20th Century European Prints

This is a fine original lithograph by German artist Lovis Corinth.  The title Tal Grund (The Valley) from the series  Vorfruhling im Gebirge (early spring in the Mountains).  It was published by Euphorion Verlag, Berlin in 1922 in an edition of 125 impressions.  This was part of a series of 5 lithographs.  The image measures 12 3/4X17 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is a very fine original etching by British artist Gerald Brockhurst.  The subject is Kathleen Nancy Woodward and is titled: Jeunesse Doree (Gilded Youth)  This image is pencil signed and dated G.L. Brockhurst 1942.  The image measures 10 7/8X8 7/8 inches.  The etching is printed on an antique cream toned laid paper with partial watermark.  Printed in an edition of 75 this image appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 80.  Very fine condition.  "Brockhurst celebrates the beauty of Kathleen Woodward, whom he had renamed Dorette (Gift). They met in the late nineteen twenties when she was a young model at the Royal Academy Schools and he a visiting professor, and she soon displaced his wife Anaïs at the center of his art. " (The Met)

"This is one of the most famous prints from the British Etching Revival"  This image is titled: A Spanish Good Friday,created and printed in 1925 by British artist David Muirhead Bone.  This pencil signed drypoint measures 12 5/8X8 inches, printed on a laid type sheet with deckeled edges.  Numbered as XXVII lower left corner.  The image depicts the solemn festival at the end of Passion Week.  Ref. Campbell Dodgson 412 .

This is a fine Belle Epoque portrait in drypoint by French artist Paul Cesar Helleu.  The subject is: Madeleine Chéruit.  This image measures 15 1/2X11 1/2 inches, hand signed in pencil by the artist in the lower right border.  This drypoint is housed in a Foster Brothers period gilt frame.. Madeleine Chéruit was one of the most fashionable French dressmakers of her time. Her house of courture took inspiration from the Belle Epoque through to the Jazz Age.  

This is an original hand colored drypoint etching by French artist Paul Cesar Helleu.  The title: Femme en profil avec un chapeau.  measures a plate mark of 21 1/4X13 1/4 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right, a superb, richly inked impression with bright colors.  Printed on a heavy wove type paper.  Helleu began his art career when he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and worked as an apprentice for Theodore Deck, decorating ceramic plates with women's portraits. He became friends with many artists of La Belle Epoch, including John Singer Sargent, Whistler, Tissot, Monet and Rodin, and became well known for his elegant portraits of women of French society. He traveled between France and America, and in 1912 was commissioned to create the astrological ceiling decoration in New York's Grand Central Station.  This drypoint is nicely framed with archival materials.

This is a fine early etching by British artist Robin Tanner.  The title is: The Gamekeepers Cottage, it was created and printed in  1928 in an edition of 50, this impression is numbered as XXV.  The image measures 6 7/8X8 3/4 inches.  The subject was thought to be  made at Annie Bryant's old cottage in Kington Langley; at Rose Cottage, Corsham, the home of Heather Spackman, his future wife, and at the family house of the Spackmans.  This etching was reprinted in 1982 with some changes made to the design, this is the early original impression, quite rare.  Very fine condition.  Hand signed and dated in pencil.

This is a fine color etching by French artist Edgar Chahine (1874-1947)  The title is: La Promenade created and printed in 1902. Hand signed lower border in pencil. This very large etching was printed in an edition of 50 color impressions and 50 in black and white.  The image was created using soft ground , aquatint and drypoint.  The image measures 18X26 inches.  Published by Edmund Sagot, Paris.  The image is in the Tabanelli catalog as imge number.  Considered to be one of the artist's most important prints. Note: This image is the cover illustration for the Bibliotheque Nationale catalog on Chahine.  This etching is framed and in nice condition, the coloring is subtle.

This is an original engraving by French artist Jean Emile Laboureur.  This engraving was created and printed in 1920.  One of 6 pencil signed impressions prior to publication in L'Architectures in  an edition of 500 unsigned impressions.  The image measures 11 5/8X8 1/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower left.  Very nicely framed with a linen matting.  This is one of his largest images done in his distinctly cubist style.

Drypoint etching, image size 14 1/4 x 19 1/2 inches, 1906, ed. of 50, cat. Tabanelli-165, pencil signed, framed

This is a very fine original drypoint and aquatint color etching by French artist Manuel Robbe.  The title is: Les Baigneuses (The Bathers).  THis image wascreated and printed in 1911, published by Cercle de la Librarie in an ediiton of 200.  This one is number 69.  Printed on a medium weight arches wove type paper, The Librrie blind stamp lower left and hand signed in pencil.  The image measures 15 3/8X22 1/4 inches.  The catalog lists this image as Merrill-Chase 102.  Excellent condition with a small repair in the lower border well away from the image area.

This is an original pencil signed impression of the well known etching, Valkulla by Swedish artist Anders Zorn, 1860-1920.  This impression measures an image area 11 3/4X7 3/4 inches.  Printed on a watermarked, laid type sheet, very wide borders all around, in nice condition, very light even toning to the sheet where the window mat once exposed it to the light, but unobtrusive, this is a very fine and rich impression, printed on a buff toned sheet.   Catalogue Ref. Asplund 251.

This is an original aquatint etching by French artist Georges Rouault titled: " Le Director de Theatre", The Theater Director. From the series "Reincarnations of Pere Ubu", This is a rare hand signed impression lower right and also inscribed as M/O lower left. This etching was created and printed in 1928. The image measures 12X7 3/4 inches. It is printed on a medium weight wove type paper. Some light toning in the border area. Rouault was known to experiment with his etchings, this one not only has aquatint etching but also some roulette work, drypoint and use of a burnisher. A very rich heavily inked impression. Catalog Chapon-Rouault 27.c

This is an impressionistic original color etching and aquatint by French master of the Belle Epoch, Manuel Robbe (French 1872-1936) The title of this work is:
"Le Bouquet de Violettes", it was created and printed in 1903 in the first edition of only 65 signed proofs. A larger edition was published after the signature was added to the plate. This etching is hand signed in pencil lower right. The image measures 17 1/2X11 3/4 inches. A fine impression, previously sold by Merrill Chase galleries, it appears in the Chase catalog as image number 105. Robbe studied at the Academie Julien and the Ecole des Beaux Artes in Paris.
With his hand application of color no two images look exactly the same, a very painterly technique.

This is an original color aquatint  etching  by French artist Manuel Robbe.  The title of this work is: Nocturne, (ou Le Flirt), The image measures 13 5/8X17 3/8 inches.  It is signed lower left by hand within the image.  This image appears in the Michael catalog as image number 35, created and printed in 1906 in an edition of 100.  Nicely framed with archival materials.

THis is a rare color etching with aquatint by French/Japanese artist Tsuguharu Foujita.  The title is: Le Petit Garcon, it was created and printed in 1929, This is numbered as ix/x  9 of 10.  Before the later edition of 100 Published by Editions Artistiques Apollo, Paris.  From his series, Les Enfants.  The image measures 14X11 1/4 inches, on a sheet size of 20 1/2X16 1/2 inches.  Pencil signed, printed on a Chine colle on Japan paper.  Catalog Buisson29..  Very fine condition.