This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Don Freeman. One of his State series, this image measures 9 5/8X11 7/8 inches. Hand signed in pencil. This lithograph was printed in an edition of 85. A fine back stage view of the stage hands, some at Pinochle, while "up in the Fly loft, the curtain always comes down to the split second." This image appears in the Freeman catalog as image number 97.
This is a fine drypoint etching by American artist Frank Benson. It is titled: Canada River, created and printed in 1920 in an edition of 150, printed on Hodamura paper The image measures 6X7 1/2 inches, hand signed in pencil lower border. This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 179. A fine impression, nicely framed.
This is an original pencil signed color aquatint etching by Austrian artist Tavik F. Simon. The title of this work is: Saint Nicholas Market in Staromestske Namesti, which was part of his Prague series, created and printed in 1916. The edition was 225 impressions. Printed on a medium weight arches watermarked wove type paper. The image measures 12 5/8X15 1/2 inches. Very fine condition. This image appears in the Novak catalog as image number 268.
This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Frank Benson. The title is: Widgeon Rising, created and printed in 1920 in an edition of 150. The image measures 11 3/8X7 3/8 inches. This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 172. Nice use of plate tone in the sky and land.
This is a fine aquatint etching by British artist Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) The subject is Pavlova in her role as a Grecian Dancer. It was created and printed in 1923 in an edition of 55. This etching is pencil signed and inscribed "print 2"..The image mesures 9 7/8X 6 7/8 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.
This is an original wood block print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie. This image is titled: In The Woods, created and printed circa 1945. This woodblock is hand signed and titled in pencil in the lower border. The image measures 9 1/2X7 1/2 inches.
Albert Huie (1920-2010) was a seminal figure in the formation and development of a national Jamaican artistic identity, overcoming the hurdles of a colonial-based system of race and class distinctions to become the first native-born Jamaican artist to attain international renown and respect. Working primarily in the areas of landscape, portraiture, and figurative art, he established a multiple award-winning career that spanned seven decades and earned him the title of “the Father of Jamaican Painting.”
Etching, image size 7 1/4 x 13 5/8 inches, 1860, cat: Melot- D.95, framed. Provenance: Frederick Keppel & Co.
This is a fine large etching by French artist Alphonse Legros. The title is; Le Retour du Bois (Return from the Woods), Created circa 1880's. This was part of his series known as Death and the Wood cutter. This pencil signed impression measures 9 1/4X14 inches. Legros was a well known founder of the etching revival in France. This is one of his largest compositions. This image is in the collections of many museums through out the world. The catalog listing is Bliss 565. Printed on a medium weight laid type paper with partial watermark.
This is a very fine original etching and drypoint by British artist Sir Francis Seymour Haden. The title of this work is "On the Test", state VI/VIII. This etching was created in 1859 and its subject is one of the famous Trout streams in Hampshire. The image measures 5 15/16X 8 15/16 inches, pencil signed lower right and also signed in the plate. This appears in the Schneiderman catalog as image number 24.
This is a very richly inked original etching by French artist Albert Besnard. The image size is 11 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches, published in 1887 in an edition of fewer than 100 impressions, cat: Coppier- 63, pencil signed. Besnard studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and for the beginning of his artistic career concentrated on a very academic style of painting and composition, before adopting a more impressionistic approach of portraying light and color; later he went to England to study portraiture with Thomas Gainesborough and Joshua Reynolds.
This is an original etching by Belgium artist Jules DeBruycker. It is titled Ruelle Gand. It was created and printed in 1906. Hand signed and titled in pencil. The image measures 13 1/2X5 1/2 inches. Printed on a medium weight laid type paper. Van Gelder watermark.
Lithograph, image size 21 1/4 x 14 3/8 inches, c. 1920, edition of 50, pencil signed, framed.
This is a fine atmospheric etching by British artist Frank Short, the title is: The Old Chelsea Bridge and Church, by the RIver Thames, it was created and printed in 1884. Hand signed in pencil the image measures 6 5/8X14 1/8 inches. Printed in brown ink on a heavy weight wove type sheet.
This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Lawrence Kupferman. The title of this work is:
"Victorian Carriage House". This etching was created and printed in 1939 and is editioned as 13/100. The etching is signed and titled in the lower border, the image measures 9 3/4X11 5/8 inches.
This is a hand colored etching by French artist Auguste Louis Lepere. The title in the plate is Sur La Seine,88. Hand signed lower right in pencil. The image measures 9 1/2X12 1/2 inches. Printed on an "M.B.M." watermarked laid paper. The upper border is 1/4 inches wide, just enough for proper presentation A very rich inking and fine use of coloration after the etching was printed. "It’s 1888 and Paris readies itself for the Exposition Universelle, a spectacular world’s fair staged the following year for the centennial of the French Revolution, which overthrew the monarchy in 1789. The centerpiece would be the Eiffel Tower, under construction on the far side of the River Seine" (Minneapolis Institute of Art)
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