20th Century American Prints

This is an original etching with drypoint by American artist Franklin Whiting.  This image is of Napoleon Bridge, in Paris,created and printed in 1947.  A hand signed impression that measures 8 5/8X12 1/4 inches.  
Frank P. Whiting  A twentieth century American architect and etcher, Frank Whiting studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and then worked and studied under Ernest Flagg. During his career, Frank P. Whiting designed such buildings as the Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, N. Y., the Burton Art Gallery, Bideford, and a number of colonial style homes in the United States. Frank Whiting lived and worked in both New York City and Cooperstown.

This Melvin Wire etching measures 7 3/4 x 9 7/8 inches and is pencil signed and titled. Wire was a landscape impressionist creating over 30 etchings of abandoned barns and unpopulated landscapes. Belonging to no organized group of painters, Wire was a solitary figure using impressionist style to express his feelings about the land he loved.

Lithograph,10x13,pencil signed

Woodblock, image size 4 x 6 1/2 inches, 1937, initialed in the plate, pencil signed and dated. As is typical with this artist, he hand signed and dated his images on the paper window mat rather than the sheet itself.

Woodblock, image size 4 x 6 inches, 1937, initialed in the plate, pencil signed and dated. As is typical with this artist, he hand signed and dated his images on the paper window mat, rather than the sheet itself.

Lithograph, image size: 4 7/8 x 3 7/16 inches, pencil signed lower right

This is an original etching by New York artist Edwin Kaufman.  This etching,created circa 1920 is titled: "Up Forth St. N.Y.", it is pencil signed titled and editioned as 1/100.  The image measures 7 1/8X4 1/4 inches. 

This is an original lithograph by American artist Edwin Kaufman.  The title is "Ohtoberfest,Munchen", created circa 1930, this lithograph has an image size of 7 3/4X9 1/4 inches.  It is signed, titled and editioned 11/16 in pencil in the lower border.  Printed on a thick wove type paper.

Thsi is an original wood engraving by Hoyland Bettinger.  It is titled: "Perce Fishermen", created and printed c.1930's this image is pencil signed and titled in the lower border.  The image measures 4X5 inches.  

Etching, image size 7 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches, 1931, pencil signed l.r. "George C. Wales", plate inscribed l.l. "Rum and Bibles for the West Coast of Africa G.C.W. 1931". Wales was born in Boston in 1868. He studied architecture at MIT and after graduation worked at a prominent firm in the Boston area eventually opening his own. It was only when he was nearing fifty that he became interested in the art of etching. His first exhibit was in 1921, by 1923 he had "mastered" the lithography process and in 1927 Wales published a book on etchings of American ships.

Lithograph, image size 13 1/8 x 9 3/4, c. 1970s, pencil signed, titled and numbered.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 4 x 7 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

This fine 1912 etching by Sears Gallagher measures 5 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. It is pencil signed on the lower left margin. Born in Boston, Gallagher studied drawing and watercolor locally, later refining his skills at the Academie Julian in Paris. Gallagher became one of America's leading etchers and watercolorists, known for his New England landscapes, historic Boston landmarks as well as views of New York, Venice and England's Cornish seacoast.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

Etching, Associated American Artists, permanent collection MMA and Library of Congress " Aesthic Eealism school with Eli Segel; Tiffany Grant 1956, circa 1960, image size 7 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches, titled and signed in pencil