Roses in a Vase, 1881-1883

Georges Seurat :: Roses in a Vase, 1881-1883. Black Conté crayon on ivory laid paper, discolored to tan, edge mounted on tan wove paper. | src Chicago Art Institute

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

Study for ‘La Grande Jatte’

Georges Seurat :: Seated Woman with a Parasol (study for A Sunday on La Grande Jatte), 1884-1885. Black Conté crayon on ivory laid paper. | src Chicago Art Institute

Creación de las aves (draft), 1957

Remedios Varo :: Sin título (Bosquejo de la Creación de las aves, 1957). | src MAM ~ Museo de Arte Moderno (Mexico)

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

Die Blätter mit dem Tod, 1918

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

Das Ballgespenst, 1918

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