La Galerie d Art Moderne à Southampton Figurative Prints

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Edgar Degas (1834–1917), titled Portrait de Julie Belleli (Portrait of Julie Belleli), originates from the 1968 folio Visages d Enfants. Quinze Dessins de Durer a Dufy Appartenant aux Collections des Musees Nationaux (Faces of Children. Fifteen Drawings from Durer to Dufy from the Collections of the National Museums), published by Editions Artistiques et Documentaires, Paris, and Daniel Jacomet, Editeur, Paris, and rendered and printed by Daniel Jacomet et Cie, Paris, 1968. The composition reflects Degas’s penetrating psychological insight and disciplined draftsmanship, translating the intimacy and structural clarity of the original drawing into a refined modern printmaking language. Executed as a lithograph and pochoir on velin paper, archivally hinged on a velin support sheet as issued, this work measures 18.5 x 14 inches overall, with the image measuring approximately 9.45 x 7.87 inches. Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued. Rendered and printed by Daniel Jacomet et Cie, Paris. Artwork Details: Artist: After Edgar Degas (1834–1917) Title: Portrait de Julie Belleli (Portrait of Julie Belleli), from Visages d Enfants. Quinze Dessins de Durer a Dufy Appartenant aux Collections des Musees Nationaux (Faces of Children. Fifteen Drawings from Durer to Dufy from the Collections of the National Museums), 1968 Medium: Lithograph and pochoir on velin paper, archivally hinged on velin support sheet, as issued Dimensions: 18.5 x 14 inches overall; image size 9.45 x 7.87 inches Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued Date: 1968 Publisher: Editions Artistiques et Documentaires, Paris; Daniel Jacomet, Editeur, Paris Printer: Daniel Jacomet et Cie, Paris Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the 1968 folio Visages d Enfants. Quinze Dessins de Durer a Dufy Appartenant aux Collections des Musees Nationaux, published by Editions Artistiques et Documentaires and Daniel Jacomet, Paris Notes: Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), This album, first of the series of pochoirs similar to masters drawings, published by Daniel Jacomet, publisher, was completed printing on March XXXI, MCMLXVIII. The fifteen drawings have been rendered in similar pochoirs in Les Ateliers Daniel Jacomet. Composition and typographic printing are from the Union Printing. It was drawn in LXX numbered examples and L examples, out of the trade. About the Publication: Visages d Enfants. Quinze Dessins de Durer a Dufy Appartenant aux Collections des Musees Nationaux, issued in 1968, represents a landmark achievement in Parisian printmaking devoted to the faithful translation of historic master drawings into modern pochoir and lithographic form. Conceived and published by Daniel Jacomet in collaboration with Editions Artistiques et Documentaires, the album inaugurated a series dedicated to rendering canonical drawings with exceptional fidelity to line, tone, and original intent. Jacomets atelier was internationally respected for its rigorous technical standards and scholarly approach, bridging museum collections and contemporary print culture through meticulous craftsmanship. By uniting works spanning centuries and artistic traditions, the publication reflects a curatorial vision rooted in preservation, education, and aesthetic continuity. Produced in strictly limited examples, including a small number outside the trade, it exemplifies the highest standards of mid twentieth century Parisian printmaking and remains valued for its role in transmitting the legacy of master draftsmanship to collectors, institutions, and scholars. About the Artist: Edgar Degas (1834–1917) was a French painter, draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor whose groundbreaking fusion of classical draftsmanship, modern experimentation, and psychological depth helped define the trajectory of Western art, positioning him as one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Renowned for his depictions of ballet dancers, racehorses, theater scenes, cafe life, domestic interiors, milliners, laundresses, and women at their toilette, Degas reimagined observational realism through radical compositional innovation, employing extreme cropping, asymmetrical framing, oblique viewpoints, and dramatic lighting that anticipated photographic and cinematic language long before these technologies shaped visual culture. Although associated with Impressionism, he rejected plein air spontaneity in favor of studio based discipline rooted in the linear precision of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, the expressive chromaticism of Eugene Delacroix, and the modernity of Edouard Manet, while also drawing inspiration from Japanese ukiyo e prints, classical sculpture, and early photography. His independent artistic philosophy resonated with and helped shape the innovations of Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, whose explorations of movement, form, abstraction, and conceptualism find antecedents in Degas’s investigations into seriality, temporality, and the fragmented figure. Degas’s pioneering use of pastel, monotype, and wax sculpture fundamentally transformed each medium, influencing artists from Henri Matisse and Francis Bacon to Lucian Freud, Giacomo Manzu, and contemporary practitioners across visual and performing arts. His works are held in nearly every major museum collection worldwide, including the Musee dOrsay, the Louvre, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Courtauld Institute, and the National Gallery, London. The highest auction record for Degas was achieved at Sothebys London on February 3, 2015, when Danseuses en Bleu sold for 37,033,000 GBP, confirming his enduring stature as one of the most sought after artists in the Western canon. Edgar Degas lithograph...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), titled Portrait de Juliette Courbet endormie (Portrait of Juliette Courbet asleep), originates from the 1968 ...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Eugene Delacroix (1798–1863), titled Enfant nu (Nude child), originates from the 1968 folio Visages d Enfants. Quinze Dessins de Durer a D...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780–1867), titled L enfant a la chevre (Child with a goat), o...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Jean Baptiste Leprince (1734–1781), titled Tete de petite fille russe (Head of a young Russian girl), originates from the 1968 folio Visag...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), titled Feuille d etudes avec croquis de petites filles (Study sheet with sketches of little girls), originate...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Cornelis de Vos (1584–1651), titled Enfant endormi (Sleeping child), originates from the 1968 folio Visages d Enfants. Quinze Dessins de D...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), titled Portrait de petite fille (Portrait of a young girl), originates from the 1968 folio Visages d Enfant...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Guido Reni (1575–1642), titled Tete d enfant (Head of a child), originates from the 1968 folio Visages d Enfants. Quinze Dessins de Durer ...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Annibale Carracci (1560–1609), titled Portrait d un jeune garcon (Portrait of a young boy), originates from the 1968 folio Visages d Enfan...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Federico Barocci (c.1535–1612), titled Tete d enfant (Head of a child), originates from the 1968 folio Visages d Enfants. Quinze Dessins d...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Paolo Veronese (1528–1588), titled Tete de jeune negre (Head of a young Black man), originates from the 1968 folio Visages d'Enfants. Quin...

This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Albrecht Durer (1471–1528), titled Deux tetes d'enfant (Two children’s heads), originates from the 1968 folio Visages d'Enfants. Quinze De...

This exquisite lithograph after Bernard Buffet (1928–1999), titled Tete (Head), originates from the 1979 album Bernard Buffet, Lithographe I (Bernard Buffet, Lithographer I), publish...

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...

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...

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 ...

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, published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York, under the direction of Fernand Mourlot, Paris, and printed by Mourlot Freres, Paris, November 1967. The composition exemplifies Buffet’s austere poetic vision, presenting the solitary clown figure through rigid structure, stark contour, and controlled spatial tension that reflect his mature graphic language and existential restraint. Executed as a lithograph on velin Acropole paper, papier fabrique par les Papeteries de Renage, this work measures 12.375 x 9.5 inches (31.43 x 24.13 cm). Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued. The printing reflects the technical authority of the Mourlot Freres atelier, long regarded as the foremost fine art lithographic studio of the twentieth century. Artwork Details: Artist: Bernard Buffet (1928–1999) Title: Clown sur fond rouge (Clown on Red Background), from Bernard Buffet, Lithographs 1952-1966, 1967 Medium: Lithograph on velin Acropole, papier fabrique par les Papeteries de Renage Dimensions: 12.375 x 9.5 inches (31.43 x 24.13 cm) Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered as issued Date: 1967 Publisher: Tudor Publishing Company, New York, under the direction of Fernand Mourlot, Paris Printer: Mourlot Freres, Paris Catalogue raisonne reference: Buffet, Bernard, and Charles Sorlier. Bernard Buffet: Lithographe I-II. M. Trinckvel, 1979-1987, illustration 103-115 Condition: Well preserved, consistent with age and medium Provenance: From the 1967 album Bernard Buffet, Lithographs 1952-1966, published by Tudor Publishing Company, New York Notes: Excerpted from the album, Executed in November 1967 on the press of Fernand Mourlot, Paris, France, this work has been printed on velin Acropole manufactured by Papeteries de Renage. The typography is by the Imprimerie Union. CXXV press-numbered examples were printed on velin d'Arches. Each includes two additional original lithographs by Bernard Buffet, bearing the signature of the artist. About the Publication: Bernard Buffet, Lithographs 1952-1966, published in 1967 by Tudor Publishing Company in New York under the artistic direction of Fernand Mourlot, stands as one of the most authoritative surveys of Buffet’s graphic production. Conceived to present a comprehensive view of his lithographic work to an international audience, the album reflects the high standards of Parisian art publishing in the mid twentieth century, emphasizing clarity, tonal fidelity, and elegant design. The collaboration with Mourlot Freres ensured exceptional fidelity to Buffet’s line, preserving the sharp contrasts and architectural rigor that define his style. Carefully produced with attention to paper quality, typography, and printing precision, the publication documents more than a decade of Buffet’s evolution as a printmaker and occupies a central position in the scholarship and collecting of his graphic oeuvre. Today, the album remains among the most sought after examples, valued for its documentation of one of the era’s most recognizable and debated artistic voices. About the Artist: Bernard Buffet (1928–1999) was a French painter and printmaker whose unmistakable linear style, technical precision, and emotional intensity made him one of the most influential and prolific artists of the 20th century. Born in Paris, Buffet entered the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts at fifteen and soon developed a visual language defined by taut black outlines, muted tones, and haunting stillness that reflected the existential climate of postwar Europe. Influenced by Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro, Wassily Kandinsky, Marcel Duchamp, and Man Ray, Buffet forged a path that blended classical rigor with modern expression. Emerging in the late 1940s as a prodigy of French modernism, he rose to fame after his work L'Homme accoude was acquired by the Musee National d'Art Moderne, and by his early twenties, he was being heralded as a successor to Picasso. His stark depictions of Parisian streets, still lifes, religious scenes, clowns, and self portraits embodied the human struggle with isolation and resilience, capturing the postwar spirit with both intellect and empathy. Buffet’s disciplined draftsmanship, emotional gravity, and refusal to abandon figuration during the dominance of abstraction set him apart from his contemporaries and aligned him with the existentialism of Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, he achieved international acclaim, exhibiting across Europe, America, and Asia, and in 1955 won the Prix de la Critique. His prolific output of over eight thousand works across painting, lithography, and illustration secured his place as one of the defining artistic voices of his generation. His highest auction record was achieved by Le Cirque (1961), which sold for 13.6 million USD at Christies Hong Kong on May 26, 2022. Bernard Buffet Clown...

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...

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), ...

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...

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...

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...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled La petite ville (The Small Town), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes original...

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled L'indication de la route (The Road Sign), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes, Eaux-fortes ...

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

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

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

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

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

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled En route vers Sobakevitch (On the Way to Sobakevitch), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes,...

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

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

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

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

This exquisite etching by Marc Chagall (1887–1985), titled L'arrivee de Tchitchikov (The Arrival of Tchitchikov), originates from the celebrated folio Nicolas Gogol, Les Ames mortes,...

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

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

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

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

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

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...

This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...