20th Century American Prints

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Albert Heckman.  The title is:The Squatters House, Created and printed circa 1935.  This lithograph is pencil signed, titled and inscribed artist proof.  The image measures 8 1/4X12 7/8 inches.  A rare image by this artist.

Original drypoint etching by American artist Arthur Heintzelman.  This is titled: Mater Dolorosa, it was created and printed in 1924 in an edition of 80.  Hand signed in pencil.  The image measures 7X 4 3/8 inches. This is one of his series of etchings base on the Passion of Christ.  This etching is  Currently Framed.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American sporting artist Roland Clark.  This image is titled lower left border Black Ducks, 1920.  The image measures 8 7/8X6 7/8 inches.  Nice use of plate tone in the sky.

This is a fine original woodengraving, pencil signed by American artist Asa Cheffetz.  The title of this image is: Late Afternoon, Vermont, created and printed in 1947.  This wood engraving measures 4 7/8X9 inches, nicely framed  with archival boards.  Very nice condition.  In the Cheffetz catalog as image number 83.

Drypoint etching, image size: 12 x 9 1/4 inches, 1926, cat. Smith-128, edition of 80, pencil signed lower right. Heintzelman's skill captures this tender moment between a mother and child. A fine impression with ample margins. Provenance: Baldwin-Wallace College.

This is an original early etching by American artist Chauncey Ryder, created circa 1920 during his trip to France. This etching is pencil signed, very richly printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  The image measures 9X12 inches.   Gorbio, France is a perched medieval village, high-up above Menton, in the southeastern corner of the Côte d’Azur. 

This is an original woodblock print by American artist Albert Abramovitz.  This view of roof tops is pencil signed lower right border.  The image measures 10X12 inches , printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  Created and printed circa 1920's.

Etching, BPL 114, plate destroyed, Characters from French art culture of 1925; Scene features Heintzleman, left, bending over table, the Parisian model, Kiki who appears in Planche aux Cinq Croquis. To her right, Fredie, subject in Fredie du Cafe "Le Lapin Agile" and of Le Poete, regarded by Heintzleman as the last of the great Montmartre singers. Young man with guitar is Fredie's son.

This is a fine wood engraving by Boston printmaker, Shirley Thomson Hadley (1917-) Hadley was the President of the Boson Printmakers Club.  This image titled Old Marblehead was created and printed in 1949 and was given as the 1949 presentation print of the BPC.  This woodengraving is pencil signed, titled and numbered as 18/300.  The image measures 9X7 inches, printed on a hand made wove type paper.

This is a fine original wood engraving by American artist Stefan Hirsch (1899-1964)  The title is Snake, created and printed in 1931, the image measures 4X6 inches, on a sheet size of 9 1/2X11 1/2 inches,  pencil signed and numbered as 5/30.  A rare image, only one example is in the collection of the Whitney Museum.

This is a drypoint etching from February 1931. Edition of 100. Catalog: BPL 104. Pencil signed in the lower right, pencil numbered 35 out of 100 in the lower left. Plate measures 14 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches on 16 1/2 x 11 1/2 inch Rives watermarked wove paper. A well inked, exquisitely detailed etching. Samuel Chamberlain studied architecture at MIT, but interrupted his studies to serve in France during WWI. After the war, Chamberlain worked as an architectural draftsman in Boston before leaving the US to travel throughout France and Europe. During his time overseas, Chamberlain began sketching the countryside and architecture, eventually studying at the Royal College of Art in London. He became well known for his carefully rendered etchings and drypoints of both European and American buildings and cityscapes.

A fine original wood engraving by American artist Thomas Nason. The title of this piece is: "A New England Stream" It was created and printed in 1951 in an edition of 400. This image was originally sold through Associated American Artists in New York. The image measures 5 5/16X9 7/8 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper. Excellent condition hand signed by the artist lower right. This image appears in the BPL catalog as image number 489.
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Lithograph, 1946,image size,13 3/4X9",Edition of 250,published by Associated American Artists,Printed by George Miller,pencil signed

This is an original pencil signed etching and drypoint by American artist William Bicknell.  This view of the Provincetown Dunes was created and printed in 1927,  The image measures 7X9 3/4 inches, printed on a wove type sheet with a floral watermark.  "Known locally as 'The Etcher' William Bicknell's Provincetown prints have become part of the town's historical record.   Works in the gallery include a view of the first Provincetown Playhouse (at Race Point), portraits of artists at work on the dunes".

This is an original etching by American Rural artist John E. Costigan.  This image is titled in pencil "Workers of the Soil", created and printed in 1932 in an edition of 100.  The image measures 8 1/4X13 3/4 inches, printed on a wove type sheet, hand signed in pencil.  Very fine condition.  Costigan spent 50 years working as a working farmer.