Featured Prints

Etching, image size 10 3/8 x 18 1/8 inches, 1913, cat. Wuerth-655, pencil signed

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Louis Orr. This etching is titled: "Pont Marie, Paris" one of his very best etchings. The image measres 11X7 1/2 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper. Very richly inked, circa 1930.

This is a fine original etching of New York City by American artist Joseph Pennell.  This work is titled: Four Story House, it was created and printed in 1904.  Pencil signed in the lower border, printed on a thin laid type paper.  The image measures 10 3/4X 7 3/8 inches.  In nice original condition, given as a gift to a library in 1952..

This is a fine original etching of NYC by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Lower Broadway, NYC, it was created and printed in 1904.  Pencil signed, this image measures 11 7/8X7 3/4 inches.  Nice use of plate tone in the composition, a fine impression in good original condition.  Once give to the "Friends of the Library in 1952"

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Albert Sterner.  The title is: The Mussel Openers, Newport.  This image was created and printed in 1913.  The image measures 17 1/8X13 3/4 inches.  A scarce image created in a very small edition.  The only other example can be found in the Amon Carter Museum.

This is an original mezzotint by American artist Alessandro Mastro-Valerio.  The title is Morning Paper, created and printed in 1941 as the presentation print of the Chicago Society of Etchers.  The image is pencil signed by the artist lower right and has the blindstamp by the CSE lower left corner of the border.  The image measures 8 15/16X5 9/16 inches.

 This image is from the series, The Panama Canal, created by American artist Joseph Pennell, the title of this work is: The City of Panama from the Tivoli Hotel, Ancon Hill, created and printed in 1912.  The image measures 22X17 inches on a sheet size of 25 1/2X20 1/2 inches.  Printed on a Fabiano watermarked laid type paper.Wuerth cat. number 242.

This is a fine intimate portrait of the artist's wife by French artist Albert Besnard (1849-1934)  This image is hand signed and incribed in pencil lower border, the image measures 3 13/16X2 3/8 inches.  "This intimate portrait presents the artist’s wife, Charlotte, in a private moment, eyes closed and head propped on a pillow. Besnard must have admired his wife’s profile. He depicted her from this angle, in both paintings and prints, no less than six time."  This impression was in a show at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts, in a show titled "Images of Women: 19th Century French Prints."

This is a fine drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros, the title is: Le Jardinier (The Gardener).  This image appears in the Bliss catalog as image number 554.  This pencil signed impression measures 6 7/8X10 1/4 inches, printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

This is a fine original drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros.  The title is: Coin d'u bois  (Corner of the Wood), created circa 1890.  This pencil signed image measures 11 7/16X8 7/8 inches.  It is printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  It appears in the Bliss catalog as image number 229.

This is an original lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth, the subject is: Lighthouse Beach, Annisquam, Massachusetts, created and printed in 1976 in an edition of 80.  This impression is inscribed artist proof with his name and well as his printer in the lower border, signed in pencil.  "Burr A Miller, printer".  The image measures 8 3/8X13 7/8 inches.  This image appears in the Stuckey catalog as image number 365.

Etching, image size 11 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches, plate signed, inscribed "etched by Mielatz"

Etching, image size: 12 3/4 x 10 5/16 inches, pencil signed

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth.  The title is: House with the Camperdown Elm, Noank, Connecticut, created and printed in 1946 in an edition of 40.  The image measures 8 1/4X15 1/4 inches.  This image appears in the Stuckey catalog as image number 16

This is a beautiful, intimate portrait of a Depression-era worker by Albert Abramovitz. Linocut, image size 7 x 4 1/2 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Abramovitz was known for his dramatic images with sharp social commentary, many portraying the hardships of daily life for working class people in both America and Russia. Born in Latvia, Abramovitz studied at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and the Grande Chaumiere in Paris. While in Paris he was a member and juror of the Paris Salon, and won the Grand Prize at the Universal Exposition in Rome and Turin, Italy. In the 1920s Abramovitz emigrated to America, first the west coast then settled in New York City where he lived for the rest of his life. He created a number of prints for the WPA, and his work was included in exhibitions by the Union of American Artists, the American Artist's Congress, the ACA Gallery and the National Academy of Design.