Etchings

Salvadore Rosa

This is an original etching by Leonard Baskin of the Italian Baroque artist and poet Salvadore Rosa. The plate size is 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches, published in c. 1964 in edition of 50, cat: Fern & O'Sullivan- 482, pencil signed and numbered.

Typhoon, The Burst Topsail

This dramatic scene by Arthur Brisco measures 8 x 11 3/4 inches and is ink signed and numbered. Published in 1924 on laid paper, cat: Hurst-94, framed. Briscoe was one of the finest marine artists' of the 20th. century. He studied at the Slade Art School and the Academy Julian in Paris and then spent the rest of his time sailing. 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. Most of Briscoe's etchings show sailing ships and the men who sailed them.

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