Featured Prints

This is an original etching and aquatint by French artist Louis Legrand.  This etching is titled: "La Fille a sa tante", the girl with her aunt....This etching was created and printed in 1893 in an edition of 100.  It came from his series "Les Petites du Ballet", (the Little ones of Ballet).  The image measures 14 1/4X8 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper, pencil signed lower right border.  This image appears in the Arwas catalog as image number 77.

This is an original etching by British artist James McBey.  The title is: Laguna Veneta, it was created and printed in 1924.  The image measures 7X147/8 inches.   Hand signed in sepia ink, Numbered lower left XX.  Fine use of plate tone in the sea and sky.  Printed on an antique laid type paper.  This image appears in the Salaman catalog as image number 73.  Last sold by M. Knoedler and Co in New York.

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958)  The title of this etching is: Village de Louvillers-les-Perches.  It was created and printed in 1926 in an edition of 75.  The image measures 8 3/4X12 5/8 inches.  This etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist and published by Marcel Guiot, Paris.  This town is located in the Loire Valley.  This etching is nicely framed with archival materials.

Etching, image size 20 x 9 inches, 1887, remarque lower left, pencil signed lower right, published by Klackner, New York

This is an original Revolutionary war period engraving by Robert Pollard .   The subject is: "Lady Harriet Ackland Harrowed on the Hudson" In 1777.  This engraving is hand colored and appears to be a period printing done in London in 1784.  The image measures 15 1/4X20 5/8 inches.  The sheet has been professionally adhered to a support sheet and a few tears in the lower margin have been repaired. The borders on three sides have been trimmed to just outside the platemark.  The writing under the image appears to be complete.  The Engravers information appears just under the image: London: Robert Pollard, Brayne’s Row Spa Fields, 1784. Overall this is a very presentable engraving just as it now appears.  "A scarce engraving celebrating the pluck of Lady Harriet Ackland, shown here in a boat on the Hudson River going to the aid of her injured husband, who was captured by the Americans during the Battle of Saratoga.

This is an original period printing of The Antoni Waterloo etching, Mercury and Argus.  This etching is the 2nd state of three showing the artist initials upper left corner, a proof before letters, The image is in the Barsch catalog as image number 127ii.  The image measures 11 1/2X9 1/2 inches.  The sheet measures 14X11 1/8 inches.   Collectors annotations and stamps on the back of the sheet, From the A. Coppenrath and Frierich Kalla, Moscow collection.  Good condition some light foxing.  Printed on an early laid paper with a Clown and Fools Cap watermark in the sheet.  A rare untouched impression, good borders all around.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Don Freeman.  The title is: First Night Ovation,  created and printed in 1933 in an edition of 25.  Both pencil signed and titled in the lower border, this image measures 11 5/8X13 7/8 inches.  "In this first night audience, Heywood Broun turns to greet a friend seated behind him, Otto Kahn in top hat is seen at the far right, and above him, critic Percy Hammond rushes to meet a deadline"  This image appears in the Freeman catalog as image number 69.

Etching with aquatint, image size 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches, 1918-1919, state VII/VIII, cat: Czestochowski-69, alternate title "Far Prospect," pencil signed, framed. Davies was a truly remarkable artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for his dreamlike etchings and lithographs. In his catalog raisonne of Davies work, Czestochowski writes "In a time of social, political, scientific and artistic upheaval, Davies hewed to an unwavering inner vision, one of classically graceful figures in an eternal dance with nature." This rare, early state etching is a perfect example of the combination of classicism and modernism of Davies' work.

This is a fine example of the excellent portraiture by British artist Gerald Brockhurst.  THis portrait created and printed in 1944 is of Mary Mellon, the wife of well known founder of Washington's National Gallery of Art Paul Mellon.  The image measures 10X8 inches, and is hand signed and dated in pencil lower right border.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  A beautiful rich impression, Brockhurst at his best... Reference, Fletcher 81, printed in an edition of 75.

This is an original pencil signed and titled lithograph by American artist Henry Ziegler.  This image is titled: The Last Fight in Old Madison Square Garden, it was created and printed in 1925.  This large image measures 14 1/2X19 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  One of Ziegler's most impressive lithographs.

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Paul Helleu.  This view of a Woman with Hat in Profile, was created and printed circa . 1905.  The image measures  21X13 inches. Identified lower right border.  Fine condition, printed on a wove type sheet.

This is an original drypoint and aquatint etching by French artist Jacques VIllon, The title is: Petite boudeuse, created and printed in 1905 in an edition of 50.  Hand signed in pencil, the image printed in sepia ink measures 13 3/4X9 inches.  This image appears in the Ginestet/Pouillon catalog as image number 129 ii/ii.

This is a fine orignal etching by American artist Stephen Parrish.  The title is: Gloucester Ferry, this etching was created and printed in  1881.  The image is pencil signed lower right border, the image measures 9 3/8X14 5/8 inches.  This image appears in the Schneider catalog as image number 47.  Nice use of plate tone in the sea and sky.  

This is an original drypoint etching by British artist William Lionel Wyllie.  The title is: Old Waterloo Bridge, London, created and printed circa 1920.  The image measures 7 1/2X14 inches.  hand signed in pencil lower left border.  Wyllie was one of the leading British marine artists at the turn of the century .  Nicely framed, last sold by Harrods LTD in London.

Etching, image size 11 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches, 1889, pencil signed, published by Wunderlick, New York.