20th Century European

This etching by Mortimer Menpes measures 12 3/8 x 6 3/8 inches, pencil signed, c. 1902, edition of 50, looking towards the Gothic Baldachin. 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.

Etching by the French artist, Rene Lorrain, measuring 8 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches, pencil signed, edition of 150. Label with artist provenance included.

Print 58 in an edition of 75. Pencil signed in the lower left. C. 1920. Plate measures 7 1/4 x 6 3/4 on 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 laid type paper.

This richly inked etching of St. Martin's Bridge near Toledo, Spain, by Sir Frank Brangwyn, measures 19 3/4 x 23 3/4 inches, pencil signed, 1923, printed in two color ink, black and brown. Sir Frank Brangwyn was one of the most important British artists of the early 20th century. A member of the Royal Academy, the Royal Watercolor Society, and the Royal Society of British Artists, he was knighted in 1924.

This etching by Paul Jeffery measures 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, pencil signed, numbered 73/250, plate titled with location. The "Nimble Rabbit Cabaret" was a hangout for struggling artists including Picasso and Modigliani, located in the center of artistic Paris at the turn of the 19th century.

This is a remarkable original etching by Czechoslovakian artist T. F. Simon, depicting the stunning architecture of the Puente Nuevo bridge in Ronda, Spain. The image size is 13 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches, published in 1913 in an edition of 150, cat: Novak-206, numbered in pencil with the artist's stamp lower left, pencil signed lower right. The Puente Nuevo was designed by architect Jose Martin de Aldehuela, and was built over the course of 42 years, from 1751-1793.

A great Paris scene by Auguste-Louis Lepere, this etching measures 6 1/8 x 10 inches, 1915, edition of 40, pencil signed and editioned. Auguste-Louis Lepere was one of the leading French printmakers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He began studying printmaking at the age of 13 with Joseph Burn Smeeton in Paris and quickly made a name for himself with his innovative style and technically brilliant etchings and wood engravings.

This color wood engraving by the German artist Werner Jacob Korsmeier measures 16 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches, pencil signed, dated, titled in German and numbered 25/50. Created in 1985 with an annotation by the artist on the top margin, "For my dear Dorothy, Werner", publishers blindstamp on lower margin, label on backing with artist provenance.

A great Paris etching by Austrian artist Lilly Steiner, image size 13 3/8 x 9 5/8 inches, 1923, edition of 50, pencil signed and dated. Steiner created this expressive image of the Eiffel Tower the year Gustave Eiffel died, possibly as an homage to the architect.

This is a beautiful sundrenched scene of the French fishing town of Martigues by British artist and historian Martin Hardie. Etching, image size 9 7/8 x 7 inches, c. 1920, hand signed in ink.