Prints

Engraving, after Raphael; also called La Benediction; later state without engraver's address;

This is a drypoint etching from November 1929. Edition of 100. Catalog: BPL 88. Pencil signed in the lower right, pencil numbered 59 out of 100 in the lower left. Plate measures 13 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches on 16 x 11 inch Rives watermarked wove paper. Samuel Chamberlain studied architecture at MIT, but interrupted his studies to serve in France during WWI. After the war, Chamberlain worked as an architectural draftsman in Boston before leaving the US to travel throughout France and Europe. During his time overseas, Chamberlain began sketching the countryside and architecture, eventually studying at the Royal College of Art in London. He became well known for his carefully rendered etchings and drypoints of both European and American buildings and cityscapes.

A beautiful architectural cityscape by master printmaker, Joseph Pennell. Measuring 8 x 11 inches, it is pencil signed, publishers label included. Created in 1905 in an edition of probably 75, cat: Wuerth #379. 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.

C. 1932. Initialed and dated on stone in the lower right, pencil signed in the lower right. Edition of 55. Catalog: Barker 122. Plate measures 8 3/4 x 7 1/2 on 14 x 11 1/2 inch watermarked wove type paper. The dark outline of the barn, with its modernistic texture and shadows, contrasts with the luminous winter sky. One of Barker's best prints.

This is an original pencil signed and numbered lithograph by Dutch artist Maurice De Vlaminck.  The title is: Le Moulin de la Naze, created and printed in 1925.  This impression  is numbered as 35/35.  The image measures 7X10 1/2 inches.

This is an original early etching by French artist Edouard Henri Leon,  This image is titled: Les Canots de Pecher a Proscoff, Fishing Canoes in Proscoff.  Created and printed in 1926, hand signed in pencil the image measures 9X11 1/2 inches.  Printed on a heavy weight wove type sheet,  Although born and trained in Paris, Leon later worked in the USA and became a member of the Brooklyn Society of Etchers.

This is a remarkable architectural etching by American artist Hopper Emory. Image size 14 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches, c. 1930, edition of 250, pencil signed, with the original label. Hopper Emory was born in Baltimore, Maryland and had a successful career in banking before he turned exclusively to his artwork. He traveled to England where he studied at the Heatherly School of Art in London, then returned to Maryland where he became known for his delicately rendered architectural and maritime etchings.

Etching Dry-Point, image size 4 5/8 x 6 3/8 inches, Hardie 157, 1919, edition of 100, blind stamp, pencil signed.

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 a fine early impression of the etching by Adolphe Appian titled: Un Jour d'automne a Artemare .  Created and printed in 1871.  This impression was done before the later type setting with titled and publisher printed on the bottom border.  This image appears in the Curtis catalog as image number 32.  The image measures 4 3/4X8 1/4 inches.  Signed upper right within the plate.  A rich impression on a chine applique sheet adhered to a thicker she of wove type paper.  This impression was the first state of four. i/iv.

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.

Etching on thin Japan,1900,image size 6 7/8X4 1/2",pencil signed

Drypoint etching, image size 6 1/2 x 11 inches, 1931, edition 75/100, cat. Chamberlain and Kingsland-107, pencil signed, numbered and titled. This scene of Bellefontaine, Ile-de-France, exhibits Chamberlain's ability to create subtle gradations in plate tone.

Color woodblock print c. 1859. From the series "Miracles of Kannon," a large series that pairs miracles performed by Kannon, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, with scenes of temples in the Western, Central, and Eastern provinces of Japan. Print measures 13 1/2 x 9 inches on 13 7/8 x 9 3/4 inch handmade japan paper. A very detailed print with embossing in the white clouds.

Etching, image size 4 1/2 x 5 7/8 inches, 1870, Harrington 144, Schneiderman 132 v/v, pencil signed