Donnay, Auguste
CHANT D’ENSEMBLE – PLATE 59 FROM LES MAITRES DE L’AFFICHE
- $150
Donnay, Auguste (French, 1862-1921). CHANT D'ENSEMBLE - PLATE 59 FROM LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE. Color lithograph after the original poster, 1897. 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. With the publisher's blindstamp, lower right. In very good condition.
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MEMORIES OF JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER
Way, Thomas R. Way, Thomas R. MEMORIES OF JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER. John Lane, London and NY, 1912. 1st edition. Octavo, cloth, 150pp, plus tissue-guarded illustrations. With a prospectus for other books about Whistler published by Lane laid in. Fine.Thomas R. Way, English, 1861-1913, was a painter and lithographer. He is best known as the printer of Whistler's lithpgraphs.- $65
- $65
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Marsh, Reginald Marsh, Reginald (American, 1898-1954). MERRY-GO-ROUND. S.222. Engraving, 1943. Fourth State of four. The total edition in all four states is about 15. Inscribed "State IV" lower left, and signed in pencil, lower right. 10 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches, 255 x 203 mm.(image), plus margins. Tape residue at upper corners, else in excellent condition. Very scarce.- $4,800
- $4,800
AUSSTELLUNG ERICH HECKEL – KUNSTHUTTE CHEMNITZ – 18 MARZ 30 APRIL – BILDER AUS DEN JAHREN 1906-1930
Heckel, Erich Heckel, Erich. AUSSTELLUNG ERICH HECKEL - KUNSTHUTTE CHEMNITZ - 18 MARZ 30 APRIL - BILDER AUS DEN JAHREN 1906-1930. Stadtische Museum, Chdmnitz, 1931. Square 8vo., wraps, a, two color original woodcut in eight panels wrapping around to form the front and back covers, the front and rear endpapers, the half-title,and the blank verso of the left rear endpaper, with the text block laid in, loose, as issued. 32 pp., 16. text and 16 b/w plates. An exhibition of 100 works from the years 1906-1930 at the Chemnitz City Musueum, held from March 18 to April 30, 1930. Fine. Scarce.- $1,200
- $1,200
SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE – PLATE 226 FROM LES MAITRES DE L’AFFICHE
Realier-Dumas, Maurice Realier-Dumas, Maurice (French, 1860-1928). SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE - PLATE 226 FROM LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE. Color lithograph after the original poster, 1897. 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. With the publisher's blindstamp, lower right. In very good condition.- $150
- $150
DISTENTION
Baskin, Leonard Baskin, Leonard (American, 1922-20000. DISTENTION. Etching, 1970. Edition of 115, signed, titled, and numbered "83/115." all in pencil. 37 7/8 x 23 7/8 inches, framed to 39 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches.Provenance: The Philip and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art, 1930 - 1970, Highland Park, Illinois- $750
- $750
THE GARDEN
Alberts, Julien Alberts, Julien (American, 1916-1996) THE GARDEN or THE GARDEN OF HEAVENLY DELIGHTS. Lithograph, 1937. Edition of 19. Signed, titled and numbered "8/19," all in pencil. 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches. In excellent condition. Provenance: The Philip and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art, 1930 - 1970, Highland Park, Illinois.This is one of several early lithographs with satirical and political themes which Alberts did in the 1930s.- $575
- $575
COUNTRY CHURCH
Gerardia, Helen Gerardia, Helen (American, born Ukraine, 1903-1988). COUNTRY CHURCH. Color lithograph, 1956. Signed in pencil. There is also an example of this work in the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. 17 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (image), 20 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches (sheet). In excellent condition.- $650
- $650
SURREALIST FIGURES”’
Treiman, Joyce Treiman, Joyce (American, 1922-1991). SURREALIST FIGURES. Ink wash and crayon on board, 1952. Signed "Treiman," and dated 1952, lower right. 23 1/4 x 29 inches. In excellent condition.Provenance: The Philip and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art, 1930-1970, Highland Park, Illinois.Joyce Wahl Treiman, 1922-1969, was born in Illinois was a prodigy as a draughtsman, beginning her studies in a children's class at the age of eight, but being immediately transferred to an adult class. She studies with Philip Guston at the University of Iowa. Her career as an artist ttok her to Chicago and New York, and later to Los Angeles, where she lived until her death. Her work is in many museum collections, including the Whitney and MMA in New York, LACMA in Los Angeles, and the Bates College Museum of Art in Lewiston, Maine.- $975
- $975
LA VACHE ENRAGEE – PLATE 179 FROM LES MAITRES DE L’AFFICHE
Roedel, Eugene Roedel, Eugene (French, 1859-1900). LA VACHE ENRAGEE - PLATE 179 FROM LES MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE. Color lithograph after the original poster, 1899. 15 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches. With the publisher's blindstamp, lower right. In very good condition.- $150
- $150
BALLET PRACTICE – LINCOLN CENTER
Pels, Albert Pels, Albert (American, 1910-1998). BALLET PRACTICE - LINCOLN CENTER. Oil on Canvas. Not dated, but circa 1970s. Signed, lower right. Inscribed, verso, "Ballet Practice" and "Lincoln Center."20 x 25 3/4 inches. A small area of waterstain to the verso of the canvas, lower left, not coming through to the recto, else in very good condition. Pels was a painter, muralist, illustrtaor and teacher. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but spent most of his life in New York. Scenes relating to New York City, such as this dance painting, are typical of the social realist subjects he focused on.- $2,100
- $2,100
UNTITLED (MUSICIANS)
Pels, Albert Pels, Albert (American, 1910-1998). UNTITLED (MUSICIANS). Oil on canvas, not dated. 24 x 18 inches, 610 x 457 mm. Provenance: Estate of the artist; Thence by descent to a relative.Pels was a painter, muralist, illustrtaor and teacher. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but spent most of his life in New York. Scenes relating to New York City, such as this dance painting, are typical of the social realist subjects he focused on.- $2,500
- $2,500
THE MOTHER OF US ALL – AN OPERA – MUSIC BY VIRGIL THOMSON – TEXT BY GERTRUDE STEIN.
Thomson, Virgil Thomson, Virgil (American, 1896-1989. THE MOTHER OF US ALL. Music Press, NY, 1947. Quarto, cloth, 157pp. The limited edition of 55 copies on special paper, signed on the colophon page by Thomson and numbered 47, of the score for the opera by Thomson and Gertrude Stein. This copy is complete with the three signed original photogrpahs by Carl Van Vechten, in a separate envelope (one each of Stein, Thomson, and two of the cast members) each on a mount and each with a label signed by Van Vechten. (The regular edition of 1000 is unsighed, and without the Van Vechten photos). Very Good to Near Fine, with barely bumped corners and very light soiling of the cloth. Rare.- $2,750
- $2,750
PALL MALL BUDGET
Greiffenhagen, Maurice Greiffenhagen, Maurice (English, 1862-1931). PALL MALL BUDGET - NEW SERIES. Color lithograph after the poster. From Les Affiches Etrangeres (Foreign Posters), published by Chaix in Paris in 1897. 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches (image), 12 1/2 x 8 7/8 inches (sheet). Losses at the edges and corners of the sheet, away from and not affecting the image, else in very good condition. In the 1890's posters were used for advertising, and were designed not only by leading artists of the day such as Lautrec, Mucha, Bradley, and Beardsley, but were a source of work and income for many artists in Britain, continental Europe and America. The posters became popular with collectors, some of whom went so far as to buy them from the workman before he could paste them up on a wall. In France their were two publications in which the posters were printed in smaller sizes and offered to collectors: Les Maitres de L'Affiche (The Masters of the Poster) and Les Affiches Etrangeres (Foreign Posters). Greiffenhagen, who was primarily a painter and book illustrator, designed this poster for the magazine Pall Mall Budget, which was a weekly magazine in which articles from the newspaper, The Pall Mall Gazette were digested.- $125
- $125
POSTCARD TO MATTHEW BRUCCOLI
Isherwood, Christopher Isherwood, Christopher. POSTCARD TO MATTHEW BRUCCOLI. A handwritten card, dated August 16, 1977 from Isherwood to Bruccoli respinding to a letter from Bruccoli regarding a screenplay for FitzGerald's "The Beautiful and the Damned" written by Isherwood and Don Bachardy. The text of the card reads as follows:"Dear Professor Bruccoli Thank you for your letter. Could you first tell me - have you read our Beautiful & Damned screenplay? What is the publishing arrangement? How much money are you prepared to pay? There are certain legal complications, and it is no use even investigating them until we know the answers to these questions.Cordially,Christopher Isherwood OVERIt would also be useful for us to know how you heard of the existence of this screenplay? It hasn't yet been produced as a film."The screenplay was never produced, nor was any arrangement reached with Bruccoli, who is best known as the leading authority on F. Scott Fitzgerald. The tone of the response, and the use of a card rather than a letter for a response, seem to imply annoyance on the part of Isherwood at Bruccoli's knowing about the screenplay and his apparent interest publishing it. The Isherwood/Bachardy screenplay dated 1975, is among Isherwood's papers at the Huntington Library. A pencil notation that appears to read "fr him to MJB 10%", and a crease to the card, else in very good condtion.- $275
- $275
DESCENDING SKIES
Wengenroth, Stow Wengenroth, Stow. DESCENDING SKIES. Stucky 32. Lithograph, 1932. Edition of 75. Signed in pencil, lower right. 7 3/8 x 12 3/4 inches (image), 11 1/2 x 16 inches (sheet). This is a view in Eastport, Maine, where Wengenroth made many of his earliest prints. In excellent condition.- $2,800
- $2,800
STUDY FOR TREE (FOR WINTER #85).
Blume, Peter Blume, Peter (American, 1906-1992). STUDY FOR TREE (FOR WINTER #85) Pencil on paper, 1963. Signed Peter Blume and dated 1963, lower left. 12 x 17 inches. In excellent condition.Provenance:Durlacher Bros., New York, Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1964, Sold: Skinner, November 19, 2004, Lot 526, The Philip and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art, 1930 - 1970, Highland Park, Illinois.Exhibited: Manchester, New Hampshire, The Currier Gallery of Art, and Hartford, Connecticut, the Wadsworth Antheneum, Peter Blume, Paintings and Drawings in Retrospect, 1925 - 1964, July 9 - August 16, 1964, no. 85, New York, New York, Durlacher Bros., October 27 - November 21, 1964- $1,500
- $1,500
NOCTURNES
Mann, Thomas Mann, Thomas. NOCTURNES. Equinox Press, NY, 1934. Edition of 1000 copies Signed by Mann in pencil on the Colophon page (this is copy 799). Octavo, cloth, slipcase, 61 pages. The book is Fine, the slipcase has a loss at its top. and is paste repair to a part of its spine.- $500
- $500
UNTITLED: STANDING MAN WITH CAP and BOY WITH DOG
Bishop, Isabel Bishop, Isabel (American 1902-1988).UNTITLED: STANDING MAN WITH CAP and BOY WITH DOG. Drawings, pencil on Strathmore paper, not dated. Signed in pencil, lower right. 8 X 6 inches (sheet). in very good condition. Standing Man is the main drawing, and is signed. The drawing on the reverse is unsigned. There is a doubled mat, to allow both drawings to be viewed.- $2,800
- $2,800
HARBOR STREET
Wengenroth, Stow Wengenroth, Stow. HARBOR STREET. Stucky 29. Lithograph, 1932. Edition of 50. Signed in pencil, lower right. 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (image), 11 1/2 x 16 inches (sheet). This is a view in Eastport, Maine, where Wengenroth made many of his earliest prints. In excellent condition.- $2,800
- $2,800
THE TRIAL OF OSCAR WILDE -FROM THE SHORTHAND REPORTS
Grolleau, Charles Grolleau, Charles and Alfred Douglas. THE TRIAL OF OSCAR WILDE -FROM THE SHORTHAND REPORTS. Privately Printed, Paris 1906 (Published by Charles Carrington). 1st Edition. Octavo, gray-green wrappers (with what appears to be a replaced spine in black cloth), with title label on the front panel, Preface, signed C.G. (Grolleau), which is an English translation of his preface to the French language edition of Wilde's "Intentions.", with 50 pages numbered I-L, and 134 pages, of which 1-109 cover the substance of the trial, 110 is blank, 111-126 are "His Last Book and His Last Years in Paris, by Douglas, and 127-134 are Douglas' "De Profundis." The final 14 pages, unnumbered, are ads for books by Wilde published by Carrington. In a chemise and slipcase of green cloth. A very good copy of this scarce book.- $975
- $975
THE PRINCE OF WALES AND OTHER FAMOUS AMERICANS
Covarrubias, Miguel Covarrubias, Miguel. THE PRINCE OF WALES AND OTHER FAMOUS AMERICANS. Preface by Carl Van Vechten. Knopf, NY, 1925 (1st Ed). 8vo., Dec. boards, with color frontispiece & 66 caricatures. With the bookplates of Muriel Mattocks and Gladys and Robert Koch. Robert Koch wrote important texts on Tiffany glass; Gladys Koch was a dealer in Tiffany and other antiques; Muriel Mattocks was an artist and children's book illustrator. In addition to the bookplates, there are fragments of the Dust Jacket, including the blurb about Covarrubias and the heads, cur out and pasted to the front endpapers. Very Good,- $300
- $300
GUERRE CIVILE
Manet, Edouard Manet, Edouard (French, 1832-1883). GUERRE CIVILE (CIVIL WAR). Lithograph on chine colle, 1871-73. The second state of two. Printed and Published by Lermercier, Paris, 1874. 15 5/8 x 20 inches, 397 x 508 mm. (image), 19 1/8 x 24 3/4 inches, 486 x 629 mm. (sheet). In very good condition, with some loss to the lettering of the title, light foxing, mostly to the mount, and a faint line of matstain around the image. During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71, Paris was defended by the National Guard. In the midst of the war, the Emperor Napoleon III was deposed and the Third Republic was declared. The Paris Commune, an alliance of National Guard soldiers and working class men, siezed power in opposition to the government of the Republic, triggering the Civil War which is the subject of Manet's print. The Commune held out against the government's superior forces for a little more than two months, when it was defeated during what became known as "Bloody Week."- $9,500
- $9,500
