Andre Derain (1880-1954), Baigneuse Nue aux Arbres (Nude Bather amidst Trees), etching and drypoint, c. 1909, signed in pencil and numbered 27/100. Reference: Adhemar 50. In very good condition, on ARCHES cream laid paper, with their watermark, with full margins, 7 x 3 3/4, the sheet 22 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches, archivally matted.
A fine impression, with a subtle layering of plate tone.
Derain clearly based the face in this print on the famous African Fang mask which he owned (and which influenced others who saw it in his apartment such as Picasso, e.g., in his [...]
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Andre Derain (1880-1954) etching and drypoint Paysage (le Morin), 1911, signed and numbered 50/50 (although edition size is not known). Reference: Adhemar 49. In good condition apart from some defects in the wide margins (a few nicks, and repaired tears at edges, not near image), with full margins with deckle edges, 11 1/2 x 14 1/4 (the sheet 17 1/2 x 24 1/2) inches, archival matting, on cream laid Arches paper (with the Arches watermark).
Andre Derain was born in Chatou, near Paris in 1880. He worked with Henri Matisse in 1905 at Collioure, and [...]
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Andre Derain (1880-1954), Tete de Femme (Head of a Woman), drypoint, c. 1913, signed in pencil lower right. Reference: Adhemar 37. On cream laid BFK Rives paper with the BFK Rives Eug. Delatre watermark. In very good condition, the full sheet with full margins (a few repaired tears/nicks at outer margin edges), 12 3/8 x 8 5/8, the sheet 23 3/4 x 17 1/4 inches, archival mounting.
A fine fresh black impression of this iconic modernist/cubist image, with a strong layering of plate tone and substantial burr from the drypoint work.
During World War I much of the dealer [...]
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