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Art Subject: People
Mädchen am Fenster. 1906-08.
Located in New York, NY
Mädchen am Fenster. 1906-08. Color lithograph printed on smooth card stock. Full margins. Tipped into a later presentaion folder, signed by the artist in pencil, on the recto. Published by the Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna, with the printed postcard text on verso. Among Kokoschka's earliest prints were a series of 14 postcards, the current work and the following lot that he produced for the Wiener Werkstätte. Wingler/Welz 4. Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

LOVE FS II.311
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print on Rives BFK paper. From the Love Portfolio. Hand signed and numbered lower front by Andy Warhol. Numbered 12/100 (there were also 10 AP's, 2 PP's, 5 EP's and 7 HC's). ...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Board, Screen

The Organ Grinder
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching on cream laid paper with a large heraldic watermark which is partially trimmed, 4 3/16 x 3 5/8 inches (105 x 84 mm), margins trimmed but preserving the signature in the lower...
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17th Century Old Masters Portrait Prints

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Etching

Vanity with Three Skulls - Original etching with aquatint
Located in Paris, IDF
Miquel Barcelo Vanity with Three Skulls, 2005 Original etching with aquatint Unsigned On ivory vellum 50 x 65 cm (c. 20 x 26 in) Authenticated with the...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Matisse, Madame Matisse, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued. Year: 1954 Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.45 x 7.08 inches Inscription: Signed in the...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

MARIE
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. Image size approx 28.5 x 21 inches. Edition of 275. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity is i...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Paper, Screen

MARIE
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The Battery and Castle Garden
Located in Middletown, NY
Society of Iconophiles, 1898. Lithograph on brown wove paper, 10 x 7 1/2 inches (253 x 190 mm), full margins. In good condition with some age tone and the lower left corner dog-eare...
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Late 19th Century American Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

A Base Ball Game
By Henry Sandham
Located in New York, NY
Goupilgravure (photogravure) was printed in Paris and published April 1, 1896, by Boussod Valadon & Co. Successors to Goupil & Co. Painted by Henry Sandham, 1894. "A BASEBALL GAME" depicts the 1894 "Temple Cup" game between the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Giants...
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints

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Photogravure

Desnudo de Frida Kahlo, Signed Lithograph by Diego Rivera
Located in Long Island City, NY
This portrait depicts Rivera's second wife, the artist Frida Kahlo (1907-54), sitting on a bed wearing stockings and shoes and fastening rows of beads around her neck. An accident wh...
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1930s Realist Nude Prints

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Lithograph

Woman Taking Off Man's Shirt by Julian Opie
Located in London, GB
Screenprint 23.75 x 39.50 in (60.3 x 100.3 cm). Published by K21 Kunstammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf. Unknown edition size. Publisher text detailed along the bottom. CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ: Watkins, Jonathan. "Julian Opie: Editions 1984 - 2011. Catalogue Raisonné", Alan Cristea Gallery, 2011, p.244. In a handful of simple black lines and splashes of red and yellow, Julian Opie presents a sensual figural study in ‘Woman Taking Off a Man’s Shirt...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Calder, Composition, A Bestiary (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Letterpress printing on spécialement fabriqué Curtis Rag vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.1875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, A Best...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Toy Horse Dance" Japanese Woodblock Triptych with Beauties and Mt Fuji
Located in Soquel, CA
"Toy Horse Dance" Japanese Woodblock Triptych with Beauties and Mt Fuji Vibrant three-panel woodblock print by Utagawa Toyohiro (Japanese,...
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Early 20th Century Edo Figurative Prints

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Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

The White Villa - Original Woodcut Print
Located in Paris, IDF
François-Louis SCHMIED (1873-1941) The White Villa, 1938 Original Woodcut Print Signed with the stamp of the artist On Japan paper 35 x 24 cm (c. 13.8 x 9.5 inch) Excellent condition
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1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Matisse, Les Nymphes, Poésies (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on papier bouffant des Papeteries de Casteljoux paper Year: 1970 Paper Size: 11.24 x 8.46 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the fo...
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1970s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

'Equestrian Actress', Modernism, Circus, Vietnamese, French, Horse, Acrobats
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Lebadang' and with number and limitation, 163/215, lower left. Also known as Dang Lebadang (Vietnamese-French, 1922-2015) this not...
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1960s Modern Animal Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

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

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Lithograph

Lithographie VI (Duthuit 20), Repli, Gravures de Henri Matisse
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin a la forme des papeteries d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Repli, Gravures de Henri Matisse, 1947. Publ...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

House of Raquel Vega - Columbian Party Dancing
Located in London, GB
This offset lithograph in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Botero" at the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 150, in the lower...
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1980s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979 Original Vintage Poster
Located in London, GB
Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979 Original Vintage Poster measures 27×41" inches / 68 x 104 cm Star Trek: The Motion Picture is a 1979 American science fiction film directed by Robert Wise and based on the television series Star Trek created by Gene Roddenberry, who also served as its producer. It is the first installment in the Star Trek film series, and stars the cast of the original television series. In the film, set in the 2270s, a mysterious and immensely powerful alien cloud known as V'Ger approaches Earth, destroying everything in its path. Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) assumes command of the recently refitted Starship USS Enterprise...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, C Print

Girls with Dachshund, Impressionist Lithograph by Constantin Terechkovitch
Located in Long Island City, NY
Constantin Terechkovitch, Russian (1902 - 1978) - Girls with Dachshund, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 91/150, Image Size: 25.5 x 19.75 inches, Size: 28....
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

'The Pimp' — Graphic Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fritz Eichenberg, 'The Pimp', wood engraving, 1980, artist's proof before the edition. Signed in pencil. Signed in the block, lower right. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (2 3/16 to 3 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Image size 12 x 9 3/4 inches (305 x 248 mm); sheet size 18 x 14 inches (457 x 356 mm). 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...
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1980s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Braque, Hébé, Œdipe roi de Sophocle (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches pur chiffon spécialement fabriqués paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Œdipe ...
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1980s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Andy Warhol Studies for a Boy Book (1950s Warhol illustrated announcement)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Andy Warhol Studies for a Boy Book 1956: A rare sought-after, 1950s Andy Warhol designed poster invitation published on the occasion of: Warhol's 'Studies for a Boy Book', held at the Bodley Gallery and Bookshop Feb. 14 - March 3, 1956. A rare early Warhol collectible that seldom comes to market. Not to be passed upon. Medium: Offset lithograph on wove paper. Framed in glass. Dimensions: 15.75 x 13.5 inches (40 x 34.3 cm). Framed dimensions: 24h x 26w inches. Good overall vintage condition; fold-lines as originally issued; Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Rare. With the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Authorization ink-stamps on the reverse; initialed 'T.J.H.' by Timothy J. Hunt of the Andy Warhol Foundation and annotated 'XX-07.16' and 'PM19.0242' in pencil on the reverse. Provenance: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York Susan Sheehan Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York Further Background: "In the 1950's Warhol self-published a large series of artist’s books & hold parties at Serendipity 3, a restaurant and ice cream parlor on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where his friends would help him hand color his books. In 1956, he presented a solo exhibition at the Bodley Gallery called Studies for a Boy Book. These sketchbook drawings of portraits of young men and erotic portrayals of male nudes contrasted with the work of other contemporary gay artists, such as Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns, who considered Warhol 'too swish.' (source: The Andy Warhol Museum) Collections: The Art Institute of Chicago Further background: Warhol’s career began as a commercial illustrator on New York’s Madison Avenue in 1949, during the massive post-war economic boom. His arrival additionally coincided with an extensive change in the motivations and strategies behind advertising, utilizing applied psychology to influence American consumers to purchase products. This stint as an ad man would further his Pop interest in cultural commercialization and start his artistic career; thus began the first chapter of Warhol’s oeuvre, dominated by charming and light-handed ink drawings. As a master of line and contour, Warhol’s consistent and unique drawings and designs piqued the interest of his clients, earning him commissions and collaborations with some of the biggest brands of the day: Tiffany & Co., Columbia Records, and Vogue, to name a few. Though stylistically different from the Pop, these early drawings offer a glimpse at an artist well on his way to establishing an art movement that would change the way the world conceived of contemporary art and its connection to pop culture, morphing from his early successes in the commercial art scene. The simple yet sophisticated line drawings contain... his favorite things: cherubs, shoes, cats, and often young men. Across these drawings and hand-colored prints, we see Warhol as a compulsive creator, documenting life and fantasy with the stark clarity of ink on paper." (source: Phillips) _ Obsessed with celebrity, consumer culture, and mechanical reproduction, Pop Art king, Andy Warhol created some of the 20th century’s most iconic images. Warhol was widely influenced by popular & consumer culture, with this being evident in some of his most famous works: 32 Campbell's soup cans, Brillo pad box sculptures, and portraits of Marilyn Monroe & Mick Jagger, for example. Rejecting the standard painting and sculpting modes of his era, Warhol embraced silk-screen printmaking to achieve his characteristic hard edges and flat areas of color. The artist mentored Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat and continues to influence contemporary art around the world: His most bold successors include Richard Prince, Takashi Murakami, and Jeff Koons. Warhol has been the subject of exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, and Centre Pompidou, among other institutions. Related Categories 1950s Andy Warhol. Vintage Andy Warhol. Mid century modern. Pop Art. Andy Warhol advertising...
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1960s Pop Art Nude Prints

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Lithograph, Paper

Isaac Newton, physicist, scientist, 19th century portrait engraving print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Isaac Newton' Steel-engraving. C1850. Facsimile signature below title. 80mm by 60mm (image) 260mm by 170mm (sheet) Sir Isaac Newton (1642 – 1726/27) was an English polymath acti...
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Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Portrait Prints

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Engraving

Hölle IV (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...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Organ Grinder and Beggar – French School 19th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
Drypoint etching and aquatint in sepia on cream wove paper, 10 x 8 inches (254 x 201 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil, lower left. Minor toning with evidence of very minor moistur...
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Mid-19th Century French School Portrait Prints

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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching

Original 1919, Give the World The Once Over in the United States Navy poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1919 Give The World The Once Over in the United States Navy vintage poster. Archival linen backed. This poster presents itself very fine condition. The lower text por...
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1910s American Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Men in Room - Original Etching - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 20 x 15 cm. Men in Room is an original etching on paper, realized by an Anonymous artist in the Early 19th Century, following the so-called "Historic Romanticism"....
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Early 19th Century Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Painter's Atelier - Lithograph by M. Kostabi - 2012
Located in Roma, IT
"The Book of Love" is a lithograph realized by Mark Kostabi in 2012. The artwork is hand-signed, numbered and dated. This is an edition of 150 prints. Good condition.  Mark Kostab...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Fun Loving Criminals III by B A T I K signed limited edition POP ART
Located in London, GB
Fun Loving Criminals III by B A T I K signed limited edition POP ART print Paper Size Oversize 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm Signed & numbered by artist on front Archival Pigment print Limited to 15 only Featuring police arrest mugshot photos of Tupac, Eminem , Vanilla Ice, Michael Jackson, Justin Bieber...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Color, Archival Pigment

Composition (Mourlot 668-677), La Féerie et Le Royaume, Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, La Féerie et Le Royaume, Lithographies Originales de Marc Chagall, 1972...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Faust : Margueritte and Devil - Original etching, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Icart Faust : Margueritte and Devil Original etching with aquatint Signed in pencil Blind stamp of the editor on the bottom left corner On vellum 62 x 45 cm (c. 25 x 18 in) ...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Return of the Jedi 1983 Original Vintage Poster
Located in London, GB
Return of the Jedi 1983 Original Vintage Poster measures 27×41" inches / 68 x 104 cm unfolded rolled excellent condition Return of the Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VI ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper, C Print

The Poet - Etching - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"The Poet" is an etching on paper, realized by Léopold Flameng . The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension: 21.3 x 27 cm...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Conte des 1001 Nuits
Located in Wilton, CT
The Tale of a Thousand and One Nights is interpreted by Dutch painter and illustrator Kees Van Dongen in over one hundred full-page original black and white line drawings and seven f...
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1910s Art Deco Figurative Prints

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Gouache

MIGRANT
Located in Portland, ME
Gwathmey, Robert (American 1903-1988). MIGRANT. Screenprint, 1978. An Artist's Proof aside from the edition of 100. Signed in pencil and inscribed "A/P.". 27 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches (ima...
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1970s Figurative Prints

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Screen

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Baby" collotype
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #25, Baby; black & white collotype after the 1917 painting in oil on canvas. GUSTAV KLIMT EINE NACHLESE (GUSTAV KLIMT ...
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1930s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints

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Paper

The Punt
By Rosamond Tudor
Located in Middletown, NY
A dynamic football image from the 1920s by a female artist known for her sports scenes. Etching with drypoint on exceptionally fine laid Japon paper with a double watermark, 10 7/8 ...
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Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Prints

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Handmade Paper, Drypoint, Etching

Artemis Goddess - Etching by Giovanni Morghen - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Artemis Goddess from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Giovanni Morghen in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some folding. ...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

“Salome and John”
Located in Southampton, NY
Strong and vibrant color lithograph by the American artist Benton Murdoch Spruance. Edition size in pencil lower left margin Titled in pencil middle margin and signed in pencil lower...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Lithograph

Au Repos
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Au Repos (At Rest)" 1983 is an original color lithograph on paper by noted Bolivian artist Graciela Rodo Boulanger, b.1935. It is hand signed and numbered 157/20...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Bijin-ga Woman Kneeling by River Japanese Print
Located in Houston, TX
Japanese woodblock print of a woman kneeling by the river. She is holding a stick making it appear like she is fishing with it. The woodblock print is printed on rice paper. The print is not framed. Artist Biography: Utagawa Kuniyasu...
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1830s Edo Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Radiant Prince Genji - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from Faithful Images of the Radiant Prince Genji is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1850s. Woodcut print Oban yokoe format. From the series "Sono...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Cat - Original Lithograph by Giselle Halff - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is an Original Lithograph realized by Giselle Halff (1899-1971). Edition of 4/13. Good conditions. Hand-Signed. Giselle Halff (1899-1971) born in Hanoi, student of R.X. Prine...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Prints

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Lithograph

Conchita, Color Etching by Louis Icart 1929
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Louis Icart, French (1888 - 1950) Title: Conchita Year: 1929 Medium: Etching, signed in pencil Image Size: 20 x 13 inches Frame Size: 32.5 x 25 inches Reference: Figure 361 ...
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1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Etching

Nijinsky in Scheherazade.
Located in London, GB
BARBIER, George. Nijinsky in Scheherazade. London, C. W. Beaumont, 1913. ‘The designs, although somewhat fantastic in treatment, do convey the impression produced by Nijinsky in h...
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1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Asagiri - Woodcut by Utagawa Hiroshige - 1832
Located in Roma, IT
Asagiri is a woodcut print realized by Utagawa Hiroshige in 1832. It is part of the suite "The Fifty-three Stations of Tokaido". Very good condition.
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1830s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print
Located in Soquel, CA
Sumiyoshi: Dengaku dance performed during an Onda ceremony - Woodblock Print Bright woodblock print by Utagawa Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). In this scene, two dancers with swords and fans are facing each other, in the center of a courtyard. There are spectators surrounding them, including nobles in black clothing on a balcony. Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 16"H x 20"W Paper size: 9.63"H x 14.5W" Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858, sometimes called Ando Hiroshige) was the second of the two great masters of the Japanese landscape woodblock print...
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1830s Edo Figurative Prints

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Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut

Guéridon et Guitare, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Guéridon et Guitare". The original painting was completed in 1920. In the 1970's after Picass...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Nude - Lithograph by Andrè Derain - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a modern artwork realized by Andrè Derain in Early 20th century. Lithograph on simili-Japan paper. Realized for "Les Travaux et les Jeux" by Vincent Muselli. Published by J...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Célestine, Young Girl and Client, 1968 (347 Series, B.1588)
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Celestine, Young Girl and Client," 1968 is an aquatint from Picasso's 347 Series. The image size is 3.5 x 5 inches and the framed size is 18.25 x 19.5 inches. Signed 'Picasso' lower...
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20th Century Modern Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Aquatint

Original "Cycles Omnium" turn of the century vintage bicycle poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Cycles Omnium antique vintage French bicycle poster from the late 1880s-1890s. Printer: N. Weill, Paris, France. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. There was an area in the right-hand sky (creamish yellow) top area that had had some restoration. Touched up the border in the upper right corner. The poster was folded in half, with the fold mark restored during linen backing. Artist is: F. Capelli. Printer: Imp. N. Weill, Paris The image of a couple with their child on a bicycle ride out in the countryside of France, all in art nouveau clothing...
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1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Degas, La Loge, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 4.75 x 6.5 inches Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the ...
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1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

Exhibit A, Folk Art Lithograph by Charles Bragg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - Exhibit A, Year: 1976, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 5.5 x 7 inches, Size: 11.5 in. x 14.5 in. (29.21 cm x 36.83 cm)
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Matisse, Portrait de l´Artiste, Portraits par Henri Matisse (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin paper, mounted on vélin paper backing sheet, as issued. Year: 1954 Paper Size: 12 x 9.25 inches; image size: 9.84 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Signed in the...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Opium" Lithograph Poster by Theo Matejko
By Theo Matejko
Located in Chicago, IL
Frame is handmade by artist Gail Potocki. WEAG-Matejko, Printer, Vienna "In 1919, artist Theo Matejko created this lithograph for Robert Reinert's silent film Opium (starring Conra...
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1910s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Chestnut Tree" 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...
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