20th Century European Prints

This is an original etching by British Bird Artist Winifred Austen.  This image of Phesants is titled: Out Foraging.  It is pencil signed and titled, with a stamp in the lower border stating, Made in England.  The image measures 7 1/2X 9 7/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  Austen's favorite subjects were wild animals and birds, and she received many commissions to illustrate magazines and books. Her etchings of animals and birds were popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

Etching from the series "The Life of Saint Monique," image size 6 7/8 x 4 5/8 in, 1930, monogram in plate

This is a fine original etching by British artist Robert Austin.  The title: Medicanti (The Beggars)  is hand signed in pencil and dated 1924.  The image measures 4 1/2X3 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper with the P.G. Head watermark.

Etching, image size 10 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches, pencil signed

Etching, image size 7 x 9 1/4 inches, published in 1926 by Guiot, Paris, signed and editioned in pencil, red collectors seal l.l.

Etching is 9 3/8 x 11 7/8 inches on 11 3/8 x 14 5/8 inch wove-type paper, printed by the artist. The work is pencil signed, c. 1910. The Church of St. Sophia, or "Sophienkirche", was the only gothic church in the whole city of Dresden. It was severely damaged in the Dresden bombing in 1945, and later destroyed completely in 1962 by the German Democratic Republic.
Menpes attended the School of Art in London in 1878 and started exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1880. He became a major figure in the etching revival, producing more than seven hundred different etchings and drypoints, which he usually printed himself. Menpes was taught etching by James McNeill Whistler and they lived together for some time.

This is an original etching by British artist Mortimer Menpes.  The title Shaded Entrance was created and printed circa 1920.  The image measures 11 7/8X8 3/8 inches.  hand signed in pencil with the imp after his name, this means he printed this proof himself.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper with the Menpese watermark.

William Walcot

1874-1943

British

This is a fine drypoint etching by British artist William Walcot 1874-1943.  The title is "The Mersey " it was created and printed in 1922 as part of his series titled "The Arteries of Great Britain.  The platemark  measures 4 3/4X13 inches.    Hand signed in pencil lower border.

This is an original color etching and aquatint by Austrian artist Ferdinand-Karl Gold (1882-1981)  The title of this work is: Rast im Dorfe, Rest in the Village.  It was created and printed circa 1920.  Pencil signed and titled lower border.  The image measures 11 1/2X15 3/8 inches.

This is a drypoint etching from 1910. Pencil signed in the lower right, plate signed in the lower right. Pencil numbered in the lower left 9/50. Plate measures 9 1/2 x 8 inches on chine colle.

A delicately rendered original etching with drypoint, plate size 5 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches, published in 1923, cat: Dickins-78, pencil signed. Walcot was born in Russia, the son of a British father and Russian mother. His family traveled extensively throughout Europe as well as South America, and Walcot was educated in Paris and Russia, graduating with a degree in architecture from the Imperial Academy of the Arts in Moscow. He worked as an architect briefly in Russia before moving to England in 1906. He became well known for his etchings which portray an impressive knowledge of architectural details along with a distinctive impressionistic influence in the atmosphere and immediacy of the images. This scene of York Minster is a great example of this sense of light and atmosphere, the delicate details of the cathedral contrasting with the quickly rendered people in the foreground.

Etching, image size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 1909, cat. Guerin-53, inscribed 1st etat, pencil signed lower right

William Walcot

1874-1943

British

This is a fine drypoint etching by British artist William Walcot 1874-1943.  The title is "The Thames " it was created and printed in 1922 as part of his series titled "The Arteries of Great Britain.  The platemark  measures 4 3/4X13 inches.    Hand signed in pencil lower border.

This is an original etching by Czech artist Emil Orlik.   The title is: Bei Enoshima, created and printed in 1901.  One of a series of images he created on a trip to Japan.  This image of Rural life in Japan is penil signed by the artist.  The image measures 3 3/4X5 1/4 inches.  Printed on a laid type sheet.  This etching is framed.

This is a large original lithograph by British artist Clara Klinghoffer.  This image is titled: Mexican Mother and Child, created and printed circa 1930's, this image is pencil signed, titled and numbered as 20/100.  Printed on a heavy weight wove type sheet.  The image measures 15 3/4X20 inches.