20th Century American

A very fine etching with aquatint by American sporting artist William Joseph Schaldach, image size 5 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches, published in 1937 in an edition of 50, pencil signed and titled. Schaldach followed his lifelong passion for hunting, fishing and the outdoors in his many etchings, aquatints and drypoints. Moving from his home state of Indiana to NYC, he sold fishing tackle during the day and attended the Art Students League during the evening where he learned his craft under the watchful eye of John Sloan and George Bridgman.

Lithograph by the American painter, lithographer, and muralist, William Gropper, measuring 14 3/8 x 10 inches, pencil signed. At the young age of 13, Gropper's artistic talents were apparent. He entered the Ferrer School studying under George Bellows and Robert Henri, then went on to attend the National Academy of Design and the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts. AAA label included.

A fine original wood block print, this image measures 5 x 3 inches, published in 1926 in an edition of 30, pencil signed, dated, numbered and titled.

This wood engraving by Leonard Baskin measures 2 x 2 inches with a sheet size of 17 x 17 inches. Printed in 1954 as a New Year's greeting, this unsigned proof is #250 in the Fern and O'Sullivan catalogue. Baskin was an important artist in the mid 20th century, known for his evocative wood engravings and lithographs.

This is a very fine original etching, image size 7 5/8 x 9 3/4 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Gordon Grant was born in California and sent to Great Britain for his education. He worked as a staff artist for New York World and Harper's Weekly, covering both the Boer War and the Mexican Revolution, but became most widely known for his marine paintings and lithographs.

Lithograph, image size 15 3/8 x 18 inches, 1932, pencil signed. Born in Poland, Max Weber emigrated to Brooklyn, New York with his family at the age of 10. He went on to study art at the Pratt Institute in Boston, then traveled to Europe where he was influenced by the groundbreaking work of Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Henri Rousseau. Weber returned to America, bringing with him the cubist and modernist ideas and techniques that he learned in Europe, and is considered by many to be one of the forefathers of American modernism.

Etching, image size 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches, pencil signed l.r. "Arthur Wm. Heintzelman" and "Ed 70" l.l. "Portuguese Fisherman's Daughter" titled in pencil on lower left margin.

A whimsical scene by Prentiss Taylor created in 1950. It is pencil signed, dated, numbered and titled on the lower margin. Taylor was an illustrator, lithographer and painter studying at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and then at the Arts Student League in NYC. In the 1930's he fell in love with lithography and concentrated on that medium for the remainder of his life. He depicted realistic and narrative scenes reflecting his personal interest in music, architecture, religion and social justice.

A very fine original etching by American sporting artist Richard E. Bishop, image size 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches, pencil signed and titled. Primarily a self taught artist, Bishop was known for his etchings of wildfowl; in 1936 his image of Canada geese was selected for the third Federal Duck Stamp.

Wood Engraving, image size 10 3/8 x 5 3/4 inches, 1944, plate signed l.r., pencil signed l.l. "Zadig 1944" and titled l.l.