Featured Artwork

This is a fine original drypoint etching by British artist Francis Dodd.  It is a portrait of the artist Charles Cundall R.A.  It was created and printed in 1926, hand signed in pencil lower border.  The image measure 18X12  inches. Nicely framed with archival materials.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is a fine original etching and aquatint by American artist Gottlob L. Briem. This rare image is titled Empire State Building, N.Y.C.  It was created and printed circa 1930.  It is pencil signed and inscribed "to Elmerine (Finn) a Vermont artist with best wishes".  The image measures 14X9 inches,  printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is  a finely detailed  etching by British artist Stanley Badmin.  The title is Richmond Bridge, created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 50, this impression is 4/50.  The image measures 4 3/8X6 3/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil S.R. Badmin.  This image appears as number 24 in the Beetles catalog.  Published by the Twenty-One Gallery. Exhibited:Royal Academy ofArts, 1931. Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, 1932. Art Institute of Chicago, March - May, 1932. Illustrated: The Studio Nov. 1931,  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.

This is an original etching and aquatint by British artist Laura Knight.  The title is: Dressing Room no.2.  This pencil signed etching was created and printed in 1923 in an edition of 55 impressions.  The image measures 7X9 inches,  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  A very rich impression.

This is a fine hand colored etching by British artist Elyse Ashe Lord.  The title is Kite Flying, created and printed circa 1925.   This pencil signed impression was sold by Arthur Ackermann in New York.  This came to us in the original Asian style frame with the Ackermann label on the back.  The image measures 12 7/8X18 inches.  The overall frame measures 20X26 inches.  Very fine condition.  Printed on a thin Japan type sheet.

This is a fine award winning etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  The title is: Reflections at Finchingfield, it was created and printed in  1938.  From his English Series, this is the 2nd state of two, printed by David Strang in an edition of 100 as inscribed on the etching lower left also hand signed and dated in pencil lower right border.  This large etching measures 7 1/16X17 1/8 inches.  Found in the Fletcher catalog as image number 311.  This image won prices from the Chicago Society of Etchers, the Lotus Club and Northwest Printmakers.  One of his finest images with the  incredible reflection found in the pond below the buildings. ( our photo doesnt show a fraction of the image on the right side, this etching is overall complete with good borders all around.

This is a life time impression of the well known etching by Pierre Auguste Renoir, titled: Femme, Nue Couchee, Nude woman reclining facing right.  Created and printed in 1906, this impression done on a laid type sheet with the Fortuna watermark from the original printing.  The image measures 5 5/8X7 5/8 inches on a buff toned sheet.  Very fine condition.  Very light even toning over the image only, possibly as originally presented.  The image appears in the Melot catalog as image number R-14

Etching with drypoint, image size 9 1/4 x 11 1/2, 1934, edition of 40, pencil signed and numbered. This print is also in the MoMA collection.

This is a fine pencil signed etching by American artist John Sloan.  This image is titled: Bandit's Cave, created and  printed in 1920 as a presentation print for the New Republic Portfolio of six etchings.  The image measures 7X5 inches, very nice condition.  Printed in an edition of 500.  Morse 195.

This is a pencil signed, titled and numbered etching by American modernist artist Leonard Baskin.  The title is Distension, created and printed in 1969.  The sheet size measures 38X24 inches.  Numbered 30/115.  Printed on a heavy weight wove type sheet.  The image is also embossed in the sheet.  The image appears in the Baskin catalog as image number 522.

Aquatint, image size 10 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches, 1918, cat. Hardie-163, pencil signed. One of Short's largest aquatints, this scene depicts two fishermen on the Bure at Stokesby Ferry near Acle in Norfolk.

This is an original etching and aquatint by American artist Kerr Eby.  The subject is Eby's home which he named Driftway, in Westport Connecticut.  This etching is hand signed in pencil and has an image size of 8 3/8X15 3/8 inches.  Printed in an edition of 100 in 1939.  This image appears in the Giardina catalog as image number 196.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

This is a fine original etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The subject is, The Ferry House, The Cortlandt Steet Ferry from the Jersey City Side.  THis etching is hand signed in pencil, the image measures 12X10 inches, printed on an antique laid type sheet.  This was sold originally by Schwartz Galleries in New York.  This impressive etching is nicely framed with collectors annotations on the back,

This is a very highly detailed drypoint etching by American artist Walter Tittle, (1883-1966)  This large image, pencil signed measures 10 1/2X15 1/2 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet, annotated as "Gift of the Artist" lower right border.  Very fine condition, a very rich impression of this rare image.

This is a fine original ink and watercolor painting by American artist Louis Orr.  This view of a Paris Courtyard is signed and dated lower right, Louis Orr, Paris, 1919.  The work measures 19 1/2X12 1/2 inches.  Very nice condition, rich color.  This painting is framed.  Orr was one of the most famous American artists in France.  He worked as an illustrator for the French Army in World War I...His works are in the Louvre.