Recent Acquisitions

This is one of her best known works:  A woodengraving by American artist Betty Waldo Parish.  This print was  created and printed in 1935.  A view known as Under the El, First Avenue, NYC.  Also known as the Fruit Market.  The wood engraving is hand signed and titled in pencil.  The image measures 10X7 inches, nicely framed with archival boards.  Very good condition, only a couple of pale foxing marks in the border, unobtrusive.  Parish lived in New York City and studied with John Sloan and later Stanley Hayter in London.  She is best known for her wood engravings of New York.

This is an original hand signed lithograph by American artist Howard Baer.  The title is: Hide and Seek, created and printed in 1945.  This image part of a series of lithographs that he did of his own childhood memories.  The image measures 11X9 inches.  Nicely framed with archival boards.

This is an early lithograph by American artist Philip Evergood.  The title is: City Lights II,  created and printed in 1941.  This impression is hand signed and numbered in pencil 124/200.  The image measures 8 1'2X12 inches.  This lithograph is nicely framed and in very good condition.

This is an interesting portrait study, signed Edward Potthast lower left.  This appears to be one of his Beach character studies that he was well known for.  The painting done on an artist board measures 16X14 inches.  Thick brushstrokes, very impressionistic style,  a few minor spots of retouch, and small spots of chipping the result of being pressed against another painting for many years.  This could stand a light cleaning but very presentable as it now appears.

This is a fine industrial etching by American artist   Otto Kuhler.   "Monster & Midgets". 1928. The image measures 9 3/8 x 12 7/8. inches.  Etching. Signed in pencil. Edition: 75. Excellent condition. Although best known for his industrial Designs, Otto Kuhler  is well regarded as a fine artist and draftsman. Born in Germany, Kuhler was the sole heir to his family's successful steel business, Kuhler Forges. After WWI however, the business and his family's fortune were in ruins. After living briefly in Dusseldorf, and partly due to the advice of friend Joseph Pennell, he took up etching and emigrated to the States in 1923. Otto Kuhler's etchings of begrimed industry sprang from the same optimistic response to technology that led to his colorful streamlined designs for the Milwaukee, Lehigh and other railroads in the 1930's. "This merging of industry and art proved so successful that after years of submitting designs, a locomotive based on Kuhler's designs was built. The engine, Hiawatha, rolled out of the Schenectady, New York yard in May, 1935. It was the first streamlined steam locomotive to be built from scratch in America. This signaled the start of the next phase of his career- as a successful industrial designer."

This is an original etching by American artist Otto Kuhler.  The title is: The Queen and the Slaves, created and printed in 1926.  This impression is pencil signed and inscribed as "Trial Proof, ltd edition 10 proofs", 1926.  The image measures 9 1/2 X13 1/4 inches.  Fine use of plate tone in the sea and sky.  The subject is the German liner, Breman.  The later published edition done in 1930 was of only 40 ...

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Otto Kuhler.  The image is titled: Steamboat  Wharf, created and printed in 1925.  The image measures 8X10 3/4 inches.  "Although best known for his industrial designs, Otto Kuhler (1894-1977) is well regarded as a fine artist and draftsman. Born in Germany, Kuhler was the sole heir to his family's successful steel business, Kuhler Forges. After WWI however, the business and his family's fortune were in ruins. After living briefly in Dusseldorf, and partly due to the advice of friend Joseph Pennell, he took up etching and emigrated to the States in 1923. Otto Kuhler's etchings of begrimed industry sprang from the same optimistic response to technology that led to his colorful streamlined designs for the Milwaukee, Lehigh and other railroads in the 1930's." (Philadelphia Print Shop)

This is a hand colored etching by French artist Auguste Louis Lepere.  The title in the plate is Sur La Seine,88.  Hand signed lower right in pencil.  The image measures 9 1/2X12 1/2 inches.  Printed on an "M.B.M." watermarked laid paper.  The upper border is 1/4 inches wide, just enough for proper presentation  A very rich inking and fine use of coloration after the etching was printed.  "It’s 1888 and Paris readies itself for the Exposition Universelle, a spectacular world’s fair staged the following year for the centennial of the French Revolution, which overthrew the monarchy in 1789. The centerpiece would be the Eiffel Tower, under construction on the far side of the River Seine" (Minneapolis Institute of Art)

This is an original pencil signed etching by German expressionist Lovis Corinth.  The title is Salome, created and printed in 1919, this impression is numbered 28/150.  The image measures 7 5/8X9 7/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet, with a Collectors stamp William P. Moor on the back of the sheet.

This is an oil on canvas painting signed Chauncey F Ryder lower left corner. Ryder was a well known post impressionist American painter.   This painting measures 16X14 inches. The work shows  Farm workers returning from the field.  The painting is bright and detailed.  The painting had been recently lined and touched up mainly in the upper right corner.  Born in Danbury Ct. Ryder soon traveled to France to study painting before moving to New York City.Where he made his reputation as an important American painter...  In 1910 Ryder began to travel through New England, the landscape of which provided much of the subject matter for his work. He and his wife bought “a little house and three acres in Wilton, New Hampshire,” and for the rest of their lives, they split their time between New York City in the winter months and New Hampshire in the spring and summer. From their home in Wilton they traveled throughout New England, and continued to do so until old age.

This is a pencil signed etching by German artist Ernest Oppler.  The title is: Coquette, created and printed in 1921, numbered 33/100.  The image measures 5 3/4X8 1/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet. Oppler did not seek to portray “dance” as a concept, but rather the distinct personality of each dancer while on stage. Because of this, he became very familiar with some of the greatest ballet stars of the era such as Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Tamara Karsavina.  His obsession with capturing dancers in motion became so great that he even developed a lighted pen in order to sketch in darkened theaters during performances.

This is a pencil signed etching by German artist Ernest Oppler.  The subject is: Palazzo Contarini Fasan, on the Grand Canal in Venice, created and printed in  1922 in an edition of 100, this is 82/100.  The image measures 9X6 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.

This is an original etching by German artist Ernest Oppler.  This pencil signed and numbered image is of the Palazzo Dario in Venice.  Created and printed in 1922, numbered 85/100.  The image measures 9X6 inches.  Nice use of plate tone in the sky and water.  This etching was printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.

This is an original pencil signed wood block print by German artist Peter Trumm.  The image measures 9 5/8X12 1/2 inches. printed in Germany in 1922 for the very rare "Die zweite Ganymed-Mappe" portfolio of "Das vierte Jahrbuch der Marees Gesellschaft", published in Munich by Marees-Gesellschaft, R. Piper & Co. This impression is one of the deluxe signed edition of 300 printed on thin japon paper.

This is an original pencil signed wood block print by German artist Erwin Lang.  The subject is:  The Tower of St. Stephen's, created and printed in 1925.  The image measures 11X7 1/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight watermarked laid type sheet.