Pierre Fix-Masseau

Exactitude

Marcus Behmer (German, 1879 – 1958) Die Geravbte orchidee (The robbed orchid), 1903 Signed ‘Marcus Behmer’ (lower right in pencil) Lithograph on paper 16.1/8 x 12in. (40.8 x 30.5cm.) It is apparent Behmer is influenced by the work of Aubrey Beardsley, though this work is no less beautiful in its execution. Little is known regarding his connections to Oscar Wilde though he is obviously an admirer and has many similarities with his private life and incarceration in prison. These works were a personal gift to Baron Detlev von Hadeln, the aristocrat and prominent art historian of the age. Behmer is known to be, since 1903, a member in the first ever homosexual organization in Berlin and was thus probably a part of Adolf Brand’s circle, and may have contributed to Brand’s publication Der Eigene. Until now, few know that Behmer was sentenced in April 1937 by a court in Konstanz to imprisonment for two years, being arrested in Freiburg and at other locations in southern Germany for being a homosexual. At times he was given the opportunity to work as an artist in prison. The works produced in this period are mostly calligraphic designed tablets with Greek text (prayers and Bible quotes...

Leo Kouper 'La Grande revue de Charlot', Charlie Chaplin', circa 1960 36.3/8 x 27.3/4in. (92.5 x 70.5cm.) (including frame) Colour print

• Ernest Montaut (French 1878-1909) Moscow to St. Petersburg, 1907 Lithograph ‘E Montaut’ (lower right in the print) 14.7/8 x 32.1/2in. (37.8 x 82.5cm.) to slip edge A grand and ra...

'Bugatti type 50' by Robert Jerraud Number 130 from an edition of 400 Showing the detailed workings of this classic car. Signed lower right 'R. Jerraud' in pencil

Salon des 90 Independants An exhibition poster Lithograph 72.5 x 54cm. (unframed) Newly framed in black and silver art deco style frame protected behind perspex. A very stylish art...

Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) (French/Russian, 1892-1990) Michelle Lithograph Signed `Erte’ (lower right) and numbered `21/300’ (lower left) Frame measures 39.1/4 x 30.3/8 in. (100x 77 cm.)

Original Stufe Pagliero Michele vintage Italian antique poster. Archival linen backed and ready to frame. Lithograph from 1929. Excellent condition, ready to frame. A conditio...

This lithographic colored advertising poster entitled "Tom Sawyer Detective, A New Story by Mark Twain" was created by Edward Penfield in 1897 for Harper & Brothers. The artist's signature appears in the plate in the lower left. The poster depicts a man in a long black bathing suit sitting with his knees up, aimlessly smoking a cigarette, but looking out of the corner of his eyes at a woman in a olive green dress and tan blouse and a black hat, who sits to his left with her head propped in her left hand and a bored or concerned look on her face. The look on the faces of the couple creates an air of mystery. The title of the book is printed in red in the upper left and the issue "Harper's August" in bold letters in the lower poster. The poster promotes a new book by Mark Twain that was published initially in two issues of Harper's Monthly and also in book form by Harper & Brothers in 1896. It is a sequel to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", published in 1876, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", published in 1884, and "Tom Sawyer Abroad", also published in 1894. The plot of the book involves Tom Sawyer attempting to solve a mysterious murder. The story is told using the first-person narrative voice of his friend Huck Finn...

NEW DECO by the woman artist Robin Morris, is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on brown colored archival printmaking paper, 100% acid ...

'Canard Sauvage' (Wild Duck) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of birds....

'Canard Nyroca - Canard Milouinan' (Ferruginous Duck) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series o...

'Bernache Cravant' (Brent Goose) French chromolithograph, published in 1931. Printed title lower right of sheet. Plate number top right. From a French series of illustrations of bi...