The Beech Woods at Kerzardern (Le Bois de Hetres à Kerzardern)
HENRI RIVIERE
French, (1864-1951)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1917, Fields pg. 80; edition 500 unsigned and 100 signed impressions. 9 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower left, and also with the artist's printed monogram in red. Here we have a superb impression with fresh colors. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This is plate 20 from the series "Le Beau Pays de Bretagne," printed and published by Eugène Verneau, Paris. Based on the dates given by Fields, this would be the last print made by Riviere.
$1,500

The Island of Bréhat (L'ile de Bréhat)
HENRI RIVIERE
French, (1864-1951)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1913, Fields pg. 79; edition 500 unsigned and 100 signed impressions. 9 x 13 7/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower right, along with the printed red artist's monogram. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine. This is plate 16 from the series, "Le Beau Pays de Bretagne," printed and published by Eugène Verneau, Paris.
$1,500

The Old Mill at Loguivy
HENRI RIVIERE
French, (1864-1951)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1910, Fields, pg. 79; edition 500 unsigned and 100 signed impressions. 9 x 14 in. Signed on the stone, lower right and also signed with the artist's printed red monogram. this is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine. This is plate 13 from the series, "Le Beau Pays de Bretagne," printed and published by Eugène Verneau, Paris.
$1,500

Seated Woman looking into the Mirror (Femme à son miroir)
MANUEL ROBBE
French, (1872-1936)
Aquatint in colors printed à la poupée, circa 1900, edition unknown. 15 5/8 x 11 in. Signed in ink in the upper left corner. This is a fine impression with full margins. (There are a few spots of foxing in the margins and an old paper hinge running the length of the sheet along the right edge.) This is a subtle and enticing work. Robbe's painterly approach to making aquatints makes him well suited to employ such dramatic inking. The print is inscribed on the verso "très rare." This print is not recorded in over two hundred entries in the Merrill Chase catalogues and Bibliothèque Nationale publications. (We thank Andy Fitch for clarifying our earlier description of this exceptional work.) Provenance: Michel Romand (1929-2013), the great grandson of Edmond Sagot (1857-1917).
$2,500

The Sentimental Novel (Le Roman Sentimental)
MANUEL ROBBE
French, (1872-1936)
Aquatint printed in colors, circa 1900-02, Not listed in Merrill Chase; edition probably 100. 19 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. Signed and numbered "73" in pencil. This is a stellar impression of this uncommon print. The paper bears an ARCHES watermark and the margins are full. The condition is fine apart from two old paper hinges along the right edge of the margin, verso. Sagot was the publisher and their blindstamp appears below the pencil signature at the right (Lugt 2254).
$2,800

Oak Tree Growing Among the Rocks (Le Chene de Roche)
THEODORE ROUSSEAU
French, (1812-1867)
Etching, 1861, Melot R4 (iii/III), edition unknown. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. This is a fine impression printed on a cream-colored chine appliqué. The margins are full and the condition is very good apart from being slightly light struck within an earlier mat opening. Rousseau produced only four etchings and this is the most common as it appears here; the third state as published in the Gazette des Beaux Arts in 1861. Early state impressions are very rare and the letters of the third state are occasionally found masked or roughed out to present the appearance of a first state. Rousseau exhibited the painting of the same subject in the Salon of 1861. This is a fine example of Barbizon printmaking at an affordable price.
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Le Cerisier de la Plante-à-Biau (The Cherry Tree at La Plante-à-Biau)
THEODORE ROUSSEAU
French, (1812-1867)
Cliché-verre , 1855, Melot R5, only state. edition 150. 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This is one of forty cliché-verre plates acquired from Bouasse-Lebel including works by Corot, Daubigny, Delacroix, Millet and Rousseau. They were acquired by by the firm of Sagot-Le Garrec and published in 1921. Each impression, as with this one, bears the stamp of Sagot-Le Garrec (Lugt 1766a) and is numbered. (Our impression is signed in pencil with, "Essai" ('trial proof'). Early, lifetime impressions of these works are nearly impossible to fine. This a especially fine example of one of only six graphic works by Rousseau, two of which were the cliché-verre glass plate process.
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Training the Dog (L'Education du Chien), or, In the Snow (Dans la Niege)
KER XAVIER ROUSSEL
French, (1867-1944)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1893, Salomon 10, Stein & Karshan 76; edition 100. 12 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed and numbered in pencil in the lower left corner of the sheet. This is a very fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from minor rippling along the top edge of the sheet. This stellar Nabis print was published in Album 1 of L'Estampe Originale in 1893 and was printed by Ancourt. The blindstamp of the publication (Lugt 819) appears in the lower right corner of the sheet. "During his Nabis years, François-Xavier Roussel, known as Ker, was influenced by Japanese prints. This color lithograph--particularly the slim, columnar trees, whose branches are cropped from view--may have been inspired by Utagawa Hiroshige's vertical format landscape series One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, which also includes snow scenes. For the Nabis, pets were intimate members of the household, and thus worthy of inclusion in their domestic and garden views." See pg 210 of "Private Lives, Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris 1889-1900," by Mary Weaver Chapin and Heather Lemonedes Brown (2021) published by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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La Source
KER XAVIER ROUSSEL
French, (1867-1944)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1899, Salomon 20, edition 100. 12 1/2 x 16 1/16 in. Unsigned as usual. This is a fine impression printed on china paper. The margins are probably full. The condition is quite good apart from very slight lightening within a previous mat opening. Provenance: Joel Bergquist Fine Prints.
$2,000

Landscape with House (Paysage avec Maison)
KER XAVIER ROUSSEL
French, (1867-1944)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1897, Salomon 13, edition 100. 11 3/8 x 16 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is very fine, vibrant impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This large post-impressionist work was part of Vollard's "L'Album d'estampes originales de la Galerie Vollard." The series was never completed but included works by Bonnard, Carrière, Denis, Redon, and others.
$2,800

Woman in a Striped Dress
KER XAVIER ROUSSEL
French, (1867-1944)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1898, Salomon 16, edition 100. 8 3/8 x 12 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on china paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine overall. Printed by Clot and published by Vollard, this image is from Roussel's celebrated "Paysages" series. These works comprise his best work in color lithography. His printmaking is post impressionist in style he worked with Vuillard and other Nabis artists at the Académie Julian in Paris.
$2,500

The Red Mug
MABEL ROYDS
British, (1874-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (1920s-1930s), Barton 57, small edition. 5 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. Signed in red-orange pencil. This is a very fine impression with substantial margins. The condition is fine apart from traces of old hinges at the top of the sheet. This lovely print is rich with embossing (gaufrage). Royds' prints are consistently well-crafted and inspired. She produced about twenty floral block prints in all and they remain fresh and appealing to this day.
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Red Daisies
MABEL ROYDS
British, (1874-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1930s, Barton 45, edition unknown. 5 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil "45". This is a superb impression with rich colors. The background is printed as a monotype which is highly unusual for the artist The margins are narrow and the condition is fine. This impression came from the estate of the artist. We sold this very impression back in the 1980s and are pleased to have it again.
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The Kiss (der Kuss)
FERDINAND SCHMUTZER
Austrian, (1870-1928)
Etching, 1904, Weixlgärtner 76 (ii/II), edition unknown. 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. Signed in pencil in the image, lower left. This is a fine impression of this charming print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Schmutzer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and spent two years in Holland on a scholarship. He loved the Dutch painters of the 17th century and especially Rembrandt's etchings. He was also a talented photographer and became well know in this medium. In 1901, he became a member of the Vienna Secession.
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Evening, The Pier at Flessingue (Le Soir, La Jetée de Flessingue)
PAUL SIGNAC
French, (1863-1935)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1898, Kornfeld / Wick 20.IID, from the large edition for PAN. 8 x 10 1/4 in. Unsigned as usual. This is a fine, fresh impression on chine volant with wide margins. The text is printed in the lower left. The condition is fine other than for an inherent paper imperfection, a dark fiber, in the bottom center just affecting the image. The PAN edition was printed by Auguste Clot and published in Berlin by Otto Bierbaum and Julius Meier-Graefe. Signac, along with Georges Seurat and Henri-Edmond Cross, defined the French pointillist movement during the late 19th century.
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Les Deux Trottins
THEOPHILE ALEXANDRE STEINLEN
French, (1859-1923)
Etching and aquatint, 1902, Crauzat 65 (iii/III); one of three proofs in the third state. 9 x 5 3/4 in. Signed in the plate and signed in pencil. Furthermore, this superb impression is inscribed "essai" (trial proof.) The condition is fine. The margins are wide if not full. Crauzat lists 19 proofs plus three trials, as we have here, in the third state. This is a rare print as such and so very typical of Steinlen's best imagery.
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Rapport de Chaque Chose avec son Essence (From the COMPLETE SET of three prints)
LEOPOLD SURVAGE
French, (1879-1968)
Linoleum cuts (or possibly woodcuts), 1935, edition 20. 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. Each print is signed, dated and numbered in pencil. Each in initialed in the block, lower right. They are superb impressions in fine condition with full margins. (Plate I has some rippling in the outer margins.) These surrealist style works are numbered I-III, II-III and III-III. Survage was a French painter and printmaker and studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. (He was of Russian-Finnish descent.) He was friendly with Alexander Archipenko, Albert Gleizes and Amadeo Modigliani. He also produced stage, tapestry and textile designs. He was influenced by André Masson in the 1930s. These potent works are rare as a set. We've seen them before individually and also numbered differently, suggesting additional small editions were printed. Survage was inducted into France's Légion d'Honneur in 1963.
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Carriage Scene in Sunlight
MAURICE TAQUOY
French, (1878-1952)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1905, edition probably 100. 13 x 20 1/2 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Inscribed "No. 23" in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression with dynamic colors. The margins are full. The condition is very good other than for occasional soiling in the margins. This large print was published by Sagot, Paris, and bears their blindstamp in the lower right. Taquoy's work is discussed in, From Pissarro to Picasso, Color Etching in France (1992) by Cate & Grivel.
$1,600

Untitled (mirrored worshippers)
MAX THALMANN
German, (1890-1945)
Woodcut, 1923-24, Henkel 2011, no. 16.1-10, edition 250. 19 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. Initialed in the block and signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression printed on white wove paper. The margins are full with a deckle edge showing on all sides. This is a fine work by this underrated German expressionist printmaker and draughtsman. He produced three prominent woodcut portfolios; the Cathedral Series, the Passion, and the America Series. A large collection of his work in at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. This print is from Der Dom (the Cathedral Series).
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Evening in Venice (Abend vor Venedig)
CARL THIEMANN
Austrian, (1881-1966)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1910-11, Merx 172F, edition unknown. 11 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the block, upper right. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. Here we have a superb, luminous impression of this large work. The margins are narrow but untrimmed, with a deckle edge showing on three sides. This is a stellar example of his work.
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