Featured Artwork

This is a beautiful color etching and aquatint by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir.  The title is "Vienna Opera House". It was created and printed in 1922.  It is dated in the plate, "October 1922".  The image is large measuring 18 1/2X15 3/4 inches.  Very nice condition, a rich impression.

This is an original drypoint etching by American artist Lawrence Kupferman.  It is titled: "Abandoned House", it was created and printed in 1939, this is editioned as 5/100.  The image measures 10 1/2X12 inches.  It is pencil signed and titled in the lower border

This is one of the finest etchings by American artist George Elbert Burr.  The title of this work is: High Street, Oxford, circa 1900 when he and his wife spent time touring europe.  A wonderful impression of a rainy night in the city.  Richly inked, pencil signed and titled in the lower border.  The image measures 10X12 inches.  Framed.

This is a fine dry point etching by British artist Sir William Russell Flint.  The title is: "A Dwelling in Aragon", it was created and printed in 1929 in an edition of 75.  This is hand signed in sepia ink, editioned as XXVII and inscribed as printed on Whatman 1874 antique laid type paper.  The image measures 8 3/4X13 1/2 inches.  Fine use of plate tone in the sky, a rich impression.

This is a rare trial proof etching and sandpaper ground by American artist Kerr Eby.  The title is: Island Winter, this was created and printed in 1941.  This is the rare first state of the later published etching, the image measures 9 9/16X15 3/16.  This scene was most likely Connecticut or Maine.  It appears in the Giardina Catalog as image number 204.  The later published edition numbered 100.  This is a unique proof.

This is an etching and aquatint by French artist Louis Legrand.  The title is: On se Tourne, One Turn Around.  It was created and printed in 1893 from his series of 12 etchings titled: Les Petites du Ballet, published by Gustave Pellet in Paris.  The etching measures 14 1/2X8 1/2 inches.  The etching is titled in the plate and hand signed lower border in pencil.  This impression is from the final state of 5.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

"Brixham Trawlers" by Arthur Briscoe measures 5 3/8 x 13 7/8 inches, published in 1929 in an edition of 75. Printed in sepia toned ink on Whatman laid paper, it is ink signed and numbered and also plate signed, dated and titled. Briscoe is known as the finest marine etcher of the 20th. century. He owned his own three ton cutter which he used to sail around the Essex coast. Also crewing on a Polish ship, he sketched every aspect of life on the boat. He studied at the Slade Art School and the Academy Julian in Paris. His name became internationally renowned when his works sold to the New York market. 

This is an original drypoint etching by British artist William Lee Hankey.  The title is: Minding the Flock.  This etching created and printed circa 1920 is hand signed in pencil by the artist.  A large etching measuring 14X11 1/2 inches.Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Fine use of the sunlight and shadow in this beautiful composition.

This is a fine original etching by British artist Robert S. Austin.  The title is: The Stone Breaker, created and printed in 1925.  The image measures 4 1/8X5 5/16 inches. This impression printed on a tan laid paper with a rams head watermark.  Very fine condition, hand signed in pencil.  Illustrated in the Modern Masters quarterly 1929 published by Salaman.

This is an original lino cut by American artist Albert Abramovitz.  This work untitled is of two Masons laying brick.  The image measures 12X9 1/4 inches.  Pencil signed lower right border printed on a wove type buff toned sheet.  This image is likely from his Moscow, Work at night series showing the construction of their Subway system.

This is an original woodblock print by American artist Albert Abramovitz.  The subject is the construction of the Moscow subway. Circa 1935.  Printed in a small edition. This image pencil signed and titled measures 7 5/8X6 3/8 inches.  Printed on a thin Japan type paper.

This is an original pen and ink illustration for the Oscar Wilde story, The Happy Prince.  This image is signed, E. Shinn and dated 1940.  This book was   Published by the Literary Guild of American Inc. in 1940.  This work done on illustration board, the board measures 15X12 inches. 

This is one of the largest etched plates by French artist Maxime Lalanne, created in 1881, the title of this work is: Souvenir d'un Port Trouville, Calvados.  It is the second state of three with the sailboat remarque lower left and a rare pencil signature lower in the right hand border area.  The image measures 10X15 3/4 inches.  Richly printed on a medium weight simi parchment like paper.  The sheet size measures 15 3/4X19 1/2 inches.

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros.  The title is Le Tonnelier, created and printed circa 1880, the image measures 7 1/2X13 3/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right.  Printed on a medium weight watermarked , laid type paper. catalogue raisonne: Bliss 520.  Printed in only this state.

This is a fine original color aquatint etching by Austrian artist TAVIK FRANTIŠEK ŠIMON  .  The title is: Petite Pont, it was created and printed in 1926, hand signed in pencil lower border. Copyright information at the upper left edge of the sheet.  Published by Soc. Graveurs Modernes in Paris.  The edition was 350 signed impressions.  The image measures 13 1/8X15 inches.  A fine rich impression, subtle coloration.  This image is found in the Novak catalog as image AP2 from 1926.