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Period: Early 20th Century
Four Nudes in a Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Jan Matulka (1890-1972), Four Nudes in a Landscape, drypoint, c. 1923, signed in pencil lower right margin [also with initials in the plate lower left]. Ref...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris in 1902 for the special Felix Vallotton issue of L'Assiette au Beurre on the theme of Crimes et Chatiments (Crime and Punnishment). Size...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Flirt Biscuits by Alphonse Mucha
Located in Hinsdale, IL
ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860 – 1939) Flirt Biscuits Rennert/Weill 72 Lithograph in colors c. 1900 Signed in stone, lower right margin Image: 24” x 11”, Paper: 25 ¼” x 11 ¾” F...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Yanagibashi in Snow, " Color Woodcut Portrait with Umbrella
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Yanagibashi in Snow" is an original color woodcut by Utagawa Kunisada. This woodblock print depicts a woman walking in the snow near the Motoyanagi canal, which was located in Tokyo...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

General Wilhelm von Blume - Visionary retrospective -
Located in Berlin, DE
Bernhard Pankok (1872 Münster - 1943 Baierbrunn), General Wilhelm von Blume, 1915, aquatint etching, 34 x 29.5 cm (sheet size), 26 x 22 cm (plate size), signed in the plate at upper left, in pencil at lower right and dated in pencil at lower left. - At lower left old collection stamp, at the right broad margin with a small spot, otherwise very good condition. About the artwork The 1915 aquatint etching of General Wilhelm von Blume is based on a 1912 oil painting in the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur in Münster. A second oil portrait of the general by Pankok is in the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart. When Pankok painted the first oil portrait in 1912, the general had already been retired for 16 years. It is therefore a retrospective portrait. Accordingly, the orientation of his head is such that he is looking back in both the oil painting and the etching. Without fixing on anything in particular, he looks thoughtfully inwards and reflects on his life. Uniformed and highly endowed, it is his military activities in particular that he is reviewing attentively and, as his gaze reveals, quite critically. Pankok has literally written the sum of his experiences on Wilhelm von Blume's face: The physiognomy is a veritable landscape of folds, furrows, ridges and gullies, all the more striking against the flat background. It is clear that each of the medals was also won through suffering. However, by breaking the boundaries of the picture, his bust appears as an unshakable massif, which gives the general a stoic quality. The fact that the design of the portrait was important to Pankok can be seen from the different versions, the present sheet being the third and probably final revision, which Pankok dates precisely to 18 February 1915. Compared with the previous state, the light background now has a dark area against which the sitter's face stands out, the dark background in turn combining with the uniform to create a new tension in the picture. Pankok's taking up of the portrait of the high-ranking military veteran and its graphic reproduction can also be seen in relation to the First World War, which had broken out in the meantime. In the face of modern weapons of mass destruction, Wilhelm von Blume's warfare and military writings were relics of a bygone, more value-oriented era. About the artist After studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1889 to 1891 under Heinrich Lauenstein, Adolf Schill, Hugo Crola, and Peter Janssen the Elder, Bernhard Pankok went to Munich in 1892, where he worked primarily as a graphic artist for the two major Jugendstil magazines "Pan" and "Jugend," which established his artistic success. Through this work he met Emil Orlik, with whom he had a lifelong friendship. In 1897, he exhibited his first furniture, and in 1898, together with Richard Riemerschmid, Bruno Paul and Hermann Obrist...
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Realist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Waschemagazine Metzger
Located in New York, NY
Loupot, Charles. Waschemagazine, Munsterberg 2/Metzger/B. Brunnen Freistrasse/Herrenhemden-Kragen Damenwasche & Aussteuern. 1922. Color lithograph. On linen.Good condition with the e...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Art Nouveau postcard, created around 1900 by Alphonse Mucha - January
Located in PARIS, FR
This exquisite Art Nouveau postcard, created around 1900 by Alphonse Mucha, features the month of January (Janvier) in a poetic and dreamlike composition. Mucha, renowned for his ele...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Deutsches Theater by Walter Schnackenberg, German cabaret lithograph, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
Walter Schnackenberg’s most famous image, an extraordinary Toulouse-Lautrec homage promoting theatrical cabaret performance at the Deutsche Theater in Munich. The costume and poster designs of Walter Schnakenberg defined ballet and cabaret during Germany’s Weimar...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Baigneuse debout à mi-jambes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
PIERRE-AUGUSTE RENOIR (French, 1841 - 1919) BAIGNEUSE DEBOUT A MI JAMBES (D., S. 23) Etching, 1910, a later impression on laid paper, the only state. Full margins with deckle edge...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Christ Church Oxford College, William Nicholson lithograph 1905 Stafford Gallery
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the view you want. William Nicholson Canterbury Gate, Christ Church, Oxford College Published by Stafford Gallery...
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Realist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Belvoir Weaver hunting hound print by Cuthbert Bradley
Located in London, GB
To see our other hunting pictures, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" and then search. Cuthbert ...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Düsseldorfer Bühnenball by R. Hoch, German Art Deco marionette lithograph
Located in Chicago, IL
A marionette and a woman with a fantastic, geometric headdress promote a ball in Düsseldorf; the shadows create a dramatic effect. “The modern poster as we know it- large, colorful ...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Masken (Masks) — German Expressionism, Bauhaus
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lyonel Feininger, 'Masken (Masks)' also 'Carnival Masks', woodcut, 1920, proofs only. Prasse W193. Signed and titled in pencil. Annotated '1973', the artist’s inventory number. A fin...
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Bauhaus Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Three Herons - At the flaming lake -
Located in Berlin, DE
Rudolf Hayder (active in the 1st half of the 20th century), Heron. Color woodcut on thin Japanese paper, 24 x 29 cm (image), 29 x 36 cm (sheet size), signed by hand at lower right "R. Hayder" and titled by hand as "Reiher". Lower left inscribed by hand "Orig.[inal] woodcut, hand print". - A little bit stained in the margins and very occasionally in the image, minimal hole above the signature, traces of creasing. At the back side's margins with remnants of an old mounting. About the artwork In the context of French Japonism, the color woodblock print, which was widespread in the Asian region, was rediscovered for Western art. The artists of the time, such as Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, were inspired not only by the cultural influence, but also by the two-dimensionality of the pictorial spaces. Thus, color woodcuts became an important moment in the development of the modern pictorial concept founded by Impressionism. In Rudolf Hayder's "Herons", too, the two-dimensionality of the pictorial space is decisive for the pictorial effect. The herons, surrounded by reeds, are framed by the yellow background of the lake, followed by the dark blue-greenish stripe of the opposite shore and, above it, the sky in a lighter blue-green. Formally, it is a sequence of planes, but the two-dimensionality of the motif creates a spatial effect. This spatiality in the surface creates an intense pictorial effect. Hayder intensifies this effect with the blazing lake. In terms of color, the water becomes a sunset. The yellow turns reddish brown toward the shore, then fades to brownish red, while the shore is a watery turquoise...
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Realist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Color

Le Corbusier s Villa Savoye 1929 – Original Swiss Vintage Exhibition Poster
Located in Zurich, CH
Original Vintage Poster, issued 1987 by the ETH in Zurich on the occasion of its exhibition on Le Corbusier's famous – and revolutionary – Villa Savoye, c...
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Modern Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Cabaret Bonbonniere"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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 o...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Sur la Marne
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Sur la Marne, engraving, 1924, signed in pencil lower right [with the initial lower right in the plate]. Reference: S. Laboureur 277, third state (o...
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Cubist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

H.O. Miethke Das Werk folio "Beethovan Frieze 1 2" set of collotype prints
Located in Palm Beach, FL
DAS WERK GUSTAV KLIMTS, a portfolio of 50 prints, ten of which are multicolor collotypes on chine colle paper laid down on hand-made heavy cream wove paper with deckled edges; under ...
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Vienna Secession Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Sortie de Theatre a Londres
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Sortie de Theatre a Londres, etching and drypoint, 1911, signed in pencil lower left [also signed and dated in the plate upper right]. Reference: Laboureur 104, third state (of 3). Published for La Societe des amis de l’eau-forte, with the blindstamp with the inscription: Circle Librairie Estampes. From an edition in the third state of 109; there were also 5 impressions of the first state and five of the second state. In excellent condition, the full sheet with deckle edges bottom and sides, 6 3/4 x 14; a remarque lower left 2 x 3 1/2, the sheet 12 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches. Provenance: unknown collector’s mark verso (GOE in oval) A fine rich impression, printed in dark brown ink on cream laid paper with the Arches watermark. The small remarque lower left is actually another print printed on a separate plate; it shows a man running after a London horse...
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Naturalistic Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint

Grand Central Terminal from Murray Hill Hotel, NYC History, New York City
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
William Walworth Stilson, (American, 1874-1962) Signed: Walworth Stilson, (in pencil, lower, right) & Walworth Stilson, (in plate, lower, right) " Grand Central Terminal from Murray Hill Hotel ", circa 1910-1915 Etching on wove paper, on loose sheet, a strong impression in good original condition. Museum matting and backing included. Plate Size: 9 7/8” x 7" Sheet Size: 16" x 11 5/16" This noted landmark of the city opened to the public, February, 1913, and remains one of the destinations for tourists. A brief biography of this interesting artist will be included with this etching. ***Please view my other listings for more by Stilson*** Artist Biography: The facts regarding the life of Walworth Stilson are limited to a history of the Stilson family, census reports of New Milford, Connecticut, and a few details from a letter regarding prints by Stilson donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Stilson’s father, William Bostwick Stilson, was born in New Milford, Connecticut on September 30, 1842, and worked as a civil engineer. His mother, Ida Cynthia Alford, was born in Oswego, New York on June 25, 1851. The two were married August 4, 1869. The couple resided in New Milford, where a son, Jay Alvord, was born April 24, 1870, a daughter Mabel Louise was born March 11, 1872, and William Walworth was born July 29, 1874. The family moved to Jackson, Michigan circa 1882, where the father worked for the Michigan Central...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Allegorische Frauengestalten Circa 1900 Original print by Privat-Livemont
Located in PARIS, FR
“Allegorische Frauengestalten – Darstellung Weiblicher Handarbeiten” is a breathtaking circa 1900 original lithograph by renowned Belgian Art Nouveau artist Privat-Livemont. This ele...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Plume, from Drawings by Henri Matisse, 1925 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
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...
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Modern Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

(after) Winslow Homer "The Lookout -- All s Well" etching
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: etching (etched by William Bicknell after Winslow Homer's 1896 painting). Although there is no inscription, it is presumed to have been published in 1906 by the John A. Lowel...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

L Eventail (Anaïs) also called The Fan.
Located in Storrs, CT
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...
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Modern Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Ballet und Pantomime "Spukgestalt" (Ghostly Figure), plate #12.
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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 o...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Coin de Rue Dans Soho
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1947), Coin de Rue Dans Soho, woodcut, 1909, signed in pencil lower left and numbered (15/15) [also initials in the plate]. Reference: Sylvain Laboureur 64...
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Modern Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

"Arch Of Septimius, Rome" Large etching and aquatint.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Arch of Septimius, Rome" 1923, is a color etching and aquatint on wove paper by noted Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by t...
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Realist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

Work by Léon Bakst - early 20th-century wartime propaganda Avant-garde
Located in PARIS, FR
This striking work by Léon Bakst, titled “Le grand peintre russe nous promet pour bientôt…” (“The great Russian painter promises us soon…”), vividly captures the spirit of early 20th...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

LE PENSEUR DE NOTRE DAME
Located in Portland, ME
Arms, John Taylor. LE PENSEUR DE NOTRE DAME. F.136. Etching, 1923. 1st State, edition of 150. 12 5/8 x 10 1/8 inches; 322 x 252 mm. Signed in pencil. In exc...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Ballet und Pantomime "Groteske", plate #22.
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Orientale à la croix trifoliée
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on Arches Velin paper, Edition of 50 Paper size: 65 x 50.5 cms (25 1/2 x 19 7/8 ins) Image size: 54.3 x 45 cms (21 3/8 x 17 3/4 ins)
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

STILL LIFE WITH APPLES
Located in Portland, ME
Lozowick, Louis. Amer., (1892-1973), STILL LIFE NO.2 (STILL LIFE WITH APPLES), Lithograph, 1929, Ed. C. 50. Flint 36, 10 5/16 x 13 3/16, 262 x ...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Schick s Cocktail French Vintage Original Art Deco Poster c1925
Located in Boca Raton, FL
This is an original vintage poster created in the mid 1920's by an anonymous artist. It is a great wine product that this elegant deco style lady clearly enjoys with great pleasure. ...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Vintage Deco Fashion Advertisement, Ink on Paper, 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
In tandem with a growing number of newspapers and periodicals, print advertising proliferated during China’s Republic Era. A bathing beauty is the star attraction of this print ad fr...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Ink

"Edward King Polo Scene"
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic polo scene drawn on stone featuring six ponies on the field drawn on stone & signed by Edward King (LL) Print Sz: 10 3/4"H x 18 1/2"W Frame Sz: 18"H x 25 3/8"W
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

VALLEY OF THE TIBER
Located in Portland, ME
Howarth, Albany. VALLEY OF THE TIBER. Etching, not dated. Edition size not known. Signed in pencil lower right. 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches (plate), 19 5/8 x 14 3/4 inches (sheet). In ex...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Walk Along the Landwehr Canal, from: Berlin Impressions - German Impressionism
Located in London, GB
This original etching and drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist "L. Ury" at the lower left margin. It is an artist’s proof aside from the standard edition of 100. There was...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Drypoint, Etching

Photomontage N.5 The History of the communist party in posters by Rodchenko
Located in PARIS, FR
Step into the powerful visual world of early Soviet propaganda with this original photomontage poster designed by the pioneering Constructivist artist Alexandre Rodtchenko. Part of t...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph, Linen

Photomontage N.21 The History of the communist party in posters by Rodchenko
Located in PARIS, FR
Step into the powerful visual world of early Soviet propaganda with this original photomontage poster designed by the pioneering Constructivist artist Alexandre Rodtchenko. Part of t...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Photomontage N.11 The History of the communist party in posters by Rodchenko
Located in PARIS, FR
Step into the powerful visual world of early Soviet propaganda with this original photomontage poster designed by the pioneering Constructivist artist Alexandre Rodtchenko. Part of t...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Photomontage N.22 The History of the communist party in posters by Rodchenko
Located in PARIS, FR
Step into the powerful visual world of early Soviet propaganda with this original photomontage poster designed by the pioneering Constructivist artist Alexandre Rodtchenko. Part of t...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Photomontage N.1 The History of the communist party in posters 1926 by Rodchenko
Located in PARIS, FR
Step into the powerful visual world of early Soviet propaganda with this original photomontage poster designed by the pioneering Constructivist artist Alexandre Rodtchenko. Part of t...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Ballet und Pantomime "Grille" (Cricket), plate #13.
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943), Portrait, 1917, engraving, signed in pencil lower left and numbered lower right (28/40). Reference: S. Laboureur 170, third state (of 3), from the e...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Original engraving by Manuel Robbe - Promenade Au Parc Monceau
Located in PARIS, FR
Bathed in the gentle light of a Parisian afternoon, this charming original aquatint by Manuel Robbe captures an idyllic moment of bourgeois leisure in the Parc Monceau, one of the ca...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving, Aquatint

Le chemin de l eglise
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and numbered in pencil; Signed in the plate Edition: 75 Provenance: Frederick Keppel & Co. Inc. No. L 8621 (label) References And Exhibitions: Published by Edmund Sagot, ...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

"Horse Wrangler, " Original Black White Lithograph by Lawrence Barrett
By Lawrence Barrett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Horse Wrangler" is an original lithograph by the artist Lawrence Barrett signed in the lower right hand corner. Four beautifully drawn horses use a moment of commotion to escape a corral. Low hills and an expansive sky serve as a background. Image: 8.75" x 12.25" Framed: 11.9" x 16.5" Lawrence Barrett was an etcher, lithographer, teacher, illustrator, sculptor, writer, and painter. Born in Guthrie, Oklahoma, Barrett was a student at the Broadmoor Academy...
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Realist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Original Gustave Rouquier Bijouterie - jewelry art nouveau vintage poster
By Charles Naillod
Located in Spokane, WA
Original turn of the century French poster: Gustave Rouquier turn of the century stone lithograph for jewelry. Artist: Charles Naillod. Size: 47" x 63". "The most important choice in jewelry, watches, and goldsmith objects". This antique art nouveau authentic vintage poster...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Läderlappen"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino poster...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Fabriques de Geneve Original Vintage French Art Poster by Hem 1922
By R. Hem
Located in Boca Raton, FL
The Fabriques de Geneve is a charming poster created for a jewelry store that specialized in engagement and bridal presents. The poster uses the cameo of an engagement ring to show t...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Abschied (Parting)
Located in New York, NY
Emil Nolde (1876-1956), Abschied (Parting), etching and aquatint (tonal effects), 1906, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Schiefler/Mosel 20, third state (of 3). One of only...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

The Circus Dressing Room
Located in Missouri, MO
Dame Laura Knight "The Circus Dressing Room" 1925 Etching Ed. 20 Signed Lower Right Image Size: approx. 14 x 10 inches Framed Size: approx. 23.5 x 17.75 inches An English impressio...
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Realist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Aquatint

Native house birds, German antique chromolithograph print.
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Heimische Stubenvogel' (Native house birds) German chromolithograph, circa 1910. Key in German to the types of birds at the bottom of the image. Central vertical fold as issued. ...
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Naturalistic Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Kostume, Plakate, und Dekorationen, "Odeon-Casino 1911"
Located in Palm Beach, FL
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: KOSTUME, PLAKATE UND DEKORATIONEN, a cardboard bound art book consisting of 43 prints of work by Walter Schnackenberg, 30 of which are color lithographs that are signed and some are titled and dated in the plate, as well as black and white prints and photographs with accompanying text by Oskar Bie; lithographs printed at Kunstanstalt Oskar Consee in Munich, other images printed by Gesellschaft Pick & Co. in Munich, the text and cover with color images by Schnackenberg front and verso printed by R. Oldenbourg in Munich; published by Musarion Verlag, Munich, 1920. The majority of Walter Schnackenberg’s artistic output was destroyed by bomb attacks in Munich in 1944. The highly publicized 2013 auction in New York of the recovered pre-war poster collection once belonging to German poster aficionado, Hans Sachs has reintroduced the world to Walter Schnackenberg’s graphic genius and priceless ephemeral art from a lost era. Besides the museum world, designer Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most prodigious collectors of Schnackenberg. Flipping through the pages of Kostume, Plakate und Dekorationen, it becomes quite clear that Schnackenberg’s collection is ground zero at the crossroads of early modern fashion where the cult of celebrity meets up with dance, music, theater and cabaret, film and the graphic medium. Berlin and Munich under Germany’s Weimar Republic in the first quarter of the 20th century produced just the atmosphere to feed this burgeoning industry. Rising inflation sparked a recklessness to live large for the moment and heightened a desire for escapism. An influx of Indian and East Asian dancers and musicians added to the artsy bohemian cultural mix. A new decadence and tolerance resulted. Film boldly featured provocative subject matter. Cabarets became popular venues giving rise to the demi-monde in which people from all social stations mixed more freely in a thriving underground economy and culture where there was a blurring of boundaries and of social codes. Noted art historian and cultural doyen, Oskar Bie astutely observes in his introduction to Schnackenberg’s publication that what unites the images is fantasy and advertisement. Schnackenberg uses the eye as an instrument to brilliantly construct and convey this double message. His personages never directly confront the viewer. Their eyes gaze off in the distance like those of the screenplayer and film star Hedamaria Scholz in Schnackenberg’s “Die Rodelhexe” movie poster. Their eyes follow the path of a dance composition or become a transfixed and ogling male gaze such as the iconic 1911 Odeon Casino...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

"Harvest Home - Henry Alford Poem, " Color Lithograph Poster of Pumpkins Hay
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Harvest Home" is an original color lithograph poster by an unknown artist. It features a scene of a field with a few pumpkins and wheat. Below the image is an excerpt from a Henry A...
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Other Art Style Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Capri-Faraglioni - Original Etching by Felice Casorati - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Capri-Faraglioni is a splendid print in etching technique engraved by Felice Casorati (1883-1963) in the early 20th Century. The state of preservation of the artwork is good, except...
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Modern Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Marie Laurencin, Three Young Girls Playing with a Bow, 1926
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite etching by Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), titled Trois jeunes filles jouant a l'arc (Three Young Girls Playing with a Bow), from the album Dix filles dans un pre. Ballet imaginaire. Avec quatre gravures a l'eau-forte de Marie Laurencin (Ten Girls in a Meadow. Imaginary Ballet. With Four Original Etchings by Marie Laurencin), originates from the 1926 edition published by Au Sans Pareil, Paris, and printed by Lacouriere, Paris, 1926. Trois jeunes filles jouant a l'arc reflects Laurencin's poetic vision and her lyrical treatment of form and femininity, embodying the grace and delicacy that defined her distinctive style during the height of the Parisian avant-garde. Executed as an etching on velin d'Annonay, des freres Montgolfier paper, this work measures 7.5 x 5.5 inches. Unsigned and unnumbered as issued. The edition exemplifies the fine craftsmanship of Lacouriere, Paris. Artwork Details: Artist: Marie Laurencin (1883–1956) Title: Trois jeunes filles jouant a l'arc (Three Young Girls Playing with a Bow), from the album Dix filles dans un pre. Ballet imaginaire. Avec quatre gravures a l'eau-forte de Marie Laurencin (Ten Girls in a Meadow. Imaginary Ballet. With Four Original Etchings by Marie Laurencin) Medium: Etching on velin d'Annonay, des freres Montgolfier paper Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 inches (19 x 14 cm) Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered as issued Date: 1926 Publisher: Au Sans Pareil, Paris Printer: Lacouriere, Paris Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the album Dix filles dans un pre. Ballet imaginaire. Avec quatre gravures a l'eau-forte de Marie Laurencin (Ten Girls in a Meadow. Imaginary Ballet. With Four Original Etchings by Marie Laurencin), published by Au Sans Pareil, Paris; printed by Lacouriere, Paris, 1926 Notes: Excerpted from the album (translated from French), XX examples on tank velin, with a double sequence of engravings, including one in the first state. These examples, reserved for Friends of the publisher and printed in their name, are numbered from I to XX; XXXV examples; LX examples on Holland Van...
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Modern Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Original aquatint engraving created in 1907 by Manuel Robbe - Femme au chien
Located in PARIS, FR
In Femme au chien, Manuel Robbe captures a moment of serene domestic intimacy—a young woman pausing during a garden stroll as her loyal dog gently nuzzles her. This original 1907 aqu...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving

"The Street" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1920 on smooth wove paper for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt Biermann in an edit...
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Expressionist Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Circa 1920 Original aquatint engraving by Manuel Robbe - Place Blanche à Paris
Located in PARIS, FR
In this luminous Belle Époque scene, Manuel Robbe turns his refined eye to Place Blanche, one of Paris's most animated quarters, located at the foot of Montmartre and famed for its p...
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Early 20th Century Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Engraving

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