Recent Acquisitions

This is a fine original lithograph by American artist Rockwell Kent.  The title is: Bringing Home the Christmas Tree,  created and printed in an edition of 100 in 1928.  Hand signed in pencil the image mesures 12X8 3/8 inches.  Very fine condition, Printed on a Rives B.F.K. wove type sheet.  This image appears in the Burne-Jones catalog as image number 29.  It was in the mid-twenties that Kent began illustrating classic literature. By the end of 1928 he had settled permanently in the Adirondack Mountains in his personally named farm, Asgaard. On his farm Kent wrote and illustrated his third novel, North by East in 1930.  This is one of his best modernist lithographic studies that he created during that time.

This is an early scene of New York City from the river by American artist John Taylor Arms.  The title is New York Skyline, and also called The Sketch of New York Skyline.  This image was created and printed in 1921 in an edition of 75.  This pencil signed impression measures 7X5 inches.  It appears in the Fletcher catalog as image number 103.  Printed on a buff toned watermarked laid type paper.

This is a fine wood engraving by American artist Rockwell Kent.  The title is: Sea ad Sky created in 1931 and published in 1932 in an edition of 150.  The image measures 10X6 1/2 inches.  This impression is hand signed in pencil, 14 1/2X11 1/4 inches.  Printed on a medium weight Shogun watermarked buff tone wove type paper.  This image appears in the Jones catalog as image number 85....Wood engraving on maple.

This is a fine original pencil signed etching by American artist Charles Woodbury .  This etching is titled The Pilot, created 1916.  The image measures 8 3/4X11 inches. Woodbury was born in Lynn Ma where he became known for his coastal paintings and etchings.   He went to Holland in 1890 to study art,   Upon his return to New England he settled in Boston for  his winter studio and spent his summers in the small fishing village of Ogunquit, Maine; there he founded one of the most successful of the summer art colony schools of art.

Etching, image size 11 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches, titled and signed in pencil.

This is an original etching with aquatint by French impressionist Edward Manet .  The title is Theodore De Banville Facing Left, 1874.  This image was intended to be an illustration for his Les Ballades series.  This image measures 9 3/8X6 1/4 inches.  This impression was pulled from the cancelled plate in the early 20th century.  Printed on a Arches laid type paper.  This image appears in the Manet catalog as image number 64.  Théodore Faullain de Banville (14 March 1823 – 13 March 1891) was a French poet and writer. His work was influential on the Symbolist movement in French literature in the late 19th century.

This is a fine drypoint etching by American artist George Elbert Burr.  The title is Oaks in Winter, created and printed in 1920, this pencil signed impression measures 9 7/8X6 7/8 inches,  A rich impression with plate tone in the sky and snow.

This is an origiinal etching by California artist Armin Hansen.  The title is: Returning Fishermen, created and printed in 1925.  The image pencil signed  and titled and measures 6X7 7/8 inches.  Fine condition, printed on a medium weight laid type sheet.  This image appears in the White catalog as image number 74.  "Armin Carl Hansen (1886–1957) was an American prominent painter of the en plein air school, and a native of San Francisco, best known for his marine canvases. His father Herman Wendelborg Hansen was also an artist of the American West. Armin Hansen studied at the California School of Design (now the San Francisco Art Institute), and in Europe. He achieved international recognition for his scenes depicting men and the sea off the northern coast of California. He was elected an Associate to the National Academy of Design in 1926"

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 a fine impression of early New York City, created in 1929 by American artist William NcNaulty, the title is The Woolworth Building.  Hand signed in pencil and inscribed as a gift to "Louise and Virgene... De Rochemont 12/33. W.M.N." This etching measures 13 1/4X8 7/8 inches.  A very rich impression done in an ediition of 75.  One of his finest compostions.

This is a fine pencil signed etching by American artist Chauncey Ryder.  This scarce etching is titled: Sugar House, Jeffersonville, New Hampshire,created circa .1940.  This etching measures 9X11 3/4 inches, Inscribed to Kitty McWilliams lower left border.  Good condition apart from repairs to the upper corners of the sheet, well away from the image area.

This is a fine image from the series, Churches of France by American artist John Taylor Arms, created and printed in 1921 in an over all edition of 75.  This pencil signed impression measures 4 7/8X8 1/8 inches.  Printed by Frederick Reynolds, this is an early proof prior to the edition which was printed in 1937.  Part of his Gargoyle series #3.  Framed with archival boards.  Fletcher catalog number 101.

This is a very rare original lithograph by American artist Konrad Cramer.  The subject, Barges at dock, on the Hudson River, thought to be aka  "IDA, SAUGERTIES EVENING LINE, On the Hudson", is hand signed in pencil lower right, dated 1933 and printed on a chine collet paper adhered to a thicker sheet.  The image measures 9 1/2X14 inches, very nice condition.

This is a fine large drypoint etching by American Sporting artist Frank Benson.  The title is: Yellowlegs Alighting, created and printed in 1920 in an edition of 100.  The image measures 8 7/8X14 7/8 inches. This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 187.  Printed on Hodamura paper.  Nicely framed with archival boards.

This is a very fine drypoint etching by American Sporting artist Frank Benson.  This image is titled: Turnstones, created and printed in 1928 in an edition of 150.  The image measures 7 7/8X11 7/8 inches.  Last sold by Vose Galleries in Boston, the label is on the back of the frame.  A very rich burr in the drypoint, a beautiful image, Benson at his best.  This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as number 283,