20th Century European Prints

This is an original lithograph by German artist Alfred Partikel.  It is a view of women working in the field.  This lithograph is hand signed in pencil, the image measures 8 3/4X12 1/2 inches.  Printed circa 1910, it is numbered as 7/15.  Printed on a brown toned wove type paper.

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 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.

"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 a fine original pencil signed etching by British artist Chares F. Tunnicliffe.  The image of men repairing the thatched roof is titled: The New Rick.  It was created and printed in an edition of 75 in 1927.  The image measures 8X10 inches.  Hand signed and numbered in pencil 2/75.  A fine image by this important British artist and printmaker.

Etching, image size 6 7/8 X 4 7/8 inches, 1919, edition of 100, Hardie 169, artist's blindstamp, pencil signed.

This is a fine pencil signed drypoint etching by British artist Edmund Blampied, The title is: Morning Gossip, created in Jersey, in 1928 in an edition of 100.  This one is numbered as 93/100.  The image measures 8 7/8 X12 1/2 inches.  Morning Gossip is one of the best known of all of Edmund Blampied’s famous Jersey scenes, portraying the social side of everyday peasant life as remembered from his youth. (Campbell)

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 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 an original drypoint etching by British artist Edmund Blampied, created and printed in 1920 the title of this work is: "Soup", showing laborers at dinner.  The image measures 9X8 1/8 inches.  Printed in an edition of 100.  This impression is hand signed in pencil in the lower  border. This image was illustrated in Print Collector's Quarterly in 1926.

Etching, image size 8 3/4 x 7 1/4 inches, 1923, subsequent to Hardie, edition of 100, pencil signed, artist blindstamp. We have two impressions of this print in our inventory.

Etching, image size 7 7/8 x 10 inches, pencil signed l.l. This work is also know as "Boulevard de la Villette"

This is an original color aquatint etching by French artist Manuel Robbe.  This image is titled: Maquillage, (making up)  It was created and printed in  1904.  It has the French publishers blindstamp lower right corner of the sheet.  This impression is hand signed in pencil lower right border.  The image measures 16 7/16X12 7/8 inches.  The image appears in the Perussaux catalog as image number 130.

A fine detailed etching by British printmaker, William Lionel Wyllie. Created c. 1915, it measures 6 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches and is pencil signed on the l.l. This is a great image of yacht racing in the Solent, where Cowes Week is an annual sailing event. Wyllie was a well known marine painter and printmaker, studying at the Heatherley School of Fine Art and then at the at the Royal Academy. At the age of 18, Wyllie won the Turner Gold Medal for his painting "Dawn After A Storm". He went on to have a long artistic career, specializing in paintings and etchings of the sea and the city of London.

This is an atmospheric original etching by British Marine artist and Lieutenant-Commander of the Royal Navy, Rowland Langmaid. Etching with drypoint, image size 5 5/8 x 8 inches, c. 1930, pencil signed and titled. A beautiful image of the silhouette of Big Ben rising above the busy Thames River.