**SET OF 4** The French fashion and costume magazine "La Mode Illustree" operated from about 1859 through at least the 1920's, featuring the styles of the day. This is a set of four fine engravings, circa 1875 or 1880, judging from the fashion depicted. All are hand colored. Size as framed 15 1/2" by 12 3/4" (one without glass, which had shattered). The framing stained oak. The prints are very clean inside the mats...

Tavik F. Simon, Czech, 1877-1942, "Notre Dame in Winter," etching, plate measures 11 5/8 x 15 1/4 inches on 15 1/8 x 19 inch watermarked wove type paper. Colored softground and aquatint from 1925. Numbered 65 in an edition of 300. Catalog: Novak 432. Pencil signed in the lower right, numbered in the lower left. An atmospheric etching that captures the bleak weather with splashes of color. F. Simon was born in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic...

Set of 6 Henry Alken comical, british tongue-in-cheek, fox hunting prints. Quite old. Purchased in England. Original frames, but newly matted. Each measures 14.5" x 16.5". Each titled Plate 1-6 and "Fore's Hunting Casualties". Black wooden frames with slight gold piping.

Abbo Ostrowsky, Rus./Am.,1889-1975 " Groundnut Hill " 1926 etching plate 4.7/8" by 6" exact same image in the Smithsonian American Art Museum # 1978.98.186

Albert Huie 1920-2010 Jamaican This is a fine woodcut print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie. This image is hand signed in pencil and titled: Seaside. The image measures 9X6 1/2 inches. Albert Huie (1920-2010) was a seminal figure in the formation and development of a national Jamaican artistic identity, overcoming the hurdles of a colonial-based system of race and class distinctions to become the first native-born Jamaican artist to attain international renown and respect...

Ivan Le Lorraine Albright 1897-1983 American This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Ivan Albright. The title is: Self Portrait at 55th East Division Street, Chicago. It was created and printed in 1947 in an edition of 250 impressions. The image measures 14 1/8X10 1/8 inches. Ivan Le Lorraine Albright (Chicago 1897-1983) was an American painter and printmaker noted for his meticulously detailed, ultra realistic depictions of decay and aging.

Lithograph on paper of a clipper ship, 12 1/4" by 9 1/2", unframed, signed by the noted marine illustrator, painter and etcher/lithographer GORDON HOPE GRANT (1875-1962). Grant was born in San Francisco but is associated with the northeastern part of the country, his marine paintings and lithographs now eagerly sought out by dealers and collectors...

Offset Lithograph by ALIZERA aka ALIZERA GOLKAR
The title: GOLDEN POND, written by pencil on lower left of margin,
The size of Lithograph Sheet: 27” Long x 20” High,
Image size: 24” Long x 18” High,
Signed by artist, ALIZERA 89 on the lower right side in plate
Medium: Offset Gallery quality Lithograph on Heavy Paper.
Published by Art in Motion, Inc., Vancouver, B.C. in 1989
Printed in Canada.
The condition: Excellent, never been framed...

This Warren Davis etching measures 7 7/8 x 6 inches, pencil signed, label from Kleemann-Thorman Galleries, New York included, c.1928. This delicately rendered etching is a great example of Davis's images of graceful female nudes, many of which were used for Vanity Fair and Life magazines in the very early 1900s.

Alessandro Mastro-Valerio 1889-1953 American This is an original pencil signed mezzotint by American artist Allesandro Mastro-Valerio. This study of two bathers at the ocean has an image size of 7X6 3/4 inches. Numbered as 20/35. A scarce image by this well known artist and master of the modern mezzotint. Printed on a heavy weight wove type sheet. He was a member of the Chicago Society of Etchers, He is best known for his mezzotint* prints, particularly his female nudes...

An antique original etching of a standing cow in profile, a village seen at left distance, by Dutch Old Master artist MARCUS DE BIE (sometimes DE BYE), with birth death dates of approximately 1639-1688. The print is heavily trimmed, apparently (3 3/4" by 5 1/4", unframed). Extreme left corners are either dog-eared or missing, and there is a light horizontal crease that likely would not be noticeable at normal viewing distance when framed. De Bye was a pupil of Jacob van de Does...

This is one of the very scarce, desirable prints "Le Nid--Coree" ("The Nest--Korea") by the important French-Japanese printmaker artist PAUL JACOULET (1902-1960). In December 1941, as war exploded upon the world, the image was created by the artist as a gift for his mother, who never got to actually see it. The edition in this size/coloration is said to have been fewer than 200 examples...

"William Hogarth" Portrait of John Wilkes The Works of William Hogarth" as published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy in 1822 with the original plates restored by James Heath, engraver to His Majesty. The Heath edition was the last to print directly from Hogarth's original engraved plates. All William Hogarth prints appearing after this date are copies of these original graphic works of art. Heath edition 1822 An original copperplate engraving — over 195 years old. Sheet size: approx. 19.5 x 25 inc...

Arthur Bowen Davies, American, 1862-1928, "Circling Doves". This transfer lithograph by Arthur Davies measures 16 5/8 x 11 9/16 inches in an edition of 25 or less. Created in 1921, it is signed by the artist on the lower margin. Printed on medium weight paper, it is #189 in the Czestochowski catalog. Davies was known for his unique decorative style, often visualized in a fantasy world of female figures. One of the most respected and successful American artists, he was a member of the "Eight" and...

Peter Moran, American, 1842-1914, "Through the Meadows". This is a beautiful, richly inked original etching by Peter Moran, image size 13 x 19 7/8 inches, published in 1886 by Klackner. It is state IV/IV, cat: Wright-92, pencil signed and titled on the lower margin. This image is listed with the title "Through the Meadow Stream" in the Wright catalog, although there are several alternate titles including the one that appears on this impression.

Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Collotype hand signed limited edition 1917 Les mères pendant la guerre sight 9.5" by 13.5" with original mat board

Max Thorek (1880-1960) was considered one of the outstanding surgeons of all time, but he was also noted as a very talented photographer, his efforts peaking in the 1930's and 1940's when he contributed mightily to the pictorialist movement. This original photograph itself measures 9 5/8" by 12 1/2" (other measurements 12 3/4" by 14 3/4" inside the outer, modern mat, and 17 3/4" by 21 3/4" as framed). It is titled in pencil on the original mat at lower left "De Profundis", and it is signed in ...

[Note: Daniel Tretiak wrote this in 2012.] This work is now 5 years old. I set forth the main aspects of the works of Haku Maki, the main themes of his work, the main aspects of his style, and the broad range of his works. I think I did not realize in 2007 the range and versatility of his work, its drama and subtlety. Since this book was published I have written 9 research notes and many descriptions of key works. Amazon and Ren Brown Collection distribute this book. rbc4art@renbrown.co...

Original old photo of the imposing Palace of Fine Arts building in the Marina section of San Francisco, the photo originally in a brown tone, enhanced tastefully with light blue tints. The building was erected for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, and the complex is all that remains of the construction undertaken for that event. Today it and the park-like grounds remain a graceful and familiar part of the San Francisco urban landscape. The photo is in what app...

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst 1890-1978 English This is a fine portrait study by British artist Gerald Brockhurst. The subject is James McBey the well known British etcher. This etching was created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 111. This pencil signed impression measures an image size of 10 1/2X7 1/2 inches. This etching was Illustrated in Fine Prints of the Year, 1931. Cat. Fletcher 69.

French Artist Henri Fantin-Latour 1836-1904 Lithograph”Baccus” Measuring 8x6 inches, in a very fine gilt frame measuring 14x12” with a linen liner Henri Fantin-Latour (14 January 1836 – 25 August 1904) was a French painter and lithographer best known for his flower paintings and group portraits of Parisian artists and writers…. He was born Ignace Henri Jean Théodore Fantin-Latour in Grenoble, Isère. As a youth, he received drawing lessons from his father, who was an artist.[2] In 185...

Thomas W. Nason 1889-1971 New England This is a fine original wood engraving by American artist Thomas Nason. The title of this work is: Spring in the Poconos, it was created and printed in 1938 in an edition of 100. Done for the Buck Hill Falls Art Association. The image measures 6 1/2X8 1/8 inches. Hand signed and dated in pencil in the lower border.

Edge Of The Village” Signed A.P.F Coss? Artist Proof 20x14 inches.

Hasui Kawase, oban tate-e, ¡°Yuimachi, Suruga Province¡±, dated Showa 9 (1934), published by Watanabe, slightly toned, fine impression and color.

William Morris Hunt, American, 1824-1879, lithograph, "Fortune Teller", 1875, image size: 7 1/2 x 7 7/16 inches, initialed in plate

Auguste Brouet 1872-1941 French This is a beautiful color aquatint etching by the French artist Auguste Brouet. The title is: Arabesque, created and printed in 1920 in an edition of 250, this impression is numbered 155/250. Hand signed in pencil, A ballet scene with two dancers performing an arabesque. At the back an opulent stage set, with other performers standing in the wings. The image measures 10 3/4X15 inches. This etching is in fine condition, beautfully Framed with archival mater...

Photo print, 22 3/4" by 19 1/8" inside the mat (31" by 27" as framed), pencil signed at lower right by the noted artist of the American West JOE BEELER (1931-2006), and numbered at lower left 58/300. The subject is a monument to the American West: a cowboy on his horse, a butte in the background as he pursues stray cattle with his lasso on a spring or late winter day. This is a clean print and is ready for the wall. Not knowing the print's colors, I feel it possible there might be a touch o...

Sake Shop, undated, purchased from a Kyoto gallery in 1978

Signed and titled in pencil on lower margin, very good color and condition

Paper size: 10 x 13 in.; image size: 7 ¾ x 10 ½ in.

Carol Wax 1953- American, N.Y. This is an original mezzotint by New York artist Carol Wax. The title is Singer 1. It was created and printed in 1984 in an edition of 75. The image measures 11 7/8X8 1/8 inches. Hand signed in pencil. She held a residency at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, in 1986.

In 1970 Japanese print maker Haku Maki (1921 – 2000) produced this large Wind image. It is 84c x 84 cm; 33 " x 33" . Provenance; Maki produced this print and this copy was sold to a Japanese buyer it stayed in Japan until it came to me last week in Beijing this is one of the few times I have been able to obtain a Maki print from Japan not through a dealer. When the previous owner decided to sell he did so through an auction in Japan; then it was fully restore in Tokyo and I acquired it. Becaus...

These are three images of a very rarely seen Maki series,the Drop series.If any friend can send me images of Drop 1, 4, or 5, I would appreciate it.

**ONE OF TWO EXAMPLES OF THIS PRINT IN MY SHOP, THE SECOND PRINTED IN DIFFERENT COLOR**From the skilled hand of the noted Art Nouveau period painter, illustrator and decorator HENRI BELLERY-DESFONTAINES (1867-1910) comes this well known image "L'Illusion", printed in the year 1897 by F. Champenois in Paris for the popular series "L'Estampe Moderne". The image is a dreamy one, with undertones of male and female sexuality. Note the elegant gray-brown colors and the blue and white highlights. The a...

An Offering Before Captain Cook, in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) Plate 60 for Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 1776-1780, recording the Third Voyage of Captain Cook. Medium: Engraving Year: published in 1790 Size: Plate mark: 8.5 x 14.25 inches. Sheet: 9.5 x 15.25 inches Description: Landscape engraved by S. Middiman, figures engraved by J. Hall. Drawing by John Webber

Warren Davis, American, 1865-1928, "Seated Nymph," Etching, image size 8 x 5 3/4 inches, pencil signed l.r. "Warren Davis" on wove paper. Davis studied at the Art Students League in New York and became known for his etchings of idealized female figures. Many were used on the covers of Vanity Fair and Life magazines. Later in his career Davis exhibited in Europe and the United States including the Pennsylvania Academy and the Salmagundi Club.

Arthur J. T. Briscoe, British, 1873-1943, "Typhoon, The Burst Topsail". This dramatic scene by Arthur Brisco measures 8 x 11 3/4 inches and is ink signed and numbered. Published in 1924 on laid paper, cat: Hurst-94, framed. Briscoe was one of the finest marine artists' of the 20th. century. He studied at the Slade Art School and the Academy Julian in Paris and then spent the rest of his time sailing. He owned his own three ton cutter which he used to sail around the Essex coast. Also crewing on ...

Lithograph on paper of a World War I soldier, 12" by 9 1/4" inside the mat (20" by 17" framed), signed and dated in the plate 1915, by the important Swiss-born artist THEOPHILE-ALEXANDRE STEINLEN (1859-1923). Steinlen was born in Lausanne on Lake Geneva in 1859. After training at a textile mill in eastern France, he moved to Paris and the Montmartre literary and art scene. He found the scene creatively nourishing, and went on to spend most of the rest of his life there. Steinlen interacted w...

Anders Zorn 1860-1920 Sweden This is an original etching by well known Swedish artist Anders Zorn. The title is: Dal River, created and printed in 1919. This impression measures 7X4 5/8 inches, printed on a medium weight laid type sheet. hand signed in pencil lower right. This image appears in the Asplund catalog as image number 284. One of his series of nude bathers that he is well known for.

Through his career, Haku Maki did a wide array of Chinese characters used in the Japanese language as well (kanji). The large prints that Daniel Tretiak called Big Reds were such kanji. Among Maki’s depictions were black kanji on white backgrounds, some stark, some playful, some easily decipherable, others with which he took great liberties. The artistic possibilities that kanji offered were a fascination of his. This broad-brushed embossed print, Poem 72-55, was done in 1972. It measures ...

Original mid-century woodcut by Ruth Eckstein (USA, born in Germany, 1916-2011). This work is titled "Argolis" in pencil by the artist, signed lower right, and numbered 2/13. Offered framed. This woodcut appears to be in excellent condition.

Important woodcut of God the Father creating Eve from Adam’s rib.
According to Genesis, God the Father created Adam and placed him in the Garden of Eden. There he was given dominion over the animals, which he named. But he himself had no mate. God made Adam fall into a deep sleep and created his mate Eve from one of his ribs.
The recto with two blocks of Latin text.
Page from Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, more commonly known as the Nuremberg Chronicle. The Latin ve...

This Guest Note was written by Bob Craft in December 2018. It discusses Haku Maki's use of ancient calligraphy in Poem 69-47.

A print by the Japanese print maker Haku Maki, 1924-2000. He began in a career as a kamikaze pilot during world war 2. The surrender by Japan saved his life. He became a teacher and learned print making. His prints are unusual as they start with a woodblock which is carved then pressed with cement. When the cement is dried, it is carved further. A wet paper is placed on the woodblock and left to dry. The resulting image has a wonderful texture and unique embossed finish. He often printed...

A view of the "Kolk" in Rotterdam, Holland, titled "Rotterdam Kolk" at lower left, plate signed with conjoined initials (tiny) and pencil signed "Marius Janssen" at lower right margin, 12 1/4" by 18 1/2" as framed. The Kolk is a familiar part of the center of this historic city, which suffered severe damage in World War II. The paper has darkened with age, the margins are very tight, maybe trimmed a bit to fit the frame, and there is a small edge tear at upper right, not really visible at all ...

ONE OF A NUMBER BY THE ARTIST IN MY SHOP**This is a small etching (the sheet 6 1/8" by 4 1/2", respectably matted but not framed), by the noted California artist HARRIET GENE ROUDEBUSH (1908-1998), titled at lower left margin "Temple Emanu El /S.F." and pencil signed at lower right by the artist. The temple is a San Francisco landmark, the home of one of the oldest Jewish congregations in California, its heritage going back to the Gold Rush. The temple with its impressive 150 foot high dome is ...

Woodblock "Calme.'truck' " by Paul Jacoulet 1941, showing two Polynesian lovers in a scenic outdoors setting. Signed in pencil "Paul Jacoulet" with a red butterfly seal with title and date. Jacoulet was born in France in 1902 but lived his entire life in Japan studying and mastering woodblock technique producing 166 masterpieces.

Boston Estate
Dates Showa 1941
H 14" x W 17"

Original etching, drypoint, and engraving on copper by Wendell H. Black (American, 1919-1972), first edition printed posthumously by Berkley Chappell (Wendell Black never issued an edition in his lifetime). In original unframed condition. Titled and inscribed a/p l.l. Also signed "Wendell Black '56 by Elaine" l.r. 16 1/2 by 23 1/2. Plate 17 in "The Lost Prints of Wendell H. Black" by Henry Sayre.

An unusual playful piece depicting an owl by one of the most important sōsaku-hang printmakers in the 20th century, Akiyama Iwao 秋山巌 (1921-2014). Best known for his prints, Akiyama Iwao produced paintings even later in his career, as well as occasionally painted on ceramics. Sake cup is sealed by the potter, but seal is obscured by glaze, and Akiyama’s signature and remains unread. Piece is simply titled “An Owl” (Fukurō ふくろう) made of stoneware with underglaze iron-oxid...

An etching entitled "Tamba House" by the artist Brian Williams depicting a beautiful old traditional Japanese house in a rural mountain setting. Set against a backdrop of pine forests and mountains in Japan, the house is immersed in a deep snow. Signed in pencil and dated '87. This is an original print #43 of 100. Unframed. Brian Williams was born the first son of American missionary parents in Peru in 1950. At age 16 he moved to California to finish high school and college. In 1975 he ...

A very rare lithograph by the British artist Edmund Blampied measuring 17 1/2 x 14 inches, pencil signed and numbered 3/3. Edmund Blampied was a very successful artist and illustrator in early 20th century Britain. He illustrated many books and magazines, but is best known for his remarkable skills as a printmaker. He was an important figure in the 'British Etching Revival' of the early 20th century, and was elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1920.

Sir Francis Seymour Haden, British, 1818-1910, "Wareham Bridge", drypoint on copper etching, image size: 6 x 8 15/16 inches, 1877, cat. Schneiderman-156, V state, signed and dated in the plate l.l., pencil signed l.r.

Nicholas Dorigny, European, 1657-1746, Engraving after Zampeire from the fresco in the church of St. Andrew della Valle at Rome, "Saint Luke", image size: 22 3/4 x 17 1/2 inches, plate size: 24 3/8 x 17 3/4 inches, Prov. JW Randal: 2528

Original etching by Jacques Callot LE MASSACRE DES INNOCENTS printed in 1618 in Florence, powerful violent biblical scene represented in a European city setting. Lieure catalog number 278, second state of two, excellent impression of this important print. In excellent condition, framed and glazed, not examined outside of frame. Plate size 13,5 x 107 mm (5 3/8 x 4 3/16 inches), frame size 11 x 9 inches.

An example of the 1960's poster by the prestigious Galerie Berggruen in Paris, printed on the occasion of the exhibition of works by Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky. The work pictured is Klee's 1930 watercolor "Spectre d'un Guerrier". The poster, printed by Jacomet, Paris, measures 27 1/2" by 19 1/2", and is in a silvery metal frame at present. The gray and light washy blue and silver and black make an elegant modern statement. Condition appears excellent (not examined out of frame). There ...

The paper size: 35" W x 23" H with border margin.
The image Size: 30"W x 14 7/8 High.
Unframed Original Lithograph by Artist,
Charles Cobelle, (1902-1994)
The title, "Guitarist"
Medium: 100% Rag content Acid Free Paper.
Condition: excellent, never been framed.
The colors are brilliant.
Edition number: AP. Signed and numbered AP in pencil.
Edition size 500 plus some aritist proof published
It was published in 1979 by The Graphic House.
W...

The unframed sheet and Image size: 33 1/2" L x 23 1/2"H. Original Handpulled Plate(15 plates) Lithograph by Famous French Artist ANNE LAN. Printed on arches paper in Paris. Anne Lan born in Limousin France, received numerous awards. The title of "REVE DE CHAT" It is signed and numbered by Artist Edition number 123/220. The condition of work excellent. Actual work is much prettier. The authenticity of workmanship guaranteed. Regular price was $1.600.00. Published Dated 1990.

Anne Lan was ...

This note is the fifth in Daniel Tretiak's series of research notes.

A limited edition, pencil hand-signed print "Field Headquarters Arizona Teritory 1885", 1979, by the important contemporary artist of the American west, HOWARD TERPNING (1927-). The work, 14 1/4" by 23 1/4" inside the matting, and 25" by 34" framed. The signature is at lower left, where the print is numbered 432/975. Condition is excellent; frame has minor wear. Terpning is likely the most important contemporary western artist. Some oils have exceeded one million dollars at auction on numer...

**PAIR** of fine engravings, each 15 1/4" by 22 3/4", (24" by 30 1/2" as framed), from the famous series "The Voyage of Life", mid 19th century, after the series of four paintings of that title by the major American artist and founder of the Hudson River School, THOMAS COLE (1801-1848). All four images from the series are composed of imaginary scenes and are filled with allegory and symbolism. The two prints offered here are "Youth" and "Old Age" (the missing ones being "Childhood" and "Manhood...

A rare print by surrealist print maker Ozaku Seishi, professor emeritus from Tama Art University. He is best known for small edition etchings, usually up to 30 copies, limitless experimentation with printing techniques and surrealist, often graphic imagery resembling distorted reality ¬neither quite explicit nor quite horror, but rendering a fairly dark version of dreams. This lithograph on Arches paper is from a 1994 portfolio titled “Constitutional Fantasy”, vol. 1 (憲法幻想その壱...