Recent Acquisitions

This is an original drypoint etching by French artist Berthe Morisot. It is titled: "Jeune fille au chat", it was created in 1888. This was printed from the cancelled plate. There are two small holes drilled in the plate upper and lower edges of the image. The image measures 5 7/8X4 1/2 inches. This etching is unsigned as is typical of this image. It appears in the Keller catalog as image number 88. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original etching by American artist Joseph Pennell. The title of this work is: "Royal Windsor". It was created and printed in 1903 in an edition of 35. The image measures 6X11 inches, printed on a thin laid type paper, some finger prints from the printing in the borders and on the back of the sheet. Pencil signed in the lower border. This image appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 279.

This is an original hand signed lithograph by American artist Stow Wengenroth. The title is: "May Morning, Kennebunkport, Maine" This lithograph was created and printed in 1957 in an edition of 55. The image measures 8 13/16X15 15/16 inches, Some old tape residue on the back of the sheet, not visible from the image side.

This is an interesting original watercolor painting of a monument and reflecting pool. This watercolor came to us unidentified as to the artist but it is a very competent hand that created this work. on the back of the illustration board is a New York art dealer, N.E. Montross. The painting measures 11 1/2X19 1/2 inches, no apparent signature. About Montross:
"The Montross Gallery is named after its founder and first director, Newman Emerson Montross (1849−1932). The gallery, which opened in 1878, represented leading American artists of the time, including Thomas Dewing, Abbott Thayer, Dwight William Tryon, Horatio Walker, and Alexander Wyant, and sold work to collectors such as Thomas B. Clark, Charles Lang Freer, George Hearn, and John Johnson. This commitment to the American art movement deepened in the 1900s, when the gallery hosted the annual exhibitions of the Ten. "

This is a very fine original oil on panel painting by Belgium artist Theodore Gerard (1829-1895) This interior scene of a mother and her children is titled: "Tea", the painting is signed "The Gerard, 1865" in the lower right corner. The painting measures 22X28 inches. On the back of the panel is written: "'The. Gerard Je soussigné déclare que le tableau ci conte est original. Bruxelles Décembre 1865.' , it translates to Gerard 1, the undersigned declare that this work is original Dec. 1865" The painting is in a modern custom frame. Theodore Gerard was an engraver and painter of genre scenes. He traveled throughout Germany, Austria and Hungary, but settled in Brussels in 1863. He taught painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. He was awarded medals at exhibition in Philadelphia (1870), London (1871), Vienna (1873) and Brussels (1875).

This is an original woodblock print by American artist Howard Simon. It is a portrait of Edward MacDowell, the composer. The image measures 10X8 inches. Printed in 1918 on a handmade paper. This woodblock print is signed by the artist within the image lower right and also a facsimile signature by MacDowell lower border. Simon created a series of portraits of some of the most important American composers.

This is an original mezzotint etching by American artist Thomas Moran. The title of this work is: "A Wreck Montauk", also known as "Montauk Point: Gleaning from the Wreck"
The image measures 6X 7 7/8 inches. It was created and printed in 1886. The artists name is within the plate lower right. A very rich and expressive inking. Printed on a laid type paper.

This is an original etching by American artist Mary Nimmo Moran (1842-1899) Mary was the wife of well known artist Thomas Moran. The title of this work is "Passaic Meadows"
It was created and printed in 1879. This etching is plated signed within the image lower right. The image measures 5 1/2X7 1/4 inches. Printed on a medium weight laid type paper

This is an original pencil signed and titled woodengraving by American artist Bernard Brussel-Smith. The title of this work is "Shore Leave", it was created and printed in 1941. It has an image size of 6X4 inches and was printed in an edition of only 50 signed proofs.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Kerr Eby. The title of this work is: "A Connecticut Valley", it was created and printed in 1935 in an edition of 100.
The scene shows one of Connecticut's covered bridges in snow. The image measures 7 11/16X15 3/8 inches. It appears in the Giardina catalog as image number 184.
Fine use of skim coating of ink to show the tone of the sky.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Warren Davis. This study of dancing nymphs is titled: "Andante", created circa 1910, this etching has an image size of:
8X10 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Louis Orr. The title of this work is : "Fort St. Andre", created circa 1930, this etching has an image size of 9 1/2X11 1/2 inches.
A very rich impression printed on a medium weight laid type paper.

This is an original pencil signed etching by American artist Louis Orr. This etching is titled: "Pont Marie, Paris" one of his very best etchings. The image measres 11X7 1/2 inches, printed on a medium weight wove type paper. Very richly inked, circa 1930.

An original pencil signed etching by French artist Auguste Louis Brouet (1872-1941) The title of this work is: "Le Salut", it is editioned as 49/100. The image measures 5 1/8X7 inches.

This is an original etching and aquatint by French American printmaker Henriette Amiard Oberteuffer (1872-1962) The title of this work is:
The Cigarette", it was created and printed in 1934 in an edition of 162 and was published by Associated American Artists in New York.
The image measres 9 3/4X7 7/8 inches. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Printed on a medium weight wove type paper.