Prints

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Leonard Baskin.  This image measures 17 3/8X11 3/4 inches.  Printed on a wove type sheet.  A committed figurative artist, and the son and brother of rabbis, Baskin's work often focused on mortality, Judaism, the Holocaust and other angst-ridden themes.  This etching done on a thick wove type sheet has 4 spots of old glue residue in the corners of the sheet, well outside the image area.

This is an original etching by American Rural artist John E. Costigan.  This image is titled in pencil "Workers of the Soil", created and printed in 1932 in an edition of 100.  The image measures 8 1/4X13 3/4 inches, printed on a wove type sheet, hand signed in pencil.  Very fine condition.  Costigan spent 50 years working as a working farmer.

A great image of a Spanish bull fight, this etching with drypoint measures 10 1/8 x 11 1/2 inches, published in 1929 in an edition of 100, pencil signed and numbered. Hermine David was born and raised in Paris and at the age of 16 was accepted into the Ecole Des Beaux Arts, later going on the study at the Academy Julien. She was a well known painter and printmaker and was very active in the thriving artist community in Paris in the early 20th century. She was married to fellow artist Jules Pascin for several years, but in 1920 the couple divorced and David set up her own studio in Montparnasse. She went on to have a long successful career as an artist and illustrator and was awarded the Legion of Honor in 1932.

Etching, image size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 1909, cat. Guerin-53, inscribed 1st etat, pencil signed lower right

Engraving after Rene Guido. First state, with the words "A Paris chez" before the address of N. Poilly. Randall 1670. Image size 14 3/4 x 12 1/8 in, sheet size 16 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.

Lithograph, image size 9 3/4 x 13 1/8 inches, c. 1930s, edition of 40, pencil signed.

Lithograph, image size 6 x 7 1/4 inches, 1858, plate signed and dated. 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.

Color Etching, c. 1940, ed. less than 25, image size: 7 1/8 x 14 3/4 inches, pencil signed

This is a 1963 lithograph of a scene from Colorado. Catalog 618. Published by the Associated American Artists, edition of 250. Pencil signed in the lower right. The plate measures 9 1/2 x 13 on 12 3/4 x 16 3/4 inch wove paper.
An excellent impression that exemplifies his mastery of tone and texture.

This is an original wood cut by American artist Leo Meissner.  This unsigned proof is titled: Blecker Street Follies and numbered as 21/30.  The image measures 10X12 1/2 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type sheet.  Very fine condition on this rare image.

Etching, image size 6 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches, pencil signed.

Lithograph, image size: 11 x 16 1/2 inches, edition of 100, signed in ink

This very fine impression with its deep rich tones measures 11 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches, c. 1930. Presented on cream wove paper, this original drypoint has wide margins with a sheet size of 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches and is pencil signed on the lower border. Born in England and educated in Cambridge, Gaskell studied art in London and Italy before studying under Sir Frank Short at the Royal College of Art.

Etching, image size 7 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches, titled and signed in pencil

This 1929 etching by Salomon van Abbe measures 10 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, edition of 50, pencil signed and numbered.