George Elbert Burr "A Mirage" signed etching / drypoint, trial proof
Medium: original etching and drypoint. Catalogue reference: Seeber 194. This impression on japon paper is annotated "trial proof" and pencil-signed and titled in the margin, with George Burr's monogram signature. The published edition consisted of 40 numbered impressions. Plate size: 6 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (175 x 250 mm). American Impressionist George Elbert Burr is best known for Southwestern Art scenes such as this, and his etchings have become increasingly sought-after.
Condition: in good condition save for a faint mat stain, and with full original margins.
Arthur B. Davies original etching "Doorway to Illusion"
Medium: original softground etching and aquatint. Executed in 1919, this impression on laid paper was printed ca. 1929. Plate size: 7 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches (196 x 167 mm). Sheet size: 12 x 9 1/4 inches (305 x 234 mm). Signed in the plate with Arthur B. Davies' stamp signature at lower right and signed in pencil by printer Frank Nankivell at lower left.
Condition: there is creasing to the paper.
Jack Levine signed original etching "Hong Kong Tailor"
Medium: original etching with drypoint. Signed in pencil and numbered 47/100. Catalogue reference: Prescott 59. This etching was executed in 1974 and issued in an edition of 100 on watermarked Arches wove paper. The plate size is 6 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches (172 x 124 mm). With full original margins, the total sheet measures 15 x 11 inches. The publisher's dry stamp is in the margin. A magnificent, rich impression, signed in pencil by Jack Levine.
Milton Avery original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1953 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1953 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Milton Avery original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1952 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1952 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Jack Levine signed original etching "Thieves"
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. This is one of 10 artist's proofs on handmade BFK Rives wove paper, from a total edition of 145. Plate size: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (293 x 223 mm). Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (450 x 353 mm). Jack Levine was inspired by the Berthold Brecht and G. W. Pabst "Dreigroschen Film" of 1930.
Jack Levine signed original etching "Tiger Brown"
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. This is one of 10 artist's proofs on handmade BFK Rives wove paper, from a total edition of 145. Plate size: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (293 x 223 mm). Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (450 x 353 mm). Jack Levine was inspired by the Berthold Brecht and G. W. Pabst "Dreigroschen Film" of 1930.
Jacob Lawrence original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1955 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, and published by the Artists Equity Association of New York in an edition of 2000 on the occasion of the 1955 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association, and these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Leonard Baskin original etching
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1984 on Cartiere Magnani paper at the atelier of Bruce Chandler in an edition of 1500. This work was executed by Leonard Baskin to illustrate the Arthur Miller classic "Death of a Salesman" and published by The Limited Editions Club. Plate size: 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches (183 x 135 mm). Sheet size: 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (267 x 200 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Leonard Baskin original etching
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1984 on Cartiere Magnani paper at the atelier of Bruce Chandler in an edition of 1500. This work was executed by Leonard Baskin to illustrate the Arthur Miller classic "Death of a Salesman" and published by The Limited Editions Club. Plate size: 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches (183 x 135 mm). Sheet size: 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (267 x 200 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Leonard Baskin original etching
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1984 on Cartiere Magnani paper at the atelier of Bruce Chandler in an edition of 1500. This work was executed by Leonard Baskin to illustrate the Arthur Miller classic "Death of a Salesman" and published by The Limited Editions Club. Plate size: 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches (183 x 135 mm). Sheet size: 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (267 x 200 mm). Not signed.
Leonard Baskin original etching
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1984 on Cartiere Magnani paper at the atelier of Bruce Chandler in an edition of 1500. This work was executed by Leonard Baskin to illustrate the Arthur Miller classic "Death of a Salesman" and published by The Limited Editions Club. Plate size: 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches (183 x 133 mm). Sheet size: 10 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (267 x 195 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Leonard Baskin original etching
Medium: original etching. Printed in 1984 on Cartiere Magnani paper at the atelier of Bruce Chandler in an edition of 1500. This work was executed by Leonard Baskin to illustrate the Arthur Miller classic "Death of a Salesman" and published by The Limited Editions Club. Plate size: 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches (183 x 133 mm). Sheet size: 10 1/2 x 7 7/8 inches (267 x 200 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Edward Wadsworth original woodcut "Portrait of a Boy (Rupert Doone)"
Medium: original woodcut. Catalogue reference: Colnaghi 142. Published in London in 1921 by Herbert Furst at the Little Art Rooms for inclusion in the "Modern Woodcutters 4" volume, now very rare, which showcased original Edward Wadsworth woodcuts. This impression was printed on Basingwerk Parchment wove paper by Walter Bradley at the Morland Press. The image measures 7 x 3 inches. Not signed.
Jack Levine signed original etching "Der Kanonen Song"
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. This is one of 10 artist's proofs on handmade BFK Rives wove paper, from a total edition of 145. Plate size: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (223 x 293 mm). Sheet size: 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (353 x 450 mm). Jack Levine was inspired by the Berthold Brecht and G. W. Pabst "Dreigroschen Film" of 1930.
Jack Levine signed original etching "Victoria's Jubilee"
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. This is one of 10 artist's proofs on handmade BFK Rives wove paper, from a total edition of 145. Plate size: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (223 x 293 mm). Sheet size: 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (353 x 450 mm). Jack Levine was inspired by the Berthold Brecht and G. W. Pabst "Dreigroschen Film" of 1930.
Jack Levine signed original etching "Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum"
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. This is one of 10 artist's proofs on handmade BFK Rives wove paper, from a total edition of 145. Plate size: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (223 x 293 mm). Sheet size: 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (353 x 450 mm). Jack Levine was inspired by the Berthold Brecht and G. W. Pabst "Dreigroschen Film" of 1930.
Jack Levine signed original etching "Mack sees Polly Peachum"
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. This is one of 10 artist's proofs on handmade BFK Rives wove paper, from a total edition of 145. Plate size: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (293 x 223 mm). Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (450 x 353 mm). Jack Levine was inspired by the Berthold Brecht and G. W. Pabst "Dreigroschen Film" of 1930.
Jack Levine signed original etching "McHeath Betrayed"
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. This is one of 10 artist's proofs on handmade BFK Rives wove paper, from a total edition of 145. Plate size: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (293 x 223 mm). Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (450 x 353 mm). Jack Levine was inspired by the Berthold Brecht and G. W. Pabst "Dreigroschen Film" of 1930.
Jack Levine signed original etching "Tunbridge Girls with McHeath in Flight"
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. This is one of 10 artist's proofs on handmade BFK Rives wove paper, from a total edition of 145. Plate size: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (293 x 223 mm). Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (450 x 353 mm). Jack Levine was inspired by the Berthold Brecht and G. W. Pabst "Dreigroschen Film" of 1930.
Jack Levine signed original etching "The Wedding"
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. This is one of 10 artist's proofs on handmade BFK Rives wove paper, from a total edition of 145. Plate size: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (223 x 293 mm). Sheet size: 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (353 x 450 mm). Jack Levine was inspired by the Berthold Brecht and G. W. Pabst "Dreigroschen Film" of 1930.
Jack Levine signed original etching "A Wedding Gift"
Medium: original soft ground etching. Signed in pencil and annotated "Artist's Proof". Printed in 1967 for the Dreigroschen Film portfolio and published by Touchstone Publishers. This is one of 10 artist's proofs on handmade BFK Rives wove paper, from a total edition of 145. Plate size: 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (223 x 293 mm). Sheet size: 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches (353 x 450 mm). Jack Levine was inspired by the Berthold Brecht and G. W. Pabst "Dreigroschen Film" of 1930.
Josef Presser original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1953 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1953 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Reginald Marsh original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1954 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1954 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Reginald Marsh original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1951 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1951 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (303 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Wyndham Lewis "Portrait of Gladys Anne Hoskyns"
Medium: collotype (after the drawing). This large print was issued in an edition of 500 in 1923 for the very scarce "Living Art" portfolio, by The Dial Publishing Company, New York. Printed on wove paper, the total sheet measures 17 x 16 1/2 inches (425 x 415 mm). The drawing itself resides in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York. Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: there are the remains of old tape mounts on back.
Maurice Sterne "Coney Island" original etching
Medium: original etching and aquatint. Catalogue reference: Sanchez and Seydoux 1904-19. Printed in Paris on laid paper and published in 1904 by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Plate size: 3 1/2 x 6 5/8 inches (88 x 163 mm). Not signed.
Ben Shahn original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1955 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, and published by the Artists Equity Association of New York in an edition of 2000 on the occasion of the 1955 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association, and these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Peter Takal original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1958 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1958 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 1/2 inches (305 x 218 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Jacob Lawrence original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed for the front cover of the 1956 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1956 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on wove paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 9 inches (303 x 227 mm). There is a different lithograph printed on the back side, as published. Please note, this listing is for the front cover lithograph only and does not include any other lithographs from this edition. Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: there is age-toning and wear, and the edges of the sheet have been trimmed.
Clara Klinghoffer original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed for the inside back cover of the 1957 "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1957 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on wove paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 3/4 inches (303 x 221 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: there is age-toning to the paper and the edges of the sheet have been trimmed. There is a different lithograph on the back, as published.
Peter Takal original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1957 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1957 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Reginald Marsh original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1952 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1952 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Reginald Marsh original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1954 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1954 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Reginald Marsh original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1954 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1954 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Reginald Marsh original lithograph for Improvisations | Artists Equity 1950 Spring Fantasia
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1950 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1950 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 3/4 inches (305 x 223 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Ben Shahn original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1955 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, and published by the Artists Equity Association of New York in an edition of 2000 on the occasion of the 1955 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association, and these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
Ben Shahn original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1955 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, and published by the Artists Equity Association of New York in an edition of 2000 on the occasion of the 1955 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association, and these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression. Size: 12 x 8 5/8 inches (305 x 220 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
August Mosca original lithograph
Medium: original lithograph. This lithograph was printed in 1958 for the "Improvisations" portfolio, published by the Artists Equity Association of New York on the occasion of the 1958 Spring Fantasia Masquerade Ball at the Hotel Astor. Leading artists on the New York art scene were invited to contribute original lithographs in the form of advertisements for businesses sponsoring the Artists Equity Association; these sponsors gave the artists complete creative freedom of expression.
This impression was printed on tinted laid paper in an edition of 2000. Size: 12 x 8 1/2 inches (305 x 218 mm). Signed in the plate (not hand-signed).
Condition: the left edge of the sheet has been trimmed.
