Prints

This is a fine atmospheric etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The subject is: Caissons on Vesey Street, N.Y.  This image was created and printed in 1924, in an edition of 75, pencil signed, also with a collectors name at the upper edge of the sheet.  Printed on an antique laid type paper. The image measures 13 3/4X9 1/8 inches.  THis subject was the construction of the New York Telephone building, The Barclay Vesey building.  The image is in the Wuerth catalog as image number 854.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell.  It is from his Panama Canal series, the title of this image is: In the Cut at Las Cascadas, Panama Canal.  It was created and printed in 1912.  The image measures 17 1/2X 22 1/2 inches on a sheet of Fabiano laid type paper which measures 20 1/2X25 1/2 inches.

Drypoint etching from 1853. Catalog: Beraldi 111. Plate signed in the upper right, pencil signed in the lower right. Blindstamped in the lower left. Plate measures 8 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches.

This is an original pencil signed and titled wood engraving by British artist Mary Elizabeth Groom.  The title is: The Crucifixion, created  and printed circa . 1929, it is numbered as 4/30.  The image measures 9 1/2X7 1/4 inches.  Printed on a thin japan type sheet.  Groom was a well known artist and illustrator one of  the Suffolk artists.  She was also a founding member of the English Wood Engraving Society starting in 1926.  Mary studied wood engraving at Leon Underwood's Art School, along with Underwood himself and with fellow-students such as Blair Hughes-Stanton, Gertrude Hermes  and Agnes Miller Parker 

This is a fine drypoint etching by Scottish artist David Young Cameron.  This image is pencil signed and measures 10 1/4X13 3/4 inches.  The subject is The Scottish River Tay, the longest River in Scotland.  This drypoint is richly printed and archivally framed.  The image appears in the Rinder Catlaog as image number 437.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Gifford Beal.  The title is: Tight-Rope Performer/Aerial  Acrobat, created and printed circa 1930.  The image measures 13 1/4X10 5/8 inches.  This lithograph is pencil signed, inscribed 100 imp.  One of his series of Circus images that Beal created when the circus came to New York City.  This lithograph came to us from the Beal family.

This is an original lithograph by American artist from the Ash Can school of painters, Raphael Soyer.  This image created and printed in 1943 is hand signed and titled: "Farewell"  It is a large image measuring  16X12 1/4 inches. The image appears in the Cole catalog as image number 61.  Printed in an edition of 100.  Very good condition apart from some spots of thinning to the sheet in the outside border area well away from the image.

This is an oriignal  aquatint etching by British artist Leonard R. Squirrell, this etching was created and printed in 1924 in an edition of 75 signed proofs.  The image measures 11X16 1/4 inches.  Pencil signed by the artist in pencil lower right border.  Fine use of highlight and shadow making a dramatic composition. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.   A rare image only found in Museums.

This is an original hand signed wood block print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie.  The title of this work is Road Mending, created and printed circa mid 1940's.  The image is signed and titled lower border, the image measures 7 3/4X5 7/8 inches, Good condition. 

Albert Huie (1920-2010) was a seminal figure in the formation and development of a national Jamaican artistic identity, overcoming the hurdles of a colonial-based system of race and class distinctions to become the first native-born Jamaican artist to attain international renown and respect. Working primarily in the areas of landscape, portraiture, and figurative art, he established a multiple award-winning career that spanned seven decades and earned him the title of “the Father of Jamaican Painting.” 

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Jacques Villon.  The title is: La Dame au chine.  It was created and printed in 1906, this is the 2nd state of 2.  The image measures 9 1/2X8 1/2 inches.  Catalog entry Ginestet-Pouillon E156.  This drypoint is nicely framed.  Hand signed in pencil lower border, one small foxing spot in the lower border.

This is an original hand signed etching by American artist Isac Friedlander. The title of this work is "Aftermath" alt. "Outcasts", this etching was created and printed in 1944.
This etching was created in an edition of 30 signed proofs, this one is inscribed as "Trial Proof #2", the image measures 14X11 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper. The artist's view of the aftermath of war in Europe.
Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Mitau, Latvia. He was arrested in 1906 and imprisoned by Russian authorities for anti- Czarist Political activities from 1906 to 1912. He studied art at the Academy of Rome, Italy from 1913 until 1917. He was a friend of Russian writer Maxim Gorky. Friedlander began his printing career in 1915. In 1917 he repatriated to Russia during the Kerensky regime, but in 1929 Friedlander immigrated to the US with the encouragement of his cousin Joseph Hirshhorn.

This is a very fine original drypoint etching by British artist Edmund Blampied.  The title is: The Joyride, created and printed in  1923 in an edition of 100.  The image measures 8 3/4X10 3/16.  This etching was reproduced for the 1924 issue of Fine Prints of the Year.  Catalog: Appleby 89. Nicely framed with archival materials.

This is a fine drypoint etching by Scottish artist James McBey.  This scene from his Venice series is titled: Bridge at Night, it was created and printed in 1925.  This image is hand signed in sepia ink and numbered as XL.of an edition of 60 impressions.    The image measures 9 3/8X5 15/16 inches.  Printed on a laid type sheet, blue hued paper.  Catalog number Hardee 232.

Engraving, image size 6 7/8 x 5 5/8 in, plate signed, framed.

This is a fine original wood engraving after Homer, published in Harpers Weekly in September 20, 1873.  This is a wood engraving with the original Harpers written story on the back of the sheet.  This is perhaps the best known of the large double paged images that were ever done for Harpers.  The image measures 13 9/16X 20 5/8 inches on a total sheet size of 15 15/16X21 7/8 inches.  Very nice condition, museum  matted and framed.  The title Snap the Whip, after the painting by Winslow Homer.  This image was engraved by W. H. Lagarde.,.