20th Century European Prints

Etching, image size 8 3/4 X 5 inches, subsequent to Hardie, artist's blindstamp, monogram, pencil signed.

Etching with drypoint, image size 4 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches, 1922, pencil signed.

This is a fine etching and drypoint by Scottish artist David Muirhead Bone.  The title is: Shrimp Boats, Great Yarmouth.  It was created and printed in 1935 in an edition of 92.  Pencil signed lower right, the image measures 7 1/16X11 13/16  inches.  This image appears in the Dodgson catalog as image number 464.  This etching is framed with archival materials.

This 1911 drypoint etching by Frank Short measures 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, pencil signed, cat: Hardie-350.

Etching/drypoint, 6 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, subsequent to Hardie, pencil signed with artist's blindstamp

This is a beautifully energetic original etching with drypoint by French artist Hermine David. The image size is 9 7/8 x 8 1/8 inches, published in 1927 in a small edition of 40, pencil signed and numbered. A rich impression on a medium weight watermarked wove type paper. Hermine David was born and raised in Paris and at the age of 16 was accepted into the Ecole Des Beaux Arts, later going on the study at the Academy Julien. She was a well known painter and printmaker and was very active in the thriving artist community in Paris in the early 20th century. She was married to fellow artist Jules Pascin for several years, but in 1920 the couple divorced and David set up her own studio in Montparnasse. She went on to have a long successful career as an artist and illustrator and was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1932.

This is a fine color aquatint by French artist Bernard Boutet de Monvel ..  It is titled Fillette a L'Ombrelle, created and printed in 1910.  The image measures 10 3/4X6 7/8 inches.  Signed in block letters in pencil lower right border.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  Numbered as 3/10.

Etching, image size 8 3/4 x 7 inches, Hardie 176, 1920, pencil signed

This is an original drypoint etching by British artist Edmund Blampied.  The title is: Agents of Change, created and printed in 1932.  This is numbered as 23/100 and hand signed in sepia ink lower border.  The image measures 6 3/4X9 3/4 inches.  This image appears in the Appleby catalog as image number 156, printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.

This is a very fine original color etching by Czech artist Tavik .F. Simon.  The title is: Hradcany from the Belvedere it was created and printed in 1920.  Hand signed in pencil lower border numbered as 46.  This image appears in the Novak catalog as image number 331.  The etching is in fine condition, nicely framed.

This is a fine example of the color aquatint etchings of Austrian artist Tavik František Šimon  The title is: "APSE OF NOTRE-DAME DE PARIS IN WINTER", it was created and printed in 1924 in an edition of 300 published by the Society of Graveurs Modernes in Paris.  The image measures 12 3/8X17 3/4 inches.  The etching is pencil signed by the artist lower border.

This is a finely detailed line engraving by British artist Robert Sargen Austin.  The title is: "The Pack Bridge, Aylestone, Leicestershire".  The image measures 4 13/16X4 7/16 inches.  It was created and printed in 1926 and appears in the Dodgson catalog as image number 65.  It was printed in an edition of 60.  

This is a fine original etching by British artist Arthur Briscoe, the title is James and John, this etching was created and printed in 1928 in an edition of 75 signed impressions.  This one is signed and numbered 43/75 in sepia ink.  This is one of his finest images, a couple of Dutch Hengsts moored at Zijpe in Walcheren.  The image measures 9 3/4X13 3/4 inches  Printed on a laid type, watermarked paper.  The borders are a bit trimmed but still enough room for proper presentation.  Printed in a warm toned ink, nice use of plated tone in the sea and sky..

This is an original engraving by French artist Jean-Emile Laboureur (1877-1943)  The title is: La Promenade Sur Le Port, it was created and printed 1933 and was used as the presentation print for the Print Club of Cleveland.  In an edition of 235.  This engraving is hand signed in pencil lower left border, printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is a fine drypoint etching by British artist Sir Henry Rushbury.  The subject is the destruction of St. Olave's cathedral on  Tooley Street in Bermondsey.  This drypoint is hand signed by the artist with pen and ink in the lower border.  The image measures 11 3/8X8 1/16 inches.  Very richly printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  This image created in 1927.  "the demolition in process of a historic London dockside church, St Olave's, Bermondsey/ Southwark. This took place because of local depopulation and the church being given 'redundant' status. Demolition took place in two stages and Rushbury has cleverly seized the moment when the nave was all but destroyed (1926) but the tower was still intact. This didn't last long, and it was demolished in turn in 1928. Building materials and debris litter the foreground."