FINE ART
A diversified and impressive selection of fine art consisting of old Master Prints & Drawings, 19th & 20th Century American & European Prints & Drawings, Watercolors, Botanical & Natural History, 18th & 19th century hand-colored etchings, Japanese woodblock prints, and the occasional painting.
Le Fumeur; The Back of a Man Sitting by a Fire to Light His Pipe.
Paris: Delatre, 1849. Drypoint etching and engraving on cream wove paper, 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches (209 x 158 mm), full margins. Significant damp-stain in the lower third of the sheet, appx 1/4 in vertical tear in upper right sheet edge, well outside of image area. Scattered foxing and..... More
Lisière de bois
c 1850. Etching on Chine-collé mounted to heavy wove paper, 3 11/16 x 3 5/8 inches (93 x 90 mm), full margins. Signed in the plate, lower right. With various scattered light areas of yellow discoloration in the margins, well outside of image area. An impression of this work can..... More
Maison de Paysan a Cricey
1843. Etching on chine-collé laid down to cream wove paper, 4 x 4 5/8 inches (100 x 121 mm), full margins. In good condition with minor mat tone, several unobtrusive spots of foxing in lower quadrant of image area. Tape residue at top right and left sheet corners, on the..... More
Paysage, Le Puits
1845. Etching on Chine-collé mounted to heavy wove paper, 3 1/8 x 4 1/2 inches (758 x 108 mm), full margins. Signed and dated in the plate, upper right. In good condition with minor mat tone. An impression of this work can be found in the collection of the British..... More
Paysage; Azle D'Aligre
1844. Etching on Chine collé mounted to cream wove paper, 3 5/8 x 5 1/8 (90 x 129 mm), full margins. With a pencil notation in the right margin on the recto (outside of image area), as well as some minor mat tone. Otherwise in very good condition... More
Reapers at Rest
1849. Etching on light gray Chine collant, laid down to ivory wove paper, 4 3/8 x 7 3/4 inches (110 x 195 mm) (Chine matrix), full margins. In very good condition with light mat tone and one lentil-sized spot of light yellow discoloration at the top right sheet corner, wove..... More
Une porte d'auberge
1850. Etching on Chine collé mounted to cream wove paper, 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (97 x 147 mm), full margins. With a pencil notation in the right margin on the recto (outside of image area), as well as some adhesive residue at the top right and left corners..... More
Millet in his Studio
G. Malthe, 1881. Etching on heavy, watermarked Arches wove paper, 7 x 9 3/8 inches (171 x 233 mm), full margins. In very good condition with minor uniform age tone becoming more moderate at the extreme sheet edges. With extensive notations by Jacques in pencil including a signature, date, title..... More
Deck of a Man o' War; Le Vauban (cuirassé)
c 1880. Lithograph on Les Lettres et les Arts watermarked cream wove paper with deckle edges, 8 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (220 x 265 mm), full margins. Signed, titled, and numbered 34/52 in pencil, lower margin. In good condition with dog-eared corners at the top right and lower left..... More
Moulins de Hollande;
Rotterdam: 1867. Etching on cream laid paper. 5 7/16x7 7/16 inches (137 x 188 mm). Scattered toning, age stain, and scattered minor defects consistent with age. Second state (of 3). [Delteil 14]. Johan Barthold Jongkind was a Dutch painter and printmaker who was born in the town Lattrop, near Rotterdam..... More
Kaninchen und Frösche, from Tierfabeln des kalassischen Alterums.
1919. 20 S. Color woodcut cream wove paper, 3 7/8 x 5 3/16 inches (98 x 139 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil, lower right margin. In very good condition with no visible defects. A very rare, perhaps unique, impression. We have not found another impression on offer within in..... More
Seishi Ai-oi Genji; Set of 12 Shunga works together with an astrological commentary print
Tokyo: 1851. Set of 12 woodblock prints in colors on handmade, laid mulberry paper, 6 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (170 x 258 mm), printed in Ka-ei 4 (1851). Each print with minor handling wear, otherwise in excellent condition with bright and fresh color, and with details printed in silver..... More
Arcadisch rivierlandschap met diverse figuren bij een boom. [Arcadian riverscape with different figures by a tree.]
Amsterdam: 1721. Etching on handmade laid paper with an intact fleur-de-lis watermark. 8 x 10 7/8 inches (203 x 275 mm), trimmed at the platemark. Several expert repairs visible on verso, including a 1.5 x 1 inch archival paper patch at top center sheet edge, and several other expertly repaired..... More
Le Pont
1932. Etching, engraving, roulette and drypoint on watermarked BFK Rives wove paper, 5 x 8 3/4 inches (126 x 222 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/32 in pencil, lower margin. Minor handling creases at the lower extreme corner, and archival paper tape remnants at the top sheet edge (from..... More
St. Anthony of Padua Preaching to the Fishes
1735. Engraving on cream laid paper, 6 x 8 1/2 inches (153 x 217 mm), full margins. Scattered areas of light brown discoloration, scattered handling wear and age related minor defects. Moderate age toning around the perimeter of the sheet, outside of image area. Partial indiscernible watermark, lower left sheet..... More
Le Nid de Pauvres, Vendee (shelter for the Poor, Vendee)
1909. 35. Etching and drypoint on cream laid paper, 7 3/4 x 8 inches (195 x 200 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 8/35 in pencil, lower right margin. Laid down to non archival board, mat tone, and age tone. Impression is beautiful, dark and inky. More
Saint Paul, from the series of Standing Saints
c 1510. Engraving on cream laid paper laid down to wove paper, 4 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches (109 x 68), trimmed inside the platemark. Scattered discoloration and uniform age tone, all consistent with age. Adhesive residue at the corners with some minor associated discoloration in the top right corner..... More
St. Sebastian
c 1510. Engraving on cream laid paper laid down to wove paper, 4 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches (109 x 68), thread margins. Scattered discoloration and uniform age tone, all consistent with age. Initials in ink in the top right on the verso, as well as a shield with three..... More
Fjallgatan
c. 1925. Etching and dryoint on heavy wove paper, 4 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches (120 x 170 mm), full margins. Signed and titled in pencil lower margin. In very good condition with light toning around the sheet perimeter, well outside of image area. A peaceful street scene interrupted by..... More
The Enchanted Pool
Donald Shaw MacLaughlan, 1920. Etching with drypoint printed in sepia ink on cream laid paper bearing an indiscernible watermark with linked spheres. 10 1/4 x 13 1/8 inches (260 x 332 mm), unevenly trimmed yet full margins. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. Moderate toning in the area of..... More
The Berry Pickers
c 1935. 20 S. Drypoint etching on cream laid paper with an oak leaf watermark, c 1935. 7 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches (183 x 241 mm), full margins. Signed, titled and inscribed in pencil, lower margin. A beautiful, dark impression with the fine lines printing clearly. In very good..... More
The Three Graces, from Publius Maro Vergil: Les Géorgiques
Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1950. Woodcut printed in black on buff laid paper, 4 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches (113 x 135 mm), full margins. Scattered minor foxing in the lower right sheet quadrant, recto, and with the lower sheet edge folded horizontally upwards approximiately 1/4 inch from the bottom, well..... More