It's Really Quite Flattering to Have one's Portrait Exhibited at the Salon (C'est tout d'même flatteur d'avoir son portrait...)
HONORE DAUMIER
French, (1808-1879)
Lithograph, 1857, Delteil 2965 (ii/II), edition unknown. 9 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. Initialed on the stone, lower left. This is a fine "sur blanc" impression in fine condition. The margins are full. This is Plate 7 from the series, Le Salon de 1857. "Sur blanc" impressions are those printed on quality white wove paper without the text on the verso. These are far superior to the newsprint editions which are much less desirable.
$650

Construction Scene, Paris
ALBERT DECARIS
French, (1901-1989)
Engraving, 1940s-1950s, edition 100. 16 1/4 x 21 in. Signed in pencil. A superb impression on RIVES watermarked paper. Wide margins. Fine condition.
$850

The Blacksmith (Un Forgeron)
EUGENE DELACROIX
French, (1798-1863)
Etching and aquatint, 1833, Delteil / Strauber 19 (v/VI); edition unknown. 8 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. Initialed in the plate, upper right. This is a superb impression with wide margins. The condition is excellent. This, the fifth state, was printed by Delâtre and published by Cadart & Luquet for the the Société des Aquafortistes (June, 1867). A painting and drawing exists of this subject and the copperplate is now in the Bibliothèque Nationale.
SOLD

Man at Arms (Un Homme d'Armes)
EUGENE DELACROIX
French, (1798-1863)
Etching, 1833, Strauber/Delteil 17 (i/IV); edition unknown. 4 1/4 x 2 5/8 in. Signed in the plate, upper right. This is a superb impression of the rare first state before all letters. This is the full sheet printed on laid paper with a J WHATMAN watermark. The condition is fine apart from a tiny hole in the margin at left and an old narrow hinge running the length of the edge of the sheet at right, verso. Ex-collection: J. Michelin (Lugt 1490).
$1,400

En Sentinelle
EUGENE DELATRE
French, (1864-1938)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1905, as published in Zeitschrift fur Bildende Kunst. 10 x 3 in. Signed and titled in the plate. A fine impression in good condition. Some discoloration verso and slight discoloration showing in the margins, recto. Full margins.
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Coastal Scene at Night
EUGENE DELATRE
French, (1864-1938)
Etching and aquatint, 1906, edition unknown. 18 5/8 x 25 in. Signed and numbered "113" in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression with wide margins. The condition is very good apart from traces of adhesive, recto, in the margins from an early mount and a few repaired tears also in the margins. This large and ambitious print shows Delâtre at his best as an intaglio printmaker. This painterly print effectively conveys the mood of the moment. (There's no proper catalogue of his prints apart from the Inventaire du fonds français après 1800 which lists prints in the Bibliothèque Nationale.) Eugène was the son of Auguste Delâtre.
$2,500

Falcon's Wing
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond-drypoint, 1993, de Heer 236, edition 30. 7 3/4 x 10 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. Inscribed "Iet." A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. "The wing of the falcon that symbolizes a new beginning: the first print after a dramatic eye illness that prevented me from etching for a whole two years. I first called upon the falcon to be my helper, with his proverbial good eyesight..." (JD)
$650

Garden Delphinium
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond-drypoint, 1987, de Heer 153, edition 20. 8 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. Inscribed "Iet." A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. "Plants draw their strength from silence. They are free of the confusion caused by language." (JD)
$650

Bunch of Grapes
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond-drypoint, 1987, de Heer 150, edition 25. 10 x 5 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. Inscribed "IIIet." A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. "This bunch of grapes contains all that is precious and the happiness of the moment." (JD)
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Large 'Schlierenstein'
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond-drypoint, 1989, de Heer 205, edition 30. 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed and dated in pencil. Inscribed "IIIet." A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. "Every stone has its own form, its physiognomy, origin and history. Every stone is unique, an individual." (JD)
$900

Large Primrose
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond-drypoint, 1988, de Heer 164, edition 30. 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. Inscribed "IIet." A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. "And like small open umbrellas, its flowers safeguard the mystery of its origin." (JD)
$900

Mangosteen
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond-drypoint, 1996, de Heer 246, edition 30. 4 1/4 x 9 in. Signed in pencil. Inscribed "1ét." A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. "The four different views are spatially connected through their dynamic unwinding and add up to a fruit garland - like a Hellenistic decoration." (JD)
$850

Seed Capsules from a Monk's Hood
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond-drypoint, 1988, de Heer 161, edition 25. 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. Inscribed "Iet." A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. "When making this etching I had invisible companions: Durer's 'Knight, Death and the Devil' rode beside me, and night after night they crossed my copper plate." (JD)
$800

Selenite-Rose
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond drypoint, 1990, de Heer 217, edition 30. 5 3/8 x 7 5/8 in. Signed in pencil. "Inscribed "IIet." A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. "Stones contain the power to send us on imaginary journeys, to transport us to other countries and dimensions." (JD)
$550

Star of Bethlehem II
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond-drypoint, 1985, de Heer 69, edition 20. 8 1/4 x 4 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. Inscribed "IIet.". A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. "Apart from Leonardo's few studies of plants, Durer was my teacher." (JD)
$600

Lapis Lazuli
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond-drypoint, 1989, de Heer 194, edition 30. 4 3/4 x 5 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. Inscribed "IIet." A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. "This table of stone, a cross-section of a piece of lapis lazuli, placed as a two-dimensional plane in the space, erupts like a stele out of time and demands interpretation and the decoding of its inscription." (JD)
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Three Marrons
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond-drypoint, 2004, de Heer 301, edition 30. 3 x 6 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. A fine, delicate impression in fine condition. Full margins.
$500

Persian Stones
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond drypoint, 1989, de Heer 191, edition 25. 7 1/8 x 7 3/4 in. Signed in the plate and signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression in very good condition. (There's a thin ink line in the lower right corner just into the image.) The margins are full. Demus has created a wonderful series of stone studies which are quite unique in the history of graphic art. Other examples are currently available.
$1,100

The Grapes of Bacchus
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond drypoint, 1988, de Heer 182, edition 30. 10 1/8 x 8 3/4 in. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. This is a superb impression in fine condition. The margins are full. "The bunch of grapes sums up all that is happiness, and indeed the essence of Classical Antiquity. Geometrically shaped, alive, the enjoyment of perfection." (JD)
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Rembrandt Shell and Tiger Moth
JAKOB DEMUS
Austrian, (b. 1959)
Diamond drypoint, 2005, not in DeHeer, edition 25. 2 5/8 x 4 5/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition with full margins. This is one of three artist's proofs apart from the formal edition.
SOLD