Sunset, 1914
Frank Benson
This is a very rare early etching by American artist Frank Benson, the title of this work is: Sunset, created and printed in 1914, this image is pencil signed and numbered as 25/50. The image measures 8 7/8X7 inches. Nice use of plate tone in the sky and water, some uneven inking as was printed most likely by Benson. This image appears in the Ordeman catalog as image number 26.
A fine old etching of a windmill in a low country landscape, signed in pencil and in the plate with a signature that appears to be "J Harvey" or similar. The work is numbered 23/25 at lower right margin. The name being common, there are a number of listed artists that might correspond to this. The numbering suggests a 20th century origin, numbered prints being far less common in the 19th century...
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Collotype hand signed limited edition 1917 Les mères pendant la guerre sight 9.5" by 13.5" with original matt board
Max Liebermann
1847-1935
German
This is a fine pencil signed lithograph by German artist Max Liebermann (1847-1935) The title is: Wettrennen (Horse race) This lithograph was created and printed in 1915, the image measures 7 1/2X12 inches on a sheet size of 12X16 inches. Printed on a medium weight laid type paper.
Lovis Corinth, German, 1858-1925, "Dame im Gartenstuhl," Etching and drypoint, early proof of this rare image, image size 7 7/8 x 11 7/8 inches, 1911, cat: Schwartz-76, inscribed "probedruck" (test print) l.l. and signed l.r. both in red crayon, blindstamp l.l. just below image. Corinth began his art career studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and went on to study under Bouguereau at the Academie Julian in Paris...
Luigi Kasimir (Austrian, 1881-1962), color etching depicting the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, signed in pencil bottom center. Image: 17.5" H x 12.25" W; frame: 27.25" H x 20.75" W ……. Kasimir was born in 1881 at Pettau, today Ptuj, Slovenia, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. He inherited his talent from his ancestors; his grandfather was a painter and a poet, and his father an officer in the Habsburg army, who later became a professional painter...
This work depicts Roman scene with Latin script measuring 30x21”
Manuel Robbe
French
This is a very fine original drypoint and aquatint color etching by French artist Manuel Robbe. The title is: Les Baigneuses (The Bathers). THis image wascreated and printed in 1911, published by Cercle de la Librarie in an ediiton of 200. This one is number 69. Printed on a medium weight arches wove type paper, The Librrie blind stamp lower left and hand signed in pencil. The image measures 15 3/8X22 1/4 inches. The catalog lists this image as Merrill-Chase 102...
Artist Kōgyo Tsukioka 1869-1927 No Theater Japanese 22” x 16” A very fine in color depicting a scene of an opera…….. Kōgyo Tsukioka (月岡 耕漁, Tsukioka Kōgyo), sometimes called Kōgyo Sakamaki (坂巻 耕漁, Sakamaki Kōgyo), (April 18, 1869 – February 25, 1927) was a Japanese artist of the Meiji period. He was a student and adopted son of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, and also studied with Ogata Gekkō...
Measuring 14x11” and the frame size is 24x22”The lithograph showing a mob following the military in the city in 1900 accompanied with a description in the mat opening to the left of the print...
Joseph Pennell, American, 1857-1926, "Up to the Woolworth," etching, image size 11 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches, 1915, edition of 75, pencil signed "J Pennell imp".
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Collotype hand signed limited edition 1917 Les mères pendant la guerre sight 9.5" by 13.5" with original matt board
By the highly important German impressionist and expressionist artist LOVIS CORINTH (1858-1925) is this soft-ground etching, 9" by 6 1/2" inside the present mat, the size as framed 20" by 15 1/2", titled "Portrait of Hermann Struck", signed in pencil by the artist in the lower right margin and by the printer Heinrich Wetterroth at lower left margin (along with other difficult to decipher information, written in fine pencil), and dated in the plate at upper right "1911"...
By well listed French artist MAURICE ROMBERG DE VAUCORBEIL (1882-1943), this is a large original 1916 lithograph poster used for propaganda and recruitment. The poster (behind Plexiglas) measures 47 1/2" by 34" (53" by 40" very tastefully framed in dark wood). I have not opened this up to inspect as it is nicely sealed, but the previous owner spent $500 on framing in Beverly Hills, so I would imagine that the mounting and framing was done to professional standards, perhaps even with linen...
Arthur Bowen Davies, American, 1862-1928, "Olympic Game". This is a very cool lithograph on zinc, image size 12 5/8 x 17 7/8 inches, 1919-1920, from a very small edition of 27 or fewer impressions, cat: Czestochowski-134, printed by Bolton Brown, pencil signed. Provenance: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Davies was a truly remarkable artist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries known for his dreamlike etchings and lithographs...
Joseph Pennell
1857-1926
American
This is a fine original etching by American artist Joseph Pennell. The subject is, The Ferry House, The Cortlandt Steet Ferry from the Jersey City Side. This etching is hand signed in pencil, the image measures 12X10 inches, printed on an antique laid type sheet. This was sold originally by Schwartz Galleries in New York. This impressive etching is nicely framed with collectors annotations on the back,
Francis Sydney Unwin, English, 1885-1925, "The Albert Hall". This is a very rare etching from a scarce, unpublished plate by Francis Sydney Unwin. The image size is 12 1/8 x 16 inches, 1916, pencil signed; a richly inked impression on a fine cream colored Japan paper. Unwin studied at the Winchester School of Art and the Slade School; he traveled extensively throughout Europe and spent several months in Egypt drawing the tomb interiors for an archaeological expedition...
Portrait of Steiglitz by Georgia Engelhoshf, Framed silver print photo, 20 x 17". Taken in Lake George, 1940.
Antique Photo of Cairo Egypt Suk ,Circa 1900 Sepia 8x10”…..in excellent condition
A Wallace Nutting Nursing the Fire pencil signed photo. This unframed hand coloured and signed photograph print is by Wallace Nutting who was famous for his tinted photos, and those in our listings (four in total) are all sought after interior scenes...
A red-headed woman in a dark brown dress is fingering the leaves of a nearby tree; lettering in gold, background in gray, 20" by 13 1/2" inside the double mat, with approximately 3/4" on a side extra on the vertical dimension and 1/2" on a side on the horizontal dimension, under the mat, the work laid down to foamboard and with 3 vertical folds and 1 horizontal fold. This circa 1918 work is by artist Pierre Ori. I believe it was likely an insert in an Italian periodical of the period known as ...
A very early black and white photo of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of eastern California, signed in the plate at lower right "A. A. Forbes Photo". This is a work of the noted early photographer of the region, ANDREW ALEXANDER FORBES (1862-1921). Forbes was born in Wisconsin, showing early interest in photography. By 1885 he was in Oklahoma, taking photos of the early territorial days there. Continuing ever west with his equipment, he was in Southern California by 1890. By 1902 he had establis...
Luigi Kasimir, Austrian/American, 1881-1962, color etching, "Corvara (Dolomites)," image size 13 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches, 1916, inscribed in the plate "Corvara 11 Feb. 1916," pencil signed.
An original antique photograph of Auguste Rodin's marble statue of cupid. Taken by Rodin's personal photographer Henri Manuel signed by him and dedicated and signed by Auguste Rodin in 1913 with the inscription "With Homage and Respect to Madame E Henry Harryman. Mrs Harryman commissioned a marble bust of her husband by Auguste Rodin and this photograph was given as a gift to her.
François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 1840 – 17 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered t...
Original scarce and desirable unframed 1915 etching known as "New York, From Brooklyn", signed at lower center in pencil by the important American etcher, illustrator, critic, author and teacher JOSEPH PENNELL (1857-1926). The sheet, unframed, measures 11 1/4" by 15 1/2". The artist needs little introduction, as he was one of America's most prolific graphic artists, having produced many, many etchings and lithographs, not to mention watercolors, oils and drawings. Born in Pennsylvania, he was st...
Tavik F. Simon, Czechoslovakian, 1877-1942, "Puente Nuevo at Rondo- Spain". This is a remarkable original etching by Czechoslovakian artist T. F. Simon, depicting the stunning architecture of the Puente Nuevo bridge in Ronda, Spain. The image size is 13 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches, published in 1913 in an edition of 150, cat: Novak-206, nunmbered in pencil with the artist's stamp lower left, pencil signed lower right. The Puente Nuevo was designed by architect Jose Martin de Aldehuela, and was built over...
Arthur Bowen Davies, American, 1862-1928, soft ground etching and aquatint, "Angled Beauty" 8 x 11 7/8 inches, 1918, IV state, edition of about 21, printed by Ernest Haskell, cat. Czestochowski-60, alternatively titled "Autumn", pencil signed lower right.
Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand, French, 1863-1951. Etching printed November 1st, 1911.
Plate signed and pellet stamped, print 56 of an edition of 60. State 2. Printed on velin. Image measures 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches. Catalog reference: Arwas 429.
Joseph Pennell
1857-1926
American
This is a fine original pencil signed etching by American artist Joseph Pennell. The subject is: Athens from the Tomb of Philopotes, it was created and printed in 1913, printed by the artist with his "imp" after his name in the lower border. The image measures 10 3/8X18 1/2 inches. This image appears in the Wuerth catalog as image number 656 and was printed in an edition of 40. This etching was originally sold by Frederick Keppel in New York. Original ...
Woodblock Print Circa 1910 “Hunt Scene” Signed Measuring 17x12” Pinchoy more information coming soon. Numbered 9/30
Anders Zorn
1860-1920
Sweden
This is an original pencil signed impression of the well known etching, Valkulla by Swedish artist Anders Zorn, 1860-1920. This impression measures an image area 11 3/4X7 3/4 inches. Printed on a watermarked, laid type sheet, very wide borders all around, in nice condition, very light even toning to the sheet where the window mat once exposed it to the light, but unobtrusive, this is a very fine and rich impression, printed on a buff toned sheet. Catalogue Ref...
Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer Collotype hand signed limited edition 1917 Les mères pendant la guerre sight 9.5" by 13.5" with original matt board
Joseph Pennell was an American artist who spent most of his working life in Europe, portraying architectural subjects in etchings, pen-and-ink drawings, and lithographs. Born in Philadelphia, America in 1857, and raised by Quaker parents, Larkin Pennell and Rebecca A. Barton, when he was ten the family moved to Germantown where he attended The Friends Select School 'for six awful years, the worst of my life', a loner with few friends.[1] Pennell spent much of the time drawing, a skill not prais...
Max Slevogt, German, 1868-1932, drypoint etching, "Two Tigers", image size: 4 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches, 1913, edition of 35, pencil signed. From "10 Radierte Tierstudien von Max Slevogt."
Aloys Wachelmayr, Austrian, 1892-1940, "The Guitar Player," etching, pencil signed, image size is 6 x 7 3/8 inches on 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches wove-type paper. Circa 1917.
Original stone lithograph, not an offset print, 23 3/4" by 26 3/4" inside the mat (not examined out of frame), signed in the plate by the artist Jan TOOROP and dated in the plate 1915. Executed primarily in black, note the color----pale orange in the cap and shirt, blue in the trousers. Toorop is a major Dutch artist, one of whose works (painting) just exceeded $700,000 at auction. His prints and posters are much more affordable. I don't see that this one is pencil signed. CONDITION: Note ...