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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.
Alfredo Muller - Cleo de Merode - chignon style chapeau - detail Sold
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Cléo de Mérode

MULLER, Alfredo

Color aquatint and soft-ground etching on wove paper, 1900.Reference: Koehl E110.Edition of 50.Signed and numbered in pencil. Cléo de Mérode (1875-...

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Edgar Chahine - Vieille Femme - drypoint - downtrodden - vie lamentable - detail Sold
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Old Woman

CHAHINE, Edgar

Vieille Femme (original French title)Drypoint, etching, and aquatint on laid paper.Reference: Tabanelli 43. From the total edition of 40 in the sec...

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Georges de FEURE - Femme Fleur - Flower Woman - Color lithograph - 1895 - detail
$1,200

Flower Woman

DE FEURE, Georges

Femme Fleur (French title) Color lithograph on thin, smooth, tan wove paper, circa 1895.No known edition. We have yet to find another impression of...

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Raoul Du GARDIER - Bathers - Baigneuses - Color etching and aquatint - 1912 - detail Sold
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Bathers

DU GARDIER, Raoul

Baigneuses (original French title) Color etching and aquatint on laid Arches paper.Reference: listed as missing in BN-IFF. Edition of 50, but quite...

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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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Armand Rassenfosse - Femme Assise - L'Estampe Nouvelle - detail Sold
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Seated Woman

RASSENFOSSE, Armand

Femme Assise (original French title) Soft-ground etching, and aquatint in color printed on simili-japon, 1903. Edition of 50.Published by "L'Estamp...

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The Farmer’s Daughter
$375

The Farmer’s Daughter

MENPES, Mortimer

Drypoint (possibly etching) printed in black on F.J.H. Menpes laid paper, n.d. Edition unknown, but very likely small.Signed in pencil.   

Toshi Yoshida - Nude Seated Figure - woodblock print - Sosaku Hanga - detail Sold
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Seated Figure

YOSHIDA, Toshi

Woodblock print, color woodcut, printed on Japan wove paper. Edition unknown, but certainly small.  Toshi Yoshida first created prints in the Shin-...

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Helen Hyde - The Bath - Japanese Mother in Kimono holding bare baby over wooden wash tub - detail
$1,100

The Bath

HYDE, Helen

Color woodcut on very thin wove Japan paper. Ref: Mason & Mason 59.This composition is used as the back cover illustration for the Masons' book...

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Rico ARAI - Beauty with Roses and Vine - signed mezzotint Sold
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Beauty with Roses and Vine

ARAI, Ryoh

Color mezzotint on wove paper, no date.  Proof aside from an unknown edition. Signed and annotated in pencil.   

Louis McCLELLAN POTTER A Young Bedouin Color aquatint on wove paper circa 1900 detail
$1,400

A Young Bedouin

McCLELLAN POTTER, Louis

Color aquatint on wove paper. Edition unknown, but certainly small, like all the artist’s work. A small paper tab (which we add), handwritten in th...

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Jean PUY - Femme Endormie - Sleeping Woman - Ink wash drawing - detail Sold
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Sleeping Woman

PUY, Jean

Femme Endormie (descriptive French title) Ink brush drawing on dark-gray laid paper.  Signed in ink in the image.  A magnificent sketch, drawn by b...

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