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It's a powerful work of art.\u003cbr\u003e Framed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LETUAIRE, Pierre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12822077276202,"sku":"","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/Pierre_Letuaire_-_Homme_Bestial_-_man_s_face_-_ink_drawing_-_detail.jpg?v=1533833584"},{"product_id":"small-cloudy-landscape","title":"Small Cloudy Landscape","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePetit Paysage Nuageux\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e (original French title)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eGraphite on card stock paper.\u003cbr\u003eSigned twice, in pencil, lower left, and scratched, lower right.\u003cbr\u003eA very fine drawing, in very good condition for its age.  The surface undisturbed, aside from a few minute scuffs in the sky, barely noticeable in raking 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This design, which the artist seemingly intended to use for his own book collection was possibly never actually reproduced and used.\u003cbr\u003eSigned in his usual lower case “elaboureur” in pencil on the verso.  There is also a mention of his address “e. laboureur, 83 bis Rue Notre Dame des Champs”, also in pencil on the verso, and seemingly in the hand of the artist. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LABOUREUR, Jean-Emile","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38145419903175,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/products\/Jean-EmileLaboureur-ExLibrisE.Laboureur-Inkandpenciloncardstock-detail.jpg?v=1611959851"},{"product_id":"through-the-window-they-could-see-dr-barton","title":"Through the window they could see Dr. Barton","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"margin: 0in; background: white; vertical-align: baseline;\" class=\"paragraph\" data-mce-style=\"margin: 0in; 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Acquired directly from the Bracquemond family around the time of the death Marie and Félix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BRACQUEMOND, Marie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43969398178028,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/MarieBracquemond-StudyforArchitecture-darwing-detail.jpg?v=1695963271"},{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-young-woman","title":"Portrait of a Young Woman","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePencil with pale-blue touches on board. \u003cbr\u003eProvenance: collection Mrs. Ernest Haskell, Jr; exhibited at Crocker Art Gallery in 1976 retrospective, Sacramento CA (see label).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaper residue on the verso from having been taken off a prior mount. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HASKELL, Ernest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44366536343788,"sku":"","price":775.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/ErnestHASKELL-PortraitofaYoungWoman-detail.jpg?v=1706827544"},{"product_id":"waves-clouds-and-gulls","title":"Waves, Clouds, and Gulls","description":"Very fine pen and black ink drawing on wove paper, no date.\u003cbr\u003eThis drawing was created for reproduction, but its purpose is as of yet not identified. Annotated by the artist in ink, in the lower margin \"This drawing to be kept clean + returned to \u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eErnest Haskell\u003c\/u\u003e after reproduction\". \u003cbr\u003eInitialed in ink in the upper image corners.","brand":"HASKELL, Ernest","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44366542831852,"sku":"","price":700.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/ErnestHASKELL-WavesCloudsandGulls-detail1.jpg?v=1706828063"},{"product_id":"une-mere-et-sa-fille-dans-la-neige","title":"Une Mère et Sa Fille dans la Neige","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack crayon and watercolor on tan laid paper.\u003cbr\u003eThis is a preliminary drawing for a color woodcut on page 53 of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaysages et Coins de Rues\u003c\/em\u003e, Jean Richepin, Paris, 1900 (see image in the \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBibliothèque Nationale \u003c\/em\u003ecollection \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k10495083\/f81.item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/gallica.bnf.fr\/ark:\/12148\/bpt6k10495083\/f81.item\"\u003eHERE\u003c\/a\u003e). Monogrammed in pencil. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LEPERE, Auguste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44366624620780,"sku":"","price":1140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/AugusteLEPERE-MotherandDaughterWinter-detail.jpg?v=1706829416"},{"product_id":"etude-trois-tetes-dafricaine","title":"Etude, Trois Têtes d'Africaine","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePencil on wove paper, affixed in four corners onto another sheet.\u003cbr\u003eWe have not been able to ascertain whether this was a study after a master or an original study sheet for a painting.  \u003cbr\u003eBearing the sale stamp (Lugt 3738), Monaco, December 6, 1987. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GORGUET, Auguste-Francois","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44366648082668,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/Auguste-FrancoisGORGUET-StudiesofAfricanHeads-detail.jpg?v=1706830390"},{"product_id":"mother-and-child-feeding-the-swans","title":"Mother and Child Feeding the Swans","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack crayon, colored pencil, pastel, with white gouache highlights on wove paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePossibly related to an unidentified print. A very fine drawing by the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigned in pencil. Dated \"16 mai 07\" in ink in the lower right sheet edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProvenance: Auguste Tricaud, Paris, with his monogram stamp (Lugt 182). Tricaud was a prominent collector of the work of Félicien Rops and Louis Legrand. An unusually fine provenance for such an fine drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOld hinges and glue dots on the verso, in the lower left sheet corner leading to a small area of paper loss. These conditions not affecting the quality of the image. The sheet and the colors remain very fresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNOTE: THIS WORK IS ON HOLD FOR A \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/1drv.ms\/f\/s!Aq-H3gFe-Fxenst2AACzi4huYirFLQ?e=webAVb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eCLIENT\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCONTACT US TO DISCUSS AVAILABILITY.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LEGRAND, Louis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44923765227756,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/LouisLEGRAND-MotherandChildFeedingtheSwanns-crayonpencilpastelgouachedrawing-1907-detail.jpg?v=1713392395"},{"product_id":"une-violoniste","title":"Une Violoniste","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBlack crayon, colored pencil, and pastel on wove paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUnrelated to any print by the artist; likely an idea that never really went any further, though it is possible that it was used for an illustration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSigned in pencil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSmall area of paper loss in the left sheet edge, well away from the image. Traces of glue mount the verso along the sheet edges. Neither condition affecting the quality of the image. The sheet and the colors remain very fresh.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LEGRAND, Louis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44923804090604,"sku":"","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/LouisLEGRAND-UneVioloniste-crayonpencilpasteldrawing-circa1905-detail.jpg?v=1713393355"},{"product_id":"cafe-scene","title":"Cafe Scene","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003ePencil, ink, and watercolor sketch on thin wove paper. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInitialed in pencil, lower left. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eWith an unidentified butterfly collector's mark in the lower right sheet corner. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\" class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eDrawn to the sheet's edges. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003eFlattened fold visible in the back jacket of the man facing away from us. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ELZINGER, Edouard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45044216398060,"sku":"","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/EdouardELZINGER-CafeScene-Pencil_ink_andwatercolorsketch-detail.jpg?v=1714587647"},{"product_id":"tree-study-nanuet-ny","title":"Tree Study, Nanuet, NY","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; 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font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eOriginal drawing, black crayon, with colored pencil, and ink on tan wove paper. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 315.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eThis preparatory drawing illustrates a poem titled \"Promenade\" by Louis Marsolleau (1864-1935), which was created to be reproduced and published in \"Le Gil Blas Illustré\", May 15, 1890 (number 20, second year), see additional image online. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 315.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eWhile quick sketches by Steinlen come to market all the time, elaborate drawings like these are scarce. Steinlen sets the scene of the poem, with the most beautiful and elegant couple being gawked at by the \"lyceens érotiques\" and the \"sergents de ville doubles\". We are unmistakably in Paris at the end of the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, complete with a horse-drawn omnimbus headed our way, stray dogs in the lower left, and a Morris column in the background. Steinlen even sketches the two chaperones, both wearing top hats and steering the lecherous column of cadets. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 315.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"\u003eSigned in ink. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"tab-stops: 315.0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"STEINLEN, Theophile Alexandre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45702197575916,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/TheophileAlexandreSTEINLEN-Promenade-blackcrayon_coloredpencil_ink-1892-detail.jpg?v=1725837498"},{"product_id":"design-no-8-for-knife-plate","title":"Design No. 8 for Knife Plate","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreparatory drawings for dessert plates, for a table service created for and presented at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, for the Pillivuyt manufactory, in Mehun-sur-Yèvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSheet (each): 18 ⅞ x 13 inches. Image diameter (each): 11 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNOTE: In 2013 Armstrong Fine Art acquired about 30 drawings by Jules-Auguste Habert-Dys (1850-1930). Habert-Dys was commissioned by the Pillivuyt manufactory, in Mehun-sur-Yèvre, to create a homogeneous ensemble of preparatory drawings for a table service. These working drawings, which counted in the dozens at the very least, were transformed into a ceramic service, which was presented at the 1889 Parisian Exposition, to critical acclaim. At the time of our acquisition of these works of art, we collaborated on the publication of a catalog written by Dr. Gabriel P. Weisberg, professor at the University of Minnesota, MN, and focused on a few months in the career of the decorative arts master. Habert-Dys had been seeped in the rich French tradition of ceramics, working for the likes of Sèvres, the National Manufactory of porcelain. He was thus closely acquainted with artists such as Félix Bracquemond and Théodore Deck, both active for many years at Sèvres.\u003cbr\u003eWhile about half of our drawings sold, including 10 being acquired by the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, NL), a number stayed in our possession. These drawings have remained shielded from light for most of their life and retain exquisitely saturated colors. The designs are very forward thinking for their time, showing the way toward Art Nouveau. They are also attractive artistic objects, and rival in beauty actual ceramics of high quality of the late 19th century, due to their excellent condition of conservation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HABERT-DYS, Jules-Auguste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45777909350636,"sku":"","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/Jules-Auguste_HABERT-DYS_-_Assiette_a_Couteau_no_8_-_Knife_Plate_8_-_drawing_-_1889_Paris_Exposition_-_Pillivuyt_-_1_-_detail1.jpg?v=1732144308"},{"product_id":"design-no-8-for-knife-plate-copy","title":"Design No. 7 for a Knife Plate","description":"\u003cp\u003ePreparatory drawings for dessert plates, for a table service created for and presented at the 1889 Exposition Universelle in Paris, for the Pillivuyt manufactory, in Mehun-sur-Yèvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSheet (each): 18 ⅞ x 13 inches. Image diameter (each): 11 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNOTE: In 2013 Armstrong Fine Art acquired about 30 drawings by Jules-Auguste Habert-Dys (1850-1930). Habert-Dys was commissioned by the Pillivuyt manufactory, in Mehun-sur-Yèvre, to create a homogeneous ensemble of preparatory drawings for a table service. These working drawings, which counted in the dozens at the very least, were transformed into a ceramic service, which was presented at the 1889 Parisian Exposition, to critical acclaim. At the time of our acquisition of these works of art, we collaborated on the publication of a catalog written by Dr. Gabriel P. Weisberg, professor at the University of Minnesota, MN, and focused on a few months in the career of the decorative arts master. Habert-Dys had been seeped in the rich French tradition of ceramics, working for the likes of Sèvres, the National Manufactory of porcelain. He was thus closely acquainted with artists such as Félix Bracquemond and Théodore Deck, both active for many years at Sèvres.\u003cbr\u003eWhile about half of our drawings sold, including 10 being acquired by the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, NL), a number stayed in our possession. These drawings have remained shielded from light for most of their life and retain exquisitely saturated colors. The designs are very forward thinking for their time, showing the way toward Art Nouveau. They are also attractive artistic objects, and rival in beauty actual ceramics of high quality of the late 19th century, due to their excellent condition of conservation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HABERT-DYS, Jules-Auguste","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45777909973228,"sku":null,"price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/Jules-Auguste_HABERT-DYS_-_Assiette_a_Couteau_no_7_-_Knife_Plate_7_-_drawing_-_1889_Paris_Exposition_-_Pillivuyt_-_detail.jpg?v=1732143630"},{"product_id":"study-for-architecture-1","title":"Study for “Architecture”","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eConté crayon on chiné pinkish-cream wove paper, circa 1878. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudy for one of the figures in \u003ci\u003eLes Muses des Arts\u003c\/i\u003e, a ceramic tile\u003cbr\u003edecor created for the 1878 Paris Exposition, for Haviland. Sheet: 15 x 10 ¼ inches. \u003cbr\u003eProv: Sagot-Le Garrec, Paris. Acquired from the family of the artist. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHaviland manufactory, the same ceramic manufacturer that produced the famous \u003ci\u003eService Rousseau\u003c\/i\u003e created by her husband Félix Bracquemond, commissioned Marie to create a large decorative painted ceramic tile panel to be displayed at the 1878 Universal Exposition in Paris. Our preparatory drawing was used as a model to the left side panel. The overall composition, which was titled \u003ci\u003eLes Muses des Arts\u003c\/i\u003e, comprised one central tableau and two side panels. There are traces of the existence of this ambitious creation, which measured 3 by 7 meters (circa 10 x 23 feet), but its whereabouts today are unknown (contact us for a visual reference). Most of the architecture for the 1878 expositions has been destroyed; only the \u003ci\u003eGrand Palais\u003c\/i\u003e remains. This work of art may very well be lost today. It was likely the most monumental work Marie Bracquemond ever created and was certainly regarded as her most important public masterpiece. \u003cbr\u003eDespite being an accomplished and inspired painter, Marie Bracquemond’s work did not receive widespread attention during her lifetime. Museums are today acquiring her work to rectify this injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BRACQUEMOND, Marie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45873380327660,"sku":"","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/MarieBracquemond-StudyforComedie-darwing-LesMusesdesArts-detail.jpg?v=1730564288"},{"product_id":"prostitute-with-a-dog-on-a-leash","title":"Prostitute with a Dog on a Leash","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eGraphite on wove paper, circa 1925.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003ePreparatory and transfer drawing for a lithograph, with clear transfer indication on the verso. This is very likely a rejected composition for a series of lithograph titled \"Maisons\" from 1925 (Published by Gustave Pellet, Paris). A very similar composition, but with a black woman instead of \"our\" white subject, is included in this set.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eWe add an impression of the lithograph (printed on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003echine\u003c\/i\u003e paper) which\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003e resulted from this drawing, and which does not seem to have ever been published. Sheet size: 8 ½ x 13 inches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eThe nude masked woman is barely controlling the dog which seems to be as excited as they get. The pair has seemingly just walked into the room, their intent open for interpretation. We are, however, not left guessing about what goes on in this place: a bed can be seen reflected in the mirror, above a sink, which in the lithograph is accompanied by a bidet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eProvenance: sold at the estate sales of Maurice Exsteens (Bern, 1962) who had inherited the collection of his father-in-law, Gustave Pellet.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VERTES, Marcel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46108144828652,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/MarcelVERTES-ProstitutewithaDogonaLeash-circa1925-detail.jpg?v=1737006485"},{"product_id":"bust-of-a-woman-reclining-in-bed-bare-chested","title":"Bust of a Woman Reclining in Bed, Bare-Chested","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eSilverpoint on thick smooth wove paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eThe sitter for this drawing is unknown and it is unclear as yet whether Mosca worked with the same models frequently. Beyond his predilection for urban imagery, Mosca clearly enjoyed figure drawing. In this genre, nudes of women are prevalent, which is not surprising given he was particularly skilled at depicting the human body. While this is no longer a must for many artists today, when Mosca came of age, drawing the human form with precision was still a skill one was required to learn in art school. Clearly he took to this practice like a fish to water. He went as far as to note on one of his extant self-portraits the following exclamation: “Ah! Drawing!”. Clearly, working on drawings such as these was a joy for the artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eSigned, dated, and annotated “silverpoint” in silverpoint below the bedsheet’s edge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MOSCA, August","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46767015428332,"sku":null,"price":525.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/AugustMOSCA-BustofaWomanReclininginBed_Bare-Chested-Silverpoint-1964-detail_a47b805f-e987-4966-87b3-80540fe764f4.jpg?v=1756391441"},{"product_id":"one-way","title":"One Way","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eGraphite drawing on textured wove paper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eThis composition was also painted in larger format around the same time; the painting is extant but its whereabouts unknown at present. This drawing, however, was most definitely intended to be used as a transfer drawing for a lithograph that never came to be. While the painting has the one-way sign in the right direction, the drawing has it in mirror-image, clearly intended to be transferred to stone as such, so as to print right-sided. Mosca, who tended to used mostly smooth papers for his drawings, used a textured sheet for this one, mimicking the grain of the lithographic stone. Several of Mosca’s modernist cityscapes were made into lithographs, seemingly later in the late 1970s.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext; background: white;\"\u003eSigned and dated in pencil below the composition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; background: white;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MOSCA, August","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46767159574764,"sku":null,"price":575.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/AugustMOSCA-OneWay-Graphitedrawingontexturedwovepaper-1947-detail.jpg?v=1756328839"},{"product_id":"louvreuse","title":"L'Ouvreuse","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eInk and pencil on thick wove paper.\u003cbr\u003eA preparatory drawing (numbered \"3\"in blue crayon) for an unidentified publication.\u003cbr\u003eMonogrammed in ink in the image. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MARIE, Gustave","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398261981420,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2654\/1544\/files\/GustaveMarie-L_Ouvreuse-MaidandOpeningAct-inkdrawing-detail.jpg?v=1773758971"}],"url":"https:\/\/armstrongfineart.com\/collections\/drawings\/subject_prostitution.oembed","provider":"Armstrong Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}