Brier Hill Gallery Catalog 1
Fine Prints and Photographs
Brier Hill Gallery Fine Prints, Photographs, and Illustrated Books
151 Corey Street West Roxbury, MA 02132-2339
This is the first in a series of catalogs that will highlight selected items from our inventory of fine prints, illustrated books, and photographs. The items are deliberately not arranged in any logical order, in the hope that by browsing its entire contents you will become better acquatined with the scope of our offerings, and be tempted to browse our full on-line inventory at www.brierhillgallery.com. Subsequent catalogs will be organized in a more logical and thematically consistent way. New additions to our inventory are regularly added to the Brier Hill web site, but we also post them to our Brier Hill Gallery Facebook page, where it will be easier to find them. You have received this catalog because we have exchanged e-mail in the past. Unless you prefer to opt out, you will continue to receive these catalogs as they are published. If you prefer not to receive any further catalogs, please let us know and we’ll remove your address from our mailing list. To protect your privacy, our mailing list is never shared with others. We would greatly appreciate it if you would forward this catalog to like-minded friends and colleagues; we will add them to the mailing list at their request. Your comments and inquiries are always welcome.
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ANGELO ASTI (1847 - 1903)
1: Window Card: Le Houblon Papier à Cigarettes Color lithograph, ca. 1895. Overall size 16-7/8” x 22¼”. A rare and lovely example of Belle Epoque advertising, illustrated by Angelo Asti and in near fine condition, with minor abrasions at the edge of the card and a grommet hole at top center for hanging the card in a shop window. The card has been carefully matted with archival materials and should be framed. $750
ANGELO ASTI (1847 - 1903)
2: Window Card: Le Houblon Papier à Cigarettes Color lithograph, ca. 1895. Overall size 16-7/8” x 22¼”. Another fine example of Belle Epoque advertising illustrated by Angelo Asti in near fine condition, with minor abrasions at the edges and a grommet hole at top center for hanging the card in a shop window. The card has been carefully matted with archival materials and should be framed. $750 These two beautiful lithographs are part of the collection of more than 6,300 posters and related items gathered by Julius Paul of Vienna between 1900 and 1935. Paul died just before the German annexation of Austria took place in 1938. The collection, bequeathed by Paul to his nephew, was instead expropriated by the authorities. Some 3,600 pieces were sold to a Viennese book dealer, who in turn sold everything to the Albertina Museum in Vienna, where it remained until the collection was restored to the heirs of the Paul estate. More than 2,700 pieces have never been located, and were probably destroyed.
ANDERS ZORN (1860 - 1920)
HANNES BOK (1914 - 1964)
3: Betty Nansen
7: The Black Powers The White Powers
Etching, 1905; fourth of four states. Image size 6-7/8” x 9-3/4”; sheet size 11¼” x 15”. Signed and dated in the plate and signed in pencil by Zorn in the lower margin. A rich, nuanced impression in fine condition. Betty Nansen (1873 - 1943) was a celebrated Danish actress and director. Matted and framed using archival quality materials. Hjert 128, Asplund 190.
$3,800 ROBERT LOSTUTTER (1939 - )
4: Superb Sunbird Color lithograph, 1991; edition of 50. Image size 18-7/8” x 13-3/4”; overall framed size 27-3/8” x 22-3/4”. Archival mount and mat in frame. Fine condition
$2,900 KÄTHE KOLLWITZ (1867 - 1945) 5: Betendes Madchen Etching, 1892; edition not stated. Image size 5-5/8” x 7-9/16”; sheet size 10-3/8” x 13¾”. A rich, beautifully inked impression printed 1931 - 1941. Klipstein 11, IV, b; Von der Becke blind stamp. Fine.
$2,500
Two lithographs, published in an edition of 100, 1944. Each is numbered 9/100, inscribed to Victor Ells, and signed Hannes Bok in the lower right-hand corner. Images are 9-7/8” x 13-7/8” with full margins. Fine condition.
$1,600 Born Wayne Woodard in Kansas City, Missouri, Hannes Bok (a play on J. S. Bach, Woodard’s favorite composer) was an artist, illustrator, amateur astrologer, and writer of fantasy fiction and poetry. He painted nearly 150 covers and many illustrations for science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction magazines. A protegé of Maxfield Parrish, Bok learned the painstaking layering and glazing process that gave his paintings a distinctive luminous qualitys. He shared honors for best cover art at the inaugural 1953 Hugo awards for science fiction achievement. Thanks to the efforts of Ray Bradbury, whom he met in 1937, Bok moved to New York and broke into commercial art at Weird Tales magazine. He remained in New York for the remainder of his sad and bizarre life.
ROCKWELL KENT (1882 - 1971) 8: Charlotte Lithograph in two colors, 1934; Edition of 100, printed by George Miller of New York. Image size 14-3/8" x 10-3/4”; sheet size 20" x 14-7/8”. Signed in pencil by Kent in the lower right corner. Lightly sunned. This print rarely comes to market. Burne-Jones 107.
$4,400 LOUIS ORR (1876 - 1966) 9: Ports of America: Boston
Color etching, 1974; edition of 350. Image size 4” x 1-3/4”; sheet size 8¼” x 6”. Numbered 125/350, titled, and signed in pencil. Fine.
Etching on cream wove Arches paper, 1928; edition not stated. Image size 11-5/8” x 8-7/8”; sheet size 14” x 19”. Published by Yale University Press, from the portfolio Ports Of America. This plate shows the Boston Fish Pier surrounded by a flotilla of wooden fishing boats. Signed in pencil by Orr in the lower plate margin. The pier still stands, though who knows how much longer it can survive in the face of rampant development and the precipitous decline of the fishing industry.
$125
$1,200
NANCY NEMEC (1924 - 2003) 6: Mobile Home
LUIS SOLARI (1918 - 1993) 10: Gallina Y Burladores Mezzotint and electropoint, 1968; edition of 250. Image size 11-3/4” x 8”; sheet size 17¼” x 13-1/8”. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. Titled, numbered (160/250), and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. Fine. $425
THORSTEN DENNERLINE (1972 - ) 14: Portrait of the Artist’s Grandmother No. 3 Woodcut in two colors, not dated. Artist’s proof, edition size not known. Signed by the artist lower RH corner. Image size 18” x 25¼” on 22¼” x 30” sheet. Fine.
$375 ARTHUR WILLIAM HEINTZELMAN (1891 - 1965)
T. FRANTISEK SIMON (1877 - 1942) 11: Dreaming Mezzotint, 1922; edition of 55. Image size 6¼” x 8¼”; sheet size 12-1/8” x 16½”. Numbered 20 and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin; artist’s chop mark in red lower left margin. A beautifully nuanced impression in very good condition. $925
KENNETH REXROTH (1905 - 1982) 12: Lovers who feed the Goldfish in the Fontaine de Medicis Will Always Be True To One Another Broadside, 1972; edition of 250. Overall size 18½” x 14”. Published by The Pomegranate Press and boldly signed by Kenneth Rexroth. Fine.
$75 STEPHAN BRIGIDI (1951 - ) 13: October, 1974 Silver gelatin print, 1981; edition of 100. Image size 9” x 9”; overall print size 11” x 14”; mount size 16” x 20”. Published by August, Inc. Signed by the artist in lower margin of print and titled in pencil on the mount. Pristine.
$750
15: Le Vigneron Etching, 1933; edition of 110. Image size 9½” x 12”; sheet size 11” x 15”. Printed by Eugène Delâtre, Paris. Edition notation and signature in pencil in the lower margin. A carefully repaired tear extends from the top margin to about 1¼” into the plate area, together with an unobtrusive bend across the lower left corner of the print. A beautiful impression of what is considered by many to be Heintzelman’s finest work. Writing in its review of an exhibit of his work at George Binet Gallery in New York in 1948/49, Art News said that “The portrait of the querulous Le Vigneron is an almost perfect example of the etcher’s art with its infinite variety of line, its precise cutting and amazing control of all elements of the medium.” Smith 186.
$525
LEONOR FINI (1907 - 1996) 16: Le Visage de Delie Lithograph, 1974; edition of 300. Image size 14-3/4” x 20-1/8”; sheet size 19½” x 25-5/8”, From the portfolio Visages Pour Delie, published by ETHIS, Geneva, Switzerland. One of 75 copies printed on pearl finish Japan paper by Ateliers Guillard, Gourdon à Cachan, France. Numbered XLIII/LXXV and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. The portfolio is a selection of verses from Délie, a long poem by Maurice Scève (1501 - 1564) of Lyon. The verses are paired with portraits of Delie by Leonor Fini that reflect the mood of the given text.
$375
ASA CHEFFETZ (1897 - 1965) 17: Abdul Baha Wood engraving, 1928; edition of 100. Image size 4” x 5”; sheet size 7” x 11”. Initialed in the block and titled and signed in pencil in the lower margin by the artist. An early work seldom seen on the market. This portrait of the founder of the Baha´i faith is a superb impression in fine overall condition. Numbered 7/100. From a Springfield, Massachusetts estate. Springfield 10
$575
HANS EGGIMANN (1872 - 1929) 21: Klatsch Etching, 1923. Number 6 of an unknown edition size. Signed in the plate, numbered in pencil in the plate margin, and titled and signed by Eggimann in pencil beneath the plate mark. Plate size 5” x 6-7/8”; sheet size 9-3/8” x 13”. An excellent example of Eggimann’s mastery of the medium and of his biting satirical style. Rare.
$250 LUIGI KASIMIR (1881 - 1962)
18: Bridge Over Mad River - Vermont Wood engraving, ca 1947, edition not stated. Image size 7½” x 5¼” with full margins, titled and signed in lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition. Springfield 84.
$325 FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA (1746 - 1828) 19: Vieja Columpiándose Etching, ca. 1824 - 1828; Image size 4-3/4” x 7-3/8”; sheet size 9½” x 13”. This impression is a restrike, number five from a total of seven impressions printed by Russell A. Limbach in 1960 at the Davison Art Center, Wesleyan University, for Philip Hofer (1898 - 1984), founder of the Department of Printing and Graphic Arts of the Houghton Library, Harvard University. Ex collection Harold Hugo (1910 - 1985), President of Meriden Gravure Company. A superb, dark impression in fine condition. $2,200
DONALD SHAW MACLAUGHLAN (1876 - 1938) 20: The Builders Etching, 1904; edition not stated. Image size 9¼” x 3-3/4”; sheet size 13-3/8” x 16-5/8”. Published by Macmillan & Co., London. Fine.
$150
22: Fulton Market No. 1 Color etching, 1936; edition not stated. Image size 11-3/4” x 16-7/8”; sheet size 16¼” x 21-3/4”. Dated in the plate and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. This print has been removed from its original mount, cleaned and de-acidified, and re-matted using conservation grade materials. A wonderful depiction of the iconic Fulton Fish Market against a backdrop of Manhattan skyscrapers.Very good condition, with minor crease in the extreme lower right corner and a thin perimeter of residual toning around the perimeter of the sheet.
$1,400 AMELIA BOWERLEY (1873 - 1916) 23: A Boy Of Teneriffe Etching & aquatint, 1904. Image size 4¼” x 8-3/4” with full margins. Publshed by Macmillan & Co., London. Very Good
$275 Painter and printmaker Amalie Mathilde Bauerle was the daughter of German artist Karl Wilhelm Bauerle. She studied at the South Kensington School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art at the Kensington Museum, London before traveling in Italy and Germany. She exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1897 until her death, and also exhibited in Paris and in the United States.
FRITZ EICHENBERG (1901 - 1990)
PETER PAONE (1936 - ) 28: Owl #2
24: The Steps Wood Engraving, 1934, edition of 200. Image size 4-3/4” x 6-3/16”; sheet size 9” x 12”. Privately published. A fine copy on Rives paper, printed by Ernest Roth. In The Wood And The Graver, Eichenberg recounts that this engraving, one of four iconic studies (also including “The Aquarium”, “City Lights”, and “The Steps”) of New York life that arose from his first impressions as a newly-arrived immigrant, was inspired by friends who urged him to create such images while the freshness of the American experience still remained strong. $2,250
26: Illustration for A Descent Into The Maelström Wood engraving, artist’s proof. Image size 3-9/16” x 5½”; sheet size 9” x 12”. With one exception, Eichenberg printed between four and ten proofs for each of the engravings he made for Tales Of Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1944 by Random House. In our judgment, his engravings for this book show Eichenberg at the height of his interpretive and artistic powers. Fine. $475
25: Illustration for Till Eulenspiegel Wood engraving, ca. 1924.Artist’s proof printed on Japan paper. Image size 3½” x 2½”; sheet size 4-3/8” x 3”. Signed by Eichenberg in pencil. This is the llustration for page 183 of his second illustration commission, Till Eulenspiegel, published by Lothar Joachim Verlag, Leipzig, in 1925, and preceded only by Lemuel Gullivers reisen, also published by Joachim Verlag in 1922. Very good.
$325
DON FREEMAN (1908 - 1978) 26: Casting for Character Lithograph, 1934; edition of 184. Image size 12” x 9-7/8”; sheet size 16” x 14-3/8”. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. Titled and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. A wonderful snapshot of 1930s Broadway behind the scenes by this avid chronicler of Depression-era New York. Fine $1,275
Sugar lift etching, 1964; edition of 50. Image size 11-7/8” x 11-5/8” with full margins. Commissioned by Delphic Arts, New York and printed by C. W. Hunsberger. Numbered 43/50, titled, and signed in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression with small ripples & creases at outer edges of sheet well away from the sight area. $675
GEORGE ALBERT GALE (1893 - 1951) 29: Cape Stiff Etching and aquatint, ca 1930; edition not stated. Image size 8-7/8” x 11-3/4” with full margins. Conservation work performed, 2014; mounted and matted using archival quality materials. In addition to his formal training at the Rhode Island School of Design, Gale served aboard ship for several years. A fine impression of this scarce etching.
$525 30: Futility
BEN SHAHN (1898 - 1969)
Wood engraving, 1960; edition of 300. Image size 6” x 4-3/4”with full margins. Shahn’s original drawing was engraved by Stefan Martin. The edition was then signed in red by Ben Shahn and titled, numbered 83/300, and signed in pencil by Stefan Martin. $675
BARRY MOSER (1940 - ) 31: Self Portrait Wood engraving, 1985. Printed by Hampshire Typothetae on Mohawk Superfine High Finish Cover, numbered 200/200, for the portfolio Face To Face, a gathering of self-portraits by leading contemporary wood engravers. Signed by Moser in pencil in the lower margin. Image size 6” x 8”, sheet size 10-3/4” x 14-3/4”. Fine.
$175
HARRY SHOKLER (1896 - 1978) 32: Triple Arch Connecting Reunion and West Colleges, Princeton University Serigraph in twelve colors, 1945; edition of 200. Image size 10” x 8”; sheet size 12½” x 12½”. Published by The Princeton Print Club. Signed and dated in pencil. A fine impression with full margins. Narrow tape remnants on upper edge
JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER (1834 - 1903) 35: Drouet A richly inked etching and drypoint in black on cream laid paper, 1859; second of two states. Image size 6” x 8-7/8” with full margins. Signed and titled in the plate. The subject was a sculptor, collector, and lifelong friend of the artist. Kennedy 55; Glasgow 35.
$375
$3,200
JOSEPH HIRSCH (1910 - 1981) 33: Bass Viol Lithograph, 1959; edition of 250. Image size 9” x 143/8”; sheet size 13-1/8” x 17”. Published by Associated American Artists, New York, and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. A rich, impression with very good tonal range, very clean overall with tape residue in upper corners of the sheet. Cole 34.
$675
ROBERT VON NEUMANN (1888 - 1976) 34: Hauling The Net Lithograph, 1944; edition of 250. Image size 14-3/4” x 1-¼” with full margins. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. Signed in pencil by the artist at the right lower margin. Very good condition - moderate toning. $650
MAXIME LALANNE (1827 - 1886)
CONRAD FELIXMULLER (1897 - 1977)
34: Rue des Marmousets
35: Bildnis Max Liebermann
Etching, 1863; edition not stated. Image size 6-9/16” x 9½”; sheet size 8-3/8” x 11-3/4”. Signed in the plate. Cleaned and de-acidified in 2014; mounted and matted using archival quality materials. Fine overall condition.
Woodcut, 1926; edition of 70. Image size 15-3/4” x 19-5/8”; sheet size 17-3/4” x 22-3/8”. Titled and signed in pencil, lower margin. Very fine dark impression, minor spots & dampstain in the margins away from the sight area.
$575 This print depicts a long-vanished street in Paris that was obliterated by GeorgesEugène Haussmann, the Robert Moses of his day, who redesigned a large portion of the ancient city along imperial lines to the great delight of his boss, Napoleon III. In his description of this print, Philip Hamerton writes “In this street dwelt of old a pastry cook, who, with the help of his neighbor the barber, murdered a man in the pastrycook’s house and made pies of him, which were highly appreciated by the public.”
$2,600
Max Liebermann (1847 - 1935) was a painter and printmaker characterized as a German Impressionist. He was President of the Berlin Secession at its founding in 1897, and was President of the Prussian Academy of Art from 1920 - 1933.
LUIGI LUCIONI (1900 - 1988)
DOMINIQUE JOUVET-MAGRON (1)
39: Pomfret Church
36: Le Manoeuvre Au Levier Etching, 1923; signed in the plate. Edition not stated. Image size 4” x 5-3/8”; sheet size 5-5/8” x 9” Published in The Print Connoisseur, Volume III Number 2, April, 1923. Fine condition.
$75
Etching, 1939; edition of 192. Image size 10½” x 7-7/8”; with full margins. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. Inscribed in pencil “to the Maestro... June 25, ‘54” and signed in the lower margin. Fine Condition.
$325 GEORGE ELBERT BURR (1859 - 1939) 40: Evening, Arizona Etching & aquatint, 1930; edition of 400. Image size 6-3/4” x 5”; sheet size 11-3/8” x 8-5/8”. Published by the Brooklyn Society of Etchers. Signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. A beautiful impression in fine overall condition.
ALLEN LEWIS (1873 - 1957) 37: Saint Francis Preaching To The Birds Color woodcut, 1933; edition of 200. Image size 6-7/8” x 9-5/8”; page size 12-3/4” x 16” printed on a 25-5/8” x 32” press sheet by Lewis on a Washington hand press and folded to size. Signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin of the image and numbered 153 in the colophon. Beautiful typography and design, expertly inked and printed. Very good overall condition with minor smudging not affecting the image. $550
LARRY S. WASIELE (1956 - ) 38: Snowy Owl Offset Lithograph, ca. 1985; edition of 250. Exhibition poster for the Homer Babbidge Library, University of Connecticut, Storrs. Overall size 20¼” x 27”. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist in the lower margin of the image. Fine condition.
$75
$750 JERZY ZIELEZINSKI (1914 - 1982) 41: To The Wire! Rotogravure, 1946; edition of 1000. Image size 19.8 x 25.5 cm; sheet size 30 x 40 cm; printed and published by F. Bruckmann, KG, Munich. From the portfolio (Number 763) entitled 24 Drawings From The Concentration Camps In Germany. A searing depiction of all aspects of camp life at Dachau with an impact not unlike that of Goya a century earlier. Good condition
$150
Zielezinski made his way to the United States, where he changed his name to George Ziel and enjoyed a highly successful career. He worked principally as a cover artist whose often lurid and highly stylized paintings adorned the covers of many of the pulp fiction paperbacks published in the late 1940s and 1950s. Today, these covers are eagerly sought by collectors.
ROBERT DE MICHIELL (1958 - )
HOWARD SIMON (1902 - 1979) 42: Original illustration for The New Yorker
45: Nursing Mother, from Jews Without Money Woodcut, 1930; edition not stated. Image size 3½: x 5½”; sheet size 5-5/8” x 9”. Published in The Print Connoisseur, Volume X, Number 2, April, 1930. Fine.
Gouache opaque watercolor 1991. This illustration, boldly signed by de Michiell, was commissioned by The New Yorker to accompany the announcement of a Rodgers and Hart revue at the now departed Rainbow And Stars nightclub at Rockefeller Center in New York City. It depicts the legendary lyricist Florenz Hart and composer Richard Rodgers dancing with vocalists Elaine Stritch and Margaret Whiting. A charming caricature in fine condition, in archival mat and frame. $775
$175
ANDOR SUGAR (1903 - 1944)
DAVID LANCE GOINES (1945 - )
43: Verjely Etching, ca. 1940; edition not stated. Image size 13-3/4’ x 12”with full margins. A dark and unsettling surrealist image, titled and signed by the artist, who died at Auschwitz for his Communist activism. Signed in the lower margin. The print was conserved in 2014, and mounted and matted using archival quality materials. Faint stain on reverse outside of image area. Unobtrusive creases in margins. Rare. $425
46: Carducci & Herman Offset lithograph, 1981; edition of 2,783. Overall size 12-11/16” x 23-15/16”. Published by Saint Hieronymus Press, Berkeley, California. Fine.
$175
WILLIAM GROPPER (1897 - 1977) PAUL CADMUS (1904 - 1999)
47: The Little Tailor
44: Mother and Child Etching, 1934. 3-3/8” x 4-3/8” with full margins. A richly inked, superb impression signed in pencil lower RH corner, and inscribed “for Sandy”, in all probability Sandy Campbell, a successful Broadway actor and close friend who modeled for Cadmus on a number of occasions. Archivally matted and framed. Davenport 37.
$1,800
Original pastel drawing, ca. 1955. Overall sheet size 16½” x 24½. Signed by Gropper in the lower image area. Fine overall condition. In 1955, Dodd, Mead & Company published The Little Tailor, written and illustrated by Gropper. This image is in all likelihood a preliminary drawing for the project. It bears strong stylistic resemblance to the illustrations in the book, but it does not appear there. The bookitself is an earnest and hopeful portrayal of the American immigrant experience.
$1,275
STOW WENGENROTH (1906 - 1978) 48: Roof Garden, New York Lithograph, 1933; edition of 25. Image size 5-3/8” x 7½”; sheet size 8” x 11½”. Signed by Wengenroth in pencil in the lower margin. A fine impression displaying masterful use of light and shadow, in fine overall condition. This very scarce print has appeared at auction only twice in the past quarter century.
$4,900
JACQUES BEURDELEY (1874 - 1954) 49: Verger au printemps Etching, 1926; edition of 75. Image size 10-7/8” x 7-3/4”; sheet size 14-5/8” x 113/8”. Published by Edmond Sagot, Paris. Numbered 34/75; signed in the plate and in pencil in the lower margin by the artist. Publisher’s blind stamp lower right corner. Tack hole at upper edge of sheet, A fine impression in very good overall condition. Catalog number 157 $275
JOHN NATHANIEL FENTON (1912 - 1977) 50: Dybbuk Etching, ca. 1960; edition of 250. Image size 9” x 113/4”; sheet size 13-3/8” x 17½”. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. Titled, numbered, and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. A fine impression in overall fine condition, with minor rippling at the left edge of the sheet not affecting the sight area. In Jewish folklore, a Dybbuk is the soul of a dead person that takes possession of and controls a living person’s conduct.
$350
EDWARD JULIUS DETMOLD (1883 - 1957) CHARLES MAURICE DETMOLD ( 1883 - 1908) 51: The Falcon Etching, 1904; edition not stated. Image size 6-3/4” x 8-7/8”; sheet size 16-5/8” x 13-3/8”. Published by Macmillan & Co., London. A spectacular example of the etcher’s art in fine condition. $1,200 As early as age 13, the Detmold brothers exhibited their watercolors at the Royal Academy and the Royal Institute, and subsequently mastered watercolor etching and color printing with copper plates in their own studio. An early portfolio of their etchings was highly successful, leading to numerous commissions from leading publishers. If anything, the death of Maurice by his own hand in 1908 intensified Edward’s energies and output. He threw himself into his work and produced a remarkable body of meticulous and sensitive illustrations until he retired in the 1920s to Montgomeryshire with his widowed sister as companion. The Detmold brothers are artists well worth the attention of any serious collector.
MARIO AVATI (1921 - 2009) 52: Ballade et Violon Mezzotint, 1964. Edition of 13 printed on Rives paper. Image size 20-3/4” x 15-1/8”; sheet size 24-3/4” x 18-5/8”. Numbered, titled, and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. A fine impression in fine condition. $475
JACK COUGHLIN (1932 - ) 53: Samuel Beckett Lithograph, numbered 65/65. Image 10¼” x 8”, sheet size 14-3/4” x 11”. Titled and signed by Coughlin in pencil below image. Fine condition.
$300
JOHN FRENCH SLOAN (1871 - 1951) 54: Frankie and Johnnie Etching, 1928; edition of 100. Image size 7-13/16” x 4-7/8”; sheet size 12½” x 9-3/4”. Printed by Peter Platt (1859 - 1934), one of the leading fine arts printers of the era. Signed and dated in the plate; inscribed in the plate “Frankie and Johnnie from “HIM”; and signed in pencil by John Sloan in the lower margin. A superb impression of this most unusual image. HIM is the title of a surrealist play by e.e. cummings, written in 1926 and staged in Greenwich Village by the Provincetown Players, where John Sloan undoubtedly saw it and was thus inspired to produce this depiction of Act II, scene 5 from the play in which actor Hemsley Williams and actress Goldye Steiner, who plays Frankie and carries a doll named Johnie (sic), are circled by eight silent characters wearing hoods while an invisible backstage chorus sings a version of the classic popular song “Frankie and Johnny”. This etching is from the collection of Joel and John Weinstock of New Orleans. A graduate of Smith College, Joel Wise began her lifetime of art collecting in Paris when, instead of buying lingeré with the money given to her by her mother, she purchased a print by Georges Roualt. After her marriage to John Weinstock, the couple established Prints International, based in their Carrollton home, and helped establish many significant collections in New Orleans and beyond. The Weinstocks were also generous supporters of The New Orleans Museum of Art. Archival mat, mount, and backer in a period solid brass frame.
$2,900 While we’re on the subject, The Saga of Frankie and Johnny, written and illustrated with bold, primitive woodcuts by John Held, Jr., published in 1930 by Walter V. McKee, New York and reissued by Clarkson N. Potter in 1972 is well worth a look.
ERNEST FIENE (1894 - 1965) 55: Fisherman’s Cove, Maine Lithograph, ca. 1945, edition of 250. Image size 13” x 10-1/8” with full margins. Published by Associated American Artists, New York, and signed in pencil by the artist in lower margin. Fine.
$225
LUIS QUINTANILLA (1893 - 1978) 56: Garden Boy Drypoint, 1950; edition of 250. Image size 9-7/8” x 13”; sheet size 13” x 15-7/8”. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. Signed in pencil by the artist in the lower right margin. Fine.
$250
GEORGE HURRELL (1904 - 1992) 57: Joan Crawford Studio portrait, 1932, for the film Letty Lynton. This silver gelatin print, a spectacular portrait of the famed actress displaying the low-keyed emotional restraint for which she was famous was made ca.1980 and is signed by Hurrell in the lower margin. Letty Lynton is generally remembered for the remarkable white organdy gown made for Ms. Crawford by the noted designer Adrian. Apart from a few clips, the film has been unavailable since the courts decided and later upheld a copyright infringement lawsuit in favor of the plaintiffs and against MGM in 1936. George Hurrell was the studio photographer for MGM and is regarded as one of the finest and most artistic and innovative practitioners of his craft. Fine. $4,500
ELIAS MANDEL GROSSMAN (1898 - 1947 58: South Street (after rain) Etching, ca. 1935; edition size unknown. Image size 9-7/8” x 7-7/8”; sheet size11-1/16” x 9-3/16”. Printed by the artist on cream wove paper; titled and signed in pencil in the lower margin. A rich, well-inked impression in very good overall condition, with minor adhesive staining on reverse $725
CHARLES OGLESBY LONGABAUGH (1885 - 1944) 59: Facade - The Alamo Drypoint, ca. 1925; edition of 50. Image size 6-15/16” x 4-15/16”; sheet size 8½” x 5-7/8”. Titled, numbered, and signed in pencil in the lower margin. A richly inked impression in overall fine condition. A slit parallel to the lower edge of the sheet and well away from the image and notations has been expertly repaired. $525
JOHN DE POL (1913 - 2004) 62: Self-Portrait Wood engraving, 1978; edition of 200. Printed by Hampshire Typothetae on Mohawk Superfine High Finish Cover, numbered 200/200, for the portfolio Face To Face, a gathering of self-portraits by leading contemporary wood engravers. Signed by De Pol in pencil in the lower margin. Image size 6” x 8”, sheet size 10-3/4” x 14-3/4”. Fine.
$125 60: Huasteca Canyon Drypoint, ca. 1925; edition of 25. Image size 7-13/16” x 9-15/16”; sheet size 10-3/8” x 121/16”. The image depicts the dramatic terrain approximately 12 miles west of Monterrey, Mexico and was exhibited at the Joseph Pennell Memorial Exhibition in Washington, D.C. in 1927, first organized and staged by the Print Club of Philadelphia in 1926. Titled, numbered, and signed in pencil by the artist in the lower margin. Very good overall condition with faint background toning. Minor losses to sheet on the right hand margin well away from the image. Very good. $575
FISKE BOYD (1895 - 1975) 61: Concept Woodcut, 1951, edition of 100. Image size 9-1/8” x 12-1/8” with full margins. Published by the Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, and signed in pencil by the artist lower RH corner. A beautifully inked impression in fine condition. Archivally matted and framed.
$750
FRANKLIN T. WOOD (1877 - 1945) 63: Old Man Of Taormina Etching, 1925; edition not stated. Image size 3½” x 4½”; sheet size 5-5/8” x 9”. Published in The Print Connoisseur, Volume V, Number 3, July, 1925. A very warm impression; diagonal crease at bottom of image extending about 1/4” into the plate area. $75
JOHN BUCKLAND WRIGHT (1897 - 1954) 64: The Forest Pool Wood engraving, 1939; edition of 200. Image size 7-3/4” x 6-3/8” sheet size 11” x 8-3/4”. Numbered and signed in the lower margin. Published by The Woodcut Society, Kansas City, MO. A beautiful image in fine condition. $800
RICHARD BERGERE (1912 - ) 65: Twilight Over Brooklyn Bridge Lithograph, ca. 1945. Image size 12-5/8” x 9-1/8”, signed by Bergere in lower right-hand corner. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. Very good condition with full margins. Archivally matted and framed. $725
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Our logo is a wood engraving by James Reid (1907 - 1989). It is an illustration from The Song of Songs, published in 1931 by Farrar & Rinehart of New York, and is used with permission of the Reid family. It is one of thirty-two wood engravings printed from the original blocks in our limited edition portfolio, James Reid: Selected Wood Engravings, published by Brier Hill Press. Please inquire for more information.
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