Recent Acquisitions

This is an original etching by American artist Gottlob Briem 1899-1972.  The subject titled is: Tenement, Pittsfield, Vermont.  This etching created and printed circa 1940 has an image area of 5X11 1/4 inches, hand signed and titled in pencil printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Extensive use of plate tone in the sky and land.  This etching was given to the former owner by the artist in Vermont.

This is a fine original etching and aquatint by American artist Gottlob L. Briem. This rare image is titled Empire State Building, N.Y.C.  It was created and printed circa 1930.  It is pencil signed and inscribed "to Elmerine (Finn) a Vermont artist with best wishes".  The image measures 14X9 inches,  printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original drypoint etching by American artist Gottlob L. Briem.  The title of this work was : Base of the Chrysler Building, New York, It was created and printed circa 1930, pencil signed and titled in the lower border, the image measures 14 5/8X10 3/16 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

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.

This is a fine orignal etching by American artist Stephen Parrish.  The title is: Gloucester Ferry, this etching was created and printed in  1881.  The image is pencil signed lower right border, the image measures 9 3/8X14 5/8 inches.  This image appears in the Schneider catalog as image number 47.  Nice use of plate tone in the sea and sky.  

This is an original color aquatint  etching  by French artist Manuel Robbe.  The title of this work is: Nocturne, (ou Le Flirt), The image measures 13 5/8X17 3/8 inches.  It is signed lower left by hand within the image.  This image appears in the Michael catalog as image number 35, created and printed in 1906 in an edition of 100.  Nicely framed with archival materials.

This is a fine original aquatint etching by French artist Manuel Robbe.  The title is: Le Manege (The Merry-Go-Round)  it was created and printed in 1905.  The image measures 16 1/2X23 1/2 inches.  Hand signed within the image area upper left.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  This image appears in the Michael catalog as image number 129.

This is a fine drypoint etching by French artist Eugene Delatre.  The title is petit perron  (small porch)  It was created and printed circa 1910, pencil signed and numbered as 30/40.  The image measures 8 1/2X 9 1/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  A very nice impression with extensive use of plate tone throughout the composition.

This is an original pencil signed and titled drypoint etching by French artist Edgar Chahine.  The title of this work is Nina, Venise it was created and printed in 1923.  This imagre appears in the Tabanelli catalog as image number 368.  A fine impression printed on a toned chine-colle adhered to a thicker supporting sheet.  The image measures 12 1/4X8 1/4 inches.

This is an original color etching by Austrian artist Tavik F. Simon (1877-1942)  The title of this work is: Flower Girl , Paris, it was created and printed in an edition of 300 by Estampe Moderne, Paris in 1925.   The image measures 11 1/2X14 1/2 inches.  hand signed and numbered 67 in pencil in the lower border.  This image appears in the Novak catalog as image number 420...

This is a fine line engraving by French artist Jean Emile Laboureur.  The title of this work is Le Retour de la Peche.  Created and printed circa 1920's this image measures 4 X 3/3/4 inches.  Hand signed and numbered in pencil in the lower border. 27/55.    Though Laboureur was initially inspired by Lautrec and the Primitivism of Paul Gaugin, he is considered to be the first printmaker to be strongly influenced Cubism. By the end of World War I, the artist had gained wide acclaim as a book designer and illustrator. The artist died on June 16, 1943 in Pénestin, France.

This is a fine line engraving by French artist Jean Emile  Laboureur.  The title of this work is La Photographe, it was created and printed in 1923.  This impression is numbered 40/55.  The image measures 4 3/4X3 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Hand signed in pencil lower left border.   Though Laboureur was initially inspired by Lautrec and the Primitivism of Paul Gaugin, he is considered to be the first printmaker to be strongly influenced Cubism. By the end of World War I, the artist had gained wide acclaim as a book designer and illustrator. The artist died on June 16, 1943 in Pénestin, France

This is a dramatic painting by Boston artist Clement Drew.  This image is Identified on the back, Steamship Nantasket in the Tornado, June 16th 1879.  This painting was created and signed C. Drew lower right corner.  This oil on canvas measures 14X22 inches.  The painting has been laid down onto a board, the restorer transposed the writing on the back of the canvas to a backing canvas.  The painting is in a fine gilt frame.  This is a very dramatic study of a sidewheeler in trouble, caught in a storm.   Some cracking to the paint at the lower inch of the composition.  Clement Drew was an artist and "dealer in picture-frames" in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century. He specialized in marine paintings. He kept a studio on Court Street and Tremont Street, in Boston in the mid 19th century..

This is a large woodblock print by American artist Jacob Landau.  The title is Horses and Men.  This woodblock on rice paper measures 20X24 inches. It is pencil signed, titled and inscribed as T/P in the lower border.  This rare image comes on a sheet size of 24X30 inches.

This is a fine original colored drypoint etching by American artist Mathilde J. DE CORDOBA.  This image of a young girl showing off her new ballet slippers.  The image measures 14 1/2X10 1/2 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right border. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Mathilde De Cordoba (1882 – 1944) was an American painter and printmaker known for her child portraits. De Cordoba produced prints for the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Her work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Print Collection of The New York Public Library.