Bride Prints and Multiples

Beautiful poster by Abel Truchet for the Moulin Rouge dancers. Painter, draughtsman and poster artist, Louis Abel-Truchet (1857-1918) is, along wi...

Don Quixote Funeral is an etching and drypoint print on ivory-colored China paper, realized by Wladyslaw Jahl in 1951. It belongs to a limited edition of 125 specimens. Good condi...

Georges Braque, French (1882 - 1963) - Nature Morte, Year: circa 1963, Medium: Offset Lithograph, Image Size: 7.5 x 6 inches, Size: 13.5 x 10 in. (34.29 x 25.4 cm)

Artist: Francesco Bartolozzi (Italian, 1727-1815) Title: "Four Muses" & "Father and Two Daughters" Portfolio: Rudiments of Drawing *Issued unsigned, though both are signed by Bartolo...

Ex Libris - Paul Valery is an Etching print realized by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed in the lower right margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten (1884 - 1943) was a Czech painte...

'New Rochelle - Before the Wind', drypoint, 1931, edition 30 (only a few impressions printed), Rose l.163. Signed, dated '1932' and numbered '1 – XXX' in ...

Jupiter and Antiope is a beautiful black and white etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Francesco Cecchini (1790-1820). Signed on the...

Lithograph and stencil on vélin Rives BFK paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Yvette Guilbert vue par Toulouse-...

Attitudes of the Prussian Military is an original artwork realized by Thomas Holloway for Johann Caspar Lavater's "Essays on Physiognomy, Designed to...

Ex Libris - André de Raynal - Ex Biblioteca Macabrum is an Etching print created by Michel Fingesten. Hand Signed and dated on the lower margin. Good conditions. Michel Fingesten...

Beautiful poster created around 1950s by Albert Brenet 🇫🇷 (1903-2005), a famous French painter, poster artist, sculptor and illustrator. He was notably appointed official painter...

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...

Prints Lover is an original etching artwork on paper, realized by H. Daumier. Plate signed on the lower left. Titled on the lower center in French "L'Amateur D'Estampes". Very goo...

The Angel of Mercy - from the Series "The Divine Comedy" is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. No...

Eugene Delacroix, French (1798 - 1863) - Women of Algiers (color), Year: 1838, Medium: Lithograph, Image Size: 6.25 x 8.75 inches, Size: 7.25 x 10.75 in. (18.42 x 27.31 cm), Publis...

Don Quixote Galloping is an etching and drypoint print on ivory-colored Japanese paper, realized by Wladyslaw Jahl in 1951. It belongs to a limited edition of 125 specimens. Good c...

Artist: Theo Tobiasse, French (1927 - 2012) Title: New York - Statue of Liberty Medium: Terragraph on Canvas, signed and numbered lower right Edition: 70/199 Size: 31.5 x 22 in. ...

Black Devil is a woodcut print realized in 1963 for a series illustrating the Medieval poem of the "Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri. Not signed, as issued. Plate n.17 (as repor...

This artwork titled "Waiting Game" 1991 is a color offset lithograph by noted African/American artist Yvonne Cole Meo, 1923-2016. It is hand signed, da...

"Divina Commedia" is an original Black and white héliogravure on cream-colored cardboard realized by Choisy Le Conin, pseudonym of Franz Von Bayros (A...

Crazy Horse No.7 - Front View of Nude Female is an original color serigraph realized by Nicola Simbari in 1976. Hand signed and dated in pencil on the lower right margin (Simbari 76)...

The Challenge in the Aegean is a black and white artwork realized by Giorgio De Chirico in the half of 20th Century. Rare specimen on light blue paper. Original title: "La sfida in ...

Image dimensions: 32.5x48 cm. Artist's Proof. Edition of 100 prints numbered and hand signed, Very Good conditions.

Medium: etching. Etched by Paul Edme Le Rat after Mino da Fiesole. This impression on thin japon paper was printed in 1875 at the Alfred Salmon imprimerie (before letters were added)...

The American Beauty is an etching by Noel François Bertrand in the 19th Century. Good conditions. The Artwork is depicted through soft strokes.

Clown is an original artwork realized by Jean Jansem. Original lithograph on ivory-colored cardboard. Hand-signed on the lower left. This artwork is an beautiful exemplares of 50 s...

Medium: pochoir (after the watercolor). Printed on Arches paper in 1956 at the atelier Daniel Jacomet for the Vins, fleurs et flammes portfolio, and issued in a limited edition of 38...

Saint Raphael is a colored lithograph from the original gouache on heavy rag paper from Salvador Dali’s five volume Biblia Sacra Suite published in Rome by Rizzoli , 1965-1969....

This lithographic poster was designed after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec for an exhibition of his prints at the Maison de La pensée Française, Paris in 1955. This poster is based on an original lithograph from 1896 entitled "The Seated Clowness...

Salvador DALI (1904-1989) Don Quichotte / Don Quixote : Lady Dulcinea, 1980 Original etching with aquatint Signed in pencil Numbered / 125 On Arches vellum 76 x 56.5 cm (30 x 22 in...

Young Woman is an original lithograph artwork, realized in 1903 by Charles Lucien Léandre (1862–1934). Signed on plate on the lower left and dated. Th...

Homage to Michelangelo is an original artwork realized by Jorge Castillo in 1975. Black and white etching. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Numbered on the lower left. E...

Siergiej Timochow, a Belorussian artist, born in 1960. He studied at an art school in Minsk in 1979 before continuing to study at the Fine Arts Academy in Belarus. His acrylic and ...

Don Quixote Observing is an etching and drypoint print on ivory-colored Japanese paper, realized by Wladyslaw Jahl in 1951. It belongs to a limited edition of 125 specimens. Good c...

Medium: offset lithograph (after the painting). Published in London by The Studio in 1905 for a rare deluxe portfolio. Printed on smooth wove paper, the image measures 4 1/4 x 8 inch...

Danza di Scheletri is an original Lithograph realized by Italian artist Carlo Carrà in 1944, signed in the plate, the edition of 55 copies, by La Conchigl...

Untitled (2002) Screenprint on wove paper Signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Date: 2002 6 17 Ed. 1/23 26.9 x 45 cm (Image) 39.6 x 54.8 cm (Sheet)

Image dimensions: 15.8 x 23.5 cm. Les sénateurs de Kellogg is a wonderful black and white xilograph on paper, realized around 1880's by the French wooden engraver Charles Laplante (...

Don Quixote's Hunt is an etching and drypoint print on ivory-colored China paper, realized by Wladyslaw Jahl in 1951. They belong to a limited edition of 125 specimens. Good condit...

Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Naked Seated Women, 1967 Lithograph with stencil after a watercolor (Jacomet technique) Not signed Limited edition of 500 un-n...

Homage to Michelangelo is an original artwork realized in 1975 by Jorge Castillo. Black and white etching. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Numbered on the lower right left....

The European Macabre Dance N.40 is a hand-colored lithograph, from the Series "La Danza Macabra Europea" illustrated by Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 – Milan, 1954) in 1915. Signed on the plate, Original Edition. Published by Domenico Longo, Treviso. Handcolored lithographic postcards. Very good conditions. Alberto Martini (Oderzo, 1876 - Milan, 1954); was an Italian draftsman, painter, engraver and illustrator, forerunner of the surrealist movement...

Grace to Blossom by Amy Gardner [2021] limited_edition Screenprint Edition number 12 Image size: H:72 cm x W:68 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:72 cm x W:68 cm x D:0.1cm Sold U...

Cave Rue de l'Enfer is an original Etching realized by Augustin André Lançon in 1871. Rare etching belonging to the suite "Guerre de 1870 et Siège de Paris". Very good Conditions. ...

"Introduktion - Incipit Redemptio" is an original Black and white héliogravure on cream-colored cardboard realized by Choisy Le Conin, pseudonym of Franz Von Bayros (Agram, 1866 – V...

Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Title: Minotaure aveugle guidé dans la Nuit par une Petite Fille au Pigeon (after Bloch 223) Year: 1992 Medium: Reproduced from the original e...

Image dimensions: 31.2 x 21 cm. Diagonal Landscape is a superb original offset print, reproducing the original watercolor by Giorgio Morandi. Signature by the artist is perfectly r...

Héliogravure on vélin paper. Paper Size: 14.75 x 10.5 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Pablo Picasso, Toros y toreros, 1961. Published ...

Salvador Dali Velasquez, Les Ménines, 1974 Original Lithograph, 1974 Image Size: 57.5 x 38.5 cm Sheet size: 89 x 56 cm Hand signed lower right Numbered lower left 100 / 350. Referenc...

Pan Teaching Daphnis To Play from "Antiquities of Herculaneum" is an etching on paper realized by Carlo Cataneo in the 18th Century. Signed on the plate. Good conditions with some...

Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Signed in the plate, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Picasso, Vingt-Neuf Portraits Imaginaires, 1969. Published by Éditions Cerc...

Ebrea maritata (Married Jewish) is an original artwork realized by an Unknown artist in 1849s. Beautiful lithograph hand-watercolored on paper. Good conditions. Titled on the botto...

Experience the dynamic and captivating world of Mr. Brainwash with "Heart & Soul," a stunning silkscreen on paper that will capture your imagination and captivate your senses. Measur...

Marc Chagall (1887-1985) The Circus : The Artist and his Double, 1967 Original lithograph (Mourlot Workshop) On Arches vellum 42 x 32 cm (c. 17 x 13 in) REFERENCE : Catalog rais...

Satyr from the series "Antiquities of Herculaneum" , is an etching on paper realized by Various Authors in the 18th Century. Monogrammed on the plate. Good conditions. The etching...

Hand Signed. Edition of 50 pieces plus 15 Artist's Proofs in Roman Numbers. Very good condition.

Artist: Salvador Dali Medium: Woodblock engraving Title: Paradise: Canto 18 Portfolio: The Divine Comedy: Paradise Year: 1963 Edition: 4765 Framed Si...

Salvador Dali Le Cirque Le Fou (Clown), 1965 Etching Hand Signed lower right Edition AP lower left Image size 36 x 52 cm Sheet size 52 x 67 cm Publisher: Jean Schneider, Basel/Berggr...

Noblewoman is an amazing black and white etching on cream paper, made by the French artist and engraver, Jean Coraboeuf (1870-1947), grand prix de Rome in 1898 and successful worldly portraitist. Monogrammed on plate on lower right corner, signed and dated on plate on lower margin at the center, and hand-signed in black inck on lower right margin. This original print realized with a very fluid and sure touch, represents a noblewoman charms still today for her beauty and elegance. Because of the Neoclassical fashion, her hairstyle, her pose on the triclinium, it is possible to recognize the woman in the person of Paolina Borghese...

Artist: Francois Batet Title: Soiree Chez Maxine Date: 1986 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 155/200 Image Size: 19 x 23 inches Paper Size: 22 x 27 inches