Prints

"The Spire of Lyme" lithograph by Dexter Dawes measures 15 1/4 x 11 1/8 inches. It is pencil signed on the lower margin. Dawes was born in Englewood, NJ and went on to study at New York City's Art Student League. He summered in Marlboro, NH surrounded by beautiful gardens with views of Mount Monadnock which became the inspiration for many of his lithographs and paintings. He belonged to a number of associations including the National Arts Club.

This is a fine etching by British printmaker Martin Hardie.  The title is: The Bridge, Chioggia, Venice, done in 1926.  This impression is hand signed in sepia ink lower right, done in an edition of 80.  The image measures 7 7/8X11 1/4 inches,printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  A rich impression with nice use of plate tone in the sea and sky.

Etching, image size 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches, 1937, pencil signed

This is an original color wood block print by Japanese artist Chinkanobu Toyohara.  It is from his Jidai Kagami series (Mirror of the Ages)  It was created and printed 1896-98.  Published by Matsuk Heikichi.  The image measures 12 7/8X8 inches.  Nicely presented with a custom linen mat.  The series 'Jidai Kagami', often translated as 'A Mirror of the Ages' is one of the most popular by the artist Chikanobu Yoshu. With 50 designs, it shows beauties with different hairstyles and lavish garments through various ages of Japanese history. The portraits are elaborately rendered, with a scene at the top which further references the time period or a memorable event that took place.

This is an original color wood block print by Japanese artist Toyohara Chikanobu.  It is from his series "Mirror of the Ages" (Jidai Kagami)  This one is from the Meirek Era

1655-1658)  This image was created and printed in 1897, published by Matsuki Heikichi.  The image measures 12 1/2X8 1/4 inches, sheet size is 14 1/8X9 1/4 inches. 

 This whole series is one of the outstanding achievements of late nineteenth century Japanese art. One of his best series, A Mirror of the Ages showed women by fashion and hair style throughout history. There is of course the longing for the past and yet these prints are unmistakably modern and of their time. The subject in each print is the finely rendered foreground figure shown as a portrait head and in the upper quarter, a scene in grisaille from the chosen period. The quality of printing is outstanding, especially in Chikanobu’s use of white for the rendering of the powdered faces. It is often forgotten by art historians that this was the period above all others when the technique of woodblock printing achieved its zenith whilst at the same time there were artists of stature to execute it.

This etching by the American artist Lionel Levy measures 11 x 7 inches, pencil signed, titled and numbered /75, framed.

This lithograph by Dexter Dawes measures 11 x 14 3/4 inches and is pencil signed. Dawes was born in Englewood, NJ and went on to study at New York City's Art Student League. He summered in Marlboro, NH surrounded by beautiful gardens with views of Mount Monadnock which became the inspiration for many of his lithographs and paintings. He belonged to a number of associations including the National Arts Club.

Pencil signed etching on laid-type paper c. 1929. 7 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches on 11 x 17 1/4 paper. Malcolm Osborne was known for his prints of landscapes, urban views and portraits. Between 1901-1906 he studied etching and engraving under Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art in South Kensington. During 1918 he was elected Associate Engraver of the Royal Academy and succeeded Sir Frank Short as the Head of the etching and engraving school when Short retired, and he was elected a full member of the Royal Academy in 1926.

A very interesting wood engraving by Leonard Baskin, measuring 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inches, cat: Fern & O'Sullivan -371, edition 250, 1959, published on handmade Amalfi paper, from the series "The Auguries of Innocence" by William Blake. After serving in the Navy during WWII, Baskin began his career as a printmaker in the late 1940s, beginning with simple linocuts, but quickly progressing to dramatic wood engravings, then later etchings and lithographs. Known for his graphic images created by the simple interplay of black on white, combined with his dramatic use of line, Baskin remains one of America's greatest printmakers.

This is a great architectural etching by Scottish artist D Y Cameron, from his 'North Italian Set'. The image size is 9 3/8 x 4 inches, 1894, no. 6 in the 'North Italian Set', cat: Rinder- 209, pencil signed. According to Rinder, this is a corner of the Palazzo Camello, Fondamenta dei Mori, Venice.

Etching, image size 9 5/8 x 13 1/2 inches, plate signed and dated l.l. "Stephen Parrish 1883".

Etching printed in 1929 on wove-type paper made in England, plate initialed in the lower left corner, pencil signed, titled, and editioned. Print 6 of an edition of 50. Image measures 10 1/2 x 14 12 on 13 1/2 x 18 1/4 paper.

This lithograph of the George Washington Bridge under construction by Dexter Dawes measures 11 x 17 inches and is pencil signed on the lower right margin. This is one in a series of lithographs of the construction of the George Washington Bridge that Dawes created between 1927 and the bridges' completion in 1931. This suspension bridge would eventually connect Ft. Lee, NJ to Manhattan across the Hudson River. Swiss born engineer Othmar Amman made this gigantic structure look "light and airy" with its miles of intertwined steel cable. Considered by some to be the noblest of bridges it became a symbol of the art and craft of the civil engineering profession.

Etching, image size 8 7/16 x 21 7/8 inches, pub. 1888 by Fishel, Adler & Schwaltz, New York, plate signed l.l., "Mielatz", pencil signed l.r., "Chas F.W. Mielatz". remarque l.l. of a group of violets.

This is an original etching by British printmaker Sir Charles Holroyd.  The title is: The Campanile of San Pietro di Castello, Venice.  Created and printed circa 1910, this etching is hand signed in pencil lower right border.  The image measures 11 3/4X8 7/8 inches.  Nicely framed with archival materials.