Best.-Nr. 3601217Contentum Ltd. Loose sheet. New. High-quality art print based on an original work from the Rijksmuseum. Created in the 16th century 1500. Professionally printed on premium fine-art paper Museum Etching museum quality in size A2. The artwork is printed with a white border museum-style presentation. Contentum Ltd. unknown
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1900Best.-Nr. 4922N.p. France: No printer for Joseph Vitta 1900. FIRST STATE of two before the addition of the artist's signature in the plate. Hardcover. Fine. Printed on laid paper with watermarks "A. Portabeuf" and "Arches". Most margins untrimmed with their deckled edges preserved. Light marginal soiling to some plates one plate with light foxing in lower margin not touching the image one plate with foxing to blank verso not visible on the printed recto final plate with light crease to blank margin and soiling to blank verso. Very light dust-soiling to the tips of the deckles and occasional very small tears in the margins. Housed in a custom box. This copy formerly with David Carritt Limited Artemis Group Ltd. London. A complete set of Albert Besnard's striking suite of 26 etchings on the theme of death signed by the artist in graphite. The edition was limited to nine impressions five of them on paper. At least one paper set and one vellum set were dispersed the National Gallery of Art Washington D.C. has a set comprising a single vellum leaf the other 25 are mixed states on paper. In this set nine prints Delteil 131 136 139 148 150-152 155 156 have watermark "Arches"; the others have the watermark "A. Portabeuf". "Les épreuves de ce premier état tirées 'à fleur de métal' sont d'une remarquable qualité Elles sont toutes signées de l'artiste."Delteil "The title of the series of prints Elle refers to Death La Mort. The series is considered one of Albert Besnard's most significant works in printmaking and depicts the omnipresence of death among the living. In this series Death is shown in several scenes in the disguise of the mistress of the household of a courtesan or of a lover. Death appears in all aspects of daily life striking when one least expects it on the path of a horse rider or as a couple embraces in a garden. One scene is particularly cruel as Death stands in front of a mother with two young children on her lap and the title of the print elucidates what is at stake: Lequel Which One. In Après sa visite After the Visit a man and a woman hide their faces in despair. On the other hand in L'Importune Importunate a doctor by a patient's bedside pushes her away. In Danger passé Danger Passed a horse rider continues on unscathed. Other prints demonstrate the benevolence of Death who can bring relief. In one scene Death brings together a couple under her cloak. "In 1900 the French banker collector and patron Baron Joseph Vitta 1860-1940 commissioned the series Elle from Besnard. The series was to include 50 plates of which only 26 were editioned. A 27th plate titled L'homme suivant la Mort was realized but destroyed after only two proofs were pulled. Vitta controlled the preliminary drawings the plates and the printed impressions and limited the size of the edition. The first printing of the series comprised only nine proofs of each plate. A second state of the series with the addition of Besnard's monogram was printed in nineteen impressions in 1921. An additional set of impressions of the 1921 issue was offered to the printer of the series Auguste Vernant. The plates were then cancelled impressions of the cancelled plates are at the Bibliothèque nationale in Paris. "Born in Paris Albert Besnard entered the École des Beaux-Arts in 1866. He exhibited at the Salon of 1868 and won the Prix de Rome in 1874. While in Rome he met Charlotte Dubray 1854-1931 the daughter of the sculptor Vital Dubray 1813-1892 and a sculptor herself who benefited from the sponsorship of the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland to study sculpture in Rome. After their marriage in 1879 the couple moved to London. There Dubray had numerous contacts and Besnard received numerous commissions as a portrait painter. He also studied printmaking with Alphonse Legros. Their four children three sons and a daughter became artists. Besnard was the director of the Académie de France in Rome from 1913-1921 and the director of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1922 to 1932. He became the first painter to be given a state funeral in France."Getty "With Elle Besnard resurrected and modernized the ancient dance of death adapting its imagery to current tastes while retaining the themes of the power of death and the equality of all before it. Death portrayed by Besnard the eponymous 'She' of the title is an omnipresent force that circulates among the members of modern society. Lurking in the bushes and gutters she occasionally takes on the features of a prostitute or a lover. She is a tenacious and patient adversary usually triumphing over her prey through trickery or duplicity. She is everywhere at once; she strikes arbitrarily and mercilessly. "Besnard's images illustrate only a few of the countless occasions when Death manifests itself. Many scenes are imbued with black humor the effect of surprise and macabre turns of events. Some are poignant others terrifying. All remind us that death plays a very real and very active role in every aspect of our lives."Musée des Beaux-Arts du Canada www.beaux-arts.ca Besnard himself established the order of the prints: Exigeante D. 131; Dans la Foule D. 132; L'Accident D. 133; L'Obstacle D. 134; Danger Passé D. 135; L'Inconnue D. 136; Importune D. 137; L'Enigme D. 138; Le Mystère D. 139; Après sa Visite D. 140; Ponctuelle D. 141; Aux Aguets D. 142; Le Coup de Filet D. 143; Musicienne D. 144; Le Vertige D. 145; Lequel D. 146; La Possession D. 147; Discrète D. 148; Le Duel D. 149; la Présentation D. 150; L'Orgie D. 151; Charitable D. 152; Coquette D. 153; L'Avertissement D. 154; Elle consacre l'Amour D. 155; Indifférente D. 156. No printer [for Joseph Vitta] hardcover
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2010Best.-Nr. __0300118791Yale Univ Pr 2010. Hardcover. New. 508 pages. 9.50x6.50x2.00 inches. Yale Univ Pr hardcover
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1786Best.-Nr. 4439France 1786. Hand-colored etched folding paper fan printed on the recto of two joined sheets backed in plain paper mounted on 15 later plain wooden sticks the open leaf measuring approx. 112 x 460 mm. total fan height 260 mm. The etching shows two couples and a small dog and table with wine carafe and glass flanking a female figure in white Grecian robes and a green wreath holding in one hand a heart at her breast and with the other hand ceremoniously setting alight a bundle of wood a fagot on a small pedestal or altar above which is the wreathed inscription Institution des fagotiers a auteuil le 2 avril 1786 / On prete serment sur un fagot de pratiquer toute sa vie cinq vertus : cordial franchise amitié générosité obeisance sic et tendresse; at top a star with the initials T L A and a banner lettered Vertus des fagotiers surmounted by the caption Ronde joyeuse des fagotiers/ Air: c'est la petite Theresse sic; on either side of this scene are four verses within two green-outlined oval cartouches within stenciled blue and yellow decorative border. Some wear and slight splitting along a few folds a couple of small tears at mounts. A mildly licentious pre-Revolutionary printed fan possibly commemorating a real event a "festival of the wood-gatherers" fagotiers held in Auteuil on April 2 1786 but of which there appears to be no historical record. Rather than a guild the fagotiers may have been a local association or club. The symbolism of the image and verses seems to be along the lines of Carpe diem carnally for death is around the corner - heavy sentiments for a feather-light fan. One of the men is gesturing toward his partner's crotch and the verses on either side of the central scene are dotted with sexual innuendo. The first stanza "Let us sing of the burning fagot a bundle of small wood lit by friendship / he who backs away from it knows her i.e. friendship only half-way / without her life is nothing / with her one is deified" could be understood as innocuous but the second stanza celebrates the joys of Déduit an archaic term for the pleasures of love or coïtus. Stanza three brings in Death in the form of Charon: "amiable fellow let us sing his good humor his boat may lead to the devil but his spirit leads to happiness / with his worthy ardor the fire burns in our hearts." The last stanza declares that the "august fagotine law" allows us to include women we need not hide everyone kiss your partner etc. I locate one other example of this fan held by the Musée Carnavelet in Paris. It is digitized on their website with the description "The Genie of Friendship lights the pyre on which the couples will take the oath of friendship." The stenciled border of our copy differs from that of the Carnavelet example which is in pink; here it is in two colors and includes two birds perched on branches. unknown
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1990Best.-Nr. G0812508521I5N10Doherty Associates LLC Tom 1990. Paperback. Acceptable. Former library book; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom paperback
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2017Best.-Nr. 154464P.S. Artbooks 2017. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Pictorial Boards. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square covers have sharp corners exterior shows no blemishes but a few small marks lower back cover otherwise Fine. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Comics in full color throughout chronologically arranged with covers Charles Atlas & Amazing Values ads at back etc. illustrated endpapers. Unpaginated about 200 pages. Stated ""First Edition"" on publisher's page. Contains November / January 1954 - September November 1954 May/June 1955 - September/October 1955 P.S. Artbooks hardcover
1863Best.-Nr. Cat320Concord Massachusetts: Benjamin Tolman 1863. Printed broadside 11 ¼ x 10 inches. Some tearing at folds very good. A straightforward but telling piece documenting the expansion of a Massachusetts burying ground during the American Civil War signed in type by three trustees of the North Sudbury Burying Ground. As casualties mounted and remains were returned to hometowns existing cemeteries were frequently enlarged with new land enclosed and improved by contract. The specification of “25 rods” over 400 feet of wall indicates a substantial addition typical of mid-war efforts to increase capacity in established town burial grounds rather than create entirely new sites. Sudbury contributed roughly 150–170 men to Union service of whom approximately eleven died a scale of loss consistent with small Massachusetts towns and sufficient to register locally in burial and memorial practices. We find no other records of ephemera or broadsides relating to Civil War-era cemetery expansion. This notice is not at AAS. Benjamin Tolman unknown
