Rare Editions Spring 2024 from Canon & Rare Booksellers

PICASSO Pablo Nature Morte au Miroir, 1945. Published for the esteemed Editions du Chene in 1948. Description Housed in its heavy, period gilt wood (hardwood) frame. Has had work at Parsonage Studios, bearing their crown stamp to verso thus. Framed glazed with lux. white matte. The piece is a one of a kind and measures 73x60cm externally. Inside is the desirable du Chene lithograph… Read more about this item

CHAGALL, Marc 'Reverie' an original lithograph, unnumbered of the limited edition of Derriere La Miroir. Nr. 182 published by Mourlot in 1969. Description Internal measurement, 41x31cm. External, 55x40cm. Frame and lithograph in excellent condition. Black and gilt wood frame, minor wear to the extremities. Glazed also. The Chagall inside is double mounted. The lithograph colours retained perfectly. Only minor toning of paper inner edge… Read more about this item

MIRO, Joan A first edition, original lithograph reproduction of a study drawing, pencil on felt paper, made in 1928. This offset lithograph was published in 1941. Only 8000 copies were ever printed for the collection put together by Sweeney, a then leading authority in modern art, for MoMA. The work is framed and glazed. Softwood frame, bearing the Parsonage Studio crown stamp. Description The original… Read more about this item

BRAQUE, Georges Les Deux Oiseaux, published by Verve, Paris and New York in 1955. Description Professionally framed and glazed in 1981, London. Unchanged since. The piece is in very good or better condition. Only minor wear to frame's extremities, gilt hardwood. The lithograph itself has four tiny pin holes at each corner. Otherwise excellent throughout, no foxing or toning. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in… Read more about this item

KLEE, Paul Ach, Aber, Ach! This is a 1952 first edition German lithograph. Published by Zweigstelle Wiesbaden, Frankfurt. Description Framed and glazed. Attractively mounted. Period frame, bearing the crown stamp of Parsonage Studio. Frame size, 31 x 24cm. Fine condition. No toning or creases. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in 2012, Canon & Rare is a family run business. Our speciality is in the discovery of the truly… Read more about this item

MUNCH, Edvard Im Hirn des Mannes, original lithograph reproduction of the 1897 woodcut. (In the Human Brain.) First edition from the 1954 Sommernacht Collection, Berlin. Published, Feldafing OBB. Description Framed and glazed by Parsonage, late nineteenth century wooden frame bearing the Parsonage Studio Crown. It is a work of art in itself. The lithograph is double mounted on black, appears also period, with artistic… Read more about this item

Jiafang's choice of historical figures and symbolic imagery is oftendepicted with contemporary brushwork, colors and composition. The goal is always to translate China's pictorial tradition into the contemporary. Framed and glazed. Near fine condition with only slight foxing apparent on the mount. Some wear to the extremities, otherwise excellent throughout. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in 2012, Canon & Rare is a… Read more about this item

Offset lithograph of Landscape near Malabata, Tangier. Printed, 1964. Description A lithograph print of Bacon's original work, painted in 1963. Inspired by the landscapes of the Vincent Van Gogh, the work is packed with the emotional intensity Bacon is so celebrated for. The piece is tastefully presented in period frame and mount and on a level above the normal. Though not one for the… Read more about this item

Limited edition and numbered lithograph of 'Nana' (1877). Published for La Femme Dans La Peinture in 1938. Description Numbered 926 from a limited run of 3000. This one being of the 401 to 3000 suite, printed on vellum paper. Signed to plate only, printed thus. Image size, 39x28cm; external, 52x46cm. Presented in a period frame, crown stamped by Parsonage Studio to verso. Near fine or better… Read more about this item

Gabrielle a la rose. An offset lithograph, published for Les Editions Braun, Paris, in 1948 Description Near fine condition lithograph, without creasing, foxing or toning. Colour perfectly retained. Presented in an original, Victorian period wooden frame, English. Its striking appearance gives an immediate showpiece quality. Stamped to verso with the Parsonage Studio crown thus. External measurement ~32x28cm; internal ~24x19cm. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in 2012,… Read more about this item

A composition of mixed media on canvas; oils, enamels and acrylics. Housed in a complementing wooden frame, black with red hue. The frame is handmade. Peter Doberman is one of a small minority of artists unconstrained by style or genre; therefore one of the most versatile we have exhibited. Assurance of hand immediately apparent, as is the composition. Doberman's most apparent… Read more about this item

Giclee Lithograph of Femme Assise, 1927. Number 45/500. Description This is one of Domaine's (Domaine Picasso) least reproduced compositions, thus one of the most scarce. Authenticated and signed by Pablo Picasso's granddaughter, Marina Picasso. 66 x 51cm; limited edition estate of Picasso giclee of his 1927 Femme Assise. Bearing the blind stamp and pencil signature from domaine Picasso (Marina Picasso). Limited to 500. The original… Read more about this item

DOBERMAN, Peter Original artwork, No. 2 from the 'Peter Doberman x Ian Fleming' series. Description Number 2, in the series of 13 pieces by Peter Doberman, is the only one to have been completed in colour. The artwork was executed in mixed media. Chiefly of those, enamel, acrylic and inks. Attractively mounted on soft white matte, double framed, housed inside of a box frame. The series… Read more about this item

DURER, Albrecht A first edition offset lithograph of Durer's watercolour painting, "Arco". Published collection Woldermar Klein in 1939. Description In near fine condition. The work itself is exceptionally clean. No creasing, foxing or fading to it at all. The presentation is excellent, though some wear to the extremities of the wooden frame. Mounted on modern soft white matte. Scarce in this condition. Image size approx., 20x20cm /… Read more about this item

MACAULEY, Sir Robert Stevenson "Sunset" The Gleaners, original watercolour and gouache (bodypaint) on paper, 1880. Framed and glazed, of the period. Description Gouache and watercolours on paper. Signed to bottom left quadrant, R. Macauley in his latter day manner. Stevenson was influenced by the French style of painting and in particular the work of the Barbizon school. French portrait and landscape painters Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and… Read more about this item

MIRO, Joan A first edition, original lithograph reproduction of 'Potato' (1928). Licensed by MoMA in 1941. Only 8000 copies were ever printed for the collection put together by Sweeney, a then leading authority in modern art, for MoMA. Description The original work was produced in 1928, this is a first edition offset lithograph, of a series limited to only 8000. One of Miro's most… Read more about this item

A marble carving of the pivotal scene of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Oberon and Titania, exquisitely carved in alabaster by E W Wyon. Signed and dated 1848, housed in its original 19th centrist gilt-wood frame. This is a particularly interesting work of his. It depicts Shakespeare's eternal drama between the King and Queen of fairies. Oberon with his love potion… Read more about this item

'Mrs Matisse', original silkscreen print. Number11 of 91 produced by artist L. Roberts, after Matisse. Gilt wood frame, of the correct period. Approximate measurement, 51x42cm. ABOUT CANON & RARE BOOKSELLERS. Established in 2012, Canon & Rare is a family run business. Our speciality is in the discovery of the truly interesting, sometimes unique pieces. And it is driven by value of art… Read more about this item

La Crucifixion Mistique, 1st Edition original lithograph from the 'Miroir' Series of 1950 A one of a kind piece, presented in its striking Parsonage Studio frame. Derrière Le Miroir (Behind The Mirror) lithographs carry high prestige. Most of the major artists of the second half of the twentieth century created lithographs for Derrière Le Miroir owner, Aimé Maeght. Maeght owned also Galerie… Read more about this item

Industrial Landscape (Ashton-under-Lyne), painted in 1955. Lithograph reproduction, 1970. Industrial Landscape is the title given to each of a series of oil paintings by the English artist L. S. Lowry, painted over a number of years between 1934 and 1955. Ashton-u-Lyne being of the latter and least reproduced of the series of paintings. One of few depicted landscapes outside of Lowry's beloved Pendlebury… Read more about this item