Prints

Etching is 9 3/8 x 11 7/8 inches on 11 3/8 x 14 5/8 inch wove-type paper, printed by the artist. The work is pencil signed, c. 1910. The Church of St. Sophia, or "Sophienkirche", was the only gothic church in the whole city of Dresden. It was severely damaged in the Dresden bombing in 1945, and later destroyed completely in 1962 by the German Democratic Republic.
Menpes attended the School of Art in London in 1878 and started exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1880. He became a major figure in the etching revival, producing more than seven hundred different etchings and drypoints, which he usually printed himself. Menpes was taught etching by James McNeill Whistler and they lived together for some time.

This is an original pencil signed wood engraving by American artist Asa Cheffetz. The title is Deserted Farm, Vermont.  Created and printed in 1950, Sold through Associated American Artists in New York.  The image measures 5 1/2X8 7/8 inches.  Very fine condition.

This is an orignal etching by Scottish artist Ernest S. Lumsden.  The subject is: A Jodhpur Gate, part of his Indian series created and printed in 1913.  This pencil signed impression has an image size of 8 1/2X5 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Printed with a brown toned ink

Etching, dry point, image size 10 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches, ca. 1936, signed and titled in pencil, also plate signed. Edition of 25 for the NYC WPA. "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA" stamped in l.l.

This is a rare early engraving by Johannes Wierix after Pieter van der Borcht, printed with an image on both sides of the sheet. Each image measures 4 1/2 x 2 7/ 8 inches, 1583, a good impression on a very early laid type paper, published by 16th century book printer and publisher Christophe Plantin. One side of the sheet shows the 'Betrayal of Christ', the other 'Agony in the Garden'.

This is an original drypoint etching by French impressionist printmaker, Alphonse Legros.  This image is titled: Milkmaid of Boulogne, 3rd plate (Laitiere a Boulogne)  Created and printed circa 1890.  The image measures 5 7/8X8 7/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil, printed on a watermarked laid type sheet.  Richly printed.

A richly inked original etching of a sunny European city street, this image measures 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches, published in 1950 for the Chicago Society of Etchers, pencil signed and inscribed "To my friend J. R. Brownell".

Etching image size 11 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches, plate signed lower left, Vivares founded an engravers school, member of the Society of Artists he exhibited in 1766 and 1768. His reproductions of Claude de Lorrain were widely appreciated.

Etching ca. 1919. Printed on laid-type paper, pencil and plate signed in the bottom right corner. This print is very rate: it is the second state out of three, and is one of only two proofs of this state. The etching depicts Glanworth Castle in Cork, Ireland. Image measures 8 x 15 1/4 inches on 11 1/4 x 18 inch paper.

This is an original etching by British Bird Artist Winifred Austen.  This image of Phesants is titled: Out Foraging.  It is pencil signed and titled, with a stamp in the lower border stating, Made in England.  The image measures 7 1/2X 9 7/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  Austen's favorite subjects were wild animals and birds, and she received many commissions to illustrate magazines and books. Her etchings of animals and birds were popular in the 1940s and 1950s.

This is an original drypoint etching by American artist Chauncey F. Ryder.  The title is: French Hill,  it was created and printed in 1941 for the Albany Print Club.  This one is inscribed as AP, artist's proof.  The image measures 10 1/2X13 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  Hand signed and titled in pencil.

This is an original pencil signed etching of New York City by American artist Karl Dehmann (1886-1974)  This image is of Broadway, N.Y.  created and printed circa 1928.  The image measures 10 7/8X6 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper with a crown watermark.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American modernist artist Leonard Baskin.  The title of this work is Torso, it was created and printed in 1969.  This impression is numbered 35/90.  The image measures 17 1/2X12 inches, on a sheet size of 29X20 inches.  Printed on a wove type arches sheet.  The image appears as 731 in the baskin catalog.

This is an original lithograph, pencil signed, by Czech artist Emil Orlik, 1870-1932.  The subject is a portrait study of The Poet Klabund, also known as Alfred Henschke.  The image measures 10 1/2X9 inches, printed on a thin wove type sheet.  Light toning to the sheet.

This is an early impression of the etching, The Golden Cornice no,1 by American artist Joseph Pennell.  It was created and printed in 1904 and appears in the Wuerth catalog as inage number 349.  The image measures 10 3/4X7 1/4 inches.  We have another impression that was created with much more dramatic inking.