20th Century American Prints

Etching,1926,image size:4 3/4X4 inches,ed.100,Bpl 117,pencil signed

This is an original etching by American artist Jack Coughlin.  The title is Owl in Flight II.  Created and printed circa 1970.  This etching is hand signed in pencil, titled and inscribed as artists proof.  The image measures 14 3/4X10 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight watermarked B.F.K. sheet.  A rich impression in very fine condition.

A Platersque Doorway, Burgos Spain, 1911.  This is an original pencil signed and titled etching by American artist Charles K . Gleeson.  THis image measures 9 1/2X7 1/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

This is an original wood engraving by American modernist artist Leonard Baskin.  The title is: The Funeral, from his series of St. Julien the Hospitaller.  Created and printed in 1957, this pencil signed image measures 2 1/4X9 1/2 inches.  Appears in the f&o catalog as image number 305.  This impression is inscribed, "A.P." as an early artist's proof later to be published.

Etching tipped in to the book "Modern American Etchers: Arthur William Heintzelman," foreword and critical notes by John Taylor Arms, 1927, print in great condition, book has some foxing, pencil signed.
Original etching sold as part of the book.

Etching, image size 9 10/16 x 13 3/8 inches, pencil signed lower right

This original etching by Frederich Taubes measures 10 x 8 1/4 inches and is pencil signed on the l.r. Created in 1939 in an edition of 250 and published by the American Artists Association. Taubes was a well known painter, printmaker, author and lecturer. Born in Poland and educated in Vienna, Taubes eventually became a student at the Bauhaus studying color theory with Johannes Itten. Moving to NYC in 1930 he became a society portraitist with a very wealthy and famous clientele. In the 40's he again shifted his energies into the research of the painting media used in the 14th and 15th century Flemish paintings. In 1945 he was included in the group "American Artist Group Monographs" along with the likes of Thomas Hart Benton, Edward Hopper and Raphael Soyer. (M)

Etching, image size 6 7/8 x 5 inches, signed in pencil l.l. "S.J. Woolf."

Aquatint, image size: 5 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches, pencil signed and titled

This is an original pencil signed and titled etching by American artist Kent Hagerman.  This image is of the First Test Flight of C119, the Flying Boxcar.  The image measures 6 3/4X9 5/8 inches.  Hagerman was an artist working for Fairchild Aviation Company in Hagerstown MD.

Etching, image size 10 x 7 7/8 inches, cat. W-322, unsigned

Etching, image size 9 5/8 x 8 inches, inscribed "first state," pencil signed and plate signed.

Lithograph, image size: 7 x 5 1/2 inches, 1930, cat. Smith-157, ed. 24, pencil signed lower left.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Hirsch.  The title is Survivor, created and printed in 1954 and sold by Associated American Artists in New York.  The image measures 7X13 7/8 inches.  It appears in the Hirsch catalog as image number 30.

This original etching by John Winkler measures 3 3/4 x 5 5/8 inches and is pencil signed on the lower margin. Winkler was originally from Austria coming to America at age 16 looking for adventure. After various jobs he impulsively enrolled in the San Francisco Art Institute and soon discovered his talent as an etcher. He became good friends with John Taylor Arms as well as Arthur Heintzelman. His works are found in major museums throughout the US and Europe.