Maisons à Martigues (Houses in Martigues)
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK
French, (1876-1958)
Woodcut, 1914, Walterskirchen 15b, edition 30. 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. THis is a fine impression printed on VAN GELDER paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. The edition was printed by Paul Birault, Paris, and the print was published by Henri Kahnweiler also in Paris. Vlaminck excelled as a woodcut artist and this work can be considered one of his best. Martigues is a commune northwest of Marseilles.
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Village de Louvilliers-les-Perches
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK
French, (1876-1958)
Drypoint, 1926, Walterskirchen 117b, edition 75. 8 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression rich with burr. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from minor toning along the extreme top edge of the sheet. Published by Marcel Guiot, Paris, with their blind stamp in the lower right margin. This town is located in the Loire Valley.
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The Wheat Field (Chateauneuf-en-Thimerais), Le Champ de Blé (Chateauneuf-en-Thimerais)
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK
French, (1876-1958)
Drypoint, circa 1925, Walterskirchen 113b, edition 50. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine impression printed with plate tone. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This panoramic view was published by the Galerie des Peintres-Graveurs (Lugt 1057b) and their blindstamp is in the lower right margin.
$1,450

The Oise River at Sergy (L'Oise a Sergy)
MAURICE DE VLAMINCK
French, (1876-1958)
Aquatint, 1924, Walterskirchen 110 (ii/II); edition 100. 9 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impressioon with full margins. The condition is fine apart from two soft wrinkles at the top of the sheet not affecting the image. This dynamic print was published by the Galerie des Peintres-Graveurs (E. Frapier), Paris. This is the second printing of 100 impressions (state ii) printed on Van Gelder paper. The first edition was 25 impressions. (The blindstamp of the publisher does not appear on this sheet.)
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Album Cover for Paysages et Intérieurs
EDOUARD VUILLARD
French, (1868-1940)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1899, Roger-Marx 31, edition 100. 20 1/4 x 15 3/4 in. Signed on the stone. This is a fine impression printed on china paper. The colors are fresh and the condition is generally fine. (There are modest thin spots in the top margin corners,verso, from earlier hinges. Also, there's a tiny repaired tear in the upper right edge of the margin well away from the image.) This important series of twelve prints plus the cover was published by Vollard and printed under the direction of Auguste Clot.
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Children's Games
EDOUARD VUILLARD
French, (1868-1940)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1897, Roger-Marx 29 (iii/III), edition 100. 17 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a superb impression with fresh colors printed on china paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There are a few soft ripples to the sheet from the printing process and the lower left corner of the sheet has a small fold.) This charming print was published by Vollard in the second "Album des Peintres Graveurs," a suite of 22 prints. Impressions are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.
$5,000

Hurricane
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1955, Stuckey 229, edition 55. 11 3/4 x 17 1/4 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, atmospheric impression with full margins. Excellent condition. This print represents a departure for the artist as the subject is unusual. Here he successfully recreates the power of mother nature in stormy New England weather.
$1,900

Queen Sophia
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1909, Zorn Gallery 223 (ii/II), Asplund 223, Hjert & Hjert 144 (ii/II). 9 3/4 x 7 in. Signed in the plate and signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full.. Ex-collection: Viola and Remig Papp (Not in Lugt). This print relates to the painting of the same subject.
$2,500

The Two
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1916, Asplund 274 (ii/II); Hjert & Hjert 278 (ii/II). 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. Signed in the plate and signed in pencil. A fine impression with full margins. Fine condition apart from a trace of old adhesive around the edges of the sheet, verso.
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Self Portrait
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1916, Zorn Gallery 270 (iii/III); Hjert & Hjert 164 (iii/III), edition unknown. 7 x 4 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. Here we have a very fine impression printed on cream laid paper. The margins are wide and the condition is excellent. Zorn produced many self portraits both in printmaking and in oil painting. This print, in fact, relates to a painting in the Zorn Museum in Mora.
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The Brides's Maid
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1905, Hjert & Hjert 204, only state, edition unknown. 6 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in the plate and signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in very good condition. The margins are extremely wide and probably full. The sheet has been previously folded under on the sides most likely to fit into a frame. There's a very faint suggestion of light toning within a previous mat opening. All things considered, it's a really nice print.
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Gerda Hagborg III
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1896, Zorn Gallery 106 (i/II), Asplund 106, Hjert & Hjert 71, precise edition unknown. 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a superb impression of the rare first state, before the burnishing of the plate in the upper right corner. The margins are full. The condition is very good apart from slight toning of the sheet within a previous mat opening.
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Mr. & Mrs. Furstenberg
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1895, Zorn Gallery 97 (ii/III), Asplund 97, Hjert & Hjert 67, edition unknown. 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression of this outstanding, rare work. The margins are full. The condition is very good overall with only minor issues here and there at the extreme margin edges.
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Anna Doing her Hair (Anna Kammar Sig)
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1906, Zorn Gallery 200 (ii/III), Hjert & Hjert 245 (ii/III), small edition. 7 x 4 5/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a superb, richly inked impression of this very rare print. The margins are wide and the condition is fine apart from minor soiling here and there in the margins. This is a rare second state impression with an estimate of 5-15 impressions only in the Zorn Gallery catalogue. The final state, with window panes added, states an edition of only 30-50 impressions. The plate was done in Zorn's studio in Mora.
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Ols Maria
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1919, Zorn Gallery 286, Hjert & Hjert 167, edition unknown. 7 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from slight rippling at the top and bottom edges of the large sheet. This charming print was done late in Zorn's career.
$1,350

Princess Ingeborg I
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1900, Zorn Gallery 153 (iii/IV), Hjert & Hjert 102 (iii/IV); edition unknown. 11 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression of this very rare print. The margins are probably full. The condition is very good apart from a mild trace of a mat line in the outer margins. There are three printing creases; one very subtle one affecting the blank area in the lower left and two in the lower margin with one just touching the image at bottom. For normal viewing distance these are not noticeable. Hjert & Hjert lists an edition of 15-18 impressions. The newer catalogue by the Zorn Gallery lists 5-15 copies of this, the third state, and 15-18 copies in the fourth state. There's a third state impression in the Wallace DeWolfe and Charles Deering Collections at the Art Institute of Chicago. Ex-collection: Max Biach (Lugt 5532) This Viennese collector was a prominent Zorn collector, among other artists, and Delteil mentions seven of his prints in his catalogue including this one.
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Mrs. Granberg
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1903, Zorn Gallery 172 (iii/IV), Delteil 171, Hjert & Hjert 115; 20 signed impressions and 30 unsigned in this state. 7 x 4 5/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression of this uncommon print. Thee margins are substantial and the condition is fine. This is the rare third state before the printed text was added in the fourth state. The unsigned fourth state was published by the Society of Graphic Art in it's Annual for 1902-03.
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Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1914, Zorn Gallery 264 (iii/III), Hjert & Hjert 163, Asplund 264; edition unknown. 9 3/4 x 7 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with wide margins. The condition is very good apart from two faint stains along the sheet edge at right and a slight repaired split in the same area. This captivating and lovely print skillfully depicts Princess Margaret who died at the age of only thirty-eight. She was married to Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf of Sweden.
$2,500

The Fence
ANDERS ZORN
Swedish, (1860-1920)
Etching, 1913, Zorn Gallery 257 (ii/II), Asplund 257; edition at least 50. 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression with full margins. (The paper bears a VAN GELDER ZONEN watermark.) The condition is fine apart from a a skillfully repaired tear in the upper right corner margin. There's a Zorn painting which relates to this large etching.
$2,200