From “Les Dessins de Degas,” 100 fac-similes of works by Edgar Degas, produced by his friend Henri Riviere (Demotte 1922-24). WFA has one of the (250) portfolios made by Riviere, five years after Degas’ passing. Three historic works (above) from the portfolio: Deux danseuses appuyees a la barre (top), 8 1/4″ x 10 1/2″; Danseuse debout, de profil, 16 1/2″ x 11 3/4″ & Trois busts de danseuses (1874).
Category: Works On Paper
Op Art – Vasarely
Victor Vasarely, Vega Pauk, 1970, Printed in Munich (1972). Image – 14″x 28″
John Thomas ‘Antiquity’ Smith
Illustration and etching by J.T Smith (British, London 1766-1833) from 1814 (9″ x 13″).
“The Old Watermill”
Original signed etching (c.1886) by German-born American artist Charles Mielatz (1864-1919), in vintage wood frame with grape-cluster motif. Overall size w/frame: 27″ x 35″.
Chinese Buddhist Art
Cave Rubbing (17″ x 21″)
The Mandarin’s Daughter
Engraving by J.J. Penstone (England c. 1837)
Modern “LOVE”
Robert Indiana, LOVE, 1965 (silkscreen card) – made for the Museum of Modern Art’s Christmas card program.
