Prints

This is a drypoint etching from 1925. The plate measures 9 x 14 1/8 inches on 10 x 16 5/8 inch Van Gelder Zonen watermarked laid paper. An atmospheric print with excellent use of plate toning. Plate signed, titled, and dated in the lower left. Pencil signed in the lower right "Kerr Eby imp," the "imp" indicating that the artist printed it himself. Edition of 90. Catalog: Giardina 104. The setting is the town of Porthleven, Cornwall, an important 18th and 19th century port that was used as a harbor of refuge as it was a dangerous place to sail around. Kerr Eby was a remarkable printmaker and a member of the Cos Cob Art Colony and friends with many of the important artists of the day, including Childe Hassam and John Taylor Arms. Eby was known for his atmospheric renderings of the New England landscape as well as his dramatic images of WWI.

This is an original pencil signed etching of a woman by French artist Charles L. Courtry (1846-1897) Weve been unable to identify the subject, the etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist lower right. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper. The image measures 17 1/2X14 3/4 inches.

Drypoint,edition of 10/30, image size: 7 7/8X5 7/8 inches,pencil signed

Engraving after van Dyck, 1770, later edition after letters, image size 19 x 13 7/16 in, sheet size 21 1/2 x 14 1/8 in

This detailed engraving of the French writer and historian, Charles Jean Francois Henault, was done in 1744 by Jean-Guillaune Moitte after Augustin Saint-Aubin. It measures 16 1/2 x 12 1/8 inches.

Engraving after Joshua Reynolds, published 1796, image size 13 x 10 3/4 inches, framed

Etching, image size 8 x 6 1/2 in, pencil signed

Original etching and aquatint Portrait of Maurice Denis by French artist Joseph Roux-Champion. This etching is signed in the plate by Denis and Roux Champion, printed on a medium weight laid type paper. We are unsure as to the date, circa 1930. The image measures 7X9 1/4 inches. Excellent Condition, wide borders, deckeled edges.
No pencil signature on this etching

This 1925 etching of an old woman by the Austrian artist Arthur Paunzer measures 5 7/8 x 4 1/2 inches, plate dated and pencil signed. Paunzer studied at the Academie Julien in Paris and traveled to Italy where he studied art and architecture. His works are included in the Albertina Museum, Vienna, the British Museum, London, Princeton University Library and the Cleveland Museum of Art.

This is an original pencil signed lithograph by American artist Helen Noel.  The title is: The Nude and the Nun, created and printed circa 1930's.  The image measures 14 1/4X10 inches, printed on a Besingwerk watermarked sheet.  Helen Noel was employed in Chicago's District 10 Art Division of the Works Progress Administration WPA Federal Art Works Program. 

This softground etching by Samuel Prout measures 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches and is plate initialed on the lower left. Published in 1814 by T. Palser, London.

Wood Engraving, image size 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches, pencil signed

Etching, image size 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, pencil signed

Color Aquatint Etching, image size: 15 x 20 inches, published 1915

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Adolphe Beaufrere (1876-1960)  The title of this etching is "Cottages by the Stream", it was created and printed circa 1930.  It is editioned as 19/60.  The image measures 8 1/2X8 3/4 inches.  Hand signed in pencil in the lower margin.