Recent Acquisitions

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Paul Cesar Helleu.  It is identified as Elegante au Chapeau, created and printed C. 1900 in a small edition.  The image measures 15 3/4X11 1/8 inches. Twice  signed in pencil lower left border and lower left within the platemark.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper with the Helleu watermark. Richly inked burr still evident.  

This is a fine etching by American artist Arthur Heintzelman.  The title is: L'Effeuilleuse, it was created and printed in 1933.  This image is pencil signed by the artist and inscribed as Artists Proof.  The image measures 11 1/2X9 1/2 inches.  It appears in the Heinzelman catalog as image number 187.  It was published in an edition of 30..

This is an original wood engraving by British artist Bernard Sleigh,  This image is titled: Piers Plowman, created and printed in 1904.  This image done in two colors, chiaroscuro, has an image size of 8X15 inches, plate signed only lower right.

This is a fine and rare etching by American artist Otto H. Bacher.  The title of this pencil signed impression is: Venice, Shipping and the Ducal Palace, This etching was created and printed in 1880.  Bacher along with a group of pupils of Frank Duveneck followed him to Florance and Venice to be with him for the summer.  It was there that Bacher met and worked with Whistler.  The image measures 4 1/2X 12 3/8 inches.  Printed on an early wove type sheet with a E.E. C. watermark.

This is a fine drypoint etching by American artist Samuel Chamberlain.  The title is: Stonington Sunset,  it was created and printed in  March 1936, this pencil signed and numbered: 45/100 and is also inscribed to "Bill and Kathie Best Wishes" in the lower left border, the image measures 9 7/8X14 5/8 inches.  This image appears in the Chamberlain catalog as image number 124.  Nicely framed with archival matting...

This is an original color etching and aquatint by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir. The scene is the New York Public Library done circa 1930.  This pencil signed etching has an image size of 17 5/8X11 7/8 inches.  Nicely presented in the original frame.

This is a fine original color etching by Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir.  The scene is the New York Stock Exchange, created and printed circa 1932.  This image is hand signed in pencil and numbered 29/100.  The image measures 17 1/4X10 5/8 inches.  This etching is nicely framed with the early label from J. Assenheim in New York.

This is a very fine original drypoint etching by French Impressionist Berthe Morisot.  This etching created and printed in 1889 is the second state of two.  Printed on wove type paper this is a fine impression prior to the later impressions where the cancellation holes were filled.  The image measures 7 1/2X5 1/2 inches.  Unsigned as issued, nicely framed, in fine condition.  A rich impression.  A fine image of Berthe Morisot   drawing with her daughter...

This is a fine original etching by American Ex Pat, Mary Cassatt.  The title is: Looking into the Hand Mirror, No. 3.  It was created and printed in 1905, done in drypoint on an antique thin laid type paper, unsigned as typical of this image.  The image measures 8 3/4X5 1/4 inches.  This image appears in the Breeskin catalog as image number 202.  Very light toning to the sheet, some imperfections in the paper from when it was produced, unobtrusive .  A fine impression of this well known image.  "Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker. She was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, but lived much of her adult life in France, where she befriended Edgar Degas and exhibited with the Impressionists. "

This is a fine pencil signed lithograph by French impressionist Edmond Francois Aman-Jean.  This image measures 13 3/8X14 5/8 inches.  Very fine condition, printed on a wove type paper.  The subject is Mile Moreno  who played in  the Comedie Francaise show this image was created and printed in  1898

This is a fine hand colored etching by American artist Dorsey Potter Tyson.  This study of a Musician is pencil signed and has an image size of  8X6 inches.  Very nicely framed with an orientalist style frame with French matting.

This is a very fine original hand colored drypoint etching by American artist Dorsey Potter Tyson.  The title is: Dragon Boat Festival, this etching was created and printed in 1929 in an edition of 100, this one is numbered as 42/100.  This pencil signed etching measures an image of 11 7/8X9 7/8 inches.  It is nicely framed in an orientalist frame with french matting.

This is an original etching by Austrian artist T.F. Simon.  The title Breton Fish Saleswoman was created and printed in 1912.  The image measures 8X9 1/2 inches.  Hand signed in pencil.  This impression is number 32 from the edition of 150.  The image appears in the Novak catalog as image number 191

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist William S. Schwartz.  The title is: Portrait of the Artist's Wife and her Grandfather.  THis lithograph was created and printed in 1929.  The image measures 21 1/4X16 5/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower left and also signed within the plate.  William S. Schwartz was born in Smorgon, Russia, February 23, 1896.  He immigrated to the USA at the age of 17 and became a successful artist moving to Chicago and studying at the Art Institute.

This is a fine drypoint etching by British artist David Muirhead Bone.  The title is: The Jetty, Gorleston, created and printed in 1934 in an edition of 99.  The image measures 6 7/8X10 15/16 inches.  "Gorleston-on-Sea is located on the Norfolk Coast near Lowestoft."  This etching is hand signed in pencil and is nicely framed.