Prints and Drawings auctions

woodcut, ink, paper, 50x20 cm, signed: stamp of Gihachiro Okuyama in lower left corner Gihachiro Okuyama (1907-1981), was a 20th century Japanese commercial artist and woodcut printmaker. He was a prolific artist in the shin-hanga and sōsaku-hanga styles. He is known for his landscape works, both in color and black-and-white, as well as simple scenes that introduce elements of Japan's moderni...
Colorful patriotic poster with a depiction of Józef Piłsudski in the Art Deco style. Framed poster. Poster depicting the torso of Józef Piłsudski in a uniform with many decorations, with a sabre in one hand and a baton in the other. Above the Marshal's figure, the dates of his life 1867-1935, at the bottom the Polish flag and the Polish coat of arms, under which the inscription JÓZEF PIŁ...
color woodcut, ink, paper, 20x30 cm, artist's signature, publisher's mark on the back Night fishing scene with depiction of fishermen attracting char with flaming torches. Men on the shore hold the flames above the water while others work with their nets in the river. Flickering stars can be seen in the sky above the scene. An interestingly composed frame with the movement of the waves on the ...
color woodcut, ink, paper, 28.5 x 41 cm (paper size), artist's signature, inscriptions in Japanese in the right margin - from the top the title of the series, below the title of the woodcut. This is an original woodcut from the first edition, published in 1939-1940. Small spots of foxing visible. The work is from the series "Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji." The series contains woodcuts depicti...
Linocut, paper 1963. Size of composition 43 x 49 cm, dimensions of entire sheet 48 x 61 cm Signed in pencil H. Plóciennik
STRYJEŃSKA Zofia (1891-1976) - [Polish dances]. Uncut board with 4 dances. Sheet form. 69.5x49.5 cm. On the board four dances: Mazur, Góralski, Oberek and Zbójnicki. The illustrations were probably prepared for the second edition of the 1938 portfolio. Traces of folding, small folds in the margin. Z. Stryjeńska, née Lubańska (1891-1976) - painter, graphic artist, illustrator, stage desig...
GDENSK. view from Ołowianka to Granary Island; ryt. Navellier and Marie, drawing by H. Clerget, 1885; wood. color, st. bdb.; dim. 232x152 mm; DANTZIG.
Color woodcut, ink, paper, 26x38 cm, publisher's mark on the back The first edition of Album of Selected Insects appeared in 1788 by the Tsutaya Yuzaburo Publishing House. Utamaro's drawings illustrated poems written by thirty poets specializing in poetry about insects. The album was considered a masterpiece of Japanese art and was reprinted many times in the 19th and 20th centuries in woodcut...
RIGA. Bird 's-eye view of the city; taken from: Theatrum Europaeum, ed. by M. Merian, 1652; copper color, st. bdb; plate dimensions 264x220 mm; RIGA.
WISZNIEWSKI Kazimierz (1894-1960) - Ruins of the Castle in Liwa. Woodcut form. 12x15.7 on ark. 14.4x21.8 cm. Handwritten pencil signature of the artist in the lower margin. In addition, in the margins, the author placed notes: "original woodcut 1934", "handprinted 1958", "Liw on the river Liwec near Węgrów Podlaski". Very good condition. K. Wiszniewski (1894-1960) - graphic artist-wood engra...
OCIEPKA Teofil (1891-1978) - Fantasy scene in the interior. Oil on cardboard, form. 23.5x33.5 cm (in light passe-partout). In the lower right corner signature "T. Ociepka. 1966 r.". Work in cardboard passe-partout, wooden frame, behind glass. Framed by a conservator and framer in Birmingham (stamp. on the back). Very good condition. T. Ociepka (1891-1978) - self-taught painter (primitivist) an...
Giclee on canvas, 70 x 70 cm Painting protected with matte varnish and stretched on a pine painting loom. Signed: on the reverse with the name and date of creation. Work only in one author's edition.
GETZ Leon (1896-1971) - Women in the Interior (?). Crayon drawing on pencil underdrawing, gouache on ark. 35.4x40.8 cm. Four seated women, the fifth in negligee looks out the window. Unsigned work. Good condition. Leon Leonovich Getz "was born on April 13, 1896 in Lviv in a mixed Polish-Russian family. After studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow (1919-24), he settled in Sanok for 19 y...
Zbójnicki. Polish Dances. Rotogravure, paper. Signed on fawn "Z. STRYJEŃSKA" and date. "1927". Dimensions 34 x 24.4 cm. Graphic comes from the portfolio: "Polish Dances" 11 multicolored rotogravures / Zofja Stryjeńska ; foreword by [...] Artur Schroeder. [1929]. Condition b. good.
MLECZKO Andrzej (b. 1949) - Days of Podgórze 76'. Ink drawing, colored with gouache, on ark. 20.5x20.5 cm, signed. Escape from the cage. Minor ink stains, trace of dampness in upper corner. Work in wooden frame, behind glass. A. Milczko (b. 1949) - cartoonist, satirist, illustrator. NOTE: possible droit de suite fee.
Linocut +"Image and nude" on cardboard, 2007Dimensions:Composition 40 x 32 cmWhole 55 x 45 cmSigned in pencil Henryk PłóciennikNotes:The "+" sign in linocuts by Henryk Plóciennik means that the artist added hand-painted pieces to the graphic print. This means that each work is a unique piece of art, in one piece.
GDAŃSK. panorama of the city from the northwest; figural staffage in the foreground; taken from: D. Meissner, Thesaurus Philopoliticus, ed. by P. Fürst, 1638; emblematic representation, Latin and German sentences; copper b.b., st. bdb., passe-partout; plate dimensions 152x100 mm; Dantzig in Preußen;[Dantiscum G95/3]. VERY RARE!
GLIWA Stanislaw (1910-1986) - Finis. (two prints). Linocut form. 9.6x7.9 cm. One print on silk glued to a sheet of stiff paper, the other on paper. Both signed and dated in pencil under the composition. Linocut depicts the posthumous profile of Marshal Jozef Pilsudski against a background of a crowned eagle. Slight folding of the print on the silk, otherwise good condition. S. Gliwa (1910-1986...
Japanese color woodcut, ink, paper, 21x27 cm (paper size), artist's signature, publisher's inscriptions in Japanese in the margins An analogous woodcut is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The work is from an album entitled: Keibun Kachō Gafu (Sketches of Flowers and Birds by Keibun, Part II) published in Osaka in October 1892 by Aoki Kôsaburô. A total of 12 woodcuts were p...
JELENIA GÓRA, SOBIESZÓW : Panorama of the city with Chojnik; ryt. F.A. Tittel, ca. 1800; aquf. color, st. bdb.; plate dimensions 310x205 mm; HERMSDORF unterm KYNAST [...]; RARE!
Woodcut of the bust of Józef Piłsudski, 1935, by Stanisław Kopystyński (1893-1969), framed. Frame dimensions 380 x 340 mm
LASZENKO L. (?) - Orthodox church. Etching form. 16.5x21.5 cm. Wooden orthodox church and three trees. Under the composition pencil signatures: "Orthodox church" and "L. Lashenko [Lashenkov?] 1938". Browned (acidified) paper. The work in a wooden frame and paper passe-partout, behind glass.
Linocut + monotype On cardboard 2012.Dimensions:Composition: 40 x 32 cmOverall: 56 x 46 cmSigned in pencil Henryk PłóciennikNotes:The "+" sign in linocuts by Henryk Plóciennik means that the artist added hand-painted pieces to the graphic print. This means that each work is a unique piece of art, in one piece.
Drawing of Józef Piłsudski, left, by Ł. Górski from 1935. The drawing shows the stamp of the Riflemen's Association, Kraków Branch, 1936. Dimensions 35.5 x 27 cm
The miraculous image of the Virgin Mary in the church of the Bernardine Fathers in Sokal. [191-?]. Form. 10x7 cm. Color reproduction of the Sokal painting. Verso unprinted, with period notations. Good condition.
SWIEBODZICE. Panorama of the city; ryt. F.A. Tittel, ca. 1800; aquf. color, st. bdb., soiling, tears, traces of moisture; plate dimensions 310x205 mm; Freyburg in Schlesien [...]; RARE!
Set of photographic illustrations of Vilnius, Lithuania 13 pieces from the album Souvenir de Vilno ca. 1900. size 15 x 22cm
color serigraphy, paper, 70 cm x 91.5 cm; painting signed, dated and described in pencil at bottom; l.d. piece marking: '11/50' p.d.: artist's signature: Jerzy Nowosielski/1997; framed work; enclosed certificate of the Nowosielski Foundation
JELENIA GÓRA, CIEPLICE ŚLĄSKIE-ZDRÓJ. Zdrój Klasztorny and Zdrój Hrabiowski; F.A. Tittel, ca. 1821; aquf. color, st. bdb., frame and glass; plate dimensions 272x198 mm, dimensions with frame 378x307 mm; Das Graefliche und Probst=Bad zu Warmbrunn in Schlesien; RARE!
GETZ Leon (1896-1971) - Kameduli. Pencil drawing, lightly colored with crayons, on ark. 33x40 cm. Group of 6 monks at a table, monastery tower visible in the background. In the lower right corner handwritten by the author: "5. VII 970: Bielany". Slight loss of the lower corner (outside the composition), otherwise good condition. Leon Leonovich Getz "was born on April 13, 1896 in Lviv to a mixe...
RACZYŃSKI Stanisław (1903-1982) - Kraków. 6 woodcuts ... [Kraków, 1939?]. 4, plate 6. original card folder. Grosno 464. spine of portfolio slightly rubbed, otherwise good condition. On the front cover, in the lower right corner a foreign dedication. Engravings in original paper passe-partout. All woodcuts signed in pencil by the artist and titled by him under the composition. Portfolio inc...
Linocut + On cardboardDimensionsComposition 40 x 32 cm56 x 46 cmSigned in pencil Henryk PłóciennikNotes:The "+" sign in linocuts by Henryk Plóciennik means that the artist added hand-painted pieces to the graphic print. This means that each work is a unique piece of art, in one piece.
Linocut + monotype on cardboard"Ero" 2007Dimensions:Composition: 43 x 32 cmOverall: 60 x 45 cmSigned in pencil Henryk PłóciennikNotes:The "+" sign in Henryk Plóciennik's linocuts means that the artist added hand-painted pieces to the graphic print. This means that each work is a unique piece of art, in one piece.
WEISS Wojciech (1875-1950) - Mounds of grain. Woodcut form. 10x14.8 on ark. 18.3x23.2 cm. The artist in front of an easel, between two mounds of grain. Unsigned work. Print on ribbed paper. The same work was attached to the monthly magazine "Fine Arts" and had overprints on the lower margin - missing here. Sheet mounted on a sheet of black paper. Good condition. W. Weiss (1875-1950) - painter ...
Binder with postcards, photos and graphics. In total ca. 57 pieces. Recommended viewing.
[CZARTORYSKA Maria]. M. Maria Ksawera of Jesus, Discalced Carmelite, (Princess Witold Czartoryska, née Maria hr. Grocholska) born in Pietniczany in Podolia on 29. XI. 1833, died in Cracow in the Lobz Carmel. 9 V. 1928 [...] With permission of the Superiors. Cracow, 1942. Tripartite picture form. 12.3x23.1, folded 12.3x7.7 cm. On the first page a photo of the deceased, on the remaining pages h...
Set of fifteen patriotic bookplates with various depictions.
Color woodcut, paper; dimensions of closed booklet: 22.5 x 15.5 cm.
GDAŃSK. panorama of the city from Biskupia Górka (from the southwest); ryt. P.H. Schut, ed. by N. Visscher, ca. 1650; reworking of M. Merian's 1641 panorama; decorative border, figural staffage in foreground; copper color, st. bdb; plate dimensions 277x217 mm; DANTZIG;[Dantiscum G97/1].
Linocut On yellow cardboardDimensions:Composition 40 x 32 cmComposition 60 x 47 cmSigned in pencil Henryk Płóciennik
GETZ Leon (1896-1971) - Painter's hallway. Drawing in ink and crayons on ark. 43.8x33 cm. The drawing depicts a small interior with an obscure front door to the apartment, an old-fashioned sideboard, and paintings hanging on the walls. Handwritten signature "Leon Getz, 1966" and the title of the work in the lower right corner. Good condition. Leon Leonovich Getz "was born on April 13, 1896 in ...
Linocut, tissue paper, composition dimensions 6.4 x 4.4 cm, tissue paper dimensions 12 x 9 cm Signed: lin. 65 Józef Gielniak (in pencil)
Color woodcut, ink, paper, 36x24 cm, right part of triptych, artist's signature Excerpt from a depiction of a naval battle, an example of senso-e. Senso-e are Japanese woodcuts with war themes, usually depicting the Sino-Japanese War that lasted from 1894 to 1895 and the Russo-Japanese War from 1904 to 1905. These works filled a journalistic need for illustrations of current activities on the ...
Linocut on cardboard"Ero"Dimensions:Composition: 36 x 30 cmOverall: 52 x 44 cmSigned in pencil Henryk Płóciennik
OLKUSZ. Monument on the grave of Col. Francesco Nullo, drawing by M. Pashinski, 1920s/30s, part of a record of M. Pashinski's travels in Poland at the time; drawing in pencil, condition bdb.; dimensions: 130x178 mm; Olkusz: Mogiła pułk. Nullo. Francesco Nullo (1826-1863), collaborator of Garibaldi, volunteer in the January Uprising, killed in the battle of Krzykawka on 5.05.1863.
Linocut + On beige cardboardDimensions:Composition: 36 x 30Overall: 52 x 44Signed in pencil Henryk PlóciennikThe "+" sign in linocuts by Henryk Plóciennik means that the artist added hand-painted pieces to the graphic print. This means that each work is a unique piece of art, in one piece
Color woodcut, ink, paper, 22x26.5 cm, signed with the artist's seal (stamp) The woodcut is from the work Bairei Gakan (which translates as "Reflections of Bairei Painting"), published by Yamada Shinzaburo of Unsodo in 1913. It is a series of seven volumes of woodcuts that showcase the artist's skill in reproducing nature. These beautiful, often minimalist designs include landscapes, flowers, ...
Set of 95 postcards, some of them completed and sent. Recommended viewing.
MLECZKO Andrew (b. 1949) - Here they write that quantity does not interfere with quality, Stefan. Ink drawing on ark. 34.8x23.9 cm, signed. Illustration of the situation when quantity has not passed into quality. On the back stamp. of the artist and stamp. of the censorship. Drawing intended for publication in the press (as evidenced by the given dimensions of the final reproduction). Good con...
Napoleon ORDA (1807-1883) 108 ZAOSIE m. born. ADAMA MICKIEWICZ z: Album of historical views of Polandlithographed by Alojzy Misierowicz(1825-oc.1905) in lithography by Maksymilian Fajans(1827-1890)] Sign.on kam.l.d. drawing from nature Napoleon Orda, p.d. Lith. in Lith. by M. Fajans in Warsawlithograph, tintaFor. ca: 44.5x31.5 cmNapoleon Mateusz Tadeusz Orda (1807-1883) - Polish draughtsman, ...
MONDRAL Charles (1880-1957) - Portrait of a young woman. Woodcut on ark. 13.3x9.2 cm. Work signed on the woodblock with the monogram M.K. embedded in the year date 1917. very good condition. K. Mondral (1880-1957) - painter and printmaker, member of ZPAP, lecturer. NOTE: possible droit de suite charge.
Polonaise. Polish Dances. Rotogravure, paper. Signed on fawn "Z. STRYJEŃSKA" and date. "1927". Dimensions 34 x 24.4 cm. Graphic comes from the portfolio: "Polish Dances" 11 multicolored rotogravures / Zofja Stryjeńska ; foreword by [...] Artur Schroeder. [1929]. Condition b. good.
(OFLAG II C - Woldenberg). PICHELL Eugeniusz Woodcut, signed on woodblock and in pencil (title and signature): "Chimera, Siren", "Eug.Pichell 1944". (Woldenberg 1944). Overall dimensions: 30 x 21.5 cm. Eugeniusz Pichell (1905 - 1976), graphic artist. Prisoner of the Woldenberg camp with the rank of Lt. Camp no: 571/XVIIIB. Author of the first camp stamp. Good condition. Painting and printmakin...
KRASNODĘBSKA-GARDOWSKA Bogna (1900-1966) - Podhale. Color woodcut form. 14.8x10.1 on ark. 21x14 cm. Under the composition pencil signatures: "1928 Podhale" and "B. Krasnodębska". Work in wooden frame, behind glass. Good condition. B. Krasnodębska-Gardowska (1900-1986) - visual artist specializing in printmaking (especially woodcut) and drawing. NOTE: possible droit de suite fee.
POZNAŃ. Plan of the city; ryt. F. de Lapointe, drawing by E.J. Dahlbergh, taken from: S. Pufendorf, De rebus a Carolo Gustavo Sveciae Rege [...], ed. by C. Riegel, 1696; copper. color, st. bdb.; plate dimensions 318x255 mm; Ichnographia POSNANIAE, Metropolis Poloniae Majoris [...];[Dahlbergh 80 ].
offset, paper, 68 x 98 cm; reprint; signed by the author, l.d.; Polish film poster for the cult Polish comedy "Teddy Bear'' directed by: Stanisław Bareja; state of preservation: very good"
WARSAW, ŁOWICZ. Plan of Warsaw with a panorama of the city from the Vistula River; in the upper corners, a view and plan of the castle in Łowicz; ryt. A. Coquart (1668-1707), taken from: N. de Fer, L'atlas curieux ou le monde [...], 1700-1735; copper color, st. bdb., slight soiling of margins; plate dimensions 345x239 mm; no tit.
GUMOWSKI Jan (1883-1946) - Widoki Krakowa. Kraków 1926 - Muz. Narodowe. Folio, plate 12. original card folder. Grońska 227. portfolio slightly yellowed, otherwise very good condition. Index of plates (in Polish and French) on the back cover of the portfolio. Contains: Barbican, Florianska Gate and Pasamonik Tower, Carpenter's Tower, Florianska Street, Tops of Cloth Hall, Interior of Marjacy ...
Japanese color woodcut, ink, paper, 21x27 cm (paper size), artist's signature, publisher's inscriptions in Japanese in the margins An analogous woodcut is in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The work is from an album entitled: Keibun Kachō Gafu (Sketches of Flowers and Birds by Keibun, Part II) published in Osaka in October 1892 by Aoki Kôsaburô. A total of 12 woodcuts were p...
Binder with graphics, postcards, photos, newspapers and documents. In total ca. 64 pieces. Recommended viewing.
FLOINSKI Michael (1778-1812) - [Portrait of Rembrandt]. Etching in oval form. 10.5x8.8 on ark. 20x20 cm. Under the image engraved inscription: "Recueil de dix neuf Etudes Gravées à l'eau forte par m. Plonski", which is the title of a portfolio of 19 etchings by this artist published in Amsterdam after 1802. Engraving in a common wooden frame. Light yellowing of the sheet. M. Plonski (1778-18...
[JABŁONOWSKI Stanislav Jan]. Stanislavs Ioannes Iablonowski Svpremvs Exercitvum Regni Poloniae Dux. Portr. BN 1604. lithograph form. 11.4x17.7 cm, of unknown authorship. Portrait in oval frame, title inscription on its perimeter. Surrounded by a panoply, in the distance a landscape with a military camp. In the lower margin an alternative title: "Stanislaw Jan Jablonowski Woiewoda Ruski Kaszte...
( STEFAN Batory (1533 - 1586), King of Poland). "XV Stephanus Bathori Rex Poloniae". Portrait in copperplate. Not signed (18th century) Format (plate imprint): 18 x 12 cm (board: 23.5 x 18 cm). Good condition. Image of the king in full figure, with scepter, a helmet at his feet. He is standing in a niche surrounded by an architectural frame. Lit.: "Catalog of portraits...", item 5214 (slightly...
Color woodcut, ink, paper, 18x26 cm, artist's signature Depiction of travelers crossing the Great Sanjo Bridge in Kyoto, the last stop on the Tokaido Road. Beauties and vendors cross the imposing arched wooden structure, sharing the roadway with porters and a horse carrying a heavy load, while a daimyo procession approaches on the left. The city's rooftops stretch along the Kamo River, with bu...