May 2020
Forty Prints
FRONT COVER Martin LEWIS: Corner Shadows Drypoint & sand-ground on laid paper, 1930. Ref: McCarron 83. Edition of 242. Published by the Print Club of Cleveland. Signed in pencil. Pristine condition. Plate: 8 ⅜ x 8 ⅞ in. $10,000.
It is my pleasure to present to you this selection of 40 prints, priced from $175 to $10,000, with the majority in the hundreds. All can be bought through our website, where you can pay for them securely and easily. Works $300 and over, ship free anywhere in the continental US. Descriptions in this catalog are concise, to maximize the size of images. You can discover each of these prints in greater detail our website, where larger images are also available. If you have any question, please reach out to me by email, or by calling my cell phone. It would be a pleasure to share any further knowledge I have with you. It is my hope that each of you, and those for whom you care, are healthy and safe. Bernard Derroitte bernard@armstrongfineart.com 312.404.2004
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Werner DREWES: The Green Moon Color woodcut on Japan paper, 1973.Ref: Rose 308. Edition of 30. Signed, numbered & dated in pencil. Image: 18 ⅞ x 11 ¼ in. $1,200.
Charles TURZAK: Methodist Temple, Chicago Woodcut printed in black ink on thin laid Japan paper, ca. 1929-31. Ref: Turzak 22. Edition of 50. Signed, titled & numbered in pencil. Image: 13 ½ x 8 ¾ in. $950.
Benton SPRUANCE: Ecclesiastes - Essay I Lithograph on thick wove paper,1946-47. Ref: Fine & Looney 251. Edition of 30 or 40. Signed, dated, titled & editioned in pencil. Image: 17 ½ x 13 ⅛ in. $675.
Martha REED: Playful Modernist Head Linocut printed on tan wove paper, circa 1950. Small edition, possibly unique. Signed in pencil. Image: 11 ¾ x 7 ½ in. $450.
Félix BUHOT: La Place Pigalle en 1878 Etching, aquatint & drypoint on japon, 1878. Ref: Bourcard & Goodfriend 129 vi/vi. Final state, edition unknown. Plate: 9 ½ x 13 ⅜ in. $2,400.
Henri GUERARD: Échafaudages dans la Cale au Pollet, Dieppe Intaglio in brownish-black ink on laid Arches paper. Ref: Bertin 219. Edition of 25. Signed, titled, annotated in pencil. Plate: 14 ¼ x 9 ¾ in. $1,600.
Gustave LEHEUTRE: Le Repos Color lithograph printed on laid japon paper, 1896. Refs: Delteil 134; BN-IFF 47. Edition of 25. Scarce. Signed & numbered in pencil. Image: 10 ¼ x 15 ¾ in. $1,200.
Ethel GABAIN: The West Wind Lithograph on thin laid paper, 1914. Ref: Wright 152. Edition of 36. Scarce. Signed in pencil. Image: 12 x 16 ⅜ in. $175.
Pierre ROCHE: Les Hespérides Gypsograph on thin simili-Japan, c. 1896-98. Published by L’Estampe Nouvelle, with the monogram stamp. Edition of 50. Signed, annotated, titled & numbered in pencil. Image: 17 ⅜ x 11 ⅝ in. $3,200.
Louis LEGRAND: La Gosse Aquatint & drypoint on simili-Japan, 1908. Ref: Arwas 359. Edition of 100. From the set, “La Petite Classe”. Published by Gustave Pellet, with his monogram stamp. Signed & numbered in pencil. Plate: 15 ⅞ x 11 ¼ in. $900.
George BOTTINI: La Vitrine de Sagot Color lithograph on smooth wove paper, 1898. Ref: Southard 27. Impression from the regular, unsigned edition. Aside from a signed edition with remarque. Both editions scarce. Image:11 ¼ x 7 ¼ in. $2,500.
Joseph APOUX: Six Caprices à l’Eau-Forte Seven etchings on laid paper, in a greenish-gray portfolio, c. 1890. The title print also printed on the portfolio cover. Edition unknown, but complete sets are scarce. Published by L. Joly, Paris. Plates: circa 6 ½ x 5 in. Folio: 13 x 9 in. $750.
Gerald BROCKHURST: Le Beguin – Anais Etching on laid Van Gelder Zonen paper, 1922. Ref: Fletcher 33. Second state of four, before the plate was cut down. Scarce as such. Signed in pencil. Also further annotated in pencil by the artist, lower sheet edge. Plate: 6 ⅞ x 5 ½ in. $500.
Haku MAKI: Kaki 90 or Persimmon Color woodcut and silkscreen with raised embossed fruit and mica ink on wove paper, 1990. Edition of 151. Signed, titled & numbered in pencil, and also bearing the artist’s gold ink seal. Image: 9 ½ x 5 ⅞ in. $500.
Yoshio KANAMORI: Peacock Feather and Butterflies Color woodcut on thin laid paper, n.d. Edition of 30. From a set of 6 prints titled “Lake Mountain”. Signed in the image, titled, annotated & numbered in pencil. Also with the artist’s red seal. Image: 15 ½ x 12 in. $300.
Jean-Émile LABOUREUR: Ernest Woodcut printed in black ink with color lithograph on wove paper, 1902-11. Ref: Sylvain Laboureur 617. Total edition of 22. Signed & numbered in ink. Image: 17 ⅜ x 11 in. $9,000.
Shiro KASAMATSU Kinokunisaka in the Rainy Season Color woodcut on Japan paper, 1938. Published by Watanabe. Bearing the artist’s seal. Sheet: 15 ⅜ x 10 ¼ in. $300.
Ella FILLMORE LILLIE: Mitla Memento Lithograph on wove paper, n.d. Edition of 50. Signed & titled in pencil. Bearing two estate stamps on the verso. Image: 9 ⅞ x 13 ¼ inches. $225.
Albert BELLEROCHE: Gildys Lithograph on laid paper, 1906. Ref: logbook 200. Edition of 20. Signed in pencil. Image: 22 ¾ x 17 in. $1,500.
Henri RIVIÈRE: Le Ruisseau Color lithograph printed on China paper, 1898. Refs: Fields pg 76; Le Stum pg 64. Edition of 25 deluxe signed impressions. Aside from the regular edition, stated at 500. Signed & numbered in red crayon. Image: 21 ⅝ x 32 ½ in. $1,600.
Théophile STEINLEN: Nathalie Madoré Color lithograph on smooth wove paper, 1895. Ref: Crauzat 168. Unused & unfolded cover for a book. Image: 8 ¼ x 10 ½ in. $650.
Georges AURIOL: Album des Enfants Color lithograph printed on wove paper, 1906. Ref: Fields 120. Unused, trial proof of a cover for song sheet. Published by Enoch & Co, Paris. Image: 9 x 6 ¼ in. $650.
Barbara NEUSTADT: Odysseus’ Perils Aquatint & soft-ground etching printed in simultaneous color printing on Arches wove paper, 1962. Proof impression, aside from the edition of 100. Signed in pencil. Plate: 14 ⅞ x 17 ¾ in. $600. Kaiko MOTI: L’Aiglon Simultaneous color printing aquatint on Arches wove paper, n.d. Edition of 120. Signed and numbered in pencil. Plate: 15 ⅝ x 20 ½ in. $475.
Gerhart BERGMANN: Südliches Color aquatint & etching on wove paper, 1981. Edition of 50. Signed, titled & numbered in pencil. Plate: 17 ⅝ x 19 ½ in. $300.
Joseph HECHT: Grand Bison Pure-line engraving on laid light-blue Monval paper, 1929. Ref: T-R & P 179. Proof, aside from the edition of 100. Plate: 5 ⅝ x 8 ¼ in. $500.
Toshio BANDO: Seated Bulldog Drypoint printed in color on lustrous silk-collé on simili-Japan wove paper, circa 1930. Highlighted with touches of gouache. Edition possibly of 125. Likely published by Editions Appolo. Signed in pencil. Plate: 14 ½ x 10 ¾ in. $1,300.
Victor DELHEZ: Geiten Woodcut on wove paper, 1925. From a loose-sheet portfolio of 15 woodcuts; stated edition of 280, yet surprisingly scarce. Image: 9 ⅜ x 13 in. $400.
Walter J. PHILLIPS: Norman Bay Color woodcut on thin paper, 1920. Edition of 50. Signed & titled in pencil. Image: 12 ½ x 8 ⅜ in. $5,000.
Will BARNET: Porch or Waiting Woodcut on Japan paper, 1937. Ref: Cole 50. Edition of 15 printed in 1937 by the artist. Reissued in an edition of 60 in 1982. Very scarce as such. Signed & titled in pencil. Image: 10 x 11 ⅜ in. $875.
Gabriel BELOT: Ronde d’Enfants au Printemps Woodcut in two tones on laid China paper, n.d. Edition of 40. Signed & numbered in pencil. Image: 10 ⅝ x 15 ¼ in. $450.
Maurice DENIS Le Bouquet Matinal, Les Larmes Color lithograph on thin wove China paper, 1898. Ref: Cailler 113. Sixth plate from L’Amour. Published by Ambroise Vollard. Edition of 100. Image: 15 ⅝ x 11 ¾ in. $3,800.
Jules CHADEL: Tête de Chat Color woodcut with mica ink on laid Japan paper, 1918. Ref: BN-IFF 5. Artist proof, no known edition. Monogrammed & annotated in pencil. Image: 5 ¼ x 7 ⅝ in. $750.
Odilon REDON: Le Coursier Lithograph on chine-collé, 1894. Ref: Mellerio 129. Edition of 25. Very scarce. Signed in the image in pencil. Prov: Lillian Berkman. Chine: 7 ¾ x 9 ½ in. $9,500.
Martin Erich PHILIPP: Clematis Color woodcut on laid Japan paper, n.d. Edition unknown, but certainly small. Signed in pencil. Image: 11 ⅝ x 15 ⅝ in. $475.
MORIN-JEAN: La Tapissière Woodcut on thin Japan paper, n.d. Artist proof, no known edition. Signed & annotated “Epreuve d’artiste” in pencil. Image: 5 ⅞ x 8 ⅞ in. $700.
Emil POTTNER: Flowers in a Vase Woodcut printed in three primary colors on laid Japan, n.d. Trial proof. Edition unknown, but likely small, if any. Signed & annotated “Probedruck” in pencil. Sheet: 12 ⅜ x 9 ¼ in. $500.
Mariette LYDIS et comme une enfant vers sa mère – je tremble… Etching on wove paper, 1932-33. Plate from Poèmes by Sappho, illustrated by Lydis, and published in Paris for an amateur in 1933. Trial proof, unusually annotated, signed & dated by the artist in pencil. Unique as such. Aside from the book edition of 45. Plate: 6 x 7 in. $300.
BACK COVER Inosuke HAZAMA: Boutons d’Or Color woodcut on Japan wove paper, 1928-29. One of very few impressions. Extremely scarce. Signed in pencil. Image: 10 ¾ x 7 ⅝ in. $1500.