The Published State - Part 2

August 4 - September 2, 2006

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The Published State - Part 1

Original prints commissioned for French publications, 1910-1980

The second of two consecutive exhibitions of French published editions, The Published State, Part 2 features original etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts issued by a variety of French publications such as XXeme Siecle, Derriere le Miroir, and Le Surrealisme. The exhibition includes graphic works by a number of prominent 20th century artists including Wassily Kandinsky, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, and Joan Miro.

PABLO PICASSO
(Spanish, 1881-1973)

Cover to Mourlot's Picasso Lithographe Vol. 2
Lithograph
Edition: approximately 800
Reference: Bloch 591B
12-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches

27741c
$750.

PABLO PICASSO
(Spanish, 1881-1973)

Back cover for Mourlot's Picasso Lithographe Vol. 4
Lithograph, 1963
Reference: Bloch 1108
12-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches

27744c
$600.

PABLO PICASSO
(Spanish, 1881-1973)

Front cover for Mourlot's Picasso Lithographe Vol. 4
Lithograph, 1963
Reference: Bloch 1108
12-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches

27745c
$600.

PABLO PICASSO
(Spanish, 1881-1973)

Frontispiece to Mourlot Vol. 4
Lithograph, 1964
Reference: Bloch 1155
12-1/4 x 8-5/8 inches

27746c
SOLD

PABLO PICASSO
(Spanish, 1881-1973)

Cover to Leiris Catalogue
Color lithograph, 1957
Edition: 4000
Reference: Bloch 537; Full-page illustration in Cramer's Pablo Picasso: The Illustrated Books.
6-1/2 x 5 inches

27747c
$425.

PABLO PICASSO
(Spanish, 1881-1973)

Cover to Mourlot's Picasso Lithographe Vol. 1
Lithograph, 1940s
Edition: approximately 800
Reference: Bloch 591A
12-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches

27740c
SOLD

MARC CHAGALL
(Russian/French, 1887-1985)

The Clown in Love
Lithograph from Mourlot's Chagall Lithographe 1957-1962, Vol 1-2
Printed by Mourlot and Draeger
Published by André Sauret
Reference: M. 394
12-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (sheet and image)

27708c
$250.

MARC CHAGALL
(Russian/French, 1887-1985)

Frontispiece for Le Plafonde de l'Opera
(Ceiling of the Paris Opera)
Color lithograph
Printed by Mourlot for Jacques Lassaigne's book for the poem by Louis Aragon. Published by André Sauret, 1965. No separately signed edition exists.
Reference: Mourlot/Sorlier cat. # 434.
12-7/8 x 9-1/2 inches (sheet)

27400
SOLD (additional impressions may be available.)

MARC CHAGALL
(Russian/French, 1887-1985)

Le Cirque
Color lithograph from Mourlot's Chagall Lithographe 1957-1962, Vol 1
Printed by Mourlot and Draeger
Published by André Sauret
Reference: M. 289
12-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches (sheet and image)

27709c
SOLD
Additional impressions
may be available

ALEXANDER CALDER
(American, 1898-1976)

Color lithograph
Issued in XXeme Siècle: Homage à Calder, 1972
11-7/8 x 9-1/4 inches

27755c
SOLD

SONIA DELAUNAY
(French, 1893-1979)

Color lithograph
Issued in XXeme Siècle #39, 1972
12-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches (sheet and image)

27711c
SOLD (additional impressions may be available.)

SONIA DELAUNAY
(French, 1893-1979)

Color lithograph
Issued in XXeme Siècle #32, 1969
12-1/4 x 9-1/2 inches (sheet and image)

27712c
SOLD (additional impressions may be available.)

GEORGES BRAQUE
(French, 1882-1963)

Project for Three Birds Flying
Color lithograph
Issued posthumously by Maeght in Derrière le Miroir: Homage à Braque.
12-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches

27701c
SOLD

ENRICO BAJ
(Italian, 1934-2003)

Color lithograph
Issued in XXeme Siècle #44, 1975
Reference: Catal. in Petit
12-1/8 x 9-1/2 inches (sheet and image)

A painter and sculptor associated with Surrealism and Dada, Baj was also a prominent writer and anarchist.

27697c
$150.

GEORGES ROUAULT
(French, 1871-1958)

Clown and Boy
Handcolored etching and aquatint
From unpublished Cirque
Edition: 180
Reference: R. 201, W. 206
12 x 8-1/4 inches

27748c
$4200.

JACQUES VILLON
(French, 1875-1963) 
after AMEDEO MODIGLIANI
(Italian, 1884-1920) 

L’Italienne 
Color etching and aquatint, 1927
 “Modigliani pinx.” in plate lower left center, 
“Jacques Villon sc.” in plate bottom right corner. 
Reference: Ginestet-Pouillon e. 650. 
19-1/4 x 12-1/16 inches

27003
$2200.

HANS BELLMER
(German, 1902-1975)

Circular Stair 
Plate 9 for Madame Edwarda by Pierre Angélique, 1955. Drypoint 
Published by Editions Georges Visat, Paris, 1965. 
This is a later impression from punched plate. 
Reference: Denoël 55 
7-1/4 x 3-3/16 inches 

27408
$175.

HANS BELLMER
(German, 1902-1975)

Standing Figure
Plate 6 for Madame Edwarda by Pierre Angélique, 1955. Drypoint.
Published by Editions Georges Visat, Paris, 1965. 
This is a later impression from the punched plate. 
Reference: Denöel 53 
7-1/4 x 3-1/8 inches 

27410 $175.

WASSILY KANDINSKY
(Russian, 1866-1944)

Woodcut
Issued for XXeme Siècle's Kandinsky issue, ca. 1970.
Monogram in block, lower left
8-1/4 x 6-5/8 inches

27726c
SOLD

VICTOR BRAUNER
(Romanian, 1903-1966)

Color lithograph for Le Surrealisme en 1947.
Edition: 999
7-1/2 x 9 inches

27704c
$300.

MAX ERNST
(German, 1891-1976)

Untitled color lithograph
Issued in Le Surrealisme en 1947.
Edition 999.
References: Speis 24, Hughes/Poupard 80.
7 x 6 inches


27717c
$350.

ANDRÉ DUNOYER DE SEGONZAC
(French, 1884-1974)

Woman Undressing
Etching, 1968.
Edition: approximately 1000.
9-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches

27715c
$150.

JACQUES VILLON
(French, 1875-1963)

Tête de Femme
Etching, 1951
Issued in XXeme Siècle #2, 1952
Signed and dated in plate, lower left
Reference: Ginestet-Pouillon 525
11-1/4 x 7-1/2 inches

27751c
$500.