Market in Front of a Mosque. Etching. Wisselingh 108. 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 12 7/8 x 8 7/8). Number 30. Printed on a full sheet of 'Van Gelder Zonen' laid paper. Initialed and annotated in pencil. $225.
Nude Studies.
[Dancing Nude]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 13 1/8 x 5 11/16. Printed on tan newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and numbered 60 in pencil. $175.
[Reclining Nude II]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 7 1/8 x 12 7/8. Signed in the stone and in pencil. printed on tan newsprint-type paper. Excellent impressions and condition. Signed in pencil. $175.
[Reclining Nude III]. c. 1915. Lithograph.4 13/16 x 13 3/16. Signed in the stone and in pencil. printed on tan newsprint-type paper. Excellent impressions and condition. Signed in pencil. $225.
[Seated Nude]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 16 3/4 x 11 1/4. Printed on tan newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and numbered 68 in pencil. $175.
[Standing Nude]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 9 1/4 x 5. Printed on tan newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and numbered II in pencil. $175.
[Washing I]. Lithograph. c. 1915. 8 1/4 x 6 3/4. Printed on cream wove paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and and numbered 106 in pencil. $175.
[Washing II]. Lithograph. c. 1915. 13 1/8 x 7 1/8. Printed on cream wove paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and and numbered 3 in pencil. $175.
[Washing III]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 11 x 5 1/16. Printed on tan newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone and in pencil. $175.
Women Dressing.
[Dressing II.] c. 1915. Lithograph. 11 1/16 x 5. Printed on tan wove newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone and in pencil. $175.
[Dressing Table I]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 15 7/8 x 8 1/8. Printed on cream wove paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and and in pencil. $175.
[Dressing Table II]. Lithograph. c. 1915. 11 1/16 x 9 1/2. Printed on tan wove newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression; narrow left-hand margin, otherwise fine condition. Signed in the stone; signed and and numbered 67 in pencil. $175.
[Dressing Table III.] c. 1915. Lithograph. 15 7/8 x 8 1/8. Printed on tan wove newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone and in pencil. $175.
[Lingerie]. Lithograph. c. 1915. 11 1/2 x 9 3/8. Printed on cream wove paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and and numbered 8 in pencil. $175.
[The New Dress]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 14 x 10 1/2. Printed on tan newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and numbered 25 in pencil. $175.
[Putting on Her Shoe]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 9 1/8 x 4 7/8. Printed on tan newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and numbered 63 in pencil. $175.
[Adjusting Her Stocking]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 14 1/2 x 9 3/4. Printed on tan newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone and in pencil. $175.
Dancing
Apache Dance. c. 1915. Lithograph. 12 1/2 x 5 3/4. Printed on white wove paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and numbered 86 in pencil. $250.
Dancing. c. 1915. Lithograph. 13 1/16 x 9. Printed on tan wove newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and numbered 4 in pencil. $175.
Tango. c. 1915. Lithograph. 13 1/2 x 9 3/8. Printed on tan wove newsprint-type paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and numbered 107 in pencil. $175.
Lovers
[Lovers Embracing]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 11 5/8 x 6. Printed on cream wove paper. Excellent impression and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and numbered 20 in pencil. $175.
[Lovers Seated II]. c. 1915. Lithograph. 16 15/16 x 11 1/2. Printed on tan newsprint-type paper. Excellent impressions and condition. Signed in the stone; signed and numbered 43 in pencil. $450.
World War I Drawing
German World War I Officer. c. 1914. Charcoal drawing. 18 1/3 x 6 5/8 (sheet 18 7/8 x 7). Drawn on cream laid paper watermarked "France". Signed lower left; estate stamp verso. The soldier is wearing a spiked helmet. $500.
Rieuse (Laughing Girl). 1897. Duotone lithograph. 13 7/8 x 10 1/2 (sheet 16 1/8 x 12). As published in L'Estampe Moderne No. 2 (June, 1897), with their blindstamp of a woman's head, lower right. Signed in the stone. $300.
Cats Playing. c. 1925. Lithograph. 8 1/3 x 14 3/4 (sheet 14 1/8 x 19). Printed on the full sheet of tan wove paper. Signed and annotated 'probesdruck' (artist's proof) pencil. $175.
Dans les Cendres (In the embers). 1887. Delteil 67. Etching, drypoint and roulette. 16 3/4 x 12 1/8 (sheet 19 1/2 x 14). Edition 50. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 9 (1921): 254. A very rich impression with plate tone and drypoint burr, printed on simili-japon. This is one ofthe artist's most striking images. Signed in pencil. $1,500.
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Illustrations for the Fables of Jean de la Fontaine. 1886. Three of the six etchings for the series, each mounted on its original support sheet and signed in pencil by Bracquemond. Each has the oval blindstamp as first issued by Boussod, Valadon & Co., the year in which Moreau's watercolors of of these subjects were exhibited. Moreau was one of the fathers of the Symbolist movement in France.
"La Discord." (The Goddess, Discord. 1886. Etching. Image: 10 1/4 x 8 1/4; plate: 13 1/8 x 10 1/2). Illustrations for the Fables of Jean de la Fontaine. Printed on the full sheet of simili-Japan. Issued by Boussod, Valadon & Co., the year in which Moreau's watercolors of these subjects were exhibited. Signed in pencil. $975.
"Le singe et le chat" (The Monkey and the Cat). 1886. Etching. Image: 11 7/8 x 8 15/16; plate: 15 1/8 x 10 1/2. Illustrations for the Fables of Jean de la Fontaine. Printed on the full sheet of simili-Japan. Issued by Boussod, Valadon & Co., the year in which Moreau's watercolors of these subjects were exhibited.. Signed in pencil. $1,500.
La tête et la queue du serpent (The Countryman and the Serpent -- the Head and Tail of a Serpent,. 1886. Etching. Image: 11 1/2 x 8; plate: 15 x 10. Illustrations for the Fables of Jean de la Fontaine. Printed on the full sheet of simili-Japan. Issued by Boussod, Valadon & Co., the year in which Moreau's watercolors of these subjects were exhibited. Signed in pencil. $1,500.
Portrait of Corot. 1861. Etching. Béraldi 24. 3 1/2 x 3 1/4. A proof on chine collé, as published in the Gazette des Beaux Arts, 1861. Monogrammed in the plate. $150.
Vase Étain Laqué. (Lacquered tin vase). 1883. Etching with drypoint. Bourcard-Goodfriend 16.iii. 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 (sheet 17 5/8 x 12 1/8). Plate 6 from the portfolio Japonisme: Dix Eaux-Fortes (Japonisme, Ten Etchings). A rich impression with plate tone. Printed on cream laid paper countermarked 'M.B.M.' with full margins. Ex-collection Eugene A. Noble. Unsigned. $400.
Seattle - The Puget Sound. Un nouvo Moudo de esplorare -- assimilore. (A new way to explore -- assimilate). 1955-65 Collage with pen and ink, on wove paper mounted on masonite. 16 3/4 x 12 (sheet 19 11/16 x 13 3/4). Signed and dated in ink. $500.
Campo Santa Margherita, Venise. 1922. Etching and drypoint. Tabanelli 346. 7 7/8 x 13 3/4 (sheet 10 1/2 x 15 3/8. Edition 100. A tonal, atmospheric impression printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume. The wiping helps to create the dreamlike quality of the marketplace with its groups of people and palazzi. Signed in pencil. $650.
Casa dei Mori, Venise. 1922. Etching and drypoint. Tabanelli 353.12 5/8 x 8 3/4 (sheet 15 3/4 x 10 1/2). Edition 100, $53. A very rich impression printed on blue/green laid paper from an anqitue volume. The paper gives an evening glow to the scene. $650.
Ponte del Battello, Venise. c. 1922. Etching and drypoint. 8 x 10 1/4 (sheet 13 1/8 x 19 3/4). Edition 100, #69. A rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on cream wove Arches paper. Full sheet, with deckle edges. Signed and numbered in pencil. $650.
La Victoria. c. 1907. Etching and drypoint. Tbanelli 230.ii. 10 x 18 3/8 (sheet 17 3/8 x 22 1/24). A rich impression with plate tone, printed on simnili-Japan. Signed in pencil. $1,750.
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L'Élection.
"__ Enfoncé!!!!
__Ah! mes amis....mes bons amis. ce soir est le plus beau jour de ma vie!"
("Done!
Ah, my friends ... my good friends. This evening is the best day of my life.")
Lithograph. Delteil 1019.ii/iii (with letters). 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 12 3/4 x 10 1/8). Series: Scènes Parlementaires, plate 2. Before publication in Le Charivari April 17-18,1843. Unsigned. Text: lower left: Chez Pannier Edit. R. du Croissant. 16.; center: Chez Aubert, Pl. de la Bourse; lower right: Imp. d'Aubert & Compie; stone number 451. A fine impression sur blanc on white wove paper. Excellent condition. $225.
SCÈNES PARLEMENTAIRES. (Scenes from Parliament) is a series of 5 lithographs, which were published in the CHARIVARI in April and May 1843.
- Les temps sont durs, et il faut vivre déprivations cette anné ! . . . .
A qui le dites-vous, mon cher Ducorneau . . . . Pour mon compte, toutes les fois que je vais maintenant au spectacle, je me prive d'emmener ma femme ! . . .
( - Times are tough; this year we must learn to be more economical...
- Don't tell me, my dear Ducorneau.... as far as I am concerned, every time I go to the theatre I now deny myself my wife's company.....)
1847. Lithograph. Delteil 1648.ii/ii (with letters). 10 x 8 5/8 (sheet 14 1/4 x 10).
Series: Tout ce qu'on Voudra, (Everything you could want), plate 2. Published in Le Charivari April 17, 1847. Text: lower left: Chez Aubert. Pl. de la Bourse.29; lower right: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. Two stains in the top margin; center horizontal fold. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $75.
- Dites donc, président, impossible d'attraper un lièvre cette année ci..... ils ne restent plus en place..... - Ça tient à ce que le gouvernement a oublié de les rendre inamovibles......
(- I tell you Mr President.... it is quite impossible to trap a hare this year...... - It's of course the fault of the government,... as usual, they forgot to make them irremovable in time.)
1849. Lithograph. Delteil 1946.ii/ii (with letters). RARE. 9 5/8 x 8 (sheet 13 7/8 x 9 1/2). Series: Croquis Charivariques (Charivari Sketches), plate 2. Published in Le Charivari September 25, 1849. Lower left: Chez Aubert, Pl.de la Bourse.; lower right:Imp. Aubert & Cie. Central horizontal fold and allover mottling. Initialed 'h.d.' in the stone, lower left. $250.
- Elle est encore très bien cette dame... et elle est seule...
Hein?... si pourtant on était mauvais sujet! .
(- Not bad, not bad at all the lady over there.... I wonder whether she is alone...
- What rakes we are!.)
1867. Gillotage. Delteil 3303 only state. RARE. 9 3/4 x 9 1/4 (sheet 11 5/8 x 11). Series: Croquis Parisien. -- Par Daumier (Parisian Sketches -- by Daumier), plate 251. Published in Le Charivari November 26, 1867. Four fold marks and two brown stains in the leaves above the gentleman on the right; sheet trimmed. Initialed and annotated 'Gillot' in the stone, lower left. $375.
Bernard Léon (Rôle de Mignot, dans Marie Mignot).
..... Si vous saviez comme on fait du tort à un cuisinier quand on dérange ses heures!........
Bernard Léon. (in the role of Mignot in Marie Mignot)
If you only knew how one does wrong to a cook, by upsetting his time schedule.
1844. Lithograph. Delteil 1269.iii (with series title and plate number). 10 3/4 x 7 7/8 (sheet 14 1/8 x 9 3/4).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 108. Published in Le Charivari May 5, 1844. Text: lower left:Chez Aubert Pl. de la Bourse 29.; lower right: Imp. d'Aubert & Cie. Four fold marks, scattered foxing. Initialed in the stone, lower right. $65.
- Oui, madame Chaboulard y a vingt-quatre épiciers qui se sont réunis et qui ont fait le serment de massacrer le président Dupin.
- En v'la une horreur!.... mais aussi pourquoi le gouvernement ne fait pas surveiller davantage les épiciers....... il y a longtemps que je l'ai dit, tous les épiciers sont des scélérats!...... â preuve que le mien m'a vendu hier pour deux sous de moutarde et il ne m'en a pas donné pour six liards.... j'vas le dénoncer, y doit être un des vint-quatre!
(- Yes, Madame Chaboulard, 24 grocers have conspired to assassinate the President, Mr. Dupin!
- How awful... but I always said why doesn't the government watch the grocers more closely!.... it is long time that I said, all grocers are scoundrels..... for example, mine sold me today mustard for 2 sous... he wouldn't give it to me for six farthings..... I must go and denounce him... he surely must be one of those twenty four.)
1850. Lithograph. Delteil 2040.ii/ii (with letters). 11 x 8 1/4 (sheet 12 5/8 x 9 1/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 27. Published in Le Charivari November 15, 1850. Text: lower left: mChez Aubert & Cie. Pl. de la Bourse 29.Paris.; lower right: Imp.de Me.Ve.Aubert r.de l'Abbaye,5.Paris. Paper loss in the right-hand margin; vertical and horizontal folds. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $50.
Un ours contrarié (A Disobedient Bear.) 1854. Lithograph. Delteil 2525.ii/ii (with letters). 10 1/2 x 8/4 (sheet 10 1/8 x 13 11/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 98. Published in Le Charivari August 28, 1854. Text: lower left: maison Martinet,116 rue Rivoli et 41 r.Vivienne.; lower right: Lith. Destouches,28 r. Paradis Pre-Paris Fine original condition. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $100.
IRLANDE ET JAMAÏQUE. - Patience!.... (Ireland and Jamaica. Patience!....)
1866. Lithograph. Delteil 3494.ii/ii. 9 1/2 x 8 (sheet 11 7/16 x 11 3/16).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 60. Published in Le Charivari April 11, 1866. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,28 r.Paradis.Pre. Four fold marks,sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $350.
EXERCICES DE L'HERCULE PRUSSIEN.
- Le lèvra-t-il? ne le lèvra-t-il pas?
(EXERCISES OF THE PRUSSIAN HERCULES.)
Will he or won't he be able to lift it up?
1866. Lithograph. Delteil 3495.iii/iii (with letters). 9 3/8 x 8 5/9 (sheet 11 13/16 x 10 9/16).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 63. Published in Le Charivari April 16, 1866. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,28 r.Paradis.Pre. Vertical and horizontal marks; scattered foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $75.
Ou Venise commence à espérer.
(Venice begins to hope.)
1866. Lithograph. Delteil 3496.ii/ii (with letters). 9 5/8 x 8 1/8 (sheet 11 13/16 x 11).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 69. Published in Le Charivari April 24, 1866. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,28 r.Paradis.Pre. Vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $95.
Équilibre Européen. (European Equilibrium)
1871. Lithograph. Delteil 3566.ii/ii (with letters). 10 x8 7/16 (sheet 11 1/2 x 11 5/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 52. Published in Le Charivari April 3, 1867. Text lower left: A.de Vresse,R.Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,R.Paradis.Pre.28. Vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $125.
Trop chargé! ça crèvera ! (It's too full! It is going to burst!)
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3567.iii/iii (with letters). 10 1/16 x 83/4 (sheet 11 7/8 x 11 3/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 67. Published in Le Charivari April 16, 1867. Text lower left: A.de Vresse,R.Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,R.Paradis.Pre.28. Vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $125.
Qui attrapera-t-il?
(Who will he catch?)
1866. Lithograph. Delteil 3568.iii/iii (with letters). 10 1/8 x 8 3/6 (sheet 12 x 11 3/8).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 66. Published in Le Charivari April 19, 1867. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,R.Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,R.Paradis.Pre.28. Vertical and horizontal marks; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $85.
- C'est dommage que ma chasse a moi soit fermée.
(Ir's too bad that I'm shut out from hunting.)
1871. Lithograph. Delteil 3591.ii/ii (with letters). 9 1/4 x 8(sheet 11 3/4 x 11 1/2). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 180. Published in Le Charivari September 7, 1871. Text lower left: A de Vresse Edr r. Rivoli 55; lower right: Lith. Destouches r. Paradis Pre.28. Vertical and horizontal folds; scattered foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $125.
Une attitude en partie double.
(A double-faced attitude).
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3596.iii (with letters). 9 3/4 x9 1/2 (sheet 11 7/8 x 12).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 18. Published in Le Charivari February 4, 1867. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,R.Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,R.Paradis.Pre.28 Vertical and horizontal fold marks; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $100.
TURGOT - Eh bien mon pauvre Condé.... il parait qu'on prend mon nom comme on a pris le vôtre pour en faire l'enseigne d'une boutique.
(TURGOT: - And so, my poor Count, it seems that my name, like yours, is used to create a shop sign.)
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3598.ii/ii (with letters). 10 3/8 x 8 1/16 (sheet 12 x 11 3/8).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 214. Published in Le Charivari October 7, 1867. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse, R. Rivoli 55; lower right:LITH DESTOUCHES R. Paradis Pre.28. Unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds; minor foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $95.
LE VÉRITABLE LUTTEUR MASQUÉ.
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LE VÉRITABLE HOMME MASQUÉ.
THE REAL MASKED FIGHTER.
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THE REAL MASKED MAN.
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3604.iii/iii (with letters). 9 7/8 x 8 1/2 (sheet 11 9/16 x 11 3/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 238. Published in Le Charivari November 9, 1867. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,r.Paradis.Pre.28 Four paper folds; unobtrusive foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $100.
Le Charivari. Obligé de refaire prochainement une nouvelle vue de l'emplacement où s'élevait le temple de la Paix. (The Charivari. Forced to draw a new map of an area now used for maneuvers, which used to be the location of the "Temple of Peace".)
1867. Lithograph. Delteil 3610.ii/ii (with letters). 9 1/2 x 8 (sheet 11 7/16 x 11 3/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 251. Published in Le Charivari November 26, 1867. Text: lower left:A.de Vresse,r.de Rivoli,55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches,r.Paradis.Pre.28. Four fold marks and scattered foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $75.
John Bull jure qu'il est attaché au fils de Théodoros par un lien indissoluble. (John Bull vows that he is tied to the son of Theodorus by an indissoluble band.)
1868. Lithograph. Delteil 3657.ii/ii (with letters). 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 (sheet 12 x 11 3/16).
Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 189. Published in Le Charivari August 22, 1868. Text: lower left:A.de Vresse,r. Rivoli 55.; lower right: Lith.Destouches, r. Paradis Pre.28. Six fold marks; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $350.
LA RENTRÉÉE.
C'est drôle, je ne vois pas revenir la petite Confiance.
(The return
It's strange that , I don't seem to see little Confiance return.)
1868. Lithograph. Delteil 3669.iii/iii (with letters). 9 7/8 x 8 3/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 11 3/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 220. Published in Le Charivari October 12, 1868. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse,r. Rivoli 55; lower right: Lith.Destouches, r. Paradis Pre.28. Vertical and horizontal folds; minor scattered foxing; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $125.
Ils brûlent, ces gros-là, ils brûlent!
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Chauds les gros! Chauds!...
(They scorch these big ones, they burn!
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Big hot ones! Hot!)
1868. Lithograph. Hazard 3673.iii/iii (with letters). Not in Delteil 3673. 9 1/2 x 8 7/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 11 3/4). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 222. Published in Le Charivari November 14, 1868. Text: lower left: A.de Vresse, R. Rivoli 55 lower right: Lith Destouches R.Paradis Pre. 28. Vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $175.
L'éclipse sera-t-elle totale? (Will the eclipse be total?)
1871. Lithograph. Delteil 3857.ii/ii (with letters). 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 11 1/2). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 336. Published in Le Charivari March 17, 1871. Vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower right. $125.
SUCCESSEUR DE CHARLEMAGNE. (Charlemagne's Successor.)
1871. Gillotage. Delteil 3857.ii/ii (with letters). 10 1/2 x 9 1/4 (sheet 11 3/4 x 10 3/8). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 348. Published in Le Charivari April 6, 1871. Unobtrusive vertical and horizontal folds; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. $175.
Le défenseur de Calas consolé de n'avoir pu défendre Bailly, André Chénier et Camille Desmoulins.
(The defender of Calas consoled by not being able to defend Bailly, André Chenier and Camille Desmoulins..)
1871. Lithograph. Delteil 3864.ii/ii (with letters). 10 1/8 x 9 (sheet 11 3/4 x 10 1/2). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 356. Published in Le Charivari April 16, 1871. Vertical and horizontal folds ; sheet trimmed. Initialed in the stone, lower left. This is a one of Daumier's very notable images, as it pictures Voltaire, who defended Calas, Bailly, Chénier and Desmoulins. $350.
Les augures de la diplomatie n'osant ouvrir l'oiseau-Prussien pour savoir à quoi s'en tenir.
(The augures of diplomacy, don't dare to open the Prussian bird, to find what it might contain.)
Having found a seat after ten desperate attempts to board the train, a first tender feeling of holiday relaxation emerges.)
1867. Lithograph. Hazard 3965.i/i (with letters). Not in Delteil. 10 1/8 x 9 (sheet 11 1/2 x 11 5/16). Series: Actualités, (News of the Day), plate 179. Published in Le Charivari October 3, 1867. Text: lower left: Lith. Destouches, r. Paradis Pre.28; lower right: A.de Vresse Edr. rue du Rivoli 55. Center vertical fold and minor water stains on the left. A delightful early railroad image. Initialed in the stone, lower right. This is a one of Daumier's rare and notable images. $500. Drevet engraver). Se Vend a Paris Chez Drevet Rue de Foint.' Trimmed within the platemark. Signed and titled in the plate. $275.
Composition. c. 1959. Etching. 11 3/8 x 9 1/14 (sheet 12 3/4 x 9 1/2). Edition 75, #28. Accompanied by a 1959 exhibition catalogue from the Albert Loeb Gallery, 12 East 57th Street, New York City. Dedicated to Madame Gimbel by Dufour. Signed and numbered in pencil. $125.
La Haute-Seine. 1874. Etching. 4 1/4 x 5 3/4 (sheet 6 5/16 x 10 1/8). Printed with plate tone on cream wove paper. As published in Paris à l'eau-forte and printed by Delâtre. Signed in the plate three times: in the top right are the initials V. R.; and at the bottom left is Gachet's full artistic pseudonym, P. Van Ryssel, and the date '74. $300.
Blick auf Constanz (View of Constanz). 1923. Etching. 4 1/14 x 10 1/2 (sheet 10 x 15). Printed with plate tone on the full sheet of cream laid paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.
La vieille eglise de Xhignesse, Vaux-Chavanne. (Belgium). c. 1920. Etching. 3 3/8 x 7 5/16 (sheet 79/16 x 11 3/16). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Titled in the plate; signed in pencil. $275.
[Seated Woman]. c. 1930. Woodcut printed in colors. 9 1/2 x 10 (sheet 10 5/16 x 10 9/16). Printed on tissue paper, affixed to a board along the sheet edges; there are some glue stains in the lower margin. A proof printed by the artist. Signed and annoatated 'farb eigendruck' in pencil. Collector's seal verso: Ray Hull, Chicago. $375.
Gazelles in a Wood. 1927. Woodcut. 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 (sheet 16 x 11 1/2). Illustrated: Salaman, The New Woodcut, 1930, page 89. A rich impression printed by the artist on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed, dated and annotated 'rehe handdruck' (proof printed by hand). $350.
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Matineée Etching and drypoint. 5 5/8x 6 (sheet 17 3/8 x 12 1/4).Edition 50, #40. Printed on laid paper watermarked "Pellet et Legrand" on the full sheet with deckle edges. With the red Pellet stamp, lower right. Signed in pencil. $650.
Au Café -- La Negresse. 1908. Etching and drypoint. 11 x 5 5/8. Series: Les Bars. From the first state edition of 30 proofs with the remarque sketch at the foot of the image (total edition 95). On pale cream laid Pellet/Legrand paper. Ex collection: Vincent Price. Signed in pencil. $2,000.
English Bar. 1908. Etching and drypoint. Exsteens 275.ii. 11 x 5 5/8 (sheet 17 3/8 x 12 1/4). Series: Les Bars. Edition 65 in this state (total edition 95). Printed on laid paper watermarked "Pellet et Legrand" on the full sheet with deckle edges. With the red Pellet stamp, lower right. Signed and numbered in pencil. $1,500.
Pochard (Drunk).1908. Etching and drypoint. Exsteens 275.ii. 11 x 5 5/8 (sheet 17 3/8 x 12 1/4). Series: Les Bars. Edition 65 in this state (total edition 95). Printed on laid paper watermarked "Pellet et Legrand" on the full sheet with deckle edges. With the red Pellet stamp, lower right. Signed and numbered in pencil. $1,500.
Sportsmen. 1908. Etching and drypoint. Exsteens 271.i/ii. 11 x 5 5/8 (sheet 17 3/8 x 12 1/4). Series: Les Bars. From the first state edition of 30 proofs with the remarque sketch at the foot of the image (total edition 95). Printed on laid paper watermarked "Pellet et Legrand" on the full sheet with deckle edges. With the red Pellet stamp, lower right. Signed in pencil. $1,500.
Job. Etching. Bliss 256.ii/iii; Malassis and Thibadeau 67. 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 (sheet 6 1/8 x 5 3/8). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed in pencil. $275.
Pont de Moulin. (Mill Near the Bridge). Etching. Bliss 480 iv/vii. 4 7/8 x 6 1/8 (sheet 6 7/16 x 7 1/2). Printed with subtle plate tone on cream laid paper. Signed in pencil. $325.
Le Stryge de Notre Dame: Flecons de neige qui tombe (The Vampire of Notre Dame: Falling Snowflakes). 1890. Wood engraving. Lots-Brissonneau 212. 5 1/4 x 4 3/4 (sheet 7 7/8 x 7 3/4). Edition 35, #9. Commission for Harper's Magazine, 1890. Ex-collection the Baldwin-Wallace College Department of Art, Berea, Ohio. A rich impression printed on tissue-thin laid paper. Remnants of small paper hinges in the corners, otherwise excellent condition. Signed and numbered in ink. A rare proof of this iconic image. 1,250.
Oedipus and the Sphinx. 1876. Etching. 4 3/8 x 2 3/16 (sheet 10 1/2 x 7 9/16). Etching by J. Lernain after Gustave Moreau's painting. Printed on tan laid paper with one side deckle edge. Unsigned. $100.
Laveuse. (Woman Washing Clothes).c. 1895. Zincograph. Guérin 259; Bonofaus-Murat 312. Edition 225 for L'Épreuve, Album d'Art. 7 1/2 x 11 3/4 (sheet 11 x 14 7/8). Zincograph on papier Pelure. Monogrammed, lower left. $1,500.
Maragnon. View of St. Luis Harbor, Brazil. Hand colored engraving from a 17th-century Dutch atlas. 13 3/4 x 19 7/8 (image); 17 1/4 x 21 5/8 (sheet). Center fold, as published. Mat burn; 3 tape stains in the top margin; staining top center margin. $450.
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Danseuse Allongée, tête Accoudée. (Dancer Reclining, Leaning on her Elbow). 1927. Lithograph. Duthuit 486. 11 x 19 (sheet 12 3/4 x 19 1/2). Series: Dix Danseuses (10 Dancers)Published by La Galérie d'Art Contemporaine de Paris. Trial proof, apart from the edition of 150. A fine impression printed on Japon paper with full margins. Signed and annotated "essai" (trial) in pencil. $18,500 unframed; $19,000 housed in a silk mat and a 25 x 30-inch gold leaf frame.
La Danse. 1939. Lithograph printed in colors. 13 x 15 3/8 (sheet 13 7/8 x 20 3/4). As published in Verve #4 (January - March, 1939). Center fold and quire holes, as published. Unsigned. $775.
Nu, Étude d'un mouvement de jambes (Nude, Study of Leg Movement). 1929. Lithograph. Duthuit. 501. 17 x 21 3/4 (sheet 19 3/4 x 25 3/4). Exterior frame size 32 1/2 x 38. Edition 20, #22. A well-inked impression printed on the full sheet of cream Arches paper. Signed and numbered in pencil. $13,000 unframed; $13,500 housed a double silk mat in an impressive black and gold leaf frame.
Ponte antico a Civita Castellana volgarmente detto ponte Ferano. 1796. Etching. 15 x 11 1/8 (sheet 16 1/8 x 12 3/16). Signed, dated and titled in the plate. $400. Civita Castellana is a town and comune in the province of Viterbo, 65 kilometers north of Rome.
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L'Abside du Pont Notre-Dame-de-Paris. (The Apse of the Pont Notre Dame, Paris). 1854. Etching, engraving and drypoint. Burty 52, Delteil-Wright 38; Schneiderman 45.viii/ix. 6 1/2 x 11 3/4 (sheet 13 x 19 3/4) Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris. A rich impression printed on the full sheet of 'Hudelist' laid paper. Monogrammed in the plate. $4,000.
L'Arche du Pont Notre-Dame. (An Arch of the Pont Notre Dame, Paris). 1853 and later. Etching. Burty 39, Delteil-Wright 25; Schneiderman 28.viii. 6 x 7 3/4 (sheet 11 3/16 x 17 15/16). Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris. Edition of 30 printed in 1861. A fine impression on chine mounted on cream laid paper with an Arms of Amsterdam watermark. Numbered 8 in pencil. AAnnotated in pencil, lower left, 'Burty 39 3e état chine' with another annotation in a different hand '(the writing to the left is Philippe Burty's). Annotated in pencil, top left, "... publication no 5" in the same handwriting as that ascribed to Burty. $3,500.
Bateaux de Haarlem à Amsterdam. (Haarlem Boats in Amsterdam) (after Zeeman).1850. Etching. Burty 13, Delteil-Wright 14; Schneiderman 17.ii. 2 1/2 x 4 13/16 (sheet 2 11/16 x 5 3/16). Printed on tan chine affixed to white wove paper. Narrow margins. Meryon etched this copy of an etching by Reiner Zooma, called Zeeman. Initialed in the plate. A fine impression of a rare early print. $975.
Le Grand Châtelet à Paris, vers 1780. 1861. Etching and drypoint. Schneiderman 74.iv. 9 3/16 x 11 3/4 (sheet 13 1/2 x 19 1/4). Edition 100 in this state. A fine impression printed on laid paper with the letters 'A&M' in a crown. Initialed in the plate. The etching was done after an old drawing in the collection of Monsieur Bérard. It was exhibited at the Salon of 1863. Initialed in the plate, lower left. $750.
Le Ministère de la Marine (The Admiralty, Paris). 1865. Etching. Schneiderman 94.v/vii. 6 5/8 x 5 3/4 (sheet 9 7 /8 x 7 13/16). A fine early impression before the addition of the lettering in the lower margin. State before publication by Cadart and Luquet for the Société des Aquafortistes, August 1, 1866. fine impression on cream laid paper with full margins. Monogrammed in the plate. $2,250.
Le Ministère de la Marine (The Admiralty, Paris). 1865. Etching. Schneiderman 94.vii. 6 5/8 x 5 3/4 (sheet 18 3/4 x 14 1/2). Published by Cadart and Luquet for the Soeiété des Aquafortistes, August 1, 1866. Blindstamp of the publishers, Cadart and Luquet. Monogrammed, titled and signed in the plate. A fine impression on cream laid paper with full margins. $1,500.
Le Petit Pont (Le Petit Pont, Paris). 1858. Etching and engraving. Delteil-Wright 24.v; Schneiderman 20.vi. 10 3/8 x 7 3/8 (sheet 13 x 9 1/2). Edition of 600 for L'Artiste (vol IV #14, 1858) in this state. Schneiderman writes, 'In some proofs the full inscription has not been inked but is still still discernible' (p. 38). Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris. A rich impression printed on black/brown ink on cream laid paper. Monogrammed in the plate. upper right. $3,000.
La Pompe Notre Dame. (The Pump, Notre Dame). 1861. Etching. Delteil-Wright 31.ix; Schneiderman 26.x. 6 3/4 x 10. Edition 30 in this state. Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris Initialed in the plate. Ex-collection: Louis Conrad Rosenberg, the American architrctural etcher. $2,750.
Le Pont au Change, Paris. 1854. Etching. Delteil-Wright 34.v; Schneiderman 40.v/xii. 6 1/8 x 13 13/16 (sheet 12 7/16 x 19). Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris. Initialed in the plate. An extremely rich impression with plate tone, printed on the full sheet of 'J Whatman Turkey Mill' wove paper. Signed in the plate. $9,500.
Le Pont au Change, vers 1784 (after Nicolle). 1855. Etching with drypoint. Delteil-Wright 47.vi; Schneiderman 47.vi. 5 5/16 x 9 3/16 (sheet 12 1/4 x 18 1/8). Signed in the plate. An extremely rich impression with plate tone, printed on the full sheet cream laid paper. Annotated in pencil by the British collector, 'M Sadler Esq' upper left. An extremely scarce image. Signed in the plate. $4,000.
La Rivière de Seine et l'Angle du mail (The River Seine and the Corner of the Mall, Paris) (after Zeeman). 1850. Etching. Burty 11, Deletil-Wright 12, Schneiderman 15.ii. 5 3/8 x 9 9/16 )sheet 10 5/16 xd 10 1/4).Printed on 'IHS' paper with a partial watermark. Initialed in the plate. A rich, well-inked impression of this scarce early print. $1,750.
La Rue des Chantres.1862. Etching. Schneiderman 85.v/vi. 11 3/4 x 5 7/8 (sheet 16 1/4 x 9). Edition 100 in this state (total printing unknown). Early printing in thisstate, with the dolphin atop the spire printing distinctly (later in this state it was replaced by a weathercock). Printed on cream wove paper. $2,750.
Saint-Etienne-Du-Mont. 1852 and later. Etching. Delteil-Wright 30; Schneiderman 25.v/viii. 9 15/16 x 5 1/8 (sheet 13 3/8 x 8 1/4). Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris. A rich lifetime impression printed on white laid paper. Monogrammed in the plate. $2,750.
Le Stryge (The Vampire). 1853 and later. Etching. Delteil-Wright 25; Schneiderman 27.vi/x. 6 5/8 x 5 1/16 (sheet 9 3/4 x 7 1/2). Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 1 (1911): 65; Leipnik, A History of French Etching; Lumsden, The Art of Etching. Monogrammed in the plate. A rich lifetime impression printed on fine 'VEGO' laid paper. Monogrammed in the plate. $6,000.
La Tour de l'Horloge. (The Clock Tower). 1858. Etching. Delteil-Wright 28.vi/x. Schneiderman 23.vi/x. Edition of 600 for l'Artiste volume 5, number 9,é October, 1858. 10 1/4 x 7 5/16 (sheet 12 1/4 x 18 5/8). Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris. Illustrated: Keppel, The Golden Age of Engraving; Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching: Meryon. Monogrammed in the plate, upper right. A glowing impression printed on warm brown India appliqué mounted on white wove paper. Initialed in the plate. $3,000.
La Tour de l'Horloge. (The Clock Tower). 1852 and later. Etching. Delteil-Wright 28.x. Schneiderman 23.x. Edition of 15 in this state. 10 1/4 x 7 5/16 (sheet 19 5/8 x 13). Series: Eaux-Fortes sur Paris. Illustrated: Keppel, The Golden Age of Engraving; Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching: Meryon. Monogrammed in the plate, upper right. Printed on pale off-white laid paper watermarked "Hudelist" on the full sheeet with deckle edges. A fine impression in excellent condition. $2,250.
La Cardeuse (Woman Carding Wool). c. 1858. Delteil, Melot 15. only state. 10 x 7 (sheet 14 3/8 x 9 7/8). Illustrated: Leipnik, A History of French Etching; Keppel, The Golden Age of Engraving. A very rich, well-inked impression with plate tone, printed on tissue-thin laid paper. Unsigned. $3,000
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Les Canards ( The Ducks). 1888. Drypoint. Johnson 83:8. 5 7/8 x 4 5/8. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Unsigned. Posthumous printing. According to Una Johnson, Vollard acquired Morisot's 12 prints and had an edition, "probably small," printed. Aside from this edition, only "a few rare, early artist's proofs exist. Printer not known." Illustrated: Leipnik, A History of French Etching. Beautifully presented in a grey-green French mat and a gold leaf frame. $750.
Rheinfischer (Rhine Fishermen). 1921. Etching and drypoint. 4 7/8 x 7 5/8 (sheet 11 x 12 3/4). Edition 20, #2. Printed on simili-Japan paper. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $125.
Self-portrait. Etching. Béraldi 10. 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 (sheet 12 x 8 7/8). Printed on warm chine, mounted on a support sheet of white wove paper, as published by l'Artiste. with their blindstamp. A bright, fresh impression. Signed in the plate. The artist only made 10 etchings, which are extremely rare. $500.
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Homme dévoilant une Femme. (Man uncovering a woman). 1933. Etching. Bloch 138; Baer 203 B.d. 14 1/2 x 11 3/4 (sheet 17 1/2 x 11 3/4). Series: Suite Vollard, plate 5. From the edition of 250 on petit papier vergé Montval paper (there was also an edition of 50 on grand papier vergé Montval that same year, and 3 on parchment). Total edition 303. Printed by: Lacourière, Paris. A rich with drypoint burr, impression printed on laid paper countermarked 'Vollard' on the full sheet with deckle edges. Price upon request.
Sculpteur, Modèle, et Sculpture Assise. (Sculpture, Model and Seated Sculptor). 1933. Etching. Bloch 146, Geiser/Baer 297 VI B. 12 7/16 by 7 1/4 (sheet 17 1/2 x 13 1/2). Series: Suite Vollard, plate 40. Edition of 250 on petit papier vergé Montval (there was also an edition of 50 on grand papier vergé Montval that same year, and 3 on parchment). Total edition 303. Printed by: Lacourière, Paris. A rich with drypoint burr, impression printed on laid paper countermarked 'Picasso', on the full sheet with deckle edges. Price upon request.
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Veduta degli avanzi del Foro di Nerva. (View of the remains of the Forum of Nerva, with the Forum of Augustus.) c. 1748. Etching. Hind 42.v/vii; Wilton-Ely 181. First Paris edition. 15 7/8 x 24 1/8 (sheet 18 x 26 1/8). Trimmed margins. Fine impression on laid paper. Professionally cleaned. $1,500. Another proof with wider margins (18 3/4 x 26 1/8)on cream-colored laid paper, with minor foxing, visible primarily on the verso. Small piece of tape verso. $2,000.
Veduta degli Avanzi del castro Pretorio nella Villa Adriana a Tivoli. (View of the Remains of the Praetorian Fort [the Poecile], Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli). 1770. Etching. Hind 94.i/iv; Wilton-Ely 227. 14 5/8 x 25 5/8 (sheet 17 5/16 x 28). A rich impression on watermarked fleur-de-lys paper. $2,750.
Vedute del Palazzo Stoppani. (View of the Palazzo Vidoni [formerly the Palazzo Stoppani].) 1776. Etching. Hind 128.ii/iii; Wilton-Ely 261. Intermediate Paris edition (there were no lifetime editions; only Paris editions). 16 1/2 x 26 3/8 (sheet 18 x 27 1/2). A fine impression on heavy laid paper. This print has been cleaned professionally. $1,2,250.
Pianta di Roma e del Campo Marzo. (Plan of Rome and the Campus Martius). c. 1774. Etching. Wilton-Ely 1008. 39 3/4 x 27 7/8 (sheet 51 1/8 x 29 1/4). Printed in 3 sections and joined. A fine impression printed on laid paper. Minor creasing; otherwise good condition. $4,675.
Tom. Piroli after Francesco Piranesi.
Statua cepolcrale del Cav. Giambatista Piranesi scalpita d'all'Angelini e collocata da figli nel cenotafio del padre in Santa Mariam Aventino di rimpetto al gran candelabro che si era destinato egli stesso per decorazione del suo movements. (Memorial Statue of Giambattista Piranesi sculpted by Angelini and placed by his son in their father's cenotaph in santa Maria in Aventino). 1790. Etching. 20 x 12 3/4 (sheet 22 1/8 x 14 1/2). A fine impression on heavy laid paper. $1,000.
Piranesi's son, Francesco, continued publishing his father's works.
In Nativitate Domini (On the birth of the Lord) after Pieter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Engraving. 11 3/8 x 7 1/4 (sheet 13 5/8 x 9). Printed on laid paper from an antique scaramentary -- an altar missal. Ex-collection Dr. Eugene A.Noble. Unsigned. $275.
Lo Que el Viento Sellevó (Gone With the Wind). 1950's. Original lithograph. 36 1/2 x 26. A classic period poster. Starring Clark Gable, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Vivian Leigh. Folded into eighths; pinholes along the edges where it was pinned for exhibition. Rubbing along the folds. Good color. This is for the Spanish version of the film. $400.
Les Deux de la Rampé (Limelight). 1950's. Original lithograph. 30 3/8 x 15 3/4. Chaplin's first dramatic role. Also starring Claire Bloom and Sidney Chaplin, Buster Keaton. Director: Nigel Bruce. Fine condition apart from some minor folds in the top margin. A stunning dramatic image. $850.
Louis Valtat. c. 1904. Lithograph. Delteil, Stella 38. 11 5/8 x 9 1/4 (sheet 13 x 9 3/4). Edition of 950 published by Vollard. From L:'Album des Douze Lithographies Originales de Pierre-Auguste Renoir. A fine impression printed on cream laid paper with deckle edges on three sides. Signed in the stone. $4,750.
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Makesagen in Egyptus (Storytelling in Egypt). c. 1921. Etching printed in colors. 3 7/8 x 5 1/2 (sheet 8 1/2 x 9 3/4). A fine impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $125.
Melonen-kaufer (Melon Seller). c. 1921. Etching printed in greygreen. 5 1/4 x 7 (sheet 9 3/4 x 12 5/8). A fine impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $150.
Palmen in Egyptus (Palm Tees in Egypt). c. 1921. Etching printed in colors. 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 (sheet 11 5/8 x 14 7/8). A fine impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.
Wald c. 1923. Etching printed in grey-green. 7 5/4 x 5 3/4 (sheet 12 1/2 x 9 1/2). A fine impression with plate tone printed on watermarked cream wove paper. Ex-collection Eugene A. Noble'. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.
Le Bourg de Perros-Guirrec. 1896. Lithograph printed in colors. 5 7/8 x 9 (sheet 8 1/4 x 11 1/2). Taken from a woodcut, 1891. As published in The Studio, VII. March, 1896. Printed by Verneau. Monogrammed in the stone. $300.
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Satan sement l'ivraie (premier planche). (Satan Sowing Tares). 1878. Heliogravure touched with soft-ground etching. Exsteens 927.i/iv. Image: 9 1/2 x 6 3/8; Plate: 10 7/8 x 8; sheet: 17 1/8 x 12 3/8. Series: Les Sataniques. An atmospheric, tonal impression printed on Japanese vellum. At first glance, the image seems to be of a farmer sowing seeds in a field. Actually Satan is striding over a city, presumably Paris, with one foot on Notre Dame. He is throwing down women, presumably loose women, to destroy the moral life of the city. Rops is commenting on the hedonism of Paris life. He was also interested in the Satanism movement popular at the time. This is one of the artist's most dramatic images. Signed in red pencil. $5,000.
Seule. (Alone). 1876. Heliogravure printed in color. Exsteens 642. Rouir 632.i/iii. Image: 6 1/2 x 5 5/16; Plate: 7 1/8 x 6 1/2; sheet: 17 1/8 x 6 1/2. Series: Les Sataniques. A beautifully wiped impression printed on 'Van Gelder Zonen' laid paper. Rouir does not list a color printing; however he writes, 'de ce courrier on peut déduire qu'il y aurait eu deux hélios de cette planche; nous ne connaissons que celle-ci'. $550.
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Le Champs et Souvenir de Barbizon. 1875. Heliogravure reproduction. Exsteens 224; Ramiro 126; Rouir vol. II, Figure 8. Exsteens and Ramiro accepted it as a lithograph; however Rouir rejects it as a heliogravure reproduction. 5 7/8 x 3 7/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 8 2/8). Printed on tan laid paper with deckle edges on three sides. Signed in the plate. $150.
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Baudelaire. 1926. Wash and lithographic crayon.. Chapon/Rouault 316.ii/iii. 8 1/4 x 6 3/4 (sheet 17 1/2x 13). With the remarque, Fleurs du mal and the artist's monogram in red, but before the letterpress 'Baudelaire' in the stone, lower left. Edition 35 in state ii, 70 in state iii. There was a second unsigned edition of 1,000 proofs. Series: Souvernirs Intimes. Printed on the full sheet of white wove paper. Signed and numbered '30/35' in pencil. $1,250.
Le Jongleur. 1930. Etching and aquatint printed in colors. Etching and aquatint in colours. Chapon/Rouault 199 d. Series: Cirque. Edition 270. 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 (sheet 17 1/4 x 13 1/8). Series: Cirque plate 2. Initialed and dated in the plate, as issued. $4,000.
Notre Dame de la Fin des Terres. (Our Lady of the End of the World). Woodblock cut by Georges Aubert after a drawing by Rouault for the book Cirque de l'Étoile Filante (Circus of the Shining Star). (Paris, 1938), page 155. 6 x 7 3/4. Signed and dated in the block. $2,5000.
Qui ne se Grime Pas?(Who Does Not Wear a Mask?) A Self Portrait. 1923. Original etching with aquatint and mixed techniques over heliogravure in black ink. Chapon/Rouault 61c. 22 3/16 x 17 (sheet 25 5/8 x 19 3/4). Series: Miserere, plate 8. Intended for issue by Vollard c.1930 but not in fact issued until 1948. Printed by Jacquemin, published by Édition de L'Étoile Filante, Paris. in an edition of 425 (there were also 25 hors commerce copies). Printed on Arches laid paper, with the watermark Ambroise Vollard, with full margins and deckle edges. Signed and dated in the plate lower left. (No impressions in the published edition were pencil signed). Illustrated: Passeron, French Prints of the Twentieth Century; Hults The Print in the Western World. $9,750.
"Nous...c'est en sa mort que nous avons été baptisés." Romans 6:3. ("We...it is in His death that we have been baptized.") 1923. Original etching with aquatint and mixed techniques over heliogravure in black ink. Chapon/Rouault 83e. 22 3/16 x 17 (sheet 25 5/8 x 19 3/4). Series: Miserere, plate 30. Intended for issue by Vollard c.1930 but not in fact issued until 1948. Printed by Jacquemin, published by Édition de L'Étoile Filante, Paris. in an edition of 425 (there were also 25 hors commerce copies). Printed on Arches laid paper, with the watermark Ambroise Vollard, with full margins and deckle edges. Unsigned, as issued. $3,500.
"Obéissant jusqu'&à la morte et à la morte de la croix." (Phillippians 2.8). ("Obedient unto death, and to death on the cross.") 1923. Original etching with aquatint and mixed techniques over heliogravure in black ink. Chapon/Rouault 110b. 22 3/16 x 17 (sheet 25 5/8 x 19 3/4). Series: Miserere, plate 57. Intended for issue by Vollard c.1930 but not in fact issued until 1948. Printed by Jacquemin, published by Édition de L'Étoile Filante, Paris. Paris. in an edition of 425 (there were also 25 hors commerce copies). Printed on Arches laid paper, with the watermark Ambroise Vollard, with full margins and deckle edges. Signed and dated in the plate lower left. (No impressions in the published edition were pencil signed). $4,000.
En plein soleil. (In the Sunlight). 1881. Etching and drypoint. Tissot 54, Béraldi 45, Wentworth 54. 7 13/16 x 11 1/2 (sheet 11 1/4 x 15). Edition about 100. Printed on off-white laid paper. The plate was included in A portfolio of Autograph Etchings, published by James R. Osgood and Co., Boston, 1881. Impressions of En plein soleil from this portfolio are signed in pencil and bear the artist's red stamp (Lugt 1545). A rich impression. $7,000.
La Galerie du 'Calcutta' (Souvenir d'en Bal à Bord). 1898. Drypoint. Wentworth 25. 10 3/8 x 14 1/4 (sheet 14 5/8 x 19). Edition of 25 in Ten Etchings and 25 separate plates; total edition 50. A rich impression with drypoint burr printed on cream laid paper. Signed in pencil, lower left, and with the artist's red stamp (Lugt 1545) in the image lower right. Price upon request.
Printemps (Spring). 1878. Etching and drypoint. Tissot 30, Béraldi 27, Wentworth 34. 15 5/8 x 6 (sheet 24 x 10 1/8). Edition about 100. Slight mat stain; otherwise fine condition. A rich impression printed on cream 'Van Gelder Zonen' laid paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Housed in a gold-leaf Whistler-type frame with a silk mat (Frame size 31 1/2 x 18). Signed in the plate, upper right. $7,500.
Jane Avril. 1899. Brush lithograph printed in four colours from three stones. Delteil 367, Adhémar 323, Adriani 354.iii, Wittrock P29 B. 22 x 14 7/8 (image and sheet). Provenance: Far Gallery, New York; estate of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (née Braman) Grasso, Essex, Connecticut. Sheet professionally backed with Japan paper. The red is attenuated; the other colors are bright. A three-inch repaired diagonal tear just to the left of the skirt; the lower right-hand corner repaired. With name of the printer, 'H. Stern, Paris'. Titled, dated and monogrammed in the stone. Price upon request.
[Paysage] (Landscape). c. 1930. Etching. 7 7/8 x 9 3/4 (sheet 11 3/8 x 14). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Unsigned. $175.
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Mrs. Nagel. 1897. Etching. Asplund 112;Hjert and Hjert 73. 9 1/4 x 6 1/8. Edition 30. "Rare." Signed in pencil. $2,775.
Omnibus. 1892. Etching. Asplund 72.iii; Hjert and Hjert 183.iii. 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 17 1/4 x 12 7/8). Edition 75. "Extremely rare." Plate destroyed. Exhibited: Peintres-Graveurs Français, 1893. A rich impression printed on cream laid paper with wide margins. The central figure is Isabella Stewart Gardner. Signed in pencil. Price upon request.
Prince Paul Troubetzkoy II. 1909. Original etching. Hjert and Hjert 140. 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 (sheet 14 7/8 x 10 3/4). Signed in pencil lower right, "Zorn". Inscribed in plate (in reverse): "Prins Troubetzkoy modelleran(de) mitt portratt pa en half timme 18 aug. 1908 i Stockholm. Efter teckning etsadt 1909/ Zorn" (Prins Troubetzkoy modelled for my portrait in one half hour on Aug 18th 1908 in Stockholm. Etched from drawing 1909 / Zorn). A fine impression on cream-colored laid paper. A penetrating study of this famous Russian sculptor. $2,000.
Self-portrait (wearing a fur hat). 1916. Etching. Hjert and Hjert 164. 6 7/8 x 4 1/2 (sheet 12 3/4 x 9 7/8). A fine impression on the full sheet of cream-colored Van Gelder watermarked laid paper. Signed in pencil. $1,750
Skerikulla. 1912. Etching. Hjert and Hjert 1597.ii. 9 3/4 x 7 3/4. A fine impression in excellent condition printed on the full sheet of cream colored laid paper with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. $1,250. Another proof, unsigned, printed on the full sheet of cream laid paper. $675.
President William H. Taft II. 1911. Original etching. Hjert and Hjert 165.iv. 9 7/8 x 8 (sheet 14 3/8 x 11 7/8). A fine impression with plate tone, printed on cream laid 'Van Gelder Zonen' paper with full margins. Signed in pencil by Zorn; dedicated in ink 'For Laurence Bradman with best wishes of Wm H Taft Jany 20, 1922.' $4,000.
The Waltz. 1891. Etching. Hjert and Hjert 178.ii. Edition 40 in this state (proofs in the first two states are "very rare"). 13 5/8 x 8 13/16 (sheet 16 1/2 x 12 3/8). Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 1 (1911): 613; Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching, Zigrosser, Six Centuries of Fine Prints. A rich impression printed on heavy cream-colored laid paper. Signed, inscribed indistinctly and dated 1903 in pencil. Price upon request.
Zorn and His Wife. 1890. Etching. Hjert and Hjert 31.ii. 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 (sheet 23 x 18). Edition 40-50. Slight rubbing from at mat in the outer top margin; otherwise excellent condition. A fine impression on simili-Japan paper. Signed in pencil. $9,750.
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