Catalog: Fine Art: Prints: Etchings (499)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834-1903, "The Forge", etching, plate measures 7 1/2 x 12 3/8 on 9 x 14 2/8 inch laid type paper. C. 1861. State 4 of 6. This image was part of the Thames set published in 1871. Catalog: Glasgow 86. The location is a forge in the small town of Perros-Guirec in Brittany. Plate signed and dated in the lower right. A well-inked impression with a a rich drypoint burr.

Anders Zorn, Swedish, 1860-1920, "The Cabin," etching, plate size measures 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches in a 17 1/2 x 22 inch gold frame. C. 1917. Catalog: Asplund 279. Pencil signed in the lower right. Black ink on laid type paper. Third state. Zorn's incredible linework gives these figures a soft look.

Edmund Blampied, British, 1886-1966, "Le Chef d'oeuvre", drypoint, plate measures 11 3/4 x 9 inches on 15 7/8 x 10 1/4 inch laid type paper. C. 1931. Edition of 100. Catalog: Appleby 145. Plate signed and dated in the lower right, pencil signed below the image. Blampied focuses all of the detail in the faces of the two figures, capturing the exact moment that the chef tastes his masterpiece in this intriguing print. This is his most famous print!

Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand, French, 1863-1951, "Première Danseuse (Soloist)" etching, aquatint, and drypoint. Image size measures 15 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches on 20 1/4 x 14 1/4 inch wove type paper. IV/VII state. April 1st, 1908. Catalog: Arwas 363. Seven states. Plate signed in the upper right, pencil signed and numbered in the lower right. Collector's stamp in the lower right. Numbered 89 in an edition of 100...

Louis Auguste Mathieu Legrand, French, 1863-1951, "Le Première Leçon", image size measures 14 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches on 18 x 12 inch wove type paper. Plate signed in the lower right of the picture, faint pencil signature in the lower right of paper. Plate titled in the lower right. C. 1893. Etching, aquatint, and drypoint. From his "Les Petits Du Ballet" series...

Harold Kerr Eby, American, 1889-1946, "The Storm," etching, plate measures 9 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches on 13 1/8 x 19 inch watermarked laid type paper. Giardina 191. C. 1937. Etching and sandpaper ground. Edition 100. Pencil signed and annotated "imp," indicating that the artist printed it himself. A coastal scene in Maine.

Aiden Lassell Ripley, American, 1896-1969, "Quail Shooting," etching, plate measures 8 3/4 x 14 inches on 13 x 18 1/4 inch medium weight watermarked wove type paper. Pencil signed in the lower right, titled in the lower left. An excellent print that shows true mastery of light and movement, with a rich drypoint burr...

John Taylor Arms, American, 1887-1953, "Bark Metis Making Harbor", etching and aquatint, plate size: 11 3/4 x 17 3/4 inches on 18 x 23 inch medium weight wove type paper.Artist's proof. Pencil signed in the lower right. Edition of 200. Catalog: Fletcher 133. C. 1923. A dramatic and beautifully colored maritime etching.

Edmund Blampied, British, 1886-1966, "The Centenarian," etching, plate measures 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches. This print is expressive in both line and content. Drypoint from 1930. Numbered 39 in an edition of 100. Catalog: Appleby 144. Featured in Fine Prints of the Year in 1931. Plate signed on the bottom edge: "Blampied Jan. 1931". Signed in ink in the lower right, editioned in the lower left.

Jackson Lee Nesbitt, American, 1913-2008, "October Afternoon," etching, plate size 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches on 13 1/8 x 16 7/8 inch medium weight wove type paper. Published by Associated American Artists. Catalog: Retlif & Salzer 26. C. 1945. Pencil signed in the lower right, titled in the lower left. Edition of 250. This print has such incredibly detailed linework that it almost doesn't even look like an etching...

John Taylor Arms, American, 1887-1953, "Stockholm," etching, 7 1/2 x 13 1/3 inches on 11 5/8 x 18 1/4 inch watermarked laid type paper. C. 1940. Likely printed by David Strang. Print #1 in his Scandinavian Series. This very sharp print has a wide tonal range and captures the patterns in the columns and floor.

Manuel Robbe, French, 1872-1936, "Le Bouquet de Violettes," etching, plate measures 7 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches on 22 3/4 x 16 1/4 inch watermarked arches laid type paper. Colored etching and Aquatint. C. 1903. 1st state, edition of 65. Larger edition of 100 after signature was added to plate. Pencil signed in the lower right. Catalog: P-K 105. An intimate portrait of a young woman in her dressing room affixing flowers to her dress.

Stow Wengenroth, American, 1906-1978, "Wood Owl," lithograph, plate measures 9 5/8 x 15 5/8 inches on 13 x 19 3/4 inch medium weight wove type paper. C. March 1970. Scene from Greenport, New York. Pencil signed in the lower right. Edition of 85. Image Wengenroth has captured every detail of the texture of the subject and background. Catalog: Stuckey 331.

Edmund Blampied, British, 1886-1966, "A Jersey Shore," etching, plate measures 7 3/8 x 10 7/8 on 10 1/4 x 15 1/2 inch laid type paper. Hand signed in pen and ink and numbered 61 in an edition of 100. Plate signed and dated 1929. This is an atmospheric print with excellent chiaroscuro.

Harold Kerr Eby, American, 1889-1946, "Shadows," etching, plate measures 10 1/4 x 14 7/8 inches on 12 3/4 x 18 inch laid type paper. C. 1936. Edition of 175. Catalog: Giardina 186. Pencil signed in the lower right "Kerr Eby imp", the 'imp' indicating that Eby printed this impression himself. This etching was based on Eby's World War I experiences in France. This print is a beautiful study in light and shadow.

Manuel Robbe, French, 1872-1936, "Claudine," colored etching and aquatint, plate measures 12 x 9 3/4 inches on 24 x 17 3/8 inch arches laid type paper. Print 26 in an edition of 65. C. 1903. Published by Sagot, Paris. Robbe studied at the Academie Julien and the Ecole des Beaux Artes, becoming a master of the aquatint medium. He developed much of his own aquatint techniques, which enabled him to create his uniquely painterly, richly colored images.

Edmund Blampied, British, 1886-1966, "Road to The Farm", etching, plate measures 10 1/4 x 8 inches on 15 3/4 x 10 5/8 inch watermarked laid type paper. Pencil signed in the lower right, editioned in the lower left. C. 1931. Print 36 in an edition of 100. Catalog: Appleby 149. This atmospheric print exemplifies Blampied's skillful and unique use of line to create depth and shadow. Featured in Illustrated Fine Prints of the Year in 1929.

John Taylor Arms, American, 1887-1953, "The Doorway of the Bishop, Palencia Cathedral", etching, plate measures 13 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches on 16 1/2 x 9 3/4 inch watermarked laid type paper. Pencil signed and dated "1950" in the lower right. Third state. Edition of 308. Number 15 in his "Spanish Church" series. Catalog: Fletcher 418. This is an exquisitely detailed print with strong contrast!