1920s Figurative Prints

Asa Cheffetz Ramshackle Barn (de-accessioned from the Denver Art Museum), ca. 1929 Wood-engraving Pencil signed, numbered 27/100 and titled by the artist on the front 13 × 10 1/4 inches Unframed - affixed to matting De-accessioned from the collection of the Denver Art Museum Asa Chaffetz, "the engraver's engraver" This is the original numbered wood engraving from 1929; not a later re-print This print was honorable mention in the International Exhibition of prints, Art Institute of Chicago, 1929 Exhibited: New England engraved: The prints of Asa Cheffetz: An Exhibition of his wood engraving & an exploration of his life as an artist. Springfield, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984 (A different example) Asa Cheffetz Biography: Born in Buffalo, New York, Cheffetz studied at the School Of The Museum Of Fine Arts in Boston under Philip Leslie Hale...

Forgiveness is an offset and lithograph print, realized by George Grosz. The artwork is from the suite of illustrations realized by Grosz for the book "Kobes". 1st edition printed ...

Karl Michel, 'Ex Libris Verein' (New Year's Ex Libris Club Announcement), etching, 1924. Signed, dated, and numbered 'op. 167' in pencil. Signed and dated in...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Les peintres (The Painters), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de...

L'Eventail (Anaïs) also called The Fan. 1921. Etching. Fletcher 22. Final state. 6 3/8 x 4 7/16 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 1/4). Edition 76. An extremely rich, tonal impression printed on cr...

Christian Dull, 'Mending Nets', aquatint, c. 1930, edition 50. Signed and numbered '50/-' in pencil. A fine impression, on cream laid paper, the full sheet with margins (1/2 to 1 1/2...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Plume (Feather), from the album Dessins de Henri-Matisse (Drawings by Henri Matisse), originates from the 1925 editi...

ROBERT PHILIPPI (Austrian 1877-1959) LIEBESPAAR (LOVERS) ca.1923 (in Rifkind Collection, LACMA: From a portfolio of 10 prints. Rifkind indicates the e...

This exquisite lithograph after Francois Auguste Rene Rodin (1840–1917), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Douze aquarelles de Auguste Rodin (Twelve Watercolors by Auguste...

The Responsible is an original offset and lithograph print realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n.23 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition...

Paul Emile Colin Allegory of Peace : the Family in Countryside, 1929 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind sta...

Daniel GIRARD (1890-1970) Cyclop Polyphene and Ulysses, 1925 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of th...

Original British vintage poster: Historic Carlisle - Gateway to Scotland. Artist: Maurice Greiffenhagen. Horizontal size 39" x 48.75". Archival linen-backed original stone lithograph; ready to frame. In very good to excellent condition. Original, 1925 horizontal travel by train stone lithograph. Historic Carlisle ~ 800 years of Civic Independence. See Britain by train. British Railways. Published by British Railways (London Midland Region) LM 16657. Probably the most famous British railway poster of the 1920s. The LMS commissioned designs from 16 leading Royal Academicians in 1924, of which this was by far the most popular. A British Royal seal...

Au Presser Le Raisin Fut Foule’ (In the Winepress the Grapes were Crushed ) from the Misere Series, Plate #48 Georges Rouault, French (1871–1958) Date: 1922 Intaglio, signed and date...

Romantic black and white etching of a pair of ballet dancers performing on stage by artist Ernst Oppler (1867-1929), circa 1920. Signed lower right, numbered 88 of 100 lower left. ...

KARL HOFER / Carl Hofer (German 1878-1955) PYRAMID, 1924 Lithograph, signed and titled in pencil. Unknown edition but small. Image 15 1/2 x 10, sheet 18 1/...

Original silent movie poster: King of Caprice (translated from Russian.). Archivally linen-acked in very good condition. Images shown are of the exac...

Kees VAN DONGEN (1877-1968) Paris : Parisian Club, 1927 Original etching Unsigned Limited to 225 copies On BFK Rives vellum 33 x 25 cm (c. 12.9 x 9.8 in) REFERENCE : Catalogue ra...

M. Le Trouhadec is an Original etching realized by Jean Auscher in 1926. The artwork is in good condition, included a brown cardboard passpartout (33x25 cm). Another etching repres...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Le The du matin (Morning Tea), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales ...

La Femme 100 Têtes is an original modern rare book illustrated by Max Ernst (1891 - 1976) in 1929, and extraordinary first example of conceptual art Original first edition. Publish...

Daniel GIRARD Naval Combat : the Sailboats, 1925 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the editor 'Im...

Jules MIGONNEY (1876-1929) Orientalism : Young Girl with a Pot, 1921 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /125 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind sta...

Original Iolanthe vintage theatre poster: Gilbert and Sullivan Iolante stone lithograph vintage poster. Museum linen backed. Clear, clean, bright. Grade A condition. The poster features a central image of a character dressed in a traditional British Grenadier Guard uniform, complete with a bearskin hat. The character is depicted in a whimsical pose, which aligns with the comedic and satirical nature of the operetta. Above the main figure, there are smaller illustrations of various characters from the operetta, hinting at the fantastical and fairy-tale elements of the story. The title "Iolanthe" is prominently displayed in bold, stylized lettering at the bottom. "Iolanthe, or The Peer and the Peri," is a comic opera by the famous duo W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. The opera premiered on November 25, 1882, at the Savoy Theatre in London and is one of their most beloved works. "Iolanthe" tells the story of fairy Iolanthe, who was banished from the fairy kingdom...

Geisha playing with a kitten is a modern artwork realized by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita in 1926. Mixed colored lithograph. Signature, monogram and edition number in pencil written t...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled La basse-cour (The Farmyard), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales d...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Tchitchikov sur le lit (Tchitchikov on the Bed), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-...

London Bridge, London. 1924. Etching and drypoint. 6 3/8 x 14 3/4 (sheet 9 7/8 x 17 1/4). Mat line; otherwise fine condition. A rich impression with dryp...

Lieutenant J.R.N. Graham Photogravure after Lucy Kemp-Welch (1869-1958). C1920. 330mm by 505mm (image) 470mm by 630mm (sheet). Lieutenant J.R.N. Graham (1882-1980), 9th Battalion Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders, was attached to 136 Company Machine Gun Corps...

Original Annual Roll Call vintage poster. Archival linen backed. Original fold marks touched up during linen backing. With the red cross ship sailing on the horizon in this image; the two lost survivors floating on wooden planks out at sea can now be rescued. Saved by the Red Cross. Possibly a different outlook during wartime on the "Loose Lips Sink Ships" Very little information is documented about this artist, E. Seaver. Linen-backed, post-World War 1 Red Cross poster...

Paul Adrien BOUROUX (1878-1967) Corsica : Street in Bonifacio, 1926 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stam...

1925-26. Drypoint. Appleby 114. 8 9/16 x 12 (sheet 12 x 17). Edition 100, #10. An excellent impression with burr, printed with plate tone on the full sheet of 'VGI' laid paper with ...

Jean LOMBARD (1895-1983) Paris : Rainy Day, 1925 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the b...

Etching on cream wove paper 5 7/8 x 3 3/8 inches (150 x 86 mm). Signed and dated in pencil in the lower margin. First state (of 2), before the removal of the inscription in the lowe...

Georges BRUYER (1883-1962) Market: the Orange Seller, 1925 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the ...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled La britchka s'est renversee (The Britchka Has Overturned), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mor...

Norman Rockwell (American, 1894-1978) Family Tree Original painting produced 1959, this print published 1959 in Japan by The Curtis Publishing Company Lithograph Sight: 19 1/4 x 13 3...

Paul Emile Colin Italy : In a Small Street of Procida, 1922 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /154 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the...

ARISTIDE MAILLOL (1861-1944) FEMME ASSISE / (WOMAN SEATED IN PROFILE, RIGHT, ONE LEG BENT. ONE LEG RAISED), 1926 (Gueirn 321) Etching signed with “M” monogram in pencil. Image 9 x 9...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Les adieux de Tchitchikov a Manilov (Tchitchikovs Farewell to Manilov), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol,...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Repas chez Manilov (Meal at Manilov's), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes or...

This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Pinceau (Brush), from the album Dessins de Henri-Matisse (Drawings by Henri Matisse), originates from the 1925 editi...

Léon SCHULZ (1872-1969) Horseman ; the Cowboy , 1925 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /160 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the edito...

The Passing Gondola. c. 1926. Etching. Edition 80, #18. Hardie/Carter 230. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 (sheet 11 1/4 x 13). Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1927. Printed on antique wove pap...

Lithograph on fine vélin paper, mounted on archival mat-board, as issued. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Eugène De...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Le pere de Tchitchikov l'eduque (The Father of Chichikov Educates Him), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol,...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Madame Korobotchka (Mrs. Korobotchka), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes ori...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled Sobakevitch, originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes originales de Marc Chagall (N...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled La chambre de Pliushkin (Pliushkin’s Room), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-forte...

Etching on antique handmade laid paper, 9 5/8 x 4 1/4 inches (246 x 109 mm), full margins. Signed and dated (1928) in pencil, lower margin. Printed by Frederick Reynolds. In very goo...

En bouche qui fut fraîche, goût de fiel (In the mouth that was once fresh, the taste of bitterness) Aquatint, drypoint, roulette and burnishing over heliogravure, 1922 Unsigned as ...

Work on paper Wooden frame with glass pane 57 x 46.5 x 2.5 cm

Etching and aquatint on hand made F.J. Head & Co watermarked cream laid paper, full margins. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right margin. From the edition of 160 (from a total of ...

Georges BRUYER (1883-1962) Fruit seller and Child, 1923 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /105 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the edi...

Invitation to a party on the occasion of John and Dolly Sloan's twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Sante Fe: Printed by Peter J. Platt, 1926. 100. Etching on cr...

This is from the original first edition 1923 printing. there was a much later edition done after these originals. These are individually hand signed in pencil by artist as issued. This listing is for the one print. the other documentation is included here for provenance and is not included in this listing. The various images inspired by the Jewish Mysticism and rabbis and mystics of jerusalem and Kabbalah is holy, dramatic and optimistic Rubin succeeded to evoke the spirit of life in Israel in those early days. They are done in a modern art style influenced by German Expressionism, particularly, Ernst Barlach, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Franz Marc, as introduced to Israel by Jakob Steinhardt, Hermann Struck and Joseph Budko. Reuven Rubin 1893 -1974 was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania. Rubin Zelicovich (later Reuven Rubin) was born in Galati to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Finding himself at odds with the artistic views of the Academy's teachers, he left for Paris, France, in 1913 to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was of the well known Jewish artists in Paris along with Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine, At the outbreak of World War I, he was returned to Romania, where he spent the war years. In 1921, he traveled to the United States with his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik. In New York City, the two met artist Alfred Stieglitz, who was instrumental in organizing their first American show at the Anderson Gallery. Following the exhibition, in 1922, they both returned to Europe. In 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine. Rubin met his wife, Esther, in 1928, aboard a passenger ship to Palestine on his return from a show in New York. She was a Bronx girl who had won a trip to Palestine in a Young Judaea competition. He died in 1974. Part of the early generation of artists in Israel, Joseph Zaritsky, Arieh Lubin, Reuven Rubin, Sionah Tagger, Pinchas Litvinovsky, Mordecai Ardon, Yitzhak Katz, and Baruch Agadati; These painters depicted the country’s landscapes in the 1920s rebelled against the Bezalel school of Boris Schatz. They sought current styles in Europe that would help portray their own country’s landscape, in keeping with the spirit of the time. Rubin’s Cezannesque landscapes from the 1920s were defined by both a modern and a naive style, portraying the landscape and inhabitants of Israel in a sensitive fashion. His landscape paintings in particular paid special detail to a spiritual, translucent light. His early work bore the influences of Futurism, Vorticism, Cubism and Surrealism. In Palestine, he became one of the founders of the new Eretz-Yisrael style. Recurring themes in his work were the bible, the prophet, the biblical landscape, folklore and folk art, people, including Yemenite, Hasidic Jews and Arabs. Many of his paintings are sun-bathed depictions of Jerusalem and the Galilee. Rubin might have been influenced by the work of Henri Rousseau whose naice style combined with Eastern nuances, as well as with the neo-Byzantine art to which Rubin had been exposed in his native Romania. In accordance with his integrative style, he signed his works with his first name in Hebrew and his surname in Roman letters. In 1924, he was the first artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Tower of David, in Jerusalem (later exhibited in Tel Aviv at Gymnasia Herzliya). That year he was elected chairman of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Palestine. From the 1930s onwards, Rubin designed backdrops for Habima Theater, the Ohel Theater and other theaters. His biography, published in 1969, is titled My Life - My Art. He died in Tel Aviv in October 1974, after having bequeathed his home on 14 Bialik Street and a core collection of his paintings to the city of Tel Aviv. The Rubin Museum opened in 1983. The director and curator of the museum is his daughter-in-law, Carmela Rubin. Rubin's paintings are now increasingly sought after. At a Sotheby's auction in New York in 2007, his work accounted for six of the ten top lots. Along with Yaacov Agam and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Education 1912 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem 1913-14 École des Beaux Arts, Paris and Académie Colarossi, Paris Select Group Exhibitions Eged - Palestine Painters Group Eged - Palestine Painters Group, Allenby Street, Tel Aviv 1929 Artists: Chana Orloff, Abraham Melnikoff, Rubin, Reuven Nahum Gutman, Sionah Tagger,Arieh Allweil, Jewish Artists Association, Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, 1929 Artists: Ludwig Blum,Eliyahu Sigad, Shmuel Ovadyahu, Itzhak Frenel Frenkel,Ozer Shabat, Menahem Shemi, First Exhibition of ''Hever Omanim'' First Exhibition of ''Hever Omanim'' Steimatzky Gallery, Jerusalem 1936 Artists: Gutman, Nachum Holzman, Shimshon Mokady, Moshe Sima, Miron Rubin, Reuven Steinhardt, Jakob Ben Zvi, Zeev Ziffer, Moshe Allweil, Arieh Group Exhibition Group Exhibition Katz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 1939 Artists: Avni, Aharon Holzman, Shimshon Gliksberg, Haim Gutman, Nachum Ovadyahu, Shmuel Shorr, Zvi Schwartz, Chaya Streichman, Yehezkel Tagger, Sionah Rubin, Reuven A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of Israel A Collection of Works by Artists of the Land of Israel The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1940 Artists: Shemi, Menahem Rubin, Reuven Avni, Aharon Mokady, Moshe Jonas, Ludwig Steinhardt, Jakob Ticho, Anna Krakauer, Leopold Gutman, Nachum Budko, Joseph Ardon, Mordecai Sima, Miron Castel, Moshe Pann, Abel Struck, Hermann Gur Arie, Meir Ben Zvi, Zeev Litvinovsky, Pinchas Artists in Israel for the Defense, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv 1967 Artists: Avraham Binder, Motke Blum, (Mordechai) Samuel Bak, Yosl Bergner, Nahum Gilboa, Jean David, Marcel Janco, Lea Nikel, Jacob Pins, Esther Peretz...

MORIN-JEAN (1877-1940) Allegory of Spring, 1923 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /125 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp of the editor 'Ima...

Maximilien VOX (1894-1974) Vanity : Death, my old Captain , 1921 Original woodcut Handsigned in pencil Numbered /125 On vellum 32.5 x 25.5 cm (c. 13 x 10 in) Bears the blind stamp o...

Adriaan Lubbers, 'Times Square', lithograph, 1929, edition 50. Signed, dated, titled, and editioned '(50)' in pencil. A fine impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (2 1/2...

The Thames and the Tower of London. 1924. Etching and drypoint. 6 3/8 x 14 3/4 (sheet 10 1/4 x 17 1/4). Mat line; otherwise fine condition. A rich impr...