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Period: 1920s
Symphony in White No. 2, The Little White Girl
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Clifford James (active 1900-1930) After James Abbott NcNeill Whistler (1834-1903) Symphony in White No. 2, The Little White Girl Color mezzotint, 1922 Signed in pencil by James (see ...
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Pre-Raphaelite 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Mezzotint

Woman's Head - Woman's Head in Profile (left) (Havard)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman's Head - Woman's Head in Profile (left) (Havard) Drypoint, 1920 Unsigned (as issued) From: The Drypoints of Elie Nadelman, 21 unpublished prints by the sculptor, proof from th...
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American Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Die Bettler (The Beggars)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Die Bettler (The Beggars) Lithograph, 1922 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) From: Berliner Reise Series, Plate 7 Printed on wove paper Edition: 100...
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Expressionist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1929 at the atelier of Daniel Jacomet for L'Art Cubiste. Image size: 7 x 6 inches (175 x 150 mm). There is an inscription...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

LOBSTER and OCTOPUS (KAMPF - BATTLE)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
NORBERTINE VON BRESSLERN-ROTH (1891 1978) KAMPF (BATTLE - LOBSTER and OCTOPUS) c. 1928 Color linoleum cut Signed in pencil. Image 8 5/8 x 8 11/16” In excellent condition and full ...
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Vienna Secession 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1926 at the atelier Lacourière on Montgolfier paper and published by Au Sans Pareil in a limited edition of 995 for "Dix filles dans un pré". Pla...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Oliviers" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Published in Paris in 1924 by Albert Morance for "L'Art d'Aujourd'hui", and now very scarce. The publisher's provenance inscription is printed...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Night Shadows
By Edward Hopper
Located in Storrs, CT
Night Shadows. 1921. Etching. Levin 82. 7 x 8 3/8 (sheet 10 x 13 7 1/16).s Series: Six American Etchings: The New Republic Portfolio, 1924. Edition approximately 500-600. Illustrate...
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American Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

(after) Amedeo Modigliani "Portrait de M. Lepoutre"
By Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the painting). Printed in 1926 at the Leon Marotte atelier and published in an edition of 1000 by Editions des Quatre Chemins. Image size: 8 x 5 1/2 inches (...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Le Chapeau Epinglé - Etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
Le chapeau épinglé (La fille de Berthe Morisot et sa cousine) 3e planche. Etching realized by Renoir in 1894. Image dimension 11.5x8 cm. / sheet dimension 33.2x15.1 cm. The final s...
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Impressionist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

'Snow Shovellers, New York' — American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Clare Leighton, 'Snow Shovellers, New York', 1929, wood engraving, edition 45, Boston Public Library 146. Signed, titled, and numbered '29/45' in pencil. A...
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American Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

(after) Amedeo Modigliani "Buste de jeune femme"
By Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the painting). Printed in 1926 at the Leon Marotte atelier and published in an edition of 1000 by Editions des Quatre Chemins. Image size: 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 inch...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Paris : Saint Michel Bridge - Original Etching (Duthuit-Matisse #108)
Located in Paris, IDF
Henri MATISSE (1869-1964) Paris : Saint Michel Bridge, 1927 Original etching Printed signature in the plate Limited to 225 copies On BFK Rives vellum 25 x 33 cm (c. 9.8 x 12.9 in)...
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Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

(after) Amedeo Modigliani "Marie"
By Amedeo Modigliani
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: collotype (after the painting). Printed in 1926 at the Leon Marotte atelier and published in an edition of 1000 by Editions des Quatre Chemins. Image size: 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inch...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Photogravure

Pablo Picasso, Maternité, Original etching, hand signed
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Pablo Picasso Maternité, 1924 Original etching on Arches paper Hand signed and numbered 15/50 from the edition of 50 Bloch 70 Paper: 22 5/8 x 28 inches Framed Dimensions: 34 x 33 inc...
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Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

In the Wood
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Etching, 1920 Signed in pencil Edition: 110 examples Very fine condition Provenance: Colnaghi, London (stock numbers on reverse) The artist'w widow, Dorette, 19...
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Pre-Raphaelite 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Nashville in Winter
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nashville in Winter Etching, c. 1928 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Very small edition A rare image of early Nashville, Indiana Excellent impression with plate tone in the sky First state before the aquatint depicting a winter nocturne with fall snow Printed on a fine laid paper with a Crown & Shield watermark Provenance: Estate of the artist By decent Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop...
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American Realist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

" Le Miroir Magique " . Musée FABRE .
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean HUGO ( 1894 - 1984 ) " Le miroir Magique " . PARIS .Jeanne Buchet .1927. Musée FABRE . Montpellier . portefeuille de 20 lithographies coloriées sur pochoir par Jean saudé d'ap...
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Surrealist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper

GRASS FIRE. - Very Scarce Early signed Impression
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PAUL LANDACRE (1883 – 1963) GRASSS FIRE, 1928 (Wien 53) Wood engraving on tissue thin Japanese paper, signed in pencil and titled with full margins. Thee are only 20 signed, titled,...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

" Le Miroir Magique " . Musée FABRE .
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean HUGO ( 1894 - 1984 ) " Le miroir Magique " . PARIS .Jeanne Buchet .1927. Musée FABRE . Montpellier . portefeuille de 20 lithographies coloriées sur pochoir par Jean saudé d'ap...
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Surrealist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper

In the Wood
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Etching, 1920 Signed in pencil Edition: 110 examples Very fine condition Provenance: Colnaghi, London (stock numbers on reverse) The artist'w widow, Dorette, 19...
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Pre-Raphaelite 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Mosque of the Sultan Bayazid, Constantinople — Vintage Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Conrad Rosenberg, 'Mosque of the Sultan Bayazid, Constantinople', etching, 1927. Signed in pencil. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left. A fine, richly-inked impression...
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American Realist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Spring Morning - Seal Beach
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869 – 1958) SPRING MORNING – SEAL BEACH c. 1929 Color block print, signed in pencil. Image 8 ½” x 9 3/4”, sheet, 11 3/8 x 11 7/8”. Full margins as issued with...
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American Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Linocut, Woodcut

Original poster by Delval for Fap'anis alcohol celui des Connaisseurs
By Delval
Located in PARIS, FR
Crafted circa 1920 by Delval, the original poster for Fap'anis Celui des connaisseurs stands as a testament to the allure of the era's entertainment and indulgence. Delval, renowned for his skill in poster design, captured the essence of sophistication and refinement in this advertisement for Distillerie Peureux.

The poster features an illustration of the celebrated singer Gaby Deslys...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Sculpteur devant sa Sculpture - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
B/w etching on Hollande Van Gelder Paper, with margins. Belongs to the series "Le Chef-d'Oeuvre Inconnu". Hand Signed and numered in bistre ink. Edition of 10/99, aside from the port...
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Cubist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Etching

Valmier, Composition, L'Art Cubiste, Théories et Réalisations (after)
By Georges Valmier
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, L'Art Cubiste, Théories et Réalisations, Etude Critique...
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Cubist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Transport in the Mountains - Lithograph by Alfred Kubin - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on vellum, realized by Kubin in 1929. Hand signed in pencil. Framed under glass, frame dimension 63.5x51 cm. Ref. Raabe 380.
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Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Notre Dame de Paris
Located in Middletown, NY
A superb, dark impression of a well known scene by Arms. Etching with aquatint on watermarked handmade F.J. Head & Co. laid paper, 12 3/8 x 13 15/16 inches (315 x 354 mm), full marg...
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American Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Original 'Banque Nationale de Credit Emprunt National 1920' vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Banque Nationale de Credit Emprunt National 1920” vintage Cappiello poster. Linen backed in B condition with touch-up restoration in various poster parts. The price ref...
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Art Deco 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Brittany Landscape with Figure
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Brittany Landscape with Figure Etching & color aquatint, c. 1920 Signed lower right (see photo) Numbered lower left: "No. 21" (see photo) An early color etching by the artist, based ...
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American Impressionist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Brooklyn Waterfront
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Brooklyn Waterfront Lithograph, 1931 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist Edition: Undetermined (very small), plus artist's proofs Printed by Meister Schulz, Berlin Provenance: Estate of the artist Virginia Dehn, the artist's widow Dehn Quests Bibliography: Lumsdaine and O'Sullivan 152 Illustrated: Adams, The Sensuous Life of Adolf Dehn, Fig. 9.14, page 213 (This impression) Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968 Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art. In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic “little magazines” such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art. If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques. Early Years, 1895-1922 For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
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American Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

La Place de la Concorde
Located in Fairlawn, OH
La Place de la Concorde Depicts La Place d la Concorde, Tour Eiffel and Sacre-Couer on Montmarte Hill in the back left Lithograph, 1926 Unsigned. as issued From the book edition, Jos...
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Orphist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

APRIL
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART APRIL c. 1928-30 Color block print, signed and titled in pencil. Image 9" x 5". sheet 11 1/8 x 7 1/8. Very good impression. The usual tack holes at the right she...
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Impressionist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

GEFALLEN (Killed in Action)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KATHE KOLLWITZ (1867-1945) GEFALLEN (Killed in Action) 1920 (Klipstein 153 (1st state, a of c of 2 states) Lithograph on laid paper. Image 16 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches, Large Full Sheet, 25 ½...
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Expressionist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Paris : Parisian Club - Original Etching, 1927 (Juffermans #JE4)
Located in Paris, IDF
Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968) Paris : Parisian Club, 1927 Original etching Unsigned Limited to 225 copies On BFK Rives vellum 33 x 25 cm (c. 12.9 x 9.8 in) REFERENCE : Catalogue ra...
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Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

York Avenue, Sunday Morning.
Located in Storrs, CT
York Avenue, Sunday Morning. 1939. Drypoint. Kraeft 78. 7 3/4 x 12 7/8 (sheet 8 x 12). Edition 100. Provenance: Estate of David Llewellyn Reese, New York. ...
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American Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Portrait de Jean Desbordes - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Jean Cocteau, Portrait de Jean Desbordes is a Lithograph on vélin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais, realized by Cocteau in 1929. Belongs to the suite "25 Dessins d'Un Dormeur", publ...
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Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Paul Klee - Sganrelle - Art Print
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Art print on heavy paper After the original from 1922 In great condition
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Color

Art deco handcolored woodcut on paper - Walking black panther by Gaston Suisse
Located in Les Acacias GE, GE
Gaston Suisse (1896-1988) Panthère noire dans les bambous, 1927 Gravure sur bois, sur papier Velin de Van Gelder. Rehaussé aux lavis d’encre de Chine par l’artiste Signé en bas à gauche et daté 1927 en bas à droite Black panther in a forest of bamboos, 1927 A handcolored woodcut on Velin de Van Gelder paper Signed and dated 1927 Bibliographie /Literature Gaston Suisse, splendeur du laque art déco. Emmanuel Bréon. Somogy Éditions d'art, Paris 2013, reproduite page 105 (un autre exemplaire reproduit) The artist made a wood engraving of which he made about twenty prints himself. These proofs were not marketed as is, Gaston Suisse reworked each of the proofs using Indian ink washes in order to obtain different effects for each proof, which are thus unique original works. Born in 1896 in a family of artists, his father Georges was a close friend of Siegfried Bing and a great lover of Japanese art and a bibliophile. He passed his taste for art to his son whom he often took to draw at the Botanic Garden . Around 1910, Gaston Suisse, who hasn't entered yet the artistic school, met Paul Jouve, then 18 years his elder, who was already famous. In 1911, at the age of 17, he entered the National School of Decorative Art where he followed the teachings of Paul Renouard. Thanks to his knowledge and taste for the Japanese art, he chose lacquer painting as his specialty. His practice of this noble and demanding subject were so much appreciated that he was awarded with two gold medals in 1913 and 1914. Mobilized during the war , he joined the army and go in Salonika where he found his friend Jouve. In 1918, he finished his studies at the School of Applied Arts in order to perfect his training. He learned in particular the techniques of gilding and oxidation of metals. The first productions of Gaston Suisse, furniture and objects in lacquer with geometrical patterns, were an instant success and Suisse was appointed as member of Salon d'Automne in 1924, the very year of his first exhibition. Considered as an artist-decorator, his sincere and deep friendship with Jouve linked him in parallel with the groups of the animaliers of the Jardin des Plantes and became a close friend of Edouard-Marcel Sandoz. When travelling to Maghreb and Middle-East between 1923 and 1925, he produced numerous drawings representing antelopes, apes and fennec foxes...
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Art Deco 1920s Prints and Multiples

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India Ink, Woodcut

SCARCE EARLY OROZCO - CABEZA DE MUJER -
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO (1883 – 1949) CABEZA DE MUJER, ( Woman's Head: Mexican Woman) 1929 (Orozco 9) Lithograph, signed and numbered 23/50. in pencil. Pri...
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Realist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'Brooklyn Bridge' — Iconic New York City Landmark
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Luigi Kasimir, 'Brooklyn Bridge', color etching with aquatint, 1927, edition 100. Signed in pencil. A superb impression, with fresh colors, on heavy, cream wove paper; with margins...
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American Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Scene d'interieur (B 74), Lithograph by Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso, Spanish (1881 - 1973) - Scene d'interieur (B 74), Year: 1926, Medium: Lithograph on BFK Rives, Edition: 100, Image Size: 8.75 x 11 inches, Size: 12.75 x 19.75 in. (32...
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Cubist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

'The Spirit of the Wine' — Japanese Legend from the Famed Chikamatsu Series
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Hokuto Tamamura (1893-1951), 'The Spirit of the Wine' (Shuten Dōji) - from Dai Chikamatsu Zenshu (The Complete Works of Chikamatsu)', color woodblock, 1923-26. Signed 'Hokuto'. A fin...
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Showa 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

1927 Original poster entitled "Panthère noire" by Paul Jouve - Black Panther
Located in PARIS, FR
The original 1927 poster entitled "Panthère noire" by Paul Jouve is a captivating work that embodies the artist's talent for capturing the majesty and powe...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Le "FLIP" Soap original vintage French antique poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original French vintage poster. le "Flip" Soap. This fun image shows the tube of 'Flip" pushing away the shaving bowl, towel, and shaving brush. I...
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Art Deco 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

They Thunder forth from Their Clouds-Lithograph by George Grosz - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
They Thunder forth from Their Clouds is an original lithograph, realized by George Grosz in 1922, from Die Raüber, edition Malik Verlag in 100 prints, plate n°8 da Die Raüber, hand-signed in pencil. "They thunder forth from their clouds about gentleness and forbearance, while they sacrifice human victims to the God of love." (Da donnern sie Sanftmut und Duldung aus ihren Wolken und bringen dem Gott der Liebe Menschenopfer.)" Sheet dimension: 61,5 x 42 cm. In very good conditions. Here representing a man in front of cross miserably praying, below of his feet laid down many dead bodies and ruined part of the city. here is one of his artwork affected by consequences drama of war. George Grosz (1893 -1959) was a German artist known especially for his caricatural drawings and paintings of Berlin life in the 1920s. He was a prominent member of the Berlin Dada and New Objectivity group during the Weimar Republic. He studied drawing at the Dresden Academy 1909-11 and at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin 1912-14, He was in the army 1914-15 and again for a short time in 1917, but spent the rest of the war in Berlin where he made violently anti-war drawings...
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Expressionist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

Ecce Homo Plate X
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ecce Homo Plate X Woodcut, 1921 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist (see photos) Edition: One of two known impressions This image wwas unknown to the catloger Ingrid Rose in 1984 when she published the catalog raisonne of Drewes prints. Done while Drewes was studying at the Bauhaus. Reference: Ingrid Rose, Werner Drewes: A Catalogue Raisonne of His Prints (Munich: Verlag Kunstgalerie Esslingen, 1984), 33, one of two known impressions. Provenance: Gift of the artist to one of his Bauhaus professors. Held in East Germany until the opening of the wall Jorg Maas Kunsthandel, Berlin Other image from the suite of Ecce Homo images are available. Extremely early, rare Bauhaus works. n 1921 Drewes went to the Bauhaus in Weimar, where, after completing the compulsory preliminary course with Johannes Itten, he continued to study with Paul Klee, Oskar Schlemmer and Georg Muche and initially went to the wall painting workshop. He then traveled extensively through Europe, North America and Asia. After returning to Germany in 1927, he went back to the Bauhaus, this time to his new location in Dessau, where he studied in the classes of László Moholy-Nagy and Wassily Kandinsky. He was one of the first artists to introduce the groundbreaking concepts of the Bauhaus School in the United States through his painting, printmaking, and teaching. Werner Drewes (1899–1985) was a painter, printmaker, and art teacher. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction, he was one of the first artists to introduce concepts of the Bauhaus school within the United States. His mature style encompassed both nonobjective and figurative work and the emotional content of this work was consistently more expressive than formal. Drewes was as highly regarded for his printmaking as for his painting. In his role as teacher as well as artist he was largely responsible for bringing the Bauhaus aesthetic to America. Early life and education Drewes was born in 1899 to Georg Drewes, a Lutheran pastor, and Martha Schaefer Drewes. The family lived in the village of Canig within Lower Lusatia, Germany. From age eight to eighteen he attended the Saldria Gymnasium, a boarding school in Brandenburg an der Havel. There, he showed talent both for painting and woodblock printing. Graduating from Saldria in 1917, he was drafted by the German army and served in France from then until the close of the war. About this period of his life he is reported to have said that the horrors of life at the front were only made tolerable by his sketchbook, a copy of Goethe's Faust and a volume of Nietzsche. For a decade following the close of the war he studied, made paintings and prints, and traveled widely. His friend, Herwarth Walden, helped shape his appreciation for expressionist literature and art. Walden produced the quarterly magazine, Der Sturm and ran a gallery of contemporary art, Galerie Der Sturm, from which, in 1919, Drewes purchased an expressionist painting by William Wauer titled Blutrausch (Bloodlust). In the same year he made the acquaintance of Heinrich Vogeler and participated in Vogeler's socialist utopian artists' commune, Barkenhoff, at Worpswede, Lower Saxony. In 1919 Drewes also enrolled at the Königlich Technischen Hochschule Charlottenburg to study architecture and the following year he studied the same subject at the Technischen Hochschule Stuttgart. Preferring art over architecture, he then enrolled in Stuttgart's school of applied arts (Kunstgewerbeschule) where he studied life drawing and learned to work with colored glass. At this time he joined a group of artists and architects associated with the newly formed Merz Akademie, a college of design, art, and media in Stuttgart. In 1921 his friendship with a French artist, Sébastien Laurent, led him to begin studies in Weimar at Bauhaus, then a new school which taught an integrated approach to the fine and applied arts. His instructors were Johannes Itten and Lyonel Feininger, whose paintings were expressionist and abstract, and Paul Klee, who taught bookbinding, stained glass, and murals. While at Bauhaus Drewes produced a portfolio of ten woodblock prints entitled "Ecce Homo." In 1923 and 1924 he studied art during travels throughout Italy, Spain, the United States, and Central America and in 1926 he traveled to San Francisco, Japan, and Korea, thence taking the Trans-Siberian railway to Manchuria, Moscow, and Warsaw. He later said the El Grecos he saw proved to be most influential in his work. While traveling, he exhibited: (1) etchings in Madrid (1923) and Montevideo (1924), oils and etchings in Buenos Aires and St. Louis (1925), and (3) etchings in San Francisco (1926). He paid his way by the sales these exhibits produced and by taking commissions to paint portraits. While in San Francisco he set up a shop from which he sold prints he had made in Spain and South America. After his return to Germany in 1927 he resumed study at Bauhaus, which had been forced to relocate in Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt. His instructors at that time were László Moholy-Nagy (metal work), Wassily Kandinsky, and (painting), and Lyonel Feininger (prints). At this time he also worked and exhibited in Frankfurt. With the rise of Nazism abstract artists found it increasingly difficult to sell their work and, in 1930, Drewes, finding the political pressure unbearable, emigrated to the United States. There, despite the world economic crisis, Drewes was able to earn a living as a professional artist. Mature style After Drewes moved to New York, Kandinsky, who was both friend and mentor, continued to exert a strong influence over his style. Later in life he said he had a hard time getting away from Kandinsky's influence as he developed his own style. In time he was able to bring a more emotional approach to his work and to base it, more than Kandinsky did, on natural forms. In 1930 Drewes had a solo exhibition at the 135th Street Branch of the New York Public Library and a two-person show at the S.P.R. Penthouse Gallery...
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Bauhaus 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Lyonel Feininger Woodcut "10 Holzschnitte", ca. 1926
Located in Berlin, DE
Woodcut on Japan paper, ca. 1926. One of only 5 known proofs made by the artist. Image measures 6.22 x 7.09 in ( 15,8 x 18 cm ), Framed 16.54 x 16.54 in ( 36,8 x 48 cm ) Catalogue r...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

The Circus Dressing Room
Located in Missouri, MO
Dame Laura Knight "The Circus Dressing Room" 1925 Etching Ed. 20 Signed Lower Right Image Size: approx. 14 x 10 inches Framed Size: approx. 23.5 x 17.75 inches An English impressio...
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Realist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Illusion : Boy, Cat and Soap Bubbles - Original woodcut, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Gabriel BELOT Illusion : Boy, Cat and Soap Bubbles, 1922 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /154 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the ed...
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Art Deco 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"Portrait of a Boy (Rupert Doone)" original woodcut
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original woodcut. Catalogue reference: Colnaghi 142. Published in London in 1921 by Herbert Furst at the Little Art Rooms for inclusion in the "Modern Woodcutters 4" volume, ...
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Expressionist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Composition, Les Biches, Marie Laurencin
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph and stencil on papier vélin des Manufactures d'Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the volume, Les Biches, 1924. Published by Édi...
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Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

Original Vintage Roger Broders Poster - Avignon PLM 1927 with English Text
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This original vintage travel poster by Roger Broders was commissioned by the Paris-Lyon-Méditerranée (PLM) railway to promote travel to the historic city of Avignon in the south of F...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

MON DOUX OU-ETES-VOUS? / MY SWEET COUNTRY, WERE ARE YOU?
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958) MON DOUX OU-ETES-VOUS? / MY SWEET COUNTRY, WERE ARE YOU? 1927 ( Chapon/Rouault 97; Wofsy 151) Miserere XLIV Aquatint, 1927, on laid Arches. watermark...
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Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

The Gargoyle and His Quarry
Located in Storrs, CT
The Gargoyle and His Quarry, Notre Dame. 1920. Etching.Fletcher 90. 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 (sheet 10 1/2 x 9 1/16). Gargoyle series #1. Edition 75. A rich impression printed on 'FJHead&Co' c...
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American Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Drypoint

1928 Original Jungfrau Railway poster, created by Émile Cardinaux
Located in PARIS, FR
The original Jungfrau Railway poster, created by Swiss artist Émile Cardinaux in 1928, is a masterpiece of Swiss design. Cardinaux, who was born in Swi...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

'Chicago Harbor' — Urban Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Anton Schutz, 'Chicago Harbor', etching, edition 100, c. 1927. Signed and numbered '87/100' in pencil. Annotated '580 Chicago Harbor', in another hand, in the bottom left margin. A f...
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American Realist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

'Grand Central, Night' — 1920s New York City Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Walter Tittle, 'Grand Central Night', drypoint, edition not stated, c. 1920s. Signed in pencil. Titled, and annotated '36.00' and with the inventory numb...
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American Impressionist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

'Coenties Slip' — Lower Manhattan, Financial District
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Luigi Kasimir, 'Coenties Slip', color etching with aquatint, 1927, edition 100. Signed in pencil. Dated in the plate, lower right. Annotated 'NEW YORK HANOVER SQUARE (COENTIES SLIP)'...
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American Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Au Japon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Au Japon Pochoir (Stencil Print), 1925 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Signed in the image lower left (see photo) Stamped verso: Made in France Note: The artis...
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Art Deco 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"In Flight" (Auf der Flucht) original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1920 on smooth wove paper for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition ...
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Expressionist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Portrait of Gladys Anne Hoskyns
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait of Gladys Anne Hoskyns Collotype after a Wyndham Lewis drawing, 1923 Singed in the plate and reinforced in pencil Published by The Dial Publishing Company in Living Art...
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Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Alexander Kanoldt Lithograph " Olevano V ", 1925
Located in Berlin, DE
Lithograph on paper, 1925 by Alexander Kanoldt, Germany. Signed in pencil lower right with "Kanoldt". Framed. Sheet dimensions: 8.86 x 6.89 in ( 22,5 x 17,5 cm ) Alexander Kanoldt was born in 1881 as the son of the landscape artist Edmund Kanoldt. In 1909 he finished his studies at the Academy of Arts in Karlsruhe, Germany. In the same year he became one of the founding members of the ‘Die Neue Künstlervereinigung München’ (‘New Artist’s Association Munich’) that put forward the editorial team for the Blaue Reiter in 1911. Furthermore he was part of the artist’s group “Munich’s New Secession which was founded in 1913 and included Alexej Jawlensky...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ne sommes-nous pas forçats? (Are we not Slaves?)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ne sommes-nous pas forçats? (Are we not Slaves?) Aquatint and heliogravure on Arches laid paper watermarked "Ambroise Vollard" Signed and dated in the plate lower left (see photo) P...
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French School 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Sganrelle
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Art print on heavy paper After the original from 1922 In great condition
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Color

A.M. Cassandre - Galeries Lafayette 1928 - Art Deco Original Poster
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster of Cassandre in 1928 for the Exposition Générale at Galeries Lafayette. Cassandre, pseudonym of Adolphe Jean Marie Mouron, 🇺🇦 & 🇫🇷 (1901-1968) is a French graphic designer, poster artist, theater decorator, lithographer, painter and typographer whose works never cease to amaze us He is mainly known for his advertising posters for railroads, such as the Étoile du Nord, the Dubonnet drink, the Normandie liner, and for the typefaces he created in the 1930s such as Bifur and Peignot, and, drawn out of...
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Art Deco 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

'Le Tir Forain' (Fairground Shooting) — 1920s French Cubism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Le Tir Forain, engraving, edition 108, 1920-21, Sylvain Laboureur 191. Signed and numbered '19/85 ép' in pencil. Initialed 'L' and dated 1920 in the matrix,...
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Cubist 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

"La seance de trois heures" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed in 1924 and published in Paris by Albert Morance for "L'Art d'Aujourd'hui", and now very scarce. The publisher's provenance inscriptio...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Stencil

original etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1926 at the atelier Lacourière on Montgolfier paper and published by Au Sans Pareil in a limited edition of 995 for "Dix filles dans un pré". Pla...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Delaunay, La Tour aux Rideaux (Habasque 720-728), Allo! Paris! (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Allo! Paris!, 1926. Published by Éditions des ...
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Modern 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Cappiello Vintage Veuve Amiot Champagne King Poster 1922
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Leonetto Cappiello produced yet another stunning poster in 1922 for Veuve Amiot Champagne. It was noted as the "sparkling wine of kings," hence Cappiello's choice of a royal central ...
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1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Insectes
Located in London, GB
Seguy, E.A. Insectes. Paris, Du Chartre et van Buggenhoudt [1924] Each print is produced entirely by hand using a unique printing process called pochoir, which was popular in Fran...
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Art Deco 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Gouache, Lithograph

Original "Iolanthe" vintage stone lithograph vintage theater poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Iolanthe vintage theatre poster: Gilbert and Sullivan Iolante stone lithograph vintage poster. Museum linen backed. Clear, clean, bright. Grade A condition. The poster features a central image of a character dressed in a traditional British Grenadier Guard uniform, complete with a bearskin hat. The character is depicted in a whimsical pose, which aligns with the comedic and satirical nature of the operetta. Above the main figure, there are smaller illustrations of various characters from the operetta, hinting at the fantastical and fairy-tale elements of the story. The title "Iolanthe" is prominently displayed in bold, stylized lettering at the bottom. "Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri," is a comic opera by the famous duo W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. The opera premiered on November 25, 1882, at the Savoy Theatre in London and is one of their most beloved works. "Iolanthe" tells the story of fairy Iolanthe, who was banished from the fairy kingdom...
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Art Nouveau 1920s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

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