INTERNATIONAL PRINTS - FROM TURNER TO MIRO
CELEBRATING 160 YEARS OF PRINTMAKING FROM 1819 TO 1980
EXHIBITION: 23 FEBRUARY TO 14 MARCH, 2010                           

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Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966). Head of a Man, 1961. Alberto Giacometti (Swiss, 1901-1966). Nude in Profile, 1961.

1a          Alberto Giacometti
(Swiss, 1901-1966). Head of a Man, 1961.

Lithograph, 25.8 x 20cm. Ref: Lust #155.

1b          Alberto Giacometti
(Swiss, 1901-1966). Nude in Profile, 1961.

Lithograph, 38 x 27.5cm. Ref: Lust #149

2a          Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Mourlot Cover IV (Two Masks [II]), 1963.

 Lithograph, dated “4.2.63” in image lower right, 30.1 x 23.9cm. Edition of 3000. Ref: Bloch #1108, Cantz #841 (b), Mourlot #388.

2b          Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Portrait de Balzac (II) - Frontispiece for le Pere Goriot, 1952.

Lithograph, signed and dated “25.11.52” in image lower right, 25.2 x 18.1cm. Ref: Bloch #714, Cantz #602, Mourlot #216.

                                                

3a          Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Au Théâtre: Femme Décapitée par un Bourreau, et Viellard (Decapitated Woman with Old Man), 1966/1977.

Aquatint and etching, numbered 10/50, stamped signature lower right margin and dated “22.11.66. V” in image (in reverse) upper right, 22.3 x 32cm. Edition of 67. Ref: Bloch #1423, Baer #1451.

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 Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Le Chien (Dog), 1936/1942.

3b          Raoul Dufy (French, 1877-1953). Le Bord de Mer (At the Seaside), 1938/later printing.
Etching, signed in plate lower right, 22.3 x 31.5cm. Old mount burn.

4a          Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Portrait of Leon Tolstoi, 1956.

Lithograph, signed and dated “15.9.56” in image upper left, 21.7 x 15cm. Edition of 3400. Ref: Bloch #825 Cantz #686, Mourlot #287.

4b          Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Homage to H.-D. Kahnweiler -- the Face, 1964.

 Lithograph, signed and dated “12.6.64” in image lower left, 27.6 x 19.7cm. Edition of 1200. Ref: Bloch #1180, Cantz #856, Mourlot #404.

5a          Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Le Chien (Dog), 1936/1942.

Aquatint and drypoint, water-marked “Vollard”, 27.7 x 21.9cm (image). Edition of 226. Ref: Bloch #334, Baer #581.

5a          Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Le Chien (Dog), 1936/1942.

Aquatint and drypoint, water-marked “Vollard”, 27.7 x 21.9cm (image). Edition of 226. Ref: Bloch #334, Baer #581.

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6a          Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). La Chevre (Goat), 1936/1942.

Aquatint and drypoint, water- marked “Vollard”, 27.5 x 20.9cm (image). Edition of 226. Ref: Bloch #335, Baer #582.

6b          Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). L’Âne (Donkey), 1936/1942.

Aquatint and drypoint, watermarked “Vollard”, 29 x 24.5cm (image). Edition of 226. Ref: Bloch #329, Baer #576.

7a          Alfred Sisley (French, 1839-1899). Bords du Loing, Pres Saint Mammes (The banks of the Loing, near St Mammes), 1896/1897.

Lithograph, signed and dated in image lower left, 14.1 x 22cm Rare - the only state from the only edition of 500. Published in Art et Nature, Paris, 1897. Ref: Melot #5. In the 1890s Sisley settled in Paris at Moret and the nearby Loing River became the inspiration of his art. Sisley drew only two lithographs.

7b          James McNeil Whistler (American/British, 1834-1903). The Little Pool, 1861.

Etching and drypoint, signed and dated in plate centre left, 10.2 x 12.6cm. State viii/viii. Ref: Kennedy #74. View of shipping on the Thames.

8a          David Hockney (British, b. 1937). In the Dull Village, 1967.

 Etching, stamped “edition B of 369” verso, 35.3 x 22.7cm. From Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy, published by Alecto Editions. This is from the unsigned issue “B.”

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8b          David Hockney (British, b. 1937). He Enquired After the Quality, 1967.

Etching, stamped “edition B of 364” verso, 35.2 x 22.5cm. From Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy, published by Alecto Editions. This is from the unsigned issue “B.”

9a          Sir Francis Seymour Haden (British, 1818-1910). By Twickenham, 1865/1872.

 Etching with drypoint, titled, signed and dated in plate lower left, 13.7 x 21.3cm. Ref: Schneiderman #98, titled as Twickenham Church. Although created in 1865, this etching was published in Hamerton’s Portfolio III in 1872.

9b          J.M.W. Turner (British, 1775-1851). Water Cress Gatherers, 1819.

Etching, artist, title, date and text in plate below image, annotated in pencil in an unknown hand in lower margin, 21.9 x 29.2cm. Text includes “Drawn & etched by J.M.W Turner Esq R.A.…Engraved by Thos. Lupton. Pub. Jan 1, 1819. By J.M.W. Turner, Queen Anne Street West. Rails Head Ferry Bridge, Twickenham.” Annotation includes “Third state.”

10a        Edouard Manet (French, 1832-1883). Charles Baudelaire, Profile, 1862/1869 later printing.

Etching, monogrammed in plate upper left, artist, date and text in plate below image, 10.7 x 8.7cm. Text reads “Peint et gravé par Manet 1862. Imp. A. Salmon.” 2nd state. Ref: Leymarie #M54. Produced for the Asselineau book on Beaudelaire. The fine hand-made paper on which this impression is printed indicates it may have been destined for the chine collé process. Although the date on the plate is 1862, experts have indicated Manet may have produced the image several years later.

10b        Edouard Manet (French, 1832-1883). Charles Baudelaire, Full Face, 1865/later printing.

Etching, signed in plate lower right, artist, date and text in plate below image, 9.5 x 8.1cm. Text reads “Peint et gravé par Manet 1865, Imp. A. Salmon.” This portrait is based on a photograph taken in 1862 by C.F.T. Nadar, a well-known French photographer.

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Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Baigneuse debout, a mi-jambes, (Woman Bathing, Standing up to Her Knees in Water), c1910/later printing.

11a        Lyonel Feininger (American-born German, 1871-1956). Hansaflotte (Hanseatic Fleet), 1918/1920.

Woodcut, artist, title and text verso, 16.4 x 21.9cm. Text in German reads “Feininger: Hansaflotte. Holzschnitt.” From the edition issued for Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart, Leipzig, 1920. Ref: Prasse  #115.

11b        Maurice de Vlaminck (French, 1876-1958). Maison dans la Beauce (House in Beauce), 1958.

Lithograph, signed in the plate; 21.7 x 27.8cm. Edition of 2000. Ref: Walterskirchen #274.

12a        Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Baigneuse debout, a mi-jambes, (Woman Bathing, Standing up to Her Knees in Water), c1910/later printing.

Etching, 16.6 x 11.1cm. Later printing from original steel-faced plate. Ref: Leymarie #R23.

12b        Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919). Sur la Plage, à Berneval, (On the Beach at Berne-val), c1892/later printing.

 Etching, 13.6 x 9.3cm. Later printing from original steel-faced plate. Ref: Leymarie #R5. Renoir created 59 original prints during his lifetime. This etching was probably printed during the past 20 years from his original plate, which was steel-faced to protect the plate’s surface.

13a        Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976). Lesender Mann (Reading Man), c1921.

 Woodcut, 28 x 19.8cm. Published in Genius, Vol. 3, 1921, p293.

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Max Pechstein (German, 1881-1955). Weib von Manne Begehrt (Love Couple), 1919/1920

13B        Max Pechstein (German, 1881-1955). Weib von Manne Begehrt (Love Couple), 1919/1920.

Woodcut, artist, title and process printed verso, 25.1 x 15.9cm. From the edition issued for Deutscher Graphiker der Gegenwart, Leipzig, 1920. Ref: Fechter #157. Pechstein, a prominent Expressionist painter, was one of the founder members of the Brucke group.

14          Giorgio de Chirico (Greek/Italian, 1888-1978). La Cabina Misteriosa (The Mysterious Building), 1938.

Linocut in red ink on blue paper, signed in block verso, 31 x 23.6cm. From the only edition issued by San Lazzaro for Deuxième Siècle, Paris, 1938. This edition consisted of about 1500 impressions but approximately half were lost during World War II. There is an almost identical version of this image in yellow ink verso. Referenced in Ciranna’s De Chirico, Opera Grafiche, No. 8.

15          Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). [Bullfight], 1957.

Colour lithograph, signed and dated “23.11.57” in image lower left, 30 x 23.7cm. Edition of 2000. Published in Deuxième Siècle, No. 10, March, 1958. Ref: Bloch #839, Cantz #713.

16a        Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963). Untitled, 1961.

Colour lithograph, 28 x 21.4cm. Page 77 from Marcel Jouhandeau’s Descente aux Enfer (Descent into Hell), published by Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, 1961, with four original (untitled) lithographs by Georges Braque. Ref: Vallier #171, Mourlot #80.

16b        Georges Braque (French, 1882-1963). [Three Red Birds], 1961.

Colour lithograph, 26.8 x 20cm. From Marcel Jouhandeau’s Descente aux Enfer (Descent into Hell), published by Nouveau Cercle Parisien du Livre, 1961, with four original (untitled) lithographs by Georges Braque. Ref: Vallier #171, Mourlot #79.

 

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Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983). La Melodie Acide [V], 1980.

17a        Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983). [Page 9 from “Miro Engraver”, Vol I], 1984.

Colour woodcut, 32 x 25cm. From Jacques Dupin, Miro Engraver, Vol. I, 1928-1960, published by Daniel Lelong, Paris, 1984, in an edition of 2700 and printed by Jean-Paul Vibert in Grosrouvre. Ref: Dupin #1290.

17b        Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983). [Frontispiece from “Miro Engraver”, Vol III], 1991.

Colour woodcut, 31.9 x 24.9cm. From Jacques Dupin, Miro Engraver, Vol. III, 1973-1975, published by Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona and Rizzoli, New York, 1992. Ref: Dupin #1293.

18a        Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983). La Melodie Acide [XII], 1980.

Colour lithograph, signed in image by Miro lower right, editioned 1143/1500 in pencil by publisher below image, 21.2 x 15.4cm. From the series of 14 lithographs, La Melodie Acide, which was issued in various editions. This is from the edition of 1500, with Miro’s printed signature. Ref: Maeght #1223.

18b        Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983). La Melodie Acide [V], 1980.

Colour lithograph, signed in image by Miro lower right, editioned 1143/1500 in pencil by publisher below image, 21.3 x 15.3cm. From the series of 14 lithographs, La Melodie Acide, which was issued in various editions. This is from the edition of 1500, with Miro’s printed signature. Ref: Maeght #1216.

19a        Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983). Original Lithograph V, 1972.

Colour lithograph, 31.4 x 24.6cm. Page 109 from Joan Miro, Lithographs I, 1930-1952, with text by Michel Leiris, catalogue and notes by Fernand Mourlot. Printed by Mourlot. Ref: Mourlot # 861.

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19b        Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983). [Untitled], 1947.

Colour lithograph, 21.4 x 18.6cm. Slight discolouration to edges. Edition of 999 from Le Surréalisme en 1947, edited by Maeght, a publication associated with the exhibition Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, presented by André Breton and Marcel Duchamp.

20          Alexandre Theophile Steinlen (Swiss/French, 1859-1923). Prière Marmitale, 1894.

Lithograph, signed in image lower left, numbered 57 and signed in lower margin, 26.4 x 17.8cm. Slight foxing to margins. From an edition of 100. Published by Kleinmann on chine appliqué. Ref: Crauzat #440.

21          Pierre Bonnard (French, 1867-1947). Burying the Dog, 1924.

Etching, monogrammed in plate lower left, annotated “Bonnard” in pencil in an unknown hand in lower margin, annotations in various hands in pencil verso, 28.7 x 22.6cm. Edition of 350 from a series of etchings illustrating Mirbeau’s Dingo, published by Ambroise Vollard, 1924. Ref: Bouvet #90.

22          Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906). [Portrait of the Artist Armand Guillaumin], c1873/later printing.

Etching, annotated “Cézanne” in ink in an unknown hand verso, 15.6 x 11.6cm. Repaired tear, crease and minor foxing to margins, old mount burn, glue remnant verso. Later printing from original steel-faced plate. Ref: Cherpin #2.

23          Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863-1944). Portrait of Andreas Schwartz, 1906/1925.

Drypoint, engraved text in plate lower right reads “Bruno Cassirer Verlag”, 19.3 x 13.5cm. Ref: Woll #280, Schiefler #250.

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24a        Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985). Apparition at the Circus, c1957/1963.

Colour lithograph, 32 x 24.5cm. From The Lithographs of Chagall,1957-1962, Volume II, 1963, published by Andre Sauret, printed by Fernand Mourlot. Ref: Mourlot #392.

24b        Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985). The Anemones, 1974.

Colour lithograph, 31.7 x 24.1cm. From The Lithographs of Chagall, Volume IV: 1969-1973, 1974, with notes by Charles Sorlier and Fernand Mourlot, produced by Editions Andre Sauret and Charles Sorlier, printed by Mourlot. Ref: Mourlot #730

25a        Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985). Meeting of Ruth and Boaz, c1958/1960.

Colour lithograph, 35.5 x 26cm. From Studies from the Bible, published in a special issue of Verve, No. 37-38, August 1960, in an edition of 6000, printed by Mourlot. Ref: Mourlot #247.

25b        Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985). Adam and Eve are Banished from Paradise, c1958/1960.

Colour lithograph, 35.5 x 26cm. From Studies from the Bible, published in a special issue of Verve, No. 37-38, August 1960, in an edition of 6000, printed by Mourlot. Ref: Mourlot #237

26a        Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985). Inspiration, c1957/1963.

Colour lithograph, 32 x 24.5cm. From The Lithographs of Chagall, 1957-1962, Volume II, 1963, published by Andre Sauret, printed by Fernand Mourlot. Ref: Mourlot #398.

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26b        Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985). David Saved by Michael, c1958/1960.

Colour lithograph, 35.5 x 26cm. From Studies from the Bible, published in a special issue of Verve, No. 37-38, August 1960, in an edition of 6000, printed by Mourlot. Ref: Mourlot #250.

27a      Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986). Three Reclining Figures [Mauve and Yellow], 1971.

Colour lithograph, 30 x 22.9cm. This print is from the edition of 5000 from Deuxieme Siecle, 1971. Also issued in an edition of 75, signed and numbered. Ref: Cramer #180.

27b      Henry Moore (British, 1898-1986). Three Reclining Figures [Grey], 1971/1973.

Colour lithograph, 30 x 23.2cm. Originally drawn in 1971. Edition of 3000 from Deuxieme Siecle, 1973. Also issued in an edition of 90, signed and numbered, released in 1972. Ref: Cramer #182.

28        Marc Chagall (Russian/French, 1887-1985). Chagall et la Bible, Musée Rath - Geneve, 1962.

Colour lithograph, text in image and lower margin, 71.5 x 50.8cm. Framed. Text continues “20 Juin – 26 Aout 1963. Mourlot.” Original poster for an exhibition at the Rath Museum in Geneva, Switzerland. Edition of 1000, printed by Mourlot. Ref: Sorlier #43, listed with the title Moses and the Tablets of the Law.

29        Joan Miro (Spanish, 1893-1983). [Star], 1972.

Colour lithograph, editioned XXXIV/LXXX and signed in pencil in lower margin, 31.8 x 25.7cm. Framed. From a special edition of 80 copies which were made in addition to the standard issue and the deluxe printing of 150. Printed on Rives Vellum. Ref: Mourlot #857.

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 Friedensriech Hundertwasser (German, 1928-2000). Hommage à Shröder-Sonnenstern, 1972.    

30       Paul Cézanne (French, 1839-1906). Self Portrait at the Easel, c1896/1900.

Lithograph, printed in grey ink, 32.4 x 27.7cm. Minor foxing to right margin. Framed. One of only four lithographs created by Cézanne. His dealer, Ambroise Vollard, had it printed in about 1900 but it was not issued until 1914. This impression is from the second printing of approximately 200 in grey ink (the first printing of about 300 was in black ink). Ref: Leymarie #7.

31       Bernard Buffet (French, 1928-1999). [Flowers in Vase], c1960s.

Drypoint, editioned “E.A.” (artist proof) XXIX/XXX and signed in pencil in lower margin, 65.5 x 50.2cm. Framed.

32       Friedensriech Hundertwasser (German, 1928-2000). Hommage à Shröder-Sonnenstern, 1972.

Colour screenprint with foil stamping and felt, silver embossed stamps including “Sonnenstern. 11.9.1972. 80th Birthday”, annotated and editioned 310/416 in ink, and signed and dated in pencil in lower margin, 86 x 64cm. Framed.

   
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