Valentin Le Campion - Ex Libris Diamond An Eagle Wings Spread Hovers over the Globe within a Diamond Cloud

Original Wood Engraving by the Russian / French artist, Valentin Le Campion.

Ex Libris Diamond (An Eagle, Wings Spread, Hovers over the Globe within a Diamond Cloud)

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Valentin Le Campion (Born, Russia, 1903 - Died, Paris 1952)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01.-		Ex Libris Diamond (An Eagle, Wings Spread, Hovers over the Globe within a Diamond Cloud) by Valentin Le Campion	Original Wood Engraving	c. 1930-1940	Signed by Valentin Le Campion with his VLC monogramme in the block lower right
02.-		Ex Libris Elizabeth (Woman reading a book - Blue Ink) by Valentin Le Campion	Original Wood Engraving	c. 1935	Signed by Valentin Le Campion with his VLC monogramme in the block lower left.
03.-		Ex Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond, Collecting of Ex Libris Books (Women holding up a Globe - Black Ink) by Valentin Le Campion	Original Wood Engraving	c. 1935	Signed by Valentin Le Campion with his VLC monogramme in the block lower left.	Sold
04.-		Ex Libris Elizabeth Watson Diamond, Collecting of Ex Libris Books (Women holding up a Globe - Red Ink) by Valentin Le Campion	Original Wood Engraving	c. 1935	Signed by Valentin Le Campion with his VLC monogramme in the block lower left.
05.-		Ex Libris J. Edouard Diamond (Dutch Scenes, Bridge over Canal in Amsterdam, Gabled Buildings, a Windmill, & Sailboats) by Valentin Le Campion	Original Wood Engraving	c. 1930	Signed by Valentin Le Campion with his VLC monogramme in the block lower right

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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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Title:	Ex Libris Diamond (An Eagle, Wings Spread, Hovers over the Globe within a Diamond Cloud)
Artist:	Le Campion, Valentin (Moscow, 1903 - Plessis-Robinson (Paris), 1952)
Date:	c. 1930-1940
Medium:	Original Wood Engraving
Source:	Ex-Libris-Bookplate-Elizabeth Watson Diamond by Valentin Le Campion
Note:	Valentin Le Campion: A fine Art Deco era engraver and illustrator, Valentin Le Campion studied art techniques in his native Russia, under Favorsky and Alexis Kravtchenko. He moved to France around 1927 and settled permanently in the Paris suburb of Plessis-Robinson in 1933. Despite his short life Le Campion was commissioned to engrave many ex libris bookplates as well as illustrating a number of books including such classics as Swift's, "Gulliver in Lilliput", Defoe's, "Robinson Crusoe" and Pushkin's, "The Captain's Daughter". His ex libris engravings, in particular, epitomise both the beautiful and powerful design elements of the Art Deco era. Such is the case with this powerful wood engraving entitled "Ex Libris Diamond", which depicts a majestic eagle, with its wings spread as it guards over the globe. Among its many virtues and attributes, the eagle symbolizes courage, strength, intelligence, immortality, and is considered, by many, to be the king of the skies. The eagle has been represented and worshiped throughout history and around the world in 'Religion', 'Mythology', & 'Heraldry'.
	Valentin Le Campion engraved at least four ex libris designs for the Diamond family, such as this original wood engraving entitled , "Ex-Libris Diamond" (An Eagle, Wings Spread, Hovers over the Globe within a Diamond Cloud). J. (Jack) Edouard Diamond and Elizabeth Watson Diamond were the founders and owners of both the Hyacinth Press and the Diapure Press in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. They commissioned such leading artists as Kalman Kubinyi, Rockwell Kent, John William Jameson, Paul Landacre, Valentin Le Campion (France), Vitezslav Fleissig (Czechoslovakia), Enrico Vannuccini (Italy), Adrian Feint (Australia), John Austin (England), Thijs Mauve (Holland) and Leslie Victor Smith (Canada) to create some of the most striking ex libris plates of the 1930's and 1940's for their personal collection. The Irene D. Pace Collection of the Diamond Family Bookplates is housed in the permanent collection of the Robert B. Haas Family Arts.
	A Note on Ex Libris Art: Ex-Libris woodcuts, wood engravings and etchings have their beginnings as far back as the mid fifteenth century. Their function was initially quite utilitarian as plates 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 the finished work of art often came to stand as an owner’s claim to fame. Before long famous artists were commissioned by wealthy collectors to create their ex libris designs and during the centuries such great talents as Durer, Holbein, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec and Rockwell Kent all contributed significantly to this great genre.
	The golden era for ex-libris art was during the twentieth century, most particularly in the Art Deco decade of the 1930’s. Collecting of ex-libris etchings, engravings and wood engravings reached such a height at this time that many artists devoted themselves almost exclusively to this area.
Size:	4 3/4 X 3 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials

Buy Now	Price: $285.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with full margins as created by the artist around the above date. Signed in the block with the artist’s ‘VLC’ monogram along the lower right margin. This is a finely printed impression and is in excellent condition throughout. "Ex Libris Diamond" represents a strong, original example of the famous Art Deco designs of Valentin Le Campion.
Subject:	Valentin Le Campion, "Ex-Libris Diamond" (An Eagle, Wings Spread, Hovers over the Globe within a Diamond Cloud), original wood engraving, Art Deco artists, the Diamond family, ex-libris etchings, engravings and wood engravings, Alexis Kravtchenko, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University.
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