Frans Masereel Art

Woodcut print on paper, realized in 1964. Plate from "The Face of Hamburg", monogrammed in the plate. While most of the table of this suire showcase the towering machinery of the s...

Woodcut print on paper, realized in 1964. Plate from "The Face of Hamburg", monogrammed in the plate. The woodcut is a powerful representation of modern infrastructure and human i...

Woodcut print on paper, realized in 1964. Plate from "The Face of Hamburg", monogrammed in the plate. This print represents the core of Masereel's fascination with labor and indust...

Woodcut print on paper, realized in 1964. Plate from "The Face of Hamburg", monogrammed in the plate. While the Elbtunnel piece highlights industrial grit and modern transit, this ...

Woodcut print on paper, realized in 1964. Plate from "The Face of Hamburg", monogrammed in the plate. The bottom portion depicts a cross-section of the famous St. Pauli Elbe Tunnel...

**“Route des Hommes” – Sixty Woodcuts by Frans Masereel – 1964 – No. 44 – Zurich – C4267** *Route des Hommes*, sixty woodcuts by Frans Masereel, published by Limmat Verlag, Zurich, ...

Danse Macabre is an original Rare Book illustrated by Frans Masereel (1889 – 1972) in 1941. Original Edition. 950 numbered copies. Published by Lang, ...

Frans Masereel - Exposition is an artwork realized in 1967. Woodcut. Signed on plate. Good condition.

Woodcut print on paper realized in 1925. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.

Amsterdam is an artwork realized by Frans Masereel, 1933. Woodcut print representing Amsterdam. 75 x 55 with frame; 17h x 12 cm each work. Good conditions.

Juin 40 is an original Rare Book illustrated by Frans Masereel (1889 – 1972) in 1912. Original Edition. Précédé de “Fragments d’un journal de guerre 1940” de Henry de Montherlant. 1550 numbered copies. Published by Pierre Tisné, Paris. Format: Oblong 4°. The dimensions and the weight are indicative. The book includes 32 + 7 Pages with 32 Full page Lithographs. Good conditions. Frans Masereel (1889 – 1972). He was a Flemish painter and graphic artist who worked mainly in France, known especially for his woodcuts focused on political and social issues, such as war and capitalism. He completed over 40 wordless novels in his career, and among these, his greatest is generally said to be Passionate Journey. Masereel's woodcuts influenced Lynd Ward and later graphic artists such as Clifford Harper, Eric Drooker, and Otto Nückel. Masereel's woodcuts influenced Lynd Ward and later graphic artists such as George Walker, Clifford Harper, Eric Drooker, and New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno. Masereel's woodcut series, mainly of sociocritical content and expressionistic in form, made Masereel internationally known. Among them were the wordless novels 25 Images of a Man's Passion (1918), Passionate Journey (1919), The Sun (1919), The Idea (1920), Story Without Words (1920), and Landscapes and Voices (1929). At that time Masereel also drew illustrations for famous works of world literature by Thomas Mann, Émile Zola, and Stefan Zweig.

Edition of 715 copies including 30 original full-page woodcuts by the author. Copy on teinté paper. Includes a nice dedication on frontispiece to Nesto Jacometti by the author.   Co...

Die Mutter is an original Rare Book illustrated by Frans Masereel (1889 – 1972) and written by Leonhard Frank (Würzburg, 1882 – Munich, 1961) in 1919. Original Edition. 1000 number...