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Period: Early 1900s
Original Antique Fashion Clothing Advertising Poster Hermann Scherrer Hohlwein
Located in London, GB
Original antique men's fashion and clothing advertising poster for Hermann Scherrer Breeches maker Sporting Tailor Munchen Neuhauser Strasse 32. Great artwork by the notable German graphic artist Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1949) featuring a man carrying a saddle and a horse whip...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Thunderstorm (The Large Poplar II) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Approaching Thunderstorm (The Large Poplar II), painted in 1903. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an edition of 300. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published Das Werk Gustav Klimts, a folio of collotypes representing Gustav Klimt’s most notable works leading up to 1913. Klimt’s original oil paintings were painstakingly reproduced as collotypes on a handmade, deckled-edge cream wove paper using a complex gravure process overseen by master technicians as well as the artist himself. Each image presented in the folio was assigned its own unique signet, which was designed by Klimt and struck below the image using a technique similar to letterpress. The signet corresponded to a matching signet in the justification page which detailed the piece’s size, location, and owner. Published under the artist’s direct supervision, this series allowed Klimt, who had completely divorced himself from public commissions following the outcry from his University of Vienna paintings, to more effectively present his artworks to institutions and patrons across the world. A testament to the masterful design and printmaking demonstrated by Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Emperor Franz Joseph himself purchased the first copy of the folio. Klimt’s The Swamp...
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Vienna Secession Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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PONTE DEL TRINITE, FLORENCE
Located in Portland, ME
Roth, Ernest (American, 1879-1964). PONTE DEL TRINITE, FLORENCE. Etching, 1908. Signed and dated in pencil, and inscribed by Roth with tthe title and date, and numbered "26", at the ...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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La Pierre au Trois Croquis (The Stone with Three Sketches), 1904
Located in Palo Alto, CA
A warm and loving depiction of a group of three women, the delicate soft appearance of these portraits evokes a sense of the romanticism and sensitivity put forth by Renoir in this p...
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Modern Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original poster of the Chemins de fer de l'Est promoting travel in Switzerland
Located in PARIS, FR
Original old poster of the Chemins de fer de l'Est promoting travel in Switzerland, illustrated by E. Bourgeois. Eugène Victor Bourgeois (1855 - 1909) was a French painter, illustrator and poster artist. Self-taught painter, Eugene Victor Bourgeois began at the Salon of 1874. He exhibited there in 1880, as well as at the Salon des artistes français in 1881 where he obtained a medal of honor that year, then a 3rd class medal in 18851. He won a bronze medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1889 and at the one of 1900. The Compagnie des chemins de fer de l'Est was a limited company created in 1845 under the name Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Strasbourg. The name was changed in 1854 after other companies were bought out and new concessions were obtained. It was one of the six major French railroad companies nationalized on January 1, 1938 to form the Société nationale des chemins de fer français. Chemins de Fer de l'Est Switzerland, Gorges de...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Linen, Lithograph

Mythological Composition - Etching by Fernand Cormon - 1902
Located in Roma, IT
Mythological Composition is an Original Etching realized by Fernand Cormon (1854-1924) in 1902. Good condition, included a cardboard passpartout (45x63 cm). Hand signed by the artist on the lower right corner. Printed by M. Albert Hornung. Fernand Cormon (24 December 1845 – 20 March 1924) was a French painter born in Paris. He became a pupil of Alexandre Cabanel, Eugène Fromentin...
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Art Nouveau Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Original poster of Cezard for the colonial exhibition of 1906 in Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster of Cezard for the colonial exhibition of 1906. This exhibition took place in Paris at the Grand Palais des Champs Élysées. The colonial exhibitions try to answer thi...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

Le Rire, Anastasie - Vintage Comic Magazine
Located in Roma, IT
Anastasie is a vintage Comic Magazine published on Dicember 1901 with illustrations by A. Willette. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Signed, numbere...
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Modern Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Les Joies du Congrès - Vintage Comic Magazine - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
Les Joies du Congrès is an Original Comic Magazine published on January 1909 with illustrations by Charles Léandre and Hermann Paul (1864-1940). Good condition on a yellowed paper, except some torn paper on the left margin. Stamp signed on the lower right corner. Hermann René Georges. (Paris 1864 - Les Saintes- Marie-de-la-Mer 1940). A highly controversial painter and caricaturist, he produced much for L'Assiette au Beurre until its closure in 1912. During the Great War he drew memorable plates for Le Rire rouge, Le Journal and La Bajonnette. Charles Lucien Léandre...
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Modern Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Quartier de la Maison Blanche
Located in New York, NY
A superb, dark impression of this extremely scarce, early etching on Japan paper. Edition of approximately only 12. Signed and titled in pencil.
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American Modern Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Original Antique Drink Poster J. Petit Laroche & Co Bordeaux Wine France Medoc
Located in London, GB
Original antique drink advertising poster for J. Petit Laroche & Co Bordeaux Societe des Entrepots de Moulis Medoc featuring the title text of the wine makers...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Original Antique Drink Poster Liqueur Kazanove Bordeaux France Liquor Cazanove
Located in London, GB
Original antique drink advertising poster for Liqueur Kazanove Ликеры Казановъ Bordeaux France Trade Mark featuring the title text in bold lettering i...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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The Little Bride
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this etching with strong contrasts. Edition of 85 (from an intended edition of 100). Signed, titled and inscribed "100 proofs" in pencil by Sloan. From "New...
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Ashcan School Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Church in Cassone by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime collotype, 1908-1912
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s Church in Cassone, painted in 1913. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an edition of 300. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published Das Werk Gustav Klimts...
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Vienna Secession Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Vérité (Truth) /// French Modern Impressionist Art Lithograph Nude Figurative
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836-1904) Title: "Vérité (Truth)" Portfolio: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne *Issued unsigned Year: 1900 (third state of three) Medium: Original Lithograph on chine appliqué on wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: A. Clot, Paris, France Publisher: Revue de l'Art Ancien & Moderne, Paris, France Reference: Floury No. 156; Hediard-Mason No. 156; L No. 139 Sheet size: 11.5" x 8.5" Image size: 7.5" x 5.5" Condition: In excellent condition This review was founded in 1897 in the continuity of the review Les Beaux-Arts published between 1861 and 1865; Jules Comte, the founder, entitled his first issue Les Beaux-Arts - Revue nouvelle then changed the title to La Revue de l'art ancien et moderne. Jules Comte directed the review until his death in 1912. Raymond Woog took over , who was provisional director until the start of the war in July 1914. In 1919, André Dezarrois took over this review and was its director until December 1937, date of last issue (published in January 1938). In the meantime, it publishes the Bulletin of ancient and modern art, which has gained a certain notoriety in the community. Biography: Henri Fantin-Latour, in full Ignace-Henri-Jean-Théodore Fantin-Latour (born Jan. 14, 1836, Grenoble, France—died Aug. 25, 1904, Buré), French painter, printmaker, and illustrator noted for his still lifes with flowers and his portraits, especially group compositions, of contemporary French celebrities in the arts. Fantin-Latour’s first teacher was his father, a well-known portrait painter. Later, he studied at the school of Lecoq de Boisbaudran and attended the École des Beaux-Arts. He exhibited at the official French Salons, but in 1863 he also showed his work in the rebel Salon des Refusés. Although academic in manner, Fantin-Latour was independent in style. He had numerous friends among the leading French painters of his day, including J.-A.-D. Ingres, Eugène Delacroix, Camille Corot, Édouard Manet, and Gustave Courbet. His portrait groups, often arranged in rows of heads and figures like 17th-century Dutch guild...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

THE WOODEN BRIDGE, VENICE
Located in Portland, ME
Roth, Ernest (American, 1879-1964). THE WOODEN BRIDGE,VENICE. Etching, 1906. Signed and dated in pencil 7 x 8 3/8 inches (plate), 9 x 10 3/4 inches (sheet). In excellent condition.
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Reclining Nude Holding a Necklace
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Reclining Nude Holding a Necklace Lithograph, c. 1908 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition: c. 15 Reference: Belleroche No. 525 Condition: Excel...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Water Snakes II" collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
Water Snakes II, no. 9 from the fourth installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts The last painting Klimt exhibited with the Secession before resigning, Water ...
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Vienna Secession Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Circa 1900 Original Poster Paul Destez A la place Clichy - Art Nouuveau Fashion
Located in PARIS, FR
Nice original poster of the begining of the 20th century by Paul Destez. This charming winter scene shows a fashionable woman perfectly comfortable in the cold, thanks to her newly purchased cape and coat. As was the fashion, the store provided shoppers with fresh bouquets of flowers brought in from Nice by train. The wonderful street scene is filled with precious details such as street signs, an omnibus and the architectural silhouette of the Place Clichy.
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Art Nouveau Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Original Antique Drink Poster For Journu Freres Kappelhoff Bordeaux Wine France
Located in London, GB
Original antique drink advertising poster for Journu Freres, Kappelhoff & Cie. Bordeaux wine featuring a colourful image of a smiling grape picker holdin...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Old Houses, Byres Road, Partick (Scotland)
Located in Middletown, NY
Glasgow: Regality Club, 1894. Etching on cream laid paper with a poppy watermark, 4 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches (115 x 148 mm) full margins. Notations in the margins recto, well outside of im...
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Modern Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Laid Paper

The Ballerina - Original B/W Etching by Auguste Legrand - 1900s
Located in Roma, IT
The Ballerina is a black and white etching realized by Auguste Legrand (French artist active between 1825 and 1860). In very good conditions. This modern artwork represents a balle...
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Modern Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Original Antique Advertising Poster Le Phare Ducellier Car Headlights "Sees All"
By Philippe Chapellier
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for Ducellier Lights - Le Phare Ducellier "Voit Tout" Acetylene Non Comprime / "Sees All" Uncompressed Acetylene -...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Amboise
Located in Middletown, NY
An omage to Charles Meryon. Etching on cream laid paper, 10 1/4 x 6 inches (261 x 153 mm), full margins. Age and light tone throughout, minor scattered soiling and minor loss of extr...
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Modern Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Laid Paper, Etching

BROADWAY TOWERS
Located in Portland, ME
Pennell, Joseph. BROADWAY TOWERS. Lithograph, 1904 Wuerth 151. Number 3 of a set of 12 images published by The Iconophiles Society in an edition of 100. 11 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches (image)...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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"La Danse Barbare (from Les Saltimbanques), " Pablo Picasso, Figurative Print
Located in New York, NY
Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973) La Danse Barbare (from La Suite des Saltimbanques), 1905, printed 1913 Etching on Van Gelder Zonen wove paper Sheet 13 x 20 inches From the edition of 250...
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Modern Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Beethoven Frieze (detail) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from a detail of Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna, in an e...
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Vienna Secession Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Original vintage travel poster Menton by Hugo d'Alesi - French Riviera - PLM
Located in PARIS, FR
Original vintage travel poster to Menton made by Hugo d'Alesi for the Railroad PLM. Hugo d'Alesi, is a French painter and graphic designer of Romanian origin (1849 - 1906) who made a...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Original Antique North Belgium Railway Travel Poster Dinant Sur Meuse Belgique
Located in London, GB
Original antique Chemin de Fer du Nord et Nord Belge / North Belgium railway travel poster for Dinant sur Meuse Belgique - featuring a scenic view towards a town and bridge reflected...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Mademoiselle Sablon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Mademoiselle Sablon Lithograph, 1907 Unsigned Provenance: estate of the artist Reference: Belleroche No. 383 Edition: c. 15 Condition: excellent Image size: 18 1/2 x 19 inches Sheet size: 24 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches Albert Gustavus de Belleroche, also known as Albert Belleroche, (22 October 1864 – 14 July 1944) was a Welsh-born painter and lithographer, who lived most of his childhood and his adulthood in Paris and England. He began as a painter, but at the turn of the century focused on lithography, for which he is most well-known. He was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre de Leopold by King Albert I of Belgium in 1933. Early life Albert de Belleroche, Lithograph of the artist's mother, Mrs. Harry Vane Milbank, circa 1900 Albert Gustavus De Belleroche was born on 22 October 1864 in Swansea. His parents were Brusseler Alice and Edward Charles, the Marquis de Belleroche, who died when he was three years old. His mother was the daughter of Desire Baruch. In March 1871, she married Harry Vane Millbank, the son of MP Frederick Milbank. He grew up in Paris and London and he used the surname Milbank until he was 30 years of age. He attained the title of count from his father's family of French Huguenot ancestry. Career and personal life La Danseuse (model Lili Grenier), circa 1890 In 1882, Belleroche studied briefly at Carolus-Duran's art school in Paris, preferring to study the masters like Johannes Vermeer and Sandro Botticelli at museums. He was a friend and studio-mate of John Singer Sargent in Paris and London, with the men making many sketches and paintings of each other. Some of the works that Sargent made of Belleroche are suggestive of an emotional relationship between the men and Belleroche may have been the love of Sargent's life. Dorothy Moss, an art historian, states "Sargent's portraits of Belleroche, in their sensuality and intensity of emotion, push the boundaries of what was considered appropriate interaction between men at this period." Belleroche was financially independent and did not need or desire to obtain work through commissions. Instead, he chose who he would paint, which included Japanese wrestler...
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Impressionist Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Antique Poster Cognac Albert Robin French Drink Advertising Art Bird
Located in London, GB
Original antique drink advertising poster for Albert Robin Cognac featuring a stunning design by the renowned poster artist Leonetto Cappiello (1875-1942)...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Almshouses, St. Cross
Located in Middletown, NY
Glasgow: Walton's Compleat Angler, 1902. Etching on heavy Japan paper, 3 7/16 x 5 15/16 inches (80 x 149 mm), full margins. Initialed in pencil, lower ...
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Modern Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Original Metz vintage lithographic vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage travel poster: METZ (France), artist: Alfred Pellon, signed A. Pellon. Size 34.75" x 36". Year: c 1906. Stone lithograph. ...
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Art Nouveau Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

The dancers of the Moulin Rouge Circa 1900 Original Poster - Cabaret - Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful poster by Abel Truchet for the Moulin Rouge dancers. Painter, draughtsman and poster artist, Louis Abel-Truchet (1857-1918) is, along wi...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Deux modèles nus
Located in New York, NY
Color pastels, color crayons and gouache on tan wove paper. Dated in pencil, lower right recto. With the artist's monogram ink stamp, twice lower right recto and authenticity confirm...
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Post-Impressionist Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Pastel, Crayon, Gouache, Color

Original Gustave Rouquier Bijouterie - jewelry art nouveau vintage poster
By Charles Naillod
Located in Spokane, WA
Original turn of the century French poster: Gustave Rouquier turn of the century stone lithograph for jewelry. Artist: Charles Naillod. Size: 47" x 63". "The most important choice in jewelry, watches, and goldsmith objects". This antique art nouveau authentic vintage poster...
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Art Nouveau Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, A Tuscan Farm
Located in New York, NY
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan's small, even 'miniaturist' etching, 'A Tuscan Farm,' features an idyllic view of a scene he would have encountered on his European travels. MacLaughlan was a...
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American Modern Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Les Robes de Paul Poiret
Located in Wilton, CT
The first of Poiret's two deluxe fashion albums featuring 10 full page (2 fold-out) pochoir illustrations by Paul Iribe. Poiret's syles indicate the new freedom in women's fashions ...
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Art Deco Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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J.E. Watts Vanity Fair Oct 1st 1903
Located in Bristol, CT
Sz: 20 1/8"H x 12 3/4"W 1903 John "Jack" Watts was a British flat-race jockey. In a career that lasted from 1880 until 1900 he rode the winners of 19 Classics. He was noted for his...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Danny" Maher Vanity Fair September 10th 1903
Located in Bristol, CT
Sz: 15 1/2"H x 10 5/8"W Daniel Aloysius Maher (October 29, 1881 – November 9, 1916) was an American Hall of Fame jockey who also became a Champion jockey i...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Antique Lithograph Poster Hautier Automobile Ernest Montaut Car Art
Located in London, GB
Original antique lithograph poster for the French car manufacturer Hautier (1899-1905): Hautier Ebrayage Metallique Progressif Automobiles Ca...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Portrait de Fanny Charrin /// French Impressionist Art Nouveau Lady Woman Girl
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Malo-Renault (French, 1870-1938) Title: "Portrait de Fanny Charrin" Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts *Issued unsigned Year: 1909 Medium: Original Etching and Drypoint on wov...
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Baroque Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Intaglio, Drypoint, Etching

untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
the painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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C Print, Mixed Media

"Johnny" Reiff Spy Vanity Fair August 23rd 1900
Located in Bristol, CT
1900 Sz: 15"H x 10 1/8"W John "Knickerbocker" Reiff (1885 - 1974), often called Johnny, was an American flat racing jockey, whose greatest successes ca...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Le Quadrille au Moulin Rouge Circa 1900 Original Poster - Paris Cabaret Dance
Located in PARIS, FR
Painter, draughtsman and poster artist, Louis Abel-Truchet (1857-1918) is, along with Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, one of the most famous representatives of Parisian life at the end of...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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"Danny" Maher Vanity Fair September 10th 1903
Located in Bristol, CT
Sz: 15 1/2"H x 10 5/8"W Daniel Aloysius Maher (October 29, 1881 – November 9, 1916) was an American Hall of Fame jockey who also became a Champion jockey i...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Der Zeichner - Etching by Unknown Artist of circle of Max Klinger
Located in Roma, IT
Der Zeichner is a superb etching made around 1900 by a still unknown author, but surely from the circle of Max Klinger (Leipzig, 1857 - Grossjena, 1920). Title on plate in the lower margin in the center. Posthumous impression of a matrix by an unknown author. The style refers to the Griffelkunst and the prescriptions of the Max Klinger "school of stylus"and of the artists who were close to him. In particular, for the subject in question, in the circle of Max Klinger, Saschia Schneider stands out, who placed male...
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Symbolist Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Butterflies, English antique natural history Lepidoptera chromolithograph print
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
English butterfly chromolithograph, circa 1900. Plate number top right. From an English series of illustrations of butterflies and moths. Butterflies / moths are numbered and there i...
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Art Nouveau Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Antique Advertising Poster Gladiator Automobiles Cycles Henri Gray Car
By Henri Gray (Henri Boulanger)
Located in London, GB
Original antique advertising poster for Gladiator Automobiles and Cycles featuring great artwork by Henri Gray (aka Henri Boulanger; 1858-1924) depicting classic cars speeding and motorbikes racing towards the viewer on an ancient Roman style track with pillars and spectators watching from awning-covered stands and men in Roman soldier uniform...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Blue and White Embroidery Design
Located in New York, NY
Original color Jugendstil design lithograph from "Dessins et Broderies Pour Costum et Ameublement." Paris, 1900.
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Jugendstil Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "The Sisters" collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50 prints is a gold signet intaglio printed on the cream paper each of which Klimt designed for the publication as unique and relating to its corresponding image; H.O. Miethke, Editor-Publisher; k.k. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Printer; printed in a limited edition of 300 numbered plus several presentation copies; Vienna, 1908-1914. The idea of collaboration in the arts is anything but new; however it has so often been viewed and assessed as somehow devaluing the intrinsic worth of art. It’s as if it was a dirty secret to be hidden away. More so even than the eroticism explored by Klimt, which divided public opinion, the artistic avant-garde began to boldly flaunt artistic collaboration beginning in the 19th century- which gained steam in the first part of the 20th century- to become a driving vehicle of contemporary artistic creation. Viewed in this context, the folios of collotype prints published by H.O. Miethke in Vienna between 1908-1914 known as Das Werk Gustav Klimts, are important art documents worthy of as much consideration for their bold stand they take on established ways of thinking about artistic collaboration as they are for their breathtakingly striking images. 1908 is indeed a watershed moment in the history of art. To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I, Kunstschau opened in Vienna in May of that year. It was there that Klimt delivered the inaugural speech. Speaking about the avant-garde group’s unifying philosophy of Gesamtkunstwerk, or the synthesis of the arts, Klimt shared his belief that the ideal means to bring artists and an audience together was via “work on major art projects.” It was at Kunstschau 1908 that Klimt first exhibited his most iconic painting, The Kiss, as well as The Sunflower, Water Snakes I and II and Danae. It was at Kunstschau 1908 that Das Werk Gustav Klimts was first available for purchase. Thanks to Galerie Miethke’s organization, Kunstschau 1908 was possible. Miethke’s pioneering art house had become Klimt’s exclusive art dealer and main promoter of his modernist vision. Paul Bacher and Carl Moll, a founding member with Klimt of the Vienna Secession, who all broke away during the rift in 1905, took stewardship of the gallery following the fallout with the Secession. Das Werk Gustav Klimts is a prime example of Miethke’s masterful and revolutionary approach to marketing art. Miethke’s innovative marketing strategy played to a penchant for exclusivity. The art gallery and publishing house utilized the press and art critics- such as Austria’s preeminent Art Historian, Hugo Haberfield, who became Director of the gallery in 1912- as a means of gaining publicity as well as maintaining effective public relations. Miethke used the grand exposition format to extend the art gallery’s market reach, cultivating their product’s prestige by stroking the egos of current art patrons while simultaneously creating accessibility for newcomers and others avid collectors to share a relative proximity to other wealthy and respected members of the art collecting community. Essentially, their approach paved the way for what is still the predominant means of marketing. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published a total of 5 installments of print folios of Klimt’s painted work, each comprising 10 prints. The series was limited in availability to 300 and purchase was arranged through subscription. Each issue was presented unbound in a gold embossed black paper folder. Included in the folio was a Title Page, a Justification page and a Table of Contents page itemizing each of the 10 printed works with details about their corresponding painted works as well as information about each work’s current owner. These folios were not comprehensive of Klimt’s work; but rather, they feature what he believed were his most important paintings from 1898-1913. Only 2 collotypes in each folio were multicolored. To punctuate the fact that Klimt, himself, was very much an active player in creating these printed works, he created square-shaped signets, unique to each collotype which were intaglio printed in gold ink at the bottom of the cream wove papers to which the chine collie papers were affixed.These signets relate thematically to their corresponding printed images and designate each of those images by their placement in the folio’s Table...
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Vienna Secession Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper

Original Antique Lithograph Poster Voitures Prosper Lambert Cars Automobile Art
Located in London, GB
Original antique lithograph advertising poster for a French car manufacturer Prosper Lambert (1901-1906) featuring a great image showing smartly...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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The Couple - Original Etching After F. Goya - 1900 ca
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is an original lithograph realized after Francisco Goya in 1900 ca. Good conditions except for foxings. Passepartout included: 48.5 x 40 cm. The artwork represents an e...
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Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Birch Forest I" collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50 prints is a gold signet intaglio...
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Vienna Secession Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Schloss Kammer on Lake Attarsee II" collotype print
Located in Chicago, IL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under each of the 50 prints is a gold signet intaglio printed on the cream paper each of which Klimt designed for the publication as unique and relating to its corresponding image; H.O. Miethke, Editor-Publisher; k.k. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei, Printer; printed in a limited edition of 300 numbered plus several presentation copies; Vienna, 1908-1914. The idea of collaboration in the arts is anything but new; however it has so often been viewed and assessed as somehow devaluing the intrinsic worth of art. It’s as if it was a dirty secret to be hidden away. More so even than the eroticism explored by Klimt, which divided public opinion, the artistic avant-garde began to boldly flaunt artistic collaboration beginning in the 19th century- which gained steam in the first part of the 20th century- to become a driving vehicle of contemporary artistic creation. Viewed in this context, the folios of collotype prints published by H.O. Miethke in Vienna between 1908-1914 known as Das Werk Gustav Klimts, are important art documents worthy of as much consideration for their bold stand they take on established ways of thinking about artistic collaboration as they are for their breathtakingly striking images. 1908 is indeed a watershed moment in the history of art. To coincide with the 60th anniversary of the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I, Kunstschau opened in Vienna in May of that year. It was there that Klimt delivered the inaugural speech. Speaking about the avant-garde group’s unifying philosophy of Gesamtkunstwerk, or the synthesis of the arts, Klimt shared his belief that the ideal means to bring artists and an audience together was via “work on major art projects.” It was at Kunstschau 1908 that Klimt first exhibited his most iconic painting, The Kiss, as well as The Sunflower, Water Snakes I and II and Danae. It was at Kunstschau 1908 that Das Werk Gustav Klimts was first available for purchase. Thanks to Galerie Miethke’s organization, Kunstschau 1908 was possible. Miethke’s pioneering art house had become Klimt’s exclusive art dealer and main promoter of his modernist vision. Paul Bacher and Carl Moll, a founding member with Klimt of the Vienna Secession, who all broke away during the rift in 1905, took stewardship of the gallery following the fallout with the Secession. Das Werk Gustav Klimts is a prime example of Miethke’s masterful and revolutionary approach to marketing art. Miethke’s innovative marketing strategy played to a penchant for exclusivity. The art gallery and publishing house utilized the press and art critics- such as Austria’s preeminent Art Historian, Hugo Haberfield, who became Director of the gallery in 1912- as a means of gaining publicity as well as maintaining effective public relations. Miethke used the grand exposition format to extend the art gallery’s market reach, cultivating their product’s prestige by stroking the egos of current art patrons while simultaneously creating accessibility for newcomers and others avid collectors to share a relative proximity to other wealthy and respected members of the art collecting community. Essentially, their approach paved the way for what is still the predominant means of marketing. Between 1908 and 1914, H.O. Miethke published a total of 5 installments of print folios of Klimt’s painted work, each comprising 10 prints. The series was limited in availability to 300 and purchase was arranged through subscription. Each issue was presented unbound in a gold embossed black paper folder. Included in the folio was a Title Page, a Justification page and a Table of Contents page itemizing each of the 10 printed works with details about their corresponding painted works as well as information about each work’s current owner. These folios were not comprehensive of Klimt’s work; but rather, they feature what he believed were his most important paintings from 1898-1913. Only 2 collotypes in each folio were multicolored. To punctuate the fact that Klimt, himself, was very much an active player in creating these printed works, he created square-shaped signets, unique to each collotype which were intaglio printed in gold ink at the bottom of the cream wove papers to which the chine collie papers were affixed.These signets relate thematically to their corresponding printed images and designate each of those images by their placement in the folio’s Table...
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Vienna Secession Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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30 plates of floral designs from the Jugendstil period
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Jugendstil Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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Located in Melbourne, Victoria
English butterfly chromolithograph, circa 1900. Plate number top right. From an English series of illustrations of butterflies and moths. Butterflies / moths are numbered and there i...
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Art Nouveau Early 1900s Prints and Multiples

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