Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)
Launched in 1987, the International Fine Print Dealers Association has continually set the bar for quality and ethics while promoting prints as original works of art to generations of collectors, curators and art lovers. With over 160 members in 13 countries, the IFPDA is a worldwide community of leading dealers and editions publishers who represent the full spectrum of printmaking. Each year, the IFPDA hosts the IFPDA Print Fair in New York, the only major fair dedicated to fine-art prints.
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Berthe
By James Jacques Joseph Tissot
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Berthe
Etching with drypoint, 1883
Signed in the plate (see photo)
This etching was inspired by an 1882/3 pastel which the artist included in his ambitious "Femme a Paris" exhibition at Galerie Sedelmeyer, Paris, in 1885.
Reference: Beraldi 65
Wentworth 74, published state
Tissot 76
Condition: Excellent
Plate/Image size: 14 1/4 x 11 inches
Sheet size: 19 1/2 x 15 inches
Frame size: 23-1/2 x 20-1/4 inches
Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan (Morris had a distinguished collection of Tissot prints...
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1880s Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Echo in Grey
By Adja Yunkers
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Echo in Grey
Mixed media intaglio with embossing, c. 1980's
Signed and numbered in pencil (see photo)
Edition: 25 (24/25)
Condition: Soft handling issues in top and bottom margin.
Do...
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1980s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Mixed Media
Umewaka Shrine in the Rain
By Kobayashi Kiyochika
Located in Burbank, CA
Umewaka Shrine, from an untitled series of prints depicting Tokyo. A woman braces her umbrella against the rain and a man waits out the storm next to his jinriksha in this view of th...
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1870s Edo Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Handmade Paper, Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Fire Opal
By Robert Kushner
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 30
Kushner has collaborated with Master printer Bud Shark since 1982 on various monotypes and lithographs. These exuberant, sensuous prints often include...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
STEHENDE KNABE UND ZWEI MADCHEN
By Otto Mueller
Located in Portland, ME
Mueller, Otto. STEHENDE KNABE UND ZWEI MADCHEN. Karsch 67. Lithograph, 1917. 12 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches; 323 x 250 mm. Monogrammed in the stone. Edition of about 300. In excellent conditi...
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1910s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Derriere le Miroir-Double Page (Behind the Looking Glass Double Page)
By Marc Chagall
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Derriere le Miroir-Double Page (Behind the Looking Glass Double Page)
Original color llithogragp created by the artist for this ublication, 1964
Unsigned as issued
From: Derriere le ...
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1960s French School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Desert Icon II
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Desert Icon II
Screen print, c. 1968
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos)
Edition 100 (17/100)
Printed by the artist
This image is the most elaborate of three color var...
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1960s Op Art Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Screen
The Renaissance Man
By Hernan Bas
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color softground etching, drypoint and spitbite aquatint.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
View of Venice II - Bacino
By Antonio Frasconi
Located in New York, NY
Antonio Frasconi created the color woodcut entitled "View of Venice II – Bacino" in 1968. It is signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “13/18” in pencil. The paper size is 24 x 36 inch...
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1960s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Sunbathing
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sunbathing
Etching and color aquatint on watermarked Umbria Italy paper, c. 1915
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo)
Annotated: "No. 6" in pencil lower left (see photo)
An early color print by the artist
Condition: Excellent
Plate size: 11-3/4 x 15-7-8" (30 x 40.3 cm.)
Frame size: 21 x 26 1/8 x 1 inches
Provenance: Estate of the artist
By decent
Louis Oscar Griffith
(1875-1956)
Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop...
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1910s American Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
LE POTIN
By Jacques Villon
Located in Portland, ME
Villon, Jacques (French, 1875-1963) LE POTIN (GP E96) Drypoint and aquatint printed in green, 1904, Edition of 50. Printed on Arches paper, signed and numbered 32 in pencil. Publishe...
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Early 1900s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint, Aquatint
Patitcha
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Henri Matisse
Patitcha
1947
Aquatint on BFK Rives paper, Edition of 25
Paper size: 55.5 x 38 cms (22 x 15 ins)
Image size: 34.9 x 27.6 cm (13 3/4 x 10 7/8 ins)
HM15405
Selected Coll...
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1940s Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
COUPLE DE PAYSANS
By Camille Pissarro
Located in Portland, ME
Pissarro, Camille. COUPLE DE PAYSANS. D.125. Etching and aquatint on laid paper. Unsigned. From the posthumous edition of 10 printed in 1923. 4 3/4 x 3 1/8 inches, 118 x 78 mm. (plat...
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1920s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Seibutsu (Still Life) A Vase and Apples
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Seibutsu (Still Life)
A Vase and Apples
Color woodcut, 1925
Signed on the mount (support sheet)
From: Dojin zasshi, Hanga Magazine, Volume 8, No. 8
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet ...
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1920s Showa Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Beauty Enjoying Summer Fireworks
By Ito Shinsui
Located in Burbank, CA
Title: Fireworks 花火
Series: The Second Collection of Modern Beauties (Gendai bijin shū dai nishū 現代美人集第二輯)
Date: 1932
A young woman is shown enjoying the summer fireworks, her face shown in profile as she looks towards the display. She holds a summer fan on her lap, and her kimono features large blue stripes and is tied with a colorful obi that features a morning glory pattern. The summer evening sky is a soft grey rather than a deep black, perhaps reflecting the brightness of the fireworks. Numbered verso, from a limited edition of 250 prints.
Condition: Excellent impression, color and condition.
Publisher: Watanabe Shôzaburô
Literature: See “All the Woodblock Prints of Shinsui Ito...
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1920s Showa Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Homme couche et femme accroupie
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Homme couche et femme accroupie
Lithograph on Arches paper, 1956
Signature stamp lower right )see photo)
Annotated in pencil lower left: "epreuve d'artiste" (see p[hoto)
Edition: 50...
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1950s Cubist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Vellum Sketches II
By Ida Applebroog
Located in New York, NY
Born in Bronx, NY, Ida Applebroog attended NY State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She received a MacArthur Foundation Fellows...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
FOR A POOR AMERICAN PLEASE / POUR UN PAUVRE AMERICAIN S’IL VOUS PLAIT
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HONORE DAUMIER (1808 – 1879)
FOR A POOR AMERICAN PLEASE / POUR UN PAUVRE AMERICAIN S’IL VOUS PLAIT, 1835 (DR 108 i/iii:: LD 108)
Lithograph as published in La Caricature February ...
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1830s Barbizon School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled (Martha Jackson Gallery Poster)
By Walasse Ting
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Martha Jackson Gallery Poster)
Lithograph, 1960
Signed and dated in red crayon by the artist
Edition 90 (63/90)
1st state before letters for the poster created for the Martha Jackson Gallery, Ting Exhibition, April 23-May 31, 1960
Printed on wove paper with a ”JAPAN' watermark
Edition: 90
Provenance: Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
Anderson Gallery
David K. Anderson Collection (label)
Walasse Ting (Chinese: 丁雄泉, 13 October 1929 – May 17, 2010)[1] was a Chinese-American visual artist and poet. His colorful paintings have attracted critical admiration and a popular following. Common subjects include nude women and cats, birds and other animals.
He was born on 13 October 1929 in Shanghai, left China in 1946 and lived for a while in Hong Kong, then settled in Paris in 1952.[2] There, he associated with artists such as Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, and Pierre Alechinsky, members of the avant-garde group CoBrA. Ting started his career as an artist in Paris in the 1950s, where he became friends with artists such as Sam Francis and Pierre Alechinsky. His early works were influenced by the CoBrA group, a European art movement known for its use of expressive, childlike imagery. In the 1960s, Ting moved to New York City and became associated with the Pop Art movement. Ting is perhaps best known for his series of paintings featuring women, which he called "Cat Women...
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1960s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Untitled (Tamarind O )
By Leon Polk Smith
Located in New York, NY
Leon Polk Smith (1906 -1996) holds a unique place in a long tradition of American geometric abstract painting. Born near Chikasha, a Native American territory later annexed by the U.S. as the state of Oklahoma, Smith’s parents, who were of Cherokee ancestry, raised him with both a strong sense of his heritage and an abiding respect for the land.
Art would eventually draw Smith to New York where he would quickly embrace elements of geometric abstraction in his work. Many of Smith’s hard-edge compositions could be viewed as distillations of imagery drawn from the Oklahoma landscape...
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Mid-20th Century Hard-Edge Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Purple Tulips 1, from The Flowers Portfolio
By Alex Katz
Located in London, GB
Archival pigment print, 2021, on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm paper, signed in pencil, numbered from the edition of 100, Lococo Publishing, Missouri, 80 x 119 cm. (31½ x 46¾ in.)
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2010s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Archival Pigment
Carnival
By Richard Florsheim
Located in New York, NY
Richard Florsheim created this color lithograph entitled “Carnival” in 1972 in an edition of 30 pieces. Published by Associated American Artists and printed by Landfall Press, this i...
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1970s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
No Footprints Show, Where the Flowers Grow Deep
By Shiko Munakata
Located in Fairlawn, OH
No Footprints Show, Where the Flowers Grow Deep
Woodcut, 1961
Unsigned (as isssued)
From: The "Way" of the Woodcut, three woodcuts, 1961
Publisher: Pratt Adlib Press, Brooklyn, New Y...
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1960s Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Bullfight
By Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bullfight
Lithograph, 1928
Signed and dated in pencil lower right (see photo)
Numbered lower left (see photo)
Edition: 41 (22/41)
Reference: Davis L37
Printed chine applique on wove ...
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1920s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
View of Venice I - San Giorgio
By Antonio Frasconi
Located in New York, NY
Antonio Frasconi created the color woodcut entitled "View of Venice I – San Giorgio" in 1968. It is signed, titled, dated, and inscribed “17/20” in pencil. The paper size is 24 x 36 ...
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1960s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Lunchtime on Broadway
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms’ “Ruckus Manhattan” in the mid-1970s humorously transformed Grand Central Terminal into a 3-D caricature of New York City. “I wanted to do a novelistic portrait of Manhatt...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
THE DOVE
By Doris Lee
Located in Portland, ME
Lee, Doris (American, 1905-1983). THE DOVE. Lithograph, 1952. Edition of 250 published by Associated American Artists. Signed in pencil. 11 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches...
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1950s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Father Stefan Fridolin, "Schatzbehalter" (Treasury of the True Riches
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Father Stefan Fridolin, "Schatzbehalter" (Treasury of the True Riches of Salvation): The 30th Figure - Astrological Diagram with Scene of the Nativity
Woodcut, 1491
Unsigned, as issued
Published by Anton Koberger
Diagram has Zodiac signs on outer ring, planets in the lower registers, and Nativity in the center.
Condition: Very good for a 15h century woodcut, with the usual slight age stains
Sheet size: 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Wogelmut was the teacher of Albrecht Durer and employed young Durer in many project of the last decade of the 15th century.
Michel Wolgemut Biography
Wolgemut trained with his father Valentin Wolgemut (who died in 1469 or 1470) and is thought to have been an assistant to Hans Pleydenwurff in Nuremberg. He worked with Gabriel Malesskircher in Munich early in 1471, leaving the city after unsuccessfully suing Malesskircher's daughter for breach of contract, claiming she had broken off their engagement. He then returned to his late father's workshop in Nuremberg, which his mother had maintained since Valentin's death.
In 1472 he married Pleydenwurff's widow and took over his workshop;[3] her son Wilhelm Pleydenwurff worked as an assistant, and from 1491 a partner, to Wolgemut. Some consider Wilhelm a finer artist than Wolgemut, however he died in January 1494, when he was probably still in his thirties. Wilhelm's oeuvre remains unclear, though works in various media have been attributed to him.
Woodcuts
Michael Wolgemut, Danse Macabre, 1493
Two large and copiously illustrated books have woodcuts supplied by Wolgemut and his stepson Wilhelm Pleydenwurff; both were printed and published by Germany's largest publisher, the Nuremberger Anton Koberger, who was also Dürer's godfather. The first is the Schatzbehalter der wahren Reichthumer des Heils (1491); the other is the Historia mundi, by Schedel (1493), usually known as the Nuremberg Chronicle...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Resurrection (aka Flying Figures; Border of the Lake)
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Resurrection (aka Flying Figures; Border of the Lake), drypoint and aquatint on zinc, 1916, signed with the estate stamp lower right. Reference: Price 2...
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1910s American Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint, Aquatint
END OF THE DAY
By Robert Gwathmey
Located in Portland, ME
Gwathmey, Robert (American, 1903-1988). END OF THE DAY. Williams 4.
Screenprint in colors, 1944.
Edition size not known. Signed in ink, lower right, within the image.
12 1/4 x 14 ...
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1940s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Jedermann
By Ray H. French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Etching in two colors
Signed, dated, titled in pencil by the artist
Sheet size: 19 5/8 x 25 3/4"
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1950s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Piazzetta, Venice
By Jan C. Vondrous
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jan Charles Vondrous, 'Piazzetta, Venice', color etching, 1930. Signed, dated, and titled in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. A fine impression, on cream, laid pap...
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1930s Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Marginal
By Julian Stanczak
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Marginal
Screen print, 1971
Signed and numbered in pencil
From: Twelve Progressions, 1970-1971
Commissioned by Martha Jackson Graphics
Printed: Domberger, Stuttgart, Germany
Edition:...
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1970s Op Art Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Midsummer II
By Robert Kushner
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph with gold leaf, Edition 30
Working from branches and grasses collected in the vicinity of Shark’s studio, Kushner created this composition determined by chance. K...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
America's Daughter
By Sedrick Huckaby
Located in Fairlawn, OH
America's Daughter
Lithograph, 2016
Signed in pencil lower right
Edition: Edition: 40 (15/40)
From: America's Family (Five Images)
Published by: Valley House Gallery and Sculpture ...
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2010s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Bando Mitsugoro as a Servant with a Sword
By Natori Shunsen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bando Mitsugoro as a Servant with a Sword
Color woodcut, 1952
From The Series Shunsen Nigao-E Shu (Shunsen Portraits), Six Woodblock Prints
Publisher: Watanabe
Excellent condition
Im...
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1950s Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
L’île Lacroix, à Rouen
By Camille Pissarro
Located in New York, NY
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), L’île Lacroix, à Rouen, etching, aquatint, maniere grise, drypoint, burnishing, c. 1887. Signed and numbered (No. 1) in pencil lower left, annotated 1...
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1880s Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint
WARM DAY
Located in Portland, ME
Nagai, Kiyoshi (Japanese, 1911-1984). WARM DAY. Color woodblock, 1971. Edition of 252. Signed, datted, and numbered 156 - 252, all in pencil. 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, framed to 20 1/2...
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1970s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
CELIA OBSERVING
By David Hockney
Located in Portland, ME
Hockney, David (English, born 1937). CELIA OBSERVING. Etching and aquatint in colors, 1976.
Not in the Scottish Arts Council or Tokyo catalogues, both of which cover earlier work. ...
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1970s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
Porcupine
By Ray H. French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Porcupine
Engraving, 1949
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Titled and numbered lower left (see photo)
Created while the artist was completing the MFA in Printmaking at the Un...
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1940s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Inari Kozo Tasaburo- Kabuki
By Utagawa Toyokuni
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Inari Kozo Tasaburo- Kabuki
Color woodcut, c. 1820
Signed: ‘Toyokuni’
Publisher: ‘Yamamoto Heikichi’
Censor: Hama and Magome
Very good impression and color
Sheet/Image size: 15 1/2 x...
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1820s Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
The Nodding Renealmia from Temple of Flora
By Dr. Robert John Thornton
Located in New York, NY
"The Queen Flower" by Dr. Robert Thornton from the quarto edition of "Temple of Flora." London, 1812. Mixed media engraving (aquatint, mezzotint, color...
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1810s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Westminster Palace
By Félix Hilaire Buhot
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Westminster Palace
Etching, Drypoint, Aquatint, roulette and salt ground lift
1884
Depicts the Houses of Parliament, Big Ben Clock and Tower and the...
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1880s French School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Untitled
By Michael Graves (b.1934)
Located in New York, NY
Michael Graves (July 9, 1934 – March 12, 2015) was an American architect. Identified as one of The New York Five, as well as Memphis Group, Graves was known first for his contemporary building designs and some prominent public commissions that became iconic examples of Postmodern architecture, such as the Portland Building and Denver Public Library. His recognition grew through designing domestic products sold by premium Italian housewares maker Alessi, and later low-cost new designs at stores such as Target and J. C. Penney in the United States. He was a representative of New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture and formerly designed postmodern buildings, and was recognized as a major influence in all three movements. Michael Graves was one of the most prominent and influential architects and designers of the late- 20th and early- 21st centuries. In his buildings and in his furniture and housewares, Graves embodied the essence of Postmodernism — a refined classicism inflected with a humanistic sense of joy. The Indiana-born Graves attended the University of Cincinnati’s architectural program and continued his studies at Harvard as well as at the American Academy in Rome. In 1962, he began teaching at Princeton, and remained there throughout his career. Following a seminal 1972 Museum of Modern Art group survey of rising modernist architects, Graves, along with Richard Meier, Charles Gwathmey, Peter Eisenman...
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1980s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
El Ultimo viaje del buque fantasma, Plate I
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Fairlawn, OH
El Ultimo viaje del buque fantasma, Plate I
Color lithograph, 1976
Signed and numbered in pencil (see photos)
Edition: 99 (6/99)
From: Gabriel Garcia Marquez, El Ultimo viaie del buq...
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1970s Surrealist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Double Recursive Combs, Boustrophedonic
By James Siena
Located in Houston, TX
James Siena
Double Recursive Combs, Boustrophedonic, 2005
Silk-screen
Artist's proof 7/12, aside from the edition of 75
21 x 28 inches
Framed
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Beyound (sic) - IX
By Katsunori Hamanishi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Beyond (sic) - IX
Mezzotint, n.d.
Signed, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos)
Edition: Unique impression (i/I)
Ninion and Sheldon Landy were major collectors of Hamanishi's works. They donated a large group of his mezzotints to Art Institute of Chicago, which formed the core of the exhibitions of his works at AIC in 2014 and again in 2019.
Condition: excellent
Plate/Image size: 9.75 x 7.75 inches
Sheet size: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches
Provenance: Ninion and Sheldon Landy, Hamanishi's patrons
EXTREMELY RARE-UNIQUE
Katsunori Hamanishi
Born: 1949, Hokkaido
Medium: Mezzotint, with relief printing and metallic foil. Also a few woodblocks
Hamanishi studied painting and graduated from Tokai University with a degree in Art, in 1973. Since then, he has been living in the Tokyo area, where his primary focus is printmaking. Mezzotint is a variation of intaglio printing--an exacting and laborious process whereby ink is transferred from below the surface of the plate by use of a press. First, the entire copper plate is indented with a toothed steel rocker tool. Worked in all directions, this creates an even finely-grained texture over the surface of the plate. Each pit will hold ink and were the plate inked at this stage, it would print almost solid black.
To create the design the artist smoothes out some of the pits with a burnisher so they will hold less ink. Where highlights are required the plate is burnished and polished quite smooth. A wide range of tones are possible in mezzotint and the process can usually be recognized by a light design on a velvety black background. Hamanishi is internationally known for his mastery of this medium. He creates images with both subtle detail and dynamic composition that explore spatial relationships.
His genius is in balancing calm and meditative qualities with the energetic tensions of inanimate and natural objects. Early work had such things as pipes and branches wrapped with cloth, later rope, then straw. When he moved to a more rural area, rice fields became a common element. He has also been exploring the use of color and metallic leaf in his artwork. In 2005 Mr. Hamanishis began the Haze series exploring more abstract themes using the subtle differences between matte and black inks done in mezzotint and relief printing.
There is always a sense of mystery and intrigue in the complex mezzotint prints that come from Hamanishi’s deft hands. They compel the viewer to do a slow, thoughtful examination in order to fully absorb the vision the artist intends.
Exhibitions:
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts --2 person show with Hamaguchi
Ibiza Biennial, Spain--Grand Prize
Original Colored Graphic Print Triennial, Switzerland--Grand Prize
Cabo Frio International Print Biennial, Brazil--Grand Prize
CWAJ Print Show, Tokyo--Art Grant winner
Republic of China Print Exhibit--Gold Medal
Graphic Arts Council, Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco--commissioned print
Art Institute of Cleveland
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada--visiting artist
Shun-yo-Kai, Tokyo--prize winner
Bhara Bhavan International Print Biennale, India
Ren Brown...
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1980s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Mezzotint
Taurus-The Bull
By Eugène Grasset
Located in Fairlawn, OH
From: Les Douze Mois de 1889
As published in Vol. 9, No. 425 of Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui.
Published by Sagot, Paris
Proof before letters without the calendarium as published
Very ra...
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1880s Art Nouveau Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Les Amateurs d'Estampes
By Félix Vallotton
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Les Amateurs d'Estampes
Woodcut, 1892
Initialed in the plate lower left
Titled below image: "Gravure originale sur bois par F. Vallotton"
Reference: Valloton and Goerg 107c, with the...
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1890s Post-Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Bridge, Amsterdam
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Bridge, Amsterdam, etching, 1889, printed in brown ink on thin laid paper, signed with the butterfly on the tab and annotated “imp”, also signed with the butterfly on the verso and numbered 11. References: Kennedy 409, Glasgow 447, fifth state (of 5). In very good condition (slight nicks at edges), trimmed by the artist on the plate mark apart from the tab, 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches.
Provenance:
Vivian and Meyer P. Potamkin, Philadelphia;
sale, Sotheby’s, New York, May 11, 1989, lot 302
Samuel Josefowitz, Pully, Switzerland
A very fine, shimmering impression of this great rarity.
This impression is included in the Glasgow inventory, ID number K4090301; only about 11 lifetime impressions in all states are known (three were also printed posthumously by Nathaniel Sparks...
Category
1880s Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Robe Grise
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Robe Grise
Pochoir (silk screen) printed in colors, 1923
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo)
The artist won a gold medal in Paris in 1925 for his pochoirs
Condition: Two spots in the upper left corner associated with the printing.
Victor Max Ninon (Vittorio Accornero de Testa, Italian, 1896-1982)
Biography
Vittorio Accornero de Testa was born in Casale Monferrato in 1896. He completed his first studies at the "Leardi" institute, but was forced to interrupt them due to the war events of the First World War . At 19 he was second lieutenant of the Alpine troops and in 1916 he took one of the first pilot's licenses. During the war he knows the bitterness of shooting down in air combat (for which he is decorated), but also the good fortune to stay alive, albeit with a disability. His art blossomed in the postwar period, first signing his works simply Ninon and then, probably at the suggestion of a French publisher, under the pseudonym of "Victor Max Ninon" (Victor and Max indicate strength and masculinity, Ninon boyhood) .In 1919 and 1924 he made illustrations for theGiornalino della Domenica , also together with his first wife Edina Altara , for Ardita and La Lettura . In 1923 he won the cover competition organized by the magazine El Hogar of Buenos Aires and in 1925 with his pochoirs he imposed himself in Paris at the international exhibition of modern decorative and industrial arts , obtaining a gold medal. In the same year he made two covers for the US magazine The Smart Set . In the 1920s he made numerous series of art deco style postcards for the Milanese publishing house Degami . On June 4, 1929, aGenoa embarks on the Conte Grande together with his wife Edina Altara , for New York . The two stayed in the American metropolis for a few months: in this period Accornero worked on the creation of theatrical sets and created some covers for Country Life magazine . Accornero gets awards and prizes, but the great economic crisis of the time and the nostalgia for Italy convince the two to return to their homeland, where they resume their activity as illustrators.
In 1934 Accornero moved to Milan, separated amicably from his wife and continued to dedicate himself to the illustration of children's books, abandoning the pseudonym Victor Max Ninon. It illustrates about 60 books, from the fables of Andersen , Perrault and Grimm , to the tales of Poe , as well as the famous Pinocchio and Cuore published by Mondadori, Mursia, Hoepli, Martello. Several books illustrated by Accornero have been published in French, Spanish, German and English. In addition to the periodicals already mentioned, he collaborates on the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Boys , Mondadori, and with the Italian magazines Lidel , Il Secolo XX, The Italian Illustration , Fantasies of Italy , The Woman , Cordelia , For You Lady , Grace , Metropolis , La Domenica del Corriere , The Corriere dei Piccoli .
In 1936 enters the world of cinema, creating sets and costumes for Wedding Vagabonde of Guido Brignone and The White Squadron of Augustus Genina . From 1935 to 1950 he also devoted himself to the theater, taking care of sets and costumes for numerous operettas, ballets and performances at the Scala in Milan and for the Milanese theaters Manzoni, Lirico and Olympia. Stages Marcello di Giordano, Nina pazza d'amore by Paisiello, I cantori di Nurimberga by Wagner, La Bohème by Puccini and other works. For this activity he is also cited in the Theater encyclopedia.
In the 1940s and 1950s he wrote and illustrated six books for children for Mondadori: Tomaso (1944), Giacomino (1949), Tomaso Cacciatore (1950), Zio Stefano (1950), In Campagna che delizia! (1953), Tomaso, dear Tomaso (1955). His illustrations of Perrault's Tales published in those years by Hoepli are famous.
His art in the fifties evolves towards hyperrealism . There are many personal exhibitions in Italy and abroad, including those at the Gallerie Gussoni (1959) and Bolzani (1963 and 1966) in Milan and Walcheturm (1962) in Zurich. Eminent critics praise his work, from Orio Vergani to Enrico Piceni, from Reto Roedel to De Chirico himself. On the Domenica del Corriere , the journalist, writer and painter Dino...
Category
1920s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
Materials
Stencil
STREET MARKET - NEW ORLEANS
By Earl Horter
Located in Portland, ME
Horter, Earl. UNTITLED (STREET MARKET, NEW ORLEANS). Etching. Signed in pencil. 7 3/8 x 11 1/4 inches. In excellent condition.
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Mid-20th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Le Tasse de The (The Cup of Tea)
By Manuel Robbe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Le Tasse de The (The Cup of Tea)
Color aquatint and etching, c. 1906
Signed in pencil in the image (see photo)
Edition: c. 100
Reference: Merrill Chase, Volume 1, No. 85
Condition: F...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
MORTE D'ARTHUR
By Aubrey Vincent Beardsley
Located in Portland, ME
Malory, Thomas. MORTE D'ARTHUR. J. M. Dent, London, 1893. First Edition thus.
Edition of 300 printed on Dutch handmade paper, this copy Numbered "72." (There was a "regular" editi...
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1890s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Orientale à la croix trifoliée
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on Arches Velin paper, Edition of 50
Paper size: 65 x 50.5 cms (25 1/2 x 19 7/8 ins)
Image size: 54.3 x 45 cms (21 3/8 x 17 3/4 ins)
Category
1920s Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Coquette
By Victor Max Ninon
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Coquette
Pochoir (silk screen) printed in colors, c. 1923-1925
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right; numbered in ink on the image, (see photo)
Edition: 250 (100/250) in pencil in image (see photo)
Image size: 10-1/2 x 12-3/4"
The artist won a gold medal in Paris in 1925 for his porchoirs
Victor Max Ninon (Vittorio Accornero de Testa, Italian, 1896-1982)
Biography
Vittorio Accornero de Testa was born in Casale Monferrato in 1896. He completed his first studies at the "Leardi" institute, but was forced to interrupt them due to the war events of the First World War . At 19 he was second lieutenant of the Alpine troops and in 1916 he took one of the first pilot's licenses. During the war he knows the bitterness of shooting down in air combat (for which he is decorated), but also the good fortune to stay alive, albeit with a disability. His art blossomed in the postwar period, first signing his works simply Ninon and then, probably at the suggestion of a French publisher, under the pseudonym of "Victor Max Ninon" (Victor and Max indicate strength and masculinity, Ninon boyhood) .In 1919 and 1924 he made illustrations for theGiornalino della Domenica , also together with his first wife Edina Altara , for Ardita and La Lettura . In 1923 he won the cover competition organized by the magazine El Hogar of Buenos Aires and in 1925 with his pochoirs he imposed himself in Paris at the international exhibition of modern decorative and industrial arts , obtaining a gold medal. In the same year he made two covers for the US magazine The Smart Set . In the 1920s he made numerous series of art deco style postcards for the Milanese publishing house Degami . On June 4, 1929, aGenoa embarks on the Conte Grande together with his wife Edina Altara , for New York . The two stayed in the American metropolis for a few months: in this period Accornero worked on the creation of theatrical sets and created some covers for Country Life magazine . Accornero gets awards and prizes, but the great economic crisis of the time and the nostalgia for Italy convince the two to return to their homeland, where they resume their activity as illustrators.
In 1934 Accornero moved to Milan, separated amicably from his wife and continued to dedicate himself to the illustration of children's books, abandoning the pseudonym Victor Max Ninon. It illustrates about 60 books, from the fables of Andersen , Perrault and Grimm , to the tales of Poe , as well as the famous Pinocchio and Cuore published by Mondadori, Mursia, Hoepli, Martello. Several books illustrated by Accornero have been published in French, Spanish, German and English. In addition to the periodicals already mentioned, he collaborates on the first edition of the Encyclopedia of Boys , Mondadori, and with the Italian magazines Lidel , Il Secolo XX, The Italian Illustration , Fantasies of Italy , The Woman , Cordelia , For You Lady , Grace , Metropolis , La Domenica del Corriere , The Corriere dei Piccoli .
In 1936 enters the world of cinema, creating sets and costumes for Wedding Vagabonde of Guido Brignone and The White Squadron of Augustus Genina . From 1935 to 1950 he also devoted himself to the theater, taking care of sets and costumes for numerous operettas, ballets and performances at the Scala in Milan and for the Milanese theaters Manzoni, Lirico and Olympia. Stages Marcello di Giordano, Nina pazza d'amore by Paisiello, I cantori di Nurimberga by Wagner, La Bohème by Puccini and other works. For this activity he is also cited in the Theater encyclopedia.
In the 1940s and 1950s he wrote and illustrated six books for children for Mondadori: Tomaso (1944), Giacomino (1949), Tomaso Cacciatore (1950), Zio Stefano (1950), In Campagna che delizia! (1953), Tomaso, dear Tomaso (1955). His illustrations of Perrault's Tales published in those years by Hoepli are famous.
His art in the fifties evolves towards hyperrealism . There are many personal exhibitions in Italy and abroad, including those at the Gallerie Gussoni (1959) and Bolzani (1963 and 1966) in Milan and Walcheturm (1962) in Zurich. Eminent critics praise his work, from Orio Vergani to Enrico Piceni, from Reto Roedel to De Chirico himself. On the Domenica del Corriere , the journalist, writer and painter Dino Buzzati...
Category
1920s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
Materials
Stencil
Incandescent City
By Richard Florsheim
Located in New York, NY
Richard Florsheim created this color lithograph entitled “Incandescent City” in 1960 in an edition of 35 pieces. This impression is signed and inscribed “34/35.” It is in good condit...
Category
1960s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Aries-The Ram
By Eugène Grasset
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed with the artist's initials lower left
From: Les Douze Mois de 1889
As published in Vol. 9, No. 425 of Les Hommes d'Aujourd'hui.
Published by Sagot, Paris
Proof before letters...
Category
1880s Art Nouveau Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
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