Prints

This is an original etching and aquatint by French artist Georges Rouault. From his Miserere series.  Plate 30: "Nous . . . c'est en sa mort que nous avons été baptisés" / ["Know ye not, that] so many of us [as were batised into Jesus Christ] were baptised into his death?" [John 13: 34] (C & R 83e). Original aquatint, drypoint, burnisher, and roulette. 450 impressions signed bottom left (the date of this print is not visible and there are no pencil-signed proofs) for the Miserere, one of the greatest print cycles of all time. Here we are shown St John the Baptist baptising Jesus while the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove hovers above, confirming the words of St John in plate 28. Image size: 21 1/2X 16 1/2 inches.

Engraving after Giulio Romano; Holy Family "with the Lizard" Prov. Gray: 753; Thies: The picture is in the Gallery of the Pitti palace in Florence. Passavant, Rafael, 11.No.230,Copy a.A repetiton of Raphael's Holy Family "under the Oak Tree" in the Madrid Gallery. Passavant,II.230.
Impression with the engraver's address

This is a pencil signed and titled etching by California artist Mildred Bryant Brooks.  The title is: The Last Tree, created and printed in an edition of 100 in 1933.  The image measures 11X9 1/2 inches.  A fine expression of the incursion of the modern city on the rural landscape.

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth.  It is titled: Little One, Rockport, Massachusetts, created and printed in 1975 in an edition of 100.  The plate measures 9 5/16X13 9/16 inches.  Hand signed and editioned in pencil lower border.  This image appears in the Stuckey catalog as image number 359.  Finely detailed, one of his series of Owls that Wengenroth created through out his life time.

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 a rare original etching by British artist John Crome the Elder.  This image is titled:  A Composition (Trees with Mound in Foreground) created and printed in 1813.  The image measures 6 1/2X6 1/8 inches.  Thread Margins all around.  This image appears in the Theobald Catalog as image number 17 second state of three.  Held to the backing board with archival photo corners.

This is an original etching by British artist Edmund Blampied.   The title is: "The Vraic Season (No 1)" , it was created and printed in 1936 in an edition of 125 for the American College Society of Print Collectors.  The image measures 12X14 1/4 inches.  Very fine condition, hand signed in ink.  Vraic is seaweed that was harvested on the Channel Islands and used for potato fields.  The usual method was gathering it up with horse drawn carts.  A rich impression.

This is a very fine etching with drypoint by French artist Edgar Chahine (1874-1947)  The title of this work is: "Mademoiselle Delvair de la Comedie Francaise,", it was created and printed in 1901, pencil signed lower left border.  The image measures 18X11 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  This image appears in the Tabanelli catalog as image no. 73.  It also appeared in the Holme's book, Modern Etching and Engraving, published 1902.

This is a fine drypoint etching on copper by American artist Frank Benson.  It is titled: Over Currituck Marshes, created and printed in 1926 in an edition of 150.  The image measures 7X11 7/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil.  This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 259.  Printed on Whatman Paper.

This is an original etching by American artist Frank Benson.  The image titled: After Sunset  was created and printed in 1917 in an edition of 152.  The image measures 6X8 inches, fine condition, printed on Shogun paper.  This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 113.

This is a fine engraving with drypoint by French artist Philippe Mohlitz.  This image is titled: C'est arrive a la antiquaire, created and printed in 1972.  The image measures 9 1/4X6 3/4 inches.  Hand signed in pencil and numbered 14/60.  A fine impression in nice condition, nicely framed.  Kersten 44.

This is an original drypoint etching by German Expressionist  artist Lovis Corinth (1858-1925)   The title of this work is: "Alter Mann" (the old man) It was created and printed in 1916.  The image measures 6 5/8X4 3/4 inches.  Signed in pencil in the lower border.Printed on a light weight laid type paper, very nice condition.

This is a fine highly detailed etching by British artist Stanley Badmin, created and printed in 1929 this image is titled: The Old Ash.  The image measures 5 1/2X4 inches, pencil signed and numbered: 4/40.  Printed on a Buff toned wove type sheet.  "Badmin's interest in  the stark shapes of leafless trees silhouetted against the skyline  is a subject that he frequently pursued.This image shows an old Ash tree near Balcombe, in Sussex.  This image appears in the Beetles catalog as number 12.

This is a fine color aquatint etching by French artist Manuel Robbe.  This image is titled: Les Liseuses, created and printed in  1907 in an edition of 100.  Merrill Chase catalog number 54.  The image measures 19X14 1/2 inches, printed on an Arches watermarked laid type sheet.  A beautiful impressionist interior view of two women reading.  Very fine condition.

This is an original drypoint etching by British artist Sir William Russell Flint.  The title is: Amazons on a Breton Beach, it was created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 76.  This one is editioned as number XXVII from that edition.  The image measures 8X13 1/4inches, printed in an sepia toned ink, hand signed with pen and ink in the lower border.  Nice use of plate tone in the sky and sand.  Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching.