Ethel Reed Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Ethel Reed Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 09, 2023
ETHEL REED (1876-1912). MISS TRÄUMEREI. 1895. 22x13¾ inches, 56x35 cm. Lamson, Wolffe & Co., Boston.
Est: $700 - $1,000
ETHEL REED (1876-1912) MISS TRÄUMEREI. 1895. 22x13 3/4 inches, 56x35 cm. Lamson, Wolffe & Co., Boston. Condition B: water staining in margins, slightly into lower left image; creases and foxing in margins and image. Signed and dated by the artist in ink. Paper. From an early career as a book illustrator, Reed had a meteoric poster design career. In 1895 and 1896, Reed produced some 24 different posters, many of which achieved international acclaim. In May 1896, she went to Europe, designed one more poster, and then completely disappeared from public view. Her posters "favored female figures - if young girls, they are often knowingly naughty - frequently surrounded by either poppies or lilies, which to the fin-de-siècle mind were fraught with secret meanings" (Kiehl p. 191).Kiehl 235, DFP-I 417, Reims 1288, Virginia p. 88, Margolin p. 168, Keay p. 18, Gold 80.
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Jul. 15, 2021
Reed, Ethel (1874-1912) Folly or Saintliness.
Est: $600 - $900
Reed, Ethel (1874-1912) Folly or Saintliness. Boston: Lamson Wolffe & Co., Heliotype Printing Co., 1895. Color lithographic poster on paper, matted and framed, 19 1/2 x 14 1/4 in. sight, 26 1/2 x 21 in. overall. Reed's illustration was created to promote the English-language adaptation by Hannah Lynch (1859-1904) of Spanish playwright José Echegaray y Eizaguirre's (1832-1916) O Locura o Santidad. Reed was born in Massachusetts and studied at the Cowles Art School in the 1890s. Her career was short but productive. She illustrated many books and posters to great critical acclaim and died in obscurity in London before turning forty. This poster endures as one of her most memorable images. Additional Images
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May. 06, 2020
Ethel Reed, (American, 1876-1976), Albert Morris Bagby's New Novel Miss Träumerei, copyright 1885, plate 99, lithograph, 15 1/2" x 1..
Est: $200 - $300
signed in plate
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jan. 23, 2020
Ethel Reed IN CHILDHOOD'S COUNTRY Color lithograph
Est: $700 - $1,000
Ethel Reed (1876-circa 1925) IN CHILDHOOD'S COUNTRY Color lithograph, 1896, laid on Japan paper, printed by George H. Walker & Co., lithographers, Boston, with good margins, framed. Sheet 25 x 11 1/2 inches C Property from the Estate of a Private Collector
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Apr. 16, 2019
Original 1890s Affiches Etrangeres Print ETHEL REED
Est: $100 - $300
Artist: Reed, Ethel 1876 -. Miss Träumerei (Les Affiches Etrangeres). Technique: Lithograph 1897. Size: 12.2 x 8.6 in. (31 x 22 cm). Printer: Chaix, Paris. Condition Details: (A-) small tear in the outer bottom margin, minor browning in the margins. Estimate: 300. Reserve / Starting Price: $100.
PosterConnection Inc.
Nov. 03, 2018
RARE Original 1890s Ethel reed Poster MISS TRAUMEREI
Est: $500 - $900
Artist: Reed, Ethel 1876 -. Miss Träumerei. Technique: Lithograph 1895. Size: 22 x 13.7 in. (56 x 35 cm). Printer: Lamson, Wolffe & Co., Boston. Condition Details: (A-) on linen, minimal tears, needle holes and minor staining in the margins, slight surface browning. Estimate: $900. Reserve / Starting Price: $500.
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Jun. 26, 2018
Miss Träumerei. 1895.
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ARTIST: ETHEL REED (1876-?) SIZE: 13 7/8 x 22 in./35.2 x 56 cm PRINTER: Lamson, Wolffe, Boston DESCRIPTION: "Träumerei," or "dreaming," is one of Schumann's beautiful, romantic piano pieces comprising "Scenes from Childhood." Albert Morris Bagby's novel Miss Träumerei: A Weimar Idyl might have been set in Germany, but was written and published exclusively in America. The author is, in fact, better known as a musician than as a writer, having studied under Liszt during the late 1850s. The image itself reflects Reeds fondness for Japonisme, with its flat areas of simple color and the diagonally-jutting chrysanthemums. (Art Nouveau; Music; Literary)
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Sep. 25, 2017
ETHEL REED (1876-1976) THE QUEST OF THE GOLDEN GIRL (FROM LES MAÎTRES DE L'AFFIC
Est: $300 - $500
Ethel Reed (1876-1976) The Quest of the Golden Girl (from Les Maîtres de L'Affiche), pl. 128 Lithograph in colors 12 x 7-7/8 inches (30.5 x 19.9 cm) (image) Blindstamp of the publisher lower right Printed by Chaix, Paris HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 15, 2016
RARE Original 1890s Ethel reed Poster MISS TRAUMEREI
Est: $500 - $900
Artist: Reed, Ethel 1876 -. Miss Träumerei. Technique: Lithograph 1895. Size: 22 x 14.1 in. (56 x 36 cm). Printer: Lamson, Wolffe & Co., Boston.
PosterConnection Inc.
Sep. 14, 2016
Original 1890s Affiches Etrangeres Print ETHEL REED
Est: $100 - $300
Artist: Reed, Ethel 1876 -. Miss Träumerei (Les Affiches Etrangeres). Technique: Lithograph 1897. Size: 12.2 x 8.6 in. (31 x 22 cm). Printer: Chaix, Paris. Condition Details: (A-) minor browning in the margins. Estimate: 300. Starting Bid: 100.
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Aug. 11, 2016
Miss Träumerei. 1895
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 14 1/8 x 21 7/8 in./35.8 x 55.5 cm
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Feb. 05, 2016
Miss Träumerei. 1895
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 14 1/8 x 21 7/8 in./36 x 55.5 cm Lamson, Wolffe, Boston Although set in Germany, Miss Träumerei: A Weimar Idyl was written and published only in America. While the plot is not readily known, the title lends much to what the story is probably about: Traumerei not only is the name of a romantic piano piece by Schumann, but when translated means "dreaming." The author is, in fact, better known as a musician than as a writer, having studied under Liszt during the late 1850s. The image itself reflects Reed's fondness for the then-popular Japanese style of printing, with its flat areas of simple color and the diagonally-jutting chrysanthemums.
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Jan. 31, 2016
The Quest of the Golden Girl. 1895
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 18 3/4 x 29 5/8 in./47.5 x 75.3 cm Waterlow & Sons, London Written by the English poet Ricahrd Le Gallienne, The Quest of the Golden Girl follows a young man on his search for the perfect woman, and those he meets along the way.
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Jan. 31, 2016
Miss Träumerei. 1895
Est: $1,000 - $1,200
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 14 1/8 x 21 7/8 in./36 x 55.5 cm Lamson, Wolffe, Boston Although set in Germany, Miss Träumerei: A Weimar Idyl was written and published only in America. While the plot is not readily known, the title lends much to what the story is probably about: Traumerei not only is the name of a romantic piano piece by Schumann, but when translated means "dreaming." The author is, in fact, better known as a musician than as a writer, having studied under Liszt during the late 1850s. The image itself reflects Reed's fondness for the then-popular Japanese style of printing, with its flat areas of simple color and the diagonally-jutting chrysanthemums.
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Jan. 31, 2016
Folly or Saintliness. 1895
Est: $800 - $1,000
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 15 x 20 1/4 in./38 x 51.4 cm Heliotype, Boston In a two-year period, Ethel Reed ... emerged from obscurity, blossomed as an artist with an international reputation, and then disappeared completely. ... Sensational though her personal life may have been, Reed had great artistic talent ... Reed designed at least twenty-four posters, many of which rank among the important American posters of the 1890s (Lauder, p. 191).
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Aug. 05, 2015
ETHEL REED (1876-1912). IS POLITE SOCIETY POLITE / AND OTHER ESSAYS BY MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE. 1895. 17x25 inches, 44x63 cm. Lamson, Wolf
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
ETHEL REED (1876-1912) IS POLITE SOCIETY POLITE / AND OTHER ESSAYS BY MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE. 1895. 17 1/2x25 inches, 44 1/2x63 1/2 cm. Lamson, Wolffe, & Co., Boston. Condition B+: restored loss in lower left corner; repaired tears at edges, some affecting image creases and restoration in margins and image. Hinged to mat at top edge. Paper. Matted and framed. William Clemens wrote in The Poster, March, 1896, "No production by Miss Ethel Reed has been praised more highly than [this poster] . . . this is a purely decorative piece of work, but well drawn and very effective. It is lithographed on imported handmade paper, red in color, and printed in olive, green and black. It is truly a work of art" (p. 37). Kiehl 240, DFP-I 422, Reims 1286, American Posters no. 85, The American Poster p. 25, Salmagundi p. 25.
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May. 08, 2015
Miss Träumerei. 1895
Est: $800 - $1,000
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 14 x 22 in./35.5 x 56 cm Lamson, Wolffe, Boston Although set in Germany, Miss Träumerei: A Weimar Idyl was written and published only in America. While the plot is not readily known, the title itself lends much to what the story is probably about: Traumerei not only is the name of a romantic piano piece by Schumann, but when translated means dreaming. The author is, in fact, better known as a musician than as a writer, having studied under Liszt during the late 1850s, as well as founding the famous Bagby Musical Mornings at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The image itself reflects Reed's fondness for the then-popular Japanese style of printing, with its flat areas of simple color and the diagonally-jutting chrysanthemums.
Poster Auctions International Inc
May. 03, 2015
Miss Träumerei. 1895
Est: $800 - $1,000
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 14 x 22 in./35.5 x 56 cm Lamson, Wolffe, Boston Although set in Germany, Miss Träumerei: A Weimar Idyl was written and published only in America. While the plot is not readily known, the title itself lends much to what the story is probably about: Traumerei not only is the name of a romantic piano piece by Schumann, but when translated means dreaming. The author is, in fact, better known as a musician than as a writer, having studied under Liszt during the late 1850s, as well as founding the famous Bagby Musical Mornings at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The image itself reflects Reed's fondness for the then-popular Japanese style of printing, with its flat areas of simple color and the diagonally-jutting chrysanthemums.
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Feb. 12, 2015
ETHEL REED (1876-?). FOLLY OR SAINTLINESS. 1895. 20x15 inches, 51x38 cm. Heliotype Ptg. Co., Boston.
Est: $800 - $1,200
ETHEL REED (1876-?) FOLLY OR SAINTLINESS. 1895. 20 1/4x15 inches, 51 1/2x38 cm. Heliotype Ptg. Co., Boston. Condition B+: restored losses, repaired tears, creases and abrasions in margins. repaired pin holes in corners. Mounted on Japan. "The work of Ethel Reed stands out for notice and high appreciation, not only because of its great artistic qualities, but because she . . . looks at the world as a gracious moving surface, infinitely shaded; she leaves success to itself, as if the world were a theatre of fairies, an adorable procession of passing impressions" (S.C. de Soissons, The Poster, November 1898). "There is a happy balance between the abstract elements of the pattern and representational details of the design" (The American Poster p. 19). Kiehl 239, DFP-I 421, Reims 1284, Virginia p. 87, Margolin p. 169, Keay p. 18, American Style 38.
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Jun. 14, 2014
Ethel Reed lithographic poster
Est: $600 - $900
Ethel Reed- ''Folly or Saintliness''- lithographic poster, 1895, published by Lamson Wolffe and Co., linen backed, some paper loss in corners. 20 1/8 x 15''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
May. 04, 2014
Miss Träumerei. 1895
Est: $800 - $1,000
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 14 x 22 in./35.5 x 56 cm Lamson, Wolffe, Boston Although set in Germany, Miss Träumerei: A Weimar Idyl was written and published only in America. While the plot is not readily known, the title itself lends much to what the story is probably about: Traumerei not only is the name of a romantic piano piece by Schumann, but when translated means dreaming. The author is, in fact, better known as a musician than as a writer, having studied under Liszt in Weimar during the late 1850s, as well as founding the famous Bagby Musical Mornings at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The image itself reflects Reed's fondness for the then-popular Japanese style of printing, with its flat areas of simple color and the diagonally-jutting chrysanthemums.
Poster Auctions International Inc
Oct. 05, 2013
Ethel Reed (b. 1876): an advertising poster for
Est: £30 - £50
Ethel Reed (b. 1876): an advertising poster for Miss Traumeres, Albert Morris Bagby's novel, published by Lawson, Wolffe & Co, Boston 1895, 27 by 15cm.
Batemans Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 06, 2012
Field Flowers. 1897
Est: $800 - $1,000
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 16 3/4 x 16 5/8 in./42.4 x 42.3 cm The Spectrotype Co, Chicago One of a handful of images created to promote the book of poems Field Flowers, this design came out around the Christmas season.
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Sep. 06, 2012
The New Illustrated Magazine. ca. 1890
Est: $800 - $1,000
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 9 7/8 x 14 in./25 x 35.7 cm
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Sep. 06, 2012
Miss Träumerei. 1895
Est: $800 - $1,000
Artist: ETHEL REED (1876-?) Size: 13 x 21 1/2 in./33 x 54.8 cm Lamson, Wolffe, Boston Although set in Germany, ‘Miss Träumerei: A Weimar Idyl’ was written and published only in America. While the plot is not readily known, the title itself lends much to what the story is probably about: Traumerei not only is the name of a romantic piano piece by Schumann, but when translated means ‘dreaming.’ The author is, in fact, better known as a musician than as a writer, having studied under Liszt in Weimar during the late 1850s, as well as founding the famous Bagby Musical Mornings at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The image itself reflects Reed’s fondness for the then-popular Japanese style of printing, with its flat areas of simple color and the diagonally-jutting chrysanthemums.
Poster Auctions International Inc
Aug. 01, 2012
ETHEL REED (1876-?). BOSTON ILLUSTRATED / THE BEST GUIDE TO BOSTON. 1895. 18x12 inches, 47x30 cm.
Est: $400 - $600
ETHEL REED (1876-?) BOSTON ILLUSTRATED / THE BEST GUIDE TO BOSTON. 1895. 18 3/4x12 inches, 47 1/2x30 1/2 cm. Condition A- / B+: tears at edges; creases in margins and image. Paper. Kiehl, 232 DFP-I 434.
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Nov. 13, 2011
Miss Träumerei.
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Although set in Germany, 'Miss Träumerei: A Weimar Idyl' was written and published only in America. While the plot is not readily known, the title itself lends much to what the story is probably about: Traumerei not only is the name of a romantic piano piece by Schumann, but when translated means 'dreaming.' The author is, in fact, better known as a musician than as a writer, having studied under Liszt in Weimar during the late 1850s, as well as founding the famous Bagby Musical Mornings at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. The image itself reflects on Reed's fondness for the then-popular Japanese style of printing, with its flat areas of simple color and the diagonally-jutting chrysanthemums.
Poster Auctions International Inc
Aug. 03, 2011
ETHEL REED (1876-?). MISS TRÄUMEREI. 1895. 21x13 inches, 54x34 cm. Lamson, Wolffe & Co., Boston.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
ETHEL REED (1876-?) MISS TRÄUMEREI. 1895. 21 1/2x13 1/2 inches, 54 1/2x34 1/4 cm. Lamson, Wolffe & Co., Boston. Condition A / A-: minor creases and abrasions in margins and image; punch holes in top margin; pin-holes in bottom corners. The inherent Japonisme, composition and color of this book advertisement were such that in its time a critic declared, "artistically refined people are in ecstasies [over this poster]" (S. C. de Soissons, The Poster, November, 1898). Her work was exclusively for Lamson, Wolfe & Co. Kiehl 235, DFP I 417, Reims 1288, Virginia p. 88, Maîtres pl. 99, Maîtres 1900 p. 118, Margolin p. 168, Keay p. 18, Gold 80.
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Feb. 13, 2011
POSTER: ETHEL REED (1876-?) - Arabella and Araminta Stories.
Est: $1,700 - $2,000
ETHEL REED (1876-?) - Arabella and Araminta Stories. Reference: Ref: Lauder, 234; PAI-VII, 282 Year: 1895
Poster Auctions International Inc
Feb. 13, 2011
POSTER: ETHEL REED (1876-?) - Penny Magazine.
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
ETHEL REED (1876-?) - Penny Magazine. Reference: Ref: DFP-I, 429; Reims, 1289; Margolin, p. 120; PAI-XXXIV, 130 Printer: Hayes Bros., Philadelphia Year: ca. 1896
Poster Auctions International Inc
Jun. 06, 2009
Poster by Ethel Reed - The Quest of the Golden Girl
Est: €800 - €1,250
The Quest of the Golden Girl - 48x76, 1895, on japan by Ethel Reed (1876-?)
Van Sabben Poster Auctions
May. 04, 2008
Boston Sunday Herald, The/Ladies Want It/Feb. 24. 1895.
Est: $600 - $800
Boston Sunday Herald, The/Ladies Want It/Feb. 24. 1895.Rogers, the British artist and critic, commented in 1901: "Judging by numbers, quality, and general excellence of her work, the name Ethel Reed will suggest itself as the foremost of present-day women posterists. Her success does not rest upon one or two works, but she can claim a long succession of clever designs, executed in a manner both versatile and convincing . . . Here we have a woman seeing things with women's eyes, and translating them into designs at once graceful, full of refined fancy, and exquisite colour" (p. 121). Case in point, this exquisite design for the Boston Sunday Herald, one that not only promotes a publication with a targeted female demographic, but one that reflects an image of women back to the viewer to which they can ideally identify-literate, intelligent and attractive. Who could ask for more? ETHEL REED (1876-?)
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May. 04, 2008
Miss Traeumerei. 1895.
Est: $1,700 - $2,000
Miss Traeumerei. 1895.Since the "Taeumerei" ("Dreaming") of the advertised novel's title refers both to the title of Schumann's romantic piano piece and the heroine's penchant for daydreaming, Reed shows her at the piano in a contemplative mood. The flat areas of color in the design as well as the chrysanthemums jutting up diagonally in the foreground reflect the taste for Japanese style that was characteristic of the period. "The Poster" magazine of November, 1898, declared that "artistically refined people are in ecstasies with. . . 'Miss Traemerei,' a charming combination of black, pale cream and yellow" (p. 201). ETHEL REED (1876-?)
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May. 04, 2008
Boston Illustrated/The Best Guide to Boston. 1895.
Est: $500 - $700
Boston Illustrated/The Best Guide to Boston. 1895.Reed, a native of Massachusetts, was a prolific book illustrator and cartoonist from the age of eighteen, and the author of some of the best American posters produced between 1895 and 1900. She then apparently married and left to live in England, regrettably disappearing from the poster scene. This advertisement for the "Best Guide to Boston," featuring some of the fairest attractions that the "Athens of America" has to offer, was the most expensive of her posters sold by Smith and Mecane in 1896, presented to the public for the exorbitant price of thirty-five cents. "In August 1895, Reed's design appeared in altered form, welcoming the triennial enclave of the Knights Templar. A knight on horseback replaced Reed's fashionably dressed young lady; the background of State House dome and Common trees remained the same" (Lauder, p. 164). ETHEL REED (1876-?)
Poster Auctions International Inc
Dec. 02, 2007
Reed Ethel (1876-) The Quest of the Golden Girl
Est: €800 - €1,500
Reed Ethel (1876-) The Quest of the Golden Girl 48x76, 1895, pr. Waterlow & Sons LTD. London, on japan
Van Sabben Auctions
Oct. 14, 2004
ETHEL REED (1876 - ?) MISS TRAUMEREI. 1895.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
22x14 inches. Lamson, Wolffe & Co., Boston. Condition A: minor darkening along edges. Paper. Reed's biography remains a mystery within the annals of the poster world. From an early career as a book illustrator, she had a meteoric poster design career, in 1895 and 1896, producing some 24 different posters, many of which achieved international acclaim. In May 1896 she went to Europe, designed one more poster, and then completely disappeared from public view. Her posters "favored female figures ?if young girls, they are often knowingly naughty? frequently surrounded by either poppies or lilies, which to the fin-de-siecle mind were fraught with secret meanings." (Kiehl p. 191). The inherent japonisme, composition and color of this book advertisement were such that in its time a critic declared, "artistically refined people are in ecstasies [over this poster.]" (S. C. de Soissons, The Poster, November, 1898). Her work was exclusively for Lamson, Wolfe & Co. Kiehl 235, DFP I 417, Reims 1288, Virginia p. 88, Maitres pl. 99, Maitres 1900 p. 118, Margolin p. 168, Keay p. 18, Gold 80.
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