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Period: Mid-20th Century
Pyramid (hand signed three dimensional screen print)
Located in Aventura, FL
Screen print in colors on lightweight board folded into a three-dimensional pyramid. Hand signed and numbered on interior edge by Roy Lichtenstein Numbered 41/300 (only approximate...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph, Screen
Art Deco Jazz Age Paris Interracial Couple Lovers Marcel Vertes Color Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Marcel Vertes (French /Hungarian 1895-1961) Tango, from the suite Dancing, Jazz age in Paris. lithograph in colors on paper, published by Gustave Pellet-Paris, hand signed in pencil, lower right.
Mounted in chrome frame with matting. Measures 23.75"H x 30.5"W framed; 15"H x 21.5"W image.
Gustave Pellet (1859–1919) was a French publisher of art. He is best known for publishing prints of erotic artworks by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Louis Legrand.
MARCEL VERTES FRENCH HUNGARIAN 1895 (Ujpest, Hungary) -1961(Paris, France) art deco artist.Vertes was born in Hungary and died in Paris, but spent a lot of time in New York as well. He was noted as a painter, illustrator, designer and scenic mural painter. His whimsical images graced the pages of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Continuing in the footsteps of Boutet, Forain, Erte, Toulouse-Lautrec and others. Concentrating upon scenes of Paris street life...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bernard Buffet, A Bullfighter, from Lithographs 1952-1966, 1967
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), titled Un torero (A Bullfighter), originates from the 1967 album Bernard Buffet, Lithographs 1952-1966, published by Tudor Pu...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Bernard Buffet, Jojo the Clown, from Lithographs 1952-1966, 1967
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), titled Jojo le clown (Jojo the Clown), originates from the 1967 album Bernard Buffet, Lithographs 1952-1966, published by Tud...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Bernard Buffet, On the Beach, from Lithographs 1952-1966, 1967
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), titled Sur la plage (On the Beach), originates from the 1967 album Bernard Buffet, Lithographs 1952-1966, published by Tudor ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Bernard Buffet, Clown on Red Background, from Lithographs 1952-1966, 1967
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), titled Clown sur fond rouge (Clown on Red Background), originates from the 1967 album Bernard Buffet, Lithographs 1952-1966, ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Maurice Utrillo, Montmartre, Under the Snow, 1965 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite woodcut after Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955), titled Montmartre, sous la neige (Montmartre, Under the Snow), from the folio Les Peintres mes amis (The Painters My Friends), originates from the 1965 edition published by Editions d'art Les Heures Claires, Paris, and printed by Atelier Raymond Jacquet, Paris, May 20, 1965. Montmartre, sous la neige (Montmartre, Under the Snow) captures Utrillo’s quiet poetry and emotional depth, translating his painterly vision of Paris into the medium of woodcut. The serene winter streets, rendered with rhythmic precision and tonal restraint, evoke the contemplative stillness that defines Utrillo’s deeply personal view of urban solitude and beauty.
Executed as a woodcut on grand velin d'Arches paper, this work measures 15 x 11 inches. Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the exceptional standards of Editions d'art Les Heures Claires, Paris, and the master craftsmanship of Atelier Raymond Jacquet, Paris.
Artwork Details:
Artist: After Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955)
Title: Montmartre, sous la neige (Montmartre, Under the Snow), from the folio Les Peintres mes amis (The Painters My Friends), 1965
Medium: Woodcut on grand velin d'Arches paper
Dimensions: 15 x 11 inches (38.1 x 27.94 cm)
Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued
Date: 1965
Publisher: Editions d'art Les Heures Claires, Paris
Printer: Atelier Raymond Jacquet, Paris
Catalogue raisonne reference: Monod, Luc. Manuel de l’amateur de livres illustrés modernes, 1875–1975. Ides et Calendes, 1992, illustration 11485.
Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium
Provenance: From the folio Les Peintres mes amis (The Painters My Friends), published by Editions d'art Les Heures Claires, Paris; printed by Atelier Raymond Jacquet, Paris, May 20, 1965
Notes:
Excerpted from the folio (translated from the folio), The lithographs by Derain and Van Dongen were printed by Lucien Detruit. Those by Dufy, Matisse, Chagall, Dunoyer de Segonzac, Cavailles, Terechkovitch, and Carzou were printed by Mourlot Freres. Those by Picasso and Buffet were printed by P.-J. Ballon. The lithograph by Miro was printed in the workshop Arte, which also printed, in phototype, the frontispiece. The etchings by Villon and Zadkine were printed by Manuel Robbe. That by Braque was printed by A. and P. Crommelynck. The wood engravings and printing of the illustrations by Vlaminck, Rouault, Pascin, and Utrillo were done by Raymond Jacquet. The texts by Andre Warnod, collected by his daughter Jeanine Warnod, were hand-set in De Roos type, size 24, and printed in Paris on the presses of Daragnes. Printing completed on May 20, 1965. Justification of the edition, III examples on large velin d'Arches containing the original copper plates inked for one intaglio illustration; a proof on silk of two lithographs; the four wood-engraved illustrations, mounted; a color separation of one lithograph; and a complete suite of the illustrations on Arches—numbered I to III. XVI examples on large velin d'Arches containing a proof on silk of two lithographs; the four wood-engraved illustrations, mounted; a color separation of one lithograph; and a complete suite of the illustrations on Arches—numbered IV to XIX. XXI examples on large velin d'Arches containing a proof on silk of two lithographs; the four wood-engraved illustrations, mounted; and a complete suite of the illustrations on Arches—numbered XX to XL. XL examples on large velin d'Arches containing a complete suite of the illustrations on Arches—numbered XLI to LXXX. CLXX examples on large velin d'Arches—numbered LXXXI to CCL.
About the Publication:
The folio Les Peintres mes amis (The Painters My Friends), published in Paris in 1965 by Editions d'art Les Heures Claires, stands among the most ambitious postwar French printmaking collaborations. Conceived as a celebration of modern art’s greatest masters, the volume unites original graphic works by Utrillo, Vlaminck, Matisse, Picasso, Chagall, Braque, Villon, Derain, Zadkine, Miro, and others, alongside critical essays by Andre Warnod. Each plate was executed under the supervision of Paris’s foremost ateliers—Mourlot Freres, Lucien Detruit, P.-J. Ballon, Manuel Robbe, and Raymond Jacquet—representing the finest techniques of lithography, etching, and woodcut. This luxurious folio exemplifies the artistry and craftsmanship of mid-20th-century French printing, merging text, image, and handcraft into a unified artistic statement. A triumph of the livre d’artiste tradition, it remains a vital record of the enduring creative dialogue between the painters, printers, and publishers who defined the visual culture of their time.
About the Artist:
Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955) was a French painter whose poetic depictions of Montmartre and Paris transformed the city’s quiet streets, cathedrals, and cafes into enduring symbols of nostalgia and modern beauty. Born in Paris to the artist Suzanne Valadon—model and muse to Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec—Utrillo was immersed in art from an early age but led a turbulent life that found solace in painting. Entirely self-taught, he became one of the most distinctive figures of the Paris School, celebrated for his lyrical “White Period” (1909–1914), during which he employed thick impasto and a restrained palette of whites, grays, and ochres to capture the worn facades and atmospheric stillness of Montmartre. Influenced by Paul Cezanne’s structural precision, Vincent van Gogh’s emotional color, and Camille Pissarro’s realism, Utrillo forged a style that blended Impressionist light with Post-Impressionist solidity, expressing solitude, longing, and spiritual calm. He worked amidst the revolutionary ferment of early 20th-century Paris, alongside Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Georges Braque, and Chaim Soutine, yet his art stood apart from their Cubist and Expressionist experiments, focusing instead on evoking emotional truth through representation. Though he shared his generation’s stage with avant-garde icons such as Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, and Man Ray, Utrillo’s paintings offered a poetic counterpoint—a meditative realism that captured the enduring soul of modern life. His mastery of perspective and tonal harmony imbued works like Rue Norvins and Place du Tertre with quiet majesty, transforming ordinary streets into sanctuaries of memory and light. Utrillo’s profound sensitivity influenced later artists including Balthus, Jean Dubuffet, Nicolas de Stael, and Giorgio Morandi, as well as Edward Hopper and Wayne Thiebaud, who echoed his stillness and emotional clarity in their own depictions of urban solitude. His art, now housed in major museums such as the Musee d’Orsay, Centre Pompidou, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Tate, remains a cornerstone of modern French painting, bridging the lyricism of Impressionism with the introspection of modernism. Revered for his sincerity and mastery of mood, Utrillo stands alongside Picasso, Miro, Dali, Kandinsky, Duchamp, Calder, Giacometti, and Man Ray as a pillar of 20th-century art, his work capturing the eternal poetry of Paris. The highest auction record for Maurice Utrillo was achieved by his masterpiece Rue Norvins a Montmartre (circa 1910), which sold for $4,882,500 USD at Sotheby’s, New York, on November 6, 2011, affirming his enduring legacy as one of the most beloved and collectible painters of his era.
Maurice Utrillo Montmartre...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Bernard Buffet, Head, from Painters of Today, 1966 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), titled Tete (Head), from the folio Bernard Buffet, Peintres d'aujourd'hui (Bernard Buffet, Painters of Today), originate...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Bernard Buffet, Bullfighter, from Painters of Today, 1966 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), titled Torero (Bullfighter), from the folio Bernard Buffet, Peintres d'aujourd'hui (Bernard Buffet, Painters of Today), ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Grotesque, Surrealist Ink Drawing on Paper by Leonard Baskin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leonard Baskin, American (1922 - 2000)
Title: Grotesque
Year: 1969
Medium: Ink on Paper, signed
Size: 40 in. x 27.5 in. (101.6 cm x 69.85 cm)
Frame Size: 45 x 32 inches
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Paper
Bernard Buffet, Cardinal Richelieu, from Painters of Today, 1966 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), titled Le Cardinal de Richelieu (Cardinal Richelieu), from the folio Bernard Buffet, Peintres d'aujourd'hui (Bernard Buf...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Bernard Buffet, Woman with a Glass of Wine, from Painters of Today, 1966 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), titled Femme au verre de vin (Woman with a Glass of Wine), from the folio Bernard Buffet, Peintres d'aujourd'hui (Bernar...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Joan Miro, Untitled, from Joan Miro, 1956
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Joan Miro (1893–1983), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1956 publication Joan Miro. Published by Maeght Editeur, Paris, and printed by M...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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Bernard Buffet, The Seated Drinker, from Painters of Today, 1966 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), titled Le Buveur assis (The Seated Drinker), from the folio Bernard Buffet, Peintres d'aujourd'hui (Bernard Buffet, Pain...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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Manet, Composition, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph and stencil on vélin Foreign Affairs paper mounted on Foreign Affairs museum board, as issued . Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition. Notes: From the folio, Édouard Manet, Letters with Aquarelles, 1944. Published by Pantheon Books, New York; rendered and printed by Raymond and...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$716 Sale Price
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The Mythology Narcissus
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: The Mythology Narcissus
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
PUBLISHER: Pierre Argillet, Paris
EDITION NUMBER: XXXI/C
MEASUREMENTS: 18" x 30"
YEAR...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Alexander Calder lithograph (derrière le miroir)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1964 from Derrière le miroir:
Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches.
Very good overall vintage condition; well-preserved.
Unsigned from an edition of unknown.
From: Derrière le miroir. Printed in France.
Derrière le miroir:
In October 1945 the French art dealer Aimé Maeght opens his art gallery at 13 Rue de Téhéran in Paris. His beginning coincides with the end of Second World War and the return of a number of exiled artists back to France. The publication was created in October 1946 (n°1) and published without interruption until 1982 (n°253).
Its original articles and illustrations (mainly original color lithographs by the gallery artists) who were famous at the time. The lithographic publication covered only the artists exhibited by Maeght gallery either through personal or group exhibitions.
Among them were, Pierre Alechinsky, Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Eduardo Chillida, Alberto Giacometti, Vassily Kandinsky, Ellsworth Kelly, Fernand Léger, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Saul Steinberg and Antoni Tapies.
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Alexander Calder was an American artist best known for his invention of the kinetic sculptures known as mobiles. Calder also produced a variety of two-dimensional artworks including lithographs, paintings, and tapestries as seen in his Butterfly (1970). “My whole theory about art is the disparity that exists between form, masses, and movement,” the artist once said. Born on August 22, 1898 in Lawnton, PA, Calder turned to art in the 1920s, studying drawing and painting under George Luks and Boardman Robinson at the Art Students League in New York.
Calder moved to Paris to continue his studies in 1926, where he was introduced to the European avant-garde through performances of his Cirque Calder (1926–1931). “I was very fond of the spatial relations,” he said of his interest in the circus. “The whole thing of the—the vast space—I’ve always loved it.” With these performances, along with his wire sculptures, Calder attracted the attention of such notable figures as Marcel Duchamp, Jean Arp, and Fernand Léger. Notably, it was his friend Duchamp that coined the term mobile—a pun in French meaning both “motion” and “motive”—during a visit to Calder’s Paris studio in 1931.
His earliest mobiles moved by motors, but Calder soon abandoned these mechanics and designed pieces that moved by air currents or human interaction. Over the course of seven decades, along with his mobiles, he also produced paintings, monumental outdoor sculptures, works on paper, domestic objects, and jewelry.
The artist lived in both Roxbury, CT, and Saché, France, before his death on November 11, 1976 in New York, NY. Today, his works are held in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Tate Gallery in London. Related Categories Calder prints. Mid Century Modern. 1970s. Miro. Chagall. Calder lithograph. Figurative art. Alexander Calder Derrière...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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"Rush Hour" British Modern Mid 20th Century Vorticist European Vorticism Woman
Located in New York, NY
"Rush Hour" British Modern Mid 20th Century Vorticist European Vorticism Woman
Sybil Andrews CPE (British/Canadian, 1898-1992)
Rush Hour (Coppel SA 11)
Linocut printed in Chinese orange, Chinese blue and black, 1930, on tissue thin oriental laid paper.
Signed, titled and numbered 8/50 in pencil lower left, framed.
Block 209 x 251mm (8 1/4 x 9 7/8in)
Sheet 249 x 310mm (9 3/4 x 12 1/4in)
Framed by Bark 14 1/2 x 16 inches
BIO
Sybil Andrews was a printmaker, painter, graphic artist and educator who was born in Bury St. Edmonds, Suffolk, England. She moved to London (England) in 1922. In 1947, she emigrated to Campbell River (Vancouver Island) British Columbia, Canada, where she worked, taught and lived for the rest of her life. She died at a hospital in Victoria (B.C.)
Her mediums were the colour linocut (1) (most famous), etching, posters, pastels, ink, watercolour, monoprint and oil. Her subjects were human activity (at work, sports, travel, etc.), figures, animals, genre, allegory, architecture and landscape. Her style was Art Deco (see AskART styles), Futurism, Cubism and Vorticism (2). Her work is identified by a simple format, clean lines, distortion, vivid colours, drama and rhythm.
Quote: "The colour linocut was just the medium for me, being interested in dynamics and ideas and patterns... It is impossible to be fussy with lines, you have to simplify, you are forced to simplify your idea to its fundamentals." Andrews produced 76 linocuts in her life, of which 43 were made from 1929 to 1939, which is considered to be her best period.
John Hassall's art correspondence course (1918) was the beginning of her formal art education. She went from there to Heatherley's School of Fine Art (London/1922) where she studied under Henry Massey (see AskART) and met artistic partner Cyril Power (see AskART). At the same time, she studied independently with sculptor Henri Glicenstein (see AskART) who taught her drypoint etching and to draw from life.
She also attended the Grosvenor School of Modern Art (1925). Iain McNab (1890-1967) was Principal and Claude Flight (3) (see AskART) an instructor who had a great influence on her choice of linocut as a primary medium. Some of his other students and her associates were Edith Lawrence (1890-1973), Lill Tschudi (1911-2001), Eileen Mayo (see AskART) and William Greengrass...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Merry-Go-Round, 1930
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh (1898-1954), Merry-Go-Round, etching, 1930, signed in pencil lower right and numbered "24" lower left. In very good condition, with margins (cut irregularly,...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Marc Chagall - Colorful Bible - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall, Original Lithograph depicting an instant of the Bible.
Technique: Original lithograph in colours
Year: 1956
Sizes: 35,5 x 26 cm / 14" x 10.2" (sheet)
Published by: Édit...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
UNTITLED (TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITH BRICKS
Located in Portland, ME
Abramovitz, Albert (American, born Latvia, 1879-1963).
UNTITLED (TWO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITH BRICKS).
Linoleum cut on wove paper, c. 1930s.
Si...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Astrazione II - Screenprint by Lucio Del Pezzo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The proposed print is a handmade screenprint on fine paper with collage inserts with a print run of 20 artist's proof copies, in very good condition.
The screenprint bears in the lo...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
Masquerade
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Masquerade" c.1960 is an original color lithograph by French artist Jacques Lalande, 1921-2003. It is hand signed and inscribed E.A (Artist Proof) in pencil by t...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Mother and Child - Lithograph after Marc Chagall - 1960
By Marc Chagall
Located in Roma, IT
Plate from "The Bible" is a Lithograph realized by the publisher Tériade after Marc Chagall in 1960.
Mixed colored lithograph on brown-toned paper, good condition, no signature.
Th...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Eight Reclining Figures I
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Lithograph printed in colours on Japon nacré paper
77 x 57 cm
hand-signed by the artist
H.C from an aside edition of 50
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso, Paul as Pierrot, from Chroniques du Jour, 1930 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Paul en Pierrot (Paul as Pierrot), from the album, Pablo Picasso, 1930, originates from the 1930 edition published by Editions des Chroniques du Jour, Paris, and printed by L'Atelier Desjobert, Paris, 1930. Paul en Pierrot (Paul as Pierrot) exemplifies Picasso’s tender and theatrical portrayal of his son Paul, rendered with the lyrical charm and painterly sophistication that defined his neoclassical period. Through the combination of lithographic precision and pochoir color, the work evokes both the intimacy of family life and the dreamlike symbolism of commedia dell’arte, merging affection and artistry in a composition of striking emotional balance.
Executed as a lithograph and pochoir on velin paper, this work measures 11.38 x 9.09 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the refined craftsmanship of Editions des Chroniques du Jour and the technical excellence of L'Atelier Desjobert, one of the premier Parisian workshops specializing in pochoir and fine art lithography.
Artwork Details:
Artist: After Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)
Title: Paul en Pierrot (Paul as Pierrot), from the album, Pablo Picasso, 1930
Medium: Lithograph and pochoir on velin paper
Dimensions: 11.38 x 9.09 inches (28.9 x 23.1 cm)
Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued
Date: 1930
Publisher: Editions des Chroniques du Jour, Paris
Printer: L'Atelier Desjobert, Paris
Catalogue raisonne references: Cramer, Patrick. Pablo Picasso, The Illustrated Books: Catalogue Raisonne. Patrick Cramer, 1983, illustration 18; Bloch, Georges. Pablo Picasso: Catalogue of the Printed Graphic Work 1904–1967. Kornfeld & Klipstein, 1968, illustration 98; Reusse, Gerhard. Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books, Catalogue Raisonne. Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1983, illustration 31
Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium
Provenance: From the album, Pablo Picasso, published by Editions des Chroniques du Jour, Paris, and printed by L'Atelier Desjobert, Paris, 1930
Notes:
Excerpted from the album, This volume has been printed in MCC numbered examples, of which DL (LI to DC) constitute the edition in French and DCL (DCI to MCCL). The edition in English has been printed on behalf of E. Weyhe, 794 Lexington Avenue, New York (DCI to MC) and of A. Zwemmer, 78 Charing Cross Road, London, W. C.2. (MCI to MCCL). There have also been printed L examples on Arches paper with a lithograph by Picasso (I to L) distributed between the two editions, and some press examples.
About the Publication:
The album Pablo Picasso, published in 1930 by Editions des Chroniques du Jour, Paris, under the direction of Christian Zervos, stands among the earliest major printed tributes to the artist’s emerging international acclaim. Conceived as part of the publisher’s broader initiative to document and celebrate the modernist vanguard, the volume presented a series of lithographs and pochoirs interpreting Picasso’s drawings, watercolors, and gouaches from the preceding decade. Executed at the esteemed Atelier Desjobert, the edition combined the lithographic precision of line with the pochoir method’s hand-applied color, producing images of exceptional tonal depth and fidelity. Issued in both French and English, with distribution in Paris, New York, and London through E. Weyhe and A. Zwemmer, the album was limited to MCC copies, including a special suite of L examples on Arches paper containing an original lithograph by Picasso. The publication represented a vital collaboration between artist, publisher, and printer—uniting the intellectual rigor of Zervos’s art criticism with the material beauty of fine French printmaking. Today, Pablo Picasso, 1930 is recognized as a landmark in 20th-century art publishing, reflecting both the refinement of interwar Parisian craftsmanship and the international reach of Picasso’s genius.
About the Artist:
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and ceramicist whose extraordinary vision revolutionized modern art and defined the visual language of the 20th century. A child prodigy from Malaga, Spain, Picasso's career spanned more than seven decades and encompassed an astonishing range of styles and innovations—from the melancholic Blue and romantic Rose periods to his pioneering invention of Cubism with Georges Braque, which shattered conventional notions of perspective and form. Influenced by the bold expressiveness of El Greco, the structure of Cezanne, and the vitality of African and Iberian sculpture, Picasso became a central figure of the Paris avant-garde, working in creative dialogue with contemporaries such as Henri Matisse, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray. His insatiable experimentation extended across painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture, forever expanding the boundaries of artistic expression. A master of reinvention, Picasso profoundly shaped generations of artists who followed—from Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, and Jean-Michel Basquiat to Jeff Koons and Banksy—cementing his status as a timeless cultural icon whose works remain among the most sought after worldwide. His landmark painting Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O) achieved a record-breaking sale of 179,365,000 USD at Christie's, New York, on May 11, 2015, affirming Picasso's enduring legacy as one of the most influential and valuable artists in history.
Pablo Picasso Paul en Pierrot (Paul as Pierrot), Picasso 1930, Picasso Desjobert, Picasso pochoir...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
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Marc Chagall - Original Lithograph
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall
Original Lithograph
1963
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
Unsigned, as published in "Chagall Lithographe 1957-1962. VOLUME II"
Edition of several thousand
Condition : Excellent
M...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"City Market" Juarez, Mexico El Paso Texas Artist extrememly detailed etching
By Lewis Teel Jr.
Located in San Antonio, TX
Lewis Teel Jr. 1913-1995 El Paso Artist Image Size: 9 x 7 Frame Size: 16 x 14 Medium: Etching Circa 1930s "City Market" Juarez, Mexico
Biography
Lewis Teel Jr. 1913-1995
Lewis Woods...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Cyclops (Ulysses, PL.205)
Located in Greenwich, CT
This etching on paper, 11.75 x 8.25" image size, is signed ‘Henri Matisse’ lower right, numbered lower left, and framed in a beautiful, custom gold-leaf frame. From the edition of 15...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Etching
Polo, colour etching, horses, circa 1950
By Louis Claude
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Titled 'Polo' and signed 'Louis Claude' in pencil below the image. Printed in Paris for the Paris Etching Society, New York.
465mm by 595mm (pla...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Raoul Dufy, The Studio on Impasse Guelma, from Raoul Dufy, IV, 1969 (after)
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Raoul Dufy (1877–1953), titled L’atelier de Impasse Guelma (The Studio on Impasse Guelma), from the folio Raoul Dufy, IV (Raoul Dufy, IV), Collection ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$956 Sale Price
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D. Sidwell Feigin, Rain, Snow, and Time
Located in New York, NY
This lithograph shows the Obelisk (Cleopatra’s Needle), 1425 BCE, in Central Park, New York City, just behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on Greywacke Knoll. (This makes it a double example of ‘art about art.’) Carved from a single piece of granite from Aswan, it was gifted to this country by the Khedive Ismail Pasha...
Category
Ashcan School Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Belles de nuit 1969 Signed Limited Edition Etching Abstract Nude
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Barbara Kwasniewska
Title: Belles de nuit - ladies of the Night
Year: 1969
Medium Type: etching
Size-Width Size-Height: 22.5'' x 30" inches
Signed Edition Size: Signe...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Herman Volz Original Woodcut, Social Unrest of the 1960
s, Disbursing the Riot
Located in Phoenix, AZ
An original woodcut print depicting the social unrest of the 1960s by Herman Roderick Volz.
Pencil signed by the artist lower right. Image measures 14" x 24," sheet measures 18 1/2"...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
SLEDGEHAMMERS
Located in Portland, ME
Andrews, Sybil (English/Canadian, 1898-1992), C. SA26.
"SLEDGEHAMMERS", Color Linocut, 1933, ed. 60 plus 4 trial proofs,
Ref. C. SA 26, 10-1/4 x 12-1/2, signed, titled and numbered 6...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
Fisherman - Photoype after Corrado Cagli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fisherman is a artwork realized after Corrado Cagli in the middle of the 20th century.
Photype print.
Signed on the low side.
Good condition.
Corrado Cagli (Ancona, 1910 - Ro...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Photogravure
Georges Braque - Birds - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Georges Braque - Birds - Original Lithograph
Published in the deluxe art review, XXe Siecle
1958
Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm
Publisher: G. di San Lazzaro.
Unsigned and unumbered as issued
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Frontispiece for "Le Plafond de l
Opéra de Paris"
By Marc Chagall
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Marc Chagall
Original Lithograph
Frontispiece for the book "Le Plafond de l'Opéra de Paris (The Ceiling of the Paris Opera)" by Jacques Lassaigne (Paris...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Spring Night Greenwich Village
By Martin Lewis
Located in New York, NY
Spring Night, Greenwich Village--1930, Drypoint and Sand Ground.McCarron 85, only state. Edition 92. Signed in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower rig...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Vibrant Abstract Cat Edition of 100
By Karel Appel
Located in Houston, TX
Vibrant abstract lithograph of a cat by artist Karel Appel in 1969. Edition of 100. Signed and dated by artist in lower right corner. Marked E.A., or "épreuve d’artiste", which is th...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tiendelitas
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created this color lithograph entitled “TIENDECITAS” in 1967. This impression is signed, titled, and inscribed “21/50” in pencil. The printed image size 15 x 23.13 inches (38 x 58.8 cm) and paper size 20.75 x 29 3/8 inches (53 x 74.5 cm). Printed in an edition of 50. Stamped on verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez."
“Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
SEATED NUDE IN A CHEMISE
Located in Portland, ME
Diebenkorn, Richard. SEATED WOMAN IN A CHEMISE. Liithograph, 1965. Edition of 100, initialed and numbered 88/100 in ink. Printed on BFK Rives paper, and published by Original Press, ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini, Untitled, from The Story of O, 1962
By Leonor Fini
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph, titled Sans titre, after Leonor Fini, from the folio L'Histoire d'O (The Story of O), 1962, was published and printed by La Compagnie des Vibliophiles, au ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
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The Yellow Castle, 1933 - Original Lithograph
Located in Paris, IDF
Jacques Camus
The Yellow Castle, 1933
Original lithograph and stencil
Unsigned
On paper 39 x 29 cm (c. 15.3 x 11.4 inch)
INFORMATION : This lithograph is part of the "Idées" portfo...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
Faust Chevalier a Genou
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Faust Chevalier a Genou
MEDIUM: Etching
SIGNED: Hand Signed
EDITION NUMBER: 9/95
MEASUREMENTS: 15.3" x 11.4"
YEAR: 1969
FRAMED: No
CONDITION: Ex...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Stag
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Stag" 1957 is an original woodcut on laid paper by noted American artist Leonard Baskin, 1922-2000. It is hand signed and inscribed A.P. (Artist Proof) pencil by...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Leonor Fini, rare lithograph on Arches paper, circa 1980
By Leonor Fini
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
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...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper
HYMN SINGER / THE MINSTREL / BURL IVES -- Large Benton
Located in Santa Monica, CA
THOMAS HART BENTON (1890- 1975)
HYMN SINGER / THE MINSTREL (Portrait of Burl Ives) 1950 (Fath 74)
Lithograph signed with full signature “Thomas H. Benton” A large image, 15 ¾ x 12 i...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Leonor Fini - Pleasure - Original Lithograph
By Leonor Fini
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Leonor Fini - Pleasure - Original Lithograph
The Flowers of Evil
1964
Conditions: excellent
Edition: 500
Dimensions: 46 x 34 cm
Editions: Le Cercle du Livre Précieux, Paris
Unsigne...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso - The Painter and His Model - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Original Lithograph - Pablo Picasso
Title: The Painter and His Model
This is unsigned and unnumbered, as issued
From the book/portfolio "Regards sur Paris"
Published by André Saure...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Picasso, Composition (Cramer 88), Dans l
Atelier de Picasso (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d'Arches à la forme savoir paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the volume, Dans l'Atelier de Picasso, 1957. Published by Fernan...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$10,396 Sale Price
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Weather Vane - Woodcut by Maurits Cornelis Escher - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Woodcut print realized by Escher for the series "Emblemata", and published in 1931.
On Hollande van Gelder paper.
Edition of 300.
Unsigned, as issued. Excellent condition, matted....
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects, 1951-1952. Published by Curt V...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$5,996 Sale Price
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Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects,...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
$5,996 Sale Price
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Ex Libris - Giorgio Balbi - Chimica Armoniosa - Etching - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Giorgio Balbi - Chimica Armoniosa is an Artwork realized by Giovanni Rossi in Mid 20th Century.
Etching.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Ex Libris - Giorgio Balbi - Etching - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ex Libris - Giorgio Balbi is an Artwork realized by Alberto Helios Gagliardo in Mid 20th Century.
Etching.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Nus Bleus IV, from The Last Works of Henri Matisse
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Henri Matisse (after)
Title: Nus Bleus IV
Portfolio: The Last Works of Henri Matisse
Medium: Lithograph
Year: 1958
Edition: 2000
Framed Size: 22" x 18"
Sheet Size: 14" x 10 ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Every Building on the Sunset Strip, 1st Edition Artist Book, Signed
inscribed
By Ed Ruscha
Located in New York, NY
“I don’t have any Seine River like Monet, I’ve just got US 66 between Oklahoma and Los Angeles.” — Ed Ruscha
True First Edition of Ruscha's most iconic book - hand signed with except...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Foil
Pinturas Portfolio, Modern 11 offset reproductions of paintings
Located in Long Island City, NY
Emiliano Di Cavalcanti, After, Brazilian (1897 - 1976) - Pinturas Portfolio, Year: 1964, Medium: 11 offset reproductions of paintings, Edition...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
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