Late 19th Century Figurative Prints

This halftone print was included in the 1898 report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Smithsonain Institution. The sap buckets and yoke are from the Menomin...

ELIOT, Maurice (1864-1945). Printemps. September 1897. British Artist. Color lithograph. Color Lithograph from L'Estampe Modern. 1897-1898. Each print shows the blindstamp imprint o...

Emil Orlik (1870-1932), Market in Grodek, etching and aquatint, 1898, signed in pencil lower right, in very good condition, trimmed just outside of the platemark and so with a small ...

"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Oasis Beetles" Verso: "Visiting Ilsee's Palace" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs ...

Le Soleil de Minuite. 1898. Color lithograph. On Linen A Student of Jules Cheret, he created posters between 1895 and 1905 in the workshop Chaix produced ...

Steinlen, Alexandre Theophile. Cover for Les Chansons de Montmartre, 1899. Lithograph [2nd state of 3], before the borders were cut. Ref: Crauzat 218. Steinlen was born in Switze...

"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Jaufre's Entrance" Verso: "Father Scolds Son" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs f...

D'Horticulture de France. Ca 1899. Color lithograph. On Linen 47 x33". Bourgeois was a painter of landscapes and murals. Bourgeois received a bronze medal in1889 and 1900 ...

"Manomon (L'Estampe Moderne Volume I)" is an original estampe originale in color by Rene-Xavier Prinet. The artist signed the piece lower right. This piece was published in "L'Estampe Moderne," an Art Nouveau publication, and features a seated woman in a white robe and large, coiffed hair. 15 3/4" x 12" art 25 1/4" x 21 1/2" frame René-Xavier Prinet , born on December 31 , 1861 in Vitry-le-François and died on January 26 , 1946 in Bourbonne-les-Bains is a French painter Prinet exerts a spiritual talent, holding a distinguished place in Parisian society. He is noted for his bourgeois interiors and his portraits (families Saglio and Desgranges for example). His home region, Franche-Comté , as well as the Normandy coast where his residence the "Double Six...

CHARPENTIER, ALEX (1856 -1909) "Grande Tuilerie d’Ivry" Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, issue # 33, 1898. Plate #131 Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4”The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The "Maitres de l'Affiche," were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as "plates". They were numbered, with the printers name "Imprimerie Chaix," in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, "PL.1" to "PL.240." In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret's. The smaller format and the fact the "Maitres" were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters due to cost. A very high quality of paper was used, where as the large format posters were printed on lesser quality newsprint, due to cost and a short expected life span. This explains why the quality of the printing, in the "Maitres de l'Affiche," usually far exceeds that of their larger counterparts. The text reads "Great Tileworks of Ivry, founded in 1854, Ivry-Port near Paris; the largest ceramics factory in the world for building, industry and art productions; Emille Muller stoneware; execution of works by masters of statuary; architectural facings; decorative sculpture; showroom and salesroom, 3 rue Halevy; the only tile able to bear the names Muller and Ivry; (tiles) guaranteed against frost" Given the commission for an extremely text heavy poster, the artist executes a masterful design. The angelic young boy holds the wares of this famous ceramics factory, against an abstract background awash in organic green hues. The handling of the immense text that flows from top to bottom in every available space shows great artistic skill, as the overall beauty of the design is intact. In 1989 the Metropolitan Museum of art acquired a stoneware plaque...

A charming depiction of two young children sat at a shop counter. One girl clutched a doll whole the other soothes our the ruffles of her shawl with a flat iron. From behind the coun...

Alcazar d'Hiver is an 1896 chromolithograph of Choubrac's brilliant poster, printed at Imprimerie Chaix under the direction Ernest Maindron and G. Boudet for the lauded poster collec...

Odilon Redon (French, 1840-1916), "Antoine: Quel Est Le But de Tout Cela?..." [Antoine: What is the purpose of all this?...], Lithograph, from the La Tentation de Saint-Antoine [The ...

This rare original lithograph print is from 1899. It is one sheet of a huge 24 sheet poster that was created in 1899 to announce Buffalo Bills Wild West. The size of the complete 24 sheet poster would have been approx. 10 feet tall by 20 feet wide and would have been posted on barns and buildings in 1899 to promote Buffalo Bills Wild West before it would come to towns. This 1 sheet of the 24 sheet lithograph is in such good condition because it was found in the Lithographers draws of the print shop that created the poster. It is black and white because it was a proof that was used to create the final layout of the color poster. It indicates on the image that it is No. 2 Buffalo Bill San Juan Hill 1899, so it would have been the 2nd poster down on the left side of the large total image comprised of 24 separate sheets all unique to create the full image. You can see the two black printed lines on the left side indicate where the edge of the poster would have been. We have never seen a complete image of this rare 1899 poster. When we first acquired this rare proof over 20 years ago, we contacted the The Ringling Museum in Florida that houses a large Buffalo Bill poster...

CHERET, JULES (1836 -1932) "Oeuvre de l'Hospitalite de Nuit" Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower ri...

MORROW, ALBERT GEORGE (1863 -1927) "The New Woman" Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, c. 1897. Plate #79 Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4 ”The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The "Maitres de l'Affiche," were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as "plates". They were numbered, with the printers name "Imprimerie Chaix," in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, "PL.1" to "PL.240." In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret's. The smaller format and the fact the "Maitres" were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters...

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Etude de Femme (Study of a Woman), 1893 is a lovely depiction of a nude subject delicately undressing at her bedside. She ap...

Poster for the Saxon Trade and Art Exhibition, Dresden 1896 Color lithograph poster mounted on heavy linen, 1896 Signed in the stone lower left corner (see photo) Proof before additi...

BRADLEY, WILL (1868 - 1962) The Chap Book Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #34, 1898. Plate #136 Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4” The “Les Maitres de l’Affiche” series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The “Maitres de l’Affiche,” were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as “plates”. They were numbered, with the printers name “Imprimerie Chaix,” in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, “PL.1” to “PL.240.” In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret’s. The smaller format and the fact the “Maitres” were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters...

DUYCK, EDOUARD (1872 -1897) CRESPIN, ADOLPH (1859 –1944) "Hippodrome des Art" Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #6, 1894. Plate #28 Unframed Size:11 3/8 x 15 3/4” The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The "Maitres de l'Affiche," were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as "plates". They were numbered, with the printers name "Imprimerie Chaix," in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, "PL.1" to "PL.240." In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret's. The smaller format and the fact the "Maitres" were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters due to cost. A very high quality of paper was used, where as the large format posters were printed on lesser quality newsprint, due to cost and a short expected life span. This explains why the quality of the printing, in the "Maitres de l'Affiche," usually far exceeds that of their larger counterparts. "...Posters were created by the team of Duyck & Crespin, whose close collaborative efforts garnered them the nickname 'the Siamese twins.' Between their first joint attempt at poster-making in 1885-1886 and Duyck's death in 1897, the duo produced a large corpus of works... as well as set designs and costumes for the theatre " (Brussels p.76) This is a Belgian poster for the Ferme de Frahinfaz, on the Hippodrome des Art road near Spa. "Accommodations for riders and pedestrians. Fork and knife lunches, fresh milk, real "Faro" beer from Brussels and English beers"

PRICE, JULIUS "An Artist’s Model" Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #1, 1896. Plate # 3 Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4” The “Les Maitres de l’Affiche” series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The “Maitres de l’Affiche,” were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as “plates”. They were numbered, with the printers name “Imprimerie Chaix,” in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, “PL.1” to “PL.240.” In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret’s. The smaller format and the fact the “Maitres” were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters...

CHERET, JULES (1836 - 1932) "Emilienne d’Alencon" Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #29, 1898. Plate #113 Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4” The “Les Maitres de l’Affiche” series was offered as a subscription series to...

RASSENFOSSE, ARMAND (1862 – 1934) "Grande Brasserie Van Velsen" Original lithograph from “Les Maitres de L’Affiche” series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lowe...

Bugler Foot Hunter, 1870 (lithographed facsimile 1883), Illustration after Édouard Detaille (1848 - 1912), similar in Musée de Nuits-Saint-Georges. This illustration shows a bugler from the 20th Chasseurs Battalion. "Chasseur" a French term for "hunter" or "huntsman", is the designation given to certain regiments of French and Belgian light...

A charming 19th-century engraving titled “The Little Gleaner”, published in 1877 by C. Klackner in New York. The piece depicts a young girl walking through a wheat field, holding a b...

This fine engraving titled Washington and His Mother depicts a touching domestic scene between General George Washington and his mother, Mary Ball Washington. Originally created by E...

Charles Pachter is one of the most collected and cherished Canadian artists. His iconic, uplifting and patriotic images have independently earned their place in the nation's museum...

Sz: 20"H x 12 3/4"W 1887 Colin George Barrett (29 May 1863 – 25 February 1898), was a leading jockey in the United Kingdom in the 1880s and 1890s. He was born on 29 May 1863 in Metfield, Suffolk. He was apprentice jockey to W. H. Manser at Newmarket. His first ride came in July 1877, with him riding his first winner. During his early career he could do weights as low at 5 st 7 lb (34.9 kg). He rode six winners in his first year. His first classic win came the 1885 1000 Guineas aboard Farewell. He rode the unbeaten Ormonde to victory in the 2000 Guineas in 1886 after regular jockey Fred Archer...

1890 Sz: 20"H x 12 7/8"W James Woodburn 1863-1919 Born at York on September 20, 1863, James began life as a doctor’s errand boy but, wanting to become a jockey, he ran away from home. Covering the 13 miles on foot, he arrived at the Hambleton stables of Mr Sanderson, who took an instant liking to the runaway. Woodburn rode his first winner for the stable...

William Henry Bradley (American, 1868-1962), The Chap-Book May, Lithographic Poster, 1895, published by Stone and Kimball, signed in plate lower left, black frame. Image: 20" H x 13....

Hazenplug, Frank. Chap Book. Color Lithograph, 1895. 20 1/2 x 14" Frank Hazenplug, was an artist who made engravings, typography, and posters. He also illustrated books Hazenplug worked for Chicago firm Stone & Kimball and designed books for them, continuing with the company even after it became Herbert S. Stone. Hazenplug also designed books for other publishers, such as Fleming Revell, George Doran, A.C. McClurg, Reilly and Britton, Rand McNally, and John Lane...

Venise sauvee, play in five acts by Thomas Otway. 1895. Lithograph on simili Japan Framed. .Very good condition with the exception of a slight center fold. Framed. Rare Ref: Artis...

Embossing (gaufrage) with typographical color printing. Fine impression with good embossing on simili-japon paper, printed to the edges of the sheet (as issued). The combination of techniqes is unusual and may be unique. Ref: Artistes et Theatre d'Avant-Garde Programmes illustres Paris 1890-1900 Aitken p 22 pl 11; Artists and the Avant-Garde Theatre in Paris 1887-1890 Boyer p.44 pl 9. Alexandre Charpentier was French sculptor, medalist, craftsman, and cabinet-maker. He experimented with a wide variety of formats and materials—tin, marble, wood, leather, and terra cotta work, the latter executed by ceramic artisan Emile Müller...

Theodore Roussel (1847-1927), Chelsea Children, Chelsea Embankment, etching, 1889, signed in pencil on the tab and inscribed “imp” [also signed in the plate]. Reference: Hausberg 32, only state, from the total printing of about 30 impressions. Printed in a reddish brown ink on a thin laid paper. In very good condition, trimmed by the artist on the platemark except for the tab, 7 1/2 x 5 1/16 inches. A fine impression, printed with a veil of plate tone, wiped a bit less toward the sky making the sky darker than the street scene. Hausberg notes that this etching “depicts, in reverse, a stretch of Cheyne Walk...

"From: Ilsée, Princess of Tripoli Recto: "Vision of Jaufre" Verso: "Love's Dream" is an original color lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Exquisite double-sided color lithographs from "I...

"Philadelphia Sunday Press" is an original figurative lithograph poster of black and red. 1895. 21.75" x 15.3125" art 28.5" x 22.75" framed George Brill was born August 27, 1867 in...

MAX LIEBERMANN 1847-1935 Berlin 1847-1935 (German) Title: The Goatherd Ziegenhirtin, 1891 Technique: Original Hand Signed Etching on Japan Paper Paper size: 18 x 23.8 cm. / 7.1 ...

Horse Pulling Hay Cart by Félix Pissarro (1874-1897) Etching 19.5 x 15 cm (7 ⅝ x 5 ⅞ inches) Exhibition London, Stern Pissarro Gallery, Camille Pissarro & his Descendants - A Tradit...

Elizabeth Catlett “Man” 1975 (The Print Club of Cleveland Publication Number 83, 2005) Woodcut and Color Linocut Printed in 2003 at JK Fine Art Editions Co., Union City, New Jersey Signed and Dated By The Artist Lower Right Titled Lower Left Ed. of 250 Image Size: approx 18 x 12 inches Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) is regarded as one of the most important women artists and African American artists of our time. She believed art could affect social change and that she should be an agent for that change: “I have always wanted my art to service black people—to reflect us, to relate to us, to stimulate us, to make us aware of our potential.” As an artist and an activist, Catlett highlighted the dignity and courage of motherhood, poverty, and the working class, returning again and again to the subject she understood best—African American women. The work below, entitled, “Man”, is "carved from a block of wood, chiseled like a relief. Catlett, a sculptor as well as a printmaker, carves figures out of wood, and so is extremely familiar with this material. For ‘Man’ she exploits the grain of the wood, allowing to to describe the texture of the skin and form vertical striations, almost scarring the image. Below this intense, three-dimensional visage parades seven boys, printed repetitively from a single linoleum block in a “rainbow roll” that changes from gold to brown. This row of brightly colored figures with bare feet, flat like a string of paper dolls, raise their arms toward the powerful depiction of the troubled man above.” Biography: Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012) Known for abstract sculpture in bronze and marble as well as prints and paintings, particularly depicting the female figure, Elizabeth Catlett is unique for distilling African American, Native American, and Mexican art in her work. She is "considered by many to be the greatest American black sculptor". . .(Rubinstein 320) Catlett was born in Washington D.C. and later became a Mexican citizen, residing in Cuernavaca Morelos, Mexico. She spent the last 35 years of her life in Mexico. Her father, a math teacher at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, died before she was born, but the family, including her working mother, lived in the relatively commodious home of his family in DC. Catlett received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University, where there was much discussion about whether or not black artists should depict their own heritage or embrace European modernism. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1940 from the University of Iowa, where she had gone to study with Grant Wood, Regionalist* painter. His teaching dictum was "paint what you know best," and this advice set her on the path of dealing with her own background. She credits Wood with excellent teaching and deep concern for his students, but she had a problem during that time of taking classes from him because black students were not allowed housing in the University's dormitories. Following graduation in 1940, she became Chair of the Art Department at Dillard University in New Orleans. There she successfully lobbied for life classes with nude models, and gained museum admission to black students at a local museum that to that point, had banned their entrance. That same year, her painting Mother and Child, depicting African-American figures won her much recognition. From 1944 to 1946, she taught at the George Washington Carver School, an alternative community school in Harlem that provided instruction for working men and women of the city. From her experiences with these people, she did a series of paintings, prints, and sculptures with the theme "I Am a Negro Woman." In 1946, she received a Rosenwald Fellowship*, and she and her artist husband, Charles White, traveled to Mexico where she became interested in the Mexican working classes. In 1947, she settled permanently in Mexico where she, divorced from White, married artist Francisco Mora...

Tristesse ou Jalousie. 1896. Color lithograph. One of 50 on laid Japan paper from the deluxe edition of "Le Centaure;, blind stamp lower left. Signed in ink and annotated W; in blue ...