Fantasy with Three Figures
Drypoint, 1925, Van Es D 113, only two impressions recorded in the catalogue raisonné. 11 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. Signed and dated in the plate at the bottom, center. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression printed with plate tone. The margins are full and the condition is very good (There's a slight bit of discoloration within an earlier mat opening.) This very rare print is an exemplary work by the artist. A proud mother and father are thrilled with their young child while the child is positively goulish.
$2,000

Fantasy; Five Figures
Drypoint, 1923, Van Es D 095; edition 12. Van Es has traced only 2 impressions. 8 x 9 1/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This is a stellar example of the artist's "sensitivic" style where he created fantaasy images with caricatures of people for his own enjoyment. These prints are unique in the history of Dutch art and represent a major aspect of Mesquita's graphic work.
$1,500

Fantasy; Four Heads... (Fantassy; vier koppen...)
Drypoint, circa 1935, van Es D141, edition unknown. 8 1/8 x 9 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression of this very rare print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. The catalogue by van Es states there is only one known impression of this compelling "sensitivic" drypoint. For most of his prints, the editions are small and many works were destroyed when his studio was ransacked by the Nazis. His life, and that of his wife, Elisabeth, ended in Auschwitz.
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