20th Century European

Etching, image size 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches, pencil signed.

This is a very rare nocturnal scene by French artist Auguste- Louis Lepere. Etching, image size is 4 1/4 x 3 7/8 inches, 1893, cat: LB-71, pencil signed and numbered "16". 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.

20th century European School etching of Freiburg Minster, a gothic cathedral in Freiburg, Germany. It has the only gothic church tower in Germany. Pencil titled and signed with an illegible signature. Plate measures 10 x 7 inches on 16 x 11 3/4 wove type paper.

Etching, image size 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches, 1906, pencil signed. Josef Kainz was a famous German actor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Schmutzer created several portraits of Kainz, portrayed in this etching in the role of Hamlet.

Etching, image size 5 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches, c. 1920, unsigned, "#1" written on the back of the sheet in pencil.

Etching, image size 6 x 8 3/4 inches, pencil signed l.r. "Nolen"?

Etching, drypoint, image size 4 3/8 x 3 3/4 inches, pencil signed l.r. "W. Pech".

A remarkable etching by James McBey of the New York City skyline from Weehawken, NJ, this etching measures 8 x 14 7/8 inches, 1940, cat: Hardie-277, plate signed and dated, hand signed and numbered "XXVII" in ink. Born into poverty McBey was primarily self-taught, becoming a very well respected artist and leading figure of the British Etching Revival. He traveled extensively throughout Europe, America and the Middle East, creating remarkable etchings of the places he visited. McBey lived in New York for several years, and his images of the city are considered some of his finest work.

Etching, image sizes 7 x 5 1/8 inches, 1920, eight original etchings in a portfolio, 12/500, edition in pencil l.l.

Etching, image size 6 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and numbered.