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Lyonel Feininger, 'Church with House and Tree (Kirche mit Haus und Baum)', woodcut, 1936, one of a small but unknown number of letterhead proofs; Prasse W290 IV. Annotated 'PW 290 state IV / IV 3669', in pencil, in the bottom right sheet corner. With the artist's typed address and date adjacent to the letterhead image: 'Falls Village, Connecticut September 26th, 1940'. A fine impression, on buff, wove letterhead stock; several small losses, and tears, in the sheet edges (not affecting the image area); a crease in the bottom right sheet edge, otherwise in good condition. Very scarce. Image size: 2 3/8 x 2 3/4 inches; sheet size 11 x 8 5/8 inches. Archivally sleeved, unmatted. Feininger moved from Germany to New York City in 1938 and began spending his summers in Falls Village in 1940. Exhibited: 'Lyonel Feininer, Woodcuts Used As Letterheads'; Associated American Artists; Feb 4 - March 2, 1974; New York, NY. ABOUT THE ARTIST Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) was born in New York City into a musical family—his father was a violinist and composer, his mother was a singer and pianist. He studied violin with his father, and by the age of 12, he was performing in public, but he also drew incessantly, most notably the steamboats and sailing ships on the Hudson and East Rivers, and the landscape around Sharon, Conn., where he spent time on a farm owned by a family friend. At the age of 16 he left New York to study music and art in Germany, from where his parents emigrated. Drawn more to the visual arts, he attended schools in Hamburg, Berlin, and Paris from 1887 to 1892. After completing his studies, Feininger began his artistic career as a cartoonist and illustrator, his originality leading him to great success. In 1906, after working for a dozen years in Germany, he was offered a job as a cartoonist at the Chicago Tribune, the largest circulation newspaper in the Midwest. He worked there for a year, inventing what became the standard design for the comic strip: in the words of John Carlin, “an overall pattern. . . that allowed the page to be read both as a series of elements one after the other, like language and as a group of juxtaposed images, like visual art.” His originality did not end there: he went on to become one of the great abstract painters. Like Kandinsky, music was his model, but Kandinsky only knew music from the outside—as a listener (inspired initially by Wagner, then by Schoenberg)—while Feininger knew it from the inside. He lived in Paris from 1906 to 1908, during which time he met and was influenced by the work of progressive painters Robert Delaunay and Jules Pascin, as well as that of Paul Cezanne and Vincent van Gogh. He began painting full-time, developing his distinctive Iyrical style based on Cubist and Expressionist idioms and a concern for the emotive qualities of light and color. He exhibited with the Der Blaue Reiter group in 1913, and in 1917, he had his first solo exhibition at Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin. One year after his solo exhibition, in 1918, Feininger began making woodcuts. He became enamored with the medium, producing an impressive 117 in his first year of exploring the printmaking medium. In 1919 at the invitation of the architect Walter Gropius, he was appointed the first master at the newly formed Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar. His woodcut of a cathedral crowned...

Robert Vale Faro, 'Petrouchka's Predicament', color lithograph, 1946, edition 20. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '115' and '14/20' in pen. A fine, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on heavy, off-white wove paper; full margins (1 1/4 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches; sheet size 24 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. Scarce. Matted to museum standards, unframed. 'Petrouchka', a ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Michel Fokine, is based on the legend of Russian folklore. 'Petrouchka', a puppet made of straw with a bag of sawdust as his body, comes to life and has the capacity to love, a story conceptually resembling that of Pinocchio. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Vale Faro (1902-1988) was a well-known modernist architect and artist associated with the Chicago Bauhaus. He received his degree in architecture and design from the Armour Institute in Chicago and worked at L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, from 1924-27, where he was influenced by Harry Kurt Bieg and Le Corbusier. Upon his return to Chicago, Faro worked with the important modernist Chicago architects George and William Keck under Louis Sullivan. Faro founded the avant-garde printmaking group Vanguard in 1945. The group counted Atelier 17 artists Stanley William Hayter, Sue Fuller...

A large tusked elephant turns toward the camera in this epic portrait The elephants in East Africa remain one of the most magnificent sights I've ever seen Exceptional Creatures ...

This painting appears to be in a fantastical surrealism or whimsical fantasy style. The artwork features an imaginative, dreamlike cityscape with intricate architectural details, org...

"Cowboy rearing up on his horse silhouetted against his herd and mountains Black and white image of a cowboy rearing up on his horse with mountains and the herd as a backdrop This ...

English mahogany four dial banjo barometer with broken arch pediment, steel engraved face with Prince of Wales motif, and original rotating bone dial. Barometer can be restored to wo...

American Queen Anne cherry flat top highboy with a molded edge cornice, two flanking upper case drawers with a centered fan carved drawer and four low...

"Nautical Stripes" This best-selling black and white photograph features the renowned 12-Meter boat Northern Light on the open seas. The nautical print series Sail: Majesty at Se...

An extraordinary view from looking down the mast of a 12-Meter yacht Looking down the mast of a 12-Meter yacht such as KZ-5 gives you a sense of the scale and majesty of these exce...

"Ethereal Friesian horse running with his mane flowing behind him Fashion-inspired black and white image of a Friesian horse against an off-white backdrop with a flowing mane This ...

English Georgian Chinroserie bow front tortoise shell tea caddy with a hinged tiered lid, Chinese landscape mother of pearl inlays with flanking pagodas, fences, & foliage trees, central paktong plaque and escutcheon, bone fitted interior border with two lidded tortoiseshell foil lined compartments, and resting on the original four bone ball...

A superb impression in warm black ink, on cream, laid paper; the full sheet with margins (1 5/8 to 2 3/4 inches); original brown paper hinges on the top sheet edge recto, in excellen...

Abraham Walkowitz, Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #7), pencil, 1918. Signed and dated in pencil, bottom center. A fine, spon...

English mahogany slant front desk with fitted interior, hand tooled leather,and terminating on original bracket feet.

John Melville Kelly, 'Kanani (Hawaii)', drypoint, 1946. Signed, titled and annotated 'No 36' in pencil. A superb impression, in dark brown ink, on ...

"Velsheda in Pursuit" As the J-Class racing yacht Velsheda chased Ranger across the sea, the billowing sails created a stark contrast with the water below. This image is in the p...

Fred Becker, 'Sailing', wood engraving, c. 1935, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove paper; with full margins (1 to 2 15/16...

"Encased in a cloud of dust, a cowboy rounds up a band of semi-wild horses A black and white photograph of a cowboy in the act of rounding up a herd of semi-wild horses encased in a...

William Wind McKim, 'Bighorn', lithograph, 1940, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with margins (2 to 4...

A turn of the century view of the town of St. Austrell, Cornwall, in the morning mist of southern England. A beautifully subtle work, in muted earth tones, on buff wove drawing paper...

"Yosemite Awakens" In the moment of taking this image, the stillness in the water was echoed by the calm of the scene surrounding it while the air smelled like spring, warmth, and ...

Pair of French bronze and crystal five arm sconces. Sconces are candle powered and can be electrified if desired. Early 19th century.

Absolutely mesmerizing large opal statement ring accented by diamonds, set in solid 14k yellow gold. Best fits a US size 9.25 finger, measures .75 inch in width by 1 inch in length a...

Beautiful set of knives. They have a bamboo look handle and are a very nice shiny gold. They are in great condition with very little signs of use. The case on the outside is in great...

"Ashore" Ancient spruce trees revealed by a storm dot this remote stretch of the Pacific Coast. Inspired by this once-in-a-lifetime sunrise, the print series Ephemeral Shores is D...

Kittinger Chippendale Colonial Williamsburg Mahogany Four-Drawer Bachelor Chest An exceptional Chippendale or Georgian style four-drawer dresser or bachelor chest By Kittinger, “Wi...

Claire Mahl Moore, 'Court' also 'The Authorities', woodcut, 1936, edition 5. Signed 'Mahl' and titled in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression, on ...

"Untitled 44" In this award-winning image, a young Suri boy carries a goat. It's a familiar scene in the Omo Valley and his tribe relies on livestock so he must take part in the car...

"Wild Heart" A dark horse with a brilliant blaze of white on his forehead gallops freely against the backdrop of the Atlantic Ocean. Representative of the unparalleled, untamed es...

Russian mahogany gilt eagle wall mirror with lambs tongue, beading, bell flower garland, and rope twisted border wall mirror. Mirror retains the original spotted glass...

English Hepplewhite mahogany diminutive chest with three drawers, original oval brasses, cross banding, satinwood string inlay, and terminating on carved scalloped skirt with the ori...

Discover the exquisite art of England’s renowned miniature wildlife sculptor, PAUL EATON, with his sculpted sterling silver Rottweiler charm or pendant. Each bespoke animal pendan...

"A dark horse rearing up with smoke rising and rock pinnacles in the backdrop Black and white image of a dark horse rearing up with triangular rock formations in the background and ...

Benton Spruance, 'Nero', 2-color lithograph, edition 35, 1944, Fine and Looney 233. Signed, dated, titled and annotated 'Ed 35' in pencil. Initialed 'BS' in the image, lower right. A...

Lone polar bear walking at water's edge looking at something in the distance Surreal image of a polar bear walking at the water's edge The limited edition print series Northern Dreams is a tribute to one of the most spectacular places Drew has ever been: the Arctic. From animals with transcendent appeal, like polar bears, to glaciers fashioned over thousands of years, the Arctic region is minimal and stark yet completely spectacular. Offered in a limited edition, these works are printed on Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta paper, which sets the standard for image definition and color depth. Each print includes an embossed certificate of authenticity and is signed and numbered. All images are printed in-house on Hahnemuhle Fine Art Baryta paper and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. For your convenience, all images are printed with a 3” paper border; this is not included in the listed sizes. Through a fashion-inspired lens, photographer and filmmaker Drew Doggett tells extraordinary stories of diverse cultures, animals, places, and communities. He has received over 130 prestigious international awards and has had his artwork featured in many publications, such as Conde Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest, Forbes, Bloomberg, Fortune, The Daily Mail, and Outside Magazine. His photographic work can be found in public collections globally, notably the Smithsonian African Art Museum (DC), as well as in hundreds of corporate and private collections in over 20 countries around the world, including that of Alec Baldwin, Gloria Steinem, Nicole Ari Parker, Eric Church...

Meditative black and white photograph featuring a lone yacht on calm waters The still, velvety-smooth water of the sea comes into stark contrast with the angles of the yacht in the ...

Boris Lovet-Lorski, Untitled (Crucifixion), lithograph, edition 250, 1929. Signed and numbered 7 in pencil. Number 7 of Volume 1, a series of 10 lithographs published by the artist a...

Acoma Pueblo Ceramic Cat Figurine - Native American Art - Hand Painted in geometric turquoise and black and terracotta.

"Tiger's Retreat" A Royal Bengal tiger cools off in a dark pool of water in the jungle of India in this iconic capture of one of the most incredible animals roaming the Earth. Ex...

Soiree is an original artwork realized by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) in 1980. Mixed colored exhibition poster of the artist. Signed on plate ¨Erté; inscribed in the print ¨Published by...

The elite, unparalleled racing yacht Lionheart at sea The smooth contours of the sail and the angles of the boat's hull below make an incredible visual conversation The nautical pr...

In an iconic scene, elephants of all sizes head towards Kilimanjaro Elephants of all sizes walking along dry lake bed with Kilimanjaro in distance Exceptional Creatures is a limite...

Bernard Brussel-Smith, 'City Scene I', wood engraving, 1949, edition 100. Signed, titled, and numbered '93/100' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on white wove paper, wi...

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Profile portrait of a stunning Rendille woman wearing traditional ornamentation In this detailed profile portrait, the bold silhouette of a young Rendille woman shows the impressive...

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Ian Hugo, 'Forest Woman', engraving, 1945, edition 50. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '5/50' in pencil. With the blind stamp 'madeleine-claude jobrack E...

Pair of vintage chalk ware Thinking Man bookends in a faux bronze finish. There are some minor chips on both bookends, but over all in good condition.

"A cowboy rears up on his horse silhouetted against the darkening sky Evocative image of a silhouetted cowboy rearing up on his horse in this black and white image This powerful gl...

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Now this is a fun and funky cat. Immediately upon seeing the face, it has that Italian look, almost like a smirk. Sitting in the common perched position. Seems to be intentional craz...

"A Young Goddess; Mindisayo" Confident and poised, Mindisayo represents the next generation of women who will set the course for the future of her village and her peers in the years...

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"In Pursuit of Northern Light" In this best-selling image, the iconic 12-Meter yachts race on the open seas. With a strong history of competition in the Olympics and Americas' Cup r...

A high quality and extremely elegant true pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and celadon porcelain lamps. Each pâte sur pâte lamp is raised by an exceptional ormolu bas...

Andrew Dasburg, 'Trees in Ranchitos III', two-color lithograph, 1975, edition 20. Signed 'A. D.' in pencil. Annotated 'Trial Proof' in pencil, verso. A superb impression, in grey-bl...

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"Sunkissed" In this award-winning, best-selling image, the billowing white sail of the boat KZ-3 appears all the more impressive from an aerial perspective while framed against the...

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