Recent Acquisitions
1859-1927, French Buste de Jeune Femme Etching with drypoint, image size 20 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches, c.1900, pencil signed. Helleu began his art career when he enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and worked as an apprentice for Theodore Deck, decorating ceramic plates with women's portraits. He became friends with many artists of La Belle Epoch, including John Singer Sargent, Whistler, Tissot, Monet and Rodin, and became well known for his elegant portraits of women of French society. He traveled between France and America, and in 1912 was commissioned to create the astrological ceiling decoration in New York's Grand Central Station.
20th Century , American Still Life Color woodblock, image size 9 x 11 inches, c. 1945, pencil signed and titled.
1834-1903, American Longshoremen Etching, image size 5 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches, 1859, cat: Kennedy- 45, plate signed and dated, framed.
1922-2000, American Scout- Man on a Horse Color Lithograph, image size 28 1/2 x 35 inches, 1975, edition of 100, cat: Fern & O'Sullivan-654, pencil signed and editioned "97/100".
1837-1926, American Morning on the St. John's, Florida Etching, image size 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 1881, cat: Klackner-56, pencil signed.
20th Century, European Old Ald Gate Etching, image size 6 1/4 x 8 5/8 inches, 1926, pencil signed.
20th Century, European Roman Festa Etching, image size 5 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches, 1927, pencil signed and titled.
1858-1925, German Dame im Gartenstuhl Etching and drypoint, early proof of this rare image, image size 7 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches, 1911, cat: Schwartz-76, inscribed "probedruck" (test print) l.l. and signed l.r. both in red crayon, blindstamp l.l. just below image. Corinth began his art career studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and went on to study under Bouguereau at the Academie Julian in Paris. He then returned to Germany and became a member and then president of the Berlin "Sezession".
1862-1951, American Ducks At Play Etching, drypoint, image size 11 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, Ordeman #217, plate signed l.l. "F.W.B. 1923", pencil signed l.l. "Frank W. Benson.", edition of 150 proofs on uncalendered Japanese Vellum.
1879-1965, Dutch Cows At Rest Oil on canvas, image size 6 1/4 x 9 inches, signed l.l. "Jun M Beek". In this image cows rest in the shade of a stand of trees while farm life goes on in the distance.
1888-1969, Hungarian/American/New York View of the State House, Boston Etching, image size 12 x 7 1/2 inches, c. 1925, pencil signed "A.A. Blum" l.r.
1884-1963, Canadian Dreams of Fort Garry Book, first edition, published by Stovel Company Limited, Winnipeg, 1931, numbered 703 of 968 volumes printed, signed by the author and illustrator. This book is illustrated with 20 wood engravings by renowned Canadian artist Walter J. Phillip, printed on handmade paper with deckle edges and comes with original black slipcase. The book is in excellent condition, the slipcase has some minor scuffing.
1859-1939, American High Street, Oxford Etching, image size 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches, published in studio, 1914, artist's monogram within the plate, pencil signed and titled.
1829-1902, British Still Life Oil on canvas, 12 x 14 inches, 1888, signed and dated, l.r.
1834-1903, American Bibi Valentin Etching, image size 6 x 8 7/8 inches, Kennedy 50/II, pub. 1859, printed on laid Japanese paper, plate signed l.l. "Whistler. 1859." Archivally framed.
1896 - 1976, Japanese Apple Blossoms Woodblock, image size 13 3/8 x 18 7/8, print signed l.r. "Rakusan" also artist seal l.l.,titled in Japanese l.c. From "Rakusan's Flower and Bird Print 100 Series", c. 1929 - 1933. This is from Rakusan's most famous series of prints based on paintings he did between 1925 - 1929.
1896 - 1976, Japanese Shore Birds Woodblock, image size 13 x 18 1/2 inches, print signed l.r. "Rakusan" also artist seal l.r.,titled in Japanese l.c. From "Rakusan's Flower and Bird Print 100 Series #83", c. 1929 - 1933. This is from Rakusan's most famous series of prints based on paintings he did between 1925 - 1929.
1895-1975, American Maison de la Tourelle, Rue des Francs Bourgeois, Paris Lithograph, image size 14 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, 1924, edition of 100, cat: BPL- 216, from the series "Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris," initialed and editioned in pencil
1895-1975, American Passy Ancien et Nouveau, Paris Lithograph, image size 12 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, 1924, edition of 100, cat: BPL- 217, from the series "Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris," initialed and editioned in pencil
1895-1975, American Un Portail de l'Eglise de Saint Etienne du Mont , Paris Lithograph, image size 15 1/2 x 10 inches, 1924, edition of 100, cat: BPL- 218, from the series "Vingt Lithographies du Vieux Paris," initialed and editioned in pencil.
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