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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.
René QUILLIVIC - Devant Dieu - Woodcut on laid japan paper - 1919 detail Sold
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Devant Dieu

QUILLIVIC, René

Woodcut on laid japan paper. Edition of 50, but scarce, as are all of Quillivic's prints. Signed and numbered in pencil. 

René QUILLIVIC - La Prière du Soir - Woodcut on laid japan paper - 1919 - detail Sold
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La Prière du Soir

QUILLIVIC, René

Woodcut on laid japan paper. Edition of 50, but scarce, as are all of Quillivic's prints. Signed and numbered in pencil. 

Joseph Hecht - Animaux Series - Vautour - Vulture - detail
$500

Vautour

HECHT, Joseph

Engraving on laid Monval verdâtre (light greenish-blue) paper. Reference: Tonneau-Ryckelynck & Plumart 185. Plate 6 from the series "Animaux".P...

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Joseph Hecht - Animaux Series - Lionne et Zebre - Lioness and Zebra Sold
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Lionne et Zèbre

HECHT, Joseph

Engraving on laid Monval verdâtre (light greenish-blue) paper. Reference: Tonneau-Ryckelynck & Plumart 189. Plate 10 from the series "Animaux"....

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Charles GUÉRIN - La Sirène - Lithograph - 1896 - detail
$600

La Sirène

GUERIN, Charles

Lithograph printed in bistre on japon volant (tissue thin Japan) wove paper. This large composition is related to the smaller color composition Gué...

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Henri de TOULOUSE-LAUTREC - Charles Maurin - Drypoint - 1898 - detail
$4,000

Charles Maurin

TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de

Drypoint on laid paper. References: Delteil 3, Wittrock 242. Exceedingly scarce impression from 1898, before the 1911 and 1926 editions. As a matte...

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Felix Bracquemond - Le Haut d'un Battant de Porte - most famous etching by the artist Sold
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The Top of a Door

BRACQUEMOND, Felix

Le Haut d’un Battant de Porte (original French title) Etching on chine-collé on wove paper, 1852-65.Reference: Beraldi 110 v/v; Bouillon. Our impre...

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Edgar CHAHINE - Vieille Femme - Old Woman - Drypoint, etching, and aquatint - 1900
$640

Old Woman

CHAHINE, Edgar

Vieille Femme (original French title) Drypoint, etching, and aquatint on laid paper.Reference: Tabanelli 43.From the total edition of 40 in the fo...

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Edgar CHAHINE - Un Chemineau - Drypoint on laid paper - 1899 - detail
$925

Un Chemineau

CHAHINE, Edgar

Drypoint on laid paper. Reference: Tabanelli 30. Proof of the third state (of four?), before steelfacing, and before the composition was brightened...

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Lucien Henry Grandgérard - Mon modèle - Drypoint - detail
$320

Mon Modèle

GRANDGERARD, Lucien Henri

Dry point etching on wove paper.Refs: Grandgérard 145; BnF IFF 14.Pencil signed and inscribed third state, 4/10 with the artist's monogram in faint...

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New Victor PROUVÉ - Oiseaux de Proie - Birds of Prey - Aquatint and etching - 1893 - detail
$470

Birds of Prey

PROUVE, Victor

Oiseaux de Proie (original French title) Aquatint and etching printed on tan wove paper.Etching and aquatint printed in olive-green on Arches laid ...

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Charles de BILLY - A l’Orgue - The Organ Rehearsal - After Henry Lerolle - detail
$630

The Organ Rehearsal

de BILLY, Charles

A l’Orgue (original French title) Etching on simili-japon paper. Reference: BnF-IFF, mentioned as missing from the Bibliothèques Nationale’s collec...

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Henri GUÉRARD - A Striker - Un Gréviste - Etching, roulette, drypoint - detail
$1,750

A Striker

GUERARD, Henri

Un Gréviste (original French title) Etching, roulette and drypoint printed in brown-black ink thick wove paper, before 1888. Reference: Bertin 45. ...

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