artwo...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Woman-Tree - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Woman- Tree is an Etching realized by Leo Guida in 1970s.
Hand-signed by the artist with pencil on the lower margin, numbered, edition of 40/50 prints.
Good condition.
Artist sens...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Toulouse-Lautrec, Composition, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper
Year: 1952
Paper Size: 12.125 x 9.25 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the album, The Circus by Toulouse...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Black Lab" by Elliott
Located in Bristol, CT
Image Sz: 14 1/4"H x 18 1/2"W
Frame Sz: 25 1/4"H x 29 1/2"W
Charming sporting print of a Black Lab in the duck blind by 'Elliott' signed (LR) in a vintage...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color
Evening Along the Avenue
By G. Harvey
Located in Wimberley, TX
G. Harvey’s "Evening Along the Avenue" is a quintessential example of the artist’s gift for capturing the golden elegance of a bygone era. With his hallmark touch of romantic realism...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Color, Lithograph
Woodcut on Vellum "Bauerngang" 1918 by Heinrich Campendonk
Located in Berlin, DE
Woodcut on vellum, 1918. Typographic Inscription on the back: Campendonk: Tiere. Holzschnitt. Framed.
Image dimensions: 3.03 x 9.17 in ( 7,7 x 23,3 cm ), Sheet dimensions: 9.06 x 12.6 in ( 24,4 x 32 cm )
Catalog raisonné: Engels-Söhn 33a
Heinrich Mathias Ernst Campendonk ( born 1889 in Krefeld, Germany – died...
Category
1910s Figurative Prints
Materials
Vellum, Woodcut
The Bronc by Lon Megargee
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Lon Megargee 1883-1960
"The Bronc"
Wood block print
Signed in plate, lower right
Image size: 9 x 10 inches
Frame size 21 x 21.5 inches
Creator of Stetson's hat logo "Last Drop from his Hat"
Lon Megargee
1883 - 1960
At age 13, Lon Megargee came to Phoenix in 1896 following the death of his father in Philadelphia. For several years he resided with relatives while working at an uncle’s dairy farm and at odd jobs. He returned to Philadelphia in 1898 – 1899 in order to attend drawing classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Back in Phoenix in 1899, he decided at the age of 16 to try to make his living as a cowboy.
Lon moved to the cow country of Wickenburg, Arizona where he was hired by Tex Singleton’s Bull Ranch. He later joined the Three Bar R. . . and after a few years, was offered a job by Billy Cook of the T.T. Ranch near New River. By 1906, Megargee had learned his trade well enough to be made foreman of Cook’s outfit.
Never shy about taking risks, Lon soon left Cook to try his own hand at ranching. He partnered with a cowpuncher buddy, Tom Cavness, to start the El Rancho Cinco Uno at New River. Unfortunately, the young partners could not foresee a three-year drought that would parch Arizona, costing them their stock and then their hard-earned ranch.
Breaking with his romantic vision of cowboy life, Megargee finally turned to art full time. He again enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art and then the Los Angeles School of Art and Design during 1909 – 1910. The now well-trained student took his first trip to paint “en plein air” (outdoors) to the land of Hopi and Navajo peoples in northern Arizona. After entering paintings from this trip in the annual Territorial Fair at Phoenix, in 1911, he surprisingly sold his first oil painting to a major enterprise – the Santa Fe Railroad . . . Lon received $50 for “Navajos Watching the Santa Fe Train.” He soon sold the SFRR ten paintings over the next two years. For forty years the railroad was his most important client, purchasing its last painting from him in 1953.
In a major stroke of good fortune during his early plein-air period, Megargee had the opportunity to paint with premier artist, William R. Leigh (1866 – 1955). Leigh furnished needed tutoring and counseling, and his bright, impressionistic palette served to enhance the junior artist’s sense of color and paint application. In a remarkable display of unabashed confidence and personable salesmanship, Lon Megargee, at age 30, forever linked his name with Arizona art history. Despite the possibility of competition from better known and more senior artists, he persuaded Governor George Hunt and the Legislature in 1913 to approve 15 large, historic and iconic murals for the State Capitol Building in Phoenix. After completing the murals in 1914, he was paid the then princely sum of roughly $4000. His Arizona statehood commission would launch Lon to considerable prominence at a very early point in his art career.
Following a few years of art schooling in Los Angeles, and several stints as an art director with movie studios, including Paramount, Megargee turned in part to cover illustrations for popular Western story magazines in the 1920s.
In the 1920s, as well, Lon began making black and white prints of Western types and of genre scenes from woodblocks. These prints he generally signed and sold singly. In 1933, he published a limited edition, signed and hard-cover book (about 250 copies and today rare)containing a group of 28 woodblock images. Titled “The Cowboy Builds a Loop,” the prints are noteworthy for strong design, excellent draftsmanship, humanistic and narrative content, and quality. Subjects include Southwest Indians and cowboys, Hispanic men and women, cattle, horses, burros, pioneers, trappers, sheepherders, horse traders, squaw men and ranch polo players. Megargee had a very advanced design sense for simplicity and boldness which he demonstrated in how he used line and form. His strengths included outstanding gestural (action) art and strong figurative work. He was superb in design, originality and drawing, as a study of his prints in the Hays collection reveals.
In 1944, he published a second group of Western prints under the same title as the first. Reduced to 16 images from the original 28 subjects, and slightly smaller, Lon produced these prints in brown ink on a heavy, cream-colored stock. He designed a sturdy cardboard folio to hold each set. For the remainder of his life, Lon had success selling these portfolios to museum stores, art fairs and shows, and to the few galleries then selling Western art.
Drawing on real working and life experiences, Lon Megargee had a comprehensive knowledge, understanding and sensitivity for Southwestern subject matter. Noted American modernist, Lew Davis...
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut