20th Century American Prints

This drypoint etching is pencil signed in the lower right. An intimate portrait with a rich drypoint burr. Plate measures 8 x 5 1/4 inches on 9 7/8 x 7 1/2 inch medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original pencil signed and inscribed etching by Canadian-American artist Frederick Owen. The title of this work is "Trade Winds", It has a pencil inscription with "Ships under skipsails running down the trades, Ships and the sea, there's nothing finer made"...This etching was created and printed in 1938. The image measures 10 3/4X14 1/8 inches.

This is an original lithograph, pencil signed by Gloucester artist Virginia Jaffrey Smith.  This view of Sailboats in the harbor,circa 1940's has an image size of: 12 1/4X8 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

Lithograph, image size 14 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, 1924, edition of 100, cat: BPL- 214, from the series "Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris," initialed and editioned in pencil.

Lithograph, image size 13 1/4 x 11, 1924, edition of 100, cat: BPL- 215, from the series "Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris," initialed and editioned in pencil.

Etching, image size 6 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches, 1913, pencil signed. Herman Webster was an American artist who moved to Paris in the early 20th century to attend the Academy Julien. There he studied under J. P. Laurens and Eugene Bejot, and was also greatly influenced by the etchings of Whistler and Meryon. He traveled extensively throughout Europe, specializing in finely detailed architectural views, cityscapes and landscapes. This is an early pencil signed proof of this etching; it was later published in a larger edition by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts in 1920.

Drypoint etching with a rich burr. Pencil signed in the lower right. Plate measures 7 7/8 x 10 inches in a 15 x 17 inch silver frame. Rosenberg studied architecture at the University of Oregon before moving into architectural etching, studying at the American Academy in Rome and the Royal College of Art in London. The majority of his work was of European buildings with historic significance.

Etching, image size 9 3/4 x 7 7/8 inches, c. 1935, artist's proof, pencil signed.

This c. 1940 seascape by Hopper Emory measures 8 x 9 3/8 inches and is pencil signed and titled. Hopper Emory was born in Baltimore, Maryland and had a successful career in banking before he turned exclusively to his artwork. He traveled to England where he studied at the Heatherly School of Art in London, then returned to Maryland where he became known for his delicately rendered architectural and maritime etchings.

This is a very rare Gordon Grant etching.  Men turning the Capstan.  It is pencil signed and editioned as 31/100.  The image measures 10X6 7/8 inches.  Printed on a thicker wove type paper.

Etching, image size 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 1945, cat: Smith-268, printed on watermarked Rives paper, blindstamp from the Society of Print Connoisseurs in l.l. margin, pencil signed.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist George Stimmel.  The title is: "View of the Bridge from the Pier", created circa 1930, last sold by Wunderlich in New York.  The image measres 8 3/4X11 7/8 inches, Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original drypoint etching by American artist Phillip Little.  This view of a fisherman setting off at sunrise with his fish traps on his dory.  The image measures 7 7/8X5 inches.  The image is pencil signed and dated 1915 in pencil and also inscribed as artist's proof.

Etching, image size 4 15/16 x 7 7/8 inches, 1915, pencil signed

This is an original engraving by German/American artist Hans Borchert.  This image is pencil signed and dated 1979.  It is also editioned as 32/90.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper, the image measures a 7X7 inches on a sheet size of: 15X11 inches.