Comics Art

The Rain - Eight Scenic Spots in Kanazawa is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century. Mixed colored lithograph after a woodcut realized by the great Japanese artist Utagaw...

The Widow is an original Modern artwork realized by Hermann-Paul (Paris,1864 – 1940). Original woodcut on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right corner. Passepartout is ...

The Stalker is an original watercolored ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, in the 1920s realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953). Hand-signed in pen on the lower margin. In good con...

The apparition is an original artwork realized in 1918 and signed and dated "Hinault 1918" Black and white china ink, watercolor and biacca drawing .Hand signed Hinault and dated on...

Le Rire is a vintage Comic Magazine stamped on Juin 1895, illustration by A. Willette. Good condition on a yellowed paper, except for some torn paper on the l...

The first fairy tale is a lovely and colored china ink drawing watercolored signed Cheval and dated 1911. Good conditions, on a brown paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower ...

Le Taureau De L'Ile De Crète is a a woodcut print realized by Carlègle (Charles Emile Egli) (30 March 1877 – 11 January 1937). Part of the suite "Les Trav...

Round Medusa is an original etching realized by Giacomo Manzù in 1970s. Hand-signed. Numbered on the lower left. Ed. 31/125. The state of preservation is very good. Published in ...

A Hot Finish is a fun, bold and colorful caricature of the racing scene in the early 1900’s. As the winning horse and his jockey are racing to the finish...

Figures is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in charcoal. Signed on the lower. Good conditions. Pierre-Georges Jeannio...

Ian Shults’ "Submission Guidelines" is a striking example of his signature style—merging vintage cinematic drama with contemporary pop abstraction. This large-scale figurative painti...

China ink drawing and white lead on cardboard, realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1904. Hand signed lower left. Published on "L'Asino" 28/8/1904

This lovely original vintage posters promotes Scandinavian Airlines System ( SAS ) flights to Japan. A wonderful and detailed scene by Netzler de...

Soldiers is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions. Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel...

Treno della Guardia is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions. Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel. He served as officer under Marshal Hindenburg in the Prussian Army...

The Boss is an original drawing in China ink realized in the mid-20th Century by Bernard Bécan (1890-1943). Hand-signed on the lower right. In good conditions, except for some fold...

Womanly Preoccupation is an original woodcut print on ivory-colored paper realized by Paul Baudier (1881-1962) in the 1930s. On the lower right description in French. Very good con...

The Plea is a woodcut print on ivory-colored paper realized by Paul Baudier (1881-1962) in the 1930s. Good conditions. Paul Baudier, (born October 18, 1...

Epinal Print, Bataille De Lutzen is an original Hand-colored lithograph realized by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century. With the description on the lower. Titled in French at t...

Seki Station is an original modern artwork realized after Utagawa Hiroshige in the Late 19th Century. Original Woodcut print From the Famous "Tokaido Se...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Landscape thru Window Year: 1978 Edition: 98/100, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on Arches paper Size: 30 x 23 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Sig...

Les Jambes China is an Original Ink and Watercolor Drawing realized by Bernard Becan in the Mid-20 Century. The little artwork is in good condition except for being aged. The artwo...

Réveil du Cineaste is an Original China Ink and Watercolor Drawing realized by Bernard Becan in the Mid-20 Century. The little artwork is in good condition except for being aged. T...

This painting, one of ten, belonging to a series of works exhibited in 2017 for the " DECADES " exhibition, that tell the atmosphere of 70's Dimension: 150 cm x 200 cm. Mixed media...

Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1955 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, and published by the Artists Equity Association of New York in an edition of 2000...

This work entitled "Hunting and brigands" is a table of the graphic novel published in 2016 by Kleiner Flug in Italy "Benvenuto Cellini". The work was do...

Hussar is an original lithograph realized by Jules Renard in 19th Century. It is part of the collection "Soldiers of the Republic". Hand-signed. Good condition. Draner, actually ...

Walking Hunter is an original lithograph realized by Jules Renard in 19th Century. It is part of the collection "Soldiers of the Republic". Hand-signed. Good condition. Draner, a...

Drummer is an original lithograph realized by Jules Renard in 19th Century. It is part of the collection "Soldiers of the Republic". Hand-signed. Good condition. Draner, actually...

Flag-Holder is an original lithograph realized by Jules Renard in 19th Century. It is part of the collection "Soldiers of the Republic". Good condition. Draner, actually Jules Jos...

Officer of Turcos is an original lithograph realized by Jules Renard in 19th Century. It is part of the collection "Soldiers of the Republic". Hand-signed. Good condition. Draner...

Staff Officer is an original lithograph realized by Jules Renard in 19th Century. It is part of the collection "Soldiers of the Republic". Hand-signed. Good condition. Draner, ac...

Cyriens is an original lithograph realized by Jules Renard in 19th Century. It is part of the collection "Soldiers of the Republic". Hand-signed. Good condition. Draner, actually...

A crisp and well rendered copy of the famous poster design from 1894. The painting is unsigned. On canvas.

This work entitled "Cellini models the wax in Castel Sant'Angelo" is a table of the graphic novel published in 2016 by Kleiner Flug in Italy "Benvenuto Cellini". The work was done by...

This work entitled "Cellini is arrested and tbrought to Castel Sant'Angelo" is a table of the graphic novel published in 2016 by Kleiner Flug in Italy "Benvenuto Cellini". The work w...

This work entitled "The summoned devil" is a table of the graphic novel published in 2016 by Kleiner Flug in Italy "Benvenuto Cellini". The work was done by Vincenzo Bizzarri in 2015...

This work entitled "Without inspiration" is a table of the graphic novel published in 2016 by Kleiner Flug in Italy "Benvenuto Cellini". The work was done by Vincenzo Bizzarri in 201...

This work entitled "Beaumarchais speaks about Bailly" is a comic board belonging to the graphic novel published by Glènat Edition in 2019 "1789 - La mort d'un monde". The work was ma...

This work entitled "A day in Florence" is a table of the graphic novel published in 2016 by Kleiner Flug in Italy "Benvenuto Cellini". The work was done by Vincenzo Bizzarri in 2015 ...

In the vibrant tapestry of Belle Époque Paris, the world of literature and popular culture converged in the mesmerizing work of poster artist Paul Balluriau. His 1899 creation, a pos...

Ichikawa Ebizo V is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Hirosada (Japanese, active 1825–75) in 1848. Woodcut Print Chuban format, 1848 From the series "Chuko junigetsu no uchi" (Lore to the loyal vassals in 12 monthly pictures), the 5th month. Half-length portrait with fan of the actor Ichikawa Ebizo V as the samurai Akeshi Mitsuhide and commander of Oda Nobunaga...

Otomi Watches the Thief Yosaburo is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1860. Woodcut print oban diptych format from a tryptich. Signature Toyokuni ga. Publisher: Maruya Jimpachi. Censored by Aratame. Otomi watches as the thief Yosaburo, who holds a kitchen knife...

Title at the center of the lower margin. In very good conditions except lightly browned and damaged in the higher and lower margins. Interesting colored lithograph which describes t...

Kannon appears as a goddess of love is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa School artist in 19th century. Probably first page of a Shunga book. Kannon appears as a godd...

The Treasure of the Loyal Vassals is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada II, in 1860. Woodcut print oban yokoe format, 1860. Signature: Ichijusai Kunisada ga. Pu...

Ex Libris Pokomskij is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the 1940s Original woodcut print on ivory-colored paper. Sigled in pencil on the lower margin. The work is g...

The present hand-colored lithograph is an excellent example of patriotic mid-nineteenth century American imagery. The print shows the battle and several of the major figures involved in the Battle of Lake Erie: At the center is a view of several frigates on the lake, embroiled in conflict. Above the battle is the quotation: "We have met the enemy and they are ours." Surrounding are laurel-lined roundels with portraits of Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819), Stephen Dicateur (1779-1820), Johnston Blakeley (1871-1814), William Bainbridge (1774-1833), David Porter (1780-1843), and James Lawrence (1781-1813) - all of these framed by American flags, banners and cannons. This print shows that the Battle of Lake Erie, part of the War of 1812, still held resonance for American audiences several decades later and was part of the larger narrative of the founding of the country. 9.5 x 13.5 inches, artwork 20 x 23.38 inches, frame Entitled in the image Signed in the stone, lower left "Lith. and Pub. by N. Currier" Inscribed lower right "2 Spruce N.Y." and "No. 1" Copyrighted lower center "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1846 by N. Currier in the Clerk's office of the Southern District of N.Y." Framed to conservation standards using 100 percent rag matting and housed in a gold gilded moulding. Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...

Portrait of the actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro and curtain is an original artwork realized in 1864 by Toyohara Kunichika (30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) Oban. Bust portrait of the actor Kawarazaki Gonjuro in front of the brown theatre curtain with advertisement for the theatre performances. Signed: Kunichika ga. Publisher: Tsujiokaya Bunsuke. Censored by Aratame. Excellent impression with blind printing and very fine visible vertical wood grain in the brown curtain and haori, glossy black print (collar), a little bit creased. Toyohara Kunichika (30 June 1835 – 1 July 1900) was a ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama...

Pope and Lovers is an original Original Woodcut Print, realized by an anonymous artist in the 20th Century. The status of preservation Good. The artwork is depicted skillfully thro...

Signed, titled and numbered from the edition of 50. This is an etching with gold leaf background. It shows Viramontes' mother, brother and two sisters. It is a salute to motherhood. ...

Set of 3 covers to the French fashion journal, "Toujours Chic" illustrated by Germaine Joumard who also sometimes signed her pieces "ZouZou." The three issues are: Les Robes de Soirees...

Military Kitchen is an original Modern Artwork realized in 1870. Original Lithograph on paper. Passepartout is included. Fair conditions: some foxing is present on the surface. ...

Amy Wilson received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, in 1995 and her MFA from Yale University in 1997. Her drawings explore the tensions between her inner life and t...

A very beautiful poster, with the futuristic look realized at the request of Coca-Cola to celebrate the Games of the XXIIIth Olympiad, that is to say the Summer Olympic Games of 1984...

Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) - Untitled from Le Surrealisme en 1947, Year: 1947, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: 950, Size: 9 x 7.75 in. (22.86 x 19.69 cm), Printer: Mourlot, P...

Political Comics is an original drawing in China ink, realized in 1977 by the Italian cartoonist Alfredo Chiappori. Good conditions Hand-signed lower right, with two blue stamps of 'Archivio Paese Sera" on the rear. Alfredo Chiappori (Lecco, 27 August 1943) was one of the important Italian designer and writer. After releasing several books with the publisher Feltrinelli, in 1975 Chiappori started a long collaboration as a cartoonist with the magazine Panorama. His collaborations also include the newspaper Corriere della Sera...

In this poster by fashion illustrator, Rene Gruau, a couple is seen walking in the forefront of the image wearing elegant and beautifully illustrated coats in the typical Gruau style...

Deville's original poster for Chemins de fer d'Orléans, showcasing Le Mont-Dore in Auvergne with the captivating Cascade de Queureuilh and the grandeur of the thermal establishment, ...

Ex Libris Ruskova is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the Late 20th Century. Original Colored Water-colored Lithograph on ivory-colored paper. The work is glued on c...