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This is a fine original etching of NYC by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Lower Broadway, NYC, it was created and printed in 1904.  Pencil signed, this image measures 11 7/8X7 3/4 inches.  Nice use of plate tone in the composition, a fine impression in good original condition.  Once give to the "Friends of the Library in 1952"

$600.00

 This image is from the series, The Panama Canal, created by American artist Joseph Pennell, the title of this work is: The City of Panama from the Tivoli Hotel, Ancon Hill, created and printed in 1912.  The image measures 22X17 inches on a sheet size of 25 1/2X20 1/2 inches.  Printed on a Fabiano watermarked laid type paper.Wuerth cat. number 242.

$600.00

This is a fine original drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros.  The title is: Coin d'u bois  (Corner of the Wood), created circa 1890.  This pencil signed image measures 11 7/16X8 7/8 inches.  It is printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  It appears in the Bliss catalog as image number 229.

$600.00

This is a fine drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros, the title is: Le Jardinier (The Gardener).  This image appears in the Bliss catalog as image number 554.  This pencil signed impression measures 6 7/8X10 1/4 inches, printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

$600.00

This is an original woodblock print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie.  This image titled, Monday Morning was created and printed mid 1940's.  It is hand signed and titled in pencil.  The image measures 9 1/2X7 1/4 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.” 

 

$600.00

This is an original hand signed and titled wood block print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie.  This work created and printed circa mid-1940's has an image size of 9 1/2X6 3/4 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.” 

 

$600.00

This is an original hand signed and titled wood block print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie.  The title is: Market Women, created and printed circa mid -1940's.  The image measures 9 1/2X7 1/4 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.” 

 

$600.00

Etching, image size: 12 3/4 x 10 5/16 inches, pencil signed

$595.00

Etching, image size 11 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches, plate signed, inscribed "etched by Mielatz"

$595.00

This is a beautiful, intimate portrait of a Depression-era worker by Albert Abramovitz. Linocut, image size 7 x 4 1/2 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Abramovitz was known for his dramatic images with sharp social commentary, many portraying the hardships of daily life for working class people in both America and Russia. Born in Latvia, Abramovitz studied at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and the Grande Chaumiere in Paris. While in Paris he was a member and juror of the Paris Salon, and won the Grand Prize at the Universal Exposition in Rome and Turin, Italy. In the 1920s Abramovitz emigrated to America, first the west coast then settled in New York City where he lived for the rest of his life. He created a number of prints for the WPA, and his work was included in exhibitions by the Union of American Artists, the American Artist's Congress, the ACA Gallery and the National Academy of Design.

$595.00

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth  The title is: My House, Rockport, Massachusetts.  Created and printed in 1977 in an edition of 50.  The image measures 9 3/16X11 15/16 inches. Nicely framed with archival boards.  Last sold by Abigail Furey, the label is on the back of the frame.

$595.00

Watercolor, image size 14 x 10 1/8 inches, dated 1885 and signed Geo. C. Bell

$575.00

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Kerr Eby. The title of this work is: "A Connecticut Valley", it was created and printed in 1935 in an edition of 100.
The scene shows one of Connecticut's covered bridges in snow. The image measures 7 11/16X15 3/8 inches. It appears in the Giardina catalog as image number 184.
Fine use of skim coating of ink to show the tone of the sky.

$575.00

This is a very rare pencil signed etching by Sir Francis Seymour Haden; it is an early proof, from before the edition published in Hamerton's 1880 'Etching and Etchers'. The image size is 5 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches, 1877, cat: Schneiderman-161, plate signed and dated, pencil signed, a very rich impression on a laid type paper, framed. Sir Francis Seymour Haden was one of the most important British etchers of the 19th century, along with his brother in law James Whistler. In addition to being a highly regarded artist he was a successful surgeon, accomplished author and dedicated angler. He was a founder and the first president of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and was knighted in 1894. Haden created a number of remarkable etchings featuring scenes of fishing in the British countryside, of which this is one of his finest.

$575.00

This is a very fine impression of the etching titled: Boston Stump, created and printed by American artist Harold Kerr Eby in 1925.  The subject is the tower of St. Botolph's Church in Boston, England.   This etching printed in an edition of 90 has an image size of 14 1/8X9 3/8 inches.  It is pencil signed lower right and has the 'imp" after his name meaning that he printed this impression himself.  This etching is in a fine Frame using archival materials.

$575.00