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Women

This is a selection of compositions in which the central figure is a woman.  Aside from landscapes, women have been the most enduring inspiration to artists in modern times.  Admittedly, the fact that the pursuit of art has been a male-dominated endeavor through most of history may explain this.  Still, it's a an ode to the elegance of women.
Gustave Marie-L'Ouvreuse-Maid and Opening Act-ink drawing-detail
$180

L'Ouvreuse

MARIE, Gustave

Ink and pencil on thick wove paper.A preparatory drawing (numbered "3"in blue crayon) for an unidentified publication.Monogrammed in ink in the ima...

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Olesya Dzhuraeva - In Mother's Hands detail
$350

In Mother’s Hands

DZHURAEVA, Olesya

Linocut on white wove paper. Edition of 30. Signed, titled and numbered “23/30” in pencil.  

Charles Emile JACQUE - Jeune Femme au Bain - Young Woman Bathing - Etching - after 1866  - detail
$500

Young Woman Bathing

JACQUE, Charles

Jeune Femme au Bain (original French title) Etching on laid paper, after 1866.Reference: Beraldi 423. In Rembrandtian tradition, Charles Jacque dra...

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Kenneth Hayes Miller - Two Models, one seated - Etching - detail
$170

Two Models, one seated

MILLER, Kenneth Hayes

Etching on wove paper.Initialed in the plate at lower left, and pencil signed at lower right.Sheet size: 8 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches.

Betram REIBEL - Figure Study - Wood engraving on thin wove Japan paper - 1962 - detail
$125

Figure Study

REIBEL, Bertram

Wood engraving on thin wove Japan paper. Printed as a New Year’s greetings card for Bertram and Ethel Reibel. The portfolio is included.Signed in p...

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August MOSCA - Seated Woman - Ink drawing on wove paper - 1960 - detail
$475

Seated Woman

MOSCA, August

Ink drawing on wove paper. An outline drawing, somewhat unusual for Mosca, who liked to shade his subjects. This ink composition is indebted to ear...

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William J. PATTERSON - Sleep - Etching and aquatint - trial proof - detail
$250

Sleep

PATTERSON, William J.

Etching and aquatint on wove paper. No known edition, but proofs exist including in the University of Syracuse Art Museum collection (see here). Si...

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Albert Barker - The Island - Lithograph - 1932 - detail Sold
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The Island

BARKER, Albert

Lithograph on wove paper. Reference: Barker 123. Edition of 31.Signed in pencil.  

Albert Barker - The Pool - Lithograph - 1932 - detail Sold
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The Pool

BARKER, Albert

Lithograph on wove paper. Reference: Barker 104. Edition of 40.Signed in pencil.  

Jacques VILLON - Le Potin - The Gossip - Aquatint and drypoint - 1904 - detail
$2,400

The Gossip

VILLON, Jacques

Le Potin (original French title) Aquatint and drypoint on wove paper. Reference: Ginestet et Pouillon 96. Undescribed state proof, between the firs...

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Rodolphe Bresdin - Intérieur Flamand - Flemish Interior - Etching on chine-collé - detail
$450

Flemish Interior

BRESDIN, Rodolphe

Intérieur Flamand (original French title)  Etching on chine-collé, circa 1856-1866.  Reference: Van Gelder 86, BN-IFF 32.  Dates for this etching, ...

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John De Martelly - Ride a Cock Horse -  Lithograph detail, 1939
$625

Ride a Cock Horse

DE MARTELLY, John Stockton

Lithograph printed on “GCM” wove paper.Reference: Windisch, Cole, and Herbaugh 324.Published by Associated American Artists (AAA), in an edition of...

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Theo van RYSSELBERGHE - Deux Danseuses - detail
$1,870

Deux Danseuses

RYSSELBERGHE, Théo Van

Etching printed in bistre on laid japon paper.Reference: Feltkamp 1894 - 001 /1. Very few impressions. We have only located one other one, printed ...

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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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Alexandre Lunois - Les Encheres - The Auction - female auctioneer about to sell a lot - detail
$350

The Auction

LUNOIS, Alexandre

Les Enchères (French title) Lithograph printed on wove chine paper. Reference: not listed in BN-IFF.It’s unclear that this composition was ever pri...

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Harold Anchel - Woman Knitting - Lithograph - detail
$900

Woman Knitting

ANCHEL, Harold

Lithograph on Rives wove paper, no date. Edition unknown, but likely small if any. Scarce.Signed in pencil.