With authoritative and unpublished works on the market,
also the sector dedicated to the old masters drawings and prints is presented to the public through an extremely wide temporal coverage, in the same April appointment (more precisely on 12 April 2022). A very detailed and large collection in the technical repertoire, boasts in the catalogue presences of the calibre of Albrecht Dürer whose woodcut of the Apocalypse series (lot 119, estimate € 3.000 - 4.000), animated by allegorical characters, alongside rare artist prints published by French periodical L'Estampe Original, between 1893 and 1895: a truly niche collection, considering the quarterly edition of only 100 copies of this editorial product, in which about 70 French artists among the most illustrious ones of the period were involved.
Lot 119_Albrecht Durer (Norimberga 1471 - 1528)
The four angels staying the winds from the series "Apocalypse with pictures",
woodcut with Latin text contemporary edition 396x289 mm.
Estimate € 3,000 - 4,000
Among the most outstanding works in the catalogue: the iconic Les Deux Baigneuses by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (lot 120, estimate € 6.000 - 8.000), the genre scene entitled Le Bain by Félix Vallotton (lot 126, estimate € 10.000 - 12.000) and La Vitrioleuse in Art Nouveau style by Eugène Samuel Grasset (lot 125, estimate: € 1.000 - 1.500).
Lot 120_Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Limoges 1841 - Cagnes-Sur -Mer 1919)
The two bathers, etching, out-of-edition specimen printed in red ink for French periodical
L'Estampe originale (1893-1895), mm 260x238 (to the plate)
Estimate € 6,000 - 8,000
Lot 126_Felix Vallotton (Losanna 1865 - Parigi 1925)
The Bath woodcut Numbered and signed in blue pencil at lower right 29 Vallotton;
Glued at the corners to the original mount which bears an embossed stamp of
L'Estampe originale From the French periodical L'Estampe originale (1893-1895),
Album VIII 214x254 mm.
Estimate € 10,000 - 12,000
Lot 125_Grasset Eugene Samuel (Lausanne 1841 - Sceaux 1917)
Lot composed by a litograph and three color proofs of the same lithograph, of different sizes:
Acid Thrower Color lithograph on laid paper, the sheet mm 590x435 Signed in pencil lower right: Grasset n.29
In the lower left corner there is an embossed stamp of Estampe originale From the French periodical
L'Estampe originale (1893-1895), Album VI
Estimate € 1,000 - 1,500