A Village Covered in Snow
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, circa 1925, edition 150. 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 in. Signed in the plate and signed and titled in pencil. A fine atmospheric impression in very good condition. There is a residue of old tape adhesive along the top edge verso and in two other places in the margins, verso. The margins are wide if not full.
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L'Accordeoniste
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, circa 1920-25, edition 100. 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression in very good condition. Wide margins.
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Le Calvaire
Etching printed in colors a la poupee, 1920s, edition 100. 20 x 24 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression; the colors especially fresh. Narrow margins. In very good condition except for the margins which have been trimmed. Langaskens excelled at highly detailed color etchings, many of which are produced in a large format such as this.
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Le Christ et la Grandeur Humaine
Drypoint and etching, 1920s-1930s, edition 60. 17 5/8 x 5 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression in fine condition. The margins are full. So many of Langaskens prints convey a sense of spirituality and faith in a higher power. Images of work, cathedrals and Christ are often part of his imagery. He was a masterful etcher and often worked on a large scale.
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Man Pruning
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, undated (1920s), edition 100. 19 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. Signed in the plate with the monogram and signed and titled in pencil below the image. This is a superb impression with fresh colors. The margins are wide and the condition is fine. Langaskens' outstanding prints are notable for their memorable compositions, technical finesse and subtle use of color. His work is consistently good. He was a prominent member of La Gravure Originale Belge.
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The Call of the Church Tower (L'appel du Clocher)
Etching printed in colors, 1920s, edition 100. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine impression printed on off-white wove paper. The margins are wide and the condition is quite good apart from a few specks of foxing. Langaskens excelled in color etching and much of his better work shows a solitary figure dramatically composed in a poetic European landscape. He was a great draughtsman and this is also demonstrated in his lithographs, watercolors and paintings.
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The Troubadour (Le Troubadour)
Etching printed in colors with additional hand-coloring, 1920s, edition 150. 15 5/8 x 19 5/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on off-white wove paper. The condition is very good apart from minor toning on the verso and a few spots of ink here and there, not affecting the front of the sheet. The margins are wide and possibly full. This large, dramatic work shows Langaskens at his best; a memorable composition, technical finesse and subtle use of color. There was an important 2003 exhibition and catalogue on the artist by Jan Dewilde, and others, and much of the work was from the Flanders Fields Museum in Belgium and other Belgian collections. No proper catalogue on the prints currently exists but most are listed in this publication. (ISBN 90-5349-480-4)
$1,750