Recent Acquisitions

This is an original etching by British Aviation artist Geoffrey Watson (1894-1979)  This impression is hand signed in pencil and titled: Siskin Flight.  It was created and printed in 1930.  The image measures 7 3/4X12 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.

This is a fine original watercolor/gouache painting by American Marine painter Frederick Judd Waugh.  This painting created circa 1910 of a Sailboat race off of the rocky coast measures 10X14 inches, signed lower right and nicely housed in  a custom frame.  

Waugh was the son of a well-known Philadelphia portrait painter, Samuel Waugh. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts with Thomas Eakins, and at the Académie Julian in Paris with Adolphe-William Bouguereau.

In his later years he lived on Bailey Island, Maine, and in Provincetown, Massachusetts.  Waugh is best known for his seascape paintings on the Northeast Coast ..

This is an original color aquatint and etching by French artist Manuel Robbe.  The title is Place Pigalle, it was created and printed in 1925 in an edition of 200 published by L'Estampe Moderne.  The image measures 11 1/4X15 3/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right border.  Place Pigalle is in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, in Montmartre.

This is an original color aquatint etching by Austrian artist Tavik F. Simon.  The title is: Boulevard Saint Martin in Winter, Paris, this pencil signed etching was created and printed in 1914, published by G. Petit, Paris.  The image measures 12 1/4X14 1/4 inches.  It has the Petit blind stamp in the lower left border.

This is an original etching by American artist James McNeill Whistler.  The title is: La Vieille aux Loques, part of his "French Set series" created in 1858.  The image measures 8 1/8X5 3/4 inches.  Signed Whistler mid right side of the image, platesigned.  Printed on an early laid type sheet.  This image appears in the Kennedy catalog as image number 21.  The 4th state of 4 before the cancellation of the plate.

This is a fine original etching by French artist and print maker Louis Auguste Lepere.  The subject is Amiens Cathedral, created and printed in 1907.  The pencil signed impression measures 13 11/16X9 5/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  Very fine condition.  This image appears in the Saunier catalog as image number 344.  Printed in an edition of 150.

This is an original oil on canvas painting of Old Lyme Connecticut, the river bridge.   This painting is signed lower left corner.  The canvas measures 10X14 inches.  Housed in a period gilt frame.  Born in Minnesota, He moved to Brooklyn and summered in Old Lyme CT.  

This is an original oil on board painting by British artist Sir Hubert Von Herkomer (1849-1914)  This interior view of a woman at the table is signed lower left corner.  The painting measures 13 X 9 1/4 inches.  Housed in a period gilt toned frame with brass plaque. Herkomer was a  Bavarian-born British painter, pioneering film-director, and composer. Though a very successful portrait artist, especially of men, he is mainly remembered for his earlier works that took a realistic approach to the conditions of life of the  London poor.  This is a fine example of his early work, circa 1890.

This is an original etching with drypoint by French artist James Tissot (1836-1902)  The title is: Promenade Dans La Neige, A Walk in the Snow, created and printed in 1880 in an edition of 100.  This etching has the Tissot red monogram  stamp in the lower right border, the 2nd state of 2.  The subject is a study of Kathleen Newton in the Garden of Tissot's house in winter.  This very large etching is in fine condition printed on a watermarked wove type sheet.  One of the most valued of all of his etchings.   The subject was the great love of Tissot's life, Mrs. Kathleen Newton who died at the age of only 28.

This is an original oil on mahogany Panel by French artist Georges Lucien Boichard.  This painting is signed and dated 1883 upper right.  The painting measures 13 1/4X9 1/4 inches.  It is housed in a period gilt frame with added inner liner.  Boichard was a well known French Portrait artist.  He lived in Paris and his work was accepted to the Paris Salon in 1880.  The overall frame measures 23X19 inches.

This is an original pencil signed and titled etching by American artist Kent Hagerman.  The subject is: The Fairchild Pack plane, C120 created in 1947.  This image measures 6 3/4X9 3/4 inches.  Part of a series that he created while working for Fairchild Aviation in Hagerstown Md.

This is an original pencil signed and titled etching by American artist Kent Hagerman.  This image is of the First Test Flight of C119, the Flying Boxcar.  The image measures 6 3/4X9 5/8 inches.  Hagerman was an artist working for Fairchild Aviation Company in Hagerstown MD.

This is an original etching by American artist Kent Hagerman, the subject is: The Fairchild XC-120 Pack Plane, created and printed in 1950.  Hagerman was hired by Fairchild to make etchings of their new aircraft.  This one was an American experimental modular aircraft, known as the flying boxcar, it was unique in the unconventional use of removable cargo pods.  The image measures 6 1/4X10 1/4 inches.  Hand signed and titled in pencil, numbered as 185/250.

This is a fine original oil on canvas by French artist Hermine David 1886-1970.  The subject is a group of strollers in Luxembourg Gardens, Paris.  This painting done circa 1930 is signed lower right and measures 18 1/8X15 inches.  Housed in a custom French style frame.  Hermine was one of the Ecole de Paris artists.  In 1918 she married Jules Pascin.  Their association seems to have been an influence on the artwork of both artists.

This is a fine original etching by Brtish Marine artist Arthur Briscoe.  The title is: The Bowsprit.  This etching is hand signed with pen and ink. It is also numbered as 22/75, the image measures 8 3/4X13 7/8 inches.  This etching was printed on an antique laid type sheet.  A few inherent flaws in original to the sheet, unobtrusive.  A fine dramatic image of the men stowing the Jib on the bowsprit.