20th Century American

Melisande

Signed "A.G. Learned" in pencil in the lower right, titled "8 Melisande" in pencil in the lower left. Plate measures 17 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches on 19 x 12 1/4 inch watermarked laid type paper. Good use of plate tone.

Women in Front of Skating Pond

Plate signed in the lower left, pencil signed in the lower right. Plate measures 8 x 9 3/4 inches on 9 5/8 x 11 3/4 inch wove type paper. Good use of plate tone with a rich drypoint burr. Meyerowitz studied at the National Academy of Design in NY and is best known for his development of producing etchings in color. His work is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Carnegie Institute; National Academy of Design; Harvard University and the Library of Congress.

Horseback Riding in Central Park

Plate measures 8 x 9 5/8 inches on 9 3/4 x 11 3/8 inch wove type paper. Signed in blue ink in the lower right. Numbered in pencil in the lower left, print number 11 in an edition of 30. Good use of plate tone and a rich drypoint burr. Meyerowitz studied at the National Academy of Design in NY and is best known for his development of producing etchings in color. His work is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Carnegie Institute; National Academy of Design; Harvard University and the Library of Congress.

Things Gone Past

Plate signed in the lower left, ink signed in the lower right. Plate size measures 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches on 11 1/2 x 13 1/4 inch laid type paper. The scene depicted is a street in Gloucester. Good use of plate tone and a rich drypoint burr. Meyerowitz studied at the National Academy of Design in NY and is best known for his development of producing etchings in color. His work is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Carnegie Institute; National Academy of Design; Harvard University and the Library of Congress.

Roman Caesar

Etching C. 1970. Pencil signed in the lower right, pencil numbered in the lower left, 170 in an edition of 200. Published by the Gehenna Press, Northampton, MA. Part of a series of 12 etchings inspired by the Shakespeare play Titus Andronicus. Catalog: Fern and O'Sullivan, 589. Plate measures 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 on 18 x 13 1/2 inch wove type paper with deckled edges. This print depicts the metamorphosis of man into bird, one of Baskin's recurring themes. His birdmen were inspired by those of Hieronymus Bosch and his religious background: they were considered a metaphor for spiritual insight.

Aaron

Image measures 12 3/4 x 7 3/4 on 20 x 13 1/4 inch wove type paper. Plate signed and dated 1970 in the lower right. Pencil signed in the lower right, pencil editioned 170/200. Published by the Gehenna Press, Northampton, MA. Part of a series of 12 etchings inspired by the Shakespeare play Titus Andronicus. Catalog: Fern and O'Sullivan, 586.

Birdman

Etching from 1969. Pencil editioned in the lower left, signed in the lower right. Print number 27 in an edition of 110. Catalog: F & O 520. Image measures 23 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches in a red 36 x 28 1/2 inch frame. This print depicts the metamorphosis of man into bird, one of Baskin's recurring themes. His birdmen were inspired by those of Hieronymus Bosch and his religious background: they were considered a metaphor for spiritual insight.

Gloucester Harbor

Color aquatint. Numbered in pencil in the lower left, 2/25. Pencil signed in the lower right. Plate signed in the lower left. Plate measures 8 x 10 inches on 8 7/8 x 11 3/8 inch wove type paper. Small registration holes on either side of the print. Meyerowitz studied at the National Academy of Design in NY and is best known for his development of producing etchings in color. His work is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Carnegie Institute; National Academy of Design; Harvard University and the Library of Congress.

Teal

Etching from 1925. Catalog: Ordemann 243. Edition 150. Trial proof. Pencil signed and inscribed in the lower left, "To Tiny - 1948." Plate measures 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches on 11 1/2 x 14 3/8 inch watermarked wove type paper. This print has a rich drypoint burr.

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