20th Century European Prints

Etching, 9 1/2 X 13 in, pencil signed

Etching, image size: 11 1/2 x 15 1/8 inches, first state, (Faxon 116) pencil signed l.r.

Etching, 5/50, initialed Ab 35 in plate, image size 5 13/16 x 8 inches, pencil signed.

Etching, image size 3 3/8 x 2 1/2", pencil signed

This is an original engraving by French artist Jean-Emile Laboureur.  This image is pencil signed lower left border and editioned as 12/65.  The image measures 4X5 7/8 inches.

This fine impressionistic mezzotint was created by British artist Percival Gaskell.  The title is Dawn, it was created and printed in 1924.  The image measures 8X9 7/8 inches, printed with a warm toned ink on a heavy weight wove type paper.  Hand signed lower border in pencil by the artist.  Gaskell was born at Shipley in Yorkshire and educated in Cambridge. He studied art at the Royal College of Art, in Paris, and in Italy.

This is a fine line engraving by French artist Jean Emile Laboureur.  The title of this work is Le Retour de la Peche.  Created and printed circa 1920's this image measures 4 X 3/3/4 inches.  Hand signed and numbered in pencil in the lower border. 27/55.    Though Laboureur was initially inspired by Lautrec and the Primitivism of Paul Gaugin, he is considered to be the first printmaker to be strongly influenced Cubism. By the end of World War I, the artist had gained wide acclaim as a book designer and illustrator. The artist died on June 16, 1943 in Pénestin, France.

Etching, drypoint, image size 9 5/8 x 8 1/4 inches, c. 1920, pencil signed l.c., "W. Lee Hankey", artist seal l.c. and plate initialed l.l.

This is a remarkable original etching by William Lionel Wyllie, image size 9 1/4 x 14 inches, c. 1900, pencil signed, titled on the lower edge of the sheet. Wyllie was a well known marine painter and printmaker in early 20th century London. He studied at the Heatherley School of Fine Art, then at the age of 15 began his studies at the Royal Academy. At the age of 18, Wyllie won the Turner Gold Medal for his painting "Dawn After A Storm". He went on to have a long artistic career, specializing in paintings and etchings of the sea and the city of London. In this etching, Wyllie uses remarkably delicate lines and subtle tones to create an atmospheric image of fishing boats setting out to sea.

Signed and numbered in ink. Plate signed and dated in the lower right. C. 1921. Plate measures 7 3/8 x 12 7/8 on 8 3/4 x 15 inch laid type paper. Catalog: Hardie 213. Print 8 in an edition of 76. Born into poverty, McBey was primarily self-taught, becoming a very well respected artist and leading figure of the British Etching Revival. He traveled extensively throughout Europe, America and the Middle East, creating remarkable etchings of the places he visited. This print has a unique perspective as well as a rich drypoint burr.

Etching, image size 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches, 1909, edition of 9, cat: Hardie-55, pencil signed l.r, "W Lee Hankey", plate initialed l.r. and artist seal l.c.

Etching, image size 10 3/16 x 8 1/2 inches, subsequent to Hardie, pencil signed.

Engraving, image size 16 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches, c. 1940s, edition of 100, pencil signed and editioned.

Pencil signed etching by the Austrian Expressionist Wachelmayr. Image size is 6 x 7 3/8 inches on 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches wove-type paper. Circa 1917.

Drypoint on laid Whatman paper, image size 10 1/4 x 10 1/8 inches, 1928, pencil signed and numbered 49/50.