This is an original wood cut by American artist Leo Meissner. This unsigned proof is titled: Blecker Street Follies and numbered as 21/30. The image measures 10X12 1/2 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet. Very fine condition on this rare image.
This is a fine aquatint etching by British artist Percival Gaskell. The title is: The Lonely Tower, Roman Campagna, it was created and printed in 1924 in an edition of 150. The image measures 10X14 1/4 inches, hand signed lower border in pencil. Gaskell was born at Shipley in Yorkshire and educated in Cambridge. He studied art at the Royal College of Art, in Paris, and in Italy.
Etching and engraving, image size 7 x 10 inches, edition of 50, plate signed l.r. "Haskell" and pencil signed l.c. "Ernest Haskell".
This lithograph with a delicate Manhattan skyline in the distance by Dexter Dawes measures 14 x 17 inches and is pencil signed in 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 fine lithograph by Dexter Dawes measures 11 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches and 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.
Engraving after de Latour, 1747, image size 13 1/2 x 9 1/4 in, plate size 14 5/8 x 10 in, sheet size 20 3/4 x 15 1/4 in, Randall Coll. #4356, Fogg Museum provenance
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.
"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.
This is an original pencil signed etching by British artist Sir Frank Short. The title is: A Lane in Arundel, it was created and printed in 1907. The image measures 8 1/8X10 inches. A rich impression.
This lithograph by Dexter Dawes measures 12 x 14 3/4 inches and is pencil signed on the lower right. 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 original drypoint etching by German artist Paul H. Herrmann (1864-) This image of a Young Woman measures 15 1/4X 11 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper. Pencil signed lower border and editioned as 20/20.
This is a beautiful original etching with aquatint of a New Orleans alleyway. The image size is 12 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches, c. 1932, published by the Associated American Artists, with the original label, pencil signed. This image won an award from the Philadelphia Print Club and is included in the collection of the Library of Congress.
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.
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