20th Century American Prints

This is a fine early lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth.  The title is: Three Trees, Eastport Maine,  it was created and printed in 1932 in an edition of only 50.  This pencil signed lithograph has an image size of 8 3/16X12 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is a fine original etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  This etching is titled The Red Mill, also called The Red Barn, Southport.  The image measures 11 1/8X7 1/4 inches.  This pencil signed impression done in etching and aquatint was published in 1922 in a first edition of 25.  Beautiful tonal range and fine composition with extensive reflections in the water.  This etching was later printed with some color in the barn and sky.  Nicely framed with French matting.

This is an original woodblock print by Latvian American artist Isac Friedlander. The title of this work is: "Under the Arch", it was created and printed in 1937. This image is editioned as 1/10, a very rare image. It is hand signed titiled and editioned in pencil in the lower margin. The image mesures 9X8 1/4 inches, printed on a handmade japan type paper. Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Latvia. In 1912 he went to Italy where he met and worked with Russian artist Maxim Gorky. During this period he also received his only art training, studying etching, drawing and relief printing at the Academy of Rome. In 1937, he emigrated to New York where he worked full time as an artist until his death. He is best known for his woodcuts and etchings, and many museums have works by the artist, including the Smithsonian, Bibliotheque Nationale, and the Brooklyn Museum.

This is a fine original screen print by American artist Max Arthur Cohn.  The title is: Night Scene, created and printed in 1944.  Hand signed with pen and ink within the image lower right.  The image measures 12X17 1/2 inches.  "Best known as a pioneer in screenprints, Max Arthur Cohn was born to Russian immigrants in London, in 1903, and moved with his family to New York City in 1905. He got his first art-related job creating commercial silkscreens when he was seventeen. Cohn began to experiment with silkscreening on his own and later exhibited his prints in New York City and Washington, D.C., in the 1930s and '40s." (Smithsonian Museum)

This is an original woodblock print by American artist Isac Friedlander. it is titled: "Vanquished" it was created and printed in 1938, it is editioned as 1/4 impressions.
The image measures 10X12 inches, printed on a light weight laid type paper. It is hand signed,titled and editioned in pencil in the lower margin. Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Latvia. In 1912 he went to Italy where he met and worked with Russian artist Maxim Gorky. During this period he also received his only art training, studying etching, drawing and relief printing at the Academy of Rome. In 1937, he emigrated to New York where he worked full time as an artist until his death. He is best known for his woodcuts and etchings, and many museums have works by the artist, including the Smithsonian, Bibliotheque Nationale, and the Brooklyn Museum.

1983, 18 1/2 x 28", pencil signed lower right

This is an original pencil signed etching of New York City by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Trinity Church from the River, 1904.  The image measures 11 3/4X8 3/8 inches.  Printed in an edition of 25.  This image appears in the Kennedy Catalog as image number 324...  This etching was last sold by Kennedy Galleries in New York in 1920.  This image is the 2nd state with some changes mostly in the dramatic sky.

Etching, image size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches, 1915, cat. Wuerth-678, pencil signed lower right

This is an original etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title of this etching is "Madison Avenue" also known as "Rebuilding Madison Avenue".  This etching was created and printed in 1923 in an edition of 50 impressions.  This proof is hand signed in pencil by the artist with the "imp" after his name meaning that he printed this impression himself.  It is printed on an antique laid type paper.  The image measures 12X9 1/8 inches.  The image appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 811.

Etching, image size 8 13/16 x 11 7/8 inches, Wuerth 807, printed on Arches wove paper, plate signed "JPennell 1923" pencil signed "J Pennell" l.c., private plate, etched for the Brooklyn Edison Co.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Lily S. Converse.  The subject is Ranchos Church, Taos, created and printed circa 1940.  This pencil signed image measures 9 3/8X13 1/2 inches.  It is numbered as 14/25 and came from the collection of Henry Emil Scherer.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  Two of her lithographs are in the collection of National Gallery of Art in Washington.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth.  The title is Spirit of New England, a scene from Kennebunk, Maine done in November of 1956.  This image measures 9 1/8X17 13/16 inches.  Printed in an edition of only 45 impressions.  This image appears in the Stuckey catalog as image number 234.  This interior was made from the Congregational Church , Kennebunk, Maine.

This is a fine woodcut print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie.  This image is hand signed in pencil and titled: Seaside.  The image measures 9X6 1/2 inches.  Albert Huie (1920-2010) was a seminal figure in the formation and development of a national Jamaican artistic identity, overcoming the hurdles of a colonial-based system of race and class distinctions to become the first native-born Jamaican artist to attain international renown and respect. Working primarily in the areas of landscape, portraiture, and figurative art, he established a multiple award-winning career that spanned seven decades and earned him the title of “the Father of Jamaican Painting.” 

This is a fine detailed etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  This image from his Spanish Church series is titled: La Colegiata, Toro, it was created and printed in 1935 in an edition of 153 impressions.  This pencil signed image measures 9 3/4X12 3/4 inches.  It is inscribed, gifted to: Mr. and Mrs Andrew Daglish (The British artist and Friend of Arms)  Printed on an antique laid type paper.  This impression was printed by David Strang, one of Arm's most trusted printers of his editions.

This is a pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell, as part of his Panama Canal series that he created in 1912.  This image is titled:  A Native Village.  The image measures 16 1/2X22 1/8 inches, on a sheet of Fabiano laid type paper which measures 20 1/2X 25 1/2 inches.