20th Century European Prints

This is a scarce etching by Scottish artist David Y. Cameron.  The title is: Robert Lee's Workshop, created and printed in 1905, this is the third state of three.  hand signed in pencil 1/4 inch borders on three sides, more on the bottom.  "This etching shows the boat-builers workshop at Tweedmouth.  The image measures 11 7/8X8 5/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  This image appears in the Rinder catalog as image number 375.

This richly inked etching of St. Martin's Bridge near Toledo, Spain, by Sir Frank Brangwyn, measures 19 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches, pencil signed, 1923, printed in two color ink, black and brown. Sir Frank Brangwyn was one of the most important British artists of the early 20th century. A member of the Royal Academy, the Royal Watercolor Society, and the Royal Society of British Artists, he was knighted in 1924.

This is a very fine original etching of a hardworking woman carrying water by German artist Lesser Ury. The image size is 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 inches, 1923, pencil signed. Ury was a German Jewish artist known for his impressionistic paintings and etchings. He was best known for his scenes of Paris as well as a series of etching depicting the Dutch countryside and people.

This is an original etching by French artist Edgar Chahine.  The image is pencil signed and titled: La Basilica de San Marco, Venice.  This is a finely printed example on a laid type sheet.  The image measures 12 1/2X8 1/4 inches.  It is numbered as 35/100.  There is a stamp or collectors seal at the upper border.  Richly printed with fine use of plate tone.  This impression was created and printed in 1923.

This is an original lithograph by German artist Alfred Partikel.  It is a view of women working in the field.  This lithograph is hand signed in pencil, the image measures 8 3/4X12 1/2 inches.  Printed circa 1910, it is numbered as 7/15.  Printed on a brown toned wove type paper.

Etching, image size 6 3/8 x 14 3/4 inches, pencil signed

Etching, dry point, image size 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, 1922, edition of 100, Tabelli #345, pencil signed l.l. "Edgar Chahine", titled l.r. "Groupe de Sail - Venice".

This is a fine original etching by British artist Robert S. Austin.  The title is: The Stone Breaker, created and printed in 1925.  The image measures 4 1/8X5 5/16 inches. This impression printed on a tan laid paper with a rams head watermark.  Very fine condition, hand signed in pencil.  Illustrated in the Modern Masters quarterly 1929 published by Salaman.

This is a fine original etching by Brtish Marine artist Arthur Briscoe.  The title is: The Bowsprit.  This etching is hand signed with pen and ink. It is also numbered as 22/75, the image measures 8 3/4X13 7/8 inches.  This etching was printed on an antique laid type sheet.  A few inherent flaws in original to the sheet, unobtrusive.  A fine dramatic image of the men stowing the Jib on the bowsprit.

"Brixham Trawlers" by Arthur Briscoe measures 5 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches, published in 1929 in an edition of 75. Printed in sepia toned ink on Whatman laid paper, it is ink signed and numbered and also plate signed, dated and titled. Briscoe is known as the finest marine etcher of the 20th. century. He owned his own three ton cutter which he used to sail around the Essex coast. Also crewing on a Polish ship, he sketched every aspect of life on the boat. He studied at the Slade Art School and the Academy Julian in Paris. His name became internationally renowned when his works sold to the New York market. 

This 1921 original etching by the British artist, Ernest Lumsden, measures 14 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches, pencil signed, dated in the plate, 1921. Rotherhithe, meaning "a mariner's haven", in southeast London, was the first place that docks were constructed for the convenience of the Londoners.

Etching,on olive toned laid paper,image size:8 3/4X3 1/2 inches,pencil signed

This is an original drypoint etching by British artist William Lee Hankey.  The title is: Minding the Flock.  This etching created and printed circa 1920 is hand signed in pencil by the artist.  A large etching measuring 14X11 1/2 inches.Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Fine use of the sunlight and shadow in this beautiful composition.

Drypoint Etching,1918,edition 75, Hardie 154, Etched from studies made at Berneval, image size 6 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches, blindstamp, pencil signed.

A fine detailed etching by British printmaker, William Lionel Wyllie. Created c. 1915, it measures 6 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches and is pencil signed on the l.l. This is a great image of yacht racing in the Solent, where Cowes Week is an annual sailing event. Wyllie was a well known marine painter and printmaker, studying at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and then at the at the Royal Academy. At the age of 18, Wyllie won the Turner Gold Medal for his painting "Dawn After A Storm". He went on to have a long artistic career, specializing in paintings and etchings of the sea and the city of London.