20th Century American Prints

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist and illustrator Warren B. Davis.  This image is titled: Wind Blown, created and printed circa 1920.  The image measures 8X6 inches, printed on a wove type sheet.  Warren Davis is best known for his depictions of idealized female figures. He studied at the Art Students League in New York. Davis is particularly well known as a magazine illustrator and many of his depictions of ethereal appearing women adorned the covers of Vanity Fair.  (NVFA)

This is a rare etching by American artist of the Southwest, George Elbert Burr.  The title is: Whirlwinds, Mojave Desert, California no. 2.  It was created and printed circa 1930.  This pencil signed and titled etching measures 8X10 inches.  This appears in the Burr catalog as image number 281.

This is a fine drypoint etching by American artist Frank Benson.  It is titled: Canada River, created and printed in 1920 in an edition of 150, printed on Hodamura paper The image measures 6X7 1/2 inches, hand signed in pencil lower border.  This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 179.  A fine impression, nicely framed.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Don Freeman.  One of his State series, this image measures 9 5/8X11 7/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil.  This lithograph was printed in an edition of 85.  A fine back stage view of the stage hands, some at Pinochle, while  "up in the Fly loft, the curtain always comes down to the split second."  This image appears in the Freeman catalog as image number 97.

This is an original etching and drypoint by American artist Louis Rosenberg.  The title is: The Grand Canal, Venice, it is printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  This etching was created and printed in 1927.  The image measures 8 7/8X13 7/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right border, very fine condition, nice use of plate tone in the sky and water.  A very rare image, Rosenberg at his best!!!...

This is a fine original lithograph, pencil signed by American artist Don Freeman.  The title is: Casting for Character,  it was created and printed in  1934 in an edition of 184.  The image measures 9 7/8X12 inches.  Published by Associated American Artists in New York.  

This is an original wood block print by American artist Isac Friedlander.  Created circa 1930 this image is titled: "Companions", It is pencil signed and titled in the lower border.  The image measures 11 3/4X9 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Mitau, Latvia. He was arrested in 1906 and imprisoned by Russian authorities for anti- Czarist Political activities from 1906 to 1912. He studied art at the Academy of Rome, Italy from 1913 until 1917. He was a friend of Russian writer Maxim Gorky. Friedlander began his printing career in 1915. In 1917 he repatriated to Russia during the Kerensky regime, but in 1929 Friedlander immigrated to the US with the encouragement of his cousin Joseph Hirshhorn.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Leonard Baskin.  This image taken from his series of Indian portraits that he created in 1972.  This image is titled: Chief Wets it, Assiniboine, This pencil signed and numbered impression, 24/160, measures an image of 32X22 on a sheet size of 35 1/2X25 inches.  Mint condition.  This image appears in the Baskin catalog as image number 609.

This is a fine original pencil signed etching by American artist Charles Woodbury .  This etching is titled The Pilot, created 1916.  The image measures 8 3/4X11 inches. Woodbury was born in Lynn Ma where he became known for his coastal paintings and etchings.   He went to Holland in 1890 to study art,   Upon his return to New England he settled in Boston for  his winter studio and spent his summers in the small fishing village of Ogunquit, Maine; there he founded one of the most successful of the summer art colony schools of art.

An excellent example of the artistry of the American printmaker, John Taylor Arms. This image measures 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, pencil signed and dated 1925, from his Spanish Church Series #5, printed by Frederick Reynolds in an edition of 152, cat: Fletcher 164. John Taylor Arms was one of the foremost American printmakers of the 20th century, known for his exquisite compositions and exacting details which gave his etchings a very realistic, almost photographic appearance. He specialized in images of European architecture and cathedrals.

This is a large original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: The Gun Factory, it was created and printed in 1917 as part of his series War Work in America.  The image measures 20 3/4X15 1/2 inches.  Printed on a laid type watermarked sheet.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Lawrence Kupferman.  The title of this work is:
"Victorian Carriage House". This etching was created and printed in 1939 and is editioned as 13/100.  The etching is signed and titled in the lower border, the image measures 9 3/4X11 5/8 inches.  

This is an original lithograph by American modernist artist Leonard Baskin.  This image from his important Indian series is titled: White Horse, it was created and printed in 1972.  This pencil signed impression is numbered as 80/160.  Mint condition, the image measures 33X25 inches on a sheet size of 35 1/2X25 inches.  This image appears in the Baskin catalog as image number 616.

This is a fine example of his Spanish Church Series by American artist John Taylor Arms.  The title is: Puerta Del Obispo, Zamora (The Bishop's Door, Zamora)  This etching was created and printed in 1933.  This image printed on a grey toned, watermarked, laid type paper measures 12 1/2X7 1/8 inches.  It is inscribed "to my friends, mr. and mrs Andrew Daglish"  (The British printmaker and his wife)  The beautifully detailed image appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 266.

This is an original aquatint etching by American artist Lester G. Hornby.  It is titled: Marabout Tombs, Tunis, 1909, and is described in the plate as: "Evening of the Bal Masque", the image measures 9 1/2X14 1/2 inches, pencil signed lower right corner.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  This is a very scarce etching.  It appears in the Falk catalog as image number 301.