Recent Acquisitions

This is an original etching by British artist Arthur Briscoe.  The title is: "Manning the Pumps".  This etching was created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 75.  This etching is hand signed and editioned in pen and ink by the artist.  The image measures 12 1/4X9 1/8 inches.  "The action shows the men manning the pumps which are in the waist of the ship, the wettest part of all when seas are coming aboard".  This etching is framed with archival materials.

This is an original Arthur Briscoe etching, titiled: "Heavy Canvas", this etching was created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 75.  The image is hand signed in pen and ink and editioned in the lower border.  The image measures 13 1/2X8 3/8 inches.  The subject shows four men making fast the crossjack of a four masted barque.  This etching is archivally framed.

This is an original color wood block print by French artist Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960)  The title is: "Souvenirs d"Autrefois. Japon", Memories of the Past. Japan..  This image was created and printed in July 1941.  It was printed in fewer than 300 impressions.  The image measures 15 5/8X11 7/8 inches.  It is pencil signed by the artist and has the Sparrow seal.  Jacoulet was a French artist who lived in Toyko Japan and created a series of Asian inspired images through the traditional methods of modern Japanese woodblock printing.

This is an original color woodblock print by French artist Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960)  The title is: "Chagrins D'Amour, Kusaie Est Carolines", it was created and printed in October 1940, pencil signed with the Butterfly seal.  The edition is 330 impressions.  The image measures 15 5/8X11 7/8 inches.  Jacoulet moved to Tokyo Japan and was influenced both by the Asian subjects that he encountered and the modern Japanese woodblock printing of the 20th century.

This is an original etching by American artist Phillip Kappel.  It is a scene from a stormy sea.  The image measures  7 7/8X 9 7/8 inches.   Pencil signed lower left border.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

This is an original oil on canvas painting by American artist Edward Moran.  This view of Fishing boats at sunset is clearly signed lower left corner.  The canvas measures 9 1/2X20 inches.  Framed in an early Walnut molding. 

"Seascapes were Moran's forté.  By the 1880s, the artist was considered such an expert on the subject that his "hints for practical study' of marine painting were published in the September and November, 1888, issues of the Art Amateur.  After his death, an admirer wrote that "As a painter of the sea in its many moods and phases, Edward Moran ... had no superior in America."

"Edward Moran moved with his family to New York City in 1870.  During this time, New York harbor was bustling with marine traffic.  While in New York, Moran had the opportunity to work with the luminist artists John F. Kensett, Martin Johnson Heade and Sanford R. Gifford, who all exhibited regularly at the National Academy of Design.  Moran quickly absorbed the concepts of luminism and for several years experimented with this aesthetic.  As a result, in the early 1870's his palette brightens, his compositions are simpler, and the light in his paintings is more atmospheric."

This is a very rare original etching by American artist Joseph Pennell.  The title of this work is: "Fleet Street  Up to St Pauls".  It is a rare trial proof that was unpublished.  The image measures 11X8 1/4 inches, pencil signed lower border.  Fine use of plate tone in the street and sky.  This etching is in the Library of Congress collection as image number 575.

This is an original William Preston Phelps painting of Cows watering in a stream.  This oil on canvas is clearly signed lower right corner.  The image measures 12X18 inches and is in a period gold leaf frame.  This painting is in excellent original condition, no flaws or imperfections.  Phelps was the well known painter of the Monadnock region of New Hampshire.  This work dates to circa 1900.

This is an original lithograph by American artist George Bellows.  The title of this work is: "The Return to Life", from his series "Men Like Gods"  This lithograph was created and printed in 1923.  It is pencil signed by both Bellows and his printer Bolton Brown.  The edition was only 40.  The image measures 18X14 1/2 inches.  Archival framing.

This is an original etching by American sporting artist Roland Clark.  The title of this work is: "Ducks in Dixie", it was created and printed in 1931 in an edition of 75.  The image is quite large measuring 15X12 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper.  Nice use of plate tone in the sky.  A rich impression.

This is an original etching by Frederick L. Owen titled: Homeward Bound.  This etching was created and printed in 1935.  The image measures 9 7/8X12 1/4 inches.  Pencil signed and titled in the lower border.  Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original watercolor on paper painting by American artist Morris Henry Hobbs.  The title is: "Mt. Monadnock from Adams Studio June 1944" identified on the back of the sheet.  Signed lower left corner.  The painting measures 11X14 inches.  This painting was created during the time that Hobbs was an artist in residence at the McDowell Art Colony in Peterborough N.H. in 1944.  Adams Studio is one of the many that make up this art colony.

This is an original watercolor painting by American artist Morris Henry Hobbs.  The title on the back of the sheet is: "Stone Wall Peterborough,N.H. 1944"  The painting is signed and dated lower left corner of the image.  The painting measures 12X16 inches.  This painting was created during the Artist residency that Hobbs spent at the Malcom MacDowell Art Colony in Peterborough N.H.

This painting is framed with archival materials.

This is an original etching by American artist Morris Henry Hobbs.  The title is: Chimney Pots of Beacon Street, Boston, created and printed circa 1943 this etching has an image size of: 9 1/8X10 1/2 inches.  Pencil signed and titled and an edition of 100 signed proofs.  Printed on a medium weight laid type paper with the "England" watermark.

This is an original lithograph by American artist Albert Heckman titled: Windblown Trees, this lithograph created and printed circa 1935 has an image size of 11 3/8X16 1/8 inches.  It is pencil signed and titled in the lower border.  A crease in the border lower left.