20th Century American

Etching measures 3 x 1 7/8 inches on 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 inch Rives watermarked wove type paper. Pencil signed in the lower right, pencil editioned 2/50 in the lower left.

A drypoint etching in sepia ink. Pencil signed in the lower right, pencil editioned and titled in the lower left. Edition of 100. Plate measures 8 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches on 11 1/2 x 9 inch laid paper. A charming and well inked print with plate toning and careful attention to detail.

This color woodblock print measures 3 3/4 x 2 5/8 inches on 4 7/8 x 3 1/2 inch wove paper adhered to a 6 x 5 inch Uchima embossed portfolio. Pencil signed and dated December 1970. A simple, yet intriguing modern print using traditional woodblock techniques. Born in California, Uchima returned to Japan at age nineteen, where he worked as a translator for a print collector and discovered the sosaku-hanga (creative print) movement, which incorporated a Western modernist aesthetic.

This is a drypoint etching from 1915. Pencil signed in the lower right, plate measures 7 x 6 3/4 inches on 10 x 9 inch wove type paper. A well inked print with excellent use of plate toning.

This drypoint etching is pencil signed in the lower right. An intimate portrait with a rich drypoint burr. Plate measures 8 x 5 1/4 inches on 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 inch medium weight wove type paper.

This is an etching and aquatint from 1932. Plate measures 10 3/4 x 7 1/8 inches on 14 3/8 x 9 1/2 inch watermarked laid type paper. Pencil signed and dated 1932 in the lower right, and signed again in the lower left. Inscribed in the lower left: "To my dear friend Kerr Eby" Catalog: Fletcher 250. #24 in his Italian Series. A dramatic print with movement and meticulous linework.

This is a drypoint etching from 1927. First state, edition of 50. Plate measures 13 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches on 16 1/4 x 13 1/8 inch thin laid paper. Printed by Frederick Reynolds. Catalog: Fletcher 186. # 10 in his French Church series. Pencil signed and dated in the lower right, plate signed and dated in the lower right. An atmospheric and incredibly detailed etching with a rich drypoint burr.

Etching C. 1925. Pencil signed in the lower right and titled in the lower left: "The Old Homestead of Calvin Coolidge." Plate measures 9 x 10 7/8 inches on 10 1/2 x 12 1/2 inch paper. Good use of line and plate toning. The scene depicted is of Plymouth, Vermont.

Wood engraving on maple from 1932. "C L imp" blindstamp in the lower left. "Trial proof" in pencil in the lower left. Only a few proofs were done in 1932. Printed in the 1970's by Letterio Calapai. Edition of 100. Catalog: Burne Jones 91. Plate measures 5 1/2 x 7 inches on 9 1/4 x 11 inch paper. A good impression of a bold and dramatic print with strong, even blacks. The muscular yet poised figure in a moment of nighttime contemplation invites the viewer to wonder what he is thinking about.

Drypoint etching. Pencil signed in the lower right. This print has a good use of light and plate toning, with a rich drypoint burr. Plate measures 12 x 8 inches in a gold 19 1/2 x 16 1/2 inch frame.