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Vitezslav Fleissig's original soft ground etching, Ex-Libris Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (Study of a Woman) was published by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio in Milan in 1950. It hails from a portfolio entitled, 16 Ex-Libris Dell'Artista Incisore Cecoslovacco Vitezslav Fleissig. This impression is printed upon wove paper and with full, deckled margins as published in the limited edition of one hundred signed impressions. It is signed and dated in the plate in the plate to the lower right and signed in pencil under the plate-mark. This original etching depicts an exterior scene in a rugged landscape. Here, the artist portrays a full figure of a woman (disrobed) pulling a cloak up around her back as she walks in the breeze. This original etching is a fine, original example of the famous ex-libris art created by the Czech artist, Vitezslav Fleissig. |
Title: | Ex-Libris Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (Study of a Woman) |
Artist: | Fleissig, Vitezslav (Prague, 1892 - 1955) |
Date: | 1949 |
Medium: | Original Soft Ground Etching |
Publisher: | Luigi Filippo Bolaffio, Milan, 1950. |
Edition: | Limited Edition of One Hundred impressions, Numbered 25/100. |
Source: | "16 Ex-Libris Dell’Artista Incisore Cecoslovacco Vitezslav Fleissig" |
Note: | Vitezslav Fleissig: During the twentieth century one of the most active centers for ex-libris art was Czechoslovakia. Of the many fine Czech artists who devoted themselves to this area, Vitezslav Fleissig was one of the most accomplished. From approximately 1920 to 1950 his ex-libris art was exhibited internationally and he received many commissions from both Europe and America. |
Vitezslav Fleissig studied art techniques in his native Prague at the Graficke Skole. During his career he created almost six hundred original ex libris works of art. His earlier works in this medium were most often executed in either linocut or woodcut. After the Second World War, however, Vitezslav Fleissig worked almost exclusively in etching, producing works in both hard and soft grounds. Today his art is included in such collections as the Muzeum Umeni Olomouc. | |
This original etching hails from a 1950 portfolio entitled, 16 Ex-Libris Dell'Artista Incisore Cecoslovacco Vitezslav Fleissig, published in Milan by Luigi Filippo Bolaffio. Bolaffio was a leading Italian arts and ex-libris publisher and he commissioned Fleissig for sixteen ex-libris etchings which were printed in signed editions of 100 impressions. Each of these etchings (including this original example) bear the stamp of Bolaffio on the verso as well as another stamp bearing the artist's name and the medium -- 'aquaforte originale'. This original etching depicts an exterior scene in a rugged landscape. Here, the artist portrays a full figure of a nude woman pulling a cloak up around her back as she walks in the breeze. | |
Ex-Libris engravings, etchings and woodcuts date as far back as the mid fifteenth century. Their function was initially quite utilitarian as miniature prints or stamps used to signify the ownership of books. As private libraries and their owners gained more wealth and prestige, however, so did their ex-libris bookplates. Pictorial imagery became as important as the wording and titles and the finished work of art came to stand as the owner's claim to posterity. Before long, famous artists were commissioned by prominent collectors to make their ex-libris designs and during the centuries such masters as Durer, Holbein, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec and Rockwell Kent all contributed significantly to this great form of art. | |
Ex-Libris L. F. Bolaffio was etched for the publisher's personal library. Other ex-libris plates in the portfolio were etched for such leading Italian collectors as Carlo d'Alessio, Dino Bonardi and Dr. Anna Maria Pagliana as well as for American collectors such as Elizabeth Watson Diamond. | |
The golden age for the ex-libris print, however, occurred during the early twentieth century, particularly in the Art Deco decades of the 1920's and 1930's. Collecting ex-libris etchings and wood engravings reached such a peak during this time that many artists in Europe and America devoted themselves almost exclusively to this area. In both Europe and America many artists gained international reputations for their ex-libris art and were constantly commissioned by book collectors around the world. | |
Size: | 4 X 2 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials | |
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Condition: | Printed upon wove paper and with full, deckled margins as published in Milan in 1950 in the limited edition of 100 signed impressions. Signed and dated (1949) in the plate in the plate to the lower right and signed in pencil under the plate-mark. Also bearing the aforementioned stamps on the verso. A finely printed impression and excellent condition throughout. This original etching represents a prime example of the famous ex-libris art of Vitezslav Fleissig. |
Subject: | Vitezslav Fleissig, original soft ground etching, Ex-Libris Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (Study of a Woman), Luigi Filippo Bolaffio, 16 Ex-Libris Dell'Artista Incisore Cecoslovacco Vitezslav Fleissig, landscape, nude, woman. |
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Original Soft Ground Etching by the Czechoslovakian artist, Vitezslav Fleissig.
Ex-Libris Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (Study of a Woman) |
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Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | ||||||
# | Image | Title & Artist | Medium | Date | Notes | - |
01- | Ex-Libris Carlo d'Alessio (Young Women Bathing, Satyr Playing his Syrinx) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Original Engraving & Soft Ground Etching | 1949 | Signed in pencil by Vitezslav Fleissig and also signed and dated in the plate, numbered 25/100, from the 1950 portfolio, 16 Ex-Libris Dell'Artista Incisore Cecoslovacco Vitezslav Fleissig. | ||
02.- | Ex Libris Dr. A. L. (Dance of Death) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Original Etching | 1948 | Signed in pencil by Vitezslav Fleissig and also signed and dated in the plate, numbered 25/100, from the 1950 portfolio, 16 Ex-Libris Dell'Artista Incisore Cecoslovacco Vitezslav Fleissig. | ||
03.- | Ex Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Alpine Chateau, Mountaineering) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Original Etching | c. 1948 or 1949 | Signed in pencil by Vitezslav Fleissig and also signed and dated in the plate, numbered 25/100, from the 1950 portfolio, 16 Ex-Libris Dell'Artista Incisore Cecoslovacco Vitezslav Fleissig. | ||
04.- | Ex Libris Luigi Filippo Bolaffio: Memoriam Michel Fingesten by Vitezslav Fleissig | Original Etching | 1950 | Signed in pencil by Vitezslav Fleissig and also signed in the plate, numbered 25/100, from the 1950 portfolio, 16 Ex-Libris Dell'Artista Incisore Cecoslovacco Vitezslav Fleissig. | Sold | |
05.- | Ex-Libris Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (Study of a Woman) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1949 | Signed in pencil by Vitezslav Fleissig and also signed and dated in the plate, numbered 25/100, from the 1950 portfolio, 16 Ex-Libris Dell'Artista Incisore Cecoslovacco Vitezslav Fleissig. | ||
06.- | Ex Libris Mansueto Fenini (Venustas Lux 'Beautiful Light') by Vitezslav Fleissig | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1949 | Signed in pencil by Vitezslav Fleissig and also signed and dated in the plate, numbered 25/100, from the 1950 portfolio, 16 Ex-Libris Dell'Artista Incisore Cecoslovacco Vitezslav Fleissig. |
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Ex-Libris Art | |||||
Image | Title & Artist | Artist Info | Medium | Date | - |
Bookplate of Mark Holstein (Bucking Holstein Bull) by Arthur Allen Lewis | Arthur Allen Lewis (Mobile, Alabama, 1873 - New York City, 1957) | Original Color Woodcut | 1927 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris Carlo d'Alessio (Young Women Bathing, Satyr Playing his Syrinx) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Engraving & Soft Ground Etching | 1949 | ||
Ex-Libris Charles Asselineau (La Femme Qui N'est Pas La Colombe Et Le Roseau Est Un Monstre) by Aglaus Bouvenne | Aglaus Bouvenne (Paris, 1829 - Levallois-Perret, 1903) | Original Etching with Plate Tone | c. 1870 | ||
Ex-Libris de Madame la Comtesse de Noe by Aglaus Bouvenne | Aglaus Bouvenne (Paris, 1829 - Levallois-Perret, 1903) | Original Etching | 1888 | ||
Ex-Libris Design (Woman with Conch Shell, & a Falling Star) by Frank Ivo van Damme | Frank-Ivo Van Damme (Belgium, 20th century) | Original Linocut | c. 1970 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris Diamond (An Eagle, Wings Spread, Hovers over the Globe within a Diamond Cloud) by Valentin Le Campion | Valentin Le Campion (Born, Russia, 1903 - Died, Paris 1952) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1930 - 1940 | ||
Ex-Libris Diamond (Tropical Island, Palm Trees, a Volcano & Lies) by Adrian Feint | Adrian Feint (Narrandera, New South Wales, 1894 - Sydney, 1971) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1930 | ||
Ex-Libris Dr. A. L. (Dance of Death) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Etching | 1948 | ||
Ex-Libris Dr. Luigi Airoldi (Sorceress, Crystal Ball, & Chinese Dragon) by Enrico Vannuccini | Enrico Vannuccini (Barullo di Cortona, 1900 - Griante, Italy, 1990) | Original Etching | 1948 | ||
Ex-Libris Elizabeth (Young Woman Viewing a Rose in an Open Book) by Valentin Le Campion | Valentin Le Campion (Born, Russia, 1903 - Died, Paris 1952) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1935 | ||
Ex Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Alpine Chateau, Mountaineering) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Etching | c. 1948 or 1949 | ||
Ex-Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Chinese Winter Landscape) by John Hudson Elwell | John Hudson Elwell (Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1878 – 1955) | Original Engraving | c. 1930 | ||
Ex-Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Landscape with Tree & Swirling Prints) by Adrian Feint | Adrian Feint (Narrandera, New South Wales, 1894 - Sydney, 1971) | Original Wood Engraving | 1938 | ||
Ex-Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Women Holding up a Globe - Black Ink) by Valentin Le Campion | Valentin Le Campion (Born, Russia, 1903 - Died, Paris 1952) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1935 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond (Women Holding up a Globe - Red Ink) by Valentin Le Campion | Valentin Le Campion (Moscow, 1903 - Plessis-Robinson (Paris), 1952) | Original Wood Engraving | c.1935 | ||
Ex-Libris Emil Eerme (Forest Landscape) by Karoly Andrusko | Karoly Andrusko (Zentan, Hungary, B. 1915) | Original Woodcut | 1970 | ||
Ex-Libris Eroticis Lars C. Stolt (Embracing Figures in Silhouette) by Ladislav Rusek | Ladislav Rusek (Czech Republic, Born, Olomouce) | Original Linocut | 1973 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris: Franz J. Kaiser (Director of the Dairy Ministry, Vienna) by Alfred Cossmann | Alfred Cossmann (Gratz, 1870 - Vienna, 1951) | Original Engraving | 1905 |
Ex-Libris George Allan Hancock (Oceanographic Research Vessel, Velero) by James Webb | James Webb (U.S.A., Active, 1920 - 1940) | Original Engraving | 1932 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris Giorgio Balbi (Sognare -- 'Dream') by Giulio Cisari | Giulio Cisari (Como, 1892 - Milan, 1979) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1935 - 1940 | ||
Ex-Libris Harvey Simmonds (Caltha, Ranunculaceae) by Clare Leighton | Clare Leighton (London, 1899 - Woodbury, Connecticut, 1989) | Original Wood Engraving | 1956 | ||
Ex-Libris Hnizdovsky (Tree) by Jacques Hnizdovsky | Jacques Hnizdovsky (Pylypche, Ukraine, 1915 - New York City, 1985) | Original Woodcut | 1972 | Sold | |
Ex-Libris J. Edouard Diamond (Dutch Scenes, Bridge over Canal in Amsterdam, Gabled Buildings, a Windmill, & Sailboats) by Valentin Le Campion | Valentin Le Campion (Born, Russia, 1903 - Died, Paris 1952) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1930 | ||
Ex-Libris J. Edouard Diamond (Woman at a Spring) by Leslie Victor Smith (Monogramme: L. V. S) | Leslie Victor Smith 'Monogramme L. V. S.' (Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, 1880 - Toronto?, 1952) | Original Etching | 1939 | ||
Ex-Libris Jack Diamond & Elizabeth Diamond (Jack & the Queen of Diamonds Playing Cards) by Kalman Kubinyi | Kalman Kubinyi (Cleveland, 1906 - Stockbridge, Massachusetts, 1973) | Two Original Linocuts | c.1935 - 1940 | ||
Ex-Libris Julio C. Salvatierra 'Nostalgia de Mallorca (Majorca)' by Carlos Puntis Nebot | Carlos Puntis Nebot (Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 1912 – 2001) | Original Wood Engraving | c. 1950 | ||
Ex-Libris Library of Betsie Diamond (Pan Playing his Syrinx) by John William Jameson | John William Jameson ( Chicago, 1882 - 1939) | Original Etching | 1938 | ||
Ex-Libris Luigi Filippo Bolaffio (Study of a Woman) by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1949 | ||
Ex-Libris Luigi Filippo Bolaffio: Memoriam Michel Fingesten by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Etching | 1950 | Sold | |
Ex Libris Mansueto Fenini (Venustas Lux 'Beautiful Light') by Vitezslav Fleissig | Vitezslav Fleissig (Prague, 1892 - 1955) | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1949 | ||
Ex-Libris Moses H. Grossman (Fly Fishing in a Mountain Stream) by Henri Berengier | Henri Berengier (Marseille, 1880 - ?) | Original Etching | c. 1925 | ||
Ex-Libris Pepita Palle (Mi Agrada Molt Viatjar) by Mark Fernand Severin | Mark Fernand Severin (Brussels, 1906 - 1987) | Original Wood Engraving | 1968 | ||
Ex-Libris Sara Eugenia Blake (Still Life, Drawing Pad, & Art Supplies) by Alexandre Coll Blanch | Alexandre Coll Blanch (Barcelona, 1898 - 1975) | Original Etching | c. 1950 | ||
Ex-Libris Sara Eugenia Blake (The Old State House, Boston) by Sara Eugenia Blake | Sara Eugenia Blake (Boston, 1886 - 1973) | Original Engraving & Etching | c. 1920 - 1930 | ||
Ex-Libris Sidney David Gamble (View of China) by an Unknown Artist Monogram | Unknown Artist Monogram (20th century) | Original Engraving & Etching | 1923 | Sold | |
Ex Libris Stasys Pilka (We Are Such Stuff as Dreams Are) by Vytautas Osvaldas Virkau | Vytautas Osvaldas Virkau (Siauliai, Lithuania, Born, 1930) | Original Wood Engraving | 1975 | ||
Ex-Libris Varga Karoly (Castle of Sumeg) by Antal Fery | Antal Fery (Szerencs, Hungary, 1908 - Budapest, 1993) | Original Woodcut | 1976 | ||
Ex-Libris Vitolis Vengris by Vincas Kisarauskas | Vincas Kisarauskas (Augmenai (Radviliskis), Lithuania, 1934 – New York, 1988) | Original Color Linocut | c. 1971 - 1972 | Sold | |
VI Congreso Europeo de Ex-Libris, Barcelona (Angel & Medieval Scriveners) by Antoni Gelabert i Casas | Antoni Gelabert i Casas (Barcelona, Spain, 1911 - 1980) | Original Color Woodcut | 1958 |
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