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Along the Ohio FLOYD LESLIE THOMPSON American, (1889-1965) Etching and aquatint printed in colors, circa 1940, edition unknown but certainly less than 100. 11 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. "Imp." follows his name which means the artist printed the work himself. Thompson was a Chicago artist who specialized is color intaglio printmaking and his subjects are generally landscapes. He is quite skilled but not that well known. $575 |
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Reverie JAMES TISSOT French, (1836-1902) Etching , 1881, Wentworth 52, edition about 100. 9 x 4 3/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, upper right. Signed in pencil and also with the red initial stamp in the upper right corner (See Lugt 1545). This is a superb impression of this engaging print. The margins are full showing a deckle edge on all sides. The condition is excellent. This print relates to a photograph of Mrs. Newton and a man in the background on the chair. There's also an oil painting which has not been located. SOLD |
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The Sower (De Zaaier) JAN TOOROP Dutch, (1858-1928) Lithograph printed on cream wove paper, 1895, Verbeek/Rijksmuseum 16 (iib/II), precise edition unknown. 8 5/ 8 x 13 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in ink by the artist. This is a superb impression with possibly the full margins. The condition is fine apart from subtle handling marks in the outer margins and small creases in the upper right corner of the sheet. This is one of Toorops's favorite prints and it's a quintessential Dutch symbolist print from the Nieuwe Kunst (art nouveau) era. De Zaaier is also quite rare today, especially in this condition. The artist used his wife, Annie Hall, as the model for this image and one face symbolizes "Het Verlangen" ('The Longing') and the other "De Berusting" ('The Knowing'). In the background at left is a mystical figure sowing. As quoted on page 132 of Dutch Modernism, The Schiller-David Collection, "In the 1890s, Toorop arrived at his striking symbolism, a personal and eclectic style based on a mixture of influences ranging from Flemish primitives, English pre-Raphaelites, Belgian and French symbolists to Egyptian, Assyrian, Japanese and Indonesian art." This impression shows probably the full sheet, as printed, with exceptionally large margins. (The printer was S. Lankhout & Cie, La Haye.)
The provenance here is exceptional: With Neuer Kunstsalon Max Dietzel, Munich 1913 (inscribed in blue ink); Heinrich Stinnes (1867-1932), Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, Cologne (Lugt 1376a); his posthumous sale, Gutekunst & Klipstein, Bern, 20-22 Juni 1938, lot 1165; finally with Arsène Bonafous-Murat, Paris, and acquired from them in 2002 by a private Norwegian collector. PRICE ON REQUEST |
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Day's End STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1937, Stuckey 69, edition 30. 7 3/8 x 13 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good. (There's some rippling along the top margin.) This print was done at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. $900 |
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Approaching Storm STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1946, Stuckey 161, edition 60. 11 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine. This lovely, atmospheric work was done in Gloucester, MA. $1,000 |
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Rocks, Eastport STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1931, Stuckey 4, edition 75. 9 x 11 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression of this very early work. This is only the fourth published print by the artist. Eastport is a city and archipelago in Washington County, Maine. $1,200 |
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Summer Dusk STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1932, Stuckey 37, edition 54. 7 1/8 x 12 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this exceptional early work. The margins are full and the paper bears a RIVES watermark. The condition is excellent. The scene is Eastport, Maine. $1,100 |
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Steps to the Sky STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1931, Stuckey 22, edition 54. 9 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from soft wrinkles along part of the top margin edge not affecting the image. This early work shows Eastport, Maine. $1,200 |
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Lighthouse Beach STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1976, Stuckey 365, edition 80. 8 3/8 x 13 7/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. The print is titled below in what appears to be the artist's handwriting. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The scene depicted here is Annisquam, MA. $750 |
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Sunlit Wing STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1933, Stuckey 35, edition 25. 5 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. This small but very rare print was done in Eastport, Maine. In fact, most of Wengenroth's early prints were done in Eastport. This would be 1931-32. $800 |
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