Moses with the Ten Commandments
JOHANNES AARTS
Dutch, (1871-1934)
Lithograph, circa 1910-1920, edition unknown. 13 7/8 x 11 1/2 in. Signed in pencil lower right. This is a fine impression in very good condition with a little discoloration along the top edge of the sheet. The margins appear to be full although the sides are a bit narrow. (This print is sold with the preparatory charcoal drawing.) Also an engraver par excellence, Aarts was an exceptional draughtsman.
$900

Composition with Green and Red
WOBBE ALKEMA
Dutch, (1900-1984)
Linocut, 1926, Bool / Petersen G34, edition 75. 8 x 5 1/2 in. Signed and dated "26/78" in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full. According to the raisonne, there was no edition printed in 1926 and a few proofs were pulled in 1958. This impression is from the 1978 edition of 75. Even these are not common today. Alkema was originally trained as a cabinetmaker and he eventually worked with an architectural firm in Groningen. He joined De Ploeg and produced many remarkable works of geometric abstraction in painting as well as printmaking. His paintings from the 1920s are important today and his prints are equally desirable. Alkema was also associated with the Belgian Constructivists including Jozef Peeters and Paul van Ostaijen.
$1,250

Composition with Blue and Red
WOBBE ALKEMA
Dutch, (1900-1984)
Linocut, 1926, Bool / Petersen G33, edition 75. 8 x 6 in. Signed and dated "26/78" in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full. According to the catalogue "Het Vroege Werk van Wobbe Alkema,"(page 16), early proofs are rare and a few proofs were printed in 1958. These 1978 impressions are quite fine and the blocks are known to have been destroyed. This work, along with Composition in Red and Green, are from an important Dutch private collection.
$1,350

Seated Figure in the Shadows
ANTO-CARTE (ANTOINE CARTE)
Belgian, (1886-1954)
Lithograph, undated (1920s-1930s, small edition. 16 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. A superb impression with wide margins. Soft creases and foxing showing mostly in the margins. Small stain outside of image, upper left corner. He was a member of the l'Academie Royale de Belgique and his work is found in several museum collections in Europe and America.
$1,200

Night
HERMANN F. BIELING
Dutch, (1887-1964)
Intaglio printed from an aluminum plate, 1922, small edition. 18 3/4 x 9 1/8 in. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. Bieling lived and worked in Rotterdam and his experimental, expressionist prints are quite good. Analysis of the human figure plays an important role in his prints.
$850

Haarlem, Spaarne
CEES BOLDING
Dutch, (1897-1979)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, circa 1930, edition 100. 11 5/8 x 16 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression in very good condition. The margins are full. (There's a bit of light toning within a previous mat opening.) Bolding produced a series of Dutch city views in the fashion of Cornelius Brandenburg and Jan Sirks. The Spaarne is the river which meanders through the city of Haarlem.
$650

Houseboats in the Canal
CEES BOLDING
Dutch, (1897-1979)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1929, edition unknown (probably about 50) 13 3/4 x 19 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression in very good condition with full margins. (There's a repaired tear in the lower margins and a few wrinkles, all well apart from the image. Bolding studied at the Rijksschool voor Kunstnijverheid, Amsterdam. He was a gifted watercolorist as well a skilled woodcut artist.
$1,200

Kermis (The Fair)
JACQUES BOONEN
Belgian, (1911-1968)
Etching, 1940s, edition 150. 26 x 28 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This fine impression has full margins and the condition is also very good. Boonen is best known for these large, fantastic etchings which present a modernist twist to the mad festivities depicted by Bosch and Breughel. Boonen studied with Jules de Bruycker at the Academy in Antwerp.
$2,500

Singel (Amsterdam)
CORNELIS BRANDENBURG
Dutch, (1884-1954)
Etching, 1920s, Timmerman CB101M; edition perhaps fifty impressions. 10 x 12 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression in very good condition. The margins are adequate but have been trimmed. There's slight discoloration on the verso. Like Willem Witsen, Brandenburg specialized in architectural etchings with Amsterdam as a favorite subject. Singel is a very old canal which encircled the city in the Middle Ages. It served essentially as a moat until 1585 when Amsterdam expanded.
$650

Baulieue
MAURICE BROCAS
Belgian, (1892-1948)
Woodcut, 1921, edition 15. 8 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression in very good condition. Wide margins.
$600

Port Vendres (France)
MAURICE BROCAS
Belgian, (1892-1948)
Wood engraving, circa 1925, edition unknown. 11 x 18 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil (and with a pencil dedication, lower left). A fine impression in fine condition with wide margins. Brocas was a remarkable wood engraver who produced many European landscapes such as this one.
$900

Mei
CARL ADOLPH LION CACHET
Dutch, (1864-1945)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1899, 13 x 9 1/4 in. Unsigned. The month of May from the calendar published in 1899 by Scheltema & Holkema, Amsterdam, including work by Dijsselhof and also Nieuwenhuis. A fine impression of this very rare work, a stellar example of Dutch art and design from "De Nieuwe Kunst" era. Very good condition apart from three small tears just to the image in the upper right corner. The colors fresh. A complete example of this famous art nouveau calendar is located in the Gemeentemuseum, The Hague. Ex-collection: H.P. BERLAGE (not in Lugt).
$2,000

Diploma for the International Exhibition of the Book and Related Trades
CARL ADOLPH LION CACHET
Dutch, (1864-1945)
Woodcut, 1892, (this impression from the 1919 edition). 14 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. A fine impression on thin Japanese paper issued as a supplement in the wood engraving issue of Wendingen. In fine condition (with the usual center crease). Full margins. This remarkable print is a pivotable work done in Amsterdam during the 1890s. It's illustrated and discussed in Van Gogh to Mondrian; Dutch Works on Paper (2000)
$2,000

Marketplace (Markt)
JAN FRANS CANTRE
Belgian, (1886-1931)
Woodcut, 1922, edition 32. 14 1/4 x 13 in. Signed in the block. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are wide and the condition is very good apart from a soft wrinkle here and there. This large work is exemplary of Belgian expressionist printmaking during the 1920s. Cantre studied in Gent (1897-1905) and was a founding member of of l'Association des Xylographes Belges. His work is in many print cabinets througout western Europe. (He is the older brother of Jozef Cantre.)
SOLD

Modernist City View
CHARLES COUNHAYE
Belgian, (1884-1971)
Woodcut, probably 1930s, edition 50. 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. Signed in pencil lower right. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full with a deckle edge showing on all sides. Counhaye was a painter and printmaker. He also did some monumental work in the decorative field including stained glass and tapestries. He was a member of Le Cercle des XV in Brussels 1919-1922.
$500