20th Century Prints and Multiples

Horse Head by Leon Danchin... 1887-1938... is a handsome portrait of a thoroughbred turning his head to look behind him. Born in Lille, France Danchin began his career as an artist a...

Charles Quest, 'Still Life', 1947, wood engraving, edition 8. Signed, dated, and numbered '3/8' in pencil. Titled and annotated 'wood engraving' in the bottom left margin. A fine impression, on off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Charles Quest, painter, printmaker, and fine art instructor, worked in various mediums, including mosaic, stained glass, mural painting, and sculpture. Quest grew up in St. Louis, his talent evident as a teenager when he began copying the works of masters such as Michelangelo on his bedroom walls. He studied at the Washington University School of Fine Arts, where he later taught from 1944 to 1971. He traveled to Europe after his graduation in 1929 and studied at La Grande Chaumière and Academie Colarossi, Paris, continuing to draw inspiration from the works of the Old Masters. After returning to St. Louis, Quest received several commissions to paint murals in public buildings, schools, and churches, including one from Joseph Cardinal Ritter, to paint a replica of Velasquez's Crucifixion over the main altar of the Old Cathedral in St. Louis. Quest soon became interested in the woodcut medium, which he learned through his study of J. J. Lankes' A Woodcut Manual (1932) and Paul Landacre's articles in American Artist magazine ‘since no artists in St. Louis were working in wood’ at that time. Quest also revealed that for him, wood cutting and engraving were ‘more enjoyable than any other means of expression.’ In the late 1940s, his graphic works began attracting critical attention—several of his woodcuts won prizes and were acquired by major American and European museums. His wood engraving entitled ‘Lovers’ was included in the American Federation of Art's traveling print exhibition in 1947. Two years later, Quest's two prize-winning prints, ‘Still Life with Grindstone’ and ‘Break Forth into Singing’, were exhibited in major American museums in a traveling show organized by the Philadelphia Print Club. His work was included in the Chicago Art Institute's exhibition, ‘Woodcut Through Six Centuries’, and the print ‘Still Life with Vise’ was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1951 he was invited by artist-Curator Jacob Kainen to exhibit thirty wood engravings and color woodcuts in a one-person show at the Smithsonian's National Museum (now known as the American History Museum). Kainen's press release praised the ‘technical refinement’ of Quest's work: ‘He obtains a great variety of textural effects through the use of the graver, and these dense or transparent grays are set off against whites or blacks to achieve sparkling results. His work has the handsome qualities characteristic of the craftsman and designer.’ At the time of the Smithsonian exhibition, Quest's work was represented by three New York galleries in addition to one in his home town. He had won 38 prizes, and his prints were in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Chicago Art Institute, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In cooperation with the Art in Embassies program, his color woodcuts were displayed at the American Embassy in Paris in 1951. Recognition at home came in 1955 with his first solo exhibition in St. Louis. Press coverage of the show heralded the ‘growth of graphic arts toward rivaling painting and sculpture as a major independent medium’. An exhibition of his prints at the Bethesda Art Gallery in 1983 attracted Curator Emeritus Joseph A. Haller, S.J., who began purchasing his work for Georgetown University's collection. In 1990 Georgetown University Library's Special Collections Division was the recipient of a large body of Quest's work, including prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, stained glass, and his archive of correspondence and professional memorabilia. These extensive holdings, including some 260 of his fine prints, provide a rich opportunity for further study and appreciation of this versatile and not-to-be-forgotten mid-Western American artist...

Date: 1965 Etching with relief on wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 17/75 Size: 23 x 30.5 in. (58.42 x 77.47 cm) Frame Size: 26.5 x 34 inches Publisher: Maeght, Paris

Salvador DALI The Vitraux : Giraffe Afire, 1973 Original lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered edition of 250 copies On Arches vellum, 48 x 65 cm (c. 18.9 x 25.6 inch) Refere...

Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 149, published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; printed by Éditions...

Vintage, 1975, Leo Castelli New York Gallery exhibition poster; signed, lower right, in felt pen, 'R. Lichtenstein' for Roy Lichtenstein (American, 1923-1997). Roy Lichtenstein firs...

Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper, mounted on vélin d’Arches backing sheet, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Corres...

Billiard is a contemporary artwork realized by the artist Fifo Stricker in 1982. Mixed colored aquatint and etching.  Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin....

French School 20th century Two naval images depicting 17th century warships flying various flags, including the Plantagenet Lions and St. George's Cross. (2) c1950. Two engravings w...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Portrait of a Lady Lithograph from 1946. Dimensions of work: 48 x 32.8 cm Publisher: Pantheon. The work is in Excellent condition. Fast and secure sh...

Book page 51 in Chagall Lithographe II (1957-1962). Original image from 1958. ‘Chagall Lithographe II' Andre Sauret, Paris, 1963. Text in French by Fernand Mourlot. The second of fi...

Artist: Warhol, Andy Title: After the Party Date: 1979 Medium: Screenprint in colors on Arches Unframed Dimensions: 21.75" x 30.5" Framed Dimensions: 28.5" x 37.5" x 1.5" Signat...

Title: Chanel suite (four artworks) Year: 1997 Medium: Offset lithograph on archival paper mounted on canvas Size: 29 x 22 inches, each Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed in th...

Artist: Josef Albers Title: Homage to the Square (double) from the Portfolio: Formulation: Articulation (Double Portfolio) Year: 1972 Medium: Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol ...

Jean Sariano, Algerian/American (1943 - ) - Working Proof, Year: 1979, Medium: Intaglio Etching and Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 18.5 x 16.5 i...

Linda Plotkin, American (1938 - ) - Two Elms, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Etching on Arches, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/120, Image Size: 22 x 18 inches, Size...

Medium: original soft ground etching. Catalogue reference: Delteil 12. Executed in 1906, this lovely impression on cream laid paper is from the rare 1906 first edition of "Histoire d...

From David Hockney’s celebrated Six Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm portfolio, an image of the story ‘The boy who left home to learn fear’. Hockney chose this story for its obscu...

Medium: Lithograph on grand vélin Renage paper Year: 1948 Paper Size: 12.5 x 19.25 inches; image size: 11.42 x 16.54 inches, with centerfold, as issued Inscription: Unsigned and unnu...

"Venice II L'Ombre du Coleone" is a Jean Michel Mathieux-Marie aquatint and etching of a Venetian scene. It is from an edition of 120. Mathieux-Marie was born in Paris in 1947. He...

Amsterdam IX is an intriguing early career aquatint dry-needle etch print by renowned French-Dutch artist Olivier Julia. It depicts a detail of an old Amsterdam house facade is both ...

Fine art gicle print on canvas of a painting by Marcello Cassinari Vettor, framed measuring 46x36 cm

Le Lézard aux Plumes d'Or is a beautiful colored lithograph on mother-of-pearl Japan paper from the series realized by Joan Miró in 1971. Signed on the lower right corner. Printed by...

Moise KISLING Sailing Boats in French Harbour Original Lithograph Printed signature in the plate On Arches vellum 38 x 28 cm (c. 15 x 11 inches) Excel...

Sku: YY2947-B Artist: Cindy Sherman Title: Untitled Film Still #21 Year: 1997 Signed: Yes Medium: Offset Lithograph Paper Size: 26.5 x 29.25 inches ( 67.31 x 74.295 cm ) Image Size: ...

Color offset lithograph Made for an exhibition at the Galerie Maeght Paris, 12 April - 20 May 1983. Image in great condition, marginal defects

James Joyce Catalog raisonné: Schellmann 511 Offset 1984 In great condition

This exhibition poster, titled Detail from Cubistic Bar, was designed by David Hockney for a 1982 exhibition of his work held at the City of London Barbican Centre for the Arts. The ...

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) - Lierre Lithograph from 1958. Dimensions of work: 35.5 x 26.4 cm Plate signed. Publisher: Tériade, Paris. First, original edition. The work is in Exc...

Artist: Alice Neel (1900-1984) Title: The Youth (John Cheim) Year: 1982 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Edition: 20/25 A.P. Size: 38 x 24 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signe...

ARTIST: Salvador Dali TITLE: After 50 Years of Surrealism Freud with Snail Head MEDIUM: Etching SIGNED: Hand Signed EDITION NUMBER: F 59/195 MEASUREMENTS: 19.75" x 26" YEAR: 1...

Original pencil signed Grant Wood lithograph, "March," created 1941 by the painter of "American Gothic," Grant Wood, who is a major American regionalist along with Thomas Hart Benton...

The poster was designed by Théophile Alexandre Steinlen in 1896 to promote the touring performances of the Le Chat Noir cabaret troupe led by Rodolphe Salis. It has since become one ...

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...

Charles Bragg, American (1931 - 2017) - In the Beginning There Were Mistakes, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Etching, signed, numbered, and titled in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 7...

This artwork titled "La Cote d'Azur" c.1980, is an original colors lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by noted French artist Jean Claude Picot, 1933-2020. It is hand signed and ...

"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2,Folder 17,Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original...

"Earthcore" is an abstract of a familiar image ... a view of earth sliced in half usually as an explanation of the many layers of spaceship earth. This print is more than its title. It is rich in its depth of color and texture. Upon close inspection there is much activity on the surface which continually adds to its visual complexity. The name given to this print process is “Collagraph” It is made by glueing different materials to cardboard and creating a kind of collage. During the inking process the ink will rub off surfaces that are smooth or higher and stay on surfaces that hold more ink, at edge and at lower points thus creating the image. To protect the plate through the printing process it’s sealed with one or more layers of shellac. A collagraph plate is quite sensitive and will be deformed by the pressure of the printing press. Joyce Tilley Nagel...

Martin Barooshian, American (1929 - 2022) - La Danse (Yellow), Year: circa 1979, Medium: Etching and Aquatint on Arches, initialed in the plate and signed in pencil, Image Size: ...

FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869-1958) (Mt.) SAN JACINTO c. 1926 Color block print. Signed in pencil. Unknown edition but uncommon. Image 6 5/8 x 4 1/8 inches. On Gearhart's typical fibrous japan paper. Sheet 10 ½ x 5 7/8 inches. Generally fresh with her usual pinholes along right margin for printing, slight bit of discoloration in the margins Provenance: Whitmore - Print Corner, Hingham MA. Their Gearhart inventory no. They were Gearhart's principal East coast dealer in the 30's. Obtained from the Whitmore Collection’s grandson in 1995. Old Print Shop...

Artist: Jean Cocteau Medium: Original Lithograph, 1956 / 1975 Dimensions: 19.5 x 25.5 in, 49.5 x 64.8 cm Arches Paper - Excellent Condition A This original lithograph is from the illustrated portfolio: "Jean Cocteau: 25 Lithographies, 1956-58". This project represents a group of lithographs...

VILLA NEUVE is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 100% acid free. VILLA NEUVE is an imaginative modernist ...

A lithograph and etching on Arches paper after Salvador Dali The Cycles of Life portfolio, made in 1977. This was printed by Forte and published by Duall Graphics for DALART. It is r...

Medium: Lithograph on vélin d'Arches paper Year: 1972 Paper Size: 20 x 26 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued Notes: From the folio, Fauves, VII, Collec...

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1955 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, and published by the Artists Equity Association of New York in an edition of 2000...

This exact work was exhibited at the Art Students League in an important show. (details below) Elizabeth Catlett Homage to the Panthers, 1993 Color Lithograph on wove paper with deck...

Marie Therese Vacossin Geometric Composition Medium: Colour Silkscreen Year: 1979 Signed, dated, titled, numbered or inscribed Edition: 15 Size: 8.2 × 8.2 on 14.0 × 13.3 inches COA ...

A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Tete de Femme". The original painting was completed in 1958. In the 1970's after Picasso's d...

Original Colour lithograph on wove paper hand-signed and numbered by the artist edition 950 of 1000 49 x 48 cm contained in the portfolio 'Del Calendario 5 artistes Catalans' catal...

Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) Ice Skating, from Grandpa and Me Suite Offset lithograph print, hand signed in pencil, numbered AP E 9/10 27 x 23 in. (sight), 34.75 x 30 in. (frame). ...

Auguste Rodin, French (1840 - 1917) - Male Acrobat, Year: 1902, Medium: Lithograph on Japon, signed in the plate, Image Size: 9 x 8 inches, Size: 13 x 10 in. (33.02 x 25.4 cm), Refe...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Umbrella Man (Retro Suite II) Year: 1994 Edition: A.P.; 300, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 11 x 10.5 inches Condition: Excellen...

In 1968, a striking political poster emerged as a powerful symbol of solidarity and identity for the Basque Country. This original poster, featuring the message "avec Enbata pour le ...

Marc Chagall Paris L' Opera Le Plafond, Romeo and Juliet at Place de la Concorde and Arc de Triomphe, 1965 Original lithograph on wove paper Unsigned Edition of 5000 24 3/4 × 38 3/4 ...

KENNY SCHARF "THE 3 FACES OF JACKIE THE AMERICAN" SERIGRAPH SHEET SIZE: 40 X 47 INCHES IMAGE SIZE: 32 X 40 INCHES EDITION: OF 150 YEAR: 1997 SIGNATURE: HAND SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY TH...

Portrait of a Harlequin is a striking aquatint poster created for Galerie Félix Vercel in 1972. This poster is part of a series of aquatints presented by the gallery, showcasing Pica...

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'...

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Lust 100. Printed for Derriere le Miroir (issue number 98) and published in Paris in 1957 by Maeght. Sheet size: 15 x 22 inches. The...

Leonor Fini, Argentine/French (1918 - 1996) - Figure in Doorway, Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 207/220, Image Size: 7.5 x 5.25 inches, Size: 12.5 x 10 in. ...

This striking triptych lithograph by French artist Jean Le Yaouanc appears in Derrière le Miroir No. 176, published in 1969. The work spans three ...