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Art Subject: People
Diversions - Photo-Lithograph by Jeffrey Isaac - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Photolithograph realized by Jeffrey Isaac in 2008.
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 260 prints, belonging to the Suite " Olympic Games Beijing 2008 ".
Each work of this portfo...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
$439 Sale Price
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Picasso, Composition, Les Métamorphoses (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin papier Vergé fin blanc des papeteries de Bellerive paper
Year: 1970
Paper Size: 11.024 x 8.66 inches
Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Melancholic Muses VI
Located in London, GB
'Melancholic Muses', one of a poignant set of six signed artist proof lithographs by the celebrated Spanish artist from Barcelona, Vicenç Caraltó (circa 1960s). This collection of li...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$875 Sale Price
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Flowers Market
By Hans Figura
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Hans Figura (Austrian, 1898-1978)
Title: Marche aux Fleurs
Year: Circa 1950
Medium: Color etching with aquatint
Edition: Unknown
Plate mark (Image) size: 8.5 x 6.5...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Graciela Rodo Boulanger Children on horses
Located in San Francisco, CA
Graciela Rodo Boulanger: she is a Bolivian artist born in 1935. She is best known for her paintings and prints of children. This beautiful colored lithograph sold for over $1800 at a...
Category
1960s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Peggy Bacon Pencil Signed Etching, 1929 - Congenial Scene
By Peggy Bacon
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Peggy Bacon original etching and drypoint created 1929. Pencil signed lower right.
Titled “Congenial Scene.” Image measures 9"h x 11 7/8"w. In excellent condition.
Matted and unframe...
Category
1920s Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
SERENADE
Located in Aventura, FL
Serigraph in colors on paper. Hand signed and numbered by Linda Le Kinff. From the edition of 350. Sheet size 12 x 15.5 inches. Image size 9.5 x 13 inches.
Artwork is in excellent c...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
$450 Sale Price
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Contemporary Red Acrylic Lenticular Panel Moving Dancing Woman, Dance 3
By Julian Opie
Located in Miami, FL
In an expansion of Julian Opie's subject matter, from his observations of city dwellers, figures walking in the rain, runners and tourists to busy crowds of workers, the four new edi...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Lenticular
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
$956 Sale Price
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God and Eve - Lithograph by Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Color lithograph realized by Marc Chagall in 1960 to illustrate "The Bible".
Edition of 6500, published by Tériade in no. 33 and 34 of the Art Magazine Verve.
Printed by Mourlot a...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$562 Sale Price
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Fifth Avenue Critics.
Located in Storrs, CT
Fifth Avenue Critics. 1909. Etching. Morse 128.x/xi. 6 x 8 (sheet 9 3/4 x 12 1/4). Edition 100 in this state (few proofs in earlier states, and a large unsigned edition printed for t...
Category
Early 1900s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$2,400 Sale Price
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Roy Lichtenstein As I Opened Fire (set of 3 lithographic posters)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Roy Lichtenstein As I Opened Fire, set of 3 Lithographic Posters:
An authorized reproduction of Roy Lichtenstein's painting entitled "As ...
Category
1960s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
I Love Lucy Lucille Ball 20th Century TV Icon Emmy Award Mid-Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
I Love Lucy Lucille Ball 20th Century TV Icon Emmy Award Mid-Century Modern
Al Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003)
Lucille Ball with Fur Stole and Purse, 1962
Plate size: 14 1/2 x 11 1/4
Paper...
Category
1960s Performance Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ladies and Gentlemen - Screenprint by Andy Warhol - 1975
By Andy Warhol
Located in Roma, IT
Ladies and Gentlemen is a colored screen print realized in 1975 by the Pop artist Andy Warhol.
Mixed colored screenprint
Reference: Feldman-Schellmann, II.127.
Signature and edit...
Category
1970s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Materials
Screen
BLESSING OF THE HOUSE (JUDAICA ART)
By Amram Ebgi
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph with foil stamping on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 350.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. A...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Foil
$100 Sale Price
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Chagall, Tribe of Reuben, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Décora...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
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Ileria
By Leonor Fini
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ileria" 1972 is an original color lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by noted Italian/Argentinian artist Leonor Fini, 1907-1996. It is signed and numbered E....
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$2,600
LA ORANA MARIA (HAIL MARY)
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PAUL GAUGUIN (French 1848 - 1903)
LA ORANA MARIA (HAIL MARY) 1894/5 (Mongan/Kornfield 27B:Guerin 51) Transfer zincograph on coarse-grained transfer paper, in...
Category
1890s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Enshoku Sanju-roku Kasen" (Thirty-six Enchanting Flowers) Woodblock on paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Enshoku Sanju-roku Kasen" (Thirty-six Enchanting Flowers) Woodblock on paper
Elegant woodblock print by Toyohara Kunuchika (Japanese, 1835-1900). Three women are in talking with each other inside, while a man waits outside holding a bag of some kind. The colors in this piece are rich and saturated, primarily blues, greens, and purple.
Mat size: 16"H x 20"W
Paper size: 14.75"H x 9.88"W
Born in 1835, Toyohara Kunichika grew up in the Kyobashi district of Edo in the midst of merchants and artisans. In 1848, at age 13, he was accepted as an apprentice into the studio of Utagawa Kunisada I...
Category
1880s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Rice Paper, Woodcut
Le Roi Peste (The Plague Kings) - Etching by James Ensor - 1895
By James Ensor
Located in Roma, IT
The Plague Kings is an original etching on the Japanese paper, realized by James Ensor in 1895, signed on the plate and dated, unique state, with the second signature on the reverse ...
Category
1890s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Woman Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Woman Sitting" c.1990 is an offset lithograph by American artist Barbara A. wood, born 1926. It is hand signed and numbered 222/975 in penc...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Degas, Famille Cardinal, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 8 x 6.25 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the vo...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
$956 Sale Price
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Picasso, Composition, Les Métamorphoses (after)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph on vélin papier Vergé fin blanc des papeteries de Bellerive paper
Year: 1970
Paper Size: 11.024 x 8.66 inches
Inscription: Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as...
Category
1970s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Dufy, Composition, Les Côtes Normandes (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on grand vélin d'Arches spécial paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Les Côtes Normandes 1961. Publ...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,596 Sale Price
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The Giants - Original etching - 150ex
Located in Paris, IDF
Salvador Dali
The giants (1960)
Heliogravure reworked with drypoint
Printed signature in the plate
On BFK Rives Vellum paper
Size 32.8 x 26.4 cm (c. 13 x 10")
References:
- Field p...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Amoureux de Venise Signed Lithograph Mourlot Paris
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Raya Sorkine
Title: Amoureux de Venise
Year: 1999
Medium: Lithograph on Arches Archival Paper 29.5'' x 24''
Edition: Signed in pencil and marked 191/299
IMAGE SIZE; 24.5"...
Category
1990s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$600 Sale Price
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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
$716 Sale Price
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"Lorenzaccio" by Alphonse Mucha from Les Maitres de l'Affiche
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Alphonse Mucha
"Lorenzaccio, a play in five acts and an epilogue by Alfred de Museet"
Plate #114
Image Size: 15" x 11"
1896
Alphonse Mucha was born in Southern Moravia on July 24, 1860. At the age of seventeen the artist left his home, to work as a painter of stage decorations...
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Hand with Enigmatic Symbol - Original lithograph (Atelier Michel Cassé), 1964
By Le Corbusier
Located in Paris, IDF
Le Corbusier
Hand with Enigmatic Symbol, 1964
Original lithograph
Printed signature in the plate
On vellum 42.5 x 35.5 cm (c. 16.5 x 13.7 in)
Edited by Forces-Vives (Paris) in 1964...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
YASHIVA IN JERUSALEM (JUDAICA ART)
By Amram Ebgi
Located in Aventura, FL
Embossed lithograph with foil stamping on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the edition of 300.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity in...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Foil
$100 Sale Price
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Holy Family with Two Saints, after Parmigianino
By Antonio Da Trento
Located in Middletown, NY
Chiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper with a partial anchor in a circle watermark, printed from two blocks in black and olive-green, 10 3/4 x 8 3...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Woodcut
The Dance - Lithograph by Raoul Dufy - 1920
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Roma, IT
The Dance is a vintage lithograph realized after Raoul Dufy in 1920.
Good conditions.
Edition of 110.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in a well-balanced composit...
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$211 Sale Price
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Nude from the Back- Etching - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realized to illustrate Pierre Ronsard's "Les Amours de Cassandre".
Published by Argillet, Paris, in 1968.
Edition of 299 pieces. One of 165 specimen on Arches ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$483 Sale Price
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Sanjûroku Kasen ... - Woodcut by Mizuno Toshikata - 1893
Located in Roma, IT
Nishiki-e (woodcut print), in vertical oban format (31x20.5) realized by Mizuno Toshikata in 1893 (Meiji 26).
Belongs to the Series "Sanjûroku Kasen" (Thirty-Six Beauties in Compari...
Category
1890s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Original The Tanks are Coming! Hold the Tanks! vintage World War One poster.
Located in Spokane, WA
Authentic Vintage World War I Recruitment Poster - A Rare Piece of Historical Memorabilia. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. ...
Category
1910s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Degas, La Pianiste et le Chanteur, E. Degas Monotypes (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Engraving on vélin du Marais paper
Year: 1948
Paper Size: 12.25 x 9.125 inches; image size: 6.75 x 5 inches
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the vo...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
$956 Sale Price
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From "Valentina" to "O" - Vintage Offset Print after Guido Crepax - 1976
By Guido Crepax
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage offset print, from "Valentina" to "O", in a vintage poster realized in 1976 after Guido Crepax., in occasion of his exhibition at Galleria Rondanini, Rome.
Very Good condit...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Zodiaco-Gemelli - Lithograph by Ossi Czinner - 1980
By Ossi Czinner
Located in Roma, IT
Burin engraving on Magnani-Pescia paper. Paper size 39cmx29,5cm, work size 22cmx17,5cm. Excellent condition, no defects.
OSSI CZINNER - Central European artist, graphic designer and...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy, after Joseph Parrocel - 1755 Engraving, The Battle
Located in Corsham, GB
A dramatic 18th century engraving showing a brutal and bloody battle scene. The engraving is by Antoine de Marcenay de Ghuy, after Joseph Parrocel. There is an inscription at the low...
Category
18th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Engraving
Matisse, Crayon, Dessins de Henri-Matisse (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Lafuma paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Dessins de Henri-Matisse, 1925. Published by Édi...
Category
1920s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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Olympic Flame - Lithograph by Luca Pignatelli - 2008
Located in Roma, IT
Olympic Flame is a colored aquatint from the portfolio "The Unique Collection for the Olympic Fine Arts 2008" realized by Luca Pignatelli in occasion of the Olympic Games held in ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative 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
$716 Sale Price
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Memory of the Natal Land - Original lithograph, Mourlot 1969
By Marc Chagall
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc CHAGALL
Memory of the Natal Land
Original stone lithograph
On paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch)
Edited by Teriade, 1969
REFERENCES : Catalog raisonne Mourlot #572
Excellent ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Thirsty: the appearance of a town geisha in the Ansei era" - Woodblock on Paper
From the series "Thirty-two Aspects of Customs and Manners" (Fuzoku sanjuniso)
Lively woodblock of a...
Category
1880s Edo Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Woodcut
Pablo Picasso - The Painter and His Model - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph - Pablo Picasso
Title: The Painter and His Model
This is unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
From the book/portfolio "Regards sur Paris"
Published by André Saure...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Chagall, Tribe of Dan, Vitraux pour Jérusalem (after)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Chagall, Vitraux pour Jérusalem. Published by Musée des Arts Décora...
Category
1960s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
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Smoker in White - Etching by Giacomo Porzano - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, dated and numbered by artist with pencil. Etching and aquatint.
Edition of 90 prints plus 15 prints in Roman Numbers and 5 Artist's Proofs.
Excellent condition.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Diurnes: A General - Original Collotype and Stencil (Cramer #115)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo PICASSO (1881-1973)
Diurnes, A General, 1962
Original collotype and stencil (Jacomet workshop)
Unsigned
Limited to 1000 copy
On paper 40 x 30 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.2 in)
REFERENC...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Color
Jean-Michel Basquiat Gagosian Exhibition Poster
Located in Central, HK
After Jean-Michel Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat Gagosian Exhibition Poster, 2013
Exhibition poster
14 × 14 in 35.6 × 35.6 cm
Category
2010s Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
"The World Weary" 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...
Category
1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
"Woman Leaning Over Chair" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesan Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #8 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Kli...
Category
Early 1900s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
Ruins of the Roman Baths of Belisarius: A 19th C. Etching by Luigi Rossini
Located in Alamo, CA
This early 19th century etching entitled "Veduta degl' Avanzi delle Torri di Belisario Dalla parte che guarda l' Interno della Città, vicino a Porta S. Giovanni, A. Mura Aureliane" (...
Category
1820s Old Masters Landscape Prints
Materials
Etching
Cocteau, Composition, Taureaux (after)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper. Inscription: signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: from the folio, Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau, 1965. ...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Pablo Picasso, "La Danse, " original lithograph
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso
1956
11 x 8 inches (unframed)
Original Lithograph
Unsigned, from an unnumbered edition
Reference: B.796
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of James McBey.
Located in Storrs, CT
James McBey. 1931. Drypoint. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 ). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed by the artist on cream wove paper. Signed in the plate lower ...
Category
1930s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Equity and Diversity
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Let’s come together
Let’s learn to love one another
Learn to love your brother
Learn to love your sister
Love your neighbor
One eye can’t see
One ear doesn’t hear
One hand can’t cla...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Ink, Linocut
$2,552 Sale Price
20% Off
Gerlach's Allegorien Plate #37: "Music" Lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
Koloman Moser
(1868 –1918), AUSTRIAN
Instead of applying his flair and art education solely to painting, Koloman Moser embodied the idea of Gesamt Kunstwerk (all-embracing art w...
Category
1890s Vienna Secession Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Matador.
By James McBey
Located in Storrs, CT
The Matador. 1911. Drypoint. Hardie 109. 6 7/8 x 10 7/8 (sheet 7 7/8 x 12). Edition 15. A few scattered foxing marks and slight mat line; otherwise fine o...
Category
1910s Modern Animal Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
$1,200 Sale Price
27% Off
Kandinsky, Tableau avec formes blanches, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 133-134, 1962. Published by...
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Degas, Dancer standing, in profile, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Fairfield, CT
Medium: Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper
Year: 1945
Paper Size: 17 x 13 inches
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued
Notes: From the folio, Degas, Ten Balle...
Category
1940s Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
20% Off