20th Century American Prints

This is an original woodblock print by Latvian American artist Isac Friedlander. The title of this work is: "Under the Arch", it was created and printed in 1937. This image is editioned as 1/10, a very rare image. It is hand signed titiled and editioned in pencil in the lower margin. The image mesures 9X8 1/4 inches, printed on a handmade japan type paper. Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Latvia. In 1912 he went to Italy where he met and worked with Russian artist Maxim Gorky. During this period he also received his only art training, studying etching, drawing and relief printing at the Academy of Rome. In 1937, he emigrated to New York where he worked full time as an artist until his death. He is best known for his woodcuts and etchings, and many museums have works by the artist, including the Smithsonian, Bibliotheque Nationale, and the Brooklyn Museum.

This is a fine color woodblock print by American artist Helen Hyde.  The title is: A Day in June.  The image was created and printed in 1910.  The image measures 14 1/2X6 1/2 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right.  This image appears as the cover on the Helen Hyde catalog as published by the Smithsonian Institution Press in 1991.     Helen Hyde traveled to Japan in 1889.  In Japan, Helen Hyde learned the Japanese woodblock printing techniques from masters such as Emil Orlik, a European living in Japan. Hyde resided in Japan from 1903 through 1913 and refined color woodblock printing to a fine art. During this time, Hyde also traveled extensively to China, India, and Mexico.  Slight toning to the sheet, a thin Japan type paper.  A fine example of Hyde's Japanese work.

This is an original etching by American artist Gottlob L. Briem (1899-1972)) The title of this work is :Wall Street, N.Y.C." It was created and printed in 1930 in an edition of 100. The image mesres 13 15/16X8 15/16 inches. It is hand signed in pencil lower right.

This is a fine atmospheric etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The subject is: Caissons on Vesey Street, N.Y.  This image was created and printed in 1924, in an edition of 75, pencil signed, also with a collectors name at the upper edge of the sheet.  Printed on an antique laid type paper. The image measures 13 3/4X9 1/8 inches.  THis subject was the construction of the New York Telephone building, The Barclay Vesey building.  The image is in the Wuerth catalog as image number 854.

A powerful original woodblock print by American artist Isac Friedlander. The title of this work is "Entangled", it was created and printed in 1935 and is editioned as 13/50.
The image measures 13X8 7/8 inches. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper with partial watermark. One of this artists most expressive depiction of War.
Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Latvia. In 1912 he went to Italy where he met and worked with Russian artist Maxim Gorky. During this period he also received his only art training, studying etching, drawing and relief printing at the Academy of Rome. In 1937, he emigrated to New York where he worked full time as an artist until his death. He is best known for his woodcuts and etchings, and many museums have works by the artist, including the Smithsonian, Bibliotheque Nationale, and the Brooklyn Museum.

This is an original hand signed etching by American artist Isac Friedlander. The title of this work is "Aftermath" alt. "Outcasts", this etching was created and printed in 1944.
This etching was created in an edition of 30 signed proofs, this one is inscribed as "Trial Proof #2", the image measures 14X11 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper. The artist's view of the aftermath of war in Europe.
Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Mitau, Latvia. He was arrested in 1906 and imprisoned by Russian authorities for anti- Czarist Political activities from 1906 to 1912. He studied art at the Academy of Rome, Italy from 1913 until 1917. He was a friend of Russian writer Maxim Gorky. Friedlander began his printing career in 1915. In 1917 he repatriated to Russia during the Kerensky regime, but in 1929 Friedlander immigrated to the US with the encouragement of his cousin Joseph Hirshhorn.

1983, 18 1/2 x 28", pencil signed lower right

This is an original pencil signed etching of New York City by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Trinity Church from the River, 1904.  The image measures 11 3/4X8 3/8 inches.  Printed in an edition of 25.  This image appears in the Kennedy Catalog as image number 324...  This etching was last sold by Kennedy Galleries in New York in 1920.  This image is the 2nd state with some changes mostly in the dramatic sky.

Etching, image size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches, 1915, cat. Wuerth-678, pencil signed lower right

Etching, image size 8 13/16 x 11 7/8 inches, Wuerth 807, printed on Arches wove paper, plate signed "JPennell 1923" pencil signed "J Pennell" l.c., private plate, etched for the Brooklyn Edison Co.

This is an original wood engraving by Latvian-American artist Isac Friedlander.  The title of this work is Exodus, it was created and printed in 1931.  Pencil signed this image measures 9 1/4X12 inches.

Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Latvia. In 1912 he went to Italy where he met and worked with Russian artist Maxim Gorky. During this period he also received his only art training, studying etching, drawing and relief printing at the Academy of Rome. In 1937, he emigrated to New York where he worked full time as an artist until his death. He is best known for his woodcuts and etchings, and many museums have works by the artist, including the Smithsonian, Bibliotheque Nationale, and the Brooklyn Museum.

This is an original etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title of this etching is "Madison Avenue" also known as "Rebuilding Madison Avenue".  This etching was created and printed in 1923 in an edition of 50 impressions.  This proof is hand signed in pencil by the artist with the "imp" after his name meaning that he printed this impression himself.  It is printed on an antique laid type paper.  The image measures 12X9 1/8 inches.  The image appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 811.

This is a rare lithograph by American artist Ture Bengtz.  The title is "Cocoon", it is the third state of three.  The subject is a man napping on a bench in the Boston Common.  The image is pencil signed lower border and numbered as 20.  The image measures 11X16 3/4 inches. The Boston statehouse in the  far distance.

A rare working proof by American sporting artist Frank Benson, this etching measures 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches, published in 1922, cat: Ordeman-165, proof C-2, pencil signed below the image, titled "Black Ducks No 2" and inscribed "C-2" in the lower margin. Frank Benson was a very successful painter and a member of "The Ten" along with Childe Hassam and J. Alden Weir, before he began the sporting paintings and etchings for which he is most widely known. He was a founding member of the Boston Guild of Artists and a long time teacher at the Museum School in Boston.

Framed 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inch lithograph in 18 1/2 x 15 inch frame. Pencil signed in the lower right and dated 1935. Print is number 19 in an edition of 50.