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Solid Reflections LOUISE NEVELSON American, (1899-1988) Etching, engraving, aquatint and soft ground, 1953-55 , Baro 24, Pace 47; edition 20. 27 3/8 x 21 3/4 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a superb, rich impression printed on RIVES watermarked paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This was one of about thirty etchings Nevelson did while working at Atelier 17 in New York between 1953-55. One a few proofs were printed at that time. The formal edition was printed at the Hollander Graphic workshop by Emiliano Sorini between 1965 and 1966 under the supervision of the artist. This impression is from this edition. The imagery here anticipates her growing interest in black sculpture. $3,800 |
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Garden Flowers MARGARET PATTERSON American, (1867-1950) Woodcut printed in colors, 1921, Bakker 90, intended edition of 100. 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. Signed in pencil in the lower right corner of the image. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil just below the image. This is a fine impression with fresh colors. The print is trimmed to the image by the artist as is so often the case with this print (and others). The condition is fine apart from traces of an old adhesive on the verso edges from an early mount. The intense work involved in rubbing the colors into the back of the sheet from the blocks is perfectly demonstrated here. The end result is almost sculptural. Due to the labor intensive nature of printing just one impression, and given the scarcity of her prints, we doubt that the full editions were ever printed. $5,500 |
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The City under the Black Mountain JOSEPH PENNELL American, (1857-1926) Lithograph, 1912, Wuerth 257, edition 25. 22 x 16 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this rare, monumental print. The margins are full and the paper bears an ARCHES watermark. The condition is fine apart from a small wrinkle in the upper right corner margin. Black Mountain is in Yosemite National Park. Pennell also did several lithographs of the Grand Canyon as he was impressed with the beauty of the American west and northwest. $3,000 |
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Landscape 2023-I GRIETJE POSTMA Dutch, (b. 1961) Woodcut printed in colors, 2023, edition 29. 22 7/8 x 13 in. Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This is the artist's first print for 2023. $850 |
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Rabbit INA RAHUSEN Dutch, (1895-1977) Lithograph, circa 1920-1930, edition unknown 6 5/8 x 10 in. Initialed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from faint traces of foxing here and there in the margins only. There's some blue pencil numbering in the lower left corner of the margin, well away from the image. She was a skilled lithographer and her work is in the Rijksmuseum and the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam, among others. SOLD |
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Old Knight (Vieux Chevalier) ODILON REDON French, (1840-1916) Lithograph, 1896, Mellerio/Hyman 158; edition 100 with letters. 11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. Initialed in pencil lower left, just below the image. This is a fine, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is very good. This celebrated work was published by Vollard in "l'Album des Peintres-Graveurs." This is one of a few pencil signed proofs before publication. $10,000 |
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Rhododendron LUIGI RIST American, (1889-1959) Woodcut printed in colors, 1942, Williams 10, edition 100 or 150. 13 1/8 x 10 in. Signed in ink within the image and titled in pencil just below the image. This is a superb, luminous impression of this uncommon print. The margins are modest in size but this is probably the full sheet as printed. Fine condition overall apart from a faint mat line showing in the margins. This is one of Rist's finest woodcuts. $4,000 |
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Old Lime Tree (Oude Linde) WILLEM JAN VAN DAM Dutch, (1895-1964) Etching and aquatint, probably 1920s, edition unknown. 14 x 12 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression with wide margins. The condition is excellent. Van Dam lived and worked in Amersfoort where he was both an etcher, painter and a craftsman. His etchings often have a distinctive arts and crafts look as seen here. He was well know as a painter of children and city scenes. SOLD |
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Sunflower (Zonnebloem) DIRK VAN GELDER Dutch, (1907-1990) Lithograph, 1925, Adam, Eliëns, van den Noort-van Gelder L29, edition unknown. 30 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. Signed in the image, lower left, with the artist's printed monogram. Dated "25" in the lower right corner of the image. This large and amazing print was done when the artist was only eighteen years old. There were a few pencil signed proofs but most impressions are unsigned. This work was published by VAEVO in 1928. (de Vereeniiging tot Bevordering van het Aesthetisch Element in het Voortgezet Onderwijs, voor schoolversiering.) In other words, The Society for Promotion of the Aesthetic Element in Secondary Education. A number of talented artists from the period were involved with this project in bringing fine art to schools. SOLD |
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Flowering Cactus (Bloeiende Cactus) THEO VAN HOYTEMA Dutch, (1863-1917) Lithograph, 1905, Rijksmuseum/deGroot 112, edition unknown. 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression on chine appliqué with especially nice printing in the flowers. The margins are wide and probably full. The condition is fine apart from two small areas of adhesive from old tape on the right side, center, and the upper right corner. This work is from his series called "Bloemstudies" (Flower Studies). SOLD |
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Floral Study JAN VOERMAN, JR. Dutch, (1890-1976) Lithograph, 1924, edition unknown. 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Signed and dated on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. Here we have a very fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a small wrinkle in the upper right corner of the sheet and at the top center of the sheet. There are old paper hinges on the verso, top corners. This is a beautifully executed print. Voerman studied with his father at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. He mastered the art of lithography with his teacher D.P.J. de Ruiter in the Hague (Akademie). $550 |
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Rear View of Dutch City Houses HENK (HENDRIK) VOSKUYL Dutch, (1893-1980) Lithograph, 1934, edition unknown. 21 3/8 x 14 1/4 in. Initialed and dated on the stone, lower right corner. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Voskuyl lived and worked in the Hague where he was a member of the Pulchri Studio. He was a remarkable draughtsman as well as a painter. His work is found in the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen and the Rijksmuseum. $700 |
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City Street (New York) STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1933, Stuckey 36, edition 25. 12 5/8 x 9 5/8 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Wengenroth made a drawing, relating to this print, looking out his studio window at 39 MacDougal Street in Brooklyn. $1,900 |
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Moonlight STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1937, Stuckey 62, edition 75. 11 1/8 x 16 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression of this exceptional work. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from slight rippling here an there along the edges of the sheet, well away from the image. The location of this print is the inner harbor in Rockport, MA. $2,800 |
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Brooklyn Bridge STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1950, Stuckey 189, edition 40. 15 1/16 x 11 5/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a subtle, little spot of discoloration to the left of the image not noticeable from normal viewing distance.) This iconic image depicts Woolworth Building and the Municipal Building showing through the arches. Wengenroth also produced Brooklyn Bridge in Winter in 1955. PRICE ON REQUEST |
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Hudson River (Storm) STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1939, Stuckey 86, edition only 18. 10 1/4 x 13 5/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine. (There's a faint bit of toning along the bottom edge of the sheet.) $1,600 |
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Foundry Interior STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1934, Stuckey 47, edition only 15. 10 3/8 x 13 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with substantial margins. The condition is fine apart from a very faint suggestion of a mat line from an early mount and a tiny paper loss in the lower right corner. This is a view near an abandoned quarry in Rockport, MA. This superb industrial image is a very unusual subject for Wengenroth. $1,800 |
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The Unsafe Tenement JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER American, (1834-1903) Etching, 1858, Glasgow 18 (iii/IV), Kennedy 17 (iii/IV); Glasgow lists 74 known impressions. 6 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil with the butterfly, lower left. This is a fine, luminous impression printed on a light cream wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is also fine. (There's some subtle inking in the lower left corner which looks like a possible fingerprint and then there's a bit of stray printer's ink to the right of the platemark.) This impression is printed with plate tone. Impressions in this third state were published in the French Set also known as "Douze Eaux-fortes d'après Nature." This impression is from the celebrated collection of B.B. MacGeorge (Lugt 394) who was especially well known for his Whistler collection; "Les estampes de Whistler, que MacGeorge possédait aussi en très belles épreuves..."
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View of the Swiss Alps near Davos JAN WIEGERS Dutch, (1893-1959) Lithograph printed in colors, undated; possibly 1920s, edition unknown. 12 5/8 x 17 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this rare print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This outstanding print exemplifies the German artistic influence on Wiegers during the 1920s and beyond. He spent time in Davos, Switzerland in 1920-21 and his neighbor was Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. They worked together and became good friends. Wiegers would regularly travel to Switzerland to visit Kirchner up until his death in 1936. Wiegers's work flourished in this expressionist style and the movement became known as de Ploeg (the Plow). Other Dutch artists followed in this path including Jan Altink, Johan Dijkstra, Jan van der Zee among others. Wiegers's important connection to Kirchner is more fully discussed in the following publication, "Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Friends; Expressionism from the Swiss Alps," by Stutzer, Vitali, et al.(2007). This book accompanied an exhibition by this name in Germany and Holland. (See pages 228-254.) Provenance: German private collection. SOLD |
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Honorary Degree GRANT WOOD American, (1891-1942) Lithograph, 1938, Johnson 5, Cole 4; edition 250. 11 7/8 x 6 15/16 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This print was based on Wood receiving an honorary degree from Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin. He used two of his friends at the University as models. "The hood mimics the shape of the Gothic window in the background, recalling the symbolic window in American Gothic, perhaps implying that the public recognition--symbolized by the shower of light cascading down upon the recipient--has come from the fame of his iconic painting. Wood seems to literally be basking in the glory of the Gothic arch, his symbol for Regionalism and American Gothic, while the two professors bear looks of disdain upon their faces, a sharp contrast to Wood's almost cherubic gaze up towards them." (See page 72 of Grant Wood: The 19 Lithographs, A catalogue Raisonné by Bruce Johnson (2016). $3,500 |
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