Paper Figurative Prints

FAILE - THE RIGHT ONE, HAPPENS EVERYDAY Date of creation: 2014 Medium: Screen print on Coventry Rag paper Edition number: 418/450 Size: 71 x 61 cm Condition: In mint conditions, bran...

Printer's Proof /5 Her appeal was classless and she rapidly became Britain’s most popular artist. She was a ‘heart and soul’ painter, compelled to paint with a passion. Her painting...

Plate #13 from Gustav Klimt's 1907 "Dialogues of the Courtesans" portfolio, consisting of 15 collotypes on cream japon paper. The drawings in this folio are said to be studies for Klimt's well-known Water Serpents paintings...

Original lithographic print done as a gravure using black ink attributed to the hand of the well known French artist, Jean Dufy. Signed in the plate “Dufy” lower right. Circa 1960. Condition is very good. “Pierre Hautot...

Original, limited edition color etching, new to market. Making contact with a textured green ground, a larger pair of feet supports a smaller pair that are perched atop of them. We s...

2018 marks the centenary anniversary of Ferdinand Hodler’s death. In that 100 years time, the art world’s esteem of this important artist has proved fickle. It has shifted from extolling his artistic merits during his lifetime to showing something of a feigned disdain- more reflective of the world political order than a true change of heart for Hodler’s work. After years of Hodler being all but a footnote in the annals of art history and generally ignored, finally, the pendulum has righted itself once again. Recent retrospective exhibitions in Europe and the United States have indicated not only a joyful rediscovery of Hodler’s art but a firm conviction that his work and world view hold particular relevance today. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is not only a collection of printed work reflecting the best of all of his painted work created up to 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I, the portfolio itself is an encapsulation of Hodler’s ethos, Parallelisme. Hodler developed his philosophy of Parallelisme as a unifying approach to art which strips away detail in search of harmony. By means of abstraction, symmetry and repetition, Hodler sought ways to depict Nature’s essence and her fundamental, universal order. He believed these universal laws governing the natural, observable world extend to the spiritual realm. Symbolist in nature with Romantic undertones, his works are equally portraits of these universal concepts and feelings governing all life as they are a visual portrait in the formal sense. Whether his subject is a solitary tree, a moment in battle, mortal fear, despair, the awe inspired by a vast mountain range, a tender moment or even the collective conviction in a belief, Hodler unveils this guiding principle of Parallelisme. Several aspects of Hodler’s portfolio reinforce his tenets of Parallelisme. The Table of Contents clearly preferences a harmonious design over detail. The two columns, consisting of twenty lines each, list the images by order of appearance using their German titles. The abbreviated titles are somewhat cryptic in that they obscure the identities of the sitters. Like the image Hodler presents, they are distillations of the sitter without any extraneous details. This shortening was also done in an effort to maintain a harmonious symmetry of the Table of Contents, themselves, and keep titles to a one-line limit. The twenty-fourth title: “Bildnis des Schweizerischen Gesandten C.” was so long, even with abbreviation, that it required two lines; so, for the sake of maintaining symmetry, the fortieth title: “Bauernmadchen” was omitted from the list. This explains why the images are not numbered. Hodler’s reasoning is not purely esoteric. Symmetry and pattern reach beyond mere formal design principles. Finding sameness and imposing it over disorder goes to the root of Hodler’s identity and his art. A Swiss native, Hodler was bi-lingual and spoke German and French. Each printed image, even number forty, have titles in both of Hodler’s languages. Certainly, there was a market for Hodler’s work among francophones and this inclusion may have been a polite gesture to that end; however, this is the only place in the portfolio which includes French. With German titles at the lower left of each image, Hodler’s name at bottom center and corresponding French titles at the lower right of each image, there is a harmony and symmetry woven into all aspects of the portfolio. This holds true for the page design, as it applies to each printed image and as it describes the Swiss artist himself. Seen in this light, Hodler’s portfolio of printed work is the epitome of Hodler’s Parallelisme. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is also one of the most significant documents to best tell the story of how Hodler, from Switzerland, became caught between political cross-hairs and how the changing tides of nations directly impacted the artist during his lifetime as well as the accessibility of his art for generations to come. The Munich-based publisher of the portfolio, R. Piper & Co., Verlag, plays a crucial role in this story. Publishing on a wide range of subjects from philosophy and world religion to music, literature and the visual arts; the publisher’s breadth of inquiry within any one genre was equal in scope. Their marketing strategy to publish multiple works on Hodler offers great insight as to what a hot commodity Hodler was at that time. R.Piper & Co.’s Almanach, which they published in 1914 in commemoration of their first ten years in business, clearly illustrates the rapid succession- strategically calculated for achieving the deepest and broadest impact - in which they released three works on Hodler to hit the market by the close of 1914. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was their premier publication. It preceded C.A. Loosli’s Die Zeichnungen Ferdinand Hodlers, a print portfolio after 50 drawings by Hodler which was released in Autumn of 1914 at the mid-level price-point of 75-150 Marks; and a third less expensive collection of prints after original works by Hodler, which had not been included in either of the first two portfolios, was released at the end of that year entitled Ferdinand Hodler by Dr. Ewald Bender. The title and timing of DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS' debut leaves little doubt as to the connection it has with another avant-garde portfolio of art prints, Das Werk Gustav Klimts, released in 5 installments from 1908 -1914 by Galerie Miethke in Vienna. Hodler, himself, was involved in Klimt’s ground-breaking project. As the owner of Klimt’s 1901 painting, “Judith with the Head of Holifernes” which appears as the ninth collotype print in the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Hodler was obliged to grant access of the painting to the art printers in Vienna for them to create the collotype sometime before 1908. Hodler had been previously invited in 1904 to take part in what would be the last exhibition of the Vienna Secession before Klimt and others associated with Galerie Miethke broke away. In an interview that same year, Hodler indicated that he respected and was impressed by Klimt. Hodler’s esteem for Klimt went beyond the art itself; he emulated Klimt’s method aimed at increasing his market reach and appeal to a wider audience by creating a print portfolio of his painted work. By 1914, Hodler and his publisher had the benefit of hindsight to learn from Klimt’s Das Werk publication. Responding to the sluggish sales of Klimt’s expensive endeavor, Hodler’s publisher devised the same diversified 1-2-3 strategy for selling Hodler’s Das Werk portfolio as they did with regards to all three works on Hodler they published that year. For their premium tier of DAS WERKS FERDINAND HODLERS, R. Piper & Co. issued an exclusive Museum quality edition of 15 examples on which Hodler signed each page. At a cost of 600 Marks, this was generally on par with Klimt’s asking price of 600 Kronen for his Das Werk portfolio. A middle-tiered Preferred edition of 30, costing somewhat less and with Hodler’s signature only on the Title Page, was also available. The General edition, targeting the largest audience with its much more affordable price of 150 Marks, is distinguishable by its smaller size. Rather than use the subscription format Miethke had chosen for Klimt’s portfolios which proved to have had its challenges, R. Piper & Co. employed a different strategy. In addition to instantly gratifying the buyer with all 40 of the prints comprising DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS and the choice among three price points, they advertised in German journals a fourth possibility of ordering single prints from them directly. These printed images are easily discernible from the three complete folio editions. The paper size of the single purchased images is of the larger format like the Museum and Preferred editions, measuring 65 h x 50 w cm; however, the paper itself is the same copper print paper used in the General edition and then mounted on poster board. The publishing house positioned itself to be a direct retailer of Hodler’s art. They astutely recognized the potential for profitability and the importance, therefore, of having proprietary control over his graphic works. R. Piper & Co. owned the exclusive printing rights to Hodler’s best work found in their three publications dating from 1914. That same year, a competing publication out of Weimar entitled Ferdinand Hodler: Ein Deutungsversuch von Hans...

Original Vintage Airline Poster by Harold Foster. He created several designs commissioned by the British Overseas Airways Corporation ...

Screen print in colors on wove paper. Hand signed and dated lower right by Robert Indiana. Hand numbered MP 3/6 lower left (there is also a main edition of 108). Sheet size: 32 x ...

"Malibu's Most Wanted Pt. 2" Photography 16" x 24" in Ed. of 15 by Brendan North Available sizes: Edition of 15: 16" x 24" inch Edition of 7: 24" x 36" inch Edition of 3: 40" x 60" ...

Xisco Mensua (Spain, 1960) Untitled from Portfolio "Junio - Julio", 1995 engraving on paper 12.6 x 9.5 in. (32 x 24 cm.) Edition of 6 Frame 16x20 in. ID: MEN1253-004 Hand-signed by a...

Pinchas Burstein, known as Maryan Lithograph (after the drawing). 1960 Dimensions: 12 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches (315 x 240mm). Gold or bronze ink on black paper Signed in the plate, not b...

A wonderful print by African American artist, Charles White (1918 - 1979) "Blues" Color lithograph on Rives paper, 1971. 11.5 x 26.75 inches (28.55 x 68.7 cm) Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, lower right. Number 63/100 from the numbered edition of 100. Framed Printed by William Law III and the Tamstone Group, Los Angeles, with their blindstamps lower right.  Charles Wilbert White...

20th century figurative etching print by Polish artist Leszek Rozga. This piece is signed by the artist. LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015) He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska pri...

Original pochoir process print (hand-colored stencil). Paris, ca. 1925. Displayed in a custom silver giltwood frame.

Mari Ito was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1980. She majored in Nihonga, Japanese-style painting made with traditional practices, techniques and materials. She moved to Barcelona (Spain) i...

Etching with engraving on thin laid paper with an early and large unidentified heraldic watermark with a windmill, and the collector's stamp of Count F. J. von Enzenberg (1802-1879),...

This is iconic, witty, and so LA Ruscha - a true collectible. Don't think we'll get another after this. Ed Ruscha Hollywood Tantrum, 1979 (hand signed by Ed Ruscha), 2008 Offset li...

Ed Ruscha WALKS TALKS FLIES SWIMS AND CRAWLS (Hand Signed by Ed Ruscha), 1992 Offset lithograph invitation card (hand signed) Vintage Robert Miller Gallery invitation card Boldly sig...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art Card: Surrounded Islands (Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude), from the private collection of Jeanne-Claude's Assistant, 1983 Offset lithograph c...

Takashi Murakami - A RETURN FROM WANDERING Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Offset lithograph with cold stamp and high gloss varnish on paper Edition: 300 Size: 71 cm Ø Condition: In m...

An original woodcut print depicting the social unrest of the 1960s by Herman Roderick Volz. Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Image measures 11 1/2" x 14 1/2," sheet measures...

Screen print in colors on Rives BFK wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered by the artist. Artwork size 29.2 x 21 inches. Custom framed as pictured. Frame size approx 34.5 x 2...

This woodcut print was created by American artist Leonard Baskin. Baskin is well known for his somewhat grotesque, intricate, surreal drawings and natural subject matter. This print ...

Art Card: Christo and Jeanne-Claude on the Reichstag Roof (Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude), 1993 Offset lithograph card (SIGNED Christo and Jeanne-Claude) Boldly signed in ...

Christo Art Card: Reichstag Aerial View, Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1997 Offset lithograph card (HAND SIGNED) with provenance Gorgeous aerial view of the Reichstag, ha...

Art Card: Reichstag at Night (Berlin 1995: Der von Christo und Jeanne-Claude verhüllte Reichstag), Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1995 Offset lithograph card (Hand signed ...

In continuing with representing fine artists that are connected to the music industry we are please to announce that we are the only gallery in the United States representing the wor...

Rare print handsigned by surrealist artist Leonor Fini, inscreasingly esteemed with the movement of rediscovering art by women. This rare original lithograph is an artist proof in ve...

Francois-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008) Motherhood, 2002 Techniques : etching on paper Hand signed in pencil by François Xavier Lalanne, in perfect condition Dimensions of the paper :...

The Right Trajectory by Amy Gardner [2021] limited_edition Screen Print, Spray Paint, Acrylic Paint Edition number 25 Image size: H:65 cm x W:45 cm Sold U...

Christo and Jeanne-Claude The Umbrellas Japan-USA Hand Signed by Christo & Jeanne-Claude Offset lithograph card Hand signed in orange crayon by Christo and Jeanne-Claude Provenance: ...

Walter Schnackenberg’s style changed several times during his long and successful career. Having studied in Munich, the artist traveled often to Paris where he fell under the spell of the Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s colorful and sensuous posters depicting theatrical and decadent subjects. Schnackenberg became a regular contributor of similar compositions to the German magazines Jugend and Simplicissimus before devoting himself to the design of stage scenery and costumes. In the artist’s theatrical work, his mastery of form, ornamentation, and Orientalism became increasingly evident. He excelled at combining fluid Art Nouveau outlines, with spiky Expressionist passages, and the postures and patterns of the mysterious East. In his later years, Schnackenberg explored the unconscious, using surreal subject matter and paler colors that plainly portrayed dreams and visions, some imbued with political connotations. His drawings, illustrations, folio prints, and posters are highly sought today for their exceedingly imaginative qualities, enchanting subject matter, and arresting use of color. SCHNACKENBERG BALLET UND PANTOMIME...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pigment print on Hahnemϋhle photo rag paper Available Sizes: 23" x 23" $2,000.00 31" x 31" $2,500.00 39" x 39" $3,000.00 60" x 60" $6,000.00 Born in 1978, Payidar Şeyma Alışır ...

Pine Barren's Tree Frog, from Endangered Species. Screen print in colors on Lennox Museum Board. Hand signed and numbered by Andy Warhol. Edition 114/150 (there were also 30 AP's, 5 PP's, 5 EP's, 3 HC's, 10 numbered in Roman numerals, 1 BAT, and 30 TP's). Printed By Rupert Jansen Smith, Ny. Published By Ronald Feldman Fine Art Inc., NY. Artwork is in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered. From the Endangered Species portfolio, which premiered in 1983. Warhol was commissioned by environmentalists and gallerists Ronald and Frayda Feldman to depict 10 endangered animals, bringing attention to their fragility. The US federal government had passed the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 1973, making clear criteria for assigning the status of “endangered” to animals that had seen massive attrition of their populations. This designation has been adopted internationally and Warhol’s Endangered...

Third in the popular Pool boy series. Celebrating summer, positivity and the male form. Pool boy ripples is a CMYK screen print with beautiful spot layer for the simple pool ripples. Additional information: Pool Boy Ripples By Gavin Dobson [2021] Limited edition Handmade CYMK screen print Edition number 40 Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:35 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unframed Please note that insitu images are purely an indication of how a piece may look ARTIST BIO: Originally from the North East of England, Gavin graduated in Fine art in 2000, and has been building his portfolio as an artist specialising in painting and screen printing - often combining the two, which helps communicate his chosen narrative. Gavin uses both vivid colours and expressive strokes to create engaging and lively pieces - his recent painting series ‘Landscapes of the Mind’ used the fluidity and movement of the paint to convey how an environment can effect ones state of thinking. Alongside his painting, Gavin is an established screen-printer exhibiting at many galleries across the U.K. and with new clients in New York his international profile is starting to expand. A regular at the Affordable Arts Fair, Gavin was one of 20 artists chosen to work alongside Film Four for an exhibition at Somerset House. His screen-prints often depict colourful, nostalgic images. Iconic designs which are humorous ornamentation and invite an opening for conversation. Gavin takes an original painting and creates many separate layers of half tones to screen-print by hand the final piece. Using this method he captures many textures and depths of colour within a piece of work. He recently designed and created a piece of work for the charity Help Refugee's 'Choose Love' campaign in conjunction with Printclub and the celebrated designer Katharine Hamnett, highlighting the current plight of refugees. Gavin's ongoing dedication has led to various interviews surrounding his work and being featured in The Times by the art critic, Nancy Durrant, as part of her great art gift guide...

Serigraph in colors on paper. Hand signed lower right by Peter Max. Hand numbered AP 35/75 lower left (slightly faded; see pic). Sheet size: 16 x 14 inches. Custom framed as pict...

This brand new 2025 print is limited to only 15 impressions. It features a stylized image of a WW2 FM-2 Wildcat plane in front of 9 versions of Ceravolo's original Aviatrix image. Printed on 100% rag paper with archival inks. Framed print measures approximately 21"x29". Unframed 16"x24" With private collectors like, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Pete Davidson...

Metta Mattina (Mid Morning) by Karen Keogh [2020] original Etching on Paper Image size: H:30 cm x W:40 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:58 cm x W:65...

Bistro 1900 is a serigraph on black paper with an image size of 24 x 36 inches, signed ‘Kondakova’ lower right and numbered lower left. From the edition of 525 and numbered 38/100 (there were also 200 Arabic on white paper, 25 APs, 100 Roman, and 100 on canvas). Framed in a contemporary, mahogany-style moulding. You might happen upon Bistro 1900 as you round a Parisian street corner leading onto a light-filled courtyard. The bistro door...

This poster from the 1930s melds the meticulous detail of traditional Chinese painting with the craft of color lithography—and a side of risque. The poster features a young woman dressed in a fur-trimmed coat with Western accessories...

after Egon Schiele (1890 – 1918), AUSTRIA “ART CANNOT BE MODERN, ART IS PRIMORDIALLY ETERNAL.” -SCHIELE Defiantly iconoclastic in life and art, Egon Schiele is esteemed for his mas...

Hand signed and numbered by the artist. From the Roman Numeral edition of 150. Framed size approx 50 x 34 inches. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity inc...

A beautifully framed set of twelve rare "nature prints" produced in 1856 by Henry Bradbury. Henry Bradbury (1829-1860) is known for the innovative technique of “nature printing”, a...

Takashi Murakami - KANSEI: KORIN RED STREAM Date of creation: 2010 Medium: Offset lithograph with cold stamp and high gloss varnishing on paper Edition number: 39/300 Size: 71 cm Ø C...

Keith Haring Milan c.1989 Rare vintage Milan exhibition announcement circa late 1980’s featuring offset printed artwork by Keith Haring. Uniquely rendere...

Yoshitomo Nara Harmless Kitty Poster on paper 20 3/10 × 14 3/10 in 51.5 × 36.4 cm

Explosive, nostalgic, and irresistibly fun — Cereal Killers by New York pop artist PUNK is a wild celebration of Saturday-morning memories and pop-culture indulgence. This limited e...

2018 marks the centenary anniversary of Ferdinand Hodler’s death. In that 100 years time, the art world’s esteem of this important artist has proved fickle. It has shifted from extolling his artistic merits during his lifetime to showing something of a feigned disdain- more reflective of the world political order than a true change of heart for Hodler’s work. After years of Hodler being all but a footnote in the annals of art history and generally ignored, finally, the pendulum has righted itself once again. Recent retrospective exhibitions in Europe and the United States have indicated not only a joyful rediscovery of Hodler’s art but a firm conviction that his work and world view hold particular relevance today. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is not only a collection of printed work reflecting the best of all of his painted work created up to 1914 just before the outbreak of World War I, the portfolio itself is an encapsulation of Hodler’s ethos, Parallelisme. Hodler developed his philosophy of Parallelisme as a unifying approach to art which strips away detail in search of harmony. By means of abstraction, symmetry and repetition, Hodler sought ways to depict Nature’s essence and her fundamental, universal order. He believed these universal laws governing the natural, observable world extend to the spiritual realm. Symbolist in nature with Romantic undertones, his works are equally portraits of these universal concepts and feelings governing all life as they are a visual portrait in the formal sense. Whether his subject is a solitary tree, a moment in battle, mortal fear, despair, the awe inspired by a vast mountain range, a tender moment or even the collective conviction in a belief, Hodler unveils this guiding principle of Parallelisme. Several aspects of Hodler’s portfolio reinforce his tenets of Parallelisme. The Table of Contents clearly preferences a harmonious design over detail. The two columns, consisting of twenty lines each, list the images by order of appearance using their German titles. The abbreviated titles are somewhat cryptic in that they obscure the identities of the sitters. Like the image Hodler presents, they are distillations of the sitter without any extraneous details. This shortening was also done in an effort to maintain a harmonious symmetry of the Table of Contents, themselves, and keep titles to a one-line limit. The twenty-fourth title: “Bildnis des Schweizerischen Gesandten C.” was so long, even with abbreviation, that it required two lines; so, for the sake of maintaining symmetry, the fortieth title: “Bauernmadchen” was omitted from the list. This explains why the images are not numbered. Hodler’s reasoning is not purely esoteric. Symmetry and pattern reach beyond mere formal design principles. Finding sameness and imposing it over disorder goes to the root of Hodler’s identity and his art. A Swiss native, Hodler was bi-lingual and spoke German and French. Each printed image, even number forty, have titles in both of Hodler’s languages. Certainly, there was a market for Hodler’s work among francophones and this inclusion may have been a polite gesture to that end; however, this is the only place in the portfolio which includes French. With German titles at the lower left of each image, Hodler’s name at bottom center and corresponding French titles at the lower right of each image, there is a harmony and symmetry woven into all aspects of the portfolio. This holds true for the page design, as it applies to each printed image and as it describes the Swiss artist himself. Seen in this light, Hodler’s portfolio of printed work is the epitome of Hodler’s Parallelisme. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS is also one of the most significant documents to best tell the story of how Hodler, from Switzerland, became caught between political cross-hairs and how the changing tides of nations directly impacted the artist during his lifetime as well as the accessibility of his art for generations to come. The Munich-based publisher of the portfolio, R. Piper & Co., Verlag, plays a crucial role in this story. Publishing on a wide range of subjects from philosophy and world religion to music, literature and the visual arts; the publisher’s breadth of inquiry within any one genre was equal in scope. Their marketing strategy to publish multiple works on Hodler offers great insight as to what a hot commodity Hodler was at that time. R.Piper & Co.’s Almanach, which they published in 1914 in commemoration of their first ten years in business, clearly illustrates the rapid succession- strategically calculated for achieving the deepest and broadest impact - in which they released three works on Hodler to hit the market by the close of 1914. DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS was their premier publication. It preceded C.A. Loosli’s Die Zeichnungen Ferdinand Hodlers, a print portfolio after 50 drawings by Hodler which was released in Autumn of 1914 at the mid-level price-point of 75-150 Marks; and a third less expensive collection of prints after original works by Hodler, which had not been included in either of the first two portfolios, was released at the end of that year entitled Ferdinand Hodler by Dr. Ewald Bender. The title and timing of DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS' debut leaves little doubt as to the connection it has with another avant-garde portfolio of art prints, Das Werk Gustav Klimts, released in 5 installments from 1908 -1914 by Galerie Miethke in Vienna. Hodler, himself, was involved in Klimt’s ground-breaking project. As the owner of Klimt’s 1901 painting, “Judith with the Head of Holifernes” which appears as the ninth collotype print in the second installment of Das Werk Gustav Klimts, Hodler was obliged to grant access of the painting to the art printers in Vienna for them to create the collotype sometime before 1908. Hodler had been previously invited in 1904 to take part in what would be the last exhibition of the Vienna Secession before Klimt and others associated with Galerie Miethke broke away. In an interview that same year, Hodler indicated that he respected and was impressed by Klimt. Hodler’s esteem for Klimt went beyond the art itself; he emulated Klimt’s method aimed at increasing his market reach and appeal to a wider audience by creating a print portfolio of his painted work. By 1914, Hodler and his publisher had the benefit of hindsight to learn from Klimt’s Das Werk publication. Responding to the sluggish sales of Klimt’s expensive endeavor, Hodler’s publisher devised the same diversified 1-2-3 strategy for selling Hodler’s Das Werk portfolio as they did with regards to all three works on Hodler they published that year. For their premium tier of DAS WERKS FERDINAND HODLERS, R. Piper & Co. issued an exclusive Museum quality edition of 15 examples on which Hodler signed each page. At a cost of 600 Marks, this was generally on par with Klimt’s asking price of 600 Kronen for his Das Werk portfolio. A middle-tiered Preferred edition of 30, costing somewhat less and with Hodler’s signature only on the Title Page, was also available. The General edition, targeting the largest audience with its much more affordable price of 150 Marks, is distinguishable by its smaller size. Rather than use the subscription format Miethke had chosen for Klimt’s portfolios which proved to have had its challenges, R. Piper & Co. employed a different strategy. In addition to instantly gratifying the buyer with all 40 of the prints comprising DAS WERK FERDINAND HODLERS and the choice among three price points, they advertised in German journals a fourth possibility of ordering single prints from them directly. These printed images are easily discernible from the three complete folio editions. The paper size of the single purchased images is of the larger format like the Museum and Preferred editions, measuring 65 h x 50 w cm; however, the paper itself is the same copper print paper used in the General edition and then mounted on poster board. The publishing house positioned itself to be a direct retailer of Hodler’s art. They astutely recognized the potential for profitability and the importance, therefore, of having proprietary control over his graphic works. R. Piper & Co. owned the exclusive printing rights to Hodler’s best work found in their three publications dating from 1914. That same year, a competing publication out of Weimar entitled Ferdinand Hodler: Ein Deutungsversuch von Hans...