Fedor Loevenstein

Uncle Vanja

1920

FEDOR LOEVENSTEIN LOWENSTEIN 1901-1947 (Czech / French) Title: Beggars / Bettler, early 1920’s Technique: Original Hand Signed, Inscribed, Dedicated and Titled Woodcut on thin wove paper Paper Size: 28.5 x 20.5 cm / 11.3 x 8 in Plate Size: 15 x 10 cm / 5.9 x 3.9 in Additional Information: This work is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "F. Loevenstein 22" at the lower right margin. It is also tilted "Bettler" (Beggars) and inscribed "Handabzug" (Hand printed) in pencil at the lower left margins. It is dedicated “pour ma chere et jamais ce debacle, Fedor, Zoppot Sommer 22” (for my dear never this debacle [sic], Fedor, Sopot (Poland) Summer (19)22.) This work was hand printed by the artist himself in the early 1920's in a small edition. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Fédor Löwenstein (Munich, 1901 - Nice, 1946) studied art in Germany before moving to Paris in 1923, attracted by its artistic influence. There he mixed with the painter André Lhote from Bordeaux and joined the Groupe des Surindépendants in 1936. His style evolved from Cubism to a form of Romantic abstraction. In 1938, he painted La Chute (The Fall), inspired by the signing of the Munich Agreement ratifying the dismantling of the Czechoslovakia created in 1918. France’s entry into the war drove him to leave the capital for Mirmande, a ruined village in the Drôme region, where Lhote held a summer academy. Löwenstein then divided his time between Mirmande and Nice where his mother and sister lived, but had to take refuge for a time in the Abbey of Aiguebelle. He fell ill in the autumn of 1943 and went to Paris to see a doctor; he died in Nice in 1946. Exhibited: Fédor Lowenstein...

FEDOR LOEVENSTEIN LOWENSTEIN 1901-1947 (Czech / French) Title: The Father, Early 1920's Technique: Original Hand Signed, Titled, Dated and Dedicated Woodcut on thin paper Paper Size: 22.5 x 16.3 cm / 8.8 x 6.4 in Plate Size: 15 x 10 cm / 5.9 x 3.9 in Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Fedor" at the lower margin. It is also tilted in cyrillic "батюшка" (Father) and numbered "17" in pencil at the lower left margins. This work was printed in the early 1920's in a small edition. Our impression is number 17 from the edition. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Fédor Löwenstein...

FEDOR LOEVENSTEIN LOWENSTEIN 1901-1947 (Czech / French) Title: Portrait of an Old Man, 1922 Technique: Original Hand Signed, Titled, Dated and Dedicated Woodcut on thin paper Paper Size: 19.2 x 14.5 cm / 7.5 x 5.7 in Image size: 14.5 x 11.7 cm / 5.7 x 4.5 in Additional Information: This work is hand signed and dated in pencil "Fedor Loevenstein '22" at the lower margin It is also tilted and inscribed in Cyrillic in pencil at the lower left margins. There is an additional text in French at the far lower right margin. This work as printed in 1922 in a small edition. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Fédor Löwenstein...

FEDOR LOEVENSTEIN LOWENSTEIN 1901-1947 (Czech / French) Title: Portrait of a Man with Hands on Table, early 1920’s Technique: Original Hand Signed, Numbered and Titled Woodcut on thin paper Paper Size: 28 x 22 cm / 11 x 8.7 in Plate Size: 14.8 x 10 cm / 5.8 x 3.9 in Additional Information: This work is hand signed in pencil by the artist "F. Loevenstein" at the lower right margin. It is also tilted in Cyrillic "ИАН ИАNCON" (probably Jan Jansson) and numbered "22" in pencil at the lower left margins. This work was printed in the early 1920's in a small edition. Our impression is number 22 from the edition. Originally from Czechoslovakia, Fédor Löwenstein...

Jean-Emile Laboureur, Lassitude, 1912, woodcut, signed and numbered (24/35) in pencil. Reference: Sylvain Laboureur 682, third state (of 3). From the edition of about 35, published b...

Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...

Lithograph and silkscreen with grease crayon, lithographic tusche, lead pencil, charcoal on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper size: 12.8 x 9.84 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered...

Artist proof, aquatint, mixed intaglio engraving by the Russian/American artist, Nahum Tschacbasov. Pencil signed and dated lower right, 1947. Artist Proof. Condition: good; slight...