20th Century European

Wood engraving C. 1889. Signature in block. This was printed in Harper's New Monthly Magazine with text verso. Block measures 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches on 9 1/8 x 6 1/8 inch paper.

Wood engraving C. 1889. From Harper's New Monthly Magazine with text on verso. Signature in block lower left. Woodblock measures 4 3/4 x 8 inches on 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 inch paper.

Aquatint C. 1920. Pencil signed in the lower left. Pencil numbered in the lower right 66 out of an edition of 250. Plate measures 11 x 14 1/2 inches 14 5/8 x 17 3/8 inch medium weight wove type paper. A whimsical print with lots of movement.

Plate signed in the lower right and dated 1904, pencil signed in the lower left. This print has good use of plate tone and a rich drypoint burr. Plate measures 7 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches in a 15 5/8 x 16 inch black frame.

Drypoint etching. Pencil signed "E. Popple" in the lower right, pencil titled in the lower left, and numbered 70/150. Plate measures 6 1/2 x 10 3/8 in a black 14 x 17 1/2 inch black frame. This print has good use of plate tone and a rich drypoint burr.

A richly inked drypoint from 1919. Catalog reference: Gaunt 245. Edition of 54. Pencil signed in the lower right. Plate measures 19 x 20 3/4 inches on 24 1/2 x 29 1/2 inch wove type paper. 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.

A richly inked drypoint etching from 1926. Catalog reference: Gaunt 325. Edition of 53. Pencil signed in the lower right. Plate measures 11 3/4 x 16 3/4 inches on 18 1/4 x 23 1/2 inch wove type paper. 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.

Wood engraving c. 1889. Plate measures 8 5/8 x 6 3/4 on 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inch thin wove type paper. Catalog: L-B 197. A scene of the Exposition Universelle with the Palais de machines in the background. In ink in the lower left, "collection of A. Desmoulins edition 1 of 2. A very rare print." Plate signed in the lower right, pencil signed in the lower right. Published by A. Desmoulins. Auguste-Louis Lepere was one of the leading French printmakers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Wood engraving, plate measures 3 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches on 6 x 9 inch thin laid type paper. Ink signed in the lower right and numbered 13/35. C. 1900. Published by A. Desmoulins. A detailed print with good tonal range. 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.

Wood engraving, plate measures 4 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches on 9 x 15 1/2 inch thin wove type paper. C. 1885. Signed in ink in the lower right and numbered 29/35. Plate signed in the lower right. Inscribed in the plate in the lower left: "LA BDF." Published by A. Desmoulins. An atmospheric engraving with lots of detail. Auguste-Louis Lepere was one of the leading French printmakers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.