Study of Figures, pen and ink on paper, 17.75 x 20.25 cm [7 x 8 in], ca. 1650. With the collection mark lower left of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723 - 1792), this work thought to be Castiglione's "A heathen sacrifice" listed as #55 in the second day of the Reynolds sale catalogue. With significant areas of paper loss and repairs, rebacked with areas of support sheet showing through. Archivally matted and set in a hand-gilted finished-corner frame under UV plexiglass. Read More...
A visually striking original postcard showing a happy Soviet family beneath a hammer and sickle, above the words and music of Serafim Tulikov and Alexander Zharov's 1947 song "We Are For Peace." With an inscription and an address in Budapest on the verso, and original stamp and postmark. Light edge wear and toning; overall in fine condition. 4 x 6 inches (10.3 x 14.9 cm). Read More...
Original etching engraved by Henri Guerard, with autograph edits for the publication of the print in brown ink by Corot, including the addition of his name "C. Corot " with a cancelation mark, and title beneath the image "Le Concert / appartient à M. Jules Dupré", and approved by him upper right corner "Bon à tirer " with his autograph paraph. 28 x 20 cm. Read More...
New York: E. P. Dutton. 1939. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full blue cloth, black lettering on spine and cover, embossed medallion on cover, blue endpapers. Illustrated with 97 striking full-page photographs of depression era New York by Berenice Abbott, produced for the Works Progress Administration. Signed and Inscribed on the title-page: "To Karin / from / Berenice / 1954 / October." Lacking the scarce dust jacket, rebacked, corners nicked and boards somewhat soiled and stained. Read More...