20th Century European Prints

Etching, image size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 1909, cat. Guerin-53, inscribed 1st etat, pencil signed lower right

This is an original color etching by Austrian artist Tavik F. Simon.  The title is: Nocturne in Auray, Brittanny.  This image was created and printed in 1911 in an edition by G. Petit of 200 signed impressions.  The image measures 11 1/4X16 3/8 inches. ..Pencil signed by Simon lower border, printed on a medium weight watermarked laid type paper.  This image appears in the Novak catalog as image number 179.

Etching, image size 7 x 9 1/4 inches, published in 1926 by Guiot, Paris, signed and editioned in pencil, red collectors seal l.l.

Etching is 9 3/8 x 11 7/8 inches on 11 3/8 x 14 5/8 inch wove-type paper, printed by the artist. The work is pencil signed, c. 1910. The Church of St. Sophia, or "Sophienkirche", was the only gothic church in the whole city of Dresden. It was severely damaged in the Dresden bombing in 1945, and later destroyed completely in 1962 by the German Democratic Republic.
Menpes attended the School of Art in London in 1878 and started exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1880. He became a major figure in the etching revival, producing more than seven hundred different etchings and drypoints, which he usually printed himself. Menpes was taught etching by James McNeill Whistler and they lived together for some time.

Engraving 13 in an edition of 30. Pencil signed, titled and editioned. C. 1930. 4 1/4 x 7 inches on 10 3/4 x 13 3/4 inch light wove type paper.

Etching, image size 7 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches, c. 1930, unsigned, printed on laid paper, re-strike.

William Walcot

1874-1943

British

This is a fine drypoint etching by British artist William Walcot 1874-1943.  The title is "The Mersey " it was created and printed in 1922 as part of his series titled "The Arteries of Great Britain.  The platemark  measures 4 3/4X13 inches.    Hand signed in pencil lower border.

This is a very fine original etching with beautiful plate tone by French artist Louis Legrand. The image size is 5 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches, published in 1911 in an edition of 50 impressions, cat: Arwas- 426, state II/II, pencil signed.

Plate size 9 x 9 7/8 inches on 10 7/8 x 11 7/8 wove-type paper C 1919. Pencil signed. Artist blindstamp, plate initialed in the lower right.

William Walcot

1874-1943

British

This is a fine drypoint etching by British artist William Walcot 1874-1943.  The title is "The Thames " it was created and printed in 1922 as part of his series titled "The Arteries of Great Britain.  The platemark  measures 4 3/4X13 inches.    Hand signed in pencil lower border.

This is a remarkable original etching by Czechoslovakian artist T. F. Simon, depicting the stunning architecture of the Puente Nuevo bridge in Ronda, Spain. The image size is 13 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches, published in 1913 in an edition of 150, cat: Novak-206, numbered in pencil with the artist's stamp lower left, pencil signed lower right. The Puente Nuevo was designed by architect Jose Martin de Aldehuela, and was built over the course of 42 years, from 1751-1793.

This is a fine drypoint etching by French artist Eugene Delatre.  The title is petit perron  (small porch)  It was created and printed circa 1910, pencil signed and numbered as 30/40.  The image measures 8 1/2X 9 1/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  A very nice impression with extensive use of plate tone throughout the composition.

This is an original pencil signed etching by British artist William Strang.  This self portrait was created and printed in 1910.  It is inscribed, 2nd state, 2 proofs.  The image measures 9 7/8X7 inches.  A fine rich impression, nice use of plate tone.  This is printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

This is an original mezzotint by European artist Mario Avati.  The title is: La Plume du Sergent, it was created and printed in 1968 in an editiion of 79.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet watermarked " Rives, BFK"..  It is pencil signed and inscribed "epreuve d'artiste 1/X".  The image measures 9 1/2X11 1/2 inches. 

Drypoint etching, image size 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 inches, 1946, pencil signed and numbered 51/110, published by the Société des Peintres-Graveurs Français.