Featured Artwork

This is an award winning etching by American artist John Taylor Arms, the title is: From the Ponte Vecchio , Florence, created and printed in 1925 in an edition of 150.  This image was printed by Frederick Reynolds, pencil signed and dated by the artist.  The image measures 11 1/8X15 1/4 inches.  The image appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 159.  Won the award in 1925 by the Print Makers Society of California.  Fine condition with wide margins all around.

This is a fine rich impression of the well known Corot etching Souvenir of Italy, this was first created in 1863, and  printed in three states, including later ones with the publishers information at the bottom edge of the sheet.  This one does not have that so may be an earlier or possibly later  impression.  The image measures 12 9/16X9 3/8 inches, printed on an antique laid type paper.  Very fine condition, matted not framed.  This image appears in the catalog as C.5...

This is an original engraving with drypoint by American artist Armin Landeck.  The title is: Shadowed Street, created and printed in 1947 in an edition of 100.  This pencil signed impression measures 7 3/4X11 7/8 inches.  Beautiful condition.  
"Landeck found inspiration in the play of shadows found between the buildings of cities, perhaps drawn to the way their angles played against those of the architecture." (Annex).  Found in the 
Kraeft catalog as image number 98.

This is a fine original mezzotint by British artist Sir Francis Seymour Haden.  This image is "Grayling Fishing" created and printed in 1897.  This etching, pencil signed lower right measures 7 1/2X11 3/4inches.  This is the second state of five.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  The image appears in the Schneiderman catalog as image number 227.  A fine rich impression.  Haden was an avid fisherman, this was one of his subjects, the famous fishing streams in the United Kingdom.  Which included On the Test, The Compleat Angler and Fishermen on the Thames.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist William S. Schwartz.  The title is: Portrait of the Artist's Wife and her Grandfather.  THis lithograph was created and printed in 1929.  The image measures 21 1/4X16 5/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower left and also signed within the plate.  William S. Schwartz was born in Smorgon, Russia, February 23, 1896.  He immigrated to the USA at the age of 17 and became a successful artist moving to Chicago and studying at the Art Institute.

This is  a finely detailed  etching by British artist Stanley Badmin.  The title is Richmond Bridge, created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 50, this impression is 4/50.  The image measures 4 3/8X6 3/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil S.R. Badmin.  This image appears as number 24 in the Beetles catalog.  Published by the Twenty-One Gallery. Exhibited:Royal Academy ofArts, 1931. Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1932. Art Institute of Chicago, March - May, 1932. Illustrated: The Studio Nov. 1931,  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.

This is a fine original etching by American Ex Pat, Mary Cassatt.  The title is: Looking into the Hand Mirror, No. 3.  It was created and printed in 1905, done in drypoint on an antique thin laid type paper, unsigned as typical of this image.  The image measures 8 3/4X5 1/4 inches.  This image appears in the Breeskin catalog as image number 202.  Very light toning to the sheet, some imperfections in the paper from when it was produced, unobtrusive .  A fine impression of this well known image.  "Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists. "  Nice custom Framed..

This is a fine original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir.  The scene is the New York Stock Exchange, created and printed circa 1932.  This image is hand signed in pencil and numbered 29/100.  The image measures 17 1/4X10 5/8 inches.  This etching is nicely framed with the early label from J. Assenheim in New York.

This is a fine experimental etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Whitehall Court, created and printed in  1903 in an edition of 60.  The image measures 10 1/2X8 inches. The lights of the Charing Cross Bridge in the foreground and reflected in the water.  This image is in the Wuerth catalog as image number 275, pencil signed lower border, printed on a light weight laid type sheet.  A well inked impression.  This etching was last sold by Frederick Keppel in New York, the original label is included.

This is an original etching and aquatint by French artist Louis Legrand.  This image from his Les Petites du Ballet is titled: Le Deshabillage, it was created and printed in 1893.  This impression, pencil signed, published by Gustave Pellet in Paris, the red stamp lower right border.  this impression is also inscribed as "Epreuvre  d' artiste" lower left.  The image measures 14 1/2X8 1/2 inches. This image is from the 10th state of 10.  This etching is nicely framed with archival materials.

This is a fine original drypoint etching by British artist Francis Dodd.  It is a portrait of the artist Charles Cundall R.A.  It was created and printed in 1926, hand signed in pencil lower border.  The image measure 18X12  inches. Nicely framed with archival materials.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original pencil signed and numbered lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth.  The title is: Homeward Bound, Port Clyde, created and printed in 1956 in an edition of 45.  The image measures 10 3/4X15 5/16 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  This image appears in the Stuckey catalog as image number 232.

This is a fine original etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  The title is: Notre Dame de Paris, created and printed in 1925 as part of his Churches of France series.  This impression is pencil signed, printed in an edition of 150, the image measures 12 3/8X13 15/16 inches.  It appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 167.  A combination of etching with aquatint.  One of his finest etchings of europe.

This is a fine hand colored etching by British artist Elyse Ashe Lord.  The title is Kite Flying, created and printed circa 1925.   This pencil signed impression was sold by Arthur Ackermann in New York.  This came to us in the original Asian style frame with the Ackermann label on the back.  The image measures 12 7/8X18 inches.  The overall frame measures 20X26 inches.  Very fine condition.  Printed on a thin Japan type sheet.

This is a fine award winning etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  The title is: Reflections at Finchingfield, it was created and printed in  1938.  From his English Series, this is the 2nd state of two, printed by David Strang in an edition of 100 as inscribed on the etching lower left also hand signed and dated in pencil lower right border.  This large etching measures 7 1/16X17 1/8 inches.  Found in the Fletcher catalog as image number 311.  This image won prices from the Chicago Society of Etchers, the Lotus Club and Northwest Printmakers.  One of his finest images with the  incredible reflection found in the pond below the buildings. ( our photo doesnt show a fraction of the image on the right side, this etching is overall complete with good borders all around.