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Period: Early 20th Century
Girls - Woodcut print by Mino Maccari - 1927
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Scene is an original print realized by Mino Maccari in 1927.
Beautiful black and white woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. Included a passport: 35 x 28 cm.
Good condit...
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Contemporary Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Woodcut
Portrait de Baudelaire (Portrait of Charles Baudelaire) - Etching - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 11x15 cm.
Very Good Conditions.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Study for Self-portrait - Original Lithograph by Raoul Dufy - 1920
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Roma, IT
Study for Self-portrait is an original lithograph realized by Raoul Dufy in 1920.
Good condition on a white paper.
No signature.
Raoul Dufy (3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a Fre...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Equestrian Torso, British Museum Roman Classical sculpture photogravure
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Equestrian Torso from the Mausoleum'
Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top rig...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Photogravure
Harpy Tomb, West Side, British Museum Roman Classical sculpture photogravure
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Harpy Tomb, West Side'
Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of t...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Photogravure
Oriental Head Dress (Persia), British Museum Roman antiquity photogravure
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Oriental Head Dress (Persia)'
Photogravure after Donald Macbeth (1865-1943).
Donald Macbeth was a commercial photographer who seems to have held a quasi-official position at the B...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Photogravure
Westmacott Boy, British Museum Roman antiquity Classical sculpture photogravure
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Westmacott Boy'
Photogravure from a collection of photogravures depicting Greek and Roman marbles and bronzes in the British museum. Plate number above top right corner of the imag...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Photogravure
The Responsible - Original Lithograph and Offset by George Grosz - 1920
By George Grosz
Located in Roma, IT
The Responsible is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz.
The artwork is the plate n.23 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
To Georges Ondet - Original Lithograph by Charles Lucien Léandre - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
To Georges Ondet is an original artwork realized by Charles Léandre (1862-1934) in 1922.
Black and white lithograph on paper.
Includes frame: 45.5 x...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Vintage Offset Print - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Garibaldi is a vintage offset print realized in the early 20th Century.
Very good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Offset
Portrait of a Baby- Etching on Cardboard by Mino Maccari - 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original etching on Ivory cardboard.
Hand-signed in pencil n by the ...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Self-Portrait - Woodcut by Giuseppe Viviani - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Self-Portrait is an original woodcut realized by Giuseppe Viviani in the 1920s.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right by Artist's wife after Viviani's death.
Numbered in pencil ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Woman - Original Zincography by U.Seifert - 1905
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original zincography on paper realized by U. Seifert, in 1905.
This Specially Zincography representing a woman's Portrait. The title of the work "Cordelia" and the capti...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Männlicher Kopf im Profil (Male Head in Profile) /// German Expressionism Modern
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976)
Title: "Männlicher Kopf im Profil (Male Head in Profile)"
Portfolio: Das Spiel Christa vom Schmerz der Schönheit des Weibes (The Play Christa from the Pain of the Beauty of the Woman)
*Issued unsigned
Year: 1918
Medium: Original Woodcut Engraving on wove paper
Limited edition: Unknown
Printer: Fritz Voigt, Berlin, Germany
Publisher: Verlag Die Aktion, Berlin, Germany
Reference: Schapire No. 219, page 45; Jentsch No. 35. Rifkind No. 2563; Lang No. 300; Reed No. 118
Overall size with attached page: 8.5" x 10.63"
Sheet size: 8.5" x 5.38"
Image size: 4" x 3.38"
Condition: Toning to sheet (as normal). In very good condition
Very rare
Notes:
Provenance: private collection - Oxnard, CA. Comes from a complete originally bound 48 page folio with 9 original woodcut engravings by Schmidt-Rottluff. Text by Alfred Brust. Presently attached to its accompanying page. The cover and title pages in pictures are not included, only for reference/provenance. There is an example of this work in the permanent collection of the Brücke Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Biography:
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (born December 1, 1884, Rottluff, near Chemnitz, Germany—died...
Category
Expressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Woodcut
Figure - Original Woodcut Print by Amadore Porcella - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original woodcut print realized by Amadore Porcella.
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Passepartout dimension: ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Portrait of Old Man - Woodcut by Giuseppe Viviani - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 38.5 x 27 cm.
"Portrait of Old" is an original xilography realized by Giuseppe Viviani in 1927; Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right, and numbered in pencil on the lower-left. Edition of 200 prints.
Perfect conditions.
The artwork represents an old man portrait, with traditional costume, with an impressive tired look which is skillfully drawn and colored in light green and dark blue.
Giuseppe Viviani (1898) is a popular Italian artist and engraver famous especially for the marine subjects.
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Giuseppe Viviani (1898-1965) is a popular Italian artist and engraver. His figures are characterized by stylized silhouettes, big and sad eyes...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$499 Sale Price
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Remy de Gourmont - Lithograph by A. Rouveyre - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Remy de Gourmont is a black and white print realized by André Rouveyre in the First Half 20th Century.
The artwork represents a portrait of the Fren...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Männlicher Kopf von vorn, nach rechts gewandt (Male Head Facing Right)
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976)
Title: "Männlicher Kopf von vorn, nach rechts gewandt (Male Head Facing Right)"
Portfolio: Das Spiel Christa vom Schmerz der Schönhe...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Engraving, Woodcut
Hudson - Fulton Celebration 1809 - 1909 lithograph
Located in Paonia, CO
Hudson - Fulton Celebration is an original lithograph celebrating the 300 year anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River. The image shows a portrait of Henry Hudson and a portrait of Robert Fulton...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
$520 Sale Price
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The Great War no. 6 Paul Renouard
Located in Paonia, CO
The Great War no. 6 depicts a soldier writing home and the other dreaming of it while looking out a window. A soulful scene that in it’s simplicity t...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Gerald Brockhurst (1890-1978) "Fabian" Pencil Signed Etching c.1921
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gerald Brockhurst (1890-1978) Pencil Signed Etching "Fabian" c.1921
Fine etching by noted artist Gerald Brockhurst.
Titled "Fabian" from an edition of 76.
This etching is in excel...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
1920 German Expressionist Figurative Etching Daniel with Lion Paul Kleinschmidt
Located in Surfside, FL
Paul Kleinschmidt, (1883–1949)
"Daniel" Etching
1920
Frame: 21" X 17"
Image: 9.5" X 7.5"
Daniel in the Lions Den
Rare Artist's second proof
Provenance: bears labels from ACA Gallerie...
Category
Abstract Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Emil Åberg (1864-1940) - Swedish School Early 20th Century Etching, The Council
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking early 0th Century etching showing a characterful group of Swedish men in traditional dress, holding council on the snowy hills of Sweden. The artist has signed in plate an...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Portrait Etching of English Victorian Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Located in Houston, TX
Etching of a woman dressed in turn of the century attire looking out at the viewer. The work is signed in pencil by the artist. The etching is not framed.
Artist Biography: William...
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Naturalistic Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
La Roulette in the Casino, from Monte Carlo, 2nd Serie, by SEM
By George Gourset
Located in Paonia, CO
La Roulette in the Casino, from Monte Carlo from -Album n.15 – Planche n.12 is an original vintage reprint from the 1920 color lithograph by French c...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Color
Gerald Brockhurst (1890-1978) "Anais" Pencil Signed Etching c.1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gerald Brockhurst (1890-1978) Etching "Anais" c.1930
Very fine etching by listed English / American artist Gerald Brockhurst.
Title "Anais" Pencil signed - From an edition of 55.
...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Lovis Corinth (German, 1859-1925) "Pieta" Rare Etching c.1920
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lovis Corinth (German, 1859-1925) Rare Etching c.1920
Fine etching by noted German Expressionist artist Lovis Corinth.
This striking imag...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Woman's Head in Profile - Woman's Head in Profile (left) (Havard)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman's Head in Profile - Woman's Head in Profile (left) (Havard)
Drypooint, 1920
Unsigned (as usual)
From: The Drypoints of Elie Nadelman, 21 unpublished prints by the sculptor, pro...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint
The Ermine Scarf
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Ermine Scarf
Lithograph, 1905
Signed in pencil Belleroche and initialed A.B. lower right
Edition: 30
Reference: Belleroche K447
Albert Belleroche log of llithographs, AB164
Condition: Excellent
Image size: 6 5/16 x 5 1/4 inches
Frame size: 18 3/4 x 17 inches
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Richard Reed...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original "The Three Musketeers" vintage lithographic theater poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage poster: The Three Musketeers. A British theater antique original poster. Museum linen backed. Grade A Condition: fine. ...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$318 Sale Price
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Woman's Head
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Edition of 50 printed by Charles White in 1951 for the estate
Bibliography:
Lincoln Kirstein, Elie Nademan (New York: The Eakins Press, 1973),, 20
Elie Nadelman
Born 1882, Warsaw...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint
WEIBLICHER AKT MIT BREITKREMPIGEM HUT
Located in Portland, ME
Corinth, Lovis. WEIBLICHER AKT MIT BREITKREMPIGEM HUT (Female Nude with Broad-Brimmed Hat). Schwartz 226A. Etching, 1916. 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, 300 x 198 mm. The earlier version, be...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Autoportrait a la Pipe
By André Derain
Located in New York, NY
Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper.
Catalogue raisonne reference: Adhemar 44.
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Fauvist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
"Dame a la Toque", fabulous drypoint etching by Paul Cesar Helleu
Located in Hinsdale, IL
HELLEU, PAUL CÉSAR
(1859 - 1927)
"La Dame a la Toque"
(Lady in Fur Hat)
Drypoint printed in colors on pale cream wove paper, c. 1906
Signed in black crayo...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Londonia Super Acrobats Antique French Poster C.1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
Londonia Super Acrobats Antique French Poster C.1900
Fine French circus poster by Finot.
Two handsome young acrobats stand tall against a red ba...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Portrait De Cezanne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait De Cezanne
Lithograph, 1914
Unsigned (as issued in 1914)
Edition: Either 100 (per Roger Marx) or 400 impressions on various papers
Published in, Cezanne, Bernheim Jeune, 1914
Reference:
Roger-Marx 51 ii/II, printed in greenish-grey ink on laid paper
Condition: Excellent
Image: 9 1/2 x 9"
Sheet: 14 3/4 x 11 1/8"
Edouard Vuillard
French, 1868 - 1940
Vuillard's work straddles two centuries: he was a major post-impressionist in the 1890s, as well as a participant in the renewal of decorative art before and after 1900. Vuillard was one of the central figures of "Les Nabis...
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French School Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Ex libris Miguel Gras Vila by Luis Garcia Falgàs - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Etching realized by Luis Garcia Falgàs in the early 20th century.
Not signed.
Very good condition.
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Kopf (Geneigter Kopf), 1923/2014, Expressionist Etching, Posthumous L. Edition
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Alexej von Jawlensky
Torschok 1864 - 1941 Wiesbaden
Inclined Head, after 1923.
Etching in umber, hand-printed.
Catalogue raisonné Rosenbach 35.
Monogrammed in the plate.
With the e...
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Blue Rider Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Kopf (Überlegend), 1923/2014, Expressionist Etching, Posthumous Limited Edition
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Alexej von Jawlensky
Torschok 1864 - 1941 Wiesbaden
Head (pondering), circa 1923.
Etching in umber, hand-printed.
Catalogue raisonné Rosenbach 40.
Monogrammed in the plate.
With th...
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Blue Rider Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Bezalel School Jerusalem, Middle Eastern Arab Man in Turban Circa 1920s Etching
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Realism
Subject: Portrait
Medium: Etching
Surface: Paper
Country: Israel
Dimensions with Frame: 18" x 114"
Jacob Eisenberg (1897–1965) (also Yaakov Eisenberg) was an Israeli ...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "The Artist's Wife, Seated" Collotype plate VI
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA
“ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his masterfu...
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Vienna Secession Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Paper
Kopf (Ergeben), 1923/2014, Expressionist Etching, Posthumous Limited Edition
Located in Eltville am Rhein, DE
Alexej von Jawlensky
Torschok 1864 - 1941 Wiesbaden
Head (devoted), circa 1923.
Etching in umber, hand-printed.
Catalogue raisonné Rosenbach 39.
Monogrammed in the plate.
With the ...
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Blue Rider Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Alfons Mucha - Original Lithograph - Femmes Art Nouveau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Title: Decorative Documents
Author: Alfons Mucha.
Publisher: Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 13 Rue Lafayette. Emile Levy publisher. Published ...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Berenice
By Louis Valtat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Berenice
Color woodcut, 1900-1910
Signed with the artist's red ink stamp (see photo)
Edition: 50 (46/50)
Signed with the artist's red ink initials stamp, Lugt 1771, Sup.
Condition: E...
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French School Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Original "Proper Care Before Birth" means More Babies vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original “Proper Care Before Birth” vintage poster.
Archival linen backed in excellent condition, ready to frame. Size 20.5” x 27”; circa 1917.
The Original "Proper Care Before Births" vintage poster is a rare find for collectors of World War 1 memorabilia...
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American Realist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$440 Sale Price
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L'heure de la soupe a aquatique city, World War I lithograph by Truchet, 1914
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Scene from the Western Front.
French lithograph signed and dated in pencil below the image.
Louis Abel-Truchet was a French painter, etcher and lithographer who studied art in Pa...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "Woman with Greyhound" Collotype plate III
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA
“ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his masterful...
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Vienna Secession Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Paper
"Claude Renoir, tourné à gauche" (Claude Renoir, Turning Left) by Renoir
Located in Hinsdale, IL
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE
(1841 - 1919)
Claude Renoir, tourné à gauche
Claude Renoir, Turning Left
Delteil 40, Stella 40
Original chalk lithograph ...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
Les yeux noirs (The dark eyes)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Les yeux noirs (The dark eyes)
Lithograph, 1913
Lacking the artist's signature in pencil as sited in Duthuit. We have found numerous other impressions of this image with the initials...
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French School Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
HEAD WITH NECKLACE
By John Sloan
Located in Portland, ME
Sloan, John. HEAD WITH NECKLACE. Morse 163. Etching, 1913. Edition of 100, of which only 75 were printed. Titled, signed and inscribed "100 proofs" all in pencil, and further signed ...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Portrait Study (Head of a Girl)" Collotype
Located in Palm Beach, FL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA
“ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his mas...
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Vienna Secession Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Alfons Mucha - Original Lithograph - Christmas Baby Party
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Title: Decorative Documents
Author: Alfons Mucha.
Publisher: Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 13 Rue Lafayette. Emile Levy publisher. Published ...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
La Couseuse (The Seamstress)
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Villon (1875-1963), La Couseuse (The Seamstress), drypoint, 1905, signed in pencil lower right margin. Reference: Ginestet and Pouillon 147, Aub...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Drypoint
Portrait - Etching by Francis Brooks Chadwick - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding etching realized by Chadwick in 1915,
Monogrammed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Mlle Sablon, musical actress
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Mademoiselle Sablon, MUSCIAL ACTRESS
Lithograph, 1907
Unsigned
Provenance: estate of the artist
Reference: Belleroche No. K383
Albert Belleroche Log of lithographs, AB698
Edition: c. 10
Condition: excellent
Image size: 20 x 17 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 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
Jewish Student
Located in Surfside, FL
Maybe her name doesn’t ring a bell. Like everyone else who ever went into the old Mooresville Post Office at 305 N. Main St., across the street from the bank, I would look at the large mural over the door to the postmaster’s office — now the school district superintendent’s office — read the name of the artist, and wonder who she was.
Alicia Wiencek (April 23, 1918- Feb. 17, 1961) has remained something of an enigma, at least locally.
I set about finding more regarding the artist.
The first clue I found about her came from a small, 1937 article in the old Mooresville Enterprise:
“Miss Alicia Wiencek of New York City will paint the mural for the local [post office] building. She was in the city several days last week, looking over the various industries and talking with a number of ‘old–timers’ about Mooresville’s early history and present trend of development. She visited a number of places of business, the cotton gins and the mills, seeming to be impressed with the importance of the cotton industry, so that it is believed cotton will at least have its share of the subject matter of the decoration.
“The mural will cover the space above the entrance to the postmaster’s office, a space of about 8 by 4 feet. It is not known whether Miss Wiencek will do the work here, or whether she will bring it with her completed, upon her return.”
Fine, but what happened to her after she did the mural in Mooresville? What other works did she complete? Where might one go to view them? How long did Miss Wiencek stay in the Mooresville area, absorbing local color and sights?
Alicia was born in Chicopee, Mass., and was apparently of Polish descent. She studied at the Art Students League in New York City. One of her instructors there was Ernest Feine (1894-1965), a naturalized citizen of German birth who was both a painter and a printmaker. He was also known for his fine murals and frescoes.
Ernest, with Alicia as his assistant, worked on two murals, one for the post office in Canton, Mass., and one in Washington, D.C., in the Department of the Interior Building.
The two must have worked well together, for Feine divorced his first wife and married Alicia on Aug. 13, 1945, in Connecticut. Of the two artists, Ernest is the more famous.
But back to Mooresville. The official title of her oil-on-canvas work in Mooresville is “The Cotton Industry in North Carolina.”
It is interesting to note that the post office building was completed and in use by August 1937, several months before Alicia received the government contract for the mural. Her work was part of President Roosevelt’s New Deal, a Works Progress Administration project to put artists and writers to work during the Great Depression.
The old Mooresville Post Office Building is one of several in the same style in North Carolina built according to the town’s population. The old post offices in Beaufort, Laurinburg, Marion, Siler City, Wake Forest...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Lithograph
R. Layni, Zeichnungen folio, "One-Year-Volunteer Private" Collotype plate V
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA
“ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE
Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his masterful...
Category
Vienna Secession Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Paper
Portrait of an Elderly Woman Praying at a Table Etching
Located in Houston, TX
Portrait of a woman praying at a table with food. In the corner a cat reaching up to see over the table. The etching is signed by the artist in the botto...
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Naturalistic Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
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Etching
James B. Moore, Esq
By John Sloan
Located in New York, NY
John Sloan (1871-1954) etching, James B. Moore, Esq., signed in pencil lower right and inscribed “100 proofs” lower left (although only 25 were printed). [Also signed and dated lower...
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American Realist Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
UNTITLED PORTRAIT
Located in Portland, ME
Hyman, Moses (American, 1870-?). UNTITLED PORTRAIT. Etching,
1941. printed with platetone. Edition size not stated. Signed in
pencil, lower right, and with a presentation inscriptio...
Category
Early 20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
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