Featured Artwork

This is a fine original wood engraving after Homer, published in Harpers Weekly in September 20, 1873.  This is a wood engraving with the original Harpers written story on the back of the sheet.  This is perhaps the best known of the large double paged images that were ever done for Harpers.  The image measures 13 9/16X 20 5/8 inches on a total sheet size of 15 15/16X21 7/8 inches.  Very nice condition, museum  matted and framed.  The title Snap the Whip, after the painting by Winslow Homer.  This image was engraved by W. H. Lagarde.,.

This is an original hand signed wood block print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie.  The title of this work is Road Mending, created and printed circa mid 1940's.  The image is signed and titled lower border, the image measures 7 3/4X5 7/8 inches, Good condition. 

Albert Huie (1920-2010) was a seminal figure in the formation and development of a national Jamaican artistic identity, overcoming the hurdles of a colonial-based system of race and class distinctions to become the first native-born Jamaican artist to attain international renown and respect. Working primarily in the areas of landscape, portraiture, and figurative art, he established a multiple award-winning career that spanned seven decades and earned him the title of “the Father of Jamaican Painting.” 

This is an original pencil signed and titled wood engraving by British artist Mary Elizabeth Groom.  The title is: The Crucifixion, created  and printed circa . 1929, it is numbered as 4/30.  The image measures 9 1/2X7 1/4 inches.  Printed on a thin japan type sheet.  Groom was a well known artist and illustrator one of  the Suffolk artists.  She was also a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society starting in 1926.  Mary studied wood engraving at Leon Underwood's Art School, along with Underwood himself and with fellow-students such as Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes  and Agnes Miller Parker 

This is an original engraving by French artist Philippe Mohlitz.  This image is titled: The Abyss.  It was created and printed in 1967.  Pencil signed lower right and numbered as 28/50 lower left.  The image measures 8 1/4X7 1/8 inches.  Printed on a heavy weight laid type sheet.  Mohlitz uses the refined technique of Original engraving, in the traditional manner.  Born in Bordeaux in 1941 Mohlitz studied the techniques of engraving at the studio of Rene Delpech in Paris in the mid 1960's.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Gifford Beal.  The title is: Tight-Rope Performer/Aerial  Acrobat, created and printed circa 1930.  The image measures 13 1/4X10 5/8 inches.  This lithograph is pencil signed, inscribed 100 imp.  One of his series of Circus images that Beal created when the circus came to New York City.  This lithograph came to us from the Beal family.

This is an original etching with drypoint and aquatint by French artist Felix Buhot.  The title is Le Retour des Artistes, The Return of the Artists, created and printed in 1877, This is the 4th state of 4 published by Cadart in Paris.  The image measures 8 1/8X12 1/2 inches.  Signed, titled and dated in the plate lower left.  Cataloged as Bourcard-Goodfriend 125.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet with "C.F." watermark.

This is a fine drypoint etching by Scottish artist James McBey.  This scene from his Venice series is titled: Bridge at Night, it was created and printed in 1925.  This image is hand signed in sepia ink and numbered as XL.of an edition of 60 impressions.    The image measures 9 3/8X5 15/16 inches.  Printed on a laid type sheet, blue hued paper.  Catalog number Hardee 232.

This is an original lithograph by American artist from the Ash Can school of painters, Raphael Soyer.  This image created and printed in 1943 is hand signed and titled: "Farewell"  It is a large image measuring  16X12 1/4 inches. The image appears in the Cole catalog as image number 61.  Printed in an edition of 100.  Very good condition apart from some spots of thinning to the sheet in the outside border area well away from the image.

This is a fine drypoint etching by Scottish artist David Young Cameron.  This image is pencil signed and measures 10 1/4X13 3/4 inches.  The subject is The Scottish River Tay, the longest River in Scotland.  This drypoint is richly printed and archivally framed.  The image appears in the Rinder Catlaog as image number 437.

This is a very fine original drypoint etching by British artist Edmund Blampied.  The title is: The Joyride, created and printed in  1923 in an edition of 100.  The image measures 8 3/4X10 3/16.  This etching was reproduced for the 1924 issue of Fine Prints of the Year.  Catalog: Appleby 89. Nicely framed with archival materials.

This is a fine original etching, pencil signed by British artist Gerald Brockhurst.  The title is: Caspar, created and printed in 1933 in an edition of 91.  The image measures 7 1/2X6 inches.  Catalog Raisonne: Fletcher 76 iv/IV.  Casper, also called Casper, Son of 'Chenil'

This is an original drypoint etching by British artist James McBey.  The title is: Margot as Lopokova, created and printed in 1920.  numbered and signed in sepia ink lower border, VIII.  This image is in the Hardie catalog as image number189.  The image printed on a medium weight laid type sheet measures 12X8 1/2 inches on a sheet size of 13 1/4X9 1/2 inches.  "Hardie writes, "Margot, the twelve-year-old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Murray, in a fancy dress made to resemble that of Lopokova, the Russian dancer, stands with head slightly bent forward and arms at sides. On the left, her mother is sitting with arms outstretched altering the fop flounce of the dress."

This is a rare original etching and drypoint by Scottish artist David Cameron.  The title is: Wingless Chimera, Amiens Cathedral,  it was created and printed in 1911.  Hand signed in pencil, this etching measures an image area of 7 5/8X9 3/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  This image was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1911.  This image appears in the Rinder catalog as image number 416.

This is a very fine original etching by Stephen Parrish, published by Keppel in 1881. The image size is 12 x 19 inches, cat: Schneider-49, plate signed and titled, pencil signed. According to Schneider, this atmospheric image of the Massachusetts shore was one of Parrish's most popular etchings. This print features a very richly inked impression with beautiful plate tone, printed on a medium weight wove type paper with ample margins.

A soft ground etching by German Expressionist artist Lovis Corinth, this image measures 12 1/2 x 9 3/8 inches, published in 1910 in an edition of 50 impressions, state I/III, cat: Schwarz-41,"LC" monogram in the upper left of the image, a faded signature below the image, framed. Corinth began his career studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and went on to study under Bouguereau at the Academie Julian in Paris. He later returned to Germany and became a member and eventually president of the Berlin "Sezession." Corinth is best known for his prints and paintings of figures and portraits.