Ray H. French

The Gull

1955

Before Day Light Drypoint, c. 1940 Signed lower right (see photo) Titled lower left (see photo) Created while the artist was a commercial artist working in Minneapolis. In the 1930’s...

untitled (Duck taking to flight, flushed by a dog) Drypoint & Aquatint, c. 1940 signed lower right Created while the artist was a commercial artist working in Minneapolis, after his ...

Lice (Mallards grooming themselves) Drypoint, 1927 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Titled lower left corner Condition: Excellent Image/Plate size: 6 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches Shee...

Untitled (Three Ducks Taking to Flight) Drypoint, c. 1940 Signed lower right Provenance: Estate of the Artist Winchell Heirs by descent Condition: Excellent Ima...

Signed, dated, and titled in pencil by the artist Dedicated: "To Jon From Ray" Edition: 100 in two printings A studio proof from the second printing by Jon Clemens, master printe...

Signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition: Epreuve d'Artiste viii/X Reference: Passeron 359

Le Chasseur Fortune Engraving framed Bez.: C. Van Falenz pinixit // Jac. Ph. Le Bas Sculp. // a Paris chez Le Bas graveur du Cabinet du Roy au bas de la rue de la Harpe...

After William Hogarth (British, 1697–1764) Royal Sports PIT TICKET • Engraving by William Dent (British), active from 1783 to 1793 • Inscribed bottom right: Dent sculp • Plate ca. 7.6 x 9.1cm • Image ca. 6.3 x 7.9 cm • Sheet ca. 23.5 x 15 cm Fantastic imagery full of detail and symbolism – For example discover the cast shadow of the dept collector with his truncheon, looming over the winner, whose fast gained riches are being stolen by a thief as we watch. This well know subject was originally created by the famous British artist William Hogarth and then reproduced over time by many contemporary artists as prints of various formats and as paintings. Here we have a rendition engraved by William Dent, who was active from 1783 to 1793 and signed his work in the plate bottom right. I think this impression would date to the late 18th or then to the very early 19th Century. I was told, that these small prints, served as entry tickets to cock fights in Georgian England...

Engraving after Paul Jouve From the work of Terrasse in 1948 490 copies Size etching: 23 x 18 cm Frame: 45 x 49 cm

With his abstract representations of various creatures, the Spanish/German artist Max Gärtner explores the tensions and interrelationships between reality and the metaphysical, betwe...

With his abstract representations of various creatures, the Spanish/German artist Max Gärtner explores the tensions and interrelationships between reality and the metaphysical, betwe...

Engraving after Paul Jouve From the work of Terrasse in 1948 490 copies Size etching: 23 x 18 cm Frame: 45 x 49 cm