20th Century American Prints

Etching,aquatint,1924, image size 10 3/8X7 1/4in. pencil signed and dedicated

lithograph, image size:8 1/2X11 7/16in,pencil signed

This is a scarce original wood engraving by American Modernist Leonard Baskin.  The title is: Three Women Before a Plain, created and printed in 1952.  The image, pencil signed, measures 3 1/2X4 1/2 inches on a sheet size of 17X17 inches, printed on a thin japan type sheet,  The image appears in the Fern O'Sullivan catalog as image number 214.

Lithograph created and printed in 1931. Image is 12 3/8 x 14 1/8 inches.
Signed and editioned in pencil 4/25. Ten prints of this work were specially produced for the Federal (WPA) Arts Project of the 1930s.

This is an original etching by American artist Martin Petersen.  It is a view of Metal Workers in the studio.  This etching is hand signed and dated 1920.  The image measures 7X8 inches.  This etching is nicely framed with archival materials.

Drypoint etching from 1927. Edition of 80. Plate signed in the top left, pencil signed in the bottom right. Inscription on bottom left of plate reads "Carrara '27". Plate measures 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches on 14 x 11 1/4 inch laid type paper. Catalog: Smith 136.

This is an original etching by California artist John Winkler.  The title is: Delicatessen Booth, San Francisco, created circa 1920 this etching is hand signed in pencil lower left border.  The image measures 11X6 1/2 inches.  " Winkler studied at the California Institute of Arts and published his first original etching in 1915. During the following eight years he established a large national reputation for his etchings, the great majority being depictions of San Francisco and its environs...Like Whistler, Winkler had the ability to capture life and movement with the utmost simplicity." T.O.P.

Aphrodite

Etching, image size 9 3/8 x 5 3/8 inches, pencil signed and titled. Hobbs was a well known artist from Ohio who studied art at the Art Institute of Chicago. He traveled extensively through Europe and the US before settling in New Orleans. He won many awards and honors for his work, and spent two summers as a resident at the MacDowell Art Colony in Peterborough, NH.

A beautiful atmospheric etching by Samuel Margolies measuring 8 1/8 x 9 3/4 inches, pencil signed, AAA label included, c. 1935. Margolies trained at the National Academy of Design and the Beaux Arts Institute. From 1935 until 1939 Margolies participated in the Works Progress Administration program as a printmaker. His work is in the Society of American Etchers and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.

A fine Luigi Lucioni etching, Elm on the Hill, created and printed in  1948 published by Associated American Artists in New York in an editiion of 250.  This pencil signed impression measures 12 1/4X9 7/8 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  The image appears as number 105 in the Embury catalog.

This is an original etching by B. J. O. Nordfeldt, titled: La Rue St Jacques Paris.  This etching was created and printed circa 1910.  The image measures 12 1/2X10 1/2 inches.  hand signed and titled in pencil.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  There are a few pressure creases on the side borders, likely from the original printing press.  Unobtrusive.  Sold originally from Arthur Harlow Co in New York.

A richly toned etching by George Hand Wright measuring 8 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches, pencil signed and titled. George Wright studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Paris and Munich before settling in New York where he was an illustrator for Harper's and The Saturday Evening Post. He exhibited at the Art Students League and was a member of the Salmagundi Club and the Society of American Etchers.

Lithograph, image size 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 1942, pencil signed l.r. "Karl Mattern '42".

Etching, 1925, edition 100, image size: 4 1/8 x 5 5/8 inches, pencil signed

This is an original etching of New York City by American artist Abbo Ostrowsky.  This etching done circa 1930 has an image size of 11 1/2X7 7/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right border.  Finely detailed nice use of plate-tone in the sky and ground.