This is an original lithograph, pencil signed, by Czech artist Emil Orlik, 1870-1932. The subject is a portrait study of The Poet Klabund, also known as Alfred Henschke. The image measures 10 1/2X9 inches, printed on a thin wove type sheet. Light toning to the sheet.
A great image of a Spanish bull fight, this etching with drypoint measures 10 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches, published in 1929 in an edition of 100, pencil signed and numbered. Hermine David was born and raised in Paris and at the age of 16 was accepted into the Ecole Des Beaux Arts, later going on the study at the Academy Julien. She was a well known painter and printmaker and was very active in the thriving artist community in Paris in the early 20th century. She was married to fellow artist Jules Pascin for several years, but in 1920 the couple divorced and David set up her own studio in Montparnasse. She went on to have a long successful career as an artist and illustrator and was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1932.
Engraving after Rene Guido. First state, with the words "A Paris chez" before the address of N. Poilly. Randall 1670. Image size 14 3/4 x 12 1/8 in, sheet size 16 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.
Drypoint from 1929. Plate size 8½ x 11-3/8 inches on 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 inch laid type paper. Editioned in pencil in the lower left, signed in the lower right. Edition of 75. The subject is the artist's wife, Katherine Sloman Heintzelman. Catalog: Smith 142.
Engraving after Guido Reni, 2nd state, w/ coat of arms before address; LThies,p.281; image size 15 13/16 x 12 5/16 inches
This is an original pencil signed wood engraving by American artist Thomas Nason. The title is Upland Pastures, created and printed in an edition of 200 in 1933. This image was commissioned by the Woodcut Society and came in the original folder from that Club. The image measures 3 1/2X7 1/2 inches. This image appears in the Nason catalog as image number 151.
This engraving measures 7 5/8 x 6 inches and has two Latin phrases printed on the bottom margin.
This is an original pencil signed etching by American modernist artist Leonard Baskin. The title of this work is Torso, it was created and printed in 1969. This impression is numbered 35/90. The image measures 17 1/2X12 inches, on a sheet size of 29X20 inches. Printed on a wove type arches sheet. The image appears as 731 in the baskin catalog.
This is an original etching by American artist Harry Wickey. This image is titled: Bathers #5. It is hand signed titled and numbered in pencil 20/75. The image measures 10X14 3/4 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet, printed in 1928, Overall in good condition, two old pieces of tape on the back of the sheet where it once was attached to a backing board. The tape is gone slight toning not visible through the sheet.
Color woodblock print c. 1859. From the series "Miracles of Kannon," a large series that pairs miracles performed by Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, with scenes of temples in the Western, Central, and Eastern provinces of Japan. Print measures 13 1/2 x 9 inches on 13 7/8 x 9 3/4 inch handmade japan paper. A very detailed print with embossing in the white clouds.
This is a remarkable architectural etching by American artist Hopper Emory. Image size 14 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches, c. 1930, edition of 250, pencil signed, with the original label. Hopper Emory was born in Baltimore, Maryland and had a successful career in banking before he turned exclusively to his artwork. He traveled to England where he studied at the Heatherly School of Art in London, then returned to Maryland where he became known for his delicately rendered architectural and maritime etchings.
Etching, image size: 7 x 10 1/8 inches, pencil signed, 1919, ed. 3/50
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.
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