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Woodcuts in France

There is sometimes an assumption that French printmakers didn't work much in wood.  This may be influenced by the assumption that, at the same time the Germans created woodcuts almost exclusively.  Both assumptions are false, and we'll at least disprove that former assumption.
Jules Chadel - Tete de Chat - color woodcut with mica ink - Japan - 1918 - detail Sold
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Head of a Cat

CHADEL, Jules

Jules CHADEL (1870-1941) Tête de Chat (original French title) Woodcut printed in four colors, including the background printed in gray metallic mic...

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René QUILLIVIC - La Prière du Soir - Woodcut on laid japan paper - 1919 - detail Sold
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La Prière du Soir

QUILLIVIC, René

Woodcut on laid japan paper. Edition of 50, but scarce, as are all of Quillivic's prints. Signed and numbered in pencil. 

René QUILLIVIC - Devant Dieu - Woodcut on laid japan paper - 1919 detail Sold
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Devant Dieu

QUILLIVIC, René

Woodcut on laid japan paper. Edition of 50, but scarce, as are all of Quillivic's prints. Signed and numbered in pencil. 

Felix Vallotton - A Vingt Ans - young soldiers lined - drill sergeant - detail Sold
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Twenty Years Old

VALLOTTON, Felix

A Vingt Ans (original French title) Woodcut on wove paper, 1894.Reference: Vallotton & Georg 134a.Edition of 75.Signed and numbered in blue pen...

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Prosper Alphonse Isaac - Coq au Repos -  Mokuchu Urushibara - bois en couleurs - detail Sold
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Rooster at Rest

ISAAC, Prosper-Alphonse

Coq au Repos (French title) Color woodcut (woodblock print in Japanese manner, with water-based inks) on thin laid Japan paper, circa 1908-1912.One...

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Prosper Alphonse Isaac - Tete de Coq - manner of Japanese woodblock print - bois en couleurs - detail
$950

Rooster’s Head

ISAAC, Prosper-Alphonse

Tête de Coq (original French title) Color woodcut (woodblock print in Japanese manner, with water-based inks) on laid Japan paper, circa 1908-1912....

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Prosper Alphonse Isaac - Off to Japan - manner of Japanese woodblock print - circa 1922 - detail Sold
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Off to Japan!

ISAAC, Prosper-Alphonse

Color woodcut (woodblock print in Japanese manner, with water-based inks) on laid Japan paper, 1922 (?).No other impression is known of this print ...

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Jacques BELTRAND - La Tamise à Londres - The Thames in London - detail
$900

The Thames in London

BELTRAND, Jacques

La Tamise à Londres (original French title) Woodcut “en camaieu” (black, gray, and pale-blue) on thin laid Japan paper.Reference: BN-IFF 86.Two imp...

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Henri CHAPRONT - L’Ondine - The Unidine - Woodcut - Dark blue and brown - detail
$300

The Unidine

CHAPRONT, Henry

L’Ondine (original French title)  Woodcut printed in two tones on laid Japan paper.Edition of 30 or 50. The numbering on two known impressions is h...

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Guerard - Tete de Porc - final state - B316 - detail Sold
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Pig Head

GUERARD, Henri

Tête de Porc (original French title) Woodcut on wove paper, n.d.Reference: Bertin 316. Second state, after the background was removed.Signed in ink...

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Henry Chapront - Notre Dame Des Soirs - orange variant - detail
$300

Our Lady of the Night

CHAPRONT, Henry

Notre-Dame des Soirs (original French title) Color woodcut on laid Japan paper.Reference: listed as missing from the BN-IFF.  One of 5 impressions ...

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Jean Lebedeff - Hiawatha - Ivan Lebedev - woodcut Sold
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Hiawatha

LEBEDEFF, Jean

Woodcut printed on chine-volant, affixed to wove paper, 1918.Reference: not in BN-IFF.We were unsurprisingly unable to find any reference to this p...

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Jean-Emile Laboureur - Ernest - Parisian Cafe Waiter in Black Coat - color woodcut Sold
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Ernest

LABOUREUR, Jean-Emile

Woodcut printed in black with lithographic transfer in yellow and orange on wove paper.Ref: Sylvain Laboureur 617. Total edition of 22. Signed in a...

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Gabriel Belot - L'Ile Saint Louis - woodcut - gravure sur bois Sold
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The Sandbox

BELOT, Gabriel

Gabriel Belot (1882 - 1962) L’Ile Saint-Louis or Le Bac à Sable (original French titles) Woodcut on thin japon paper, hinged to a support sheet.Pos...

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