Prints

Lithograph, image size 8 1/4 x 4 3/4 inches, artist signature in crayon l.r. " Chester B. Price" and "To Sarah Breuster Hodges" in pencil l.l.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

Woodblock print, image size 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches, edition of 75, plate signed "Jean Girard," pencil signed and numbered, c. 1920.

Etching, image size 6 7/8 x 4 7/8 inches, c. 1920, pencil signed.

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 7 x 4 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.

Etching, image size 10 1/2 x 7 in, plate signed

Wood engraving measures 12 1/8 x 9 inches on 16 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch laid paper. Pencil signed "J. Nelson" in the lower right.

French Old Master Engraving circa 1660, inscribed in plate, image size 7 3/4 x 10 3/16 inches

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

Pencil signed and titled, edition of 250. C. 1940. Print measures 8 3/4 x 12 inches on 11 1/8 x 14 1/8 inch medium wove type paper. An intimate portrait with soft edges and a wonderful tonal range.

Etching, sight size 5 x 4 inches, 1928, pencil signed and dated "Simkha Simkhovitch 1928", edition of 40 prints.

Etching, image size 9 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches, pencil signed, framed

Etching,1944,5 3/4X7 3/4",pencil signed

This etching by Paul King measures 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches and is pencil signed on the lower margin. Paul King gained professional acclaim early in the 20th century for his seascapes, portraits, landscapes and rural scenes. Becoming an accomplished lithographer while still in his teens he studied with H. Siddens Mowbray in New York and later in Holland with Willy Sluiter and Evert Pieters. He was an illustrator for Life and Harpers Magazines and a book publisher. He received honors for his paintings from the Salmagundi Club and the National Academy of Design.

This is a cool original etching of New York City by American artist Martin Levine.  Pencil signed and titled: Rooftops, Tribeca.  It was created and printed in 1997 in an edition of 40, this is impression 23.  Slight color to the etching, almost photographic in detail.  Mint condition, archival matting, not framed.  A fine and timely image.