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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.
Richard Ranft - Profil de Nuit - Night Profile - woman looking into distance landscape - detail Sold
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Night Profile

RANFT, Richard

Profil de Nuit (descriptive French title) Etching and aquatint printed in brownish-black ink on tan wove paper, n.d.Edition unknown, but likely ver...

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James Tissot - Promenade dans la Neige - Winter's Walk - details Sold
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A Winter’s Walk

TISSOT, James

Promenade dans la Neige (original French title) Etching and drypoint printed in black and in red ink on laid Van Gelder paper.Reference: Wentworth ...

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Jean-Emile Laboureur - Le Cafe du Commerce - pure-line cubistic engraving - detail Sold
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The Commerce Cafe

LABOUREUR, Jean-Emile

Le Café du Commerce (original French title) Etching on wove paper, 1913.Reference: Sylvain Laboureur 126.Total edition of 39.Signed and numbered “3...

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James Jacques Tissot - Le Banc de Jardin - Garden Bench - mezzotint - 1er etat - first state - rich burr - detail1 Sold
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The Garden Bench

TISSOT, James

Le Banc de Jardin (original French title) Mezzotint printed in warm black ink on thick wove paper.Reference: Wentworth 75.Extremely scarce early st...

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Henri Martin - Indecision - Peintres Lithographes - remarque au houx - holly - detail Sold
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Indecision

MARTIN, Henri

Indécision (original French title) Lithograph on simili-japon paper.Published by the Société des Peintres-Lithographes, for one of their albums.A d...

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Comte Ludovic Napoleon Lepic - Le Verger du Roi Louis - King Louis Orchard - pre-impressionist etching - detail 1 Sold
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King Louis’ Orchard

LEPIC, Comte Ludovic Napoleon

Le Verger du Roi Louis (original French title) Etching on laid paper.References: Beraldi 3-7 ; BN-IFF 32.A poignant social commentary, clearly mean...

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Henri Guerard - Salomon - mezzotint - detail Sold
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Salomon

GUERARD, Henri

Mezzotint with touches of drypoint printed in brownish-black ink on laid paper.Reference: Bertin 51.|Very likely the second state of two, with lett...

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Paul Bellugue - El Garron - Restaurant Soupers - Theatre des Deux Masques - Palermo - detail Sold
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El Garron

BELLUGUE, Paul

Drawing in conté-crayon, pencil, on thick card stock.Likely a project for a poster or an advertisement, for a famous venue in Paris. El Garron, whi...

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Eugene Bejot - Notre-Dame de Paris de Nuit - At night - ephemera before letters - detail Sold
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Notre-Dame

BEJOT, Eugene

Aquatint printed in bluish-black ink on laid paper.Reference: BN-IFF 108. Unlikely edition of 50 in this state.  There were at least three states o...

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Félix Vallotton,  BIlliards, Les Raseurs, Lithograph, Paris, 1898., city life, Post-Impressionism.
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Billiards

VALLOTTON, Felix

Les Raseurs (original French title)Lithograph.References: Vallotton-Goerg 42.Numbered and signed by the artist in blue pencil.From the edition of 1...

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Henri Guerard - Le Coup de Vent - detail Sold
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The Wind Gust

GUERARD, Henri

Le Coup de Vent (original French title) Etching and aquatint printed in brownish-black in on laid paper.Reference: Bertin 279.There was an early st...

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Guerard - Tete de Porc - final state - B316 - detail Sold
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Pig Head

GUERARD, Henri

Tête de Porc (original French title) Woodcut on wove paper, n.d.Reference: Bertin 316. Second state, after the background was removed.Signed in ink...

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Guerard - Deux Martyrs - Honfleur - B317 - detail Sold
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Two Martyrs

GUERARD, Henri

Deux Martyrs (Honfleur) (original French title) Etching, aquatint, and burnisher on laid Arches paper.Ref: Bertin 188.  Only one known state.Signed...

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