3245 - 4211 FINE ARTS - MODERN ART. PRINTS, DRAWINGS and PAINTINGS
= One of 20 Roman numb. copies. With tipped-in bookplate by W. ZWIERS on htitle.
= With AUTOGRAPH SIGNED NEW YEAR WISH in pen and ink to the left of the etching: "Meilleurs voeux pour [1957 corrected into:] 1958 [signed]."
AND 3 others, i.a. by Jaap HILLENIUS, (New Year Wish for 1967) (col. etching and aquatint, signed and dated in pen and ink) and C. MANSANAM, "Amsterdam" (etching and aquatint, signed, dated ("1964") etc. in pencil).
- Verso paper tape along outer margins.
- Somewhat browned. = The artist's address in manuscript on verso.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXI.
- Trifle yellowed. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXII.
- Sl. yellowed. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXII.
- Somewhat yellowed.
- Verso w. paper tape along margins from former framing.
= Provenance: acquired by the present owner at Sotheby's Amsterdam, December 2005. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXXII.
- Third lithograph sl. creased.
AND 5 others by the same: 3 sm. woodengr. (i.a. for G. KELLER, Der Grillenfang (1962)) and 2 exlibris (for Helgard Reiner and Roland Reiner, printed in red and black). - WITH: 5 AUTOGRAPH SIGNED notes/ cards in pen and ink (3x)/ ballpoint/ pencil by the same (dated "XII.75"/ "7.1.79"/ "27.1.79" and "26.3.79"); L. TIECK (transl.), Szenen aus Don Quixote von Miguel de Cervantes (1941, woodengr. ills. by I. REINER, orig. boards, slipcase, 4to); J.W. VON GOETHE, Novelle (1943, woodengr. ills. by I. REINER, orig. boards, 4to) and H. KIENZLE (introd.), Initialen (1942, initials by I. REINE, orig. boards w. (dam.) dustwr., obl. 8vo).
= De Cort G 42; Kersten 39.
Prange, Ko (1904-1972). (Eagles battling snakes). Engraving, 34,2x24 cm., signed "Prange" in pencil, monogrammed and "a.d.1945" in the plate. - AND 2 other engravings of animals by ENGELIEN REITSMA-VALENÇA (unsigned) and WIM ZWIERS.
- Trifle yellowed. = Kersten 49.
- Blank margins badly foxed; verso badly browned.
AND 4 other large etchings by the same showing the effects of World War I, all signed in pencil, all w. (sm.) defects in blank margins.
= Mostly stylized animals.