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Art Subject: Archaeology
Stone Tapestry, San Isidoro, Leon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and dated in pencil, inscribed " Ed 100 I." In excellent condition, except for tape remains at upper margin corners on verso. Also called South Portal of The Collegiate Church...
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1930s Landscape Prints

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Etching

Letter R - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter R is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli artist of 18th century. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichit...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Etching

All Souls College, Oxford, William Nicholson lithograph 1905 Stafford Gallery
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. William Nicholson (1872-1949) All Souls College, Oxford Signed, and numbered 98, published by Stafford Gallery with blindstamp Lithograph 35x28cm Probably best known through his graphic works, as a book designer and illustrator, Nicholson was greatly encouraged in his landscapes by Whistler from about 1900. In 1902-03 he produced a series of watercolour, chalk and pen drawings of Oxford which were published in 1905 by the Stafford Gallery as two portfolios of lithographs, with descriptions by Arthur Waugh – father of Evelyn Waugh...
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Early 1900s Realist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Letter I - Etching by Luigi Vanvitelli - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Letter I is an Etching realized by Luigi Vanvitelli. The etching belongs to the print suite “Antiquities of Herculaneum Exposed” (original title: “Le Antichità di Ercolano Esposte”)...
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Late 18th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

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Phalanx
Located in New York, NY
This collagraph was created circa 1973. It is signed, titled and inscribed "1/75" in pencil. The paper size is 22 x 30 1/2" with the printed image 18 7/8 x 27 3/4.&q...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Intaglio

Christ Church Library, Oxford College, William Nicholson lithograph 1905
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. William Nicholson (1872-1949) Christ Church Library, Oxford Signed and numbered 34, published by Stafford Gallery with blind stamp Lithograph 26 x 34.5cm Probably best known through his graphic works, as a book designer and illustrator, Nicholson was greatly encouraged in his landscapes by Whistler from about 1900. In 1902-03 he produced a series of watercolour, chalk and pen drawings of Oxford which were published in 1905 by the Stafford Gallery as two portfolios of lithographs, with descriptions by Arthur Waugh – father of Evelyn Waugh...
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Early 1900s Realist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

19th century black and white etching indoors figures child doorway table
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Rag Gatherers" is an original etching on zinc plate by J. A. M. Whistler. The artist signed and dated the piece in the plate. It features a scene...
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1850s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints

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Fabric, Etching

Ancient Landscape II (Ancient City)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ancient Landscape II (Ancient City) Etching and drypoint, 1953-55 Signed and titled in pencil by the artist (see photos) Annotated: "E130 A/1" in pencil lower right Estate stamp vers...
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1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Drypoint

David Loggan Sidney Sussex College Cambridge Dominae Franciscae engraving 1690
Located in London, GB
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1670s Realist Prints and Multiples

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Christ Church Oxford College, William Nicholson lithograph 1905 Stafford Gallery
Located in London, GB
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Early 1900s Realist Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

"Cockersand Abbey" and "Sandal Castle" from "Buck's Antiquities" /// British Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (English, 1696-1779) and (?-1759/1774) Title: "Cockersand Abbey" (Plate 148) and "Sandal Castle" (Plate 340...
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1720s Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

The Rabbi 1977 Soviet Non Conformist Avant Garde Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Dimensions w/Frame: 25 3/4" x 20 3/4" Alek Rapoport (November 24, 1933, Kharkiv, Ukraine SSR – February 4, 1997, San Francisco) was a Russian Nonconformist artist, art theorist and teacher. Alek Rapoport spent his childhood in Kiev (Ukraine SSR). During Stalin's "purges" both his parents were arrested. His father was shot and his mother spent ten years in a Siberian labor camp. Rapoport lived with his aunt. At the beginning of World War II, he was evacuated to the city of Ufa (the Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic). A time of extreme loneliness, cold, hunger and deprivation, this period also marked the beginning of Rapoport's drawing studies. After the war, Rapoport lived in Chernovtsy (Western Ukraine), a city with a certain European flair. At the local House of Folk Arts, he found his first art teacher, E.Sagaidachny (1886–1961), a former member of the nonconformist artist groups Union of the Youth (Soyuz Molodyozhi) and Donkey's Tail, popular during the 1910s–1920s. His other art teacher was I. Beklemisheva (1903–1988). Impressed by Rapoport's talent, she later (1950) organized his move to Leningrad, where he entered the famous V.Serov School of Art (the former School of the Imperial Society for the Promotion of Arts, OPKh, later the Tavricheskaya Art School). His association with this school lasted eight years, first as a student, and then, from 1965 to 1968, as a teacher. With "Socialist realism" the only official style during this time, most of the art school's faculty had to conceal any prior involvement in non-conformist art movements. Ya.K.Shablovsky, V.M.Sudakov, A.A.Gromov introduced their students to Constructivism only through clandestine means. (1959–1963) Rapoport studied stage design at the Leningrad Institute of Theater, Music and Cinema under the supervision of the famous artist and stage director N.P.Akimov. Akimov taught a unique course based on theories of Russian Suprematism and Constructivism, while encouraging his graduate students to apply their knowledge to every field of art design. Despite differences in personal artistic taste with Akimov, who was drawn to Vermeer and Dalí, Rapoport was influenced by Akimov's personality and liberalism, as well as the logical style of his art. In 1963, Rapoport graduated from the institute. His highly acclaimed MFA work involved the stage and costume design for I.Babel's play Sunset. In preparation, he traveled to the southwest regions of the Soviet Union, where he accumulated many objects of Judaic iconography from former ghettos, disappearing synagogues and old cemeteries. He wandered Odessa in search of Babel's characters and the atmosphere of his books. He organized a new liberal course in technical aesthetics, introducing his students to Lotman's theory of semiotics, the Modulor of Le Corbusier, the Bauhaus school, Russian Constructivism, Russian icons and contemporary Western art. As a result of his "radicalism," Rapoport was fired for "ideological conspiracy." He sought to cultivate himself as Jewish artist. This became particularly noticeable after the Six-Day War, when the Israeli victory led intellectuals, including the Jewish intelligentsia, to feel a heightened interest in Jewish culture and its Biblical roots. Rapoport's works of this period include Three Figures, a series of images of Talmudic Scholars, and works dealing with anti-Semitism. In the 1970s Rapoport joined the non-conformist movement, which opposed the dogmas of "Socialist realism" in art, along with Soviet censorship. The movement sought to preserve the traditions of Russian iconography and the Constructivist/Suprematist style of the 1910s. Despite the authorities' persecutions of nonconformist artists (including arrests, forced evictions, terminations of employment, and various forms of routine hassling), they united in a group, "TEV – Fellowship of Experimental Exhibitions." TEV's exhibitions proved tremendously successful. In the same period, Rapoport became one of the initiators of another anti-establishment group, ALEF (Union of Leningrad's Jewish Artists). In the United States this group was known as "Twelve from the Soviet Underground." Rapoport's involvement with this group increased tension with the authorities and attracted KGB scrutiny, including "friendly conversations," surveillance, detentions and house arrests. It became increasingly dangerous for him to live and work in the USSR. In October 1976, Rapoport with his wife and son were forced to leave Russia. In Italy, Rapoport exhibited at the Venice Biennale, "La Nuova Arte Sovietica-Una prospettiva non-ufficiale" (1977), participated in television programs about nonconformist art in the Soviet Union, and created lithographic works continuing his theme of Jewish characters from Babel's play Sunset. In 1977, Rapoport's family was granted U.S. immigration status and settled in San Francisco. a significant event in Rapoport's life occurred in his meeting with San Francisco gallery owner Michael Dunev, who became his friend and representative, organizing all his exhibitions until the artist's death. Toward the end of the 1980s and beginning of the 1990s, Rapoport completed his most ambitious works on the theme of the Old Testament prophets: Samson Destroying the House of the Philistines (1989), Lamentation and Mourning and Woe (1990), the four paintings Angel and Prophets (1990–1991) and Three Deeds of Moses (1992). In 1992, the artist's friends in St. Petersburg organized the first exhibition of his works there since his departure into exile, with works patiently gathered from collectors and art museums. This exhibition, held in the City Museum of St. Petersburg and accompanied by headlines such as "A St. Petersburg artist returns to his town," was followed by much larger ones in 1993 (St. Petersburg and Moscow), organized in collaboration with Michael Dunev Gallery under the name California Branches – Russian Roots. He Exhibited in "Soviet Artists, Jewish Themes...
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1970s Post-Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The French attack on Porta San Pancrazio by Auguste Raffet - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The French attack on Porta San Pancrazio is a Lithograph realized by Auguste Raffet in the 1860s. Belongs to the series "Souvenir d'Italie - Expédition de Rome". Signed on the plat...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

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Antonio Zarco Spanish Artist 1981 Original Hand Signed engraving realism n3
Located in Miami, FL
Antonio Zarco (Spain, 1930-2018) 'Ruina y olvido X', 1981 engraving on paper 20.9 x 15 in. (53 x 38 cm.) Edition of 200 ID: ZAR1187-003-200 Hand-signed by author
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1980s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving, Screen

The Bible : The Lovers, Ruth and Booz - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Marc Chagall (1887-1985) The Bible, The Lovers, Ruth and Booz Original lithograph (Mourlot Workshop) On paper 36 x 26.5 cm (c. 14.2 x 10.2 in) Second lithograph on the back, see p...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio, 1989, by Jose Luis Cuevas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Jose Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) Title: Marquez de Sade from the Intolerance Portfolio Year: 1989 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Editio...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Morning city 2005, paper, etching, 14x16 cm, 40/100
Located in Riga, LV
Morning city 2005, paper, etching, 14x16 cm, 40/100 JEKATERINA GRYAZEVA Born in Latvia, Riga 1968 Education 1979 - 1986 J.Rozentals Secondary Art School (Riga). 1987...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Landscape Prints

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Paper, Etching

David sauvé par Mical
Located in Paris, FR
Original lithograph by Marc Chagall from The Bible of 1960 "David sauvé par Mical" Unsigned 35 x 26 cm Excellent condition
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Conisborough Castle" and "Morlashe Castle" from "Buck's Antiquities" /// UK Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (English, 1696-1779) and (?-1759/1774) Title: "Conisborough Castle" (Plate 323) and "Morlashe Castle" (Plat...
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1720s Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

St John's College, Oxford II, Lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
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Early 1900s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Outside Jerusalem, Tomb of Ashalom, Judaica Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Picturesque depiction of Jerusalem mountainside landscape with Tomb of Ashalom.
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20th Century Landscape Prints

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Vue du Capitole - Offset After G. Engelmann - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Vue du Capitole is a print realized after Godefroy Engelmann in the 1970s. Signed on the plate Offset on paper Good condition with slight foxing.
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Offset

BADENDE MANNER: (THREE MALE BATHERS AT THE SHORE)
Located in Portland, ME
Kaus, Max. BADENDE MANNER: (THREE MALE BATHERS AT THE SHORE). Lithograph, c. 1924. Signed, lower left, in pencil, and numbered 6-10, further inscribed, lo...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Tank Skid", 1978, Lithograph by Dennis Oppenheim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dennis Oppenheim, American (1938 - 2011) Title: Tank Skid Year: 1978 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 100 Size: 39 in. x 27 in. (99.06 cm x 68.58 cm)
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1970s Conceptual Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

"The Holy Hour with Four Figures" Copper Plate Heliogravure
Located in Chicago, IL
2018 marks the centenary anniversary of Ferdinand Hodler’s death. In that 100 years time, the art world’s esteem of this important artist has proved fickle. It has shifted from extol...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

Dance - Etching by André Suares - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Dance is from Illustrations for Cressidra, a print on paper realized by André Suares in 1926.  Etching and drypoint Edition of 200 print, Including a Passepartout Good conditions.
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1920s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Etching

Death in Venice Bridge of Sighs Black and White Limited Edition Screenprint
Located in ludlow, GB
Death in Venice, Bridge of Sighs a Black and White Limited Edition Screenprint from an edition of 70. It is called "Death in Venice" a Screenprint by one of Wales's most famous sons ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Screen

"Louth Park Abbey" and "Easby Abbey" from "Buck's Antiquities" /// Architecture
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Samuel and Nathaniel Buck (English, 1696-1779) and (?-1759/1774) Title: "Louth Park Abbey" (Plate 172) and "Easby Abbey" (Plate 324) Portfolio: Buck's Antiquities or Venerabl...
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1720s Old Masters Landscape Prints

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Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

"What the Flowers Say" Copper Plate Heliogravure
Located in Chicago, IL
2018 marks the centenary anniversary of Ferdinand Hodler’s death. In that 100 years time, the art world’s esteem of this important artist has proved fickle. It has shifted from extolling his artistic merits during his lifetime to showing something of a feigned disdain- more reflective of the world political order than a true change of heart for Hodler’s work. After years of Hodler being all but a footnote in the annals of art history and generally ignored, finally, the pendulum has righted itself once again. Recent retrospective exhibitions in Europe and the United States have indicated not only a joyful rediscovery of Hodler’s art but a firm conviction that his work and world view hold particular relevance today. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is not only a collection of printed work reflecting the best of all of his painted work created up to 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I, the portfolio itself is an encapsulation of Hodler’s ethos, Parallelisme. Hodler developed his philosophy of Parallelisme as a unifying approach to art which strips away detail in search of harmony. By means of abstraction, symmetry and repetition, Hodler sought ways to depict Nature’s essence and her fundamental, universal order. He believed these universal laws governing the natural, observable world extend to the spiritual realm. Symbolist in nature with Romantic undertones, his works are equally portraits of these universal concepts and feelings governing all life as they are a visual portrait in the formal sense. Whether his subject is a solitary tree, a moment in battle, mortal fear, despair, the awe inspired by a vast mountain range, a tender moment or even the collective conviction in a belief, Hodler unveils this guiding principle of Parallelisme. Several aspects of Hodler’s portfolio reinforce his tenets of Parallelisme. The Table of Contents clearly preferences a harmonious design over detail. The two columns, consisting of twenty lines each, list the images by order of appearance using their German titles. The abbreviated titles are somewhat cryptic in that they obscure the identities of the sitters. Like the image Hodler presents, they are distillations of the sitter without any extraneous details. This shortening was also done in an effort to maintain a harmonious symmetry of the Table of Contents, themselves, and keep titles to a one-line limit. The twenty-fourth title: “Bildnis des Schweizerischen Gesandten C.” was so long, even with abbreviation, that it required two lines; so, for the sake of maintaining symmetry, the fortieth title: “Bauernmadchen” was omitted from the list. This explains why the images are not numbered. Hodler’s reasoning is not purely esoteric. Symmetry and pattern reach beyond mere formal design principles. Finding sameness and imposing it over disorder goes to the root of Hodler’s identity and his art. A Swiss native, Hodler was bi-lingual and spoke German and French. Each printed image, even number forty, have titles in both of Hodler’s languages. Certainly, there was a market for Hodler’s work among francophones and this inclusion may have been a polite gesture to that end; however, this is the only place in the portfolio which includes French. With German titles at the lower left of each image, Hodler’s name at bottom center and corresponding French titles at the lower right of each image, there is a harmony and symmetry woven into all aspects of the portfolio. This holds true for the page design, as it applies to each printed image and as it describes the Swiss artist himself. Seen in this light, Hodler’s portfolio of printed work is the epitome of Hodler’s Parallelisme. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is also one of the most significant documents to best tell the story of how Hodler, from Switzerland, became caught between political cross-hairs and how the changing tides of nations directly impacted the artist during his lifetime as well as the accessibility of his art for generations to come. The Munich-based publisher of the portfolio, R. Piper & Co., Verlag, plays a crucial role in this story. Publishing on a wide range of subjects from philosophy and world religion to music, literature and the visual arts; the publisher’s breadth of inquiry within any one genre was equal in scope. Their marketing strategy to publish multiple works on Hodler offers great insight as to what a hot commodity Hodler was at that time. R.Piper & Co.’s Almanach, which they published in 1914 in commemoration of their first ten years in business, clearly illustrates the rapid succession- strategically calculated for achieving the deepest and broadest impact - in which they released three works on Hodler to hit the market by the close of 1914. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was their premier publication. It preceded C.A. Loosli’s Die Zeichnungen Ferdinand Hodlers, a print portfolio after 50 drawings by Hodler which was released in Autumn of 1914 at the mid-level price-point of 75-150 Marks; and a third less expensive collection of prints after original works by Hodler, which had not been included in either of the first two portfolios, was released at the end of that year entitled Ferdinand Hodler by Dr. Ewald Bender. The title and timing of DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS' debut leaves little doubt as to the connection it has with another avant-garde portfolio of art prints, Das Werk Gustav Klimts, released in 5 installments from 1908 -1914 by Galerie Miethke in Vienna. Hodler, himself, was involved in Klimt’s ground-breaking project. As the owner of Klimt’s 1901 painting, “Judith with the Head of Holifernes” which appears as the ninth collotype print in the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Hodler was obliged to grant access of the painting to the art printers in Vienna for them to create the collotype sometime before 1908. Hodler had been previously invited in 1904 to take part in what would be the last exhibition of the Vienna Secession before Klimt and others associated with Galerie Miethke broke away. In an interview that same year, Hodler indicated that he respected and was impressed by Klimt. Hodler’s esteem for Klimt went beyond the art itself; he emulated Klimt’s method aimed at increasing his market reach and appeal to a wider audience by creating a print portfolio of his painted work. By 1914, Hodler and his publisher had the benefit of hindsight to learn from Klimt’s Das Werk publication. Responding to the sluggish sales of Klimt’s expensive endeavor, Hodler’s publisher devised the same diversified 1-2-3 strategy for selling Hodler’s Das Werk portfolio as they did with regards to all three works on Hodler they published that year. For their premium tier of DAS WERKS FERDINAND HODLERS, R. Piper & Co. issued an exclusive Museum quality edition of 15 examples on which Hodler signed each page. At a cost of 600 Marks, this was generally on par with Klimt’s asking price of 600 Kronen for his Das Werk portfolio. A middle-tiered Preferred edition of 30, costing somewhat less and with Hodler’s signature only on the Title Page, was also available. The General edition, targeting the largest audience with its much more affordable price of 150 Marks, is distinguishable by its smaller size. Rather than use the subscription format Miethke had chosen for Klimt’s portfolios which proved to have had its challenges, R. Piper & Co. employed a different strategy. In addition to instantly gratifying the buyer with all 40 of the prints comprising DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS and the choice among three price points, they advertised in German journals a fourth possibility of ordering single prints from them directly. These printed images are easily discernible from the three complete folio editions. The paper size of the single purchased images is of the larger format like the Museum and Preferred editions, measuring 65 h x 50 w cm; however, the paper itself is the same copper print paper used in the General edition and then mounted on poster board. The publishing house positioned itself to be a direct retailer of Hodler’s art. They astutely recognized the potential for profitability and the importance, therefore, of having proprietary control over his graphic works. R. Piper & Co. owned the exclusive printing rights to Hodler’s best work found in their three publications dating from 1914. That same year, a competing publication out of Weimar entitled Ferdinand Hodler: Ein Deutungsversuch von Hans Muhlestein appeared. Its author, a young scholar, expressed his frustration with the limited availability of printable work by Hodler. In his Author’s Note on page 19, dated Easter, 1914, Muhlestein confirms that the publisher of Hodler’s three works from that same year owned the exclusive reproductive rights to Hodler’s printed original work. He goes further to explain that even after offering to pay to use certain of those images in his book, the publisher refused. Clearly, a lot of jockeying for position in what was perceived as a hot market was occurring in 1914. Instead, their timing couldn’t have been more ill-fated, and what began with such high hopes suddenly found a much different market amid a hostile climate. The onset of WWI directly impacted sales. Many, including Ferdinand Hodler, publicly protested the September invasion by Germany of France in which the Reims Cathedral, re-built in the 13th century, was shelled, destroying priceless stained glass and statuary and burning off the iron roof and badly damaging its wooden interior. Thomas Gaehtgens, Director of the Getty Research Institute describes how the bombing of Reims Cathedral triggered blindingly powerful and deeply-felt ultra-nationalistic responses: “The event profoundly shocked French intellectuals, who for the most part had an intense admiration for German literature, music and art. By relying on press accounts and abstracting from the visual propagandistic content, they were unable to interpret the siege of Reims without turning away from German culture in disgust. Similarly, the German intelligentsia and bourgeoisie were also shocked to find themselves described as vandals and barbarians. Ninety-three writers, scientists, university professors, and artists signed a protest, directed against the French insults, that defended the actions of the German army.” In similar fashion, a flurry of open letters published in German newspapers and journals as well as telegrams and postcards sent directly to Hodler following his outcry in support of Reims reflected the collectively critical reaction to Hodler’s position. Loosli documents that among the list of telegrams Hodler received was one from none other than his publisher in Germany, R.Piper & Co. Allegiances were questioned. The market for Hodler in Germany immediately softened. Matters worsened for the publisher beyond the German backlash to Hodler and his loss of appeal in the home market; with the war in full swing until 1918, there was little chance a German publisher would have much interest coming from outside of Germany and Austria. Following the war and Hodler’s death in 1918, the economy in Germany continued to spiral out and just 5 years later, hyper-inflation had rendered its currency worthless vis-a-vis its value in the pre-war years. Like the economy, Hodler’s reputation was slow to find currency in these difficult times. Even many French art fans had turned sour on Hodler as they considered his long-standing relationship in German and Austrian art circles. Thus, the portfolio’s rarity in Hodler’s lifetime and, consequently, the availability of these printed images from DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS since his death has been scarce. In many ways, Hodler and his portfolios were casualties of war. Thwarted from their intended purpose of reaching a wide audience and show-casing Parallelisme, Hodler’s unique approach to art, this important, undated work has been both elusive and shrouded in mystery. Perhaps DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was left undated as a means of affirming the timelessness of Hodler’s art. Digging back into the past, Hodler’s contemporaries, like R. Piper, C.A. Loosli and Hans Muhlestein, indeed provide the keys to unequivocally clarify what has largely been mired in obscurity. Just after Hodler’s death, the May, 1918 issue of the Burlington Review ran a small column which opined hope for better access to R.Piper & Co.’s DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS; 100 years later, it is finally possible. Hodler’s voice rings out through these printed works. Once more, his modern approach to depicting portraits, landscapes and grand scale scenes of Swiss history speak to us of what is universal. Engaging with any one of these images is the chance to connect to Hodler’s vision and his world view- weltanschauung in German, vision du monde in French- however one expresses these concepts through language, its message embedded in his work is the same: “We differ from one another, but we are like each other even more. What unifies us is greater and more powerful than what divides us.” Today, Hodler’s art couldn’t be more timely. FERDINAND HODLER (SWISS, 1853-1918) explored Parallelisme through figurative poses evocative of music, dance and ritual. His images of sex, night, desertion and death as well as his many landscapes exploring the universal longing for harmony with Nature are unique and important works embodying a Symbolist paradigm. Truly a Modern Master, Hodler’s influence can be felt in the work of Gustav Klimt and Kolomon Moser and subsequent Expressionist artists such as Egon Schiele. He was born into an impoverished family in Bern, Switzerland in 1853. His entire family succumbed to tuberculosis, and he was orphaned by the age of 13, the only surviving child among his 13 siblings. In the absence of family, the influence and guidance which his art instructors provided Hodler was foundational and profound. Hodler began formal studies in 1872 at the Geneva School of Design. Under Barthelemy Menn, Hodler was drawn to the ordered beauty of Euclidian geometry and Durer’s fundamentals of human proportion that proved to be guiding principles informing his art throughout his life. By the 1880s, Hodler began to enjoy some recognition for his work which put him on a new path towards stability. Remaining in Geneva, he became assistant to the well-known muralist, Edouard Castres. Following his first solo show in 1885, Hodler’s work took on a Symbolist quality. He frequently associated with a group of Swiss Symbolist...
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1910s Symbolist Figurative Prints

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Paper

"Frederick Kiesler: An Exhibition of Architecture and Sculpture"
By Frederick John Kiesler
Located in New York, NY
Frederick Kiesler "Frederick Kiesler: An Exhibition of Architecture and Sculpture (Endless House, Model)" Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, c. 1967 Exhibitio...
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1960s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Offset, Black and White

Arch of Augustus - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Arch of Augustus is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Porta Palatino in Turin - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Porta Palatino in Turin is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

DISCUSSION or AT THE BASE OF UNION SQ. WASH STATUE.
Located in Portland, ME
Marsh, Reginald. DISCUSSION or AT THE BASE OF UNION SQ. WASH STATUE. Sasowsky 152. Etching, 1934. Signed in pencil. There was no edition; the number printed is unknown, but likely o...
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1930s Figurative Prints

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Etching

San Francesco di Paola in Naples - Lithograph - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
San Francesco di Paola in Naples is a lithograph on paper realized in the 19th Century. The artwork is represented in a well-balanced composition with strong strokes. Very good con...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Architectural - Maison Donne - Etching - 1850s
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural- Maison Donne is an etching print on paper realized in the late 19th Century. Titled on the plate and signed. Good conditions.
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1850s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Meleagro Stories - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Meleagro Stories is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the government, of the...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Uses and Customs - Reliefs of Milan - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - reliefs of Milan is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Uses and Customs - Thebes - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Thebes is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of the governmen...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Uses and Customs - Interior of La Scala Theatre in Milan - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Interior of La Scala Theatre in Milan is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the unive...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Uses and Customs - Images of Priests Drawn from an... - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs -  Images of Priests Drawn from an Egyptian Manuscript.  Tombs, Mummies etc is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and cus...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Landscape Series No.11, Woods & Fields
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
BREWSTER , Martyn (b.1952) Landscape Series No.11, Woods & Fields Image: 14.5 x 15.0 cm (5 3/4 x 6 ins.) Paper: 25.0 x 25.0 cm (9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Etching

Landscape Series No.11, Woods & Fields
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
BREWSTER , Martyn (b.1952) Landscape Series No.11, Woods & Fields Image: 14.5 x 15.0 cm (5 3/4 x 6 ins.) Paper: 25.0 x 25.0 cm (9 7/8 x 9 7/8 in...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Etching

Uses and Customs - Sibyl's Cave in Cuma - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Sibyl's Cave in Cuma is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History of...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Uses and Customs - Santa Lucia Beach in Naples - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Santa Lucia Beach in Naples is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " His...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Uses and Customs - Lake Agnano near Naples - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Uses and Customs - Lake Agnano near Naples is a lithograph on paper realized in 1862. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe: " History...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Late 19th century color cityscape Milwaukee trees figures lake churches
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"View of the City of Milwaukee" from "Harper's Weekly" is an original hand-colored wood engraving by Theodore R. Davis. It depicts an aerial view of the Wisconsin lakeside city in 1882. 9" x 13 3/8" art 17 5/8" x 21 3/4" frame Theodore R. Davis (1840–1894) was a 19th-century American artist, who made numerous drawings of significant military and political events during the American Civil War and its aftermath. As a child, Theodore R. Davis was taken to Washington D.C. where he graduated from Rittenhouse Academy. When he was fifteen, he moved to New York where studied art under Henry W. Herrick and James Walker. The Training Theodore Davis received under James Walker was informal. Davis typified certain artists as "special artists" was hired by popular magazines and newspapers. He was hired by them to illustrate the Civil War. He was hired by Harpers Weekly in 1861.[ During the Civil War, he served as a captain in the 15th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. After the war, he became a companion of the New York Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Some of these drawings include the Battle of Champion Hill, and the most significant sketch of General Joseph E. Johnston and General William T. Sherman meeting at the Bennett Farm near Durham Station to discuss the surrender terms of the remaining Confederate armies in the Southeast. After the war when the Cyclorama in Atlanta was being painted, Davis was asked for his ideas having traveled with Sherman's army. He was later added to the painting. Theodore Davis was a staff artist at Harper's Weekly. Many of his drawings were published as wood engravings in Harper's Weekly. Theodore R. Davis was chosen to create the Haye's China with a chance meeting. Mr. Davis suggested using flora and fauna of the American decor...
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1880s Other Art Style Landscape Prints

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Engraving

My treasure, my sanctuary / - A Tortured Treasure -
Located in Berlin, DE
Johannes Heisig (*1953 Leipzig), "My treasure, my sanctuary" - To the Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach. Lithograph on strong yellowish laid paper with watermark, 53 x 39.5...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"La Vida Sigue" (Life Goes On), Edition 52/100
Located in Austin, TX
This piece entitled "La Vide Sigue," which translate to "Life Goes On" depicts the silhouette of a child running and rolling a hoop while one rabbit run away and another watches. The...
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Late 20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Prints

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Archival Paper, Etching

Doors Windows Walls of Persepolis - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Doors Windows Walls of Persepolis is a  lithograph realized in 1864. Good conditions. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peop...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Lift by Dumar Leyna - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Lift by Dumar Leyna is a  lithograph realized in 1864. Good conditions. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe, or History of the gove...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

North-East View of Kailasso - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
North-east view of Kailasso is a  lithograph realized in 1864. Good conditions. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe, or History of ...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Kaylassa Entrance - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Kaylassa Entrance is a  lithograph realized in 1864. Good conditions. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe, or History of the govern...
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1860s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Court of the Temple of Heliopolis in a State of Ruin - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Court of the Temple of Heliopolis in a State of Ruin is a lithograph realized in 1864. Good conditions. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the ...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Botanical Garden in Brussels - Lithograph - 1862
Located in Roma, IT
Botanical Garden in Brussels is a  lithograph realized in 1864. Good conditions. The artwork belongs to the Suite Uses and customs of all the peoples of the universe, or History of...
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1840s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Hillside - Etching by Eugène Burnand - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Hillside is an original etching realized by Eugène Burnand (1850-1921) in the Late 19th century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with foxing. ...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Etching

The Theatre, Petra
Located in London, GB
First Edition lithograph Full plate: 98 Presented in a acid free mount
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19th Century Victorian Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Gondoliers in Venice - Etching by Gianpaolo Berto - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Gondoliers in Venice is an etching realized by Gianpaolo Berto in 1974. 60 X 75 cm , no frame. Edition 18/50. Numbered and firmed by the artist in the lower margin. Good condition...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

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Etching

Sanctum
Located in New York, NY
Signed, titled and inscribed "Artist proof" in pencil. The paper size is 35 x 22" and the image size is 29 3/4 x 18 1/8." This collagraph was created during the...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Landscape Prints

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Intaglio

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