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Cupid & Maiden – P E Felix

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May 162013

Pair of Etchings – Paul Emile Felix – stock #78812

A delightful pair of original pencil signed boudoir style etchings by the French artist P E Felix c1925. Each has a pretty maiden with cupid. Both have their original oval wooden frames.

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Size	Marks	Condition
	Signed in pencil	Very good condition. Minimal discolouration to paper. Some repairs to frames.

Price GB Pounds £395.00 pair
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George Grellet – “Le Petit Ami”

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May 162013

“Le Petit Ami” – George Grellet – stock #6113

Another fine original etching in the popular art deco “Boudoir Art” style by the French artist Georges Grellet (1869-1959) of a pretty young lady playing with her green parrot. This etching is in a lovely condition and presented in it’s original carved wooden frame.

Georges Grellet is considered one of the major artist within this genre; he was able to capture the spirit and beauty of the age in his compositions.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 39cm by 29cm Frame – 47cm by 38cm.	Signed and numbered in pencil. Copyright marks to plate edge.	Excellent condition. Wear to frame.

Price GB Pounds – £595.00
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George Grellet – “Temps D’Alimentation”

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May 162013

“Temps D’Alimentation” – George Grellet – stock #4513

Another fine original etching in the popular art deco “Boudoir Art” style by the French artist Georges Grellet (1869-1959) of a pretty young lady “At Feeding Time” with a swan. This etching is in a lovely condition and presented in it’s original carved wooden frame.

Georges Grellet is considered one of the major artist within this genre; he was able to capture the spirit and beauty of the age in his compositions.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 39cm by 29cm Frame – 47cm by 38cm.	Signed and numbered in pencil. Copyright marks to plate edge.	Excellent condition. Wear to frame.

Price GB Pounds – £595.00
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Frank Martin – Mae Murray

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May 132013

Mae Murray – by Frank Martin- stock #7013

A fine original copper plate dry point etching with hand tinting of the Hollywood actress Mae Murray by the artist Frank Martin (1921-2005)

Published in 1987 in a numbered edition of 50. This version is numbered 28/50.

Mae Murray (1889-1965); “The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips” also know as “The Gardenia of the Screen”, was born Marie Adrienne Keonig in Virginnia, USA. She took to the stage at an early age and first appeared on Broadway partnering the ballroom dance star Vernon Castle in the 1906 show “About Town”. Soon after this initial break through, she joined the chorus line of the Ziegfeld Follies and by 1915 she was one of their headline names appearing in show in Paris partnering such names as Rudolph Valentino and Clifton Webb. …. Hollywood and stardom followed.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 39.5cm by 25.5cm Paper – 65cm by 52cm	signed, titled and numbered in pencil.	Excellent condition – newly framed.

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Riva-Bella – Frank Martin

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May 132013

Riva Bella – by Frank Martinstock #7113

A fine original etching on zinc in colour titled “Riva-Bella” by the artist Frank Martin (1921-2005). The composition features a fashionable your “actress” lounging on a beach in front of an art deco style building.

Unusually this picture was created using 2 plates which results in a embossed line between the beach and the building.

Published 1971 in a numbered edition of 25, this version is a scarce “artists proof” and is signed, titled and annotated on pencil.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 30cm by 25cm Paper – 52cm by 38cm	Signed, titled and marked “Artists proof” in pencil.	Excellent condition – Newly Framed.

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Lya de Putti – Frank Martin

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May 132013

Lya de Putti – by Frank Martin- stock #6913

A fine original copper plate dry point etching with colour of Lya de Putti by the artist Frank Martin (1921-2005). Published 1975 in a numbered edition of 40, this example is numbered 37/40 in pencil.

Fully signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Presented newly framed and ready to hang.

Lya was a Hungarian dancer, actress and Hollywood star. She was born Amália Putti the daughter of a cavalry officier. She began her stage career on the Hungarian Vaudeville circuit before performing ballet in Berlin, becoming “premiere danseuse” at the Berlin Winter Garden in 1924. She travelled to America in 1926 to pursue a career in Hollywood.

Sadly she failed find the success she desired as her foreign accent was not popular with casting directors. She had left the film industry by 1929 in an attempt to re-start her career on Broadway before moving to England to make silents films and study English language.

Her career was cut short by her tragic death aged 34, after she was hospitalized to have a chicken bone removed from her throat. The resultant developed into pleurisy in her right side, followed by pneumonia in both lungs.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 45cm by 29cm Paper – 76cm by 52cm	Signed, titled and numbered in pencil.	Excellent condition – newly framed.

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Frank Martin – Mogador

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May 132013

Mogador – by Frank Martin- stock #5313

A fine original etching in copper and steel in colour of an art deco beach view titled “Mogador” by the artist Frank Martin (1921-2005)

This etching was published in 1979 in an edition of 50, this is numbered 22/50, titled and signed in pencil.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image size – 54cm by 34cm	Signed, titled and numbered in pencil.	good clean image, newly framed.

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George Grellet – Parakeets

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May 132013

Parakeets – George Grellet – stock #6113

Another fine original etching in the popular art deco “Boudoir Art” style by the French artist Georges Grellet of a pretty young lady playing with 2 parakeets. This etching is in a lovely condition and presented in it’s original carved wooden frame.

Georges Grellet is considered one of the major artist within this genre; he was able to capture the spirit and beauty of the age in his compositions.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 29cm by 20cm Paper – 39cm by 30c.	Signed and numbered in pencil. Copyright marks to plate edge.	Excellent condition. Wear to frame.

Price GB Pounds – £495.00
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Maurice Milliere – Portrait of a Lady

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Apr 012013

Portrait of a Lady – Maurice Milliere (1871-1946) – stock #76612

An early etching of a seated lady by Milliere. This is an early creation dated 1912 and numbered 94 from an edition of 100.

This is a larger than his usual size from this period. A strikingly beautiful and unusually not his normal model.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 49cm by 39cm Paper – 62cm by 54cm	Signed, dated and numbered in pencil.	Very good clean image – newly framed

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Maurice Milliere – Le Chiot Espiègle

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Apr 012013

The Playful Puppy – Maurice Milliere – stock #75912

A lovely larger than usual original etching by Maurice Milliere (1871-1946) of his model reclined on a bed playing with her young dog. This is one of his earlier creations dating to 1913.

It is signed, dated 13 and numbered 44/50 in pencil. Inaddition there is the publishers blind stamp next to the edition numbered.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 47cm by 34cm Paper – 56cm by 41.5cm	Signed, dated and numbered in pencil.	Very good clean image. Newly framed and ready to hang.

Price GB Pounds £895.00
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Maurice Milliere – Pastel Portrait

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Apr 012013

Portrait 1917 – Maurice Milliere – stock #79512

A delightful original signed and dated pastel portrait of a young lady by our favourite artist Maurice Milliere (1871-1946). A very delicate handle of the face and especially the eye, typically deep and intense. Just lovely.

Signed and dated 1917 in pastel. Presented in it’s original gilt frame and mount.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 33cm by 28cm Frame – 51cm by 45cm	Signed and dated	Wear to frame – mount marks on edge of image.

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Frank Martin – Adriana

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Apr 012013

Adriana – by Frank Martin (1921-2005) – stock #76212

An original etching on zinc with colour, published 1974 in an edition of 50. A bright and cheery composition of a pretty girl with her dog walking down stairs. A big blue sky frames the image.

This version is numbered 45/50 and is signed and titled in pencil. Newly framed and ready to hang.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 49cm by 32.5cm Paper – 78cm by 49cm	Signed, titled and marked 45/50 in pencil	Excellent

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Frank Martin – Lya de Putti

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Apr 012013

Lya de Putti – by Frank Martin (1921-2005) – stock #76412

An original dry point etching on copper with colour, published 1975 in an edition of 40. A stylish composition of the Hungarian actress Lya De Putti (1897-1931).She was a dancer/vaudville actress who starred in German and Hollywood films. Unfortunantly her accented voice failed to transfer to “talkies”. She died tragically young after developing pleurisy, the result of having a chicken bone removed from her throat.

This version is numbered 2/40 and is signed and titled in pencil. Newly framed and ready to hang.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 45cm by 36.5cm Paper – 59cm by 43cm	Signed, titled and marked 2/40 in pencil	Excellent

Price GB Pounds SOLD

Frank Martin – Evelyn Kelly

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Apr 012013

Formal and Classical Portrait of Miss Evelyn Kelly – by Frank Martin (1921-2005) – stock #76512

An original etching on zinc with colour, published 1971 in an edition of 25. A bright composition of the actress Evelyn Kelly wearing a fur cape. She featured in a series of cigarette cards, called “Beauties of Today” issued in 1938 and she had an uncredited part in the 1934 film “Murder at the Vanities”

This version is marked “artists proof” and is signed and titled in pencil. Newly framed and ready to hang.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 44.5cm by 33.5cm Paper – 80cm by 57cm	Signed, titled and marked Artists Proof in pencil	Excellent

Price GB Pounds SOLD – available to view
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Frank Martin – Eden Rock

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Apr 012013

Eden Rock – by Frank Martin (1921-2005) – stock #76312

An original etching on copper in colour published 1979 in an numbered edition of 50. A stylish composition of a girl sitting on a sea wall swinging her leg, an ideal companion piece to Adriana.

This version is numbered 37/50 and signed and titled in pencil. Newly framed and ready to hang.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 30cm by 24.5cm Paper – 65cm by 53cm	Signed, titled and marked 37/50 in pencil	Excellent

Price GB Pounds £795.00 – available to view
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Frank Martin – Annabella

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Apr 012013

Annabella – by Frank Martin (1921-2005) – stock #76012

An original dry point etching with hand tinting of the Hollywood actress known as “Annabella”. This version is an artist’s proof and is signed and titled in pencil.

“Annabella” was the stage name of the French actress Suzanne Georgette Charpentier (1907-1996). Annabella was a star of French movies during the 1930′s before moving to Hollywood in 1938, where she met and married Tyrone Power.She appeared in over 40 films from 1927 until the 1950′s.

Newly framed and ready to hang.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 45cm by 24cm Paper – 67cm by 40.5cm	Signed, titled and marked 40/50 in pencil	Excellent

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Frank Martin – Corrine Griffith

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Mar 272013

Corrine Griffiths – by Frank Martin (1921-2005) – stock #76112

An original etching on copper, print in black, published 1973 in an numbered edition of 30 in black and 30 with colour. A stylish composition of the Hollywood actress Corrine Griffith (1894-1979) holding an orchid. She was known as “The Orchid Woman of the Screen”.

This version is an unusual but striking black and white “artists proof” and is signed and titled in pencil. Newly framed and ready to hang.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 33cm by 26.5cm Paper – 52cm by 38cm	Signed, titled and marked “artists proof” in pencil	Excellent

Price GB Pounds Sold – available to view
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Jean Hardy – Patience

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Mar 272013

Patience – Jean Hardy – stock #76712

A super quality original copper plate etching in colour of a pretty girl play patience; I assume she is waiting for her lover to arrive, hence the ace of hearts. This etching is signed in pencil “J Hardy” and numbered 255/350.

The French artist Jean Hardy is considered amongst the major artists of the “boudoir art” genre and he was working c1920 until c1935.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 14.5cm by 12cm Paper – 28cm by 23cm Frame – 43cm by 33cm	signed and numbered in pencil.	Excellent condition, good clean bright image. Presented in a period carved gilt wood frame.

Price GB Pounds £395.00
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Georges Grellet – La Cage Rouge

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Mar 272013

La Cage Rouge – Georges Grellet (1869-1959) – stock #77812

Another fine original etching in the popular art deco “Boudoir Art” style by the French artist Georges Grellet of a pretty young lady looking at her pet bird (her lover?) in a red cage.

Georges Grellet is considered one of the major artist within this genre; he was able to capture the spirit and beauty of the age in his compositions.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 26cm by 20cm Paper –	Signed and numbered 15 in pencil.	Excellent condition. Good clean and bright image.

Price GB Pounds £550.00
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Georges Grellet – Pebbles

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Mar 272013

Pebbles – Georges Grellet (1869-1959)- stock #78012

A fine original copper plate etching by the French artist Georges Grellet of a girl removing pebbles from her shoe. Typical art deco “Boudoir Art” subject by one of the major artists of the genre.

This is signed, numbered and dated 1929. Correct copyright marks on top edge. Presented in it’s original wood and plaster frame and mount.

Size	Marks	Condition
Image – 35.5cm by 26cm Frame – 52cm by 41cm	signed, dated and numbered.	Good bright clean image. Minimal fading and a slighty wrinkle. Some wear to the frame.

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Older Entries

Cupid & Maiden – P E Felix

George Grellet – “Le Petit Ami”

George Grellet – “Temps D’Alimentation”

Frank Martin – Mae Murray

Riva-Bella – Frank Martin

Lya de Putti – Frank Martin

Frank Martin – Mogador

George Grellet – Parakeets

Maurice Milliere – Portrait of a Lady

Maurice Milliere – Le Chiot Espiègle

Maurice Milliere – Pastel Portrait

Frank Martin – Adriana

Frank Martin – Lya de Putti

Frank Martin – Evelyn Kelly

Frank Martin – Eden Rock

Frank Martin – Annabella

Frank Martin – Corrine Griffith

Jean Hardy – Patience

Georges Grellet – La Cage Rouge

Georges Grellet – Pebbles

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