Medium: lithograph, collage and stencil poster. This work consists of a lithograph mounted onto brown wove paper, with a collage of hand-cut newsprint letters and stenciled text in red and blue ink. On verso is a stamp stating that this affiche (poster) was issued in a limited edition of 60 and that this is copy number 1 (see photos).

The lithograph itself appears to be a slightly different state of "Tête de femme". It is known that Tete de femme (references Bloch 384; Mourlot 4) was executed by Picasso in 1945 and issued in an edition of 50 with Picasso's red pencil signature but with no plate signature. The lithograph offered here is printed on Arches laid paper and is signed in the stone, but is not hand-signed.

The size of the lithograph portrait is 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (300 x 210 mm) and the full poster measures 19 3/4 x 13 inches (500 x 325 mm).

Condition: there are pinholes at each corner of the poster, with minor creasing throughout. The lithograph shows a horizontal crease near the top, where it is attached to the support sheet. Extremely rare!

Medium: original woodcut. Signed in pencil. Catalogue reference: Hofmaier 282 IV BB. Printed in Germany in 1923 for the very rare Kunst der Gegenwart portfolio, published in Munich by Marées-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co., with the Marées-Gesellschaft blindstamp in the margin. The printer was Fritz Voigt, of Berlin. This impression is one of 220 printed on cream wove paper from a total edition of 300 (consisting of 220 on wove and 80 on japon paper). The image measures 13 3/4 x 13 inches (350 x 331 mm); the total sheet measures 20 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches (520 x 472 mm) with full original margins and deckle edges.

In very good condition; with minor creasing near the edges of the sheet and a tiny pinhole in the space above the figure's right eye (hardly visible).

This is one of several portraits of a mysterious woman called "Naila" that were done by Max Beckmann. It is now known that Naila was Dr. Hildegard Melms, and that Beckmann had an affair with her in 1923, the same year he executed this print. This important German Expressionist woodcut can be found in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).

Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-Gabriel Daragnes, this art and literary album celebrated Paris in 1937, with original etchings from important artists of the time, and essays from leading writers. Plate size: 13 1/8 x 10 1/8 inches (333 x 262 mm). With narrow margins (as published) the sheet size is: 13 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (345 x 273 mm). Signed in the plate, not hand-signed.

Medium: original etching and aquatint. Signed in pencil and numbered 68 of 80. Printed in 1947 on Velin de Hollande paper and published in New York by the Quadrangle Press as a special insert presented with the deluxe edition of Robert Goldwater's "Rufino Tamayo". Plate size: 7 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches (200 x 148 mm). Sheet size: 11 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches (282 x 205 mm). A rich and beautifully printed impression.

Medium: original etching. Printed in 1946 at the atelier Lacouriere on BFK Rives paper and published in a limited edition of 300 for the "Alternance" portfolio (a collective art and literary project). Size: 13 x 9 5/8 inches (330 x 245 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue references: Delteil 44 or Roger-Marx 19. Printed in Paris by Clot and published in 1919 by Ambroise Vollard for the rare "Douze Lithographies Originales de Pierre-Auguste Renoir". Although the official edition was to have been 950, it is reported that approximately 1/3 of the impressions were never issued. Image size: 6 7/8 x 5 inches (175 x 125 mm); total sheet size 13 x 9 3/4 inches (330 x 250 mm). Signed in the plate with Renoir's stamped signature (not hand-signed).

Condition: there is foxing to the paper.

Medium: original etching and and aquatint with drypoint. Catalogue reference: Delteil 97. Executed in 1891, this lovely impression is from the edition on cream wove paper published in 1923 for inclusion in the Loys Delteil catalogue raisonne "Le peintre-graveur illustre: Pissarro, Sisley, Renoir (Volume 17). Plate size: 10 x 8 inches (255 x 201 mm). Sheet size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches (318 x 235 mm). Not signed.

Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue reference: Rifkind 2252. Image size: 9 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (250 x 159 mm). Sheet size: 12 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (320 x 235 mm). This work can be found in the permanent collection of MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York. Not signed.

Medium: serigraph (after the 1917 painting). Printed in 1957 on Bristol San Francisco smooth wove paper in an edition of 300 at the atelier Arcay and published by Galerie Denise René. Image size: 15 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (395 x 350 mm). Sheet size: 26 x 20 inches (660 x 510 mm). Not signed.

Condition: there is minor wear to the edges of the sheet, not affecting the image.

Medium: serigraph (after the 1911 watercolor). Printed in 1957 on Bristol San Francisco smooth wove paper in an edition of 300 at the atelier Arcay and published by Galerie Denise René. Image size: 15 x 19 inches (377 x 488 mm). Sheet size: 20 x 26 inches (510 x 660 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: there is minor creasing in the margin, not affecting the image.

Medium: original soft ground etching. Catalogue reference: Delteil 12. Executed in 1906, this lovely impression on cream laid paper is from the rare 1906 first edition of "Histoire des Peintres Impressionnistes" by Theodore Duret, published in Paris by Floury. Plate size: 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches (185 x 145 mm); the total sheet size is 10 x 7 3/4 inches (255 x 195 mm). Not signed.

Medium: original etching and drypoint. This rare and beautiful impression on japon paper is one of only 50 printed for the deluxe edition of the Gazette des Beaux Arts. Published in Paris in 1890, this Pissarro etching is printed in brown ink, rather than the typical black ink. Catalogue reference: Delteil 93. A fine impression with plate tone, measuring 7 3/4 x 5 1/4 inches -- 198 x 135mm (plate size) with full original margins. Not signed.

Condition: there is some slight discoloration in the margin from having been previously framed.

Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: Delteil 23. This is a lifetime impression, printed in 1910 for the rare first edition of "Manet & the French Impressionists" by Theodore Duret. Plate size: 6 5/8 x 4 3/8 inches (170 x 112 mm). A good impression on wove paper with plate tone. Not signed.

Medium: original soft ground etching. This is a lifetime impression printed in 1914 on laid paper and published in Berlin by Bruno Cassirer for Theodore Duret's "Die Impressionisten". Plate size: 5 3/8 x 3 3/4 inches (138 x 96 mm). Sheet size: 9 x 6 inches (226 x 155 mm). Not signed.

Condition: there are printer's creases to the paper, with age-toning and a few spots of foxing.

Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: Guerin 27 and Harris 31. This charming etching is one of several compositions executed by Edouard Manet on the subject of a boy and his dog. This edition on wove paper was published in 1902. Plate size: 8 1/8 x 5 3/4 inches (207 x 145 mm). Signed in the plate, not by hand.

Condition: the margins are irregular, being 10mm at the most narrow spot (see the second photo).

Medium: original soft ground etching. Catalogue reference: Delteil 12. Executed in 1906, this is a lifetime impression published in 1909 in Berlin by Cassirer for "Kunst und Kunstler". Printed on cream laid paper with the full margins and the Van Gelder Zonen watermark. Plate size: 7 1/4 x 5 5/8 inches (185 x 143 mm); the total sheet size is 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (320 x 243 mm). Not signed.

Medium: etching and drypoint. This is Seymour Haden's etched version of the painting by Thomas Wright of Derby entitled "Edwin the Minstrel". The man in the portrait was actually Sir Francis Seymour Haden's own grandfather. This is a very rare first state impression circa 1864 -- before the artist added additional crosshatched drypoint shading at the back of the figure. An additional plate signature would also be added for the second state. There were five different states in all. Catalogue references: Drake 51 and Schneiderman 53. This impression is signed both in pencil and in the plate. Printed on watermarked laid paper, the plate measures 14 x 9 1/2 inches (355 x 242mm). The total sheet measures 17 x 12 1/8 inches (434 x 308mm).

Condition: the paper is age-toned and light struck.

Medium: original woodcut. Printed in Germany in 1917 for Die Aktion; this impression is from the deluxe edition of 100 on Bütten laid paper. Catalogue reference: Schapire 202. Image size: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (158 x 212 mm). Sheet size: 9 x 12 inches (230 x 305 mm). There is a different woodcut and printed text on verso, as published. Embossed with the publisher's dry stamp in the margin at the bottom right. Not signed.

Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue reference: Rifkind 610. Image size: 6 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches (170 x 122 mm). Sheet size: 12 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (320 x 235 mm). This work can be found in the permanent collection of MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York. Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1954 at the Mourlot Freres atelier and published in New York by The Noonday Press in an edition of 64 for the "Elegy of Ihpetonga and Masks of Ashes" portfolio. Ihpetonga was the name given by the Canarsie Indians to the part of Brooklyn now known as Columbia Heights. Printed on Arches wove paper with deckle edges, the sheet measures 13 x 9 7/8 inches (330 x 251 mm). This work was mounted by the publisher onto a support sheet of black paper. Not signed.

Medium: pochoir (after the 1920 watercolor). Printed in Paris in 1926 in a limited edition of 700 and published by Christian Zervos for the art revue Cahiers d'Art. Image size: 7 3/4 x 6 inches (197 x 153 mm). Sheet size: 11 x 8 3/4 inches (280 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate, not hand-signed.

Condition: there are a few spots of foxing in the margin, not affecting the pochoir image.

Cahiers d'Art was published in Paris from 1926-1960 by Greek art collector, writer and art critic Christian Zervos. From a print collector's viewpoint, this art revue is most famous for the pochoirs which were commissioned for some of the issues. Zervos had high technical standards, and this work is a lucky find.

Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-Gabriel Daragnes, this art and literary album celebrated Paris in 1937, with original etchings from important artists of the time, and essays from leading writers. Plate size: 13 x 10 inches (325 x 255 mm). With narrow margins (as published) the sheet size is: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (345 x 270 mm). Signed in the plate, not hand-signed.

Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-Gabriel Daragnes, this art and literary album celebrated Paris in 1937, with original etchings from important artists of the time, and essays from leading writers. Plate size: 13 x 10 inches (325 x 255 mm). With narrow margins (as published) the sheet size is: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (345 x 270 mm). Signed in the plate, not hand-signed.

Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-Gabriel Daragnes, this art and literary album celebrated Paris in 1937, with original etchings from important artists of the time, and essays from leading writers. Plate size: 13 x 10 inches (330 x 250 mm). With narrow margins (as published) the sheet size is: 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches (345 x 270 mm). Signed in the plate, not hand-signed.

Medium: original etching and aquatint. Printed in 1947 on Velin de Hollande paper and published in New York by the Quadrangle Press as the frontispiece of the deluxe edition of Robert Goldwater's "Rufino Tamayo". The edition size was limited to 80. Plate size: 7 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches (200 x 148 mm). Sheet size: 11 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches (300 x 220 mm). A rich and beautifully printed impression. Not signed.

Medium: original etching and aquatint. Catalogue reference: Harris 85 iii/iii. This is a fine impression from the 1884 Bazire edition, printed on laid paper. Plate size: 5 x 4 inches; 127 x 103mm. Not signed.

Condition: there is minor foxing.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1972 on Rives wove paper at the atelier Clot, Bramsen et Georges and published by Philippe Lebaud in a limited edition of 190 for the "Variations sur l'imaginaire" portfolio. Size: 14 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches (370 x 275 mm). Signed in pencil by Man Ray.

Medium: original etching. This impression on Alton Mill laid paper was printed in 1883 for "An English Version of the Eclogues of Virgil" and published in London by Seeley and Company. Samuel Palmer had planned a series of etchings to illustrate his translation of Virgil's Eclogues, but this etching is the only one he completely finished before his death in 1881. Catalogue reference: Lister E13. Image size: 4 5/8 x 7 inches (117 x 176 mm). Plate size: 6 x 8 3/8 inches (151 x 214 mm). Sheet size: 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (215 x 317 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: there is some foxing, plus age-toning near the edges of the sheet.

Medium: original lithograph. Signed in pencil and numbered 47/100. Printed in Neuchatel, Switzerland in 1977 at the Imprimerie Paul Attinger. This signed and numbered lithograph was included as a loose print with the first 100 copies of the Eugene Ionesco catalogue raisonné of Alechinsky's works. Size: 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches (300 x 210 mm).

Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue reference: Dube 266B. Image size: 9 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (250 x 159 mm). Sheet size: 12 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (320 x 235 mm). This work can be found in the permanent collection of MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York. Not signed.

Medium: original serigraph / silkscreen. In 1964 Samuel Wagstaff, Jr. (at that time Curator of Paintings at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartfordford, Connecticut) selected ten important American artists and asked them to contribute original prints for the portfolio “Ten Works by Ten Painters”. This was issued in 1964 in an edition of 500. The publisher's blindstamp is in the margin near the bottom right corner. Not signed.

The other artists collaborating with the project were Stuart Davis, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, George Ortman, Larry Poons, Ad Reinhardt, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol. Image size: 17 1/2 x 16 inches (445 x 408mm). Printed on wove paper with full original margins, the sheet measures 24 x 20 inches.

Condition: there is a mat stain in the margin.

Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: Klipstein 10. A very rich impression on cream wove paper of this Kollwitz etching, with plate tone. Plate size: 118 x 88mm (4 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches). With full original margins, the sheet measures 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (360 x 262mm). Not signed.

Please note: there have been later editions of this important Kollwitz print, but this is the original first edition, published in Germany by Pan (V-1; 1899-1900); edition of 1100. The Pan inscription is printed at the bottom of the sheet (which demonstrates the provenance).

Medium: original etching and drypoint with aquatint and roulette. This is an exquisite impression on japon paper, of what is arguably the most famous Felix Buhot etching. Executed in 1879 and published in Paris in 1881 for L'Art; the catalogue reference is Bourcard/Goodfriend 128. Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (240 x 350mm). Signed in the plate with the Buhot monogram signature (not by hand). A good price for this impression on special paper, before letters and apart from the standard published edition.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 209. Executed in 1953 and issued in an edition of 1350 for the rare exhibition catalogue "Miro Recent Paintings", published by the Pierre Matisse Gallery. The printing was done in Paris by Mourlot Freres. Sheet size: 12 1/8 x 9 3/8 inches (310 x 238 mm). Not signed.

Medium: lithograph and pochoir. Catalogue reference: Dupin 1310, Benhoura 396. This lithograph was printed in 1938 at the atelier Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for the art revue Verve (volume 1, number 3). Four artists were commissioned to contribute compositions on the four seasons, with Miro choosing Summer. A beautiful, richly-inked impression of this important Miro print. Size: 14 x 10 3/8 inches (353 x 263 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Medium: stencil print on sandpaper (after the painting). At the height of his period of creative experimentation during the 1930's, Miro executed an abstract painting on sandpaper.
The rare work offered here is a faithful vintage re-creation of that work, and is printed on actual sandpaper. This is the same Wellington Mills, John Oakey & Sons Waterproof No. 2/0 flint sandpaper that was used by Miro for the original painting. Printed in London in 1937 for "Signature: A Quadrimestrial of Typography and Graphic Arts". Size: 9 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (245 x 165mm). Not signed.
A richly inked impression, this unusual Miro seems to invite the viewer to touch it!

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. Lowell Bank Note Co., Boston, and issued for the Hamburg-American Line (there is a vignette of one of their passenger steamships in the margin at the bottom left). Image size: 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (595 x 443mm) printed on heavy wove paper. Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: The margins have been somewhat trimmed (not affecting the etching but slightly cropping the steamship vignette along the bottom edge). There is small skinned spot at the top right corner of the composition, and a pink erasure mark in the margin at the bottom right with skinning to the surface of the paper. A rich, dark impression of this magnificent etching. A lucky find!

Medium: original serigraph. Signed and numbered in pencil 82/150. Executed in 1965 for the Paris Review (catalogue reference: Burchfield 2). The image size is 29 x 25 inches and the full sheet size is 40 x 26 inches. An iconic example of 1960's Pop Art.

Condition: there is some wear around the edges of the sheet.

In 1965 the leading Pop and Abstract artists of the era were commissioned by the Paris Review to contribute original prints. These silkscreens were published in small signed/numbered editions (of 150) and today are quite rare. Artists participating in the project included Motherwell, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Indiana, Dine, Oldenburg, Rauschenberg, D'Arcangelo, Anuszkiewicz, Frankenthaler, Katz, Kelly, Nevelson, Rosenquist and others.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 153. Printed by Mourlot Frères in an edition of 2000 for the Dix Ans d'Edition issue of Derrière le Miroir in 1956, published in Paris by Maeght. Sheet size: 14 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (370 x 520 mm). There is a center fold, as issued. Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference M 133. This beautiful color lithograph was printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1956 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible art. Size: 14 x 10 1/4 inches (355 x 262mm). Not signed.