Recent Acquisitions

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  The subject is: Destroyers in Wet Basin at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, South Kearny, N. J. U.S.S. Radford, Quick, Mervine - 1942.   This image measures 10X17 1/2 inches.  In the Fletcher catalog as image number 377

TISSOT, JAMES JACQUES JOSEPH (1836 - 1902) "Le Portique de la Galerie Nationale a Londres" (The Portico of the National Gallery, London)  This is an original etching with drypoint published in an edition of 100 in 1878.  The image measures 14 7/8X8 1/4 inches.  Signed within the plate lower right. "This etching is related to the painting London Visitors exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1874, no. 116. The setting is the portico of the National Gallery, looking toward the Church of St. Martin’s-in-the-Fields. Such works give Tissot a minor but distinguished position as a predecessor of the school of architectural etchers founded on the style of Whistler’s Thames and Venice etchings. This etching was exhibited at the Grosveror Gallery, 1879."  This etching is nicely framed with archival materials.

This is the well known etching taken from the Thames series by American artist James McNeill Whistler.  The title is The Adam and Eve, Old Chelsea, created in  1879.  This impression is the 3rd state of 3 prior to the cancellation of the plate.  The image measures 6 7/8X11 3/4 inches.  Printed on a thin Japan type sheet.  The artists butterfly monogram upper left center.  A rich impression, very light toning to the sheet.  "The 'Adam and Eve' was a public house by the River Thames in Chelsea, London. It was demolished to make way for the Chelsea Embankment. The view is taken from Old Battersea Bridge."  The Kennedy catalog has this as image number 175.

This is an original etching by American artist James McNeill Whistler.  The subject is: The Little Putney Bridge, created in 1879.  This impression printed on an antique laid type sheet measures 5 1/4X8 inches.  This impression is the 4th state of 5 according to the Glasgow catalog image number K179.  This impression shows the soft foul biting in the plate mostly in the water.  Nice use of plate tone, a rich impression.  "The bridge over the River Thames linking Putney on the south side with Fulham to the north, in London, UK. The timber bridge was built by a master carpenter, Thomas Phillips, to a design by the architect Sir Jacob Ackworth, and opened in 1729. It was a toll bridge, with tollbooths at either end. It was damaged by a river barge in 1870, and although repaired, it was eventually demolished and replaced by the present stone bridge in 1886. It may be that Whistler thought it worth recording the old bridge before it was demolished,"

This is an original pencil signed and titled wood engraving by American artist Leo Meissner.  The title is: New England, Created circa 1940.  The image measures 6X9 inches.  Nicely framed with archival materials.

This is an original wood engraving pencil signed by American artist Thomas Nason.  The title is: High Spruces, created and printed in 1942 in an edition of 50.  The image printed on a thin Japan type sheet measures 5X10 inches,  The inage appears in the BPL catalog as image number 331.

A fine Luigi Lucioni etching, Elm on the Hill, created and printed in  1948 published by Associated American Artists in New York in an editiion of 250.  This pencil signed impression measures 12 1/4X9 7/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  The image appears as number 105 in the Embury catalog.

This is an original etching and aquatint by French artist Georges Rouault. From his Miserere series.  Plate 30: "Nous . . . c'est en sa mort que nous avons été baptisés" / ["Know ye not, that] so many of us [as were batised into Jesus Christ] were baptised into his death?" [John 13: 34] (C & R 83e). Original aquatint, drypoint, burnisher, and roulette. 450 impressions signed bottom left (the date of this print is not visible and there are no pencil-signed proofs) for the Miserere, one of the greatest print cycles of all time. Here we are shown St John the Baptist baptising Jesus while the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove hovers above, confirming the words of St John in plate 28. Image size: 21 1/2X 16 1/2 inches.

This is a fine color aquatint etching by French artist Manuel Robbe.  This image is titled: Les Liseuses, created and printed in  1907 in an edition of 100.  Merrill Chase catalog number 54.  The image measures 19X14 1/2 inches, printed on an Arches watermarked laid type sheet.  A beautiful impressionist interior view of two women reading.  Very fine condition.

This is an early Sicilian Donkey Cart Fragment, circa 1800.  Unsigned as usual.  THere is some writing on the bottom edge but is mostly worn away.  The thick oak board was cracked in the center and was repaired many years ago.  Still the color is rich and the composition is mostly intact.  This sort of decoration was in use in Sicily for hundreds of years as a decoration to their Donkey carts.  We feel this is from the mid to early 19th century.  The board measures 15X20 inches.

This is an original pencil signed and titled screenprint by American artist Guy Maccoy.  The title is: It is Evening, created and printed in 1949.  The image measures 11X14 1/4 inches.  "Maccoy made his first artistic screenprints in 1932 and taught the medium in Colorado and Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s."

This is an original screenprint by American artist Guy Maccoy, created in 1949 this image is pencil signed and titled: Three Trees.  The image measures 11X14 inches, very richly printed, fine condition.  "Maccoy made his first artistic screenprints in 1932 and taught the medium in Colorado and Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s."

This is a fine color aquatint and etching by French artist Manuel Robbe, this impressionistic image is titled: Clichy, created and printed in 1910 in an edition of 100.  This image measures 23 1/2X14 1/2 inches. Pencil signed lower right.  This image is printed on a medium weight laid type Arches watermarked sheet, with publishers blind stamp lower left corner.  This impression is numbered as 79.

This is an original etching with aquatint by French artist Manuel Robbe.  The title is: Dans les Rochers,  created and printed in 1910.  The image measures 17 7/8X23 inches, printed on a medium weight laid type sheet with crown watermark.  Blind stamped lower left border.  A fine impressionistic view of an older couple watching the Fishing fleet set sail at sunrise.

This is an original etching and aquatint by French artist Georges Rouault, take from his Miserere Series.   Plate 56: En ces temps noirs de jactance et d'incroyance, Notre Dame de la Fin des Terres Vigilante / In these dark times of vainglory and unbelief, Our Lady of the Ends of the Earth keeps watch (C&R. 109c). Original aquatint, drypoint, burnisher, roulette, scraper, 1927. 450 impressions for the Miserere, Rouault's masterpiece and one of the most important series of the twentieth century. Signed in the plate and dated 1927 at lower center left (there are no pencil-signed proofs). A beautiful impression of this climactic image. Image size: 23X17 inches.