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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.
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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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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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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Edouard Vuillard - Paysages et Interieurs - La Cuisinière - Douze Lithographies en Couleurs - detail Sold
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The Cook

VUILLARD, Edouard

La Cuisinière (original French title) Color lithograph printed on China paper.From the portfolio Landscapes and Interiors - Paysages et Intérieurs ...

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Louis LEGRAND - Au Bar - In the Bar - Drypoint, 1908 - detail Sold
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In the Bar

LEGRAND, Louis

Au Bar (original French title) Drypoint on simili-japon paper.Reference:  Exsteens 260 ; Arwas 352. Edition of 30.  Scarce. Published by Gustave Pe...

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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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Paul Bellugue - El Garron - Restaurant Soupers - Theatre des Deux Masques - Palermo - detail Sold
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El Garron

BELLUGUE, Paul

Drawing in conté-crayon, pencil, on thick card stock.Likely a project for a poster or an advertisement, for a famous venue in Paris. El Garron, whi...

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John Kacere - Portrait of Joan - Studio Print - etching - profile sketch - detail Sold
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Portrait of Joan

KACERE, John

Etching printed in black in with warm plate tone on wove paper, 1948. Edition unknown, but certainly small, if any was printed at all.  This one a ...

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Reynold Weidenaar - Reverie - mezzoting - nude women looks like a pepper - detail
$900

Reverie

WEIDENAAR, Reynold

Mezzotint printed in black ink on laid paper.Edition of 250.  Rather scarce today.Published by Associated American Artists, New York.Signed and tit...

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Ann Chernow - Mood Indigo - Etching - woman at night at table with lamp - detail
$300

Mood Indigo

CHERNOW, Ann

Aquatint and etching printed in dark bluish-black ink on wove paper. Edition of 12. Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil. 

Carl E Pickhardt - Nude - lithograph - nude woman torso - detail
$150

Standing Nude

PICKHARDT, Carl E

Lithograph on Basingwerk Parchment paper.Edition unknown, but certainly not large.Signed and titled in pencil.

Carl E.  Pickhardt - The Heart Symbol - lithograph - abstract cubism female nude - detail
$150

The Heart Symbol

PICKHARDT, Carl E

Lithograph on Basingwerk Parchment paper.Edition unknown, but certainly not large.Signed and titled in pencil.