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Ancient View of Constantinople - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of Costantinople is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the 19th Century.
Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper.
Inscripted on the lower margin ...
Category
Early 19th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ikarus und Daedalus - Etching by Fritz Zalisz - 1914
By Fritz Zalisz
Located in Roma, IT
Ikarus und Daedalus is a beautiful etching and aquatint on ivory-colored paper realized in 1914 by the German expressionist artist, Fritz Zalisz (Gera 1893 - Holzhausen 1971).
Signature and date in pencil on the lower right margin.
In the etching on the lower margin, a long print inscription: "Betet nicht mehr! -Das sollt ihr mir schworen, brigt keine Opfer mehr, das sollt ihr geloben! - Herbert Eulenberg dem Dichter von Ikarus und Daedalus gewidmet. FZ".
This dedicatory inscription refers to the well-known German poet and writer Herbert Eulenberg (1876-1949) who wrote the book "Ikarus und Daedalus. Ein Oratorium", Leipzig 1912.
This original print represents the myth of Icarus and Dedalus with a suggestive symbolist composition, preserved nice impression and is in excellent condition.
Fritz Zalisz (Gera 1893 - Holzhausen 1971).
The German painter, graphic designer and sculptor Fritz Zalisz, considered one of the most important representatives of German expressionism, studied at the Leipzig Academy with Otto Richard Bossert and Alois Kolb...
Category
1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Landscape - Etching by Israel Henriet - Late-17th Century
By Israel Henriet
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original Modern artwork realized by Israel Henriet (Nancy, 1590 - 1661) in the second half of the XVII Century.
Original B/W Etching on ivory cardboard.
Inscripte...
Category
Late 17th Century Naturalistic Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Hampstead Pond and Kenwood in Spring diptych
By Colin Moore
Located in Deddington, GB
Overall size: H102 x W134
Colin Moore
Hampstead Pond
Limited Edition 3 Block Linocut
Edition of 100
Image Size: H 42cm x W 59.5cm
Sheet Size: H 51cm x W 67cm x D 0.1cm
Sold Unframed...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut, Paper
Salomè - Original Etching by Leo Guida - 1989
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Salomè is an original etching and aquatint realized by Leo Guida in 1989.
Good condition.
Mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (50x35).
Dated and signed by the author.
Artist...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Foret de Fontainebleau - Etching by Francisque de Saint-Etienne - 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Foret de Fontainebleau is a black and white etching realized by Francisque de Saint-Etienne (1824-1885) in 1870s.
Titled in the lower.
Image size: 28.5cmx20cm.
Good condition.
No...
Category
1870s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Le Apuane Dal Forte - Lithograph by Orfeo Tamburi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Apuane Dal Forte is a beautiful artwork realized by Orfeo Tamburi in the 1970's
Mixed colored lithograph.
Hand signed by the artist. Numbered on the lower left. Edition: 13/100
...
Category
1970s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Centaur In The Smithy - Original Woodcut by J.J. Weber - 1898
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 24.5 x 31.5 cm.
Centaur In The Smithy is an original print, realized in 1898.
Black and white xylograph on applied Japon paper.
Good conditions except for yellowing of paper (especially along the margins), and very light foxings on lower part of paper.
The print was realized by Johann Jacob Weber and it's part of the series Meisterwerke der Holzschneidekunst (original title: SECHZEHN HOLZSCHNITTE NACH GEMÄLDEN ARNOLD BÖCKLIN...
Category
1890s Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Ancient View of the Dublin Bay - Original Lithograph - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient View of the Dublin Bay is an original modern artwork realized in Germany in the Mid-19th Century.
Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Untitled - Lithograph by Maurizio Biagi - Late 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a beautiful colored lithograph on Fabriano watermarked paper, realized at the end of XX century by the Italian artist, Maurizio Biagi. Hand-signed, dated and numbered in...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fallen Knight - Etching by M. Klinger - 1881
By Max Klinger
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 36.5 x 23 cm.
Fallen Knight from "Intermezzi" is an original print realized by Max Klinger in 1881.
Signature and number of the print on plate.
Black and white e...
Category
1880s Symbolist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Forest 9 - Contemporary Linocut, Flora, Nature, Polish artist, Young art
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA GARBACZEWSKA (born 1987) - Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Diploma in 2012 in the studio of prof. Maria Targońska, annex by prof. Czesław Tumielewicz.
PROVENAN...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
French Landscape - Original Lithograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original lithography on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the 19th Century.
Printed in series of "France Pittoresque" at the top center.
Titled in France on...
Category
19th Century Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Old Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Faithful Inn, Yellowstone National Park" c.1970 is a color etching on Wove paper by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenber...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Ex Libris KRCMY - Original Woodcut - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris KRCMY is an original Modern Artwork realized in 1934.
Original Ex Libris paper. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right corner in pencil.
Original Colored ...
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Forest - Contemporary Linocut, Flora, Nature, Polish artist, Young art
Located in Warsaw, PL
MARTA GARBACZEWSKA (born 1987) - Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. Diploma in 2012 in the studio of prof. Maria Targońska, annex by prof. Czesław Tumielewicz.
PROVENAN...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Golden Gate, San Francisco, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Golden Gate, San Francisco, California" c.1930 is a color etching on watermarked Kasimir Vienna paper by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand sig...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Tree of Life, Portfolio of 3 Lithographs by Jacques Lipchitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian (1891 - 1973)
Title: Tree of Life
Year: 1972
Medium: Portfolio of Three Lithographs, each signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 250
Size of eac...
Category
1960s Cubist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ulm on the Blau, Germany
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ulm on the Blau, Germany" c.1950 is a color etching by noted Austrian artist Josef Eidenberger, 1899-1991. It is hand signed n pencil by the artist, inscribed "T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Giorgio Sommer n° 6418, View of Posillipo - Original Albumen Print - 1880s
By Giorgio Sommer
Located in Roma, IT
Giorgio Sommer n° 6418, view of Posillipo, is an original albumen print applied on cardboard.
Title, catalog number and photographer's name printed on the low edge of print.
This b...
Category
1880s Figurative Prints
Materials
Black and White
Naifs - Vintage Poster - Galerie Weber 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Naifs is a vintage offset Poster of the Exhibition realized by The Weber Gallery and by Yugoslav artists, in 1979.
In very good condition.
This artwork represent a tree full of s...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
The Oak - Etching by A. R. Brudieux - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Oak is an original black and white etching on paper, realized by A. R. Brudieux.
On the bottom left margin, notes of the artist in pencil, on the bottom right margin.
Hand-sig...
Category
1960s Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Jacques Ciry - Exhibition Poster - Original Offset Print - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Jacques Ciry- Exhibition Poster is an original poster print realized.
The artwork was realized on the occasion of the artist's exhibition.
Good conditions except for some foldings.
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Study of a Trunk - Original Lithograph by Emile Henri Laporte - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Study for a Trunk is an original modern artwork realized in 1860s by the French artist Emile Henri Laporte (1841 - 1919).
Original lithgraph on paper. Han...
Category
1860s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Landscape - Lithograph on Paper by E. Laport - 1860
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original lithograph on paper, realized by E. Laport around 1860.
The state of preservation is good except for some diffused stains.
Hand-colored.
Plate no.12
She...
Category
1860s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dining - Offset by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dining is a Vintage Offset Print on ivory-colored paper, realized by Franco Gentilini (Italian Painter, 1909-1981), in 1970s.
The state of preservation of the artwork is excellent.
...
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Specchio (Mirror)- Original Woodcut on Paper by Giovanni Guerrini - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Specchio (Mirror) is an original woodcut on paper realized by G. Guerrini.
Very good condition.
Included passepartout: 40 x 30 cm.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
The Capitol, The Williamsburg Series
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Capitol, Williamsburg Series" 1940 is an original etching on paper by noted American artist Samuel V. Chamberlain, 1895-1975 It is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Landscape - Lithograph - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a lithograph on paper realized by an unknown artist of the 20th century.
The state of preservation is very good.
Sheet dimension: 31 x 48 cm.
The artwork represents ...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Alps - Lithography on Paper by A. Lauro - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Alps is an original lithography artwork on paper realized by A. Lauro in the XX century.
The State of preservation is very good.
Included a white Passepartout: 34 x 49 cm.
The ar...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Landscape - Etching on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original etching on paper realized by an unknown artist of the XX century.
The State of preservation is very good with some small stain on the margins.
Sheet dimen...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Vase - Original Lithograph by Ercole Pignatelli - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
The Vase is an original artwork realized by Ercole Pignatelli in 1972. Colored lithograph.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist in pencil on the lower right. Edition of 100. The artw...
Category
1970s Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bauhaus, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Exhibition Poster by Saul Steinberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
A vintage exhibition poster for famed New Yorker artist, Saul Steinberg at The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC.
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
Wildwood, Chris Keegan, Limited edition print, Screen Print for sale
By Chris Keegan
Located in Deddington, GB
Wildwood by Chris Keegan [2022]
limited_edition and hand signed by the artist
Screen print
Edition number 50
Image size: H:40 cm x W:40 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:38 cm x ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
A little Bit of London and A little bit of Canary Wharf diptych
Located in Deddington, GB
A little Bit of London and A little bit of Canary Wharf diptych
Overall size cm : H48 x W102
Jayson Lilley
A little bit of Canary Wharf
Limited Edition City Scape Print
Hand pulled Screen Print with Gold Leaf, Finished with Pen and Ink on Archival Museum Board
Size: H 24cm x W 51cm x
Sold Unframed
Edition of 50
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indication of how a piece may look.)
Jayson Lilley
A little Bit of London
Limited Edition City Scape Art...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Gold Leaf
Fei Alexeli, Lac Rose, Limited Edition Print, Contemporary Art, Affordable Art
By Fei Alexeli
Located in Deddington, GB
Fei Alexeli
Lac Rose
Limited Edition Print
Giclee Print
Edition of 20
Image Size : H 32cm x W 51cm
Sheet Size: H 40cm x W 60cm
(Please note that in situ images are purely an indicati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Giclée
Loneliness 1 - Handmade Linocut and Monotype Techniq, Limited Edition 3/5
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork will be sent unframed
Linocut and Monotype print „Loneliness 1 ” 2021
Limited edition, print unique number 3/5
Paper Fabriano Rosaspina 220 g
Paper size 15,75x19,69 inch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut, Monotype
Tim Southall, Feast, Limited Edition Print, Affordable Art, Art Online
By Tim Southall
Located in Deddington, GB
Tim Southall
A Feast
Etching Print on Paper
Image Size: H 7.5cm x W 10cm
Paper Size: H 17.5cm x W 20cm
Edition of 75
Signed
Sold Unframed but Mounted
(Ple...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Antonio Zarco Spanish Artist 1981 Original Hand Signed engraving realism n2
Located in Miami, FL
Antonio Zarco (Spain, 1930-2018)
'Ruina y olvido XII', 1981
engraving on paper
20.9 x 15 in. (53 x 38 cm.)
Edition of 200
ID: ZAR1187-002-200
Hand-signed by author
Category
1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Engraving, Screen
"Cherry Tree in Bloom" 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
KCHO (Alexis Leyva Machado), ¨Untitled I¨, 2019, Woodcut, 44.7x31.1 in
Located in Miami, FL
Alexis Kcho Leiva (Cuba, 1970)
'Untitled I', 2019
woodcut, silkscreen on paper Intaglio 300 g.
44.7 x 31.2 in. (113.5 x 79 cm.)
Edition of 30
ID: KCH-121
Unframed
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Woodcut, Ink
Mysterious Forest - Lithograph by Tono Zancanaro - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Mysterious Forest is a colored lithograph on paper realized by Tono Zancanaro in 1975.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower.
Numbered, edition of 100 prints.
Good conditions.
Publi...
Category
1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Rubber Plant III, house plant print, affordable art, limited edition art
By Kerry Day
Located in Deddington, GB
'Rubber Plant III' is a multi layered reduction Lino Print in a varied edition of 10. Based on Kerry's love of her house plants, she wanted to depict the subtle pattern in the rubber...
Category
2010s Pop Art Interior Prints
Materials
Paper, Linocut
A Tale of London, Tim Southall, Illustration and folk art, Limited edition
Located in Deddington, GB
A Tale of London by Tim Southall
Limited edition print and hand signed by the artist
Image size: H:30cm x W:30cm
Complete size of unframed work: H:30cm x W:30cm x D:0.1cm
Sold unfr...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Screen
Man Ray, Surrealist Etching by Jan Peter Tripp
Located in Long Island City, NY
Man Ray
Jan Peter Tripp
German (1945)
Date: 1989
Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition 86/95
Image Size: 20.75 x 26.5 inches
Size: 28 x 32.5 in. (71.12 x 82.55 cm)
Category
1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"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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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints
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Paper
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Titled in the lower.
Image size: 25x17.
Very good impression with wide margins and a very f...
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1860s Impressionist Figurative Prints
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By Bill Beckley
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Bill Beckley, American (1946 - )
Title: Falling Coconut - Setting Sun
Year: circa 1979
Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 225
Image Size: 19 x 14 inc...
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1970s Conceptual Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
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This print ships in a tube.
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9.25 x 12.5 inches, artwork
18.38 x 22 inches, frame
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limited_edition
Linocut
Edition number 50
Image size: H:33 cm x W:44 cm
Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:49 cm x W:61 cm x D:0.2cm
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Glitter, Archival Paper, Black and White
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limited_edition
linocut
Edition number 1 -10
Image size: H:20cm cm x W:20cm cm
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Glitter, Archival Paper, Black and White
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Tim Southall
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Prints
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
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Glitter, Archival Paper, Black and White
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern Figurative Prints
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Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This framed still is part of an animated video project titled "Gold Rush," from McLean Fahnestock's solo show at Channel to Channel, "Beautifully Awful Scenes." This still depicts a ...
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2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography
Materials
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