20th Century American Prints

This Melvin Wire etching measures 7 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches and is pencil signed and titled. Wire was a landscape impressionist creating over 30 etchings of abandoned barns and unpopulated landscapes. Belonging to no organized group of painters, Wire was a solitary figure using impressionist style to express his feelings about the land he loved.

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.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. This series portrayed gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin. In 1990 he became the "head of studio art" at the Rhode Island School of Design and his prints have been exhibited at the Berkshire Museum, the Los Angeles National Print Show and the Library of Congress National Print Exhibit. Moser states in his description of the images in this series of the "consumate dilemma" between the mining and the owning of gold, the high price politically, physically and spiritually that these men and their families paid for their dreams of a better life.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

Etching, image size 8 3/4 x 11 7/8 inches, 1947, published by the Associated American Artists, pencil signed.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 images from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. These images all portrayed gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin. In 1990 he became the "head of studio art" at the Rhode Island School of Design and his prints have been exhibited at the Berkshire Museum, the Los Angeles National Print Show and the Library of Congress National Print Exhibit. Moser states in his description of these images of the "consumate dilemma" between the mining and the owning of gold, the high price politically, physically and spiritually that these men and their families pay for their dreams of a better life.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

Lithograph, image size: 14 1/2 x 11 inches, numbered 7/20, blind stamp lower left, pencil signed indistinctly lower right

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

This is an original pencil signed and titled etching by Canadian-American artist Frederik Owen.   The title of this work is: "Nocturne", it was created and printed in 1938 and was sold through Associated American Artists in New York.  The image measures 9 7/8X6 3/4 inches.

This is an original wood engraving by American artist Leonard Baskin.  This etching came from his series "Laus Pictorum"  created and printed in 1969.  The subject of this fine work is "Portrait of  the artist George Minne".

The image measures 6 1/2X 4 inches.  Pencil signed by the artist and editioned as CXX/CLXXV

This is an original etching by American artist Troy Kinney (1871-1938)  The title of this work is "Arcadia", it was created and printed in an edition of 170.  This pencil signed etching is inscribed as Trial Proof, one of 18 before the edition.  This etching appears in the Kinney catalog as image number 33.  The etching measures 6 3/4X7 3/4 inches.  Very nice condition, matted not framed.

This is an original etching by George Constant, circa 1940.  It is titled: "Man,Woman and Child", pencil signed lower right.  The image measures 6 1/2X4 7/8 inches.Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.