Tomikichiro Tokuriki, “Mount Fuji from Shiraito Waterfall,” c. 1940

Tomikichiro Tokuriki (1902–1999)
“Mount Fuji from Shiraito Waterfall,” or Shiraito taki no Fuji, circa 1939–40

Technical Details & Condition:
A colour woodblock print on laid paper with margins as issued. This large oban size (dai-oban) print is plate number 8 in the series “Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji” (富士三十六景), published in Kyoto by Uchida Bijutsu Shoten [内田].

Please note that this is an early impression; later printings were produced without the series title on the right margin—see https://ukiyo-e.org/image/artelino/21650g1.

The impression is faultlessly printed, featuring vibrant and unfaded colour. The sheet is in pristine condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or handling marks.

Dimensions:
• Sheet: 28.4 x 41.3 cm
• Image borderline: 26.3 x 38.2 cm

Text on Print (translated):
• Top right: Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji: Mt. Fuji from Shiraito Waterfall
• Middle right: Made by Tomikichiro
• Bottom right: Published by Uchida Art Publishing

References:
• Galerie bei der Oper: https://woodblock-print.eu/landscapes/tokuriki-tomikichiro-shiraito-taki-no-fuji-detail.html
• Ohmi Gallery showcases the complete series of thirty-six prints, including this one, with background information: http://www.ohmigallery.com/DB/Artists/Tokuriki_Tomikichiro_36_Fuji.asp

Price & Shipping:
AU$384 (approximately US$272.11 / €230.88 / £201.84), including worldwide express shipping.
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If you are interested in acquiring this large colour woodblock from the first edition of the series of thirty-six views of Mount Fuji—an intriguing variation on Hokusai’s renowned series—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.

Gustav Meissner, “The Windmill”, c. 1878

Gustav Meissner (1830–1901)
“The Windmill” (also known as “Die Windmühle” and “A Mill in Prussia”), circa 1878

Technical Details & Condition:
Etching on heavy wove paper with narrow margins around the platemark, backed with a support sheet providing wider margins. This impression is before the addition of lettering with the title and publication details.

Notably, the British Museum holds an impression of this etching published in Düsseldorf by the Düsseldorfer Radir-Club (Etching-Club Düsseldorf), active from 1870 to 1880—see https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1879-0614-711. This print was also published in Vienna in 1882 by the Gesellschaft für vervielfältigende Kunst (Society for Reproductive Art), active from 1871 to 1933/35.

The impression is well-printed, exhibiting a silvery grey tone with no signs of wear to the printing plate. The sheet is in pristine condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or handling marks.

Dimensions:
• Sheet: 13.5 x 23.2 cm
• Platemark: 12.3 x 22.7 cm
• Image borderline: 8.2 x 18.5 cm

Price & Shipping:
AU$222 (approximately US$157.31 / €133.48 / £116.69), including worldwide express shipping.
Please note: Import duties and taxes are the buyer’s responsibility.

If you are interested in acquiring this historically significant view of the rural Prussian countryside in the late 1800s—highlighting the artist’s careful attention to detail in his depiction of a herd of cattle led by a woman, who is not only carrying a heavy bundle (Holzbündel) of firewood (Leseholz) but also watching over her child, who is helpfully dragging a branch to assist in her task—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a smooth and seamless purchase.

Charles François Daubigny, “Le Pré de Graves à Villerville (Calvados)”, 1875

Charles François Daubigny (1817–1878)
“Le Pré de Graves à Villerville (Calvados)” (also known as “The Meadow at Grave, near Villerville”), 1875

The site depicted in this etching is a meadow (pré) within Parc des Graves—a protected area of pastures near the cliffs of the Roches Noires - Pointe du Heurt, at the western entrance to the village of Villerville in the Calvados department of Normandy, France. Daubigny frequently depicted this landscape, populated with grazing cows and wild rabbits; in this view, there is also a distant vista of the Seine estuary (Baie de Seine).

Technical Details & Condition:
Etching on laid paper with full margins, as issued. This print appears as plate 3 in the art periodical “L’Illustration Novelle” (New Illustration), volume 8, published in Paris by the widow of Alfred Cadart (Vve A. Cadart) in 1876. It is one of the last four prints produced by Daubigny. This impression is from the fully lettered state published in 1876: state iii (of iii).

The impression is richly inked and faultlessly printed. The sheet is in pristine condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains, or handling marks.

Dimensions:
• Sheet: 33.1 x 44.6 cm
• Platemark: 15.9 x 24.1 cm
• Image borderline: 12.5 x 20.4 cm

Lettering on Plate:
• Upper right corner: “3”
• Below the image borderline: (left) “Daubigny del et sculp.”; (centre) “LE PRÉ DE GRAVES À VILLERVILLE (Calvados)”; (right) “V^ve A. Cadart. Edit. Imp. 56 B^ard Haussmann, Paris.”

References:
• Melot D 124 (Michel Melot, “Graphic Art of the Pre-Impressionists,” 1978, New York, Harry N. Abrams, p. 282, cat. no. D 124)
• British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1915-0105-14-76

Price & Shipping:
AU$297 (approximately US$208.99 / €177.75 / £155.48), including worldwide express shipping.
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If you are interested in acquiring this superb etching by one of the luminaries of the Barbizon School—representing one of the artist’s final etchings and capturing a sweeping view of the meadow at one of his favourite sites of inspiration in Normandy, France, complete with grazing cows and rabbits—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a smooth and seamless purchase.

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Bernard Picart, “Academic Study of a Female Nude”, 1733

Bernard Picart (1673–1733)
“Academic Study of a Female Nude” (or “Naakte Vrouw in de Wolken” [Naked Woman in the Clouds]—Rijksmuseum title), 1733

Technical Details & Condition:
Etching and mezzotint printed in sepia ink on wove paper. This is plate 58 in the series of academic figure studies titled “Impostures innocentes, ou Recueil d'Estampes d'après Divers Peintres Illustres” (Innocent Impostures: Collection of Prints after Various Illustrious Painters), first published in Amsterdam in 1734 by the widow of Bernard Picart (Veuve Bernard Picart).

Archive.org offers an online view of this print in its original context alongside other the images in the folio, published by John Boydell (1720–1804) in London: https://archive.org/details/bim_eighteenth-century_impostures-innocentes-o_picart-bernard_1756/page/n109/mode/2up.

The impression is strong and well-printed. Aside from pale foxing in the margin, the sheet is in excellent condition—free of tears, holes, folds, abrasions, and significant stains.

Dimensions:
• Sheet: 35.2 x 23.3 cm
• Platemark: 29.6 x 18.5 cm

Lettering on Plate:
• Upper right corner (indistinct): “58”
• Below the image borderline: “Académie dessinée et Gravée par B. Picart./ l’Original est au Cabinet de Monsr. Walraven à Amsterdam.”

References:
• Dimier 947–956 (Louis Dimier, Les Peintres Français du XVIIIe Siècle: Histoire des Vies et Catalogue des Oeuvres, 1928, Paris, Les Éditions G. Van Oest, nos. 947–956)
• British Museum: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1861-1109-800
• Rijksmuseum: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200133476

Price & Shipping:
AU$236 (approximately US$166.69 / €141.32 / £123.53), including worldwide express shipping.
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If you are interested in acquiring this exceptional study of a dynamic female nude—possibly depicting a classical figure descending from the clouds—please contact me at oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com. I am happy to provide a secure PayPal invoice for a seamless purchase.