20th Century American Prints

Wood engraving, image size 8 x 6 inches, 1984, pencil signed

Wood engraving, image size 8 x 6 inches, 1984, pencil signed

This is a cool original etching of New York City by American artist Martin Levine.  Pencil signed and titled: Rooftops, Tribeca.  It was created and printed in 1997 in an edition of 40, this is impression 23.  Slight color to the etching, almost photographic in detail.  Mint condition, archival matting, not framed.  A fine and timely image. 

Etching,1944,5 3/4X7 3/4",pencil signed

etching, 9 3/4x7 1/2, pencil signed

This is an original wood block print by American artist Ralph Hillyer Avery.  The title is: Old Massachusetts No. 1.  This block print is pencil signed by the artist lower right.  The image measures 9 1/4X7 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

Etching, image size: 6 5/8 x 5 7/8 inches, 1935, edition of 100, cat. S-206, pencil signed lower right

This etching by Paul King measures 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches and is pencil signed on the lower margin. Paul King gained professional acclaim early in the 20th century for his seascapes, portraits, landscapes and rural scenes. Becoming an accomplished lithographer while still in his teens he studied with H. Siddens Mowbray in New York and later in Holland with Willy Sluiter and Evert Pieters. He was an illustrator for Life and Harpers Magazines and a book publisher. He received honors for his paintings from the Salmagundi Club and the National Academy of Design.

This is an original wood engraving by American artist Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990)  This image is from his Series The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe.  It was created and printed in 1944, the title of this image is X-ing a Paragrab.  The image measures 5 1/2X3 1/2 inches.  This work is pencil signed and titled in the lower border.

This is an original wood engraving by Western artist Paul Landacre.  It was  created and published as the presentation print in  the Colophon , 1940.  The New York  literary Journal... The image measures 5 3/4X 8 1/4 inches.  Unsigned as issued.  The condition is outstanding, no flaws, mint....Printed on a medium weight buff toned wove type paper.

This is an original etching by Southwest Artist Harriet Morton Holmes.  A view of a Pueblo village in Arizona.  The etching is hand signed in pencil lower right and has an image size of 6 1/2X10 1/8 inches.  Holmes was a member of the Prairie Printmakers.  She worked in Arizona and Taos New Mexico.

This is a group of 4 original hand signed book plates by American artist Wilbur Lyons.  These were done as a custom commission for an unknown book collector.  Each one measures 5X4 inches.  It is possible that these were done for Wilbur Lyons by an unknown hand.

Etching and aquatint in colors, image size 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, c. 1940, pencil signed.

This is an original wood engraving by American artist and educator Julius Hubler.  The image is hand signed in pencil and dated 1950.  The image measures 5 1/4X6 1/4 inches.  Printed on a thin wove type paper.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist W. Harry Smith.  The subject is: The Customs House, viewed from the Harbor in Boston.   Created and printed circa 1930, the image measures 12 1/2X5 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  A fine rich impression.