Prints

This fine 1912 etching by Sears Gallagher measures 5 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. It is pencil signed on the lower left margin. Born in Boston, Gallagher studied drawing and watercolor locally, later refining his skills at the Academie Julian in Paris. Gallagher became one of America's leading etchers and watercolorists, known for his New England landscapes, historic Boston landmarks as well as views of New York, Venice and England's Cornish seacoast.

Etching by the French artist, Rene Lorrain, measuring 8 1/8 x 10 1/2 inches, pencil signed, edition of 150. Label with artist provenance included.

Chiaroscuro woodblock, image size 7 x 5 inches, 1937, plate signed, pencil signed and dated. As is typical with this artist, he hand signed and dated his images on the paper window mat rather than the sheet itself.

Original 19th century etching by New York etching club member Henry Farrer. The title of this work is Sunset, New York Harbor. This etching was created in 1879. The etching is signed and dated in the plate lower left. This plate was apparently printed in a German edition, in the lower right is printed, "Original Radirung von H.Farrer". A fine and detailed composition, well printed with nice use of plate tone in the sky and water. The image measures 7 3/4X11 1/2 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper, very nice condition.

Engraving, circa 1580, image size 8 3/16 x 9 5/8 inches

This D.Y. Cameron etching created in 1924 measures 7 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches. It is plate signed and pencil signed "D.Y. Cameron". Late afternoon shadows fall on the walls of the public baths in Rome built during the reign of Emperor Caracalla.

Etching, image size 5 x 5 1/8 inches

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 4 x 7 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. This series portrayed gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin. In 1990 he became the "head of studio art" at the Rhode Island School of Design and his prints have been exhibited at the Berkshire Museum, the Los Angeles National Print Show and the Library of Congress National Print Exhibit. Moser states in his description of the images in this series of the "consumate dilemma" between the mining and the owning of gold, the high price politically, physically and spiritually that these men and their families paid for their dreams of a better life.

after A. Menzel, 1883, etching, 11 3/4x8 1/2, plate signed

Etching, image size 9 x 4 3/4 inches, image after Jules Breton

This original etching, after Jules Breton, by Lucien Dautrey measures 9 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches. Created in 1885, this image was Dautrey's first important plate exhibiting it at the Salon of 1885 for which he received an Honorable Mention. Dautrey was a distinguished pupil of Courtry and Felix Bracquemond and a member of the Society of French Artists. Remarque at bottom right of woman putting on coat.

Woodblock, image size 4 x 6 1/2 inches, 1937, initialed in the plate, pencil signed and dated. As is typical with this artist, he hand signed and dated his images on the paper window mat rather than the sheet itself.

Woodblock, image size 4 x 6 inches, 1937, initialed in the plate, pencil signed and dated. As is typical with this artist, he hand signed and dated his images on the paper window mat, rather than the sheet itself.

Etching after Goya, image size: 7 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches, plate size: 9 x 7 inches, plate signed l.c., pencil signed "W Wuernle" lower left

Plate measures 5 x 11 1/4 inches on 10 1/4 x 16 1/2 inch wove type paper. Pencil signed in the lower right, plate signed in the lower left. This simple etching has suggested distance and good plate toning.