Medium: etching and drypoint. This is Seymour Haden's etched version of the painting by Thomas Wright of Derby entitled "Edwin the Minstrel". The man in the portrait was actually Sir Francis Seymour Haden's own grandfather. This is a very rare first state impression circa 1864 -- before the artist added additional crosshatched drypoint shading at the back of the figure. An additional plate signature would also be added for the second state. There were five different states in all. Catalogue references: Drake 51 and Schneiderman 53. This impression is signed both in pencil and in the plate. Printed on watermarked laid paper, the plate measures 14 x 9 1/2 inches (355 x 242mm). The total sheet measures 17 x 12 1/8 inches (434 x 308mm).

Condition: the paper is age-toned and light struck.

Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue reference: Rifkind 610. Image size: 6 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches (170 x 122 mm). Sheet size: 12 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (320 x 235 mm). This work can be found in the permanent collection of MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York. Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Medium: original color woodcut. Catalogue reference Roethel 79. Printed in Paris in 1938 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 3). Image size: 6 1/2 x 6 inches (165 x 153 mm). Sheet size: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (317 x 243 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand). A richly inked impression with strong, fresh color.

Condition: there are a few spots of foxing (not affecting the image). There are six pinholes along the left edge of the sheet -- this is from the publisher's original binding staples, and also serves to demonstrate the provenance of this work.

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1972 on Rives wove paper at the atelier Rene Guillard and published by Philippe Lebaud in a limited edition of 190 for the "Variations sur l'imaginaire" portfolio. Size: 14 1/2 x 10 3/4 inches (370 x 275 mm). Signed in pencil by Leonor Fini.

Medium: original woodcut. Printed in 1920 for the Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart portfolio, and published in Leipzig by Klinkhardt & Biermann in an edition of 500. Catalogue reference: Dube 266B. Image size: 9 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches (250 x 159 mm). Sheet size: 12 5/8 x 9 1/4 inches (320 x 235 mm). This work can be found in the permanent collection of MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art) in New York. Not signed.

Medium: original serigraph / silkscreen. In 1964 Samuel Wagstaff, Jr. (at that time Curator of Paintings at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartfordford, Connecticut) selected ten important American artists and asked them to contribute original prints for the portfolio “Ten Works by Ten Painters”. This was issued in 1964 in an edition of 500. The publisher's blindstamp is in the margin near the bottom right corner. Not signed.

The other artists collaborating with the project were Stuart Davis, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, George Ortman, Larry Poons, Ad Reinhardt, Frank Stella and Andy Warhol. Image size: 17 1/2 x 16 inches (445 x 408mm). Printed on wove paper with full original margins, the sheet measures 24 x 20 inches.

Condition: there is a mat stain in the margin.

Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: Klipstein 10. A very rich impression on cream wove paper of this Kollwitz etching, with plate tone. Plate size: 118 x 88mm (4 5/8 x 3 1/2 inches). With full original margins, the sheet measures 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (360 x 262mm). Not signed.

Please note: there have been later editions of this important Kollwitz print, but this is the original first edition, published in Germany by Pan (V-1; 1899-1900); edition of 1100. The Pan inscription is printed at the bottom of the sheet (which demonstrates the provenance).

Medium: original etching and aquatint. This is Plate 62 from Goya's Los Desatres de la Guerra series; the Spanish title translates to "The Beds of Death". Catalogue reference: Delteil 181. The plate measures 6 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (175 x 212 mm). This is a fine, rich impression on laid paper; the date of printing is unknown (estimated late 19th century).

Condition: the margins have been trimmed and there is old glue residue on the back.

Medium: etching (etched by William Bicknell after Winslow Homer's 1896 painting). Although there is no inscription, it is presumed to have been published in 1906 by the John A. Lowell Bank Note Co., Boston, and issued for the Hamburg-American Line (there is a vignette of one of their passenger steamships in the margin at the bottom left). Image size: 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (595 x 443mm) printed on heavy wove paper. Signed by Winslow Homer in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: The margins have been somewhat trimmed (not affecting the etching but slightly cropping the steamship vignette along the bottom edge). There is small skinned spot at the top right corner of the composition, and a pink erasure mark in the margin at the bottom right with skinning to the surface of the paper. A rich, dark impression of this magnificent etching. A lucky find!

Medium: original serigraph. Signed and numbered in pencil 82/150. Executed in 1965 for the Paris Review (catalogue reference: Burchfield 2). The image size is 29 x 25 inches and the full sheet size is 40 x 26 inches. An iconic example of 1960's Pop Art.

Condition: there is some wear around the edges of the sheet.

In 1965 the leading Pop and Abstract artists of the era were commissioned by the Paris Review to contribute original prints. These silkscreens were published in small signed/numbered editions (of 150) and today are quite rare. Artists participating in the project included Motherwell, Warhol, Lichtenstein, Indiana, Dine, Oldenburg, Rauschenberg, D'Arcangelo, Anuszkiewicz, Frankenthaler, Katz, Kelly, Nevelson, Rosenquist and others.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 153. Printed by Mourlot Frères in an edition of 2000 for the Dix Ans d'Edition issue of Derrière le Miroir in 1956, published in Paris by Maeght. Sheet size: 14 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (370 x 520 mm). There is a center fold, as issued. Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference M 133. This beautiful color lithograph was printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1956 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible art. Size: 14 x 10 1/4 inches (355 x 262mm). Not signed.

The English title is "Delicious Earth". This impression (after the original woodcut) was printed on japon paper in 1943 in an edition of 250, and is one of Gauguin's beautiful Tahiti compositions. Image size: 14 x 8 inches (360 x 205 mm).

The extremely rare originals are well beyond the reach of most collectors, and the edition offered here presents an affordable alternative.

Medium: original lithograph. This impression was printed in 1939 for the art revue XXe Siecle (issue number 5-6) and published by San Lazzaro. A later edition was also published by XXe Siecle in 1959, but this is the original, first edition Max Ernst lithograph. Size: 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (317 x 245 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: there are six pinholes along the left edge of the sheet from the publisher's original binding staples, which also demonstrates the provenance of this work.

Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference Delteil 1. This impression on cream laid paper was published by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts in 1903. Plate size: 4 7/8 x 7 inches (125 x 180 mm). Not signed.

Condition: there is foxing in the margins.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference M 239. This beautiful color lithograph was printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1960 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible lithographs. Size: 14 x 10 1/4 inches (355 x 262mm). Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference M 250. This beautiful color lithograph was printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1960 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible lithographs. Verve was founded in 1937 to showcase original lithographs by the leading artists of the day, with outstanding technical quality. Size: 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (350 x 260 mm). Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference M 245. This beautiful color lithograph was printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1960 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible lithographs. Verve was founded in 1937 to showcase original lithographs by the leading artists of the day, with outstanding technical quality. Size: 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (350 x 260 mm). Not signed.

Medium: lithograph. Published in Paris in 1973 by Jacques Damase as a special loose insert for a rare exhibition catalogue. Size: 31 x 13 3/4 inches (795 x 350 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Condition: This lithograph was issued as a folded sheet with two folds. Also, there is some slight evidence of handling.

The English title is "Women at the River". This impression (after the original woodcut) was printed on japon paper in 1943 in an edition of 250, and is one of Gauguin's beautiful Tahiti compositions. Image size: 8 1/4 x 14 inches (210 x 360 mm).

The extremely rare originals are well beyond the reach of most collectors, and the edition offered here presents an affordable alternative.

Medium: original lithograph. Signed in pencil and numbered 67/270. Printed in Paris in 1947 at the atelier of Mourlot Frères and published by Georges Duval in a limited edition of 270 for the "Derain Dessins" portfolio. Image size: 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (410 x 315 mm). Sheet size: 19 1/4 x 14 inches (485 x 360 mm). A fine impression on MBM Arches wove paper with full original margins and deckle edges.

Condition: there is some foxing to the paper.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference: Mourlot 81. Printed in 1952 at the atelier Mourlot for the art revue Verve (Volume 7, Number 27-28) and published in Paris by Teriade. Size: 14 x 21 inches (352 x 530 mm). There are two black and white Chagall lithographs printed on verso. Not signed.

Condition: This work was issued as a folded sheet with a center fold, and has pinholes from the publisher's binding stitches along the center crease. There is some creasing near the edges of the sheet.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference M 246. This beautiful color lithograph was printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1960 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible lithographs. Verve was founded in 1937 to showcase original lithographs by the leading artists of the day, with outstanding technical quality. Size: 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (350 x 260 mm). Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference M 248. This beautiful color lithograph was printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1960 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible art. Verve was founded in 1937 to showcase original prints by the leading artists of the day, with outstanding technical quality. The Bible lithographs were highly acclaimed at the time of their publication, and today they are some of Chagall's most popular and sought-after works. Size: 14 x 10 1/4 inches (355 x 262mm). Not signed.

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Medium: original lithograph. The catalogue reference is Mourlot 284. This print was pulled in Paris in 1960 by the Mourlot Freres atelier. The total sheet measures 12 1/2 x 9 5/8 inches (320 x 244 mm). This Chagall lithograph was executed for and published in the "Lithographe I" catalogue raisonne. Not signed.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference M 243. This beautiful piece was printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1960 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible lithographs. Verve was founded in 1937 to showcase original art by the leading printmakers of the day, with outstanding technical quality. Size: 14 x 10 1/4 inches (355 x 260 mm). Not signed.

The Bible lithographs were highly acclaimed at the time of their publication, and today they are some of Chagall's most popular and sought-after works.

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference M 238. This beautiful color lithograph was printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1960 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible lithographs. Verve was founded in 1937 to showcase original lithographs by the leading artists of the day, with outstanding technical quality. Size: 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (350 x 260 mm). Not signed.

Medium: original etching. Printed in 1946 at the atelier Quesneville on BFK Rives paper and published in a limited edition of 300 for the "Alternance" portfolio (a collective art and literary project). Plate size: 9 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches (232 x 175 mm). Sheet size: 13 x 9 3/4 inches (328 x 247 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Medium: original lithograph. Printed in 1965 by Mourlot Freres in an edition of 1000 on Arches paper for the "L'Atelier Mourlot" catalogue. Size: 10 x 7 1/4 inches (255 x 186 mm). Signed in the plate (not by hand).

Medium: original lithograph. Catalogue reference M 244. This beautiful color lithograph was printed by Mourlot and published in Paris by Teriade for Verve in 1960 for a special edition devoted exclusively to Chagall's original Bible lithographs. Verve was founded in 1937 to showcase original lithographs by the leading artists of the day, with outstanding technical quality. Size: 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (350 x 260 mm). Not signed.