Victor Di Gesu

'Woman Reading', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA

Circa 1955

Painted by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) circa 1955 and stamped, verso, with Victor di Gesu estate stamp. A bold, expressionist monotype showing two young women seated side b...

Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955. Provenance: Janet Ament De La Roche, from estate stamp verso. A cabinet sized, Pos...

Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950. A dynamic, mid-century monotype by this Paris-trained, California Post-Impressioni...

Estate stamped, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950. A substantial monotype showing a young woman seated, her kimono fallen open, and brushing her...

Sybil Andrews, 'Rue du Hallage - Rouen', color monotype, c. 1925, edition 3, proof 3. Signed 'Sybil Andrews pinx et imp' annotated 'No 3' and titled in pencil. Printed by the artist....

Procede by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Coloured monotype with gold, silver and pencil 24 x 30 cm (9¹/₂ x 11³/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Manzana Artist biogaphy Like all ...

Sybil Andrews, 'Hostellerie des Chiens du Guet', color monotype, c. 1925; edition 2, proof 1. Signed 'Sybil Andrews pinx et imp' and titled in pencil. A superb, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on heavy cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (5/8 to 1 3/4 inches). Printed by the artist. The artist’s original archival mounting tape remains in the four sheet corners, recto (well away from the image), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. A unique impression. Image size 8 15/16 x 11 15/16 inches (227 x 303 mm); sheet size 12 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches (311 x 394 mm). ABOUT THIS WORK In addition to her almost 80 celebrated modernist color linocuts, Sybil Andrews also worked in the monotype technique. She typically produced two or three impressions (or pulls) from each hand-painted plate, each proof unique in its qualities of color values and vibrancy. In 1933, Sybil Andrews and Cyril Power had an exhibition of their color monotypes and linocuts at the Redfern Gallery. Most of Andrews' monotypes were destroyed by a fire in an Ottawa gallery in 1959, and they now rarely come to the market. ABOUT THE IMAGE The Hostellerie des Chiens du Guet is a small hotel at the edge of...

"Some Town without a Name" - Signed Screen Print Exhibition Poster Screen Print titled "Some Town without a Name" by Masuo Ikeda (Japanese, 1934-1997). A black headshot is seen with blue ink by the mouth and enclosed in a blue rectangle. "Masuo Ikeda" can be seen printed up top, with a list of Ten Lithographs under. Signed in pencil "Masuo Ikeda" lower right and numbered "XXXlll" middle Presented in a white mat. Mat: 36"H x 28"W Paper: 26"H x 21"W Image: 25 1/2"H x 19 1/2"W Masuo Ikeda (Japanese, 1934 - 1997) was born in 1934. Masuo Ikeda is well known a Japanese painter, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, ceramist, novelist, and film director. He started winning prize after prize in the 1960s: the Governor of Tokyo's Prize (1962), the Tokyo Museum of Modern Art Prize (1964). In 1961 he had established himself as a printmaker by winning the Grand Prize for Printmaking at the Tokyo International Biennale of Art, but it was in foreign parts that he achieved his greatest triumphs: in 1961 the Prix d'Excellence at the Young Artists' International Biennale in Paris; in 1965 the Grand Prix at the International Print-making Biennale in Ljubljana; in 1966, the First Prize at the International Engraving Biennale in Cracow, and first prizes at the Biennales of Vienna and Venice, where he was only the second Japanese to win in this category, after Munakata Shiko in 1956. He was the first Japanese to have a one-man show at the New York Museum of Modern Art (1965). He was always on the move and spent two years in New York (1965-66), then settled for a year in Berlin (1967). Ikeda was producing prints in his studio in New York from 1969, he returned to Japan in 1980 and was based there from then on, and extended his brilliant talent beyond printmaking. In 1977, he won the 77th Akutagawa Prize (the most prestigious literary award in Japan) for his novel, Offering in the Aegean, and directed the film adaptation of the same title in 1979. His vigorous artistic activity even extended to the production of ceramic works from around 1983 onward. The Ikeda Masuo...