Meier-Graefe, Julius. Felix Vallotton, Biographie: Des Kuenstlers nebst dem Wichtigsten teil seines Bisher Publicierten Werkes & Einer Anzahl Unedierter Originalplatten; De Cet Artiste avec la Partie la Plus Importante de son Oeuvre Editee et Differentes Gravures Originales & Nouvelles. Berlin/Paris (J. A. Stargardt/Edmond Sagot) n.d. (ca. 1898). Freitag 12821. [41835]
Painter, playwright, critic and man of society—Felix Vallotton applied his talents broadly. For a single decade at the end of the 19th-century, however, he enjoyed fame above all else as a print maker. Vallotton’s boldly reductive approach to the woodcut is credited by many art historians of his time (and ours) as having modernized and revitalized the form in Western art.
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Meier-Graefe,
Paris,
Vallotton,
Woodcuts
I. In Consequence of the Demolition of Haggerston Castle, Beal, Northumberland: Illustrated Catalogue of the Most Expensive and Best Period Style Fixtures and Fittings, Metal, Materials and Fabric; Also Garden Ornaments, Balustrading, Paving, Sculptured Stone Figures, Fine Wrought Iron Gates, Etc. Etc. II. Haggerston Castle, Beal, Northumberland: Catalogue of Four Days Sale. III. llustrated Particulars of Sale with Plans and Conditions of Sale of the Valuable Freehold Sporting, Manorial, Residential Estate, known as Haggerston Castle, covering in all about 1750 Acres, Etc. Etc. [45871]
Illustrated Particulars of Sale with Plans and Conditions of Sale of the Valuable Freehold Sporting, Manorial, Residential Estate, known as Haggerston Castle
On Saturday, the 3rd of May, 1930, C. D. Leyland attempted to sell his late father C. N. Leyland’s estate at auction, entrusting the sale to Ward Price & Co. The firm issued a small folio catalog describing the property in detail, including Haggerston Castle, a 150-room Italianate mansion replete with Georgian and Adams fireplaces and other desirable amenities.
The sale, unfortunately, was not a success.
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adams,
auction,
country house,
georgian,
haggerston
Barbier, George, & Jules Meynial. La Guirlande des Mois. Anées 1-5 (1917-1921) (all published). Paris (Meynial) 1917-1921. [45546]
"En avant!" Early art deco illustration depicting a soldier at the front by George Barbier. For La Guirlande des Mois, 1917 (illustration dated 1916.)
Renowned illustrator, costume designer and Art Deco stylist George Barbier was 32 in 1914 when war broke out in Europe. Although little is known about his personal biography, it stands to reason that he would have been drafted to defend France against German encroachment. If he was at the front, it didn’t prevent him from continuing to work as an illustrator. [click to continue…]
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Almanacs,
George Barbier,
Les Ballets Russes,
Pochoir,
WW I
