20th Century European

Etching, image size 6 1/4 x 4 5/8 inches, unsigned proof

Etching printed November 1st, 1911.
Plate signed and pellet stamped, print 56 of an edition of 60. State 2. Printed on velin. Image measures 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches. Catalog reference: Arwas 429.

Pencil signed and titled etching by the Austrian Expressionist Wachelmayr. Image size is 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches on 10 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches wove-type paper. Circa 1917.

This is a very fine original wood engraving by British artist John Nash. The image size is 6 x 4 1/2 inches, published c. 1930 in a very small edition of 20, pencil signed and titled in the lower margin. Primarily a self taught artist, John Nash was a renowned painter and printmaker and founding member of several prestigious artist groups, including the London Group in 1914, the Society of Wood Engravers in 1920 and the Colchester Art Society in 1946.

Drypoint etching, image size 7 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches, edition of 100, 1919, Hardie 168, printed on wove paper, pencil signed with artist's blindstamp. This image is considered one of the artist's finest works.

A superb portrait of Brockhurst's first wife Anais, this etching measures 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches, published in 1927 in an edition of 111, pencil signed. Born in England and found to be artistically talented at an early age, Gerald Brockhurst was enrolled in the Royal Academy Schools. A scholarship enabled him to study in France and Italy where the work of the great masters, especially Botticelli and da Vinci, had a lasting influenced on him. He became well known for his classically styled portraits etched with a remarkable sense of detail and texture.

Mezzotint by the British artist Sir Frank Short measuring 7 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches, 1886, pencil signed, after J.M.W. Turner, publisher info l.c., R60, sheet laid to board.

Etching, image size 5 x 7 3/4 inches, pencil signed l.r. "Luigi Kasimir".

Etching, image size: 9 7/8 x 4 15/16 inches, pencil signed

Etching, image size: 9 3/4 x 5 inches, pencil signed lower right