Category: illustration, dessin, drawing, etching, drypoint, aquatint, gouache, watercolor, Zeichnung, Entwurf, disegno, illustrazione

The Zone, 1882–1883

Georges Seurat :: The Zone (Outside the City Walls), 1882–83. Black ‘Conté’ crayon on cream laid paper. Seurat created the majority of his drawings with a greasy, medium-hard black crayon called Conté on thick Michallet paper with a pronounced texture. | src Chicago Art Institute

La creación de las aves, 1957

Remedios Varo ~ La creación de las aves, 1957. Oil on canvas | src MAMM
Remedios Varo ~ Sin título (Bosquejo de la Creación de las aves, 1957) | src MAM ~ Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico)
Remedios Varo ~ La creación de las aves, 1957. Oil on canvas (DETAIL) | src MAMM

Bajadéra, 1900–1920

Stredoeurópsky grafik z prelomu 19. – 20. storočia. Bajadéra, 1900–1920. | Central European graphic artist from the turn of the 19th – 20th century. Bajadera, 1900–1920. | src Galéria mesta Bratislavy

Coup-d’œil du Theatre de Besançon, 1804

Claude-Nicolas Ledoux :: Coup-d’œil du Theatre de Besançon (Das Auge des Architekten), Tafel 113 aus Ledoux, L’Architecture considérée […], Paris, 1804. © Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Das Museum für Fotografie präsentiert zwei parallele Ausstellungen zum ebenso brisanten wie aktuellen Thema Überwachung: “Watching You, Watching Me: A Photographic Response to Surveillance” und “Watched! Surveillance Art & Photography after 9/11” | src Blog Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Die Blätter mit dem Tod, 1918

Die Blätter mit dem Tod (The Leaves with Death), cover title: Ein Totentanz by Alfred Kubin. Berlin, Bruno Cassirer, 1918. Book of 25 unpaginated leaves, printed on rectos only. First edition with the cover title "A Dance of Death". | src Bassenge Auktionen
Die Blätter mit dem Tod (The Leaves with Death), cover title: Ein Totentanz by Alfred Kubin. Berlin, Bruno Cassirer, 1918. Book of 25 unpaginated leaves, printed on rectos only. First edition with the cover title “A Dance of Death”. | src Bassenge Auktionen
Alfred Kubin :: Die Blätter mit dem Tod; [cover title]: Ein Totentanz. Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1918. First Edition. Kubin's sequence of 24 lithographic images depicts death in a variety of contexts and including the title page and final vignette, in which which a gravestone bears the the artist's own name; the cover is an additional lithograph. Kubin was well known for his explorations of macabre and satirical subject matter. This interpretation of the "Dance of Death" appeared at a moment when four years of world war and a spreading influenza pandemic meant that virtually no-one was untouched by death. | src locus solus rare books
Alfred Kubin :: Die Blätter mit dem Tod; [cover title]: Ein Totentanz. Berlin: Bruno Cassirer, 1918. First Edition. Kubin’s sequence of 24 lithographic images depicts death in a variety of contexts and including the title page and final vignette, in which which a gravestone bears the the artist’s own name; the cover is an additional lithograph. Kubin was well known for his explorations of macabre and satirical subject matter. This interpretation of the “Dance of Death” appeared at a moment when four years of world war and a spreading influenza pandemic meant that virtually no-one was untouched by death. | src locus solus rare books
Alfred Kubin :: Das Ballgespenst [The Ball Ghost], thirteenth plate in the book Ein Totentanz. Folio, 25 unpaginated leaves, printed on rectos only (Berlin, Bruno Cassirer, 1918). | src Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Alfred Kubin :: Das Ballgespenst [The Ball Ghost], thirteenth plate in the book Ein Totentanz. Folio, 25 unpaginated leaves, printed on rectos only (Berlin, Bruno Cassirer, 1918). | src Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Traité de danse académique

Serge Lifar :: Traité de danse académique. Avec 2 dessins originaux de Lifar sur une couverture supplémentaire séparée. Paris, Bordas, 1949. Dessins: 1952. | src La Gazette Drouot and Abebooks

Traité de danse académique

Serge Lifar :: Traité de danse académique. Avec 2 dessins originaux de Lifar sur une couverture supplémentaire séparée. Paris, Bordas, 1949. Dessins: 1952. | src La Gazette Drouot and Abebooks

Romeo, 1925

George Barbier :: “Romeo”. Figure of a nobleman in an Italian Renaissance costume. Original pen drawing in gold and colors. Signed “George Barbier 1925” on the right. On handmade paper and cardboard. Paris, 1925. Nice stage design for the representation of a Renaissance nobleman, such as a Romeo from Shakespeare’s drama. The French painter, illustrator and fashion designer George Barbier (1882-1932) is considered one of the most important exponents of Art Deco. | src Bassenge Auktionen

Lady with Parasol, ca. 1920

George Barbier (1882-1932) :: Lady in baroque costume with a light green turban and parasol. Watercolor pen drawing over pencil, signed, ca. 1920 | src Bassenge Auktionen

The drawing shows a lady of advanced age, her head in strict profile to the left, the body from the front. She wears an expansive light brown dress with light blue trimmings and bows. The parasol is also made to match the blue borders and bows. The light green turban with two opulent white feathers, which are held by a golden brooch with an orange-red stone, is striking. | src Bassenge Auktionen