20th Century American Prints

This is a fine atmospheric etching by American artist Frank Benson.  The title is Rain Squall, it was created and printed in 1931.  We believe this to be an early state prior to the published state where the foreground ripples were removed,  The image measures 6 7/8X8 3/4 inches.  This etching appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 317,  A beautiful work in nice condition.

This is an original woodcut print by American artist Winifred Milius Lubell.  This print is pencil signed, dated and titled by the artist lower border.  Titled The Artist, created and printed in 1937, this is a very rare hand signed impression.  The image printed on a very thin Japan type sheet measures 9 1/4X5 3/4 inches.  A little light rubbing to part of the signature but overall very nice condition.

This is a fine etching with aquatint by American artist John Taylor Arms.  The title is: Dawn, Lake Como, created and printed in 1920 in an edition of 76 impressions.  This impression is pencil signed by both the artist and the printer Frederick Reynolds.  Also inscribed as Artists Proof..  The image measures 7 1/8X5 1/8 inches.  This image appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 53.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth.  The titled is: Redwing, Greenport NY.  It was created and printed in 1968 in an edition of 75.  The image measures 14 7/8X10 inches.  This image appears in the Stuckey catalog as image number 314.  This image won the Samuel Morse Medal from the National Academy in 1968.

This is one of her best known works:  A woodengraving by American artist Betty Waldo Parish.  This print was  created and printed in 1935.  A view known as Under the El, First Avenue, NYC.  Also known as the Fruit Market.  The wood engraving is hand signed and titled in pencil.  The image measures 10X7 inches, nicely framed with archival boards.  Very good condition, only a couple of pale foxing marks in the border, unobtrusive.  Parish lived in New York City and studied with John Sloan and later Stanley Hayter in London.  She is best known for her wood engravings of New York.

This is a very rare original lithograph by American artist Konrad Cramer.  The subject, Barges at dock, on the Hudson River, thought to be aka  "IDA, SAUGERTIES EVENING LINE, On the Hudson", is hand signed in pencil lower right, dated 1933 and printed on a chine collet paper adhered to a thicker sheet.  The image measures 9 1/2X14 inches, very nice condition.

This is a highly detailed wood engraving by American artist Leonard Baskin.  The title is: View of Worcester, created and printed in 1953 in an edition of 20 signed impressions.  This wood engraving is hand signed in pencil lower right and inscribed as "artist's proof"  lower left.  The image measures 10 1/2X9 inches.  Printed on a medium weight Japan type sheet.  Excellent condition, This image appears as number240 in the Fern catalog.  The view is of the close neighbors and Dogs that lived next to Baskin when he lived in Worcester in the 1950's.

This is a fine detailed etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  This image from his Spanish Church series is titled: La Colegiata, Toro, it was created and printed in 1935 in an edition of 153 impressions.  This pencil signed image measures 9 3/4X12 3/4 inches.  It is inscribed, gifted to: Mr. and Mrs Andrew Daglish (The British artist and Friend of Arms)  Printed on an antique laid type paper.  This impression was printed by David Strang, one of Arm's most trusted printers of his editions.

This is a pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell, as part of his Panama Canal series that he created in 1912.  This image is titled:  A Native Village.  The image measures 16 1/2X22 1/8 inches, on a sheet of Fabiano laid type paper which measures 20 1/2X 25 1/2 inches.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell.  As part of his Panama Canal Series, this image is titled: Colon.  Created and printed in 1912.  The image measures 22X16 inches on a Fabiano Laid type paper which measures 25 1/2X20 1/2 inches.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell.  This image is part of his Panama Canal series created and printed in 1912.  The title is: "The Jungle",  The image measures 17X22 inches, printed on a Fabiano laid type sheet which measures 20 1/2X25 1/2 inches.

This is a fine woodcut print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie.  This image is hand signed in pencil and titled: Seaside.  The image measures 9X6 1/2 inches.  Albert Huie (1920-2010) was a seminal figure in the formation and development of a national Jamaican artistic identity, overcoming the hurdles of a colonial-based system of race and class distinctions to become the first native-born Jamaican artist to attain international renown and respect. Working primarily in the areas of landscape, portraiture, and figurative art, he established a multiple award-winning career that spanned seven decades and earned him the title of “the Father of Jamaican Painting.” 

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Frank Benson.  This etching is titled:Swinging In, created and printed in 1927 in an edition of 150.  The image measures 7 3/4X11 3/4 inches.  Printed on Whatman paper.  This etching is in the Ordeman catalog as image number 272.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth.  The title is: Woodland Ledge, Corea Maine, created and printed in  1960 in an edition under 50.  The image measures 8 5/16X12 inches.  Very fine condition.  This image appears in the Stuckey catalog as image number 261.  Hand signed in pencil lower right border.

Etching, image size 8 13/16 x 11 7/8 inches, Wuerth 807, printed on Arches wove paper, plate signed "JPennell 1923" pencil signed "J Pennell" l.c., private plate, etched for the Brooklyn Edison Co.