Prints

This is a dramatic wood engraving of Pounding Surf on the Coast of Maine  by American artist, Leo Meissner.  The title is: Irresistible Force, created and printed in 1936.  This image is pencil signed and titled by the artist, printed in an edition of only 50.  The image measures 10X13 3/4 inches.  Very fine condition, matted not framed. Printed on a smooth wove type sheet.

Engraving; provenance Fogg Museum, Gray3315; Engraved in 1813 after a repetition attributed to Giulio Romano. Legend of this repetition inscribed "Dedie au Chevalier Regnault Membre de L'Institut d'Honeur. There are twenty repetitions and copies known

Plate signed in the lower left, ink signed in the lower right. Plate size measures 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches on 11 1/2 x 13 1/4 inch laid type paper. The scene depicted is a street in Gloucester. Good use of plate tone and a rich drypoint burr. Meyerowitz studied at the National Academy of Design in NY and is best known for his development of producing etchings in color. His work is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Carnegie Institute; National Academy of Design; Harvard University and the Library of Congress.

Etching with drypoint, image size 4 1/8 x 12 3/4 inches, 1922, pencil signed.

This limited edition print by the master printmaker Thomas Nason measures 6 x 9 1/16 inches and is pencil signed and dated, cat: BPL-521, in an edition of 450 for Associated American Artists, 1954. AAA label included with artist provenance. Known as the "Poet Engraver of New England", Nason was a prolific artist who specialized in incredibly detailed, atmospheric wood engravings of the New England landscape.

This is a fine etching and drypoint by Scottish artist David Muirhead Bone.  The title is: Shrimp Boats, Great Yarmouth.  It was created and printed in 1935 in an edition of 92.  Pencil signed lower right, the image measures 7 1/16X11 13/16  inches.  This image appears in the Dodgson catalog as image number 464.  This etching is framed with archival materials.

This is a fine original chiaroscuro wood engraving by American artist Thomas Nason.  It was created and printed in 1937 as a presentation print for the Woodcut Society of Kansas City.  It came to us in the original Society folder.  The image printed with three blocks, Black, Gray and Olive inks.  The image measures 5X8 inches.  A beautiful rich impression.

Engraving after Carlo Dolci, image size 13 3/8 x 11 3/16 in, plate size 16 3/8 x 12 1/8 in

Etching, image size 8 3/4 x 7 inches, Hardie 176, 1920, pencil signed

This is a fine original color aquatint etching by French artist Manuel Robbe.  This image of a sleeping nude in the landscape is hand signed in pencil lower right and numbered as 33 lower left border.  The image measures 11 1/4X15 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight Arches laid paper.

This is a rare original drypoint etching by American artist Gifford Beal.  The subject is one of his Circus series, taken from the Ringling Brothers circus when it came to New York City..  This image is pencil signed and measures 8 3/4X122 inches.  It is numbered as 100 imp.   This fine etching came to us from the family  of the artist.

This is a fairly scarce etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Chelsea, No. II, it was created and printed in  1886, in an edition of only 20.  Hand signed in pencil by the artist. The image measures 6 1/2X9 1/2 inches.  This imag appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 114.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  Chelsea Bridge is a bridge over the River Thames in west London.

This is an original drypoint etching by American Sporting artist Aiden Lassell RIpley.  This etching is pencil signed, titled and dated by the artist.  The title is Pheasant Meadow, it was created and printed in 1937.  The image measures 7X9 7/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  A fine and rich impression with plate tone in the sky and foreground.

This is an early original etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  The title is: The Pig Pen, La Parcherie, created and printed in 1920 in an edition of 75.  Printed by Frederick Reynolds.  The image measures 4 5/8X11 7/8 inches. Hand signed in pencil lower border.  A rich impression.  This image appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 83.

THis is an original mezzotint by American artist Reynold Weidenaar.  The title is Cathedral Repairs, Mexico City.  This image was created and printed in 1949 and was the presentation print of The Printmakers Society of California.  The original information sheet is included.  The image measures 9X7 inches, hand signed in pencil and printed on an Arches watermarked medium weight sheet.