20th Century American Prints

This is a fine atmospheric etching by American artist Frank Benson.  The title is Rain Squall, it was created and printed in 1931.  We believe this to be an early state prior to the published state where the foreground ripples were removed,  The image measures 6 7/8X8 3/4 inches.  This etching appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 317,  A beautiful work in nice condition.

This is a fine etching with aquatint by American artist John Taylor Arms.  The title is: Dawn, Lake Como, created and printed in 1920 in an edition of 76 impressions.  This impression is pencil signed by both the artist and the printer Frederick Reynolds.  Also inscribed as Artists Proof..  The image measures 7 1/8X5 1/8 inches.  This image appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 53.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth.  The titled is: Redwing, Greenport NY.  It was created and printed in 1968 in an edition of 75.  The image measures 14 7/8X10 inches.  This image appears in the Stuckey catalog as image number 314.  This image won the Samuel Morse Medal from the National Academy in 1968.

Etching, image size 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches, 1921, cat. Wuerth 782 and the cover, pencil signed.

This is a fine large color screen print by American artist Harry Shokler (1896-1978)  The title of this work is Summer Hotel, created in 1945 and printed in an edition of 100.  Hand signed and titled in pencil and also signed with pen and ink within the image.  This large image measures 14 9/16X18 3/4 inches.  Very fine condition.  Matted not framed.

This is one of her best known works:  A woodengraving by American artist Betty Waldo Parish.  This print was  created and printed in 1935.  A view known as Under the El, First Avenue, NYC.  Also known as the Fruit Market.  The wood engraving is hand signed and titled in pencil.  The image measures 10X7 inches, nicely framed with archival boards.  Very good condition, only a couple of pale foxing marks in the border, unobtrusive.  Parish lived in New York City and studied with John Sloan and later Stanley Hayter in London.  She is best known for her wood engravings of New York.

This is a pencil signed rare etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title written in the artists hand is The Monument from the Palatine, Rome,1911.  This etching has an alternate titled of Old and New Rome, as what appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 622.  the image measures 12 1/4X9 1/4 inches. The edition is noted as 40.  "The Palatine Hill, which relative to the seven hills of Rome is the centremost, is one of the most ancient parts of the city; it has been called "the first nucleus of the Roman Empire".  This  etching is framed.

This is an original woodcut print by American artist Winifred Milius Lubell.  This print is pencil signed, dated and titled by the artist lower border.  Titled The Artist, created and printed in 1937, this is a very rare hand signed impression.  The image printed on a very thin Japan type sheet measures 9 1/4X5 3/4 inches.  A little light rubbing to part of the signature but overall very nice condition.

This is an original woodblock print by American artist Albert Abramovitz.  The subject is the construction of the Moscow subway. Circa 1935.  Printed in a small edition. This image pencil signed and titled measures 7 5/8X6 3/8 inches.  Printed on a thin Japan type paper.

This is an original lino cut by American artist Albert Abramovitz.  This work untitled is of two Masons laying brick.  The image measures 12X9 1/4 inches.  Pencil signed lower right border printed on a wove type buff toned sheet.  This image is likely from his Moscow, Work at night series showing the construction of their Subway system.

This is one of the finest etchings by American artist George Elbert Burr.  The title of this work is: High Street, Oxford, circa 1900 when he and his wife spent time touring europe.  A wonderful impression of a rainy night in the city.  Richly inked, pencil signed and titled in the lower border.  The image measures 10X12 inches.  Framed.

Lithograph printed in 1939. Edition of 25. Pencil titled in the lower left, signed and dated in pencil in the lower right. Plate measures 13 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches on 18 x 12 3/8. A delightful print full of light and movement.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title of this work is: "Sunset from the Williamsburg Bridge, NY"  It was created and printed in 1915 in an edition of 100.  The image measures 8 3/8X10 15/16 inches.  It appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 674.  This etching has a collectors stamp in the lower border and the original Kappel N.Y. label.  The margins are thin on three sides which was typical of Pennell's etchings.  A fine and atmospheric image.

Etching, 1924, image size 6 1/4 X 11 1/4", edition of 150, printed by F.Reynolds, French Church Series, pencil signed. Also called "Byzantine Revsisited" and "The Cathedral of St. Pierre."

This is a very rare original lithograph by American artist Konrad Cramer.  The subject, Barges at dock, on the Hudson River, thought to be aka  "IDA, SAUGERTIES EVENING LINE, On the Hudson", is hand signed in pencil lower right, dated 1933 and printed on a chine collet paper adhered to a thicker sheet.  The image measures 9 1/2X14 inches, very nice condition.