20th Century European

Etching, image size 10 7/8 x 12 inches, 1906, cat: Gaunt-69, pencil signed.

This is a very fine etching by noted British artist D. Y. Cameron, titled "An Egyptian Mirror." The image size is 11 7/ x 6 7/8 inches, it was created in 1909 and is number 408 in the Rinder catalog, pencil signed. Sir David Cameron was considered one of the greatest British etchers of the early 20th century. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and began studying art at the Glasgow Art School before moving on to the Edinburgh School of Art.

Etching, image size 9 x 10 7/8 inches, 1927, edition of 75, pencil signed, illustrated in "Fine Prints of the Year 1927."

Etching, image size 7 x 11 3/4 inches, 1919, edition of 100, title, date and monogram within the plate, pencil signed and numbered.

This 1922 etching by Edgar Chahine measures 7 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches, pencil signed, numbered 36/100, and titled. Chahine studied at the Academia Di Belle Arti in Venice and then at the Academy Julien in Paris. He was a very well respected artist of the ‘Belle Epoch’ era, winning many awards and honors for his work, including a gold medal at the Paris Salon. However his prints and paintings are hard to find as many of them were destroyed in a fire at his studio in 1926 or in a later flood in 1942.

Etching, image size 15 1/4 x 11 inches, edition of 120, pencil signed.

Etching, image size 5 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, 1903, 2nd state, cat: Hardie-323, printed on cream laid paper, blindstamp l.r. margin, pencil signed.

This dramatic scene by Arthur Brisco measures 8 x 11 3/4 inches and is ink signed and numbered. Published in 1924 on laid paper, cat: Hurst-94, framed. Briscoe was one of the finest marine artists' of the 20th. century. He studied at the Slade Art School and the Academy Julian in Paris and then spent the rest of his time sailing. He owned his own three ton cutter which he used to sail around the Essex coast. Also crewing on a Polish ship, he sketched every aspect of life on the boat. Most of Briscoe's etchings show sailing ships and the men who sailed them.

Etching and drypoint, early proof of this rare image, image size 7 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches, 1911, cat: Schwartz-76, inscribed "probedruck" (test print) l.l. and signed l.r. both in red crayon, blindstamp l.l. just below image. Corinth began his art career studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and went on to study under Bouguereau at the Academie Julian in Paris. He then returned to Germany and became a member and then president of the Berlin "Sezession".

An early Herrmann Paul lithograph measuring 6 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches, pencil signed and numbered, 8/15. A beautiful image on heavy weight paper with the "Chartres" auction stamp on the verso. Well-known for his illustrative, satirical work of the French upper class, Paul rose to fame during France's "Belle Epoque" period and whose work was exhibited along side other famous French artist's including Vuillard, Matisse and Toulouse-Latrec.