A wonderful, highly detailed, circa 1900 dry point etching of a male nude, by well listed Danish artist, Achton Friis, who had a studio in Paris at the turn of the last century.
Artist: Achton Friis
1900s
This is a haunting original illustration of an Egyptian Princess trying to save her Dying Prince, by concocting some potions as a serpent feeds and assorted Black Magic abounds. A stunning presumably interior book plate illustration signed Maurice Greiffenhasen. This evokes the early 1900’s imagery of Coles Phillips and Maxfield Parrish and is masterfully executed with a very stylized art deco Egyptian aesthetic.
Artist: Maurice Greiffenhasen
A moving, evocotive, and expertly-painted Art Nouveau or Arts and Crafts-influenced illustration painting making reference to the interior story, Artificial Creation of Life by Garrett P. Serviss titled How Did Life Begin On This Planet? This is by the illustrator William Krieghoff and the evolved technique at the turn of the last century is mind-boggling. This piece personifies the allure of art nouveau, double matted in a large beautiful ornate frame.
Artist: William Krieghoff
