Henri Riviere Landscape Prints

Artist: Henri Le Sidaner (French, 1862-1939) Title: "La Balustrade (The Railing)" Portfolio: Gazette des Beaux-Arts *Issued unsigned, though signed by Sidaner in the plate (printed signature) lower left Year: 1911 Medium: Original Lithograph on pale blue smooth wove paper Limited edition: approx. 1,500 Printer: Maison Fortier and Marotte, Paris, France Publisher: Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France Reference: Sanchez and Seydoux 1911, No. 13 Sheet size: 10.75" x 7.13" Image size: 8.13" x 5.75" Condition: One skillfully repaired tear upper left. Some minor toning in margins. It is otherwise a strong impression in very good condition Notes: This lithograph was published by Gazette des Beaux-Arts. The Gazette des Beaux-Arts was a French art review, found in 1859 by Édouard Houssaye, with Charles Blanc as its first chief editor. Assia Visson Rubinstein was chief editor under the direction of George Wildenstein from 1928 until 1960. Her papers, which include all editions of the Gazette from this period, are intact at the Cantonal and University Library of Lausanne in Dorigny. The Gazette was a world reference work on art history for nearly 100 years - one other editor in chief, from 1955 to 1987, was Jean Adhémar. It was bought in 1928 by the Wildenstein family, whose last representative was Daniel Wildenstein, its director from 1963 until his death in 2001. The review closed in 2002. Biography: Sidaner, (7 August 1862 – July 1939), an intimist painter, born to a French family in Port Louis, Mauritius. In 1870 he and his family settled in Dunkirk. Le Sidaner received most of his tutelage from the École des Beaux-Arts under the instruction of Alexandre Cabanel but later broke away due to artistic differences. Between 1885 and 1894 Le Sidaner lived the year round at the Etaples art colony and was joined there by his childhood friend Eugène Chigot...

Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Title: La Tristesse du Roi (The Sadness of the King) Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Medium: Lithograph Year: 1958 Edition: 2000 Frame Size: ...

This losely rendered and highly narrative Post Impressionist Lithograh entitled “LE HAVRE” by Raoul Dufy originates from France, Circa 1930. A striking composition, this lithograph f...

This artwork titled "Fete Champetre" c.1950 is an original colors lithograph by renown artist Jean Dufy, 1888-1964. It is hand signed and numbered 80/220 in pencil by the artist. The...

Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Medium: Original lithograph Title: Lierre Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Year: 1958 Edition: 2000 Framed Size: 17" x 17" Sheet Size: 14" x 1...

Christo, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Javacheff Christo The Pont Neuf, Paris Wrapped (Hand Signed), from the Estate of Aviva and Jacob Bal Teshuvah, 1985 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed Christo et Jeanne-Claude) Signed Christo et Jeanne-Claude in orange crayon on the front Unnumbered 24 × 36 1/2 inches Unframed Hand signed Christo et Jeanne-Claude in orange crayon on the front unframed Accompanied by gallery issued Certificate of Guarantee & provenance This elegant vintage poster was published to promote and raise funds for Christo's famous The Pont Neuf Wrapped Project in the mid 1980s. From the estate of Jacob and Aviva Bal Teshuva - authors of books on Christo, collectors, philanthropists and friends of the artist. Provenance Estate of Aviva and Jacob Bal-Teshuva ABOUT THE PONT NEUF WRAPPED PROJECT: On September 22, 1985, a group of 300 professional workers completed the temporary work of art The Pont Neuf Wrapped. They had deployed 450,000 square feet (41,800 square meters) of woven polyamide fabric, silky in appearance and golden sandstone in color, covering: The sides and vaults of the twelve arches, without hindering river traffic. The parapets down to the ground. The sidewalks and curbs (pedestrians walked on the fabric). All the street lamps on both sides of the bridge. The vertical part of the embankment of the western tip of the Île de la Cité. The Esplanade of the Vert-Galant. The fabric was restrained by 8 miles (13 kilometers) of rope and secured by 12.1 tons of steel chains encircling the base of each tower, 3.3 feet (1 meter) underwater. The Charpentiers de Paris headed by Gérard Moulin, with French sub-contractors, were assisted by the USA engineers who had worked on Christo and Jeanne-Claude's previous projects, under the direction of Theodore Dougherty: Vahé Aprahamian, August L. Huber, James Fuller, John Thomson and Dimiter Zagoroff. Johannes Schaub, the project's director had submitted the work method and detailed plans and received approval for the project from the authorities of the City of Paris, the Department of the Seine and the State. 600 monitors, in crews of 40, led by Simon Chaput...

Original 1947 Paris 1900 lithographic movie poster by the artist Raymond Peynet. The poster had originally been folded, and there is some wrinkling at the bottom edge of the poste...

Artist: Henri Matisse (after) Title: L'escargot Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse Medium: Lithograph Year: 1958 Edition: 2000 Framed Size: 17" x 17" Sheet Size: 14" x 10 1/2...

When the world thinks about the famous Group of Seven, this is likely the kind of image they recall—the quiet majesty of the Canadian wilderness. This lithograph by one of its youngest members, Alfred Joseph Casson is one of many classic landscapes he painted of the north—mountains, lakes, bare trees in the foreground rendered in his favoured bright palette of autumn colours—red, yellow, orange, a touch of green, and deep blue lakes against a cloudy white sky. Casson was an avid canoeist and spent many hours camping and drawing in northern Ontario often alongside fellow members of the Group. “I had to develop my own style. I began to dig out places of my own...” A. J. Casson He moved on to two commercial art firms in Toronto where he worked as an assistant to the artist Franklin Carmichael, one of the founding members of the renowned Group of Seven, (A group of Canadian landscape painters that included Tom Thomson, Lawren Harris and A. Y. Jackson.). Carmichael encouraged him to sketch and paint on his own. Casson was invited to join the Group of Seven in the 1920’s with whom he painted for years. Following their demise, he formed the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour...

Original “Brasserie Schneider” horizontal vintage poster. Professional archival linen backed in very good to excellent condition. Art no...

Red Grooms Grand Central Terminal (signed and inscribed to renowned attorney), 1993 Offset lithograph poster (signed and inscribed in marker to Herbert Nass) Signed, inscribed to Her...

Shungo Sekiguchi, (Japanese, 1911-2002): Lithograph in color on Rives paper Hand signed in pencil lower right, hand numbered It appears to be the village of Montmarte in Paris T...