Recent Acquisitions

This is an original etching by American artist Frank Benson.  The title is Yellowlegs at Dusk.  This image was created and printed in 1928 in an edition of 150.  The image measures 7 7/8X11 3/4 inches.  Printed on Whatman paper.  This image appears in the Ordemann catalog as image number 279, hand signed in pencil.  The condition of this etching is very good but does have four spots of old tape residue, well away from the image area.  Matted not framed.

This is a drypoint etching by French artist Louis Legrand.  The title is : English Bar, from his Album Les Bars, published by Pellet in Paris in 1909.  This impression is from the first state of three with the Remarque of a Woman in Profile.  The image measures 9 3/4X5 5/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil, printed on a Japon type paper.  Numbered as 1/30.

This is an original drypoint etching by British artist Sir Henry Rushbury.  The title On the Stour, printed in 1919 in an edition of 50 impressions.  This etching is hand signed in pencil lower border.  The image measures 9 3/4X12 5/8 inches.  Very fine condition, framed.  The River Stour /ˈstaʊər/ is a river in Kent, England that flows into the North Sea at Pegwell Bay.

This is a fine original color aquatint etching by Austrian artist TAVIK FRANTIŠEK ŠIMON  .  The title is: Petite Pont, it was created and printed in 1926, hand signed in pencil lower border. Copyright information at the upper left edge of the sheet.  Published by Soc. Graveurs Modernes in Paris.  The edition was 350 signed impressions.  The image measures 13 1/8X15 inches.  A fine rich impression, subtle coloration.  This image is found in the Novak catalog as image AP2 from 1926.

This is an original lithograph by American artist Robert Kipniss.  The title is: Summer, it was created and printed in 1975 in an edition of 260.  This lithograph is hand signed and numbered as 164/260 in pencil lower border.  The image measures 12X14 3/4 inches.  Printed on a heavy weight wove type paper.  Beautiful condition.

This is an original wood engraving by British artist Leon Underwood.  The title is: Simian Ecstasy.  The image was created and printed in 1933 in an edition of 250.  The image measures 7 1/2X4 1/4 inches.  Nicely Framed with archival materials.  Very fine condition.

This is an original wood engraving by American artist Oscar Weissbuch.  It is hand signed and titled in pencil lower border and stamped with the "Federal Art Project, N.Y.C. WPA",  The title is :  Haying Time, created 1936, this image measures 6X8 inches.  The edition was 25 impressions.  Nicely framed with archival materials.

This is an oriignal oil on canvas painting by American artist William Lester Stevens.  The scene is an old Farm in Summer located in Conway Mass where the artist lived.  The painting measures 25X30 inches, clearly signed lower right, "W. Lester Stevens N.A."   This painting circa 1940 is done with some areas of heavy impasto and bright colors. "Born in Rockport, Massachusetts, impressionist painter William Stevens lived and worked in the area for many years. In the later part of his life, he moved to Conway, Massachusetts.
His first art study was with Parker Perkins, and then he attended the Boston Museum School as a student of Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, Philip Hale and William Paxton.  He taught at Princeton and Boston Universities, and by 1964 had won more awards than any other living artist."

This is an original etching by American artist Alfred Hutty.  The title is: Gossips, Ile de Noirmoutier, it was created and printed in 1927 pencil signed and inscribed "artists proof A.H. 1927.  It came with an original label from a show he had with his address as Broadview, Woodstock N.Y.  The image measures 10 1/4X 8 3/8 inches.  Nice use of plate tone in the sky and ground.

This is a very rare original drypoint etching by American artist Alfred Hutty.  The title written in the lower left edge of the sheet is: Broadview Birches, created and printed cira 1930 is pencil signed by the artist and with his distinctive snail in the lower right border.  The image measures 10 3/4X8 3/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper with a circular partial watermark in the sheet.  Weve been unable to find any other examples of this image and so assume it is quite rare.

This is an original prize winning etching by American artist John Taylor Arms.  The title is Sunlight on Stone, Caudebec-en-Caux.  The image created in 1931 measures 14 1/2X7 5/8 inches.  Printed on an antique laid type paper, hand signed in pencil, and inscribed "Ed 100 II" lower left, also with a collectors seal "HOW" in red, lower right corner of the sheet.  This image appears in the Arms catalog as number 241.  This image was part of his French Church series no.31.  This image won numerous awards including best print in the Arts and Crafts Association in Connecticut in 1952.

This is an original drypoint etching by British artist David Muirhead Bone.   The subject of this work is: Canal and Bridge of SS Apostoli, Venice.  THis etching was created and printed in 1916 in an edition of 129.  This etching printed in sepia toned ink measures 12 7/8X8 7/8 inches.  The image appears in the Dodgson catalog as image number 351.

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Alphonse Legros.  The title is Le Tonnelier, created and printed circa 1880, the image measures 7 1/2X13 3/8 inches.  Hand signed in pencil lower right.  Printed on a medium weight watermarked , laid type paper. catalogue raisonne: Bliss 520.  Printed in only this state.

This is an original etching and dry point by British born artist Nathaniel Long.  The title lower left is " Morning" edition 10/75.  The image measures 8X9 5/8 inches.  Hand signed lower right in pencil.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.  

This is an original watercolor painting by American artist Chester Russell Loomis.  This 19th century painting of sailboats at sunrise has a  site size of 5X10 3/4 inches.  It is housed in what appears to be the original gold frame with gilt matting.  The frame measures 10 X15 3/4 inches.  The painting is hand signed C.R. Loomis lower right corner.  A few very light foxing marks, unobtrusive.  The work looks very fine just as it now appears.