Each old work of art has stories to reveal. In addition to esthetics, that is what draws is to art from the past. When I started working for Richard Reed Armstrong Fine Art in 1998 most everything was sold at in-person shows or over the phone. All our sales were predicated on an exchange of stories. Today more than half the sales happen online, without much conversation at all. In an effort to share my side of the story, I have been adding short comments about what I see in a work of art I list online. Increasingly, when you click on an image that intrigues you, you will find at least some context about that particular work. Here are a few such works.
Embossed leather, hand-colored, circa 1900. Unique. This highly unusual work is the result of chiseling into a sheet of leather, which was then sh...
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Lithograph on thin wove paper, 1921. Reference: Mason 79.Printed by Bolton Brown, as is seemingly the case of the whole edition.Edition of 45, scar...
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L’Alsace… (original French title) Aquatint printed in blue ink, with a touch of red in the cockade on simili-Japan paper, April 1916. One of 8 impr...
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Un Conte de Noël (original French title) Color etching and aquatint on wove paper, no date. An artist’s proof. Edition unknown. Cautiously a man le...
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Femmes d’Ouessant (original French title) Aquatint with touches of drypoint printed in color à la poupée on simili-japon paper. Reference: Gineste...
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La Visitation à la Villa Montrouge (original French title) Color lithograph on smooth wove paper.Reference: Cailler 94; Una Johnson 30.Plate from L...
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