Cover for the Amour Suite (Coverture pour la suite Amour)
MAURICE DENIS
French, (1870-1943)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1898-1899, Cailler 107, edition 100. 20 3/4 x 16 in. Signed on the stone. Signed in pencil lower right. This is a fine impression printed on china paper with wide if not full margins. This important series by Denis was published by Vollard in 1899 and printed by Auguste Clot in Paris. Color variations exist of this and other Denis images.
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The Knight did not Die on the Crusade (Le Chevalier n'est pas Mort à la Croisade)
MAURICE DENIS
French, (1870-1943)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1898, Cailler 112, edition 100. 15 1/4 x 11 in. Initialed on the stone, top center. Signed in pencil. This a fine and typically subtle impression with full margins. The condition is fine other than for a small circular stain in the extreme right margin and minor rippling to the sheet. This impression is from the collection of Henri M. Petiet (Lugt 5031). This is plate five from "L'Amour" suite which was published by Ambrose Vollard.
$3,000

Dusk has the Sweetness of Old Paintings (Les Crépuscules ont une Doucer d' Ancienne Peinture)
MAURICE DENIS
French, (1870-1943)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1898, Cailler 109, edition 100. 15 1/4 x 10 7/8 in. Signed and dated on the stone, lower right. Titled on the stone below the image at left. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a superb impression with extremely fresh colors. The margins are full. The condition is fine. This lovely work is plate six from L'Amour Suite, published by Vollard and printed by Auguste Clot, Paris. Ex-collection: Henri M. Petiet (Lugt 5031).
$3,500

Allegory (Allégory)
MAURICE DENIS
French, (1870-1943)
Lithograph, 1898, Cailler 108, edition 100. 10 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. Titled on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a few specks of printer's ink in the left margin, away from the image. This is plate number one for the Denis Amour Suite. It was published by Vollard in Paris and printed by August Clot. This series is the artist's finest published set which consisted of twelve lithographs plus a cover image.
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Les Denicheurs d'aigles
GUSTAVE DORE
French, (1832-1883)
Lithograph, 1856-57, Beraldi 73, edition unknown. 14 1/8 x 10 5/8 in. Signed on the stone. This is a fine impression with wide margins. The condition is fine other than a break or two and a small paper loss in the margins. This is plate 17 "au bureau du Musee Francais-Anglais," printed in Paris by Vayron. Dore was one of the finest draughtsman of the 19th century.
$650

Flowers
ERNEST-ANGE DUEZ
French, (1843-1896)
Drypoint, 1894, Stein / Karshan 21. Edition 100. 16 x 7 1/2 in. Signed in the plate and signed and numbered below the image ("34"). This is a very fine impression rich with burr. The margins are full. The condition is generally fine apart from a faint suggestion of discoloration showing in the outer edges of the sheet. This work was published as plate 43, Album V, of L'Estampe Originale (1894).
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Suite de Paysages, Plate 3
CHARLES DULAC
French, (1865-1898)
Lithograph, 1892-1893, BN-IFF 1. plate 3; edition 100 plus twenty additional proofs. 16 x 13 3/4 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed and numbered "9" in pencil. This impression is also inscribed "Tirage suple're" ("Tirage Supplémentaire"). This is a very fine impression printed on chine appliqué with the remarque of the bat below. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's just some subtle time toning along the extreme outer edges of the sheet.) This lovely, symbolist image is from Dulac's most celebrated series, "Suite de Paysages." This work was printed from zinc rather than stone, according to the frontispiece of the portfolio, and the printer was Monrocq, Paris. His blindstamp is in the lower right corner of the sheet. An excellent and thorough article about the Suite de Paysages appears in Print Quarterly, March 1995, Volume XII, No. 1, by Elizabeth Prelinger. (See pages 41-52.)
$1,400

Interior Scene with Mother and Child
VICTOR DUPONT
French, (1873-1941)
Etching printed in colors a la poupeé, probably done in 1920, edition 35. 11 5/8 x 9 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a very rich impression with fresh colors. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Dupont was a painter, watercolorist and printmaker. He was close friends with Paul Signac and the Jean Emile Laboureur and exhibited in many Paris exhibitions during the 1920s and 1930s. There's a website devoted to his work with an extensive biography and illustrations of his paintings and drawings. This image is included on the site under the drawings section. See: www.victor-dupont.com
$850

Au Square
HENRI EVENEPOEL
Belgian, (1872-1899)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1897, edition unknown. 13 x 9 1/8 in. Signed on the stone in the upper left corner. This is a very fine impression with fresh colors. The margins are full. The condition is fine. This famous fin-de-siècle image is Evenpoel's best known print. It was published by L'Estampe Moderne, issue No. 7, in November 1897, and printed by Champenois. The blindstamp of the publication is in the lower right corner (Lugt 2790). The artist's blossoming career was cut short when he passed away at the age of twenty-seven.
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Homecoming (Le Retour)
GEORGES DE FEURE
French, (1868-1943)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1897, edition unknown. 12 3/4 x 10 in. Signed and dated on the stone, lower left. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This impression was published in L'Estampe Moderne, Volune 1, No. 2, 1897, and printed by L'Imprimerie Champenois. The blindstamp of the publication is in the lower right corner (Lugt 2790).
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The Return (Retour)
GEORGES DE FEURE
French, (1868-1943)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1897, Millman pg.125; from a large edition. 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. Signed and dated on the stone along the left side. This is a fine impression with fresh colors. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This notable art nouveau work was issued in L'Estampe Moderne, No. 2 and their blindstamp is in the lower right corner of the sheet (Lugt 2790).
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Wiston River
FRANK MORLEY FLETCHER
British/American, (1866-1949)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1900-1905, edition 100. 8 3/8 x 14 1/2 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression with probably full margins. The condition is fine apart from very thin pieces of brown paper tape along the edges of the sheet. This stellar early work was done in his native Lancashire, England. Color variations exist with this and his other prints which add much diversity to his rather limited oeuvre. There's no formal catalogue raisonné of his woodcuts but there's an excellent article by Nancy Green in the following: Second Impressions; Modern Prints and Printmakers Reconsidered, edited by Clinton Adams, volume 16 of the Tamarind Papers, 1996, University of New Mexico Press, pages 37-48.
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Gleaming Sands
WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT
British, (1880-1969)
Drypoint, circa 1930, edition unknown. 13 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed and numbered "xxviii" in ink. This is a stellar impression printed with tone. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from old hinges at the top, verso. The paper bears a partial WHATMAN watermark. Flint was born in Edinburgh and he was a remarkable draughtsman from the beginning of his career. He started as a medical illustrator and later worked as an illustrator for the London Daily News. At his peak, he excelled in watercolor, oil painting and printmaking. Gleaming Sands is representative of his best work in drypoint.
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Potatoes
ANDRE FOUGERON
French, (b. 1913)
Lithograph printed in colors, circa 1945, edition 50. 13 x 20 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil ("Les Potates"). A fine impression on RIVES watermarked paper. Full margins. Very good condition with the exception of soft handling creases here and there. This is a nice example of mid-twentieth century color lithography done in France.
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Via Appia I
HANS FRANK
Austrian, (1884-1948)
Woodcut printed in colors on thin Japanese paper, 1929, edition unknown. 11 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. Signed and dated in pencil. A fine impression with full margins. Fine condition. Faint trace of a printing crease in upper right side. Uncommon.
$750

Along the Nile
LEO FRANK
Austrian, (1884-1959)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, edition unknown but probably about 100. 9 1/8 x 11 in. Signed in pencil. This fine impression on thin Japanese paper is inscribed "No.82." The margins are wide and the condition is fine. This wonderful print combines just the right paper with subtle colors and inking to produce a dramatic vista.
$800

Mondsee (Austria)
HANS FRANK
Austrian, (1884-1948)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1935, edition unknown. 13 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins appear to be full. The condition is excellent. Here we have a large and exemplary work by Frank which shows a scene near Salzburg. This impression is from the celebrated collection of Robert O. Muller from Connecticut.
$1,200

Sun Breaking through the Clouds
HANS FRANK
Austrian, (1884-1948)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1921, edition unknown. 8 1/4 x 11 3/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are wide and probably untrimmed. The condition is fine. Frank was born in Vienna and exhibited with the Künstler House, the Society of Graver-Printers in Colour and the Printmakers Society of CA. His work was also included is several Secessionist exhibitions in Vienna.
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Before the Thunderstorm (Vor dem Gewitter)
LEO FRANK
Austrian, (1884-1959)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, edition unknown. 9 x 14 in. Signed in pencil lower right, in the image. This is a fine, atmospheric impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Leo and his twin brother, Hans, both studied at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna and later at the Vienna Academy. Their woodcuts were clearly influenced by Japanese prints and they were superb technicians.
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Death and the Girl (Tod und die Mädchen)
KARL FREUND
German, (1892-1943)
Woodcut, 1938, edition unknown. 13 x 9 1/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in ink. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a few soft wrinkles in the margins only. This image is a potent contribution to the love and death theme encountered in art history over the centuries. Freund was well trained as an artist and he also took several courses in philosophy. He served in the military in WW1 and spent two years as a POW in Siberia. He later became a curator at the Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, but was later dismissed for being Jewish. He was sent to Buchenwald in 1938 and ultimately met his demise in Auschwitz in 1943.
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