Etchings

Place à Montmartre

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.

The South Foreland

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.

Happy Days

Numbered in pencil in the lower left 9 out of an edition of 100. Pencil titled in the lower left, signed in the lower right. Print measures 9 3/4 inches x 8 inches in a 16 3/4 x 15 1/4 inch gold frame. A well executed etching with excellent use of plate tone.

Titus

Etching C. 1970. Plate signed and dated in the lower right. Pencil signed in the lower right and pencil numbered in the lower left, print 170 in an edition of 200. Plate measures 12 5/8 inches x 8 inches on 20 x 13 1/2 inch wove type paper. Published by the Gehenna Press, Northampton, MA. Part of a series of 12 etchings inspired by the Shakespeare play Titus Andronicus. Catalog: Fern and O'Sullivan, 586.

Hand

Etching C. 1970. Plate signed in all capitals across the bottom of the print. Pencil signed in the lower right and pencil numbered 170 in an edition of 200 in the lower left. Plate measures 12 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches on 18 1/4 x 13 1/2 inch wove type paper. A well inked impression with an interesting composition. Published by the Gehenna Press, Northampton, MA. Part of a series of 12 etchings inspired by the Shakespeare play Titus Andronicus. Catalog: Fern and O'Sullivan #588.

Madame Letellier

Drypoint etching C. 1900. Pencil signed in the lower right. A rare print. Repaired tear in the top edge of the paper, not in the image. Thin spots on the back of the paper. An intense and brooding portrait with a rich drypoint burr. Plate measures 21 x 13 inches on 26 x 18 inch wove type paper. Helleu began his art career when he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and worked as an apprentice for Theodore Deck, decorating ceramic plates with women's portraits.

Femme aux Perles dans un Chapeau

Etching with drypoint, C. 1900. Pencil signed in the lower right. There is a repaired tear at the bottom of the print, not in the image. There are also some thin spots on the back of the paper. Plate measures 23 x 13 1/2 inches on 24 1/2 x 16 3/4 inch wove type paper. A well inked, captivating portrait. Helleu began his art career when he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and worked as an apprentice for Theodore Deck, decorating ceramic plates with women's portraits.

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