Dorsey Potter Tyson

This is an original color drypoint etching by American artist Dorsey Potter Tyson (1891-1969)  The title is Peacock Fan, it was created and printed in 1929 in an edition 96/100.  This etching is hand signed in pencil and also signed and dated in the plate.  The image measures 11X8 7/8 inches.  Very fine condition printed on a light weight japan type paper.  "The American printmaker Dorsey Potter Tyson was born in Maryland; however, much of D.P.Tyson’s market was in England. His prints sold alongside those of the Elyse Ashe Lord, riding on the wave of popularity for the Art Deco style which was in vogue at the time. Like Elyse Lord, Dorsey Potter Tyson drew his inspiration from a wide range of oriental sources and like Lord, his art was essentially decorative in nature." (Campbell)

This is an original color etching by American artist Dorsey Potter Tyson.  The title is: The North Gate.  It is hand signed in pencil and numbered as 58/100.  The image measures 7 7/8X5 3/4 inches.  Framed. "Dorsey Potter Tyson's highly decorative original colour prints appear, at first glance, to be colour printed etchings, which have then been extensively coloured by hand. They are in fact, the result of skilful colour printing alone, using a technique which effectively combines the printing of a normal etching simultaneously with that of printing a monotype. The lines of the etched design, which compose the basic image art inked with black printer's ink, and the surface of the plate is then cleaned in the manner used for printing a normal monochrome etching. Thick, coloured printer’s inks are then painted onto the surface of the plate using a brush as though painting a plate for a monotype printing; the proof is then printed at one pull through the press. This is a very time-consuming method of colour printmaking" (Campbell)

This is an original color etching by American artist Dorsey Tyson.  It is titled: A Chinese Gong, it was created and printed in 1929..  The image measures 8X6 inches.  It is pencil signed, dated and numbered 19/100 in pencil in the lower border.  Matted not framed.

This is a very fine original hand colored drypoint etching by American artist Dorsey Potter Tyson.  The title is: Dragon Boat Festival, this etching was created and printed in 1929 in an edition of 100, this one is numbered as 42/100.  This pencil signed etching measures an image of 11 7/8X9 7/8 inches.  It is nicely framed in an orientalist frame with french matting.

This is a fine hand colored etching by American artist Dorsey Potter Tyson.  This study of a Musician is pencil signed and has an image size of  8X6 inches.  Very nicely framed with an orientalist style frame with French matting.