Jan Wiegers with Model
JAN ALTINK
Dutch, (1885-1971)
Etching, 1923, edition unknown. 12 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. Signed with the artist's estate stamp. This is a fine, lifetime impression printed on white laid paper. The margins are full and the condition is very good other than a crease in the right margin. This work is illustrated (#69) in Jan Altink, Groninger Land en Menschen (1969) published by the Gemeentemuseum in the Hague. Altink was one of the founders, along with Jan Wiegers and others, of the Dutch expressionist movement known as "de Ploeg." Altink was born in Groningen and that's were this important movement started in 1918. He was also a painter of great merit and produced many other prints.
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Seated Figure in the Shadows
ANTO-CARTE (ANTOINE CARTE)
Belgian, (1886-1954)
Lithograph, undated (1920s-1930s, small edition. 16 3/4 x 12 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. A superb impression with wide margins. Soft creases and foxing showing mostly in the margins. Small stain outside of image, upper left corner. He was a member of the l'Academie Royale de Belgique and his work is found in several museum collections in Europe and America.
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Corner of a Canal (Hoek van een Gracht)
JACOB BENDIEN
Dutch, (1890-1933)
Lithograph, 1919-1920, edition unknown. 25 x 19 1/2 in. Signed in ink within the image, lower left. This is a fine impression of this very rare work printed on a thick wove paper. The margins are trimmed to the image and that was probably the artist's intent. The condition is good. There's a modest wrinkle in the upper right corner of the sheet and the back of the print is darkened from an early non-archival backing. Bendien lived and worked in Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin. In addition to his work in a surrealist, dreamlike style as seen here, Bendien explored degrees of abstraction. His abstract work, called absolute painting, shows theosophic influence. In the thirties he used the word Meditism in connection with his imagery. In addition, Bendien published many articles and was a connoisseur of the work of Piet Mondriaan. An impression of this print is in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. This work is illustrated and discussed in Jakob Bendien 1890-1933 (1985), an important retrospective catalog put together by the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden and the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. He produced very few prints and this work is exemplary.
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Houseboats in the Canal
CEES BOLDING
Dutch, (1897-1979)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1929, edition unknown (probably about 50) 13 3/4 x 19 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression in very good condition with full margins. (There's a repaired tear in the lower margins and a few wrinkles, all well apart from the image. Bolding studied at the Rijksschool voor Kunstnijverheid, Amsterdam. He was a gifted watercolorist as well a skilled woodcut artist.
$1,200

Kermis (The Fair)
JACQUES BOONEN
Belgian, (1911-1968)
Etching, undated, edition 150. 26 x 28 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This fine impression has full margins and the condition is also very good. Boonen is best known for these large, fantastic etchings which present a modernist twist to the mad festivities depicted by Bosch and Breughel. Boonen studied with Jules de Bruycker at the Academy in Antwerp.
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Leidschegracht, Amsterdam
CORNELIS BRANDENBURG
Dutch, (1884-1954)
Etching and aquatint, 1920s-1930s, Timmerman CB 118M, edition unknown. 13 1/4 x 17 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, richly inked impression printed on sturdy wove paper. The margins are full. The condition is very good. Brandenburg specialized in these atmospheric views along the canals and some of his work, including this plate, was printed in colors. He lived and worked in Amsterdam and studied with Pieter Dupont and A.J. Derkinderen. His best works ranks with that of Witsen and Everbag. Between 1615 and 1658, this canal was the southern border of the city of Amsterdam. It's named after the city of Leiden.
$750

Baulieue
MAURICE BROCAS
Belgian, (1892-1948)
Woodcut, 1921, edition 15. 8 1/2 x 12 1/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression in very good condition. Wide margins.
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Port Vendres (France)
MAURICE BROCAS
Belgian, (1892-1948)
Wood engraving, circa 1925, edition unknown. 11 x 18 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil (and with a pencil dedication, lower left). A fine impression in fine condition with wide margins. Brocas was a remarkable wood engraver who produced many European landscapes such as this one.
$900

Six Bois Originaux
MAURICE BROCAS
Belgian, (1892-1948)
Woodcut(s), 1919, edition 50. each approx. 5 x 7 in. Each of the six prints is signed in pencil. This is a fine bound volume of six woodcuts, each signed and numbered in pencil, tipped onto larger sheets as issued. Very good condition other than occasional foxing and with margins as issued. This work was published by G. van Oest, Bruxelles-Paris. A preface is written by Fierens-Gevaert. Brocas was best known for his woodcuts and his Nabis-like prints are found in major prints collections in Europe.
$900

Fishing at the Dock
OMER COPPENS
Belgian, (1864-1926)
Etching, circa 1910-20, edition unknown. 10 x 13 3/8 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression printed on a light cream laid paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Painter, etcher, ceramic artist, illustrator and designer extraordinaire, Coppens was the subject of a major retrospective in 2001 with an excellent catalogue.
$650

Stormy weather off the coast of Belgium
OMER COPPENS
Belgian, (1864-1926)
Etching, circa 1910-20, edition unknown. 9 3/4 x 14 1/4 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine, atmospheric impression printed on light cream laid paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Coppens experimented with different ink colors and this may have grown out of his early experiments in symbolist paintings and later, during his especially productive art nouveau period. He rarely dated his prints. A few were published in conjunction with the Sociéte des Aquafortistes Belges. His 2001 retrospective was held at the Centre d'Art de Rouge-Cloître (Auderghem) in Belgium.
$600

Place Ste. Pharailde, Ghent (Het Veerleplein te Gent)
JULES DE BRUYCKER
Belgian, (1870-1945)
Etching, 1906, LeRoy 7 (iii/III), edition unknown but probably fewer than 50. 8 5/8 x 14 1/2 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed and titled below the image in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on cream-colored Japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is quite good apart from occasional scuffs in the outer margins. This wonderful, early work reminds of the great Flemish tradition of the of kermis, or village fair, which was made popular early on by Breughel and others. A pen and ink drawing exists for this print and is now in a private collection. Other works by de Bruycker are currently available.
$1,500

Colleague (Confrère)
JULES DE BRUYCKER
Belgian, (1870-1945)
Etching, 1906, LeRoy 3, edition unknown. 12 3/8 x 9 3/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on cream Japan paper. The margins are full. The condition is very good. (There are two small abrasions in the upper margin from a previous mat and a modest glue spot in the right margin. This is a portrait of Cies de Kalle a.k.a. Georges van de Walle 1861-1923, a fellow Belgian artist.)
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Piccadilly Circus, London
JULES DE BRUYCKER
Belgian, (1870-1945)
Etching, 1916, LeRoy 63, edition 40. 9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This is the smaller of the two versions of this subject. De Bruycker lived in London from 1914-1919 and returned to his native Ghent in 1919. During the war years in London he met Walter Sickert and Frank Brangwyn, among others.
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La Porte Saint Denis, Paris
JULES DE BRUYCKER
Belgian, (1870-1945)
Etching, 1928, LeRoy 154, edition 125. 24 x 20 in. Signed and numbered in pencil, lower right. Titled in pencil, lower left. This is a fine, richly inked impression printed on simili-Japan paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. The Porte Saint Denis is a triumphal arch designed by the architect Francois Blondel and the sculptor Michel Anguier for Louis XIV. It was built in 1672. An impression of this majestic work is in the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
$2,500

Dutch City View
GERBEN ('GERM') DE JONG
Dutch, (1886-1967)
Lithograph, 1916, edition unknown. 12 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. Signed on the stone with the monogram and signed and dated in pencil. This exquisite study is a fine impression in very good condition. The margins are somewhat narrow but substanial enough. The paper is mildly toned on the front. De Jong's prints are not so common. He was a gifted painter and his work is represented in the Rijksmuseum. We are not yet sure what cathedral is depicted in this print.
$450

Sunlit Landscape
KAREL DE POSSON
Belgian, (1889-1960)
Lithograph, undated (circa 1930), edition unknown but probably rather small. 8 3/8 x 7 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are wide and probably full. In addition to his printmaking, De Posson was a painter of some note. He studied with F. Mortelmans and J.W. Rosier in Antwerp where he lived.
$400

He Who Returned
VICTOR DELHEZ
Belgian, (1902-1985)
Wood engraving, 1941, small edition. 11 3/4 x 9 in. Signed in pencil and initialed in the block. Inscribed "epreuve d'artiste". A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins (somewhat narrow on the sides). This print was inspired by Baudelaire but not included in Delhez's rendition of "Les Fleurs du Mal."
$850

In Den Avond ('In the Evening')
ANTONIUS ANTONIUS JOHANNES DERKINDEREN
Dutch, (1859-1925)
Lithograph, 1897, edition unknown. 12 1/2 x 19 1/8 in. Initialed on the stone and signed with a printed signature lower right. This is a fine impression (a proof?) with margins in very good condition. Ex-collection: Ph.J(ansen) (Not in Lugt). An outstanding example of late 19th century Dutch art nouveau symbolist design. Reference: Noordbrabants Museum catalogue page 110 (# 58). This image symbolizes old age and impending death. There are the angels of the last judgement on each side of the seated figures (or guardian angels) and zodiac symbols galore. The symbol of fire and the sword relate to the image of the Mercurius Cross depicted in the center. Derkinderen was also a muralist and he did some stained glass work. His prints are not so common. (This print also appeared in a larger edition as a supplement to De Kroniek, with a centerfold and small printed text at top.)
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Lilies
ANTOON DERKZEN VAN ANGEREN
Dutch, (1878-1961)
Etching, 1905, edition unknown. 12 x 12 in. Signed and dated in pencil. A fine impression with wide margins. Old hinges showing at top edge of sheet, recto and verso. Ex-collection: Wilbrink Hoitsema (Lugt 2625).
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