20th Century European Prints

20th Century European Artists

This is a fine original etching by French artist and print maker Louis Auguste Lepere.  The subject is Amiens Cathedral, created and printed in 1907.  The pencil signed impression measures 13 11/16X9 5/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  Very fine condition.  This image appears in the Saunier catalog as image number 344.  Printed in an edition of 150.

$775.00

This is a fine large drypoint etching by French artist Paul Cesar Helleu.  This portrait of a Woman is an unsigned proof.  The image measures 20X16 inches.  On a thick wove type sheet.  Identified on the back of the sheet as the work of Helleu.  It was created and printed circa 1910.  Very fine condition.  

$775.00

This is an original soft ground etching and aquatint by Austrian artist Tavik F. Simon.  The scene is: The Kiosks on the Grand Boulevards, in Paris.  This etching was created and printed in 1926 in an edition of 200, published by G. Petit, Paris.  The image appears in the Novak catalog as image number N.123.  The image measures 13 3/4X16 3/4 inches.  This etching is in the early frame with french matting.  Pencil signed lower right and numbered 6 of the edition.

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This is an original color aquatint and etching by French artist Manuel Robbe.  The title is Place Pigalle, it was created and printed in 1925 in an edition of 200 published by L'Estampe Moderne.  The image measures 11 1/4X15 3/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right border.  Place Pigalle is in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, in Montmartre.

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This is a very rare etching from a scarce, unpublished plate by Francis Sydney Unwin. The image size is 12 1/8 x 16 inches, 1916, pencil signed; a richly inked impression on a fine cream colored Japan paper. Unwin studied at the Winchester School of Art and the Slade School; he traveled extensively throughout Europe and spent several months in Egypt drawing the tomb interiors for an archaeological expedition. He then settled in London, becoming known for his landscapes and remarkable interior architectural views, such as this finely detailed image of the Albert Hall. Unwin died at the age of 40, after suffering from tuberculosis for much of his adult life.

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Colored softground and aquatint from 1925. Numbered 65 in an edition of 300. Catalog: Novak 432. Pencil signed in the lower right, numbered in the lower left. Plate measures 11 5/8 x 15 1/4 inches on 15 1/8 x 19 inch watermarked wove type paper. An atmospheric etching that captures the bleak weather with splashes of color. F. Simon was born in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague and traveled extensively throughout Europe, as well as Asia and the U.S. He lived in Paris from 1905-1913, then returned to Prague to teach at the Academy of Fine Arts. Simon was an exceptional painter and printmaker, and is best known for his atmospheric color etchings and aquatints, such as this wintry Paris scene.

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This is a fine original lithograph by French artist Eugene Carriere.  The title is Homage to Tolstoy (Consolation) Created and printed in 1901.  This impression is hand signed lower right border.  The image measures 9X6 inches, printed on a Hand made Japan type laid sheet.  This lithograph is nicely framed with archival materials.  "Eugène Anatole Carrière was a French Symbolist artist of the fin-de-siècle period. Carrière's paintings are best known for their near-monochrome brown palette and their ethereal, dreamlike quality. He was a close friend of Auguste Rodin and his work likely influenced Pablo Picasso's "

 

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This is a fine line engraving by British artist Stanley Anderson.  The title is The Old Tinker.  This pencil signed impression measures 7 X5 1/2  inches, created and printed in 1933.  This image appears in the Anderson Catalog as image number 208.  The tinker is depicted soldering a patch to a leaking kettle while his wife is about to renew the cane seat of an old chair.  Anderson often returned to the subject of the wanderer, of itinerants such as wayfarers pedlars and gypsies making their way through town.  This engraving is in a modern frame with archival materials.

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Etching, aquatint and drypoint, image size 7 1/2 x 12 inches, 4th state, "Louis Legrand" pencil and plate signed l.r., Arwas A74.

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This is an original etching with aquatint and drypoint by French artist Louis Legrand.  The title is: L'Habillage (Dressing)   a back stage view done for  the La Petite Classe, a series of 12 images  that Legrand created as a portfolio in  1908.  The image measures 16 3/4X11 3/4 inches.  This was the 4th state of 5 which includes the Remarque of a racehorse, printed in an edition of 30.  Signed in pencil and numbered,14/30.  This image appears in the Arwas catalog as image number 369.  This etching printed on a buff toned sheet is archivally framed.  This image was used as the cover of the Arwas catalog.

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This is a fine portrait etching by European artist Anders Zorn.  This pencil signed etching titled Guill II was created and printed in 1918.  The image measures 7 3/4X5 3/4 .  This pencil signed impression .  This image appears in the zorn catalog as image number 165.  This etching is in beautiful condition.

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This is an original etching and aquatint by French artist Louis Legrand.  This image was created for his series, La Petite Classe, created in 1908.  This pencil signed and editioned etching is titled: Entree de Scene  (stage Entrance)  It has a plate size of 15 3/4X11 1/4 inches.  It has the number 7/100 from the edition of 100, published by G. Pellet, Paris.  A fine impression on Japon ou velin paper.

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A richly inked drypoint from 1919. Catalog reference: Gaunt 245. Edition of 54. Pencil signed in the lower right. Plate measures 19 x 20 3/4 inches on 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 inch wove type paper. Sir Frank Brangwyn was one of the most important British artists of the early 20th century. A member of the Royal Academy, the Royal Watercolor Society, and the Royal Society of British Artists, he was knighted in 1924.

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This is a fine line engraving by British artist Stanley Anderson.  The title is: The Reading Room.  This image was created and printed in 1931 and appeared in the 1931 edition of Fine Prints of the Year.  This pencil signed impression has an image size of 6 1/2X8 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

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This is an original pencil signed lithograph by European artist Maurice deVlaminck.  The subject is Marine, L'Eglise, it was created and printed circa 1925, Published by Galerie des Peintres Graveurs, Paris with the blind stamp lower right. The image measures 8 7/8X12m 1/4 inches.This image appears in the Walterskirchen catalog as image number 182.

 

$775.00