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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.
Félix VALLOTTON - The Latest Fashion - Dernière nouveauté - Lithograph - 1893 (B)
$1,200

The Latest Fashion

VALLOTTON, Felix

Dernière nouveauté (original French title) Lithograph printed on smooth wove paper. Reference: Vallotton et Goerg 44.Edition of 100.Reproduced in L...

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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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Ethel Gabain - The West Wind - lithograph of a woman sitting on a stone wall outside - detail Sold
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The West Wind

GABAIN, Ethel

Lithograph on thin laid paper.Reference: Wright 152.Edition of 36. Scarce.Signed in pencil.

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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Kenneth Hayes Miller- At the Dressing Table - Pen and ink drawing - 1929 - detail
$460

At the Dressing Table

MILLER, Kenneth Hayes

Pen and ink drawing on laid paper with partial illegible watermark.Signed and dated in ink within the image.Provenance: Sylvan Cole Gallery, New Yo...

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August MOSCA - Naiad - Lithograph printed in two colors - 1969 - detail
$175

Naiad

MOSCA, August

Lithograph printed in two colors on wove paper. Artist’s proof, aside from an edition of 100. An elegant outline drawing in black is overlaid with ...

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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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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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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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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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James Jacques Tissot - Le Banc de Jardin - Garden Bench - mezzotint - 1er etat - first state - rich burr - detail1 Sold
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The Garden Bench

TISSOT, James

Le Banc de Jardin (original French title) Mezzotint printed in warm black ink on thick wove paper.Reference: Wentworth 75.Extremely scarce early st...

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woman resting with hat in her lap - lithograph by Gustave Leheutre
$1,200

Resting

LEHEUTRE, Gustave

Gustave LEHEUTRE (1861-1932) Le Repos (original French title) Lithograph printed in four colors on laid japon paper, 1896.References: Delteil 134; ...

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Alfredo Muller - La Nonchalante - nonchalant - book on bed - greyhound - color aquatint etching Sold
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Nonchalant

MULLER, Alfredo

La Nonchalante (original French title) Color aquatint and drypoint on laid paper, 1903.Reference: Koehl E153.From the edition of 50 published by Ed...

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Edgar Chahine - Germaine de face en buste - modern woman portrait - Tabanelli 293 - drypoint Sold
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Germaine de Face en Buste

CHAHINE, Edgar

Drypoint. Ref: Tabanelli 293. Second state of two. Edition of 50. Signed and numbered "ep 3/50" in pencil. With drystamp of Sagot (Lugt 2254).

Edgar Chahine - Contraste - two women at bar - Tabanelli 25 - drypoint
$1,600

Contrast

CHAHINE, Edgar

Contraste (original French title) Drypoint printed on thick wove paper.Reference: Tabanelli 25.One of few artists proofs in the second state of two...

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Edgar Chahine - Carmen - stylish woman leaning with umbrella - Tabanelli 126 - drypoint Sold
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Carmen

CHAHINE, Edgar

Drypoint printed on Arches laid paper. Reference: Tabanelli 126. One of only a handful impressions of this print, for which there was no edition. S...

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