R. S. Johnson Fine Art

Signed lower right Provenance: Acquired from the artist Exhibited: Homage to Béla Czóbel: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings,R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1990: no. 56 and reprodu...

Signed and dated, upper right Provenance: Atelier of the artist

This exuberantly-painted Parisian street scene is typical of Lersy's colorful and energetic style. His work combines mid-century Modern abstraction with subjects beloved by the Impre...

This etching is signed and numbered by the artist and was printed in an edition of 50. The references for this work are: Auberty & Perussaux 266 and Ginestet & Pouillon E. 3...

Views of Rome (Vedute di Roma): Frontispiece for the whole series, with Statue of Minerva. A fine impression of the rare 3rd state (of seven) of this m...

Béla Czóbel, Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, R. S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago, 1996: no. 60 and reproduced on page 95 of catalogue.

A wonderful example of Czobel’s most expressive drawing. Signed, lower right

Signed lower right and dedicated: "a Madame Bertram amicalement" Madame Bertram is the wife of Abel Bertram (1871-1954), a post-impressionist artist who with his wife were close frie...

verso: signed and dated "H. Tavernier, 1779"

A fine impression with the address of the artist (Autore, Strada Felice) and the price (Paoli 2 1/2) as well as Hind Watermark no.3 (Fleur-de-lys-in-a-Double-Circle), all correspondi...

A fine and rare 2nd State impression, before the address of Ottens

2nd State of three States

3rd State Watermark: Gekrontes Wappen. Similar to: Paschal Lamb on Shield, Ash & Fletcher no 29 B’a, dating this sheet to about 1651.

A very fine, well contrasted impression of the 1st State, before the addition of the number, present when the work later was included in Bol’s River Series.

2nd State Watermark: Hand with Cuff and Flower (close to Briquet 11467)

2nd state Watermark: Hand with Cuff and Flower (close to Briquet 11467)

engraving and etching by A. Collaert after Hans Bol Watermark: Letter P (Briquet 8718, Grevenbroich 1572)

engraving after Maarten de Vos (1532-1603)

A fine 1st State impression before the addition of Vischer’s address. etching with engraving after David Vinckboons (Malines 1576-1629 Amsterdam)

A fine impression. With the address of P. Giffart. Mauperche produced over fifty engravings.

A very fine impression

A very fine impression

A very fine impression

A very fine impression

signed in plate

Etching from the Six Landscapes

A very good impression of the published state of this work after Nicholas Lancret (1690-1743), painter of “Fetes Galantes.” Mercure de France announce...

a very fine impression

from the series of eight views of Provincial Holland and Ultrecht

a very fine impression

a very fine impression

signed in plate

This confidently executed drawing is a study related to Maratta’s painting La Vergine appare a S.Stanislao Kotska 1687 in the second chapel to the right, in the church of S. Andrea a...

Inscribed on the verso: EE 27/10

Engraving by Joannes and Lucas van Doetecum (Deventer active by 1551 - circa 1569 Haarlem) in the manner of Peter Bruegel the Elder

Engraving after Luca Penni

Engraving after David Vinckboons (Malines 1576-1629 Amsterdam), executed by Jan van Londerseel (Antwerp c. 1570-1624/25 Rotterdam)

Engraving after David Vinckboons (Malines 1576-1629 Amsterdam), executed by James Van Londerseel (Antwerp c. 1570 - 1624/25 Rotterdam)

Engraving after Egidius Coninxloo (c. 1581 - 1619), executed by Nicolaes De Bruyn (Antwerp 1571 - 1652 Amsterdam) Unidentified watermark

References: Bartsch, Dutuit and Hollstein 2

Engraving after Peter Paul Rubens (Siegen 1577 - 1640 Antwerp), executed by Schelte Adams Bolswert (Bolsward c. 1586 -1659 Antwerp). Bolswert was one of the major printmakers in the ...

Watermark: Schellenkappe (Foolscap) Similar to Churchill no. 340

Watermark: Wappen von Amsterdam mit Nebenmarke

References: Blum 38 II/IV Robert-Dumesnil 17 I/III Russell 49 II/IV Mannocci 42 IIb/III

Les Plaisirs du Bal (before 1st State), 1730 The Pleasures of the Ball Pure etching only by Gérard Jean-Baptiste Scotin II (born Paris 1698) 495 x 640 mm.; 19 3/8 x 25 1/8 inches ...

Provenance: Edouard Schultze (Lugt 906) References: Bartsch 34 Boorsch & Lewis 38 Notes: A fine impression of this engraving. Boorsch and Lewis state that this work dates from “the mid-1560s” and suggest that it was after a work by Giulio Romano...

Edition of 12

This watercolor of New York City bursting with energy in the 1960s is typical of Lersy's colorful and exuberant style. His work combines mid-century Modern abstraction with subjects...

Provenance: Directly from the atelier of the artist Notes: This is an excellent example of a depiction of a French countryside village, with an emphasis in simplicity.

Signed and dated, lower right Provenance: Atelier of the artist

Studio stamp of Gromaire, lower center Provenance: Atelier of the artist Notes: A typical Normandy beach scene, perhaps near Deauville or Trouville.

Studio stamp of Gromaire, lower left Provenance: Atelier of the artist Notes: Noyelles, where this drawing was created, is a small town in the Somme department of Northern France ...

Provenance: Atelier of the artist Notes: Studio stamp on the verso of this important, early work by Gromaire. Over the years there has been an ever-widening interest in the work o...

In a letter written to Czóbel after he had become quite ill in 1975, famous Portuguese painter Vieira da Silva writes: “My very dear Czóbel, We em...

In an article published in Le Figaro (Paris, March 19, 1964), Raymond Cogniat comments on Czóbel’s unique artistic style. He writes: “...Czóbel, who arrived Paris in the first years...

The Large Village Fair, 1685 Etching 268 x 377 mm.; 10 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam Provenance: H. Freiherr von und zu Aufsess (Lugt 2749) M. Menge (Lugt 1893a). References: Hollstein 16 Notes: A fine, early impression (before spots on the sky) of one of Dusart’s most powerful and fanciful works. Concerning the provenances of this etching: Hans von und zu Aufsess (1801-1872) was a great book lover and also a major collector of Old Master prints. He was one of the founders, in 1852, of the Germanisches Museum in Nürnberg and was that museum’s director until 1862. Mas Menge (died in 1945) was a famous violinist and also a major collector of Old Master prints and drawings.

The Singers (4th State), 1667 Etching printed with tone 240 x 190 mm.; 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches Provenance: W. Benoni White (Lugt 2592) Karl Herweg (not in Lugt) References: Godefroy 19 IV/VII Hollstein 19 IV/VII Pelletier, Georgia Museum of Art, 1994: nos. 46 and 47 Notes: A very fine impression of the rare 4th state (of seven) of this major Van Ostade. Godefroy illustrates differences between this 4th state and the following 5th state. In the latter state, there are several “escaped lines”, going obliquely from left to right, directly above the central post. These lines are not visible in the 4th state. Ostade was one of the most important of the printmakers within the Rembrandt circle. His prints, avoiding religious subjects, depicted beggars, peasants and artisans. Combining great artistic sensitivity with thorough mastery of the medium of etching, Ostade etchings present a unique artistic panorama of life in seventeenth-century Holland. Pelletier (S. William Pelletier, Adrian Van Ostade...

The Hunchbacked Fiddler (3rd State), 1654 Etching 266 x 113 mm.; 6 1/2 x 4 7/16 inches Watermark: Fleur-de-lys in a Crowned Shield References: Godefroy 44 III/VI Hollstein 44 III/VI Pelletier, Adrian van Ostade...

The Holy Family, 1634 Etching after Parmigianino (Parma 1503 - 1540 Casal Maggiore) 305 x 230 mm.; 12 x 9 inches References: Nagler Monogrammisten II...

Watermark: Lion and Star (Lieure 38) References: Lieure No. 505 Notes: An early impression of the only state of this major work. According to Lieure (Jacques Callot: Catalogue de l...