Woodcuts
Clinton House, Ithaca, NY
Philadelphia: Wilmer Atkinson, 1831. Wood engraving on cream wove paper, 5 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (145 x 222 mm), right margin trimmed. General age tone, uneven margins and some minor skinning at the sheet edges. An image removed from an edition of the Farm Journal. The Clinton House was..... More
Steam tug towing vessels into harbor during a storm
c 1880. Wood engraving on tissue-thin Japon paper, 5 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches (133 x 45 mm), full margins. Scattered light spots of yellow discoloration throughout, as well as some edge tears and corner damage from a former mount, all outside of image area. Signed illegibly in the image..... More
The Triumph of Caesar: Plate IV
1599. Chiaroscuro woodcut in colors printed from four blocks on laid paper in dark brown, grey, and three shades of ochre, 14 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (370 x 370 mm), the full sheet. A very good impression with gaufrage clearly visible on the verso, trimmed to the platemark. A...... More
Portrait of a bearded man
c1920. Wood engraving on cream wove paper, 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 mm (150 x 107 mm), full margins. In good condition with no visible defects. More
Saint Simon, from Christ and the Apostles
Paris: Melchior Tavernier, c 1620. Chiaroscuro woodcut on cream laid paper, printed from three blocks in black, olive-green, and yellow ochre, 8 3/16 x 6 1/4 inches (207 x 157 mm), thread margins. Some scattered light discoloration throughout, lightly backed with laid paper, however the sheet retains translucence when viewed..... More
Bijin Hana Kurabe (Comparison of Beauties and Flowers).; Riverside
Tokyo: c 1887. Woodblock print in colors with embossing on handmade, laid mulberry paper, 14 x 8 1/4 inches (355 x 210 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Multiple condition issues include scattered edge tears with associated losses, scattered adhesive residue on the verso, toning, and a ghost impression from..... More
Courtiers under a wisteria draped pine tree
Tokyo: Yokoyama Ryohachi, 1892. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Scattered handling wear, some spots of adhesive residue on the verso and a small edge at the area..... More
The Lonely House at Asajigahara
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1896. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Scattered handling wear, adhesive residue and early linen tape repairs on the verso. Recto is largely unaffected. Meiji..... More
Pilgrimage to Enoshima
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1893. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, full margins. Scattered handling wear, adhesive residue on the verso, and minor edge losses at the left sheet edge and top..... More
Toshogu Shrine
Tokyo: Matsuki Heikichi, 1896. Woodcut in ink with embossing and hand-coloring in watercolor on handmade mulberry paper, 14 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (368 x 251 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. Scattered handling wear, some spots of adhesive residue on the verso and a small edge tear along the..... More
Two Women Playing Sugoroku from "Comparison of the Customs of Beauties."; The Customs and Manners of Women
Japan: Matsuki Heikichi, 1891. Woodblock with ink and handcoloring on laid mulberry paper, 12 3/4 x 8 5/8 inches (323 x 220 mm), ōban tate-e, full margins. Scattered handling creases and edge losses at the extreme edges, and a loss with associated skinning at the top right corner, outside of..... More
Alavda sine crista "Lark without a crest"; An illustration from Historiae animalium; liber III qui est de auium natura (History of Animals, Book III: On the Nature of Birds).
c1555. Wood engraving on delicate cream laid paper, 4 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches ( 115 x 168 mm), trimmed inside the plate. In good condition with one area of rust colored discoloration in the area of the bird's wing, consistent with age. Text in Latin on the verso. The..... More
Guet-Apens, par Gill; Cover Illustration from L'Eclipse, 17 March, 1872
Paris: L'Eclipse, 1872. Woodcut engraving with handcoloring on lightweight wove paper, 13 3/4 x 11 5/8 inches (347 x 294 mm), margins trimmed. Illustrated in Histoire de la révolution de 1870-71, Volume 2, page 177, by Jules Claretie. Scattered light age tone, handling wear and surface soiling, all consistent with..... More
Two blocks from Twenty-Five Nudes (2)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1938. Each a woodblock print on white wove paper, 8 11/16 x 5 1/2 inches (219 x 139 mm), the full sheet. Each image in excellent condition, printed on one sheet. Each image with Gill's historiated moniker in the lower right image. Printed 1951..... More
Two blocks from Twenty-Five Nudes (2)
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1938. Each a woodblock print on white wove paper, 8 11/16 x 5 1/2 inches (219 x 139 mm), the full sheet. Each image in excellent condition, printed on one sheet. Each image with Gill's historiated moniker in the lower right image. Printed 1951..... More
Fin de Journée
Paris: Sagot, 1889. Wood engraving on cream laid Japon paper with full deckle edges, 8 3/8 x 5 3/4 (212 x 145 mm). Signed, numbered 9/35, and inscribed "1er Etat" in pencil in the lower margin. With the publisher's blindstamp in the lower-center margin. In very good condition with minor..... More
Le Soldat Prussien
Paris: Sagot, 1898. Wood engraving on cream wove paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (216 x 158 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 11/25 in pencil, lower right. With the blindstamp of the pubilsher in the lower-center margin. In good condition with some scattered light dots of discoloration on..... More
Les Trophées
London: The Studio, 1898. Wood engraving on blue wove paper, 8 x 5 3/8 inches (202 x 137 mm), full margins. As published in The Studio, Vol. 12, 1898, with the blindstamp in the lower-center margin. In superb condition with no visible defects. More
Loups de Mer (shrimpers)
Paris: L'Estampe Moderne, 1897. Color wood engraving on lightweight, cream-colored imitation vellum, 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (342 x 252 mm), full margins. With the L'Estampe Moderne purple ink stamp with the number "130" on the verso, and the publisher's blind stamp in the lower-right corner. In excellent condition..... More
Two Goats, from Daphnis & Chloe
Paris: Philippe Gonin, 1937. Woodcut on hand made laid paper with the publisher's watermark designed by the artist, 4 5/16 x 4 7/8 inches (107 x 122 mm), full margins. From the special suite of 53 woodcut illustrations which were laid in loose to the deluxe edition of Maillol's 8vo..... More
Représentation d'une femme courageuse.
c1800. Woodblock on cream laid paper, 5 5/8 x 7 inches (141 x 177 mm), narrow margins. Scattered handling creases, with one pin-point spot of brown discoloration above the female figure's head. The date "1807" written in ink in the top-right margin. On the verso is a passage in French..... More
Drying paper.
c 1770. Woodcut on cream laid paper, 7 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (182 x 63 mm), narrow margins. Laid down to non-archival board with scattered soiling and some adhesive staining. Okumura Masanobu (Japanese 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes..... More
Dyeing paper.
Japan: c1770. Woodcut on cream laid paper, 7 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches (182 x 63 mm), narrow margins. Laid down to non-archival board with scattered soiling and some adhesive staining. Okumura Masanobu (Japanese 1686 – 13 March 1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes..... More
The actor Otani Tokuji I as manservant Sodesuke.
Tokyo: Teijin, c1950. Woodcut in colors with dark grey mica ground, 13 5/8 x 9 inches (346 x 300 mm), ōban tate-e, the full sheet. In very good condition. From the edition printed by Teijin after the image originally published in 1794. More