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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.
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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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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Manuel Robbe - Les Mamans - The Mothers - color aquatint - detail
$750

The Mothers

ROBBE, Manuel

Les Mamans (original French title)  Color aquatint and drypoint printed on Arches laid paper.Reference: Merill Chase 56. Edition of 65, according t...

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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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Salvatore Pinto - Ballerina - dancer seated - wood engraving - detail
$600

Ballerina

PINTO, Salvatore

Wood engraving on laid japon volant paper. Edition unknown. Scarce. Pinto depicted ballerinas both in print and in painting. They usually do not re...

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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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