Swiss Prints Collection

(GC095)
 

Item listing
by
Vicki Principi
 

Graphic Arts Collection
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
Princeton University Library
2005


Consists of prints by various Swiss artists, dating from the mid 19th century through the mid 20th century. The collection includes works by Hans Erni, Frederick Florian, Robert Naly, and Theophile Alexandre Steinlen. Printing techniques represented in the collection include aquatint, chiaroscuro, drypoint, engraving, lithograph, mezzotint, stencil, and woodcut.

Box 1 contents [Small prints]:
Erni, Hans: Untitled [Portrait of man with chin-length black hair, mustache, and tuft of hair below lower lip]; lithograph; 1952
Fischer, Hans: Souges Drolabraques I; drypoint; 1953
Florian, Frederick: Self-portrait; wood engraving; n.d.
Florian, Frederick: The captive; wood engraving; n.d.
Florian, Frederick: Untitled [Woman seated at artist's table]; wood engraving; n.d.
Florian, Frederick: Audience at a bull-fight; wood engraving; n.d.
Florian, Frederick: Bull-fight; wood engraving; n.d.
Florian, Frederick: School room; wood engraving; n.d.
Florian, Frederick: The accusor; wood engraving; n.d.
Giacometti, Alberto: Untitled [Sketch of man's head]; lithograph; n.d.
Klee, Paul: Angel bearing gifts; lithograph; 1920
Naly, Robert: Church of St. Peter, Montmartre, Paris; drypoint and aquatint; 1935
Naly, Robert: Self-portrait; drypoint; 1935
Naly, Robert: Untitled [Car passing two bicyclists and man sitting on curb]; drypoint; 1935
Naly, Robert: Untitled [Couple dancing]; drypoint; 1935
Naly, Robert: Untitled [Half length cubist representation of two women]; drypoint; 1935
Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre: Jasente de la Vieille; drypoint; n.d.
Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre: Le Printemps a Pleins Vernes; lithograph; 1899
Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre: Untitled [Couples dancing, group of men and soldier watching]; lithograph; n.d.
Steinlen, Theophile Alexandre: Untitled [Mother with child lying in her lap]; mezzotint and aquatint; 1902
Tschumi, Otto: Himself; stencil; 1956
Tschumi, Otto: Krieger Todd; lithograph; 1947
Unidentified artist: Don Quixote; 1954
Vallotton, Felix Edouard: La Paresse [copy 1]; woodcut; 1895
Vallotton, Felix Edouard: La Paresse [copy 2]; woodcut; 1924
Vallotton, Felix Edouard: L'Averse; woodcut; n.d.

Map drawer K6 contents [Full and half folio]:
Amman, Justus: Untitled [Infantry and cavalry preparing for battle]; engraving; n.d.
Bodmer, Karl: A L'Abri du Givre; chiaroscuro lithograph; n.d.
Bodmer, Karl: Faisans; chiaroscuro lithograph; 1858
Bodmer, Karl: Lievre Poursuivit Par un Autour; chiaroscuro lithograph; n.d.
Erni, Hans: Penelope; lithograph; 1956
Erni, Hans: Untitled [Eagle at moment before flight]; n.d.
Erni, Hans: Untitled [Four black horses]; lithograph; n.d.
Giacometti, Alberto: Galerie Maeght poster; lithograph; n.d.
Huber, Rudolf: Panorama of Berne, from the Lourdes Prison; lithograph; 1840
Huber, Rudolf: Panorama of Berne, from the prison tower; lithograph; 1840
Lory, Mathias Gabriel: Le Glacier inferieur du Grindelwald & le Mont Eiger; engraving and aquatint; 1927
Unidentified artist: Untitled [Abstract human figure with man's face, bird head and tail]; n.d.
Unidentified artist: Untitled [Abstract human figure with rooster head and tail]; n.d.


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