Prints

This is a fine award winning etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  From his English Series, this image is Cavendish Church, created and printed in 1944.  This is the second state of two printed in an edition of 155, printed by David Strang.  The image measures 9 1/2X5 1/2 inches.  according to the Fletcher catalog the first state of this etching took Arms 236 hours to complete, the second state had an additional 53 3/4 hours of work done to complete it. This appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 381.

This is an original etching by British artist Stanley Anderson.  It is titled: The George Inn Public House, Southwark.  It was created and printed in 1919 in an edition of 175.  The image measures 9 3/4X12 inches, pencil signed lower right and has the blindstamp Fine Art Trade Guild.  It was published by Henry Graves.  "The George Inn of Borough High Street in Southwark is the only surviving galleried coaching inn in London.  It served as an outdoor theatre in Elizabethan times."  This image appears in the RAofA catalog as image number 96.  Good condition, but we a weakened platemark on the left side, most likely from the printing press pressure.

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

This is an original pencil signed and numbered etching by American Modernist artist Leonard Baskin.  This image is titled Birdman, one of a series he did on the metamorphosis of a Man from a bird.  This image was created and printed in 1957,  The plate measures 18X12 inches, printed on a heavy weight wove type sheet.  It is numbered as 225/300.

This is an original Sir Frank Short etching titled: A Dutch Greengrocerie, created and printed in 1889.  Hand signed in pencil by Short as well as by his printer Goulding.  Printed on a thin laid type sheet the image measures 5X7 7/8 inches.  Printed with a warm toned ink.  This image appears in the Hardie catalog as image number 237.

This is a rare original lithograph by American artist and lithographer William Morris Hunt. The image size is 7 1/2 x 5 5/8 inches, published in a small edition in 1857, after the painting by Hunt which is now in the collection of the MFA Boston. William Morris Hunt was one of the earliest American lithographers. He was also a painter and studied the French Barbizon style in Europe with Millet, a close friend. Hunt is widely credited with bringing the Barbizon style of painting back to the U.S.

This is an original etching, a  trial proof impression by American artist George Elbert Burr.  This image from his Desert Series is titled: Whirlwinds, Mojave Desert, no.1, it was created and printed C.1921,  The image measure 5X7 inches and appears as image number 197 in the Burr catalog.  Hand signed in pencil lower left border. printed on a medium weight watermarked wove type sheet.

This is a rare triptych by Japanese 19th century artist Kunichika This view of a Young woman being guarded by the Samuri is signed in each panel Kunisada, Gepparo, his signature done in between 1811-1813.  The overall size of the triptych measures 12 3/4X26 inches,  This woodblock is framed.

This is a fine original etching by American artist William Meyerowitz.  The title of this image is Calm Sea, it is most likely a scene of Gloucester Harbor.  This pencil signed impression measures 7X11 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  This image was created and printed circa 1930.  Its a rare etching by Meyerowitz.

Drypoint etching. Max Blach Wien collector's stamp on back. Pencil signed "A. Legros" in the lower right. Plate measures 3 7/8 x 6 3/4 inches on 7 x 9 1/4 inch watermarked laid paper. An atmospheric scene with a rich drypoint burr. Catalog: Bliss 364. A rare print.

Engraving after Charles Coypel, 2nd state with the correction "modele," image and plate size 16 1/8 x 11 7/16 in, Gray Coll. #1028, Fogg Museum provenance

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 an original engraving by Paulus Pontius after the painting by Anthony Van Dyck. The image size is 9 5/8 x 6 3/4 inches, c. 1700s, inscribed "Ant. van Dyck pinxit" and "Paul. du pont sculpt" in the lower left margin, with the title and a phrase in Latin below the image, with the original Kennedy Gallery label. Stalbent was a Flemish landscape painter and friend of Anthony Van Dyck when this portrait was painted. This engraving is printed on a very early laid type paper with margins trimmed to approximately 1/4 inch outside of the plate mark, some foxing as is to be expected in a print of this age.

This is a rare original drypoint etching by British artist William Strang.  The subject is a portrait of the Sculptor George Frampton.  Created and printed in 1907.  The image measures 15 7/8X10 3/4 inches. Hand signed in pencil printed by his son David Strang.  Printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.

Etching, image size 10 7/7 x 11 3/8 inches, pencil signed