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Item Ships From: Illinois
Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Houses in Unterach on Lake Attersee" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #29, Am Attersee; brown-toned monochrome collotype after the 1915-16 painting in oil on canvas. GUSTAV KLIMT EINE NACHLESE (GUSTAV KLIMT AN AFTERMATH), a portfolio of 30 collotypes prints, 15 are multi-color and 15 are monochrome, on chine colle paper laid down on heavy cream-wove paper with deckled edges; Max Eisler, Editor-Publisher; Osterreichischer Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), Printer; in a limited edition of 500 numbered examples of which: 200 were printed in German, 150 were printed in French and 150 were printed in English; Vienna, 1931. 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Gustav Klimt’s death. It is a fitting time to reflect upon the enduring legacy and deep impact of his art. Recognizing this need for posterity with uncanny foresight, the publication of Gustav Klimt: An Aftermath (Eine Nachlese) provides a rare collection of work after Klimt which has proven to be an indispensable tool for Klimt scholarship as well as a source for pure visual delight. Approximately 25 percent of the original works featured in the Aftermath portfolio have since been lost. Of those 30, six were destroyed by fire on 8 May 1945. On that fateful final day of WWII, the retreating Feldherrnhalle, a tank division of the German Army, set fire to the Schloss Immendorf which was a 16th century castle in Lower Austria used between 1942-1945 to store objects of art. All three of Klimt’s Faculty Paintings: Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence (1900-1907), originally created for the University of Vienna, were on premises at that time. Also among the inventory of Klimt paintings in storage there was art which had been confiscated by the Nazis. One of the most significant confiscated collections was the Lederer collection which featured many works by Gustav Klimt such as Girlfriends II and Garden Path with Chickens. In many instances, Aftermath is our only link to these lost treasures. Max Eisler (1881-1937), the publisher of the 1931 Aftermath portfolio, was an art historian at Vienna University specializing in modern and contemporary arts and crafts whose 1920 book on Klimt was the first Klimt monograph. He saw An Aftermath as filling-in important gaps left by the earlier print portfolios which had only featured Klimt up to 1913 and which had glossed over major art projects such as the Tree of Life frieze for the Palais Stoclet. And whereas only 10 of the 50 prints from the earlier portfolios published by H.O. Miethke were made in intricate multi-color images, Eisler augmented the earlier format by featuring half of the 30 images in stunning multi-colored collotypes. Understanding the fragile nature of the collotype printing process also reinforces this project’s distinctive and exceptional characteristics. Fragile collotype plates can not be reused. As such, this necessitates the completion of a run on the first go and also dictates a limited production number. Printed by hand, the collotypes required deft handling by the printer, Osterreichische Staatsdruckerei. A complicated and lengthy process involving gelatin colloids mixed with dichromates, the creation of 16 color separation thin glass filters to achieve the light-sensitive internegative images which could faithfully capture all of the painting’s tonal gradations and colors, exposure to actinic light, and delicate chine collie papers which allowed for greater color saturation, the printer’s collaborative role in capturing and transmitting Klimt’s nuanced paint strokes is nothing short of remarkable. The Österreichische Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), was the successor to the KK Hof -und Staatsdruckerei which was founded by Emperor Franz I in 1804 and whose collotype printing innovations of Klimt’s art...
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1930s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper

Italian Garden Landscape, Gustav Klimt An Aftermath collotype, 1931
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original 1931 collotype created from Gustav Kilmt’s Italian Garden Landscape, oil on canvas, 1913. Published by Max Eisler and printed by Österreichischer Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), Vienna, in an edition of 500. In 1931, Max Eisler published the most notable posthumous collection of Gustav Klimt works to date. Using a complex gravure process, Klimt’s original...
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1930s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

A Handsome Woodcut on Paper of the Univ. of Chicago Chapel by Siegfried Weng
Located in Chicago, IL
A handsome woodcut on paper of the University of Chicago Chapel by artist Siegfried Weng. A perfect gift for your U of C grad! Arwork size: 9 3/4" x 7 1/2". Archivally matted to...
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1920s American Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

Passion is the Very Fact of God in Man
By Mary Corita (Sister Corita) Kent
Located in Morton Grove, IL
Sister Mary Corita Kent Passion is the Very Fact of God in Man screenprint on Pellon rice paper 30 x40" edition of 50 1963 signed *Slight condition issues due to aging.
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1960s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Illustration for Hésperus by Carlos Schwabe, Symbolist fantasy aquarelle, 1904
By Carlos Schwabe
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph from Carlos Schwabe’s series of hand-colored Symbolist fantasy illustrations for Catulle Mendès’ Hésperus, published in 1904 by Société de pr...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Aquatint

Original "Lilies" by Donald Sultan
By Donald Sultan
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Donald K. Sultan (b. 1951) "Lilies" Screenprint in colors on arches 88 wove paper, 1998 Sheet size 24 x 20 inches Ed. 47 of 70 Initialed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil alo...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Screen

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Artist's Sister-in-Law" Collotype plate
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
After Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his mas...
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1920s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Folies Bergère: Fleur de Lotus by Jules Chéret, Belle Époque lithograph, 1896
By Jules Chéret
Located in Chicago, IL
Belle Époque lithograph of Folies Bergère: Fleur de Lotus by Jules Chéret, published in 1896 by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris. While Fleur de Lotus ...
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1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Sleeping Woman" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #1 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Kli...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

"Peter Pathe Marie Hagan" Original Lithograph Poster by Walter Schnackenberg
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Original vintage lithograph poster with depiction of Munich-based balletic duo Peter Pathe and Maria Hagen. Design by Walter Schnackenberg (German, 1880-1961). A very scarce example....
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1910s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Sleeping Couple" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #15 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Kl...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Flirt Biscuits by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Hinsdale, IL
ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860 – 1939) Flirt Biscuits Rennert/Weill 72 Lithograph in colors c. 1900 Signed in stone, lower right margin Image: 24” x 11”, Paper: 25 ¼” x 11 ¾” F...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Resting The Horses
By Olaf Wieghorst
Located in New York, NY
Etching, 1937. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil lower right margin. A scarce etching by this important American western artist.
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1930s American Realist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Défaite de la cavalerie Turque (1st State)
By Jacques Callot
Located in Chicago, IL
Defeat of the Turkish Cavalry (1st State) From: The Life of Ferdinando de'Medici Engraving 224 x 300 mm.; 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches Reference: Lieure No. 154 Meaume No. 541 Ru...
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17th Century Baroque Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Folsom Street Variation III (Primaries)
By Richard Diebenkorn
Located in New York, NY
Superb color work by American Abstract Expressionist master Richard Diebenkorn, from a limited edition of 60. Signed by Diebenkorn and numbered in pencil. Published by Crown Point ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Lizard Cup
By Ken Price
Located in Morton Grove, IL
silkscreen
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20th Century Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Thy Kingdom Come" 1899 mandala lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph mandala plate of Thy Kingdom Come from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henri Piazza in Paris in an edition of 510, 1899. “Le Pater is the perfect convergence of three important movements at the close of the 19th century: Art Nouveau, Mysticism, and Religion. Art Nouveau, through its respect and honor of Nature, promotes the idea of a spirit of energy coursing through all things–a tenet of Mysticism–that finds foundation in the traditions of Mucha's personal relationship with the imagery of Religion. Le Pater gave Mucha a venue to communicate his beliefs specifically through his unique approach to Art and the coded language he had been learning through his devotion to Masonic teachings. He combined the aesthetics of Medieval manuscripts with Moorish arabesques, Byzantine mandalas, and Classical Renaissance melodrama to create a body of work that guided viewers across the gap between the ancient and the modern. The published plates for Le Pater were struck by Champenois on December 20, 1899 in an edition of 510 copies with the express agreement that they never be reprinted. As much of Mucha's work had been commercialized by Champenois due to numerous printings across multiple mediums, by this point he felt he had earned the right to insist on this deeply personal work existing only in the original release he had envisioned. The title page, prayer plates, and illuminated manuscript pages...
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1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Ottokar Mascha Folio, plate 8: "Poster for the 1st Vienna Secession Exhibition"
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
After GUSTAV KLIMT (1862-1918) THESEUS UND MINOTAURUS, 1898, final design submission for poster advertising the first exhibition of the Vienna Secession, (In Mascha, no. 8) As a cele...
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1910s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Doomrosie
By Marlene Dumas
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph printed in black ink and light beige on Zerkall cream wove paper. Signed by the artist and dated in pencil in lower right margin.
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1980s Feminist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Salsomaggiore" Original Lithograph poster by Galileo Chini
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph in custom frame by artist Gail Potocki. Artist insignia in lower right corner.
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1920s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Opium" Lithograph Poster by Theo Matejko
By Theo Matejko
Located in Chicago, IL
Frame is handmade by artist Gail Potocki. WEAG-Matejko, Printer, Vienna "In 1919, artist Theo Matejko created this lithograph for Robert Reinert's silent film Opium (starring Conra...
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1910s Expressionist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Dying Woman" Copper Plate Heliogravure
By Ferdinand Hodler & R. Piper & Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
2018 marks the centenary anniversary of Ferdinand Hodler’s death. In that 100 years time, the art world’s esteem of this important artist has proved fickle. It has shifted from extol...
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1910s Symbolist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under ...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Female semi-nude on bedding, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch), 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype lithograph of Gustav Kilmt’s Female semi-nude on bedding, published in the 1922 Handzeichnungen portfolio by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. This artwork is presented in archival rag mat and arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Klimt’s mastery of depth is most evident in the gentleness of his linework. Without the aid of shadow or the subtlety of values, the gestures of line allow the viewer a sense of a three-dimensional person or object. The meticulous lithographic process used to create Klimt’s Handzeichnungen portfolio ensures exceptionally crisp markings bearing a strong resemblance to the original sketches. This series showcases the quintessence behind Klimt’s signature visual style. This artwork arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Century Guild has curated collections of Gustav Klimt’s printed...
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1920s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Gustav Klimt "2nd Study for Water Serpents" collotype from Funfundzwanzig folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Title page numbered: 263/450
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1910s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Death of the Gravedigger by Carlos Schwabe, Symbolist lithograph, c. 1900
By Carlos Schwabe
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph of Symbolist painter Carlos Schwabe’s oil painting La mort du fossoyeur (The Death of the Gravedigger), 1895, published c. 1900 in Art et déc...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

The Swamp by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk lifetime landscape collotype, 1908-1912
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original collotype created from Gustav Klimt’s The Swamp, painted in 1900. Published and edited by Verlag H.O. Miethke and printed by k.k. Hof- und Sta...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

E. Strache, Handzeichnungen folio, "Portrait Study (Head of a Girl)" Collotype
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his mas...
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1920s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

"Femme au Tub" from "Elles" by Toulouse-Lautrec
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Hinsdale, IL
TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, HENRI DE (1864-1901) "FEMME AU TUB" (Woman with Tub) From the series, “Elles”, c. 1896 Wittrock 159, Adhemar 204 From the edition of 100; per Wittrock Original color crayon brush and splatter lithograph, five colors, printed on wove paper Printed without margins to deckled edge of paper Bearing Artist’s Monogram Stamp...
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1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Crayon, Lithograph

Vintage Chinese Advertisement Poster, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This poster from the 1930s melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography—and a side of risque. The poster features a young woman dressed in a fur-trimmed coat with Western accessories...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink

"Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread" Original 1899 Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Alphonse Mucha worked mainly as a poster artist and became an influential figure of Art Nouveau in late 1890s, when poster illustrations were emerging as popular art form and new pri...
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1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Water Snakes I" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
Water Snakes I, no. 9 from the first installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts Known by various names, Women Friends, Girlfriends, Water Snakes I and what Kli...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

"On Earth as it is in Heaven" Original 1899 Color Lithograph by Alphonse Mucha
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Alphonse Mucha worked mainly as a poster artist and became an influential figure of Art Nouveau in late 1890s, when poster illustrations were emerging as popular art form and new pri...
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1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Parets" original colograph by Helen Frankenthaler
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in Hinsdale, IL
Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) "Parets" Collagraph drawn with Araldite glue, c. 1988 Printed in light burnt sienna from one steel plate, off white handmade paper Signed in lowe...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media

1940 Pullman Company Poster "Travel the Pullman Way to Summer Vacationlands"
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1940 offset lithograph, Pullman Company Poster "Travel the Pullman Way to Summer Vacationlands" featuring two women at the beach, in its original frame! Image size: 26 1/2" x 20 ...
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1940s Other Art Style Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph, Offset

Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Hallowed Be Thy Name" 1899 mandala lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph mandala plate of Hallowed Be Thy Name from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henri Piazza in Paris in an edition of 510, 1899. “Le Pater is the perfect convergence of three important movements at the close of the 19th century: Art Nouveau, Mysticism, and Religion. Art Nouveau, through its respect and honor of Nature, promotes the idea of a spirit of energy coursing through all things–a tenet of Mysticism–that finds foundation in the traditions of Mucha's personal relationship with the imagery of Religion. Le Pater gave Mucha a venue to communicate his beliefs specifically through his unique approach to Art and the coded language he had been learning through his devotion to Masonic teachings. He combined the aesthetics of Medieval manuscripts with Moorish arabesques, Byzantine mandalas, and Classical Renaissance melodrama to create a body of work that guided viewers across the gap between the ancient and the modern. The published plates for Le Pater were struck by Champenois on December 20, 1899 in an edition of 510 copies with the express agreement that they never be reprinted. As much of Mucha's work had been commercialized by Champenois due to numerous printings across multiple mediums, by this point he felt he had earned the right to insist on this deeply personal work existing only in the original release he had envisioned. The title page, prayer plates, and illuminated manuscript pages...
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1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Plaza Real
By Helen Frankenthaler
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color soft-ground etching, etching and aquatint on White Rives BFK paper. Signed, dated and numbered 55/60 in pencil, lower margin. Printed and publish...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Color, Etching, Aquatint

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Life is a Struggle" collotype print
By Gustav Klimt & K.K. Hof-und Staatsdruckerei
Located in Chicago, IL
Life is a Struggle (The Golden Knight), no. 10 from the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts With his golden armor meticulously and faithfully rendered after examples found ...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper

The Face in the Windmill
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in New York, NY
Color Lithograph. Artist's proof, aside from an edition of 150. Signed and inscribed "EA" in lower right and left corner respectively. Published by Sidney Z. Lucas, New York. C...
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1960s Surrealist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

Materials

Lithograph, Color

Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Thy Kingdom Come" 1899 sepia lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph sepia plate of Thy Kingdom Come from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henr...
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1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

De l'Origine des Espèces par Voie de Sélection Irrationelle: Buste de femme
By Man Ray
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this color lithograph. Signed and numbered 51/180 in pencil. Printed by Mourlot, Paris. Published by Leon Amiel, New York, and XXe Siècle, Paris. From the s...
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1970s Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Color, Lithograph

Reclining nude, Gustav Klimt Handzeichnungen (Sketch) collotype lithograph, 1922
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Original 1922 collotype lithograph of a reclining nude figure, created from Gustav Kilmt’s handzeichnungen (sketch). Published by Thyrsos Verlag, Leipzig and Vienna, in an edition of 375. Klimt’s mastery of depth is most evident in the gentleness of his linework. Without the aid of shadow or the subtlety of values, the gestures of line allow the viewer a sense of a three-dimensional person or object. The meticulous lithographic process used to create Klimt’s Handzeichnungen portfolio ensures exceptionally crisp markings bearing a strong resemblance to the original sketches. This series showcases the quintessence behind Klimt’s signature visual style. This artwork arrives accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Century Guild has curated collections of Gustav Klimt’s printed...
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1920s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Masturbating Woman Surrounded by Black
By (after) Egon Schiele
Located in Chicago, IL
Published anonymously c. 1920, Vienna, in an edition of 100, after the original gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper, signed and dated in the plate by the artist in middle right: ...
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1920s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

French Art Exhibition Poster by Raoul Dufy, Modernist Lithograph, 1959
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Chicago, IL
"Exposition d'Art Français" features a busy, dreamy depiction of the French countryside in a very loose style. Created by Raoul Dufy as the poster for an exhibition held in Kaunas, L...
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1930s Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

A ca. 1940 Etching Titled "Tip of Manhattan" by Artist Nat Lowell
By Nat Lowell
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1940 etching of a view of the Manhattan skyline by artist Nat Lowell. Signed and titled in pencil, ca. 1940. Artworks size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/4". Arc...
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1940s American Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Paper

Gustav Klimt "Woman in Boa" collotype from Funfundzwanzig Handzeichnungen
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Title page numbered: 263/450. Includes handmade, gold-leaf frame.
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1910s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

"Seated Woman Semi-nude" by Gustav Klimt - Original Print from Courtesans Folio
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Plate #2 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...
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Early 1900s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Ballet und Pantomime "Scherzo II", plate #15.
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell o...
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1920s Art Deco Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Alphonse Mucha's Le Pater: "Our Father Who Art in Heaven" 1899 lithograph
By Alphonse Mucha
Located in Chicago, IL
Stone lithograph sepia plate of Our Father Who Art in Heaven from Alphonse Mucha’s masterpiece of mysticism, Le Pater. Printed by F. Champenois, published by Henri Piazza in Paris in an edition of 510, 1899. “Le Pater is the perfect convergence of three important movements at the close of the 19th century: Art Nouveau, Mysticism, and Religion. Art Nouveau, through its respect and honor of Nature, promotes the idea of a spirit of energy coursing through all things–a tenet of Mysticism–that finds foundation in the traditions of Mucha's personal relationship with the imagery of Religion. Le Pater gave Mucha a venue to communicate his beliefs specifically through his unique approach to Art and the coded language he had been learning through his devotion to Masonic teachings. He combined the aesthetics of Medieval manuscripts with Moorish arabesques, Byzantine mandalas, and Classical Renaissance melodrama to create a body of work that guided viewers across the gap between the ancient and the modern. The published plates for Le Pater were struck by Champenois on December 20, 1899 in an edition of 510 copies with the express agreement that they never be reprinted. As much of Mucha's work had been commercialized by Champenois due to numerous printings across multiple mediums, by this point he felt he had earned the right to insist on this deeply personal work existing only in the original release he had envisioned. The title page, prayer plates, and illuminated manuscript pages...
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1890s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

UNTITLED (INV# NP2230) by Ken Price
By Ken Price
Located in Morton Grove, IL
UNTITLED (INV# NP2230) Ken Price silkscreen on Arches 88 paper 14.875 x 12.375” 1981 edition of 150 stamped by Ken Price, SOMA Fine Art Press and Arabesque Books Ken Price (1935 - ...
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1980s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Screen

La Dame à la Collerette (Portrait de Jacqueline à la fraise)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
A superb impression of this color linoleum cut. Signed and numbered 29/50 in pencil by Picasso. Printed by Arnéra, Vallauris. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. Catalogue r...
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1960s Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Color, Linocut

Series 347:301 (Raphael et Fornarina VI: Enfin seuls)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this etching. Signed and numbered 35/50 in pencil by Picasso. Printed by Crommelynck, Mougins. Published by Galerie Louise Leiris, Paris. From "347 Gravures...
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1960s Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Max Eisler Eine Nachlese folio "Gastein" collotype
By (after) Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
After Gustav Klimt, Max Eisler Plate #21, Gastein; grey-green monochrome collotype after the 1917 painting in oil on canvas. Original destroyed by fire May 1945. GUSTAV KLIMT EINE NACHLESE (GUSTAV KLIMT AN AFTERMATH), a portfolio of 30 collotypes prints, 15 are multi-color and 15 are monochrome, on chine colle paper laid down on heavy cream-wove paper with deckled edges; Max Eisler, Editor-Publisher; Osterreichischer Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), Printer; in a limited edition of 500 numbered examples of which: 200 were printed in German, 150 were printed in French and 150 were printed in English; Vienna, 1931. 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Gustav Klimt’s death. It is a fitting time to reflect upon the enduring legacy and deep impact of his art. Recognizing this need for posterity with uncanny foresight, the publication of Gustav Klimt: An Aftermath (Eine Nachlese) provides a rare collection of work after Klimt which has proven to be an indispensable tool for Klimt scholarship as well as a source for pure visual delight. Approximately 25 percent of the original works featured in the Aftermath portfolio have since been lost. Of those 30, six were destroyed by fire on 8 May 1945. On that fateful final day of WWII, the retreating Feldherrnhalle, a tank division of the German Army, set fire to the Schloss Immendorf which was a 16th century castle in Lower Austria used between 1942-1945 to store objects of art. All three of Klimt’s Faculty Paintings: Philosophy, Medicine and Jurisprudence (1900-1907), originally created for the University of Vienna, were on premises at that time. Also among the inventory of Klimt paintings in storage there was art which had been confiscated by the Nazis. One of the most significant confiscated collections was the Lederer collection which featured many works by Gustav Klimt such as Girlfriends II and Garden Path with Chickens. In many instances, Aftermath is our only link to these lost treasures. Max Eisler (1881-1937), the publisher of the 1931 Aftermath portfolio, was an art historian at Vienna University specializing in modern and contemporary arts and crafts whose 1920 book on Klimt was the first Klimt monograph. He saw An Aftermath as filling-in important gaps left by the earlier print portfolios which had only featured Klimt up to 1913 and which had glossed over major art projects such as the Tree of Life frieze for the Palais Stoclet. And whereas only 10 of the 50 prints from the earlier portfolios published by H.O. Miethke were made in intricate multi-color images, Eisler augmented the earlier format by featuring half of the 30 images in stunning multi-colored collotypes. Understanding the fragile nature of the collotype printing process also reinforces this project’s distinctive and exceptional characteristics. Fragile collotype plates can not be reused. As such, this necessitates the completion of a run on the first go and also dictates a limited production number. Printed by hand, the collotypes required deft handling by the printer, Osterreichische Staatsdruckerei. A complicated and lengthy process involving gelatin colloids mixed with dichromates, the creation of 16 color separation thin glass filters to achieve the light-sensitive internegative images which could faithfully capture all of the painting’s tonal gradations and colors, exposure to actinic light, and delicate chine collie papers which allowed for greater color saturation, the printer’s collaborative role in capturing and transmitting Klimt’s nuanced paint strokes is nothing short of remarkable. The Österreichische Staatsdruckerei (Austrian State Printing Office), was the successor to the KK Hof -und Staatsdruckerei which was founded by Emperor Franz I in 1804 and whose collotype printing innovations of Klimt’s art...
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1930s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Untitled (Litho #7)
By Willem de Kooning
Located in New York, NY
A very good impression of this scarce and early lithograph on Arches. Edition of 50. Printed at Hollander's Workshop, Inc., New York, with the blind stamp lower right. Provenance: ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Gerlach's Allegorien, plate #66: "Tragedy" Lithograph, Gustav Klimt.
By Gustav Klimt
Located in Chicago, IL
Gustav Klimt created this image for inclusion in Gerlach & Schenk’s Allegorien the year before he formed the Vienna Secession. While this design is similar to his other inclusions, L...
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1890s Vienna Secession Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Laderlappen" Original Lithograph Poster by Walter Schnackenberg
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Printed by Oscar Consee, Munich, 1922 Not much is known about this Stockholm-based cabaret act. Translating literally as Bat Man, we see a young dancer tease an oversized bat wearing a monocle -- a truly bizarre but beautiful design. (text by Jack Rennert) Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery...
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1920s Art Nouveau Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Androgyne, Hésperus by Carlos Schwabe, Mystical Symbolist illustration, 1904
By Carlos Schwabe
Located in Chicago, IL
Lithograph from Carlos Schwabe’s series of hand-colored Symbolist fantasy illustrations for Catulle Mendès’ Hésperus, published in 1904 by Société de pr...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Aquatint

Moody Untitled 1920s Boris Anisfeld Lithograph of Figures and City Buildings
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1920s moody, Modernist lithograph by notable artist Boris Israelevich Anisfeld, depicting figures and buildings. Artwork size: 11 3/4" x 9". Archivally matted to 16" x 14". ...
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1920s Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

A Charming Lithograph of a Carnival by Children's Book Illustrator, Jo Poulson
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming ca. 1935 lithograph of children on a carousel, created by children's book illustrator, Jo Poulson. Artwork size: 10" x 14". Archivally matted to 16" x 20". In 1904, Josephine Hollingsworth Poulson was born in Lebanon Indiana. In 1926, she graduated from the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis and in 1929, she moved to Chicago to become an illustrator of children’s books. She continued her studies at the Art Institute of Chicago, studying with Francis Chapin. In 1942, she had a one-woman show of her watercolors at the Hoosier Art...
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1950s American Modern Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Paper

Untitled (Ship Captain Faces Charge in Oil Spill)
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in New York, NY
From the Peace Portfolio I. Color litho on Rives BFK. Signed, numbered (50/175), dated in pencil in lower right corner. Blind stamp lower right. Printed by Solomon and Company, New ...
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1970s Contemporary Illinois - Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Color

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