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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.
Donald Shaw MacLAUGHLAN - The Pool, London - detail
$475

The Pool, London

MacLAUGHLAN, Donald Shaw

Etching on laid paper. References: Bruette/Roullier 154 i/ii, LOC 181. Signed in pencil. Cut to the platemark (very likely by the artist). 

Albert BESNARD - La Tasse de The - detail Sold
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La Tasse de Thé

BESNARD, Paul Albert

Etching and aquatint on laid paper. References: Godefroy/Delteil 15 iv/vi, Coppier 12.Before the plate was cut down laterally by almost two inches....

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Félix BRACQUEMOND - Brumes du Matin - Etching, drypoint, and aquatint - 1882 -detail
$1,555

Brumes du Matin

BRACQUEMOND, Felix

Etching, drypoint, and aquatint on thin laid MBM paper. Reference: Beraldi 779 iv/v. From the series titled "Six eaux fortes", published in 1887. S...

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Charles MAURIN - Street in Montmartre - Etching and aquatint - detail
$625

Street in Montmartre

MAURIN, Charles

Etching and aquatint on wove paper.  Likely one of the artist's early etchings, which often depicted "La Butte Montmartre" and its picturesque stre...

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Jacques VILLON - Le Potin - The Gossip - Aquatint and drypoint - 1904 - detail
$2,400

The Gossip

VILLON, Jacques

Le Potin (original French title) Aquatint and drypoint on wove paper. Reference: Ginestet et Pouillon 96. Undescribed state proof, between the firs...

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Felix Bracquemond - Les Mouettes - etching - detail
$2,400

Les Mouettes

BRACQUEMOND, Felix

Etching on laid paper. Ref: Béraldi 223 iii/iv. Third state of four, before some darker clouds were added in the sky and some touch ups throughout ...

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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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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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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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