International Art
Collectors' List #112 2004

88 Fernand Leger
(French, 1881-1955). La Fleur, 1952. Colour lithograph, 29.5 x 22.4cm.
Saphire #120. First published in "XXe Siecle", no. 2, 1952. This is from the 2nd edition printed by Mourlot in 1971 for "Hommage a Leger."
 $660
89 Auguste-Louis Lepere
(French, 1849-1918). Dans ce Palais…Comte de Chambord…1820, c1883. Wood engraving, engraved descriptive title lower left, signed and dated lower right in image, and signed in margin below, 21.2 x 31.5cm.
Extremely fine engraving by a master.
 $990
90 Isobel De B. Lockyer
(British, active 1930s-1950s). Backyard Picnic, 1935. Colour Linocut, titled, signed, dated and numbered 10/25, 24.4 x 31.6cm.
Lockyer worked during the time when most of the Grosvenor School printmakers were active.
 $1,100
91 Bertha Lum
(American, 1869-1954). Ming Huang and Yuang Kuei Fei, 1925. Colour woodblock, signed on image below, dated and numbered 14 in margin below, 37.7 x 25.3cm. Slight rubbing to lower right corner, crinkle lower left, old mount burn, old tape marks verso.
 $1,100
92 Edouard Manet
(French, 1832-1883). Charles Baudelaire, Full Face, 1865/later printing. Etching, signed in plate lower right, engraved text in plate below image, 9.6 x 8.1cm.
Text reads: "Peint et Grave par Manet 1865, Imp. A. Salmon." This portrait is based on a photograph taken in 1862 by C.F.T. Nadar, a well-known French photographer.
 $1,100
93 John Marin
(American, 1870-1953). Downtown, The El, 1921. Etching, signed and dated in plate lower right, signed in margin below, 17.7 x 22.6cm.
Zigrosser #134. This is from the "New Republic" issue in 1924 in an edition of about 500.
 $3,800
94 Henri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954). [Woman's Profile], 1948. Lithograph, 31 x 24cm. Slight foxing to right margin.
Garnaud #25, p. 199. From "Florlege des Amours de Ronsard", published in an edition of 320 by Alberta Skira, Paris, 1948.
 $1,650
95 After. Kenri Matisse
(French, 1869-1954). The Dancer, 1949. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower right, printed text below image, 48.1 x 55.4cm. Laid down on original backing, old mount burn.
Text reads: "'The Dancer' by Henri Matisse. S.P.29. Published by School Prints Ltd, and printed in Great Britain by W. S. Cowell Ltd."
 $1,650
96 James McBey
(British, 1883-1959). The Riva at Dusk, 1930. Drypoint, signed and dated in plate lower left, numbered 53 and signed in margin below, 404 x 23.8cm.
Salaman #249, plate 94. From an edition of 80.
 $1,650
  97 Joan Miro
(Spanish, 1893-1983). Untitled. Plate 4, 1956. Colour lithograph, 18.8 x 15cm.
Mourlot #167. Published in "Joan Miro" to illustrate nine poems by Jacques Prevert and a poem by Geroges Ribmont-Dessaignes, this work is one of the nine lithographs including the cover produced for this publication. Miro collaborated with the authors to create the images.
 $990
  98 Joan Miro
(Spanish, 1893-1983). Untitled. Plate 2, 1956. Colour lithograph, double page, 19.3 x 34.6cm. Old fold through centre.
Mourlot #165. Published in "Joan Miro" to illustrate nine poems by Jacques Prevert and a poem by Geroges Ribmont-Dessaignes, this work is one of the nine lithographs including the cover produced for this publication. Miro collaborated with the authors to create the images.
  $1,250
  99 Joan Miro
(Spanish, 1893-1983). Untitled. Plate 7, 1956. Colour lithograph, double page, 21.6 x 37.2cm. Old fold through centre.
Mourlot #170. Published in "Joan Miro" to illustrate nine poems by Jacques Prevert and a poem by Geroges Ribmont-Dessaignes, this work is one of the nine lithographs including the cover produced for this publication. Miro collaborated with the authors to create the images.
 $1,250
100 Joan Miro
(Spanish, 1893-1983). Geneve, 1961. Colour litho-graph, numbered 6/100 on image lower left and signed in pencil on image lower right, 26 x 29cm (paper size). Framed.
Mourlot #266. This lithograph was produced for the cover of the catalogue for Joan Miro's exhibition "Oeuvre Graphique, Ceramiques", 10 June-14 July 1961 at the Musee de l'Athenee in Geneva. It was published by Edwin Engelberts and printed by Maeght. This is the state prior to the addition of printed text and is from an edition of 100 numbered and signed copies produced on Arches paper. There was also another issue of 14 on Japan paper.
$9,900