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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.
John De Martelly - Ride a Cock Horse - Lithograph detail, 1939 Sold
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Ride a Cock Horse

DE MARTELLY, John Stockton

Lithograph printed on “GCM” wove paper.Reference: Zink 56.Published by Associated American Artists (AAA), New York.Signed in pencil. This is a de...

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Mariette Lydis - Plate from Poemes by Sappho - Poems - tribbing - tribadism - detail Sold
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Plate from Sappho

LYDIS, Mariette

Etching on simili-japon wove paper, with a touch of hand coloring. Plate from Poèmes by Sappho, illustrated by Lydis, and published in Paris for an...

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Will Barnet - Porch - Waiting - woodcut on Japanese paper - 1937 - detail Sold
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Porch - Waiting

BARNET, Will

Woodcut on Japanese paper.Reference: Cole 50.One of 15 impressions printed in 1937 by the artist.  An edition of 60, plus 18 proofs was published b...

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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.  

Gerald Brockhurst - Una - Etching - detail
$750

Una

BROCKHURST, Gerald

Etching on wove paper. Reference: Fletcher 65. Artist’s proof from the tenth and final state, aside from the edition. Signed in pencil and annotate...

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William Lee-Hankey - Nachante - mother and daughter - drypoint - detail
$500

Nachante

LEE-HANKEY, William

William LEE-HANKEY (1869-1952) Nachante Etching and drypoint on wove paper, circa 1920.Reference: presumably Hardie 179, but unverified.Edition unk...

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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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Boris Love-Lorski - Profile of a Woman - detail
$425

Profile of a Woman

LOVET-LORSKI, Boris

Lithograph on Montval laid paper, 1929.Edition 250. Printed by Adolphe Braun & Co, Paris.Signed in pencil. This composition has a particularly ...

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Jacques Villon, Le Femme au Piano, d’après Marcel Gromaire (original French title) Color etching and aquatint on thick wove paper, 1928-29. Sold
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Woman at the Piano

VILLON, Jacques

 Le Femme au Piano, d’après Marcel Gromaire (original French title) Color etching and aquatint on thick wove paper.References: Ginestet & Pouil...

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Emil Ganso - Model Standing - The Print Club of Cleveland - nude women from behind - hips Sold
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Model Standing

GANSO, Emil

Etching and aquatint on wove paper, 1935.Reference: Smith I-8c.Edition of 250, as issued by The Print Club of Cleveland.Signed in pencil. 

Emil Ganso - Studio Mirror - dual tone wood engraving - nude woman standing mirror - wide hip fetish art - detail1 Sold
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Studio Mirror

GANSO, Emil

Dual-tone wood engraving on wove paper.Reference: Smith R-77.Exact edition unknown, but less than 200.Published by American Artists Group, New York...

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Gerald Brockhurst - Le Beguin - The Bonnet - Annais - detail Sold
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The Bonnet - Anais

BROCKHURST, Gerald

Le Beguin – Anais (original French title) Etching on laid Van Gelder Zonen paper.Reference: Fletcher 33.Second state of four, before the plate was ...

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Michel Fingesten - Woman's Head - drypoint Sold
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Woman's Face

FINGESTEN, Michel

Michel FINGESTEN (1884-1943) Mezzotint rocker or roulette & drypoint on laid paper.Edition of 50.Signed and numbered in pencil.A very fine impr...

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