20th Century American Prints

This is an original pencil signed etching and drypoint by American artist William Bicknell.  This view of the Provincetown Dunes was created and printed in 1927,  The image measures 7X9 3/4 inches, printed on a wove type sheet with a floral watermark.  "Known locally as 'The Etcher' William Bicknell's Provincetown prints have become part of the town's historical record.   Works in the gallery include a view of the first Provincetown Playhouse (at Race Point), portraits of artists at work on the dunes".

This is an original etching by American Rural artist John E. Costigan.  This image is titled in pencil "Workers of the Soil", created and printed in 1932 in an edition of 100.  The image measures 8 1/4X13 3/4 inches, printed on a wove type sheet, hand signed in pencil.  Very fine condition.  Costigan spent 50 years working as a working farmer.

This is a fine portrait of Beethoven by American artist Isac Friedlander.  Created and printed in 1941, hand signed and titled in pencil.  The image measures 10X9 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph from the war series by Joseph Pennell.  This lithograph showing the loading of a ship from the factory docks.  The image measures 20 1/2X15 1/2 inches.  Fine condition printed on a laid watermarked sheet.  From his War Work in America series  of large lithographs.

This is an original early etching by American artist Chauncey Ryder, created circa 1920 during his trip to France. This etching is pencil signed, very richly printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  The image measures 9X12 inches.   Gorbio, France is a perched medieval village, high-up above Menton, in the southeastern corner of the Côte d’Azur. 

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Albert Heckman.  The title is:The Squatters House, Created and printed circa 1935.  This lithograph is pencil signed, titled and inscribed artist proof.  The image measures 8 1/4X12 7/8 inches.  A rare image by this artist.

This is an original lithograph, pencil signed and numbered by American artist Raphael Soyer.  The title is Portrait of a Young Girl,  it was created and printed in 1970. Numbered 57/120.  The image measures 15 1/4X12 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  Broad margins, deckeled edges.

This is an original screenprint by American artist Guy Maccoy, created in 1949 this image is pencil signed and titled: Three Trees.  The image measures 11X14 inches, very richly printed, fine condition.  "Maccoy made his first artistic screenprints in 1932 and taught the medium in Colorado and Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s."

This is an original pencil signed and titled screenprint by American artist Guy Maccoy.  The title is: It is Evening, created and printed in 1949.  The image measures 11X14 1/4 inches.  "Maccoy made his first artistic screenprints in 1932 and taught the medium in Colorado and Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s."

This is an original pencil signed and titled wood engraving by American artist Leo Meissner.  The title is: New England, Created circa 1940.  The image measures 6X9 inches.  Nicely framed with archival materials.

This is a fine pencil signed etching by American artist Chauncey Ryder.  This scarce etching is titled: Sugar House, Jeffersonville, New Hampshire,created circa .1940.  This etching measures 9X11 3/4 inches, Inscribed to Kitty McWilliams lower left border.  Good condition apart from repairs to the upper corners of the sheet, well away from the image area.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Leonard Baskin.  This image measures 17 3/8X11 3/4 inches.  Printed on a wove type sheet.  A committed figurative artist, and the son and brother of rabbis, Baskin's work often focused on mortality, Judaism, the Holocaust and other angst-ridden themes.  This etching done on a thick wove type sheet has 4 spots of old glue residue in the corners of the sheet, well outside the image area.

This is an original etching by American artist Marguerite Kirmse.  The title is: The Debutante,  it was created and printed Circa 1930.  Hand signed and titled in pencil, very nice condition the image measures 5 3/4X9 3/4 inches.  Nicely framed with archival materials.

This is an original pencil signed and titled etching by California artist Mildred B Brooks.  This image is titled: The Gateway, created and printed in 1933, numbered as 37/40.  The image measures 12 3/4X10 7/8 inches.  Printed on a light weight wove type sheet.

This is an original etching by American artist John Taylor Arms, from his  French Church Series, Saint Germain L'Auxerrois, Paris, created and printed in  1928 in an edition of 362.  The image measures 9 7/8X4 7/8 inches, hand signed in pencil, printed by Frederick Reynolds.  This image appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 215.  This etching is nicely framed with archival boards.