Artist’s proof of two sumo wrestlers titled KOTOZAKURA by Clifton Karhu. The print is perfectly rectangular - any distortions of the paper are from photography. An artist's proof is a print that is set aside as a reference by the artist and usually marked AP rather than being numbered and included in the main edition. Kotozakura Masakatsu (1940 – 2007) was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler who made his professional debut in 1959, reaching the top division in 1963...

Limited edition print of two sumo wrestlers titled TACHIAI by Clifton Karhu. The print is perfectly rectangular - any distortions of the paper are from photography. The tachi-ai (a combination of two Japanese words that mean “stand” and “meet”) is the initial charge between two sumo wrestlers at the beginning of a bout. Clifton Karhu (1927 – 007) was an American artist who settled in Japan after serving there in the U.S. military during WW II and returning as a missionary...

Original carborundum etching with aquatint by Karel Appel (Dutch, 1921-2006). Signed and dated 1975 in pencil by the artist lower right; also numbered 35/50 lower left. The title of this large work is "Night Face in Broadway". Well framed.

The page deals with the creation of nature and of Adam on the sixth day of Genesis.
Important woodcut with God the Father creating Adam from a lump of clay...

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...

Original woodblock print by Kiyoshi Saito. This work is titled "Maiko Kyoto (A)", signed in pencil and on the image, dated 1959, and numbered 34/100. In good condition. Framed but can be sold without the frame.

Original color intaglio by Gloria Garfinkel (USA, New York, born 1929). This work is signed lower right by the artist, titled "Ginza I" and numbered 13/20. Also dated 1993. Mary Ryan Gallery label verso. In its original gallery frame.

Rare signed original etching with aquatint by Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945). Published by Emil Richter Dresden Verlag. Inscribed in pencil "Ausst. Exemplar" (exhibition print) under the signature.

Etching Artist Luigi Rossini Published Rossini dis. e inc. Roma 1822 Dimensions 16” x 21” Notes Inscription reads: 'A. Ponte rotto. B. Chiesa della Bocca della Verita. C. Fabbriche di Trastevere. D. Molini.' Plate 43 from Le Antichita Romane, ossia Raccolta della piu interessanti Vedute di Roma Antica, depicting the Bridge of Cestius, known commonly at the time as the Ponte Ferrato...

A 19th century plate etching of an original etching by Rembrandt 1606-1669 measuring 22” x 17”, image size 9“ x 7“

Dame Laura Knight 1877-1970 British This is a fine aquatint etching by British artist Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) The subject is Pavlova in her role as a Grecian Dancer. It was created and printed in 1923 in an edition of 55. This etching is pencil signed and inscribed "print 2"..The image mesures 9 7/8X 6 7/8 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.

Bernard Boutet De Monvel 1881-1949 French This is a fine color aquatint by French artist Bernard Boutet de Monvel .. It is titled Fillette a L'Ombrelle, created and printed in 1910. The image measures 10 3/4X6 7/8 inches. Signed in block letters in pencil lower right border. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet. Numbered as 3/10.

Don Freeman 1908-1978 American This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Don Freeman. The title is: First Night Ovation, created and printed in 1933 in an edition of 25. Both pencil signed and titled in the lower border, this image measures 11 5/8X13 7/8 inches...

Arthur J.T. Briscoe 1873-1943 British This is a fine original etching by British marine artist Arthur Briscoe. The title is: The Main Brace, created and printed in 1929. The image measures 13 11/16X9 15/16 inches, printed on an antique wove type sheet. It is hand signed with pen and ink and also numbered 39/75. " This view of men hauling in on the brace while at the same time keeping their balance in the heeling ship as a spray sweeps over the weather rail."

Sir William Russell Flint 1880-1969 British This is a fine expressive drypoint etching by British artist Sir William Russell Flint. The title is: Clatter and Whirl, Granada, it was created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 75. This image is hand signed, with sepia ink, numbered as XV and inscribed as using An antique laid type sheet from 1744, "D.R." The image measures 8 1/4X13 7/8 inches, printed with a brown toned ink, a very rich impression.

Philippe Mohlitz 1941-2019 French This is an original engraving by French artist Philippe Mohlitz. This image is titled: The Abyss. It was created and printed in 1967. Pencil signed lower right and numbered as 28/50 lower left. The image measures 8 1/4X7 1/8 inches. Printed on a heavy weight laid type sheet. Mohlitz uses the refined technique of Original engraving, in the traditional manner...

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.

Mary elizabeth Groom 1903-1958 British/Suffolk Artist This is an original pencil signed and titled wood engraving by British artist Mary Elizabeth Groom. The title is: The Crucifixion, created and printed circa . 1929, it is numbered as 4/30. The image measures 9 1/2X7 1/4 inches. Printed on a thin japan type sheet. Groom was a well known artist and illustrator one of the Suffolk artists. She was also a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society starting in 1926...

Jacques James Joseph Tissot 1836-1902 French This is one of the finest mezzotints by the important French artist James Jacques Tissot. The title is: Le Banc de jardin (The Garden Bench) It was created and printed in 1883. This was a rare first state impression prior to the lettering added at the bottom edge. This work is pencil signed and inscribed as "1st state" Also with the artists red stamp in the lower left. Printed in a sepia toned ink the image measures 16 1/2X22 1/8 inches. Th...

Departing from 874 AD, the German text develops the context of the 5th Council of Constantinople, held 879/880 AD – an initiative of Pope Johannes VIII to appease the Byzantines and obtain their aid against the Saracen threat in Italy.
The hand-colored woodcut of the council shows the pope and a large group of clergy under the blessing of the Holy Spirit, who is depicted as a dove.
On the right, woodcuts of contemporary popes Johannes VIII, Martinus II, Hadrianus III and Stephanu...

The Latin text discusses the origins of Turkish people and shows a man wearing a kaftan-like garment and a pointed hat. He is armed with a scimitar suspended from his twisted belt.
On top the hand-colored woodcut of king Pepin the Short (714-768 AD) holding sceptre and globe. Pepin was the first Carolingian king and father of Charlemagne.
Below is the figure of St. Eucherius with the insignia of a bishop.
The foregoing sheet portrays the early medieval antipope Constantinus...

Woodcut with the martyrdom of Apollinaris outside the city walls of Ravenna.
Taken from a book with legends of the saints in Latin. Apollinaris was considered the founder and bishop of the Christian community of Ravenna. According to the legend, Apollinaris was apprehended at the gates of the city and brutally beaten to death.
Believers venerate Apollinaris a helper against epilepsy.
The text shows different font sizes as well as red text sections and initials. The top of t...

Albert Huie 1920-2010 Jamaican This is an original hand signed wood block print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie. The title of this work is Road Mending, created and printed circa mid 1940's. The image is signed and titled lower border, the image measures 7 3/4X5 7/8 inches, Good condition apart for some light foxing in the outer borders. Albert Huie (1920-2010) was a seminal figure in the formation and development of a national Jamaican artistic identity, overcoming the hurdles of a col...

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. Working primarily...

Gerald Leslie Brockhurst 1890-1978 English This is a very fine original etching by British artist Gerald Brockhurst. The subject is Kathleen Nancy Woodward and is titled: Jeunesse Doree (Gilded Youth) This image is pencil signed and dated G.L. Brockhurst 1942. The image measures 10 7/8X8 7/8 inches. The etching is printed on an antique cream toned laid paper with partial watermark. Printed in an edition of 75 this image appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 80. Very fine condi...

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.

Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962 Austrian This is a fine original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir. The subject is the Fulton Market, in New York City, circa 1930. The image measures 16 12X11 1/2 inches. Printed in an edition of 100 signed impressions. "Kasimir was a pioneer in the coloured etching technique. He started with a sketch, usually in pastel, and then transferred the design on as many as four to six plates. He printed one after the other and applied the colour on the plate...

John Taylor Arms 1887-1953 American This is one of the finest works by John Taylor Arms etching and aquatint. It was created and printed in 1940 as image number 1 of his Scandinavian Series. Pencil signed twice, dedicated to William Schaldach, lower border. The image measures 7 9/16X13 9/16 inches. It appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 346. It is the third state of three from the edition of 330 impressions. Printed by David Strang. This image won 5 prizes between 1941-1948...

Edgar Chahine 1874-1947 French This is an original etching by French artist Edgar Chahine. The image is pencil signed and titled: La Basilica de San Marco, Venice. This is a finely printed example on a laid type sheet. The image measures 12 1/2X8 1/4 inches. It is numbered as 35/100. There is a stamp or collectors seal at the upper border. Richly printed with fine use of plate tone. This impression was created and printed in 1923.

Haku Maki did some purely white prints—some had a small splash of color, others had none. This one, 81-3, offers three white plump persimmons. Persimmons were an oft-used subject, sometimes a single depiction of the fruit, sometimes two, but very rarely three persimmons and even more rarely done only in white. The print measures 9.5in W x 10.75in H and is in excellent condition. An edition of 130, this one is number 90.

Figure 1 is one of a large group of prints that were themselves usually large in size and in subject—one Chinese character in red on a black background. Daniel Tretiak called these prints Big Reds. Maki tended to insert one or more of such prints in the Figure, Poem and Work series. This Figure is number 8 of an edition of 50. It measures 14in wide X 21.75in high. There is tape residue on all four sides of the back—it has no impact on the front. Like virtually all of his Big Reds, this Mak...

This print Z-446B was one of a small number of creations that he put on hard, gold-edged board. Daniel Tretiak wrote that these prints “were printed first on very thin paper, which was then ‘wrapped’ around heavy shikishi board. They are lithographs not done from wood blocks. Done in 1999, this work measures 7.25in x 8.25in, is in excellent condition, and one of an edition of 77.

This silkscreen offering is said by some to depict Kabuki make-up. It is 8sq inches and in excellent condition. See picture 4, the title, where Maki seems to have written Kuma 92/--his numeral 1 was usually a straightforward vertical 1.

A page from Harper’s Weekly during the American Civil War, dated May 11,1861.. the framed piece measuring 15” x 10”

A Chinese poster from The Rolling Stones concert of 2006 in Shanghai measuring 35” x 23” framed

A beautiful Taiwanese woodblock of the famous cave paintings measuring 22” x 35” framed amd matted