Prints

A well inked impression with plate toning and a rich drypoint burr. Plate measures 5 1/4 x 7 inches on 7 1/2 x 11 inch laid paper. State IV/V. Catalog: Delteil 1. Published by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts in 1903 to illustrate the obituary article on Corot by Louis Gonse. Printed by A. Salmon in Paris, France in 1875. Plate signed in the lower left. The plate for this image was discovered by Felix Bracquemond in a box of nails in Corot's home.

Etching, image size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches, 1915, cat. Wuerth-678, pencil signed lower right

This is a fine color aquatint etching by French artist Manuel Robbe.  This image is titled: Les Liseuses, created and printed in  1907 in an edition of 100.  Merrill Chase catalog number 54.  The image measures 19X14 1/2 inches, printed on an Arches watermarked laid type sheet.  A beautiful impressionist interior view of two women reading.  Very fine condition.

Engraving after J. Andray, image size 21 1/4 x 16 1/4 in, sheet 22 7/8 x 16 7/16 in, engraved at the age of 19, Randall 3927, Fogg Museum provenance

Engraving after Poussin, image size: 19 5/8 x 25 13/16 inches, paper size 21 1/2 x 30 1/8 inches; Prov. JW Randall: 1498; watermark c.l.

This is an original etching by American artist Frank Benson.  The image titled: After Sunset  was created and printed in 1917 in an edition of 152.  The image measures 6X8 inches, fine condition, printed on Shogun paper.  This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 113.

This is an original etching and aquatint by French artist Georges Rouault, take from his Miserere Series.   Plate 56: En ces temps noirs de jactance et d'incroyance, Notre Dame de la Fin des Terres Vigilante / In these dark times of vainglory and unbelief, Our Lady of the Ends of the Earth keeps watch (C&R. 109c). Original aquatint, drypoint, burnisher, roulette, scraper, 1927. 450 impressions for the Miserere, Rouault's masterpiece and one of the most important series of the twentieth century. Signed in the plate and dated 1927 at lower center left (there are no pencil-signed proofs). A beautiful impression of this climactic image. Image size: 23X17 inches.

This is an original etching and aquatint by French artist Georges Rouault. From his Miserere series.  Plate 30: "Nous . . . c'est en sa mort que nous avons été baptisés" / ["Know ye not, that] so many of us [as were batised into Jesus Christ] were baptised into his death?" [John 13: 34] (C & R 83e). Original aquatint, drypoint, burnisher, and roulette. 450 impressions signed bottom left (the date of this print is not visible and there are no pencil-signed proofs) for the Miserere, one of the greatest print cycles of all time. Here we are shown St John the Baptist baptising Jesus while the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove hovers above, confirming the words of St John in plate 28. Image size: 21 1/2X 16 1/2 inches.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth.  It is titled: Little One, Rockport, Massachusetts, created and printed in 1975 in an edition of 100.  The plate measures 9 5/16X13 9/16 inches.  Hand signed and editioned in pencil lower border.  This image appears in the Stuckey catalog as image number 359.  Finely detailed, one of his series of Owls that Wengenroth created through out his life time.

This is an original etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title of this etching is "Madison Avenue" also known as "Rebuilding Madison Avenue".  This etching was created and printed in 1923 in an edition of 50 impressions.  This proof is hand signed in pencil by the artist with the "imp" after his name meaning that he printed this impression himself.  It is printed on an antique laid type paper.  The image measures 12X9 1/8 inches.  The image appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 811.

This is an original etching by British artist Edmund Blampied.   The title is: "The Vraic Season (No 1)" , it was created and printed in 1936 in an edition of 125 for the American College Society of Print Collectors.  The image measures 12X14 1/4 inches.  Very fine condition, hand signed in ink.  Vraic is seaweed that was harvested on the Channel Islands and used for potato fields.  The usual method was gathering it up with horse drawn carts.  A rich impression.

This is a fine engraving with drypoint by French artist Philippe Mohlitz.  This image is titled: C'est arrive a la antiquaire, created and printed in 1972.  The image measures 9 1/4X6 3/4 inches.  Hand signed in pencil and numbered 14/60.  A fine impression in nice condition, nicely framed.  Kersten 44.

This is an original pencil signed etching of New York City by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Trinity Church from the River, 1904.  The image measures 11 3/4X8 3/8 inches.  Printed in an edition of 25.  This image appears in the Kennedy Catalog as image number 324...  This etching was last sold by Kennedy Galleries in New York in 1920.  This image is the 2nd state with some changes mostly in the dramatic sky.

This is an original pencil signed and titled lithograph by American Artist Stow Wengenroth.  The title is: Abandoned Light, Dark Harbor, Maine, created and printed in 1940 in an edition of 132.  The image measures 8 7/16X12 3/4 inches.  Very nice condition printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  This image appears in the Stuckey catalog as image number 102.

This is a fine drypoint etching on copper by American artist Frank Benson.  It is titled: Over Currituck Marshes, created and printed in 1926 in an edition of 150.  The image measures 7X11 7/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil.  This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 259.  Printed on Whatman Paper.