20th Century American Prints

This etching by Joseph Margulies measures 8 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches. It is printed on a medium wove paper, pencil signed by the artist on the lower right margin and has an AAA galleries card. Margulies was a student of Joseph Pennell and went on to study at the National Academy of Design and the Arts Student League of New York. He studied abroad in Paris and Vienna. His etchings are in many collections including the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Museum and the Smithsonian.

This is an etching with aquatint of a fine Harbor scene.  It was created and printed in 1932 although the artist is a mystery to us.  It is pencil signed and dated but we cannot make out who the artist is.  The image measures 8X10 inches and has the title of "Boats" in the lower left border.  A very fine image.

This is an original lithograph by American artist Helen Noel.  The subject is from a series she did of life in the School Room.  This image is plate signed lower right.  The image measures 11 1/4X10 inches. Helen Noel was employed in Chicago's District 10 Art Division of the Works Progress Administration WPA Federal Art Works Program. 

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 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. This series portrayed gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin. In 1990 he became the "head of studio art" at the Rhode Island School of Design and his prints have been exhibited at the Berkshire Museum, the Los Angeles National Print Show and the Library of Congress National Print Exhibit. Moser states in his description of the images in this series of the "consumate dilemma" between the mining and the owning of gold, the high price politically, physically and spiritually that these men and their families paid for their dreams of a better life.

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: 20 1/2 x 16 inches, ed of 50, pencil signed lower right

This is an original pencil signed and titled etching by American artist Kent Hagerman.  The subject is: The Fairchild Pack plane, C120 created in 1947.  This image measures 6 3/4X9 3/4 inches.  Part of a series that he created while working for Fairchild Aviation in Hagerstown Md.

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.

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.

This is an original wood engraving, pencil signed and numbered 31/100 by American artist and illustrator Barry Moser.  This image is titled: The Eagle, created and printed in 1985.  Its a small highly detailed image, it measures an image size of 2X4 inches, on a sheet size of 6X9 inches,  Printed on a hand made soft wove type paper, possibly mulberry paper.  This was part of a series titled: Master Richard’s Bestiary of Love and Response

This is an original pencil signed wood engraving by American artist Leonard Baskin.  The subject is: Portrait of Edward Calvert, created and printed in 1956.  The image measures 4X3 inches, printed on a Japan type sheet.  The image apperars in the Baskin catalog as image number 270.

This is an original pencil signed and titled etching by American artist Edwin Kaufman.  The title is: Central Park, N.Y..  Printed circa 1940 the image measures 4 1/2X5 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

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.

Woodblock, image size 7 5/8 x 6 inches, pencil signed and titled

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.