Etchings

Etching, image size 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches, first state, pencil signed by the artist with the inscription "1st state, one trial only, selected by the artist for [*** *****] collection".

Etching, image size 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, plate signed l.r. "Paul Lerat, SC" after a painting by F. B. Mayer. Titled l.c. "Le XIX me Siecle". This etching is out of the publication by Estes and Lauriat titled "Famous Etchers".

Etching, image size 8 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, 1918, plate signed and dated, pencil signed l.r. and l.c. titled in pencil on the back of the sheet.

Etching, image size 9 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches, 1941, cat: Cole-58, pencil signed and titled, AAA edition of 250.

Framed 5 x 7 inch etching in a 12 3/4 x 14 3/4 black frame. Pencil signed in the lower right by C. Dessar. Provenance Julius G. Haas, New York, N.Y.

This 1938 etching by the American artist John Costigan measures 9 x 11 3/4 inches, pencil signed and titled. This image is illustrated in Thomas Cravens, "A Treasury of American Prints", plate # 26. Costigan was known for his evocative images of hardworking farmers and their families, often set against the backdrop of the fields and landscapes of their daily lives. Costigan chose the common man as subject matter in many of his works. In this image his three children fish in a stream that ran through their upstate New York property. AAA label included with artist provenance.

Etching, image size 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, plate signed and dated, l.l.

Etching, image size 11 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches, 1915, trial proof, edition of 75, pencil signed "J Pennell imp".

Etching, dry point, image size 6 13/16 x 5 15/16 inches, ca. 1936, edition of 25 for the NYC WPA, signed and titled in pencil, stamped in l.l. Federal Art Project NYC WPA.

Etching, dry point, image size 10 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches, ca. 1936, signed and titled in pencil, also plate signed. Edition of 25 for the NYC WPA. "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA" stamped in l.l.