20th Century American Prints

This is a very fine original etching, image size 7 1/8 x 9 inches, c. 1920, hand signed in ink and inscribed "To Dr. Charles Oppenheim with best wishes". Lionel Reiss was born in Poland but grew up in New York City; he was known for his images of Jewish life and culture, and in the 1920s spent several years traveling throughout Europe and the Middle East creating many images of everyday life in the Jewish communities he visited.

This etching by Philip Kappel measures 8 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches. A 1st proof, created in 1945, is pencil signed and titled on the lower margin. Kappel was born in Hartford, CT, and educated at the Pratt Institute in New York. He was employed as an artist for several shipping companies and much of his work documents these ships and their sailors. At age 26, Kappel was the youngest person ever admitted to "Who's Who in America."

Etching, image size 6 3/4 x 8 7/8 inches, pencil signed

Etching,8 3/4X12",pencil signed

This lithograph of a cold winter night by American artist Ernest Fiene measures 9 1/4 x 13 inches and is pencil signed. AAA label included.

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.

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

Lithograph, image size 12 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, 1924, edition of 100, cat: BPL- 217, from the series "Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris," initialed and editioned in pencil

Etching, image size 9 5/8 x 4 5/8 inches, c. 1920, pencil signed.

Etching, image size 7 x 8 inches, 1950, edition of 150, pencil signed.

Etching/aquatint,ca.1940,edition of less than 10,6X8 3/4",pencil signed

etching, 4/50,12X8 1/2",p/s,D

Etching, image size: 9 7/8 x 13 inches, 1939, Associated American Artist, pencil signed and titled

Etching,1925,Miniature series,edition of 150,image size 1 7/8X3 1/8",pencil signed,fosterbros frame.

Lithograph, image size 8 3/4 x 17 7/8 inches, 1924, edition of 100, cat: BPL-219, from the series "Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris," initialed and editioned in pencil.