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Black & White

There is a misconception about works of art composed in so called "black and white".  It seems to some that this lack of color is somehow less desirable.  Yet artists throughout history have used single colors to focus on composition or on gradations from light to dark.  Without the distraction of color, these creative building blocks become more prevalent.  In this section, we challenge the viewer to focus on "monochromatic" (single-colored) compositions.  Chances are that by the time you have looked at a few works, your mind will hone in on details you don't usually notice, and that you may even start to "see" colors that aren't actually there.
The Farmer’s Daughter
$375

The Farmer’s Daughter

MENPES, Mortimer

Drypoint (possibly etching) printed in black on F.J.H. Menpes laid paper, n.d. Edition unknown, but very likely small.Signed in pencil.   

Victor Delhez - Katten - Cats - Chats - city rooftops crowded with felines - detail Sold
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Cats

DELHEZ, Victor

Katten (original Dutch title) Woodcut on wove paper.As published in the loose-sheet portfolio titled 15 Houtsneden door Victor Delhez. From a state...

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Victor Delhez - Cosmogonie - Cosmogony - creation of the universe - biblical - detail Sold
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Cosmogony

DELHEZ, Victor

Cosmogonie (original French title) Woodcut on wove paper.As published in the loose-sheet portfolio titled 15 Houtsneden door Victor Delhez.From a s...

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FELIX BUHOT L Hiver a Paris - La Neige a Paris - Winter in Paris - detail Sold
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Winter in Paris

BUHOT, Felix

L’Hiver à Paris or La Neige à Paris (original French titles) Etching, aquatint, scraper, and drypoint on laid paper.Reference: Bourcard & Goodf...

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Letterio CALAPAI - 8.30 Express - Woodcut on thin laid paper - detail
$950

8:30 Express

CALAPAI, Letterio

Woodcut on thin laid paper, 1943-44. Trial proof, aside from an edition of 27. It’s rush hour and a sea of people is holding on for dear life as th...

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Felix Vallotton - Derniere nouveaute - The Latest Fashion - 1893 L Escarmouche Paris - detail Sold
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The Latest Fashion

VALLOTTON, Felix

Dernière nouveauté (original French title) Lithograph printed on smooth wove paper. Reference: Vallotton et Goerg 44.Edition of 100.Reproduced in L...

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Jean-Emile Laboureur - La Patisserie - elegant baking - art deco - detail Sold
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The Pastry Shop

LABOUREUR, Jean-Emile

La Pâtisserie (original French title) Etching on thin wove paper.Reference: Sylvain Laboureur 137.Edition of 20. Scarce.Signed and numbered in penc...

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Henri Delavallee - Angelique à Sa Porte - Angelique at Her Door - edition - detail
$800

Angelique at Her Door

DELAVALLEE, Henri

Angélique à Sa Porte (original French title) Soft-ground etching, etching, and aquatint on laid paper. Reference: Morane 15.We present two states o...

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William J. Sewell - Lovers Embrace - interratial love in time of segragation - 1945 - detail Sold
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Lover’s Embrace

SEWELL, William

Lithograph on wove paper, 1945.No stated edition, and scarce. It isn’t clear that any editions were ever printed of any of the artist’s few lithogr...

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William Lee-Hankey - Nachante - mother and daughter - drypoint - detail
$500

The Naughty One

LEE-HANKEY, William

La Méchante (original French title) Etching and drypoint on wove paper, 1920.Reference: Hardie 179.Edition unknown, as it hadn't been published yet...

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Aiden Lassell Ripley - Geese - birds in marshy grasses startled - detail
$850

Geese

RIPLEY, Aiden Lassell

Etching on laid paper, circa 1930.Edition unknown, but likely small, like most of Ripley’s prints.Signed and titled in pencil.

Felix Bracquemond - Le Nouveau-Ne - after Jean-Francois Millet - sherperdess lamb - detail Sold
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The Newborn

BRACQUEMOND, Felix

Le Nouveau-Né (original French title) Etching on laid simili-Japan paper, 1886.References: Beraldi 786; BN-IFF 427.After a composition by Jean-Fran...

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Alessandro MASTRO-VALERIO - Day and Night - Mezzotint - wove paper- 1950 - detail
$650

Day and Night

MASTRO-VALERIO, Alessandro

Mezzotint on wove paper.Edition was to be of 35 but was likely not completed. Rare.The current work was the artist's last published mezzotint.Signe...

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Daniel MILLSAPS - Man Reclining - Woodcut on thin Japan wove paper - 1947 - detail Sold
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Man Reclining

MILLSAPS, Daniel

Woodcut on thin Japan wove paper. Stated edition of 45, but very unlikely to have been printed in full. The artist would have been just 18 years ol...

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Gerald Brockhurst - Una - Etching - detail
$750

Una

BROCKHURST, Gerald

Etching on wove paper. Reference: Fletcher 65. Artist’s proof from the tenth and final state, aside from the edition. Signed in pencil and annotate...

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John Taylor ARMS - Saint Catherines Belfry - detail
$500

Saint Catherine's Belfry, Honfleur

ARMS, John Taylor

Etching, printed on laid paper.  Reference: Fletcher 248. From the French Church Series, plate 34.  Signed and dated, and annotated “II” in pencil.