20th Century European

Blessing the Waters

Etching with drypoint, image size 8 1/2 x 12 inches, 1926, edition of 100, pencil signed and numbered. Edmund Blampied was a very successful artist and illustrator in early 20th century Britain. He illustrated many books and magazines, but is best known for his remarkable skills as a printmaker. He was an important figure in the 'British Etching Revival' of the early 20th century, and was elected to the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers in 1920.

Quai Aux Fleurs

Color etching and aquatint. Pencil signed in the lower right and numbered 64 in the lower left. Edition of 300. Plate initialed in the lower center. Catalog: Baker 183, Novak 371. Published in L'Estampe Moderne in 1922. Plate measures 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches in an 18 1/2 x 21 7/8 inch black and gold frame. Provenance Kennedy & Co. Rare Prints, according to a stamp on the back of frame.

Vienna, Danube Landscape

This is as atmospheric original etching with aquatint by Luigi Kasimir. The image size is 15 7/8 x 22 3/8 inches, c. 1920, cat: Lorenz-24, pencil signed, framed. Kasimir studied at the Vienna Academy of Art, although much of his etching technique was self taught and learned through working from nature. He specialized in atmospheric images of architecture, city scenes and landscapes; some bustling with people and automobiles, others quite timeless and serene. Kasimir developed his own technique, which was much more suited to the particular clarity of his compositions.

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