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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.

Prosper Alphonse Isaac - Coq au Repos -  Mokuchu Urushibara - bois en couleurs - detail
$1,300

Rooster at Rest

ISAAC, Prosper-Alphonse

Coq au Repos (French title) Color woodcut (woodblock print in Japanese manner, with water-based inks) on thin laid Japan paper, circa 1908-1912.One...

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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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Eva Auld Watson - Jungle Peace - color woodcut - fine art Christmas greeting card - detail
$750

Jungle Peace

WATSON, Eva Auld

Color woodcut on Japan paper, no date. Edition of 75.Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. The sheet was folded on the left side, on purpose, to b...

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