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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.
Will Barnet - Porch - Waiting - woodcut on Japanese paper - 1937 - detail Sold
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Porch - Waiting

BARNET, Will

Woodcut on Japanese paper.Reference: Cole 50.One of 15 impressions printed in 1937 by the artist.  An edition of 60, plus 18 proofs was published b...

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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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Alessandro Mastro-Valerio - In the Space - wood engraving nude - detail, 1944 Sold
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In the Space

MASTRO-VALERIO, Alessandro

Wood engraving on smooth wove paper.Presentation print no. 26 print from The Woodcut Society, Alexandria, VA.Complete, with the original presentati...

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Salvatore Pinto - Ballerina - dancer seated - wood engraving - detail
$600

Ballerina

PINTO, Salvatore

Wood engraving on laid japon volant paper. Edition unknown. Scarce. Pinto depicted ballerinas both in print and in painting. They usually do not re...

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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.   

Louis Lozowick - Green Mansions - Lithograph - detail
$900

Green Mansions

LOZOWICK, Louis

Lithograph on wove paper. Reference: Flint 217. Edition of 15.  Signed in pencil.   

Mary Cassatt - Helene of Septeuil or Enfant au Perroquet - detail
$4,800

Child with a Parrot

CASSATT, Mary

Hélène of Septeuil or Enfant au Perroquet Drypoint on laid Van Gelder paper, c. 1890. Reference: Breeskin 134. Very likely a fourth state of five, ...

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