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Antique Print Department
313 Occidental Ave S. • Seattle, WA 98104 (Map)
Director: Emily Pothast (email) • 206 624.6700
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5:30pm
Selections from the Estate of Barbara L. Davidson
December 5-24, 2008
The Antique Print Department is proud to present an exhibition of works from the private collection of Barbara L. Davidson (1918-2008) during the month of December. An avid traveler and founder of Barbara Davidson Fine Arts, Mrs. Davidson’s collection ranges from 15th century illuminated manuscript leaves to 19th century watercolors and includes among other artists, works by Dürer, Rembrandt, Blake, Hiroshige, Villon, Toulouse-Lautrec, Carracci, Thieme and Goya.
Manuscripts and Incunabula
Early Botanicals
Handcolored woodcuts in sheet of German text, c. 1500. Framed double sided.
11 x 7-3/8 inches.
[BLD005a]
$100 framed
Early Botanicals
Handcolored woodcuts in sheet of German text, c. 1500. Framed double sided.
11 x 7-3/8 inches.
[BLD005b]
$100 framed
God the Father Crowning Mary
Miniature painting from a Book of Hours, c. 1470. Origin: France. Gothic script. Ink, color and liquid gold on vellum. Painting within decorated border with four lines of text below. Text and illuminated initials verso.
Leaf: 7 x 4-3/4 inches.
[BLD060/26025]
$4000 framed
Manuscript Leaf
From a French Book of Hours(?) Latin script in back. Historiated capitals with red, blue, black & white penwork, heightened with liquid gold.
6-1/2 x 5 inches showing (framed double sided).
[BLD056]
SOLD
Persian Miniature. Mohammed Ascending
18th century. Painting on burnished paper.
6-3/8 x 3-5/8 inches showing.
[BLD063]
SOLD
Anton Sorg and Ernst Herzog von Bayern (German, Augsburg. 15th c.)
Prince Approaches the town of Nurnberg
Plate from Book of Travels. Handcolored woodcut in page of German text, c. 1480.
9-1/4 x 6 inches.
[BLD076]
$200 framed
Paintings and Drawings
Norman Ault (British, 1880-1950)
Sir Galahad
Original desigh for Seven Champions of Christendom published by Stokes, 1914. Tempera on paper, c. 1913. Signed.
10 x 8-1/4 inches.
[BLD001]
$1250 framed
Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (English, 1821-1906)
Landscape with Church Spire (Salisbury)
Watercolor, c. 1865. Signed with initials lower left.
4-1/2 x 5-3/8 inches.
[BLD006]
$625 framed
John Callow, O.W. (British, 1822-1878)
Two Figures Viewing Landscape
Watercolor. Signed lower right. Some fading.
7-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches.
[BLD009]
$2400 framed
Lorraine Cohn (Contemporary NW artist)
Figures
Ink and Tempera, 1963. Signed and dated, lower right. Otto Seligman Gallery sticker on back of frame.
9 x 13-3/4 inches.
[BLD015]
SOLD
Chinese Painting on Silk
Late 19th/early 20th century.
40 x 14-3/4 inches showing.
[BLD111]
SOLD
Chinese Painting on Silk
Late 19th/early 20th century.
40 x 14-3/4 inches showing.
[BLD112]
SOLD
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Collignon (France, 1609-1657)
Landscape, Castle by River, Town in Distance
Pen and ink drawing, c. 1648. Faint water spot in image.
4-1/2 x 9 inches.
[BLD017]
$875 framed
John Sell Cotman, R.W.S. (British, 1782-1842)
The Interior of a Norman Church
Watercolor, c. 1820. “Cotman” written on back of painting. Extensive notes on back of woodframe backing.
9-1/8 x 12-5/8 inches.
[BLD018]
SOLD
David Cox (British, 1783-1859)
The Haymakers (Possibly N. Wales)
Watercolor. Signature, lower right. Some fading.
6-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches, showing.
[BLD020]
$2000 framed
David Cox (British, 1783-1859)
Resting by a Boat on the Beach
Watercolor. Bears very faint signature, lower right. Some fading.
9 x 11-1/4 inches, showing.
[BLD021]
$2000 framed
Edward Duncan, R.W.S. (English, 1803-1882)
Beach Scene with Boats
Watercolor. Patches of white in the sky.
8-1/8 x 13-1/8 inches showing.
[BLD023]
$800 framed
R. W. Frost (Northwest Contemporary)
Old Woman Standing with a Basket
Oil on panel. Signed.
48 x 31 inches.
[BLD034]
SOLD
Sue May Wescott Gill (American, 1887-1989)
A Boy of Old Mexico
Oil on panel. Signed upper left.
12 x 11 inches.
[BLD036]
$2400 framed
Thomas Girtin (British, 1775-1802)
An Extensive Landscape with Farm Buildings and Church Ruins
Watercolor. Ex-collection Countess of Carnarvon. Two minor flaws in sky, toward right, center.
7-1/2 x 13-3/8 inches, showing.
[BLD037]
$2400 framed
Thomas Girtin (British, 1775-1802)
A View of East Farley, Kent
Watercolor. Ex-collection Tom Taylor, Esq., M.A. Some toning and fading. Light spots of foxing.
9 x 15 inches.
[BLD038]
$2800 framed
attributed to Thomas Girtin (British, 1775-1802)
Ruined Abbey
Watercolor.
3 x 4-1/2 inches, showing.
[BLD039]
$300 framed
May B. Lasher (Mother of Barbara Davidson)
Floral Still Life
Oil on panel.
16 x 12 inches.
[BLD101]
SOLD
John Muirhead, R.W.S., R.B.H. (Scottish, 1863-1927)
Antwerp
Watercolor, 1893. Signed and dated.
22 x 14-1/2 inches showing.
[BLD061]
SOLD
Marat Sadyakov (Uzbek, b. 1945)
Title unknown
Tempera, c. 1980. Signed.
26-1/4 x 30-1/4 inches.
[BLD072]
$1000 framed
Moritz Ludwig von Schwind (Austrian, 1804-1871)
Samson Smiting the Philistines with the Jawbone of an Ass
Ink and pencil drawing (study for a stained glass window).
12-1/2 x 6-1/4 inches showing.
[BLD088]
SOLD
Louis Freeman Stone (American, fl. 1859-1910) (Howard Pyle School)
Standing Nude (Bather)
Charcoal drawing, c. 1900. Berville (LaLanne) watermark.
24 x 15 inches (sheet).
[BLD078]
$900 framed
Ivan Summers (American, 1889-1964)
Church Near Taos, NM
Oil on panel, c. 1945. Signed lower right and on verso. Reference: Kollar/Davidson catalog #25.
14 x 16 inches.
[BLD079]
$2400 framed
Unidentified Artist
Sailboat and Break in Clouds
Watercolor. Inscription below unclear.
3 x 4-1/2 inches.
[BLD104]
SOLD
Unidentified Artist
Head of a Bearded Man or Apostle
North Italian, manner of Titian or later Van Dyck. Possibly a fragment of a larger work. Oil on canvas. Several repairs.
27 x 22-1/2 inches.
[BLD106]
$1200 framed
John Varley (English, 1778-1842)
An Extensive Landscape with Wooded Valley
Watercolor, c. 1823. Some fading and toning. Ex-collection Mrs. Lesley Snodden of Kippen.
7-1/2 x 10-1/4 inches.
[BLD087]
$1500 framed
Wesley Wehr (American, 1929-2004)
Neah I
Mixed media. 14 February 1971. Signed and dated, top right.
2-1/4 x 3-1/2 inches.
[BLD089]
$600 framed
John Massey Wright (British, 1777-1866)
MacBeth
Watercolor, ink and pencil. Signed and titled along lower edge.
7-1/2 x 10-1/ inches.
[BLD092]
$550 framed
Antique and Contemporary Prints
William Blake (British, 1757-1827)
Then a Spirit Passed Before My Face
Plate 9 for the Book of Job. Engraving printed chine collé from the first (Linnell) edition of 150 proof sets, 1825/26. Dated 1825 in the plate. Some foxing. Reference: Binyon 114.
8-1/4 x 6-1/4 inches.
[BLD003]
$2800 framed
William Blake (British, 1757-1827)
Then the Lord Answered Job out of the Whirlwind
Plate 13 for the Book of Job. Engraving printed chine collé from the first (Linnell) edition of 150 proof sets, 1825/26. Dated 1825 in the plate. Reference: Binyon 118 ii.
8-1/2 x 6-5/8 inches.
[BLD004]
SOLD
Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
St. Matthew
Etching for Les Grandes Apotres. Reference: Lieure 1309. Trimmed to or within platemark. Stains and small tear upper left edge.
5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches.
[BLD007]
$200 framed
Jacques Callot (French, 1592-1635)
St. Philip
Etching for Les Grandes Apotres. Reference: Lieure 1307ii, Meaume 114. Trimmed to or within platemark. Small losses top corners.
5-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches.
[BLD008]
$225 framed
Agostino Carracci (Italian, 1557-1602)
The Crucifixion
Engraving on three sheets, 1589. Reference: Bartsch 23, Bohlin 147.
20-3/8 x 47 inches overall.
[BLD010]
SOLD
Eric Desmazieres (French, b. 1948)
Livres Anciens
Etching and aquatint, 2001. Edition 66/150. Commissioned for catalog published by Fitch-Febvrel Gallery.
8-7/8 x 9-3/4 inches.
[BLD022]
$750 framed
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
The Sudarium Held by Two Angels
Engraving, 1513. Reference: Bartsch 25, Meder, Hollstein 26. Good Meder B impression with rounded corners. Trimmed within platemark. Repaired separation along center.
3-7/8 x 5-3/8 inches.
[BLD027]
SOLD
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
The Annunciation
Woodcut from The Small Passion. Latin edition of 1511 (text verso). Reference: Bartsch 19, Meder, Hollstein 128. Ex-collection A. Caironi (Lugt 426). Fine impression with small margins.
5 x 3-7/8 inches.
[BLD028]
SOLD
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
The Meeting of Joachim and Anna at the Golden Gate
Woodcut from the Life of the Virgin, 1509. First edition, text verso. Flower and triangle watermark. Bartsch 79, Strauss 96, Meder 19. Good strong impression. Losses at top corners partially reattached. Very minor printer’s crease.
11-3/4 x 8 inches.
[BLD024]
$3000 framed
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471-1528)
The Adoration of the Magi
Woodcut, 1511. This impression c. 1520. References: Strauss 161, B. 3, K. 252, T. 487, H. 208, M. 208. Watermark: Bull’s Head with JZ (M. 70), c. 1520. Excellent impression. Some thin spots in sheet.
11-3/8 x 8-1/2 inches.
[BLD026]
SOLD
Frank Morley Fletcher (British/American, 1866-1949)
At the Lock
Color woodblock, c. 1912. Signed. Monogram in the block. Reference: cf. Hind, p. 48.
8 x 10 inches.
[BLD032]
SOLD
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746-1828)
Mala Noche (A Bad Night)
Plate 36 for Los Caprichos, 1799. Later printing.
8-1/2 x 5-7/8 inches.
[BLD040]
SOLD
Takashi Ito (Japanese, 1894-1987)
Takegawa River at Dawn
Color woodblock, 1932. Published by Watanabe. mounting tissue residue verso.
14-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches (oban).
[BLD100]
SOLD
John Melville Kelly (American, 1879-1962)
Kaipo - Hawaii
Drypoint, 1933. Signed.
9-3/8 x 8 inches.
[BLD047]
SOLD
Max Klinger (German, 1857-1920)
Penelope
Color etching for Pan, 1894. Monogram in the plate. Reference: Singer 276. Light allover toning.
7-1/4 x 11-5/8 inches.
[BLD048]
SOLD
Ernest Klotz (1863-?)
Madchenkopf
Color etching printed chine colle for Pan I, iii.
5 x 6 inches.
[BLD049]
$250 framed
Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945)
Die Gefangenen (Prisoners
Etching, 1908. Plate 7 from Bauernkrieg. Reference: Klipstein 98, final state, Von der Becke impression.
12-1/2 x 16-1/2 inches.
[BLD050]
SOLD
Kunisada as Toyokuni III (Japanese, 1786-1865)
Beauty Watching Boats from Dock
Color woodblock, c. 1850. One panel of diptych or triptych. Minor spotting.
14 x 9-1/2 inches (oban).
[BLD051]
SOLD
Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797-1861)
Beauty with Bow & Arrows
Color woodblock. Centerfold and some fading.
13-5/8 x 9-3/8 inches showing.
[BLD052]
$375 framed
Rembrandt Harmenz van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
The Crucifixion: Small Plate
Etching, c. 1635. Bartsch, Hollstein 80, Hind 123. Thread margins, three small spots top and center left.
3-3/4 x 2-5/8 inches.
[BLD068]
$2800 framed
Rembrandt Harmenz van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669)
Jan Antonides van der Linden, Physician
Etching, c. 1665. References: Bjorklund 65-1 state 6/6, Usticke 264 7/7, Hollstein, White & Boon 264 5/5. Late impression on thin tissue. Flaw that looks to be either a minor repaired tear or printer’s crease in image, lower center. Trimmed to or just within platemark. Ex-collection Llandaff (Lugt 2805).
4-7/8 x 4 inches.
[BLD067]
$1600 framed
Maekawa Senpan (Japanese, 1888-1960)
Night of Shinjuku
Color woodblock. From Reflections of Tokyo, a set of 15 prints by different artists published by Fugaku Shuppansha, 1945. Signature “PAN” in the block.
8 x 10-1/2 inches.
[BLD110]
$850 framed
Theophile Alexandre Steinlen (Swiss/French, 1859-1923)
Woman and Child
Possibly a lithograph after a drawing. Signed in the stone.
14-3/4 x 11 inches.
[BLD077]
SOLD
Henri di Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)
Le Marchand de Marrons
Lithograph on chine, 1897. One of 625 impressions published in 1925 by Frapier. Blindstamp of the Galerie des Peintres-Graveurs. Monogram in the stone. Reference: Delteil 335, A. 254, W. 232, Adriani 211.
10-1/8 x 7 inches.
[BLD053]
$1250 framed
U.S. Coast Survey
Reconnaissance of Duwamish Bay and Seattle Harbor
Litho-engraving by J.J. Knight & F.W. Benner after drawing by J. R. Key, 1854. Stain along fold.
10 x 8-1/8 inches.
[BLD012]
$200 framed
U.S. Coast Survey
Port Ludlow (Washington Territory)
Litho-engraving, 1856. Engraved by Louis A. Sengteller (1813-1883), drawn by Adolph Lindenkohl (d. 1904). Stains along folds.
14-1/2 x 11 inches showing.
[BLD011]
$150 framed
Utamaro II (Japanese, ? - c. 1831)
Beauty with Pruning Shears
Color woodcut. Published by Yamada-Yasasuke, 1790-1810. Censor seal: Kiwame (approved). Some fading and creases.
15 x 9-7/8 inches (oban).
[BLD099]
$950 framed
Jacques Villon (French, 1875-1963)
Three Kings
Color etching for Poems de Brandebourg, 1947. Edition 166/190. Reference: Rausch 182.
11 x 8-3/4 inches.
[BLD086]
$325 framed
Edward Wadsworth (English, 1889-1949)
Yorkshire
Woodcut, 1922. From Dodgson, Contemporary English Woodcuts, London: Duckworth & Co., 1922. Edition 500.
4-1/4 x 5-3/4 inches.
[BLD109]
SOLD
Hiroshi Yoshida (Japanese, 1876-1950)
Market in Mukden
Series: Korea and Manchuria. Color woodblock, 1937. Jizuri seal (self printed). Signed in pencil. Reference: Abe 211.
9-5/8 x 14-3/4 inches.
[BLD093/26865]
$1250 framed
Toshi Yoshida (1911-1995)
Raicho
Color woodblock, 1930. Signed in pencil.
9-3/4 x 14-3/4 inches.
[BLD094]
$725
