Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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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'Elisabeth' — German Expressionism
By Karl Michel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Karl Michel, 'Elisabeth', woodcut, edition 20, 1923. Signed, dated, and numbered 'op.142b' and '12/20' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower left. Annotated 'Vorgesdruck' [artist’s proof] in pencil.
A fine impression, on heavy fibrous Japan paper, with full margins (1 3/16 to 3 1/2 inches),
in good condition. Printed by the artist, With the artist’s blindstamp in the bottom center margin. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 4 15/16 x 6 inches (131 x 152 mm); sheet size 10 x 6 inches (254 x 152 mm).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Karl Michel (1889-1984) was a noted graphic designer and expressionist printmaker during Germany's pre-Nazi Weimar Republic (1919-1933). Michel’s work was the subject of a feature article in the influential German graphic design magazine Das Plakat (The Poster) in 1920. An anti-war advocate, Michel created a suite of 12 wood engravings depicting his impressions of the humanitarian toll of WWII entitled ‘Humanitas’ (Humanity). The German publishing house Greifenverlag published the series in a reduced folio of unsigned prints.
Michel’s graphic work is held in the permanent collections of the Auckland War Memorial Museum (New Zealand), Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum & Exlibrissamling (Denmark), Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest), The Robert Gore Rifkind Center for German Expressionist Studies at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the German Expressionism...
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1920s Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Virgin and Child with the Pear
By Hans Sebald Beham
Located in New York, NY
Hans Sebald Beham (1500-1550), Virgin and Child with the Pear, engraving, 1520. Initials monogram and date in the plate. References: Bartsch 18, Pauli, Hollstein 19. First state (of two). In good condition, on old laid paper with thread margins on three sides, trimmed on the platemark bottom right and bottom, and archival mounting. h: 4.5 x w: 3 in / h: 11.4 x w: 7.6 cm
A very good impression of this rarity.
Hollstein indicates that earlier impressions, such as this one, do not have a scratch above the head of the Virgin.
Beham was one of the Northern Renaissance Little Masters, so called because of their eminence in producing small-scale engravings such as the Virgin and Child with a Pear. Beham was born in Nuremberg in 1500, and may have trained under Durer, though his training is no more certain than that of his younger brother Barthel. He made his first engraving in 1518, and later became known for producing woodcuts as well.
Beham’s Madonna with the Pear has a similar composition but in reverse to Durer’s engraving...
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16th Century Old Masters Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Engraving
Subway Stairs
By John Sloan
Located in New York, NY
John Sloan (1871-1951), Subway Stairs, etching, 1926, signed, titled and inscribed “working proof 1;” also with the notation “JS imp” in pencil bottom margin [with the name and date ...
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1920s American Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching
PICNIC
By Peggy Bacon
Located in Portland, ME
Bacon, Peggy. PICNIC.
Drypoint, 1926.
Titled and signed in pencil.
5 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches.
Printed on laid paper with deckle on four sides. Very faint matstain, else in excellent c...
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1920s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Drypoint
$2,250
Dimanche en Bretagne
By Jean-Emile Laboureur
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Dimanche en Bretagne, etching, 1939, signed in pencil lower left and inscribed “ep d’artite” lower right. Reference: Laboureur 543, second state (of...
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1930s Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching
L'escargot
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Lithograph in colours based on the cut-out of the same title, 1952
From 'Verve' Magazine Volume IX, Nos 35 & 36: 'Dernières Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-54'
Pr...
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1950s Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
'Ausfahrender Dampfer Odin (Outboard Steamer Odin)' — German Expressionism
By Lyonel Feininger
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lyonel Feininger, 'Ausfahrender Dampfer Odin (Outboard Steamer Odin)', woodcut, 1918, proofs only. Prasse W75. Signed in pencil and annotated '1860', the artist’s inventory number. A...
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1910s Bauhaus Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
At the Show
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
Jerome Myers (1867-1940), At the Show, etching and drypoint, c. 1920, signed in pencil lower right. In good condition, with margins (paper losses upper corners), faint ink marks and ...
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1920s American Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
RENDEZVOUS (SMALL)
By John French Sloan
Located in Portland, ME
Sloan, John. RENDEZVOUS (Small). Morse 227. Etching, 1926.
Second State, with the pupil added to the left eye, The published
state, titled "Miss Angna Enters...
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1920s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Sleeping Model
By Theodore Casimir Roussel
Located in New York, NY
Theodore Roussel (1847-1926), The Sleeping Model or The Sleeper, etching and drypoint with additional pencil coloring, signed on the tab and inscribed “...
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1890s Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Color Pencil, Drypoint, Etching
Romany Marye in Christopher Street
By John Sloan
Located in New York, NY
John Sloan (1871-1951), Romany Marye in Christopher Street, 1922, etching, signed in pencil lower right, titled, dated and inscribed 100 proofs bott...
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1920s American Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching
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 Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Dawn (or, Kneeling Figure)
By Arthur B. Davies
Located in New York, NY
Arthur B. Davies (1862-1928), Dawn (or, Kneeling Figure), 1918, soft ground etching and aquatint, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Czestochowski 59, second state (of 3). In v...
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1910s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching, Aquatint
The Bluestocking’s Husband
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-79), The Bluestocking’s Husband, plate 46 from the series Moeurs Conjugales, published in 1842 in Le Charivari, and in the Album Moeurs Conjugales in 1843; an im...
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1840s Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
"Crossing the River: Chasing"
Located in Lyons, CO
Color lithograph, Edition 30.
Known for paintings based on historical Chinese photographs, Hung Liu's subjects over the years have been prostitutes, refugees, street performers, s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Monsieur - Here's Your Handkerchief
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Monsieur – Here’s Your Handkerchief, lithograph, 1842. Daumier Register 670, third state (of 3), sur blanc, plate 47 from the series Moeurs Conjugales, pu...
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1840s Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
The Grand Celebrites of France
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), Les Grandes Celebrites de la France, lithograph, 1939, plate 2 from the series Les Saltimbanques, from La Caricature Provisoire (also published later in Le Charivari, 1843). Reference: Daumier Register 620, second state (of 5). With lettering, and the initials (in the plate lower left). Printed on a wove paper. In good condition (formerly folded across the middle, now flattened) , 11 1/2 x 8 7/8, the sheet 13 1/8 x 10 inches.
A very good impression.
An impression of Les Grande Celebrites de la France was shown in the Metropolitan Museum's show Seurat's Circus Sideshow...
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1830s Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
La Fortune Fait Oblier Les Amis
By Honoré Daumier
Located in New York, NY
Honore Daumier (1808-1879), La Fortune Fait Oblier Les Amis, lithograph, from the series Caricaturana, plate 31, 1838. Daumier Register 385, third state (of...
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1830s Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Color, Lithograph
'Church with House and Tree' – Artist's Personal Letterhead, 1940s Modernism
By Lyonel Feininger
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lyonel Feininger, 'Church with House and Tree (Kirche mit Haus und Baum)', woodcut, 1936, one of a small but unknown number of letterhead proofs; Prasse W290 IV. Annotated 'PW 290 state IV / IV 3669', in pencil, in the bottom right sheet corner. With the artist's typed address and date adjacent to the letterhead image: 'Falls Village, Connecticut September 26th, 1940'.
A fine impression, on buff, wove letterhead stock; several small losses, and tears, in the sheet edges (not affecting the image area); a crease in the bottom right sheet edge, otherwise in good condition. Very scarce.
Image size: 2 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches; sheet size 11 x 8 5/8 inches. Archivally sleeved, unmatted.
Feininger moved from Germany to New York City in 1938 and began spending his summers in Falls Village in 1940.
Exhibited: 'Lyonel Feininer, Woodcuts Used As Letterheads'; Associated American Artists; Feb 4 - March 2, 1974; New York, NY.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) was born in New York City into a musical family—his father was a violinist and composer, his mother was a singer and pianist. He studied violin with his father, and by the age of 12, he was performing in public, but he also drew incessantly, most notably the steamboats and sailing ships on the Hudson and East Rivers, and the landscape around Sharon, Conn., where he spent time on a farm owned by a family friend. At the age of 16 he left New York to study music and art in Germany, from where his parents emigrated. Drawn more to the visual arts, he attended schools in Hamburg, Berlin, and Paris from 1887 to 1892.
After completing his studies, Feininger began his artistic career as a cartoonist and illustrator, his originality leading him to great success. In 1906, after working for a dozen years in Germany, he was offered a job as a cartoonist at the Chicago Tribune, the largest circulation newspaper in the Midwest. He worked there for a year, inventing what became the standard design for the comic strip: in the words of John Carlin, “an overall pattern. . . that allowed the page to be read both as a series of elements one after the other, like language and as a group of juxtaposed images, like visual art.” His originality did not end there: he went on to become one of the great abstract painters. Like Kandinsky, music was his model, but Kandinsky only knew music from the outside—as a listener (inspired initially by Wagner, then by Schoenberg)—while Feininger knew it from the inside. He lived in Paris from 1906 to 1908, during which time he met and was influenced by the work of progressive painters Robert Delaunay and Jules Pascin, as well as that of Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh. He began painting full-time, developing his distinctive Iyrical style based on Cubist and Expressionist idioms and a concern for the emotive qualities of light and color. He exhibited with the Der Blaue Reiter group in 1913, and in 1917, he had his first solo exhibition at Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin.
One year after his solo exhibition, in 1918, Feininger began making woodcuts. He became enamored with the medium, producing an impressive 117 in his first year of exploring the printmaking medium. In 1919 at the invitation of the architect Walter Gropius, he was appointed the first master at the newly formed Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar. His woodcut of a cathedral crowned...
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1930s Bauhaus Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Blom & van der AA.
By Louis Raemaekers
Located in New York, NY
Raemakers, Louis. Blom & van der AA. Ca 1920s.
Color lithograph
Louis Raemaekers, was a Dutch cartoonist who gained international fame with his anti-German cartoons during World W...
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1920s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
LARGE RARE OTTO MUELLER WOODCUT POSTER
By Otto Mueller
Located in Santa Monica, CA
OTTO MUELLER (German 1874 – 1930)
POTSDAMER KUNSTSOMMER, 1921 (1968) (Karsch 6)
Woodcut. Edition of 25 and numbered 11. There are no known
impressio...
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1920s Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Kino Plasticon
By Faragó Géza
Located in New York, NY
Kino Plasticon. Ca 1920s. Budapest. Color lithograph
The Hungarian artist and illustrator Geza Farago worked in Budapest as a cartoonist, theatrical costume designer and poster ar...
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1910s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Rayon des Soieries
By Maurice Dufrêne
Located in New York, NY
DuFrene, Maurice. Rayon des Soierie
Ref: Opera, 17; Publisher: Imp. Chaix, Pairs.
Maurice Dufrene was born in Paris in 1876.
He studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, and to...
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1920s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Ôkubo Hikozaemon Protects the Hidden Shogun Triptych
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
“War Chronicles of Osaka” (Osaka gunki no uchi). Okubo Hikozaemon, raising his sword, protects the hidden Tokugawa shogun from the spear of Gorô Matabei Mototsugu in a moonlit fores...
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1880s Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
Color Aquatint
By Victor Mignot
Located in New York, NY
Ca. 1900. Original color aquatint. Very fine impression on cream laid Arches paper, signed in pencil lower right and numbered. No. 16 of 30 impressions. Full Margins. 17 1/2 x 12" Im...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Aquatint
COMPOSITION - Lovely design portraying a future Abstract Expressionist.
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES CHAPIN (1887 – 1975)
COMPOSITION c. 1940
Lithograph signed in pencil, Image 11 7/8 x 7 ¾ inches, sheet 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches. Just a hint of mat line in the margins and on the verso. Some remnants of old tape prImarily at the left & right sheet edges. Rather scarce print but possibly published by Associated American Artists.
WONDERFUL PORTRAYAL OF AN UP AND COMING ARTIST...
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1940s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Volg, Traubensaft Zuverlässigkeit
By Josef Müller-Brockmann
Located in New York, NY
Josef Muller-Brockmann,
Volg, Traubensaft Naturrein, Zuverlässigkeit. 1957 Offset. Rare.
Josef Müller-Brockmann was one of the leading pioneers of the ...
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1950s Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Offset
'Theater' — 1920s German Expressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
A German Expressionist woodcut, with original hand-coloring in watercolor, depicting a parent and child watching a theatrical production; ...
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1920s Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Corrine
By Maurice Réalier-Dumas
Located in New York, NY
Maurice Realier-Dumas Corrine.Plate from May 1897 issue of
L'Estampe Modern. Color Lithograph.
Sheet Size: 16 x 12".
L'Estampe Moderne was a brilliant portfolio printed betwe...
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1890s Art Nouveau Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
La Chauve Souris /Theatre Pigalle
By Paul Colin
Located in New York, NY
Colin, Paul. Theatre Pigalle/La Chauve Souris. 1934. Color lithograph.
On Linen.
Paul Colin worked for Josephine Baker. Made famous in 1925 by his poster for the Revue Negre.The ...
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1920s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
Chen Quian. Advertisement for B.S Insurance Co
Located in New York, NY
Artist: Chen Quian.
[Advertisement for B.S Insurance Co.] 1912
Color lithograph, Rare. Very early Chinese advertising poster at the end of the
Qu...
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1910s Qing Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
'Children's Ward' — Socially-Conscious Realism
By Robert Riggs
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Riggs, 'Children's Ward', 2-color lithograph, c. 1940, edition c. 50, Beall 11, Bassham 76. Signed, titled, and numbered '14' in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A su...
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1940s Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
'Commuters' — Early 20th-Century Modernism
By George Josimovich
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Josimovich, 'Commuters', linocut, 1922-23, edition 20. Signed, dated '22, titled, and annotated '9/20' in pencil. Initialed in the block 'G.J....
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1920s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Linocut
Nymphe dansante
By Paul Berthon
Located in New York, NY
Nymphe dansante, decorative panel, two-color lithograph, 1899, signed in the stone. One corner defective but not affecting image.
Ref: Berthon and Grasset p. No.5.
The early works...
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1890s Art Nouveau Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
The Boy Botaro and his Nurse Otsuji and a Lotus Pond
By Taiso Yoshitoshi
Located in Burbank, CA
The boy Bôtarô watches his nurse Otsuji haul a bucket of water from the well. From the kabuki play Osanago no adauchi. Most interesting is the lush backdrop of lotus flowers and pump...
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1880s Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Mulberry Paper, Woodcut
A DIAMOND HYPNOTIST - Le Diamant Magnetiseur
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HONORE DAUMIER (1808 - 1879)
LE DIAMANT MAGNETISEUR.....1859 (DR 3227 iii/iii: LD 3227)
Original lithograph 9 1/2 x 11 incl. text. Published in Le Chariv...
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1850s Barbizon School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
$380 Sale Price
20% Off
The Dutiful Youth of Mino Province Collecting Wood to Warm His Old Father
By Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Dutiful Youth of Mino Province Collecting Wood to Warm His Old Father
Color woodcut, c. 1842-43
Signed and sealed lower right (see photo)
From the Series: "Honcho nijushi-ko" (Tw...
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1840s Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
Titre pour "Le Sourire"
By Paul Gauguin
Located in London, GB
Paul Gauguin
Titre pour "Le Sourire"
1899
Woodcut
Paper size 13.8 x 21.9 cms (5 1/2 x 8 5/8 ins)
Image size 10.5 x 20.8 cms (4 1/8 x 8 1/8 ins)
Kornfeld 61
Signed in lower left corn...
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1890s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
'Clown' — WPA American Expressionism
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Clown', color serigraph, 1939, edition 20. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '/20' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked, painterly impression, with fresh colors, on buff la...
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1930s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Screen
Blue Coat
By Alex Katz
Located in New York, NY
Image size: 24 x 12 inches
Edition of 30
Portrait of the artist's son Vincent.
Internationally recognized painter and printmaker Alex Katz was born in 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. ...
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1990s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Aquatint
$10,000
Femme
By Aristide Maillol
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ARISTIDE MAILLOL (1861-1944)
FEMME ASSISE /
(WOMAN SEATED IN PROFILE, RIGHT, ONE LEG BENT. ONE LEG RAISED), 1926 (Gueirn 321)
Etching signed with “M” monogram in pencil. Image 9 x 9...
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1920s French School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching
Les Pelerins d'Emmaus (The Pilgrims of Emmaus)
By Maurice Denis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Les Pelerins d'Emmaus (The Pilgrims of Emmaus)
After a 1894 painting by Denis in the Van Gogh Museum (see photo)
Color lithograph, 1895
Signed in pencil ...
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1890s French School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
'Grand Central Station' — New York City Landmark
By Otto Kuhler
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Otto Kuhler, 'Grand Central Station', etching and drypoint, 1927, edition c. 50, Kennedy 27. Signed and titled in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, in brown/black ink, with ...
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1920s American Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
$2,080 Sale Price
20% Off
'The Elevated, East 42nd Street, New York' — 1910 American Realism
By William Monk
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Monk, 'The Elevated, East 42nd Street, New York', etching, 1910. Signed in pencil and titled in the bottom right sheet corner. Signed in the plate, lower right. A superb, ric...
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1910s American Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching
$1,200 Sale Price
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The Sacristan
By Harry Morley
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image shows a cleric seated in a church sacristy surrounded by religious statues, croziers, various saints, statues and chalices. It is an origina...
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Early 20th Century Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Engraving
$400 Sale Price
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Amanda (Marguèrite), No. 1
By Gerald Leslie Brockhurst
Located in Storrs, CT
Amanda No. 1 (Marguèrite). 1920. Etching. Fletcher 18. 3 1/2 x 2 3/8 (sheet 9 x 7 1/4). Edition 55. . A rich proof printed with plate tone on cream laid paper with full margins. Sign...
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Early 20th Century Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching
$350 Sale Price
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Un rêve vert
By Guillaume Cornelis van Beverloo (Corneille)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Un rêve vert
Color lithograph on Arches without watermark, 1975
Signed lower left in red area (see photo)
Numbered lower left in red area
Dated in same red area
Edition: 100 (67/100)...
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1970s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
'Girl with Hands to Face' — Mid-century Modernism
By Benton Murdoch Spruance
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Benton Spruance, 'Girl with Hands to Face', two-color lithograph, 1940, edition 30, Fine and Looney 180. Signed, titled, and annotated 'Ed. 30' in pencil. A superb impression, on cr...
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1940s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
Circus Girl With Plumed Hat
By Yasuo Kuniyoshi
Located in Santa Monica, CA
YASUO KUNIYOSHI (1893 -1957)
CIRCUS GIRL WITH PLUMED HAT, 1933 (D.L60)
Lithograph, signed in pencil and annotated 25P (edition of 25). Image 12 5/8 x 9 3/8 inches. Full margins w...
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1930s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
$3,200 Sale Price
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Art Forms in Nature (Plate 79 - Basiliscus) — 1899 Celebration of Nature
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ernst Haeckel, 'Art Forms in Nature' (Plate 79 - Basiliscus), offset lithograph, 1899. Signed and titled in typeset, upper left. Titled 'Tafel 79 — Basi...
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1890s Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
'Doctor' from 'In Praise of Folly' — Mid-Century Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lynd Ward, 'Doctor' from the series 'Moriae Encomium (In Praise of Folly),' mezzotint, 1943, no edition, proofs only. Signed in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 to 1 3/4 inches) in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Scarce.
Image size 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches (197 x 121 mm); sheet size 10 11/16 x 8 1/16 inches (271 x 204 mm).
Created by the artist for 'Erasmus's Moriae Encomium,' or 'In Praise of Folly,' published by the Limited Editions Club, 1943. A rare, signed, proof impression apart from the Limited Editions Club publication.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lynd Ward is acknowledged as one of America’s foremost wood engravers and book illustrators of the first half of the twentieth century. His innovative use of narrative printmaking as a stand-alone storytelling vehicle was uniquely successful in reaching a broad audience. The powerful psychological intensity of his work, celebrated for its dynamic design, technical precision, and compelling dramatic content, finds resonance in the literature of Poe, Melville, and Hawthorne. Like these classic American writers, Ward was concerned with the themes of man’s inner struggles and the role of the subconscious in determining his destiny. An artist of social conscience during the Great Depression and World War II, he infused his graphic images with his unique brand of social realism, deftly portraying the problems that challenged the ideals of American society.
The son of a Methodist preacher, Lynd Ward, moved from Chicago to Massachusetts at an early age. He graduated from the Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, in 1926, where he studied illustration and graphic arts. He married May Yonge McNeer in 1936 and left for Europe for their honeymoon in Eastern Europe. After four months, they settled in Leipzig, where Ward studied at the National Academy of Graphic Arts and Bookmaking. Inspired by Belgian expressionist artist Frans Masereel's graphic novel ‘The Sun,’ and another graphic novel by the German artist Otto Nückel, ‘Destiny,’ he determined to create his own "wordless" novel. Upon his return to America, Ward completed his first book, ‘God's Man: A Novel in Woodcuts,’ published in 1929. ‘Gods’ Man’ was a great success for its author and publisher and was reprinted four times in 1930, including a British edition. This book and several which followed it, ‘Madman’s Drum,’ 1930, ‘Wild Pilgrimage,’ 1932, ‘Prelude to a Million Years,’ 1933, ‘Song Without Words,' 1936, ‘Vertigo,’ 1937; and ‘Last Unfinished Wordless Novel’ (created in the 1960s and published in 2001) were comprised solely of Ward's wood engravings. Ward designed each graphic image to occupy an entire page, the sequence of which conveys the story's narrative.
In 1937, Ward was named Director of the Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In the following years, Ward went on to illustrate more than one hundred books (some of which he wrote), including classics for the Limited Editions Club Goethe’s ‘Faust,’ Faulkner’s ‘A Green Bough,’ and Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein,’ and several children’s books. He also produced single-subject wood engravings, paintings, and drawings. His print ‘Sanctuary,’ 1939, was shown at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, and ‘Clouded Over,’ 1948, received the 1948 Library of Congress Award and was included in ‘American Prize Prints of the 20th Century’ by Albert Reese. He received the National Academy of Design Print Award (1949), the New York Times Best Illustrated Award (1973), and the Regina Award (Catholic Library Association, 1975). ‘The Biggest Bear,’ a children’s book with illustrations by Ward, was the recipient of the esteemed 1952 Caldecott Medal of the American Library Association.
An Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, Ward was a member and board member of the National Academy of Design and the Artists’ League of America. He served several terms as president of the Society of American Graphic Artists and was a member of the American Artists Congress and the Society of Illustrators. Ward exhibited at the American Artists Congress; the National Academy of Design; the John Herron Art Institute; and the Library of Congress. He had a one-person show at Associated American Artists, NY, on the publication of his monograph 'Storyteller Without Words,' 1974; AAA mounted a memorial exhibition in 1986. The May 1976 issue of 'Bibliognost,' a book collector’s publication, was dedicated to Ward. ‘Lynd Ward, His Bookplate Designs,’ an article by Dan Burne Jones, was published in the American Society of Bookplate Collectors and Designers Yearbook, 1981/82.
In 2001, sixteen years after his death, Rutgers University Libraries published ’Lynd Ward’s Last Unfinished Wordless Novel.’ The blocks were intended to be part of a novel in woodcuts, the first since Vertigo, but Ward did not live to complete the project. Master printer and book designer Barbara Henry collated and printed the twenty-six finished blocks out of the forty-four initially planned for the still unnamed narrative.
In 2010 the Library of America honored Ward’s achievements with the meticulous production of a collection of Ward’s woodcut novels—the first time the Library had gone wordless. The publication replicated his original editions with a single full-size image printed on the right page of each double-page spread. In his introduction to the books, renowned cartoonist/illustrator Art...
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1940s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
Materials
Mezzotint
A Mirage
By James McBey
Located in Storrs, CT
A Mirage. 1928. Etching. Hardie 238. 11 13/16 x 14 3/8 (sheet 12 3/16 x 18 3/4). Edition 76, #46. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1928 and 1938; Holmes, Etchings of Today. A ri...
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1920s Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Drypoint, Etching
$1,750 Sale Price
30% Off
'Der Gartner' (The Gardener) — German Expressionism
By Karl Michel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Karl Michel, 'Der Gartner' (The Gardener), woodcut, c. 1925. Signed, titled, and numbered '15/50' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower left and right. A fine, richly-inked impression on buff wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 2 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Scarce.
Image size 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches (133 x 98 mm); sheet size 10 x 7 3/4 inches (254 x 198 mm).
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Karl Michel (1889-1984) was a noted graphic designer and expressionist printmaker during Germany's pre-Nazi Weimar Republic (1919 - 1933). In 1920, his work was featured in the influential German graphic design magazine Das Plakat...
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1920s Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Woodcut
'Psychopathic Ward' — Socially-Conscious Realism
By Robert Riggs
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Riggs, 'Psychopathic Ward', 2-color lithograph, c. 1940, edition c. 50, Beall 60, Bassham 78. Signed, titled, and numbered '14' in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A ...
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1940s Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Lithograph
'Food Not Cannon' — WPA Modernist Work of Social Conscience
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Food Not Cannon', etching, 1937, edition 12 (an early state, probably unique). Signed in pencil. A fine impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (7/8 to 2 1/8 ...
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1930s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching
New Year’s Eve and Adam
By John Sloan
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
John Sloan, 'New Year's Eve and Adam', etching, 1918, edition 100, (only 85 printed), Morse 190. Signed, titled and annotated '100 proofs' in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate, l...
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1910s Ashcan School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching
The Little Wheelwright's
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
The Little Wheelwright's. 1886. Etching. Kennedy 245; Glasgow 242. 2 1/2 x 3 3/4 (sheet 5 1/8 x 6 1/8). There was no lifetime edition. Glasgow lists only 13 other known impressions. A fine impression printed in black ink on white laid paper. Monogrammed with the butterfly in the plate. Housed in a 10 X 11 1/2 X 1-inch gold leaf period carved Celtic...
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Mid-19th Century American Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
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Etching
$2,000 Sale Price
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Nadia au regard attentif
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Aquatint on Marais wove paper
Edition of 25
Signed and numbered 25/25 in pencil lower right
Duthuit 794
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Mid-20th Century Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
Materials
Aquatint
Fourteenth Street. The Wigwam. (Tammany Hall).
By John Sloan
Located in Storrs, CT
1928. Etching. Morse catalog 235. state ii. Image: 9 3/4 x 7 (sheet 17 1/4 x 11 3/8). From the first printing of 100 proofs by Peter Platt. There were an additional 10 printed by Er...
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1920s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
$2,560 Sale Price
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LINDY HOP
By Miguel Covarrubias
Located in Portland, ME
Covarrubias, Miguel. LINDY HOP. Lithograph, 1936. AAG edition (usually about 200), with their label preserved and attached to the back of the mat. Unsigned a...
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1930s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Prints
Materials
ABS, Lithograph
