The Cushion (Der Polster)
MAXIMILLIAN KURZWEIL
Austrian, (1867-1916)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1903, edition unknown. 11 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. Signed with the printed text below along the support sheet. This is a stellar impression with the untrimmed original support. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's some modest rippling in the upper margin where the sheet is attached to the mount.) This is the published edition of this famous print published by the Verlag der Gesellschaft für Vervielfältigende Kunst, Vienna. It's illustrated on page 241 of Jugendstijl; Graphik und Druchkunst by Hans Hofstatter.
$3,500

Lady and the Swan
GASTON LA TOUCHE
French, (1854-1913)
Etching, roulette and drypoint printed in colors, circa 1900, edition at least 59. 20 x 17 5/8 in. Signed in pencil lower right and inscribed "59". This is a fine impression on heavy white wove paper with probably the full margins. The condition is very good. (There's a minor scrape in the blank area in the lower left corner well away from the image. La Touche was influenced by Manet and Bracquemond. He exhibited his color prints with Georges Petit in Paris.
SOLD

Mutter mit Kind (Mother and Child)
WILHELM LAAGE
German, (1868-1930)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1908, Hagenlocher 83 (ii/II), edition unknown. 13 3/4 x 10 1/16 in. Initialed and dated in the block. Signed, dated and dedicated in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on cream VAN GELDER watermarked paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from just a faint suggestion of light toning within an earlier mat opening. Laage was born in Hamburg and began his printmaking career in 1896. He lived in Paris for many months beginning in 1900 and participated in exhibitions in Vienna and Dresden. He became friendly with Kandinsky, Hans Neumann and Karl Hofer as they exhibited together. Gustave Schiefler published the first catalogue of his woodcuts in 1912 and an article was written about Laage by ER Weiss for Ver Sacrum. Laage is best know for his woodcuts and they range from decidedly expressionist in style to a more realistic approach tinged with stoicism, as seen here. This large, impressive woodcut is one of his most captivating works.
$1,800

The Dark Pitcher (Der Dungle Krug)
WILHELM LAAGE
German, (1868-1930)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1917, Hagenlocher 271 (IIIb), edition unknown. 15 7/8 x 19 3/4 in. Initialed and dated on the block, lower left. This is a fine impression of the final, published state with the printed text below," Verlag der Gesellschaft für Vervielfältingene Kunst, Wien." The margins are full. The colors are fresh. Apart from some slight rippling along the top edge, the condition is fine. This is a large and exceptional print by Laage and early, pre-publication proofs are hard to find.
$2,000

La Maison de Marie
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Engraving with roulette work, 1925, Sylvain Laboureur 305 (iii/III), edition 37. 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. Initialed and dated in the plate and signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins appear to be full. The intended edition was 45 but only 37 impressions were printed. This print shows the second home of Marie Laurencin in Champrosay, near Draveil, 7 Rue Alphonse Daudet.
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La Promenade sur la Porte
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Etching, 1933, Laboureur 482 (ii/II), Loyer 482, edition 235. 8 1/4 x 8 3/4 in. Initialed in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil, lower left. This is a fine impression printed with light plate tone. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from faint toning within an earlier mat opening. This print was the Print Club of Cleveland Publication No. 13 for the year 1935.
SOLD

Sortie de la Grande Messe (Morbihan)
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Engraving, 1927-28, Laboureur 360 (iii/III), edition 68. 7 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. Initialed in the plate, lower left. Signed and numbered in pencil below the image. This is a fine impression with probably the full margins, with a deckle edge showing on three sides. The condition is excellent. This charming work was later reprinted in a posthumous unsigned edition of 248 impressions in 1959. There were 17 impressions in the first two states and then,as we have here, an edition of 68. Morbihan is located in Brittany.
$900

Chez la Corsetière (At the Corsetmaker)
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Drypoint and roulette printed from two plates, 1934, Laboureur 494 (i/II), edition 22. 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. Signed in pencil and also inscribed "1/84". This is a superb impression of this rare, delicate print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. There were five proofs of the first state, before the reflection in the mirror was fully developed, as here. The edition was not fully printed and according to the catalogue, the numbering stopped at 16/84. A drawing study exists for this print.
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The Walk to the Lighthouse (La Promenade au Phare)
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Engraving, 1925, Labourer 302 (iii/III); edition 100. 6 1/8 x 7 in. Initialed in the plate, lower left. Signed and inscribed, epr. d'artiste 15/15." Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The paper bears the watermark RIVES and the blindstamp of the publisher, H. Petit, Editeur, Paris (See Lugt 2021a). At the time of publication, the author of the catalogue raisonné was uncertain as to how many artist's proofs were printed. We now know the number is 15 as seen here.
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The Inn by the Water (L'Auberge du bord de l'Eau) (Grande Planche)
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Engraving, 1925-26, Laboureur 317 (vi/VI); edition 70. 9 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The paper bears a partial watermark "BFK" as in BFK RIVES. The condition is excellent.
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On the Thames (Sur la Tamise)
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Woodcut, 1914, Laboureur 696, edition 35. 11 5/8 x 14 5/8 in. Initialed in the block, lower left corner. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a superb impression of this large woodcut. The margins are full and the condition is excellent.
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The Deserted Island (L'Île Déserte)
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Etching, 1914, Laboureur 135, edition 35. 11 3/16 x 13 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower center. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on a sturdy wove paper. The margins are wide and probably full. This unusually large work was done as a memory of a previous vacation in Nova Scotia. (There were five additional impressions apart from the numbered edition of 35.)
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Strawberries (Les Fraises)
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Engraving, 1924, Laboureur 286 (iii/III), edition 70. 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. Initialed in the plate, lower left. Signed and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from a small French customs stamp on the verso and two old hinges on the right edge, verso. There's an extremely faint suggestion of light toning within an earlier mat opening. The plate was cancelled in 1926. (***SOLD as a set of three prints; one of each of the three states.)
$1,500

Strawberries (Les Fraises)
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Engraving, 1924, Laboureur 286 (ii/III), edition 7. 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. this is a fine impression of the second state of three. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (Old hinges remain on the right edge, verso.) This impression lacks the artist's monogram and there's less work in the foreground shading. (***SOLD as a set of three prints; one impression of each state.)
$1,500

Strawberries (Les Fraises)
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Engraving, 1924, Laboureur 286 (i/III), edition 6. 7 7/8 x 6 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression of the first state of three. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There are old hinges on the right edge, verso.) This rare impression bears the blindstamp PETIET EDITEUR PARIS in the lower left margin. The watermark is ARCHES, PARIS. (***SOLD as a set of three prints; one of each of the three states)
$1,500

Le Bal Bullier
JEAN-EMILE LABOUREUR
French, (1877-1943)
Woodcut, 1898, Laboureur 579, edition 60 (61?) 8 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. Initialed in the block, lower left. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This stellar woodcut was exhibited at the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts in the spring of 1898. It's illustrated and discussed on page 139 of The Artistic Revival of the Woodcut in France 1850-1900 (1984) by Jacquelyn Baas and Richard Field. Bal Bullier was a ballroom in Paris created by François Bullier in the mid 19th century and it was open until 1940. It was a well known student dance hall at 31 Avenue de l'Observatoire. (Note: the catalogue states an edition of sixty-one impressions but all the numbering we have seen is from an edition of sixty, as here. The catalogue suggests there exists an "épr. d'essai" proof before the monogram in the block which would account for the extra impression.)
$4,000

Aux Environs de Paris
MAXIME LALANNE
French, (1827-1886)
Etching, 1863, Villet 4 (iv/VI), Berladi 6; edition unknown. 9 3/8 x 12 1/2 in. Signed in the plate lower left and also with the printed signature in the lower left. This is a very good impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from some staining in the margins and a small break in the paper, lower left. It's printed on AQUAFORTISTES laid paper and published by Cadart & Luquet.
$600

The Black Rocks near Trouville (Les Roches Noires près Trouville)
MAXIME LALANNE
French, (1827-1886)
Etching , 1874, Beraldi 118, Villet 105 (vii/VII); edition unknown. 12 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. This is a fine impression printed on white laid paper. The margins are wide. The condition is very good apart from a subtle stain in the lower left corner of the margin, well away from the image. In this state the plate was published by Cadart in "l'Illustration Nouvelle" (plate 299).
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Modernist City Scene
ALEX LALLEMAND
Belgian, (1892-1963)
Linocut (or woodcut), 1920s-1930s, edition probably about 50. 10 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. Signed in pencil and inscribed "epreuve d'artiste." This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. Lallemand, working in Brussels, produced many of these modernist blockprints focusing on imaginary urban scenes.
$600

Anna Stina (Mrs. Alkman, née Rydell)
CARL LARSSON
Swedish, (1855-1919)
Etching, 1911, Hjert & Hjert 79 (ii/III), from a small edition. 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. Initialed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression printed on sturdy cream wove paper. The margins are wide and the condition is fine. This second state is described as "rare" and the third state was printed posthumously in 1983. The sitter is the wife of Edvard Alkman, an editor and art critic. The etching relates to an oil painting by Larsson with an identical composition.
$2,500