20th Century European Prints

Etching is 9 3/8 x 11 7/8 inches on 11 3/8 x 14 5/8 inch wove-type paper, printed by the artist. The work is pencil signed, c. 1910. The Church of St. Sophia, or "Sophienkirche", was the only gothic church in the whole city of Dresden. It was severely damaged in the Dresden bombing in 1945, and later destroyed completely in 1962 by the German Democratic Republic.
Menpes attended the School of Art in London in 1878 and started exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1880. He became a major figure in the etching revival, producing more than seven hundred different etchings and drypoints, which he usually printed himself. Menpes was taught etching by James McNeill Whistler and they lived together for some time.

Plate signed and dated 1920. Signed "Lumsden imp" indicating that the artist printed it himself. A skillfully done portrait with a rich drypoint burr. Plate measures 5 7/8 inches x 8 1/4 inches on 9 1/4 x 11 1/8 inch thin watermarked laid type paper. The subject is the Reverend Nathaniel Royds, the father-in-law of the artist.

This is an original pencil signed etching by British artist William Strang.  This self portrait was created and printed in 1910.  It is inscribed, 2nd state, 2 proofs.  The image measures 9 7/8X7 inches.  A fine rich impression, nice use of plate tone.  This is printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

Etching, image size 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, pencil signed l.l., plate initialed l.l., artist blindstamp l.r., very rare image, number one of 12 impressions, small repair in the image.

This lovely image of a young girl by the English printmaker Mortimer Menpes measures 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches and is pencil signed with an "imp" after his name indicating he was the printer. Etching and drypoint, dated 1882 in the plate. Menpes attended the School of Art in London in 1878 and started exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1880. He became a major figure in the etching revival, producing more than seven hundred different etchings and drypoints, which he usually printed himself.

This is a very fine impressionistic portrait of the Ballet Dancer Carrina Ari (1897-1970)  This etching was created and printed by German artist Ernest Oppler.  The image circa 1920 is pencil signed and numbered 79/120.  The image measures 9 3/8X6 inchesm printed on a laid type sheet, medium weight.  Oppler was a well known artist whose main subjects were the Ballet, Modern Dance and the Stage.

This is an original etching by Scottish artist David Young Cameron.  The title is Beauvais,  created and printed in 1910.  State X/X printed in an edition of 39, hand signed in pencil lower right.  Catalog Rinder 412.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.

William Walcot

1874-1943

British

This is a fine drypoint etching by British artist William Walcot 1874-1943.  The title is "The Mersey " it was created and printed in 1922 as part of his series titled "The Arteries of Great Britain.  The platemark  measures 4 3/4X13 inches.    Hand signed in pencil lower border.

Etching Dry-Point, image size 4 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches, Hardie 157, 1919, edition of 100, blind stamp, pencil signed.

William Walcot

1874-1943

British

This is a fine drypoint etching by British artist William Walcot 1874-1943.  The title is "The Thames " it was created and printed in 1922 as part of his series titled "The Arteries of Great Britain.  The platemark  measures 4 3/4X13 inches.    Hand signed in pencil lower border.

This is an original color etching and aquatint by Austrian artist Ferdinand-Karl Gold (1882-1981)  The title of this work is: Rast im Dorfe, Rest in the Village.  It was created and printed circa 1920.  Pencil signed and titled lower border.  The image measures 11 1/2X15 3/8 inches.

Pencil and plate signed in bottom right. Plate size measures 6 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches on 11 1/2 x 9 1/4 wove type paper. Featured in Fine Prints of the Year in 1927.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by Maurice de Vlaminck.  The title of this work is: Duhamel,Les Hommes Abandonnes, it was created and printed in 1927 as part of his Duhamel series.  This image measures 5 1/4X6 1/4 inches, printed on a wove type paper measuring 9 1/2X12 inches.  This image appears in the Flammarion catalog as image number 217.

Etching on laid-type paper, printed in brown-toned ink. Pencil signed in the lower right. C. 1925.
Image measures 9 3/4 x 7 inches, sheet size measures 15 x 12 inches.

This is an orignal etching by Scottish artist Ernest S. Lumsden.  The subject is: A Jodhpur Gate, part of his Indian series created and printed in 1913.  This pencil signed impression has an image size of 8 1/2X5 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Printed with a brown toned ink