Recent Acquisitions

This painting is identified on the back, an oil on canvas adhered to an artist board.  It reads: "Sunset Off Cuba"  Painted by George Tu....?  August 1861.  The painting measures 8X11 inches.  Unsigned, in the original period frame.  

This is a fine collaboration between Kerr Eby and John Taylor Arms.  This image is titled; Medieval Pageantry, it was created and printed in 1933 in an edition of 100, 50 to Arms and 50 to Eby.  The image measures 12 5/8X8 5/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right by both artists.  This image appears in the Giardina catalog as image number 179.  The subject is Sainte Radegonde in Poitiers, France.  This etching was printed on an antique laid type sheet, cold toned.  Collectors stamps on the back of the sheet.

This is an original pencil signed and titled wood engraving by American artist Leo Meissner.  The title is: New England, Created circa 1940.  The image measures 6X9 inches.  Nicely framed with archival materials.

This is an original pencil signed etching by French artist Auguste Lepere.  The title is: Nivellement de la Place Maubert, (leveling of La Place Maubert) created and printed in 1890 in an edition of 30 of which this one is numbered as 14.  The image measures 6 3/8X6 1/4 inches. Printed on a buff toned laid type sheet.  Cat. LB 14.  Place Maubert is an open air market in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, near Notre Dame.

This is an original pencil signed etching by French artist Auguste Lepere.  The title is: Cite des Chiffonniers, (City of Rag Pickers) created and printed in 1895 in an edition of 30 proofs.  This is numbered as 2 of the 30.  The image measures 8 1/2X10 1/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  Cat. Lotz-Brissonneau 102.  From the collection of Georges Petitdidier.

This is an original oil on canvas painting, 19th century of a Lake View with Sailboat.  This work was created circa 1880.  The painting measures 6X8 inches housed in a fine 19th century gilt frame.  The overall frame measures 11X13 inches.  The canvas is laid to an artist board backing.  No apparent signature, but finely done.

This is an original etching with drypoint by French artist James Jacques Joseph Tissot.  Created and printed in 1883 this image is titled: Le Journal, The image measures 14 7/8X11 3/8.  Signed with the artist's red monogram stamp in the lower left border.  The sheet size measures 22X15 inches, deckeled edges on two sides.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet, inscribed as 6th state of 7.  Signed and dated in the plate lower right.  One of his finest Belle Epoque Parisian style.

This is an original etching by Swedish artist Anders Zorn.  The title is De Tva, created and printed in 1916.  Hand signed in pencil .Printed on a wove type sheet with the Van Gelder Zonen watermark.  The image measures 7 7/8X5 7/8 inches.  This image from his nude series is number 278 in the Hjeret catalog.

This is a fine original etching with aquatint by American artist Ronau William Woiceske.  This Winter image is titled: Silent Night, created and printed in 1935 in an edition of 60.  This impression is hand signed titled and editioned in pencil.  Printed on a medium weight Umbria Italia watermarked wove type sheet.  This image appears in the 1935 edition of Fine Prints of the Year.  A beautiful impression .

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.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Herman A.Webster.  The title is: Monte Caprino, created and printed in  1931.  The image measures 5 1/4X6 7/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.

This is a rare aquatint etching by American artist Philip Kappel.  The title is: Chatham Bar, Cape Cod, created and printed in  1926.  The image measures 7 7/8X9 3/4 inches.  Hand signed and titled in pencil in the lower border.  Kappel made a smaller copy of this subject many years later.  Printed on a buff toned wove type sheet.  Beautiful condition, matted not framed.

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)

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Charles E. Heil.  This work created for the Print Makers Society of California is titled: Black-Cap Chickadee.  Created and printed circa 1940 in an edition of 200.  The image measures 5 7/8X7 inches, printed with a warm toned ink, nicely framed with the Society information sheet that came with this etching.  Very nice condition.

Etching, image size 8 x 5 3/4 inches, pencil signed l.r. "Warren Davis" on wove paper. Davis studied at the Art Students League in New York and became known for his etchings of idealized female figures. Many were used on the covers of Vanity Fair and Life magazines. Later in his career Davis exhibited in Europe and the United States including the Pennsylvania Academy and the Salmagundi Club.