Ice Hockey
LILL TSCHUDI
Swiss, (1911-2004)
Linocut printed in colors, 1933, Coppel LT 31, edition 50. 10 1/4 x 11 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. Titled below in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The paper is a thin, off-white oriental wove paper. This impression is from the first edition and a second edition for the USA was begun in 1950. These were annotated "USA". "This proved particularly popular with the critics and collectors. Within ten days of opening their 1933 colour prints show, the Redfern Gallery urgently requested Tschudi to send more impressions of Ice Hockey." (See notes, page 136, from the Coppel entry for this print; Linocuts of the Machine Age, Claude Flight and the Grosvenor School, 1995, Scholar Press.)
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Imaginary Figure I
HANS VAN DOKKUM
Dutch, (1908-1995)
Etching, 1940s(?), edition unknown. 10 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. Inscribed "Druk v/d etser" (printed by the artist). This is a fine impression of a rare example of Dutch surrealist printmaking. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Van Dokkum taught at secondary schools in Utrecht. He was chairman of Graphic Arts ("De Graphische") at the Painting Society Kunstliefde in Utrecht and was also a member of Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam. He worked in many media and this creative print is not typical for his work. Rare.
$550

Imaginary Figure II
HANS VAN DOKKUM
Dutch, (1908-1995)
Etching, 1940s(?), edition unknown. 11 1/4 x 6 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. Inscribed "Druk v/d etser" (printed by the artist). This is a fine impression of this rare example of Dutch surrealist printmaking. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Van Dokkum taught at secondary schools in Utrecht. He was chairman of Graphic Arts ("De Graphische") at the Painting Society Kunstliefde in Utrecht and was also a member of Arti et Amicitiae in Amsterdam. He worked in many media and this creative print is not typical for his work. Rare.
$550

Dancer at the Moulin Rouge (Danseuse au Moulin Rouge)
JACQUES VILLON
French, (1875-1963)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1899, Ginestet & Pouillon E 31; edition unknown. 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. Signed on the stone. This is a fine impression with rich colors. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This charming, fin-de-siècle print was published by "L'Estampe et l'Affiche" by André Mellerio. Their blindstamp appears in the lower right corner of the sheet.
$1,300

The Oise River at Sergy (L'Oise a Sergy)
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK
French, (1876-1958)
Aquatint, 1924, Walterskirchen 110 (ii/II); edition 100. 9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impressioon with full margins. The condition is fine apart from two soft wrinkles at the top of the sheet not affecting the image. This dynamic print was published by the Galerie des Peintres-Graveurs (E. Frapier), Paris. This is the second printing of 100 impressions (state ii) printed on Van Gelder paper. The first edition was 25 impressions. (The blindstamp of the publisher does not appear on this sheet.)
$2,300

New York Nocturne
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1945, Stuckey 146, edition 85. 9 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. Signed in pencil and also titled in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from faint discoloration along the top edge of the sheet, verso, from an early tape hinge. This outstanding night scene is one of Wengenroth's finest prints. The view is from Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, looking towards lower Manhattan.
$13,000

The Lime-Burner
JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER
American, (1834-1903)
Etching and drypoint, 1859, Glasgow 55 (ii/III), Kennedy 46 (ii/II); Glasgow mentions 103 impressions taken from the plate. 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. This is an exceptionally fine impression printed with carefully articulated plate tone. The paper is an antique laid with a hard to determine watermark. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This exceptional early work was published in the Thames Set in 1871. The Lime-Burner was quite popular among collectors at the time it was published and continues to be popular today. The plate was acquired by Charles Lang Freer in 1896 and bequeathed to the Freer Gallery of Art.
$9,000

Two Women
JAN WIEGERS
Dutch, (1893-1959)
Drypoint, 1928, from a small edition. 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. Inscribed "eigen druk" in pencil (hand printed by the artist). This is a fine impression of this very rare print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This expressionist 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: Reinier Lucassen (b. 1939) the well known Dutch artist.
$2,000

January
GRANT WOOD
American, (1891-1942)
Lithograph, 1938, Johnson 3, Cole 3; edition 250. 9 x 11 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impresssion printed on RIVES watermarked paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from two small, subtle smudges in the left margin, well away from the image. This memorable winter image was done in Iowa and there's at least one related drawing and oil painting. (The painting is located in the Cleveland Museum of Art.) "January" is one of six Grant Wood prints reproduced in Thomas Craven's 1939 book, A Treasury of American Prints. This was a very popular print when it was published in the spring of 1938. In the fall 1938 AAA catalogue, "January" was already sold out. (See Johnson, pg. 61).
$9,000