20th Century American Prints

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Louis Orr. This etching is titled: "Pont Marie, Paris" one of his very best etchings. The image measres 11X7 1/2 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper. Very richly inked, circa 1930.

This is an original mezzotint by American artist Alessandro Mastro-Valerio.  The title is Morning Paper, created and printed in 1941 as the presentation print of the Chicago Society of Etchers.  The image is pencil signed by the artist lower right and has the blindstamp by the CSE lower left corner of the border.  The image measures 8 15/16X5 9/16 inches.

This is a fine original etching by American artist Otto Ostrowsky.  It was taken from his series on the construction of sections of the New York Subway system in Manhattan, created and printed in 1937.  The image is pencil signed and measures 10X13 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

This is an original etching by American artist Joseph Pennell. The title of this work is: "Carriage Approach to Pennsylvania Station, N.Y. This etching was created and printed in 1919, in an edition of only 50.
The image measures 11 3/4X7 inches, hand signed in pencil lower border. The signature has the imp after the artists name meaning that he printed this one himself.

This is a fine original etching of New York City by American artist Joseph Pennell.  This work is titled: Four Story House, it was created and printed in 1904.  Pencil signed in the lower border, printed on a thin laid type paper.  The image measures 10 3/4X 7 3/8 inches.  In nice original condition, given as a gift to a library in 1952..

This is a fine original etching of NYC by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Lower Broadway, NYC, it was created and printed in 1904.  Pencil signed, this image measures 11 7/8X7 3/4 inches.  Nice use of plate tone in the composition, a fine impression in good original condition.  Once give to the "Friends of the Library in 1952"

This is a fine original etching and drypoint by American artist of the Southwest, George Elbert Burr.  The title is Evening, Arizona.  It was created and printed in 1930, hand signed in pencil lower left corner of the border.  The image measures 5X7 inches.  Alternate title is: Apache Trail.  

This c. 1940 lithograph by the American artist Hannes Bok measures 9 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches, pencil signed and titled. AAA label with artist provenance included, edition of 250. Bok's real name was Wayne Francis Woodard, a talented artist, apparent at an early age, who went on to become an illustrator, writer of poetry and science fiction, painter and printmaker. His mentors were Maxfield Parrish and Ray Bradbury, both having profound influences on him and his work.

 This image is from the series, The Panama Canal, created by American artist Joseph Pennell, the title of this work is: The City of Panama from the Tivoli Hotel, Ancon Hill, created and printed in 1912.  The image measures 22X17 inches on a sheet size of 25 1/2X20 1/2 inches.  Printed on a Fabiano watermarked laid type paper.Wuerth cat. number 242.

Etching, image size: 12 3/4 x 10 5/16 inches, pencil signed

This is a beautiful, intimate portrait of a Depression-era worker by Albert Abramovitz. Linocut, image size 7 x 4 1/2 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Abramovitz was known for his dramatic images with sharp social commentary, many portraying the hardships of daily life for working class people in both America and Russia. Born in Latvia, Abramovitz studied at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and the Grande Chaumiere in Paris. While in Paris he was a member and juror of the Paris Salon, and won the Grand Prize at the Universal Exposition in Rome and Turin, Italy. In the 1920s Abramovitz emigrated to America, first the west coast then settled in New York City where he lived for the rest of his life. He created a number of prints for the WPA, and his work was included in exhibitions by the Union of American Artists, the American Artist's Congress, the ACA Gallery and the National Academy of Design.

Etching, image size 10 5/8 x 12 3/8 inches, 1926 (Cahill, 43). Signed "Pop Hart" (and with monogram) in pencil l.r. Etching and aquatint on paper

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Kerr Eby. The title of this work is: "A Connecticut Valley", it was created and printed in 1935 in an edition of 100.
The scene shows one of Connecticut's covered bridges in snow. The image measures 7 11/16X15 3/8 inches. It appears in the Giardina catalog as image number 184.
Fine use of skim coating of ink to show the tone of the sky.

This is a very fine impression of the etching titled: Boston Stump, created and printed by American artist Harold Kerr Eby in 1925.  The subject is the tower of St. Botolph's Church in Boston, England.   This etching printed in an edition of 90 has an image size of 14 1/8X9 3/8 inches.  It is pencil signed lower right and has the 'imp" after his name meaning that he printed this impression himself.  This etching is in a fine Frame using archival materials.

Transfer lithograph, 11 1/2 x 18 inches, ed. 25, 1924, only state, printed by George C. Miller, alternatively titled "Spring Dance," cat. Czestochowski-211, pencil signed lower right