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Recent Old Stories

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.

Dream of Worship
$700

Dream of Worship

VON ESSEN, Hein

Droom der Aanbidden (original Dutch title) Etching and aquatint printed on thick tan wove paper.Two states, one without the background of the sun’s...

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Prosper Alphonse Isaac - Off to Japan - manner of Japanese woodblock print - circa 1922 - detail Sold
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Off to Japan!

ISAAC, Prosper-Alphonse

Color woodcut (woodblock print in Japanese manner, with water-based inks) on laid Japan paper, 1922 (?).No other impression is known of this print ...

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Lillian SCALZO - Halted - Woodcut printed on very thin Japan paper - football scrimmage Sold
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Halted

SCALZO, Lillian

Woodcut printed on very thin Japan paper, no date.  There is no stated edition, and this print may very well be a unique impression.  Signed and ti...

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Shirley RUSSELL - Hibiscus - Color woodcut
$975

Hibiscus

RUSSELL, Shirley

Color woodcut or woodblock print on Japan laid paper, no date. There seems to be no stated edition for this print. Likely from a small group of col...

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