20th Century American Prints

Etching, image size 8 13/16 x 11 7/8 inches, Wuerth 807, printed on Arches wove paper, plate signed "JPennell 1923" pencil signed "J Pennell" l.c., private plate, etched for the Brooklyn Edison Co.

This is a rare lithograph by American artist Ture Bengtz.  The title is "Cocoon", it is the third state of three.  The subject is a man napping on a bench in the Boston Common.  The image is pencil signed lower border and numbered as 20.  The image measures 11X16 3/4 inches. The Boston statehouse in the  far distance.

Etching, image size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches, 1915, cat. Wuerth-678, pencil signed lower right

A rare working proof by American sporting artist Frank Benson, this etching measures 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches, published in 1922, cat: Ordeman-165, proof C-2, pencil signed below the image, titled "Black Ducks No 2" and inscribed "C-2" in the lower margin. Frank Benson was a very successful painter and a member of "The Ten" along with Childe Hassam and J. Alden Weir, before he began the sporting paintings and etchings for which he is most widely known. He was a founding member of the Boston Guild of Artists and a long time teacher at the Museum School in Boston.

This is an original etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title of this etching is "Madison Avenue" also known as "Rebuilding Madison Avenue".  This etching was created and printed in 1923 in an edition of 50 impressions.  This proof is hand signed in pencil by the artist with the "imp" after his name meaning that he printed this impression himself.  It is printed on an antique laid type paper.  The image measures 12X9 1/8 inches.  The image appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 811.

This is an original pencil signed etching of New York City by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title is: Trinity Church from the River, 1904.  The image measures 11 3/4X8 3/8 inches.  Printed in an edition of 25.  This image appears in the Kennedy Catalog as image number 324...  This etching was last sold by Kennedy Galleries in New York in 1920.  This image is the 2nd state with some changes mostly in the dramatic sky.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell.  This image is part of his Panama Canal series created and printed in 1912.  The title is: "The Jungle",  The image measures 17X22 inches, printed on a Fabiano laid type sheet which measures 20 1/2X25 1/2 inches.

This is a fine woodcut print by Jamaican artist Albert Huie.  This image is hand signed in pencil and titled: Seaside.  The image measures 9X6 1/2 inches.  Albert Huie (1920-2010) was a seminal figure in the formation and development of a national Jamaican artistic identity, overcoming the hurdles of a colonial-based system of race and class distinctions to become the first native-born Jamaican artist to attain international renown and respect. Working primarily in the areas of landscape, portraiture, and figurative art, he established a multiple award-winning career that spanned seven decades and earned him the title of “the Father of Jamaican Painting.” 

This is a pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell, as part of his Panama Canal series that he created in 1912.  This image is titled:  A Native Village.  The image measures 16 1/2X22 1/8 inches, on a sheet of Fabiano laid type paper which measures 20 1/2X 25 1/2 inches.

This is a fine detailed etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  This image from his Spanish Church series is titled: La Colegiata, Toro, it was created and printed in 1935 in an edition of 153 impressions.  This pencil signed image measures 9 3/4X12 3/4 inches.  It is inscribed, gifted to: Mr. and Mrs Andrew Daglish (The British artist and Friend of Arms)  Printed on an antique laid type paper.  This impression was printed by David Strang, one of Arm's most trusted printers of his editions.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Joseph Pennell.  As part of his Panama Canal Series, this image is titled: Colon.  Created and printed in 1912.  The image measures 22X16 inches on a Fabiano Laid type paper which measures 25 1/2X20 1/2 inches.

This Joseph Pennell etching measures 11 3/4 x 8 3/8 inches, pencil signed, 1904, cat: Wuerth 324, probably in an edition of 25. Pennell was an important American etcher, lithographer and illustrator. Good friends with James McNeill Whistler, he and his wife co-authored his biography. Pennell was known for his continued experimentation with technique and style, producing cityscapes, landscapes and marine scenes. He also printed many of his own images.

This is an original lino cut by American artist Albert Abramovitz.  This work untitled is of two Masons laying brick.  The image measures 12X9 1/4 inches.  Pencil signed lower right border printed on a wove type buff toned sheet.  This image is likely from his Moscow, Work at night series showing the construction of their Subway system.

This is an original drypoint etching by American artist Lawrence Kupferman.  It is titled: "Abandoned House", it was created and printed in 1939, this is editioned as 5/100.  The image measures 10 1/2X12 inches.  It is pencil signed and titled in the lower border

Etching, image size 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches, 1921, cat. Wuerth 782 and the cover, pencil signed.