Maine - Prints and Multiples

Gropper, Will1am (American, 1897-1977). THE NEW BILL. Lithograph, c. 1941. 11 3/4 x 16 inches (image), 14 x 19 inches (sheet).Titled and signed in pencil. In excellent condition.

Villon, Jacques. LES HALEURS. GP E-332. Etching and drypoint, 1930. Final state. Edition of 50, numbered 34/50 and signed in pencil. 7 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches, 181 x 222 mm. (plate). Fra...

Johns, Jasper (American, born 1930). ALE CANS (I). Wesleyan 202. Lithograph from two plates (blue background, black image), 1975. Edition of 41 plus 11 Artist's Proofs. Signed in pen...

Johnston, Ynez. UNTITLED. Etching, not dated (but likely 1950s). Edition of 20, signed in pencil and numbered 4/20. 6 7/8 x 9 inches (plate), 8 x 10 5/8 inches (sheet). In excellent ...

Wilson, Edward A. (American, born Scotland, 1886 - 1970). UNTITLED - SHIPPING YARD. Lithograph, 1945. Edition of 25, signed and numbered 23/25. 11 x 13 inches (image), 13 1/2 x 15 in...

Avati, Mario. CORBEAU A LA BOUTEILLE (STILL LIFE WITH CROW AND WINE BOTTLE). Mezzotint, 1958. Edition of 30. Numbered XIII/XXX, titled, signed and dated in pencil. 17 1/2 x 23 3/4 in...

Whistler, James A. M. THE LITTLE COURT CLOTH FAIR. Spink 22. Lithograph, 1887. A lifetime impression, one of 12 printed by Way and signed in pencil with the Butterfly. Printed on Ivory colored wove paper without watermark. The sheet 11 9/16 x 6 inches. In very good condition with slight discoloration from the mat in the areas outside the mat window. Provenance: Collection of Otto Gerstenberg (see below) with his collectors stamp, Lugt 2785, the Secretary Montag's "M" and the inventory numbers 61248 KO5182 all on the verso; Horizon Gallery, Rockport, MA, with its label and annotations on the frame backing. Framed. Very rare. The following are translations from the entry on Gerstenberg in Lugt: Lugt 1921: O. GERSTENBERG (born 1848), director of the Insurance Company "Victoria", lives in Berlin. Old and modern prints. Otto Gerstenberg, born in Pyritz, studied mathematics and philosophy at the University of Berlin. After having been employed at the Prussian Statistical Office, in 1873 he entered the insurance company "Victoria" in Berlin as a mathematician-calculator, and became its director in 1888. He developed it in the following years and brought it up. to its present importance. Around 1900 he began to collect prints of which he now has a very large cabinet; as elders especially Schongauer, Dürer and Rembrandt, then Lucas de Leyde, Hirschvogel, van Dijck, Ostade and the French portrait painters. As modern it is necessary to point out, among the Germans »Greiner, Klinger, Leibl, Liebermann, Menzel, Stauffer-Bern; among the French, Corot, Daumier, Degas, Forain, Lepère, Manet, Meryon, Toulouse-Lautrec; among the English, Bone, Dodd, Goff, Haden, Strang; then an important work by Whistler and Goya and leaves by Rops and Zorn. Also has beautiful paintings. Lugt 1956: During the 1914-1918 war, the collectort had his collection transported to Switzerland and, when the war was over, he decided, quite reluctantly, to sell it. In the spring of 1922 the sale was concluded in Zurich with the merchants Gust. Mayer, of Colnaghi & C ° of London, and Mr. A. MacDonald, then a partner of Harlow & C ° of New York, who bought the set at a price corresponding roughly to the total prices paid by Gerstenberg. This was a large sum, because he had acquired several of his finest pieces in the big sales between 1900 and 1914 against the big enthusiasts of the time such as Morgan, Gutmann, Rothschild etc. It was Gaiser, of the firm H. G. Gutekunst in Stuttgart, who had generally carried out his orders in the sales. MacDonald believed he had a buyer for the set in America, but when the collection arrived there those hopes were dashed by a change in economic conditions. He then sold the parts separately. We will get an idea of ​​the importance of this collection by the following enumeration of the most beautiful pieces: among the Dürer, the Adam and Eve (from the Buccleuch and Hubert collections), the Saint-Eustache, the Mélancolie (from the collection Behaim, Dumesnil and Scholtz), the Knight of Death (from the Barnard and Hubert collections) and the Life of the Virgin series (from the St. Aubin collection); Dürer's work was almost complete. Quite remarkable was the Rembrandts' series, in which we note the Piece aux cent florins, sur Japon (collection Weber and Hubert), the Three Crosses, 1st state and 2nd state (collection Artaria and Hubert), the Little Tomb ( coll. John Wilson) and another proof on Japan, Death of the Virgin in Irstate (Josi coll.), St. Jerome, B. 103, unstead (Josi, Aylesford, Buccleuch and Hawkins coll.), the St. François (coll. Theobald); the series of portraits by Rembrandt was superb: Rembrandt himself drawing, B. 22, Ir état (from the Worlidge, Brit. Mus., Dighton and Theobald collections) and the same in the second state on Japan (Morrison collection), all the states of Clement de Jonghe, Jan Asselijn, Irtat (Josi, Aylesford, Buccleuch and Hubert coll.), old Haaring, 2nd state (same sources) and the young, 2nd state in Japan (Brodhurst and Lanna collection) , the Lutma in 1st state on japan (Josi, Aylesford, Baccleuch and Hubert collection) and a superb 2nd state (from the Firmin-Didot and Hubert collections), the Six in 3rd state (Ploos van Amstel collection); in landscapes: the three Trees (coll. Theobald), the three Chaumières (coll. Morgan and Lesecq des Tournelles), the Landscape with the tower, Ir état (coll. Aylesford, Holford and Hubert), the Campagne du peseur d ' gold, on Japan (Barnard, Holford and Theobald collection) and a State of Landscape with the drinking cow, on Japan (Theobald collection). Then a series of 51 Schongauer, including several of the first order, 8 of Hirschvogel, the portraits by van Dijck himself in first states (except D. 10 and 15, the most beautiful of the collection Theobald), beautiful series by Claude and van Ostade. The purchase included neither the important modern prints that Gerstenberg owned, nor his beautiful prints by Goya, nor a few drawings by the latter and Rembrandt. Gerstenberg was an enthusiastic collector who passionately loved his collection. When in 1922 the buyers announced their decision to acquire his old prints at the agreed price, he could not contain his tears. He later consoled himself by developing his series of watercolors and drawings of the French school of the nineteenth century, and he managed to own a magnificent set of Delacroix, Daumier, Degas, Monet and, in general, the Impressionists. . We do not know, at the present time, what happened to this part of his collection, but it is feared that part of it was lost or destroyed in the offices of the insurance company "Victoria" in Berlin or in its property in Silesia during the Russian invasion in 1945. The Toulouse-Lautrec which had been evacuated to Denmark were sold out of court after the war from 1939 to 1945. Gertstenberg died ,very old in 1935. The mark reproduced by us in L.2785 has rarely been used, but the origin of the prints is more easily recognized by the initial M, followed by a number (see L.1840c...

Heintzelman, Arthur William. OLD MAN WITH BOWL OF FRUIT. 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches,250 x 197 mm., with wide margins. Signed in pencil. In excellent condition.

Benson, Frank. RUNNING THE RAPIDS. Paff 269. Etching, 1927. Edition of 150. Signed in pencil. Printed on Whatman paper. 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches (plate), 8 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches (sheet). A...

Sloan, John. BARBER SHOP. Etching and aquatint, 1915, (Morse 173), 3rd (final) state, Only 35 were printed, by Sloan. Signed in pancil, lower right. 10 x 12 inches (256 x 308 mm (pl...

Soyer, Raphael. STREET SCENE WITH MOSES SOYER. Gettings 113 (not in Cole). Lithograph, 1970. 19 1/4 x 14 1/4 inches; 488 x 362 mm. Edition of 150, printed by Burr Miller. Signed in ...

Dine, Jim. GLYPTOTEK. Intaglios, 1988. Pace Editions, Waddington Graphics, and Jim Dine, NY and London, 1988. Edition of 90 plus 10 Artist's Proofs, of which this is Number 76. Signe...

Marini, Marino. JUGGLER. San Lazzarro Etcing no 35. Etching, 1954. Edition of 65, from the album of 23 etchings published by Crommelynck in 1970. Numbered 62/65 and signed in pencil...

Smith, Lawrence Beall (1902-1995). FROLIC. Lithograph, 1948. Edition of 250 published by Associated American Artists. 9 3/8 x 12 1/4 inches (image)12 3/8 x 17 1/4 inches (sheet). In ...

Jansem, Jean. MOTHER AND CHILD. Lithograph, not dated. Artist's proof aside from an edition of likely 75 or 100. Inscibed "E.A." (Epreuve d'Artiste) and signed in pencil. In very goo...

Frasconi, Antonio (American, born Uruguay, 1919-2013). BRECHT. Woodcut, 1961. Edition of 80, Titile, inscribed "Ed 80, signed, and dated, all in pencil. Printed on Rives paper. 26 1/...

Dine, Jim. SELF-PORTRAIT IN A FLAT CAP (WINTER). Krens and Castleman, 181. Etching, 1974. First State, published by Petersburgh Press. The Bon A Tirer proof b...

Roth, Ernest (American, 1879-1964). THE WOODEN BRIDGE,VENICE. Etching, 1906. Signed and dated in pencil 7 x 8 3/8 inches (plate), 9 x 10 3/4 inches (sheet). In excellent condition.

Doyle, John L. (American, 1939 - 2010). THE GREAT HUMAN RACE - MERCHANTS AND TRADERS. Fishy Whale Press, Rockford, IL., 1983. Boxed portfolio of 20 lithogra...

Pechstein, Hermann Max (German, 1881-1955): NACH DEM BAD (AFTER THE BATH). Krueger R 118. Etching and drypoint, 1920. Signed in pencil. Published by Die Schaffenden...

Roth, Ernest (American, 1879-1964). BRIDGE AT CHARTRES. Etching, 1927. A Trial Proof before the edition (if any). Inscribed in pencil "Trial Proof A (Bridge at Chartres) 1927." Signe...

Barton, John Murray. MY BELOVED. Color Woodcut, 1958. Edition of 125. Titled, numbered 1/125, signed and dated in pencil. 23 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (image), 11 1/2 x 27 inches (sheet). I...

Hnizdovsky, Jacques. BOUQUET. Tahir 41. Woodcut, 1964. Edition of 150. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 92/150 in pencil. 15 x 18 inches on a sheet 20 x 23 1/2 inches (matted to c....

Kuhn, Walt, (American, 1877-1949). PEGGY. Lithograph, not dated, but likely 1925-1930. Edition size not stated, but likely 50. Signed in pencil, and inscribed at the lower edge of th...

Bosman, Richard (Australian, born 1944). ATTACKER. Woodcut in seven colors, 1982. Artist's proof aside from the edition of 48 plus 9 Artist's Proofs. Signed in pencil an annotated "A...

Bishop, Isabel. LEANING ON THE WALL. Teller 4. Etching, 1927. A rare Proof printed by the artist; there was no edition of this print. Signed in pencil, lower right, and inscribed "Li...

Hayter, Stanley William. SARGASSO SEA. B&M 264. Etching, Scraper, Scorper and Roulette, in color, 1961-62. Edition of 50 (there were also 5 artist's proofs, and several trial proofs ...

Hayter, Stanley William. LA NUIT. B&M 258. Etching and aquating, in color, 1960. Edition of 50 (there were also 5 artist's proofs, and several trial proofs in other color variants. S...

Frasconi, Antonio. SIX SOUTH AMERICAN FOLK RHYMES ABOUT LOVE. South Norwalk, CT., 1964. Edition of 2000, of which this is one of 100 numbered and with a signed woodcut frontispiece. ...

Ackermann, Max (German, 1887-1975). DIE SCHAUSPIELERIN HILDE KORBER. Etching, 1928. A proof before, or in addition to the edition of 200. Signed and dated "Max Ackermann 1928" in pen...

Barnet, Will. THE BASSINETTE. Cole 61, Szoke 62. Etching, 1939. Edition of 30, printed by the artist on Rives paper. Titled "The Bassinet" (sic), and signed in pencil. Margins of 1 1...

Kitaj, R. B. FIRST SERIES - SOME POETS. Marlborough AG, Schellenburg, FL, 1970. Number 69 of the edition of 70 (there were about 15 additional proofs for the Artist, the Printer, and...

Zuniga, Francisco. MUJER BEBIENDO (WOMAN DRINKING). B.98. Lithograph in colors, 1984. Edition of 285, including proofs, this being numbered 4/250. Signe...

Sloan, John (American, 1871-1951). FRANKIE AND JOHNNIE. or HIM Morse 236. Etching, 1928. Edition of 100 (but only 50 were printed, by Platt). Dated and Titled in the plate, and Signed in pencil by Sloan and inscribed "100 Proofs," and also signed by Peter Platt. With tack holes and deckled edges. 5 x 8 inches, 126 x 203 mm. (plate), 8 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (sheet). In excellent condition. From Morse: " A small chorus singing 'Frankie and Johnnie' crowds the tiny stage of the Provincetown Players Theater in MacDougal Street. An episode from E. E. Cummings' intelligent and entertaining production, HIM." (Sloan writing in 1945). "HIM" is about as thrilling an evening's entertainment as I have ever experienced. I liked it thoroughly -- I do not claim to understand it -- I do not believe that a work of art can be, nor need be understood, even by the maker. It seemed to me to be a glimpse inside the cranium of an artist-poet." (Sloan in a letter to James Light, the director of the play) Though Morse says the stars were Hemsley Williams and Goldye Steiner, it was actually Hemliey Winfield (1907 - 1934), the founder of the New Negro Art Theater Dance Group. This company was very successful and highly regarded. It appeared in the Metropolitan Opera's premier of Louis Gruenberg's setting of Eugene O'Neill's "The Emperor...

Dubuffet, Jean. ECRITS ET LITHOGRAPHIES - GALERIE LA POCHADE. Lithograph in colors, 1968. Poster for an exhibition of Dubuffet's work. Numbered 70/100 and initialed and dated "J.D. 6...

Peterdi, Gabor. American, 1915-2001. WOUNDED DARKNESS. P.132. Etching, engraving and aquatint on zinc, with four stenciled colors, 1956. Edition of 35. Signed in pencil and numbere...

Chagall (after), Marc. MARC CHAGALL GRAND PALAIS (THE MAGICIAN OF PARIS). Sorlier 120. Poster, 1970. Lithographic reproduction by CHarles Sorlier after a ...

Sloan, John. MAN MONKEY. M.130. Etching, 1905. Edition of 100, Signed by Sloan. Dated in the lower margin "June 13 - 1905," and further inscribed "J. S. imp. dated by Sloan - final s...

Sloan, John. SHINE, WASHINGTON SQUARE. Morse 206. Etching, 1923. Signed, titled and inscribed "100 proofs," and further inscribed "Peter Platt imp." Morse says that 80 were print...

Hayter, Stanley William. ONDE VERTE. B/M 290. Soft-ground, etching, and scorper in three colors, 1965. Edition of 50, numbered 25/50 and signed in pencil. Published by Editions Alect...

Zalce, Alfredo (Mexican 1908-2003). FISHERMAN - FROM ESTAMPAS DE YUCATAN. Lithograph, 1945. Edition of 100. From the portfolio of eight lithographs. Printed in brown on cream colored wove paper by Jose Sanchez at Taller de Grafica Popular...

McManus, Blanche. THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN HORN. Color lithograph poster, 1901. Monogram in the plate. 16 1/4 x 12 inches, framed to 23 x 18 1/2 inches. In very good condition with ...

Phelan, Ellen. UNTITLED. Aquatint, c. 1994. Edition of 75, from the Portfolio "Six Couples - Twelve Prints" published by Parasol Press, Portland, Oregon, 1996. Numbered 27/75, and s...

Kuniyoshi, Yasuo. NUDE AT DOOR. Davis L-31. Lithograph, 1928. Edition of 36. Printed by Desjobert, Paris. Chine colle printed on cream colored China paper, and laid to a white vove ...

Landeck, Armin (American 1905-1984). YORK AVENUE TENEMENTS. Kraeft 74. Etching, 1938. Ed. 100, signed and dated in pencil. 10 1/2 x 9 inches, framed to 17 ...

Moore, Henry (British, 1898-1986). SIX HEADS - OLYMPIANS. (C. 657), 1983. Lithograph in colors on Arches paper, signed in pencil and numbered XXV/XXXV (Artist's Proofs additional to ...

Bishop, Isabel. TAKING OFF HER COAT (REACHING FOR THE COAT SLEEVE). Etching, 1943. Teller 32. An early proof, printed by Bishop before the 1981 edition of 50 printed by Stephen Sholinsky...

Wilson, John W. SEATED WOMAN. Etching and aquatint, 1973. A Proof aside from the edition of 75. Inscribed "Guide Proof" and signed in pencil. 18 x 12 1/2 inches, 457 x 315 mm. (plat...

Neufeld, Woldemar. THE HARBOR WORKHORSE. Woodcut in colors, not dated (c.1940s-50s). Edition size not known, but likely 50 or fewer. 17 1/2 x 12 inches, plu...

Bacon, Peggy. HATTY. Flint 48. Drypoint, 1921. Titled, signed and dated in pencil. 5 1/2 x 8 7/16 inches (plate), 9 5/16 x 12 1/2 inches (sheet). In excellent condition. "A rest...

Moy, Seong (American, born China, 1921-2013). SPRING RAIN. Color woodcut, 1963. Edition of 210 published by IGAS. Signed, numbered 188/210, and titled in p...

Bresslern-Roth, Norbertine (Austrian, 1891-1978). LEOPARDENJAGD (LEOPARD HUNT). Linoleum cut in colors, 1927. Signed, titled and inscribed "Handdruck" (ha...

Bellows, George. THE LIFE CLASS - SECOND STONE (THE MODEL, LIFE CLASS). Mason 43, Bellows 193. Lithograph, 1917. Edition of 49, signed by Bellows. Inscribed "No.20," titled and sign...

Jacquette, Yvonne. (American, 1934-2023). SKOWHEGAN II Aquatint, 1987. Editon of 35. Signed, dated and numbered 12/35, all in pencil. 20 1/2 x 15 7/8 inches (plate), 29 x 22 1/2 inch...

Parrish, Maxfield. HARPER'S WEEKLY - BICYLCE NUMBER. Vol XL, April 4, 1896. 16 x 12 inches. With front and back covers by Parrish, and an ad by Will Bradley for Victor Bicycles on th...

Dufy, Raoul. LA PECHE (FISHING). Woodcut, c. 1925. From "The Pleasures of Peace." Edition of 220 stamped with the estate stamp "Atelier Raoul Dufy." 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches (image) 1...

Schrag, Karl. FOREST IN THE RAIN. Syracuse 169. Etching and engraving, 1970. Edition of 50, titled, numbered, dated, and signed, all in pencil. 9 x 15 inches (plate), with full marg...

Campendonk, Heinrich. DER HIRT MIT DER GROSSEN ZIEGE (THE SHEPHERD WITH THE LARGE GOAT). WV47(b). Woodcut printed in colors, 1920. 12 5/8 x 9 7/8 inches; 321 x 250 mm. Signed in penc...

Bishop, Isabel. IN FRONT OF THE 42ND STREET LIBRARY. Teller 3. Etching, 1927. 4 x 3 inches; 100 x 75 mm. Signed in pencil. One of only a few lifetime impre...

Francis, Sam. SELF-PORTRAIT. Lembark 52. Etching, 1982. Edition of 20, signed and numbered "1/20" in pencil. Printed on Fabriano Tiepolo paper, and published by 3EP, Ltd., Palo Alto,...