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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Trackside
By Christopher Brown
Located in Berkeley, CA
Chris Brown
Trackside
Color spitbite aquatint, aquatint, and softground etching.
Edition of 40
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Sindicato Nacional Ferroviario UGT
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Spanish Civil War Poster
Anonymous. Sindicato Nacional Ferrviario U.G.T/ Ferroviarios Arrollemos al fascio.
1937. Color lithograph. 40 x 25 . On Linen. Rare.
The Spa...
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1930s Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Chinois inventa, dit-on, la poudre a canon, nous en fit don
By Georges Rouault
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Chinois inventa, dit-on, la poudre a canon, nous en fit don
(The Chinese invented gunpowder, they say, and made is a gift of it)
Aquatint, roulette, drypoint, acid bite, and scorper, 1926
From: Miserere, Plate 38
Initially started by Ambrose Vollard, this portfolio was published in 1948 by Editions de l'Etoile Filante, Paris
This image is the cover illustration for the 1938 MOMA catalog...
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1920s French School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint, Aquatint
The Book of Ah!
By Julio de Diego
Located in Fairlawn, OH
String bound booklet (portfolio) with six hand colored woodcuts, signed in pencil by the artist, tipped in the book
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
By descent to his daughter Kir...
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1960s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Tennis (Tennis Tournament)
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in New York, NY
George Bellows (1882-1925), Tennis (Tennis Tournament), lithograph, 1921, signed in pencil lower right, also signed and annotated by the printer Bolton Brown, imp lower left, and num...
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1920s American Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Revillon Freres: Woman in a Draped Fur Coat
By Reynaldo Luza
Located in New York, NY
Original lithograph, produced as part of a portfolio of images by Reynaldo Luza for the Parisian fur house, Revillon Freres. Paris, Draeger for Revillo...
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1920s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, 1895.
By Ernest Montaut
Located in New York, NY
Original color lithograph with hand-coloring and additional pochoir process coloring. By acclaimed automobile artist Ernest Montaut of an 1895 race. Published in "10 Ans de Courses,"...
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Early 1900s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Hyacinthine Macaw
By William Thomas Greene
Located in New York, NY
Original chromoxylograph (color wood-engraving) after-drawing by A.F. Lydon. London, George Bell & Sons, 1884.
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1880s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Tokyo Tower in Shiba
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Tokyo Tower in Shiba
Color woodblock, 1960
Signed and sealed lower right
Signed with the artist's name:" Keimei" (see photo)
Signed with the artist's seal in red (see photo)
Publishe...
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1960s Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
The Web
By Ray H. French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Web
Engraving and soft ground, 1950
Signed, titled, dated and numbered by the artist
Edition: 35 (26/35)
Printed by Master Printer, Jon Clemens, 2000
Provenance:
Estate of the ar...
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1950s Surrealist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching
Leopards and Mole Engraving
By Albertus Seba
Located in New York, NY
Original engraving with later hand-coloring from "Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historia...
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1730s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper
Untitled
By Charles William Smith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Color woodcut, 1939
Unsigned as issued
Signed and dedicated by the artist on the justification page (see photo)
From:
Abstractions By Charles Smith
Forward by Carl O. Schnie...
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1930s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Butterflies, Moths and Caterpillars Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Seba, Albertus.
Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historiam.
Amsterdam, Wetsten, Smith, Jans...
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Mid-18th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper
Panel with a Mascaron
By Hans Sebald Beham
Located in New York, NY
Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550), Panel with a Mascaron, engraving, 1543 [with the initials monogram and date in the plate]. Reference: Bartsch 231, Hollstein 235. Second state (of 2). ...
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16th Century Old Masters Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Untitled (4)
By Alicia McCarthy
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color softground etching with aquatint and drypoint.
Edition of 35
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2010s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Intaglio
Armadillo and Flowering Plant Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Seba, Albertus.
Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historiam.
Amsterdam, Wetsten, Smith, Jans...
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Mid-18th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper
View of Rialto Bridge in Venice
By Pierre Van der Aa
Located in New York, NY
Engraving of Veduta della Piazza, verso la Chiesa di S Marco by Pierre van der Aa. Printed in 1722. Unsigned. Unframed. Image size, 13.5"L x 10.5"H. Has the original center crease an...
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1720s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Pelican with Fish Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Original hand colored engraving from "Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle." Paris, 1849. Sheet size: 6" w x 6" h. Displayed in a custom, archival gray mat.
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1840s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Hombre! Que Sin Vergeunza!
By George Biddle
Located in New York, NY
George Biddle (1885-1973), Hombre! Que Sin Vergeunza!, 1928, lithograph, signed and dated in pencil lower right, titled and numbered lower left [also signed in plate lower left ”Biddle/1928/44]. References: Pennigar 78, Trotter 44. Edition 100. In excellent condition (never framed, without light or time staining), with wide margins, the full sheet, 9 3/4 x 13 3/4, the sheet 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches. Printed by George C. Miller. On cream wove paper with the FRANCE watermark. Archival mounting (mylar unattached mounting between acid-free board).
A fine, fresh impression, in pristine condition.
According to Pennigar the title translates roughly to “Buddy! Aren’t you ashamed of yourself!” The title refers to the composition: the well-groomed man with his foot up in the carriage passes a group of naked little boys...
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1920s American Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Water Polo Print
By Milivoy Uzelac
Located in New York, NY
Water Polo from "Joies du Sport." Original pochoir print from a limited edition of 750 copies. Paris, 1932. Sheet size: 16 3/4 x 12 1/2 in.
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1930s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Beetle Engraving
Located in New York, NY
Seba, Albertus.
Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descriptio, et iconibus artificiossimis expressio, per universam physices historiam.
Amsterdam, Wetsten, Smith, Jans...
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Mid-18th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Laid Paper
Scene II, Le Nozze Degli Dei
By Stefano Della Bella
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Scene II, Le Nozze Degli Dei
Etching, 1637
Signed in the plate lower left
The scene depicts the initial moment when Diana is revealed, surrounded by her nymphs, celebrating a success...
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1630s Old Masters Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Le Groupe
By Alexander Archipenko
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Le Groupe
Lithograph, 1963
Signed and numbered in pencil, lower right
Edition: 75 (68/75) see photo
Publisher: Erker Presse, St. Gallen blindstamp lower left. see photo
From the suit...
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1960s Cubist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
untitled (Young Woman Washing)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Young Woman Washing)
Lithograph, c. 1910
Signed in pencil lower right; signed in the plate lower right (see photo)
Image size: 11 x 5-1/8"
Sheet size: 18 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches
Condition: Very good
Aging to the tan paper it is printed on
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Borghi & Company, NYC
Rudolph Bauer
1889-1953
Rudolf Bauer was born in Lindenwald near Bromberg, Silesia, in 1889 but his family moved only a few years later to Berlin. In 1905 Bauer began his studies at the Berlin Academy of Art but left the Academy only a few months later to educate himself. The upshot was paintings, caricatures and comical drawings which were published in 'Berliner Tageblatt', 'Ulk' and 'Le Figaro'.
From 1912 Bauer contributed to the magazine and Gallery 'Der Sturm' founded by Herwarth Walden and pivotal to German Expressionism and the international avant-garde. In 1915 Rudolf Bauer participated for the first time in a group show at Walden's gallery. There he met Hilla von Rebay, with whom he began a relationship of many years that was crucial to Bauer's later work. By 1922 Bauer had shown work at about eight exhibitions mounted by 'Der Sturm'. From 1918 he also taught at the 'Der Sturm' art school, where Georg Muche was the director. After the war ended, Bauer was a founding member of the 'November Group' although he did not collaborate closely with the group. In 1919 Bauer joined forces with the painter and architect Otto Nebel and with Hilla von Rebay to found the artists' association 'Die Krater'. Impressionist at the outset, Bauer's early work reveals Cubist and Expressionist influences. By 1915/16 Bauer had switched to an abstract pictorial idiom, which is markedly influenced by Kandinsky. In the early 1920s Bauer was also preoccupied with Russian Constructivism as well as the Dutch de Stijl group. Bauer's decided preference for non-representational painting culminated in 1929 with the foundation of a private museum, 'Das Geistreich', which he directed as a salon for abstract art.
Political developments in Germany forced Bauer to sell some of his work in America from 1932. His agent in America was Hilla von Rebay, who was by now director of the Guggenheim Collection. In 1936 she organized a touring exhibition of non-representational European art that included sixty Rudolf Bauer oil...
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1910s Jugendstil Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
GLADYS
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. GLADYS. Szoke 38. Lithograph, 1936. Edition of 10. Signed, dated and titled in ink, and stamped "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA. 14 1/2 x 10 inches, 370 x 253 mm. Scarce. ...
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1930s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Shoe Box (C)
By Allen Jones
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Shoe Box (C)
From: Shoe Box-Exotic (Sculpture and seven original lithographs)
Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil (see photos)
Lithograph printed on ...
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1960s Pop Art Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
MARY SEWING
By Will Barnet
Located in Portland, ME
Barnet, Will. MARY SEWING. Szoke 32, Cole 31, JOhnson 37. Lithograph, 1936. Edition of 10. Titled and signed in ink. Printed by the artist on Rives paper. 17 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches (ima...
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1930s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
SOLITUDE
By Mary Nimmo Moran
Located in Portland, ME
Moran, Mary Nimmo (American 1842-1899). SOLITUDE. Etching, 1880. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower right. 5 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches, plus margins. Framed to 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches. ...
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1880s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
The Heavenly Suite (pink)
By Robyn Denny
Located in London, GB
Screenprint
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1970s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Eloignement (Remoteness)
By Arthur Luiz Piza
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Eloignement (Remoteness)
Etching, aquatint and engraving, 1990
Signed lower right corner (see photo)
Numbered lower left corner (see photo)
Edition: 99 (28/99)
Publisher: Jacqueline ...
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1990s French School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Levana
By Ben Shahn
Located in New York, NY
This elegant Ben Shahn lithograph entitled “Levana” was created in 1966. It was printed by Gemini G. E. L., Los Angeles, California, in an editi...
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1960s Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Heureux age! (Happy Age!)
By Victor Mignot
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Heureux age! (Happy Age!)
Etching and aquatint. c, 1900
Signed lower right in pencil
Edition; 50 (14/50)
Published by Edmund Sagot, Paris
Sagot blindstamp, Lugt 2254, lower right
Con...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Mysteries of the Passion
By Jacques Callot
Located in New York, NY
Jacques Callot (1592-1635), Mysteries of the Passion (Variae Tum Passionis Christi, Tum Vitiae Beatae Mariae Virginis), complete set of 20 etchings plus the frontispiece by Abraham Bosse (Reference Meaume 31). c. 1631. Reference: Lieure 679-698, second state (of 2). In very good condition, archival mounting.
A fine set of these small etchings, printed on 5 plates/sheets of laid paper, with margins, 3 of the plates with partial Crown watermarks (possibly Lieure 45).
The set of 20 etchings includes 7 in circular format, with a diameter of 1 1/4 inches; 7 larger ovals with a length of 1 7/8 inches, and 6 smaller ovals with a length of 1 1/2 inches. These are on 5 plates, with margins outside of the etchings of about 5/8 inches. The frontispiece is 3 1/2 x 3, the sheet 4 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches.
The 20 etchings of the series include:
Plate with 6 Scenes (Lieure 685-690): Ovals: Adoration of the Shepherds, Visitation, Adoration of the Magi; Circles: Descent into Limbo, Descent of the Holy Spirit, Entombment
2 Plate with 4 Scenes Each (Lieure 691-698): Ovals: Annunciation, Christ Among Teachers, Circumcision, Presentation; Circles: Resurrection, Crucifixion, Descent from the Cross, Transfiguration
2 Plates with 3 Oval Scenes Each (Lieure 679-684): Carrying of the Cross, Presentation to the People, Crowning with Thorns, Flagellation, Christ Before Pilate...
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1630s Old Masters Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Plate 2
By Matt Phillips
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Plate 2
2 plate drypoint with hand coloring, 1984
Signed and numbered in pencil (see photos)
From: Barcelona Suite (6 plates)
Edition: A/P 8/10 in pencil lower left
Signed in pen...
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1980s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint
THE RETURN
Located in Portland, ME
Pellew, Claughton (British, 1890-1966). THE RETURN. Ashmolean 17. Wood engraving, 1925. Edition of 25. Initialed in the block, and titled, signed, dated and...
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1920s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
Automne
By Georges Rouault
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Automne (Autumn)
Crayon and brush and tusche lithograph with scraping, 1927
Signed, titled, and annotated in brown ink (see photos)
Condition: Good
Signature and inscrption faded to brown
Image size: 17 x 22 1/4 inches
Sheet size: 21 5/8 x 28 1/2 inches
This is the second of three version of this image (a aquatint/heliogravure (1927, this lithograph (1933) and a color aquatint (1938).
Reference:
Francois Chapon and Isabelle Rouault, Rouault Oeuvre Grave (Monte Carlo: Editions Andre Sauret, 1978), 364 viii/VIII, third edition of 175 printed in 1933.
There is also a etching/heliogravure as well as a color aquatint version of this image. It is considered to by an important image in Rouault's work and recognized as a famous print...
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1920s French School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Revised Endpapers for "The Homosexual Neurosis" (Pink)
By Hernan Bas
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color aquatint.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Merieanna
By Almery Lobel-Riche
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Merieanna
Etching and aquatint, c. 1900
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right
Titled in pencil lower right corner of sheet
Annotated "4" lower left below image
Publisher's dryst...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
Running the Rapids
By Frank Benson
Located in New York, NY
The etching "Running the Rapids" was created by Frank Benson in 1927. Printed in an edition of 150, this impression is signed in pencil, lower left. The image size is 5 13/16 x 7 7/8" (14.8 x 20 cm) and sheet size 8 1/16 x 10 5/16" (20.3 x 26.2 cm).
Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951), well known for his American impressionist paintings, also produced an incredible body of prints - etchings, drypoints, and a few lithographs. Born and raised on the North Shore of Massachusetts, Benson, a natural outdoorsman, grew up sailing, fishing, and hunting. From a young age, he was fascinated with drawing and birding – this keen interest continued throughout his life.
His first art instruction was with Otto Grundman at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and then in 1883 in Paris at the Academie Julian where he studied the rigorous ‘ecole des beaux arts’ approach to drawing and painting for two years.
During the early 1880’s Seymour Haden visited Boston giving a series of lectures on etching. This introduction to the European etching...
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1920s American Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Corinne
By Maurice Réalier-Dumas
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Corinne
Color lithograph, 1898
Signed in the stone lower left (see photo)
Published in L’Estampe Moderne with their blindstamp lower right corner, Lugt 2790 (see photo)
Edition 2000
...
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1890s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Voyage to the South Seas: Flora Otaheite
By Michelle Stuart
Located in New York, NY
Michelle Stuart is an American artist whose work references a range of influences, from history to astronomy and botany, as well as her extensive travels to ancient archaeological si...
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1990s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
My Pretty Pony
By Barbara Kruger
Located in New York, NY
"My Pretty Pony" is a short story written by Stephen King and illustrated by the artist Barbara Kruger. It was the sixth publication in the Whitney Museum...
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1980s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph, Screen
Referendum '70
By Frank Stella
Located in London, GB
Screenprint, 1970, signed, dated and numbered an AP aside the edition of 200 (there were 15 AP in total), published by Gemini G. E. L., Los Angeles., sheet: 99.5 x 98 cm (39¼ x 38½ i...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Screen
Lice
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Lice (Mallards grooming themselves)
Drypoint, 1927
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Titled lower left corner
Condition: Excellent
Image/Plate size: 6 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches
Shee...
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1920s American Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Drypoint
Giraffe Pochoir with Zebras and Frogs
By Andre Durenceau
Located in New York, NY
Plate 22 from "Inspirations" by Andre Durenceau. New York: Perleberg, 1928. Original hand-colored pochoir process print.
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1920s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Paper
UNTITLED
By Ynez Johnston
Located in Portland, ME
Johnston, Ynez. UNTITLED. Etching, not dated (but likely 1950s). Edition of 20, signed in pencil and numbered 4/20. 6 7/8 x 9 inches (plate), 8 x 10 5/8 inches (sheet). In excellent ...
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1950s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Lady in a Fur Cloak.
Located in New York, NY
Original pochoir process print (hand-colored stencil). Paris, ca. 1925. Displayed in a custom silver giltwood frame.
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1920s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Paper
SELF-PORTRAIT
By Sam Francis
Located in Portland, ME
Francis, Sam. SELF-PORTRAIT. Lembark 52. Etching, 1982. Edition of 20, signed and numbered "1/20" in pencil. Printed on Fabriano Tiepolo paper, and published by 3EP, Ltd., Palo Alto,...
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1980s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
ESH-TA-HUM-LEAH.
By McKenney & Hall
Located in New York, NY
McKenney, Thomas and James Hall.
History of the Indian Tribes of North America.
Unknown publisher and date, probably 1840s.
ESH-TA-HUM...
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Mid-19th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Untitled (Plate 4)
By Terry Haass
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Plate 4)
Engraving, sugar-lift, and aquatint, 1970
Signed and numbered in pencil
From: Variations (8 plates)
Signed and numbered in pencil
Edition: 100 (29/100)
Printed by ...
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1970s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Engraving
Original Japanese Watercolor and Woodblock Print of Orchid and Swallows
Located in Burbank, CA
Orchid and small swallows (Hokuri, kotsubame). Original preparatory watercolor next to the finished original Japanese woodblock print. This is a highly finished preparatory watercolo...
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1890s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Watercolor, Woodcut
SUBWAY SHIFT - THE SECOND FRONT
By Benton Murdoch Spruance
Located in Portland, ME
Spruance, Benton (American 1904-1967). SUBWAY SHIFT - THE SECOND FRONT. Fine and Looney 223. Lithograph, 1943. Fine and Looney cite two editions, one of 35 and one of 30, this being ...
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1940s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The Birth of Christ - With the Praying Shepherds
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine impression. With the address of P. Giffart. Mauperche produced over fifty engravings.
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17th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Shepherd Leading his Herd
Located in Chicago, IL
A very fine impression
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Mid-17th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
Landscape with Barge
Located in Chicago, IL
signed in plate
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18th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Etching
THE MEDICI COLLAR
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Portland, ME
Whistler, James A. M. THE MEDICI COLLAR. Spink 170, Way 153, Levy 186.
Transfer lithograph, 1897. Number of impressions unknown.
Printed in Paris by Le...
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1890s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Avril
By Manuel Robbe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Avril (April)
Color aquatint and etching, c. 1906
Signed in pencil lower right
Edition: c. 100
Excellent impression, fresh colors
Reference: Merrill Chase Volume 1, No. 9
Condition: ...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
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Aquatint
L'Aieule (The Grandmother)
By Louis Legrand
Located in Fairlawn, OH
L'Aieule (The Grandmother)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1904
Signed with the red stamp of the publisher, Gustave Pellet, Lugt 1193 and numbered (see photo)
Edition: 100 (81/100)
Reference: Arwas 202 iv/IV
IFF 98
Condition: Excellent, the sheet aged as usual
Image size: 14 1/4 x 18 5/8"
Sheet size: 16 15/16 x 24 1/4"
Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand (29 September 1863 – 1951) was a French artist, known especially for his aquatint engravings, which were sometimes erotic. He was awarded the Légion d'honneur for his work in 1906.
Life
Legrand was born in the city of Dijon in the east of France. He worked as a bank clerk before deciding to study art part-time at Dijon's Ecole des Beaux-Arts. He won the Devosge prize at the school in 1883.[2] In 1884 Legrand studied engraving under the Belgian printmaker Félicien Rops.
Legrand's artworks include etchings, graphic art and paintings. His paintings featured Parisian social life. Many were of prostitutes, dancers and bar scenes, which featured a sense of eroticism. According to the Hope Gallery, "Louis Legrand is simply one of France's finest early twentieth century masters of etching." His black and white etchings especially provide a sense of decadence; they have been compared to those of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, though his drawings of the Moulin Rouge, the can-can dance and the young women of Montmartre preceded Toulouse-Lautrec's paintings of similar scenes. He made over three hundred prints of the night life of Paris. They demonstrate "his remarkable powers of observation and are executed with great skill, delicacy, and an ironic sense of humor that pervades them all."
Two of his satirical artworks caused him to be tried for obscenity. The first, "Prostitution" was a symbolic drawing which depicted a naked girl being grasped by a dark monster which had the face of an old woman and claws on its hands; the second, "Naturalism", showed the French novelist Émile Zola minutely studying the thighs of a woman with a magnifying glass. Defended by his friend the lawyer Eugène Rodrigues-Henriques (1853–1928), he was found not guilty in the lower court, but was convicted in the appeal court and then given a short prison sentence for refusing to pay his fine.
Legrand was made famous by his colour illustrations for Gil Blas magazine's coverage of the can-can, with text by Rodrigues (who wrote under the pseudonym Erastene Ramiro). It was a tremendous success, with the exceptional quantity of 60,000 copies of the magazine being printed and instantly sold out in 1891.
In 1892, at the instigation of the publishing house Dentu, Legrand made a set of etchings of his Gil Blas illustrations. The etchings were published in a book, Le Cours de Danse Fin de Siecle (The End of the Century Dance Classes).
Legrand took a holiday in Brittany, which inspired him to engrave a set of fourteen lithographs of simple country life called Au Cap de la Chevre (On Goat Promontory). It was published by Gustave Pellet who became a close friend of Legrand's. Pellet eventually published a total of 300 etchings by Legrand, who was his first artist; he also published Toulouse-Lautrec and Félicien Rops among others.
He did not only work in graphics; he exhibited paintings at the Paris salon of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts starting in 1902. In 1906 he was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.
Legrand died in obscurity in 1951. A retrospective exhibition was held at the Félicien Rops museum in Namur, Belgium in 2006 to celebrate his graphic art. The art collector Victor Arwas published a catalogue raisonné for the occasion.
Books illustrated
de Maupassant, Guy: Cinq Contes Parisiens, 1905.
Poe, Edgar Alan: Quinze Histoires d'Edgar Poe...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Prints and Multiples
Materials
Aquatint
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