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The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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'City Lights' — Vintage Wood Engraving, New York City, 1934
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fritz Eichenberg, 'City LIghts', wood engraving, 1934, edition 200. Signed, titled 'Lights', and annotated 'No 2/200 for Howard M. Chapin' in pencil. Initialed in the block, lower right. A fine, richly-inked black impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/4 to 1 7/8 inches); a small loss (5/8 inch) in the top right sheet corner, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Printed by master printer Ernest Roth...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Chiquita
Located in Storrs, CT
Chiquita. 1923-4. Etching. Fletcher 44. 6 3/8 x 5 5/16 (sheet 11 x 8 3/4). Edition 76 (total 81 impressions). A dramatic impression with subtle plate tone, printed on cream wove pape...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Autumn — American Modern
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Turzak, 'Autumn', color woodcut, edition 50, c. 1925. Signed, titled and numbered '17/50' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower left. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

'Decaying Beauty' —from 'Solitude' for Henry David Thoreau's 'Walden'
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Naoko Matsubara, 'Decaying Beauty' for the portfolio 'Solitude', color woodcut, 1971, edition 100. Signed and numbered '49/100' in pencil. A fine, fres...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Nadia au regard attentif
Located in London, GB
Aquatint on Marais wove paper Edition of 25 Signed and numbered 25/25 in pencil lower right Duthuit 794
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Aquatint

The Tyne
Located in Storrs, CT
The Tyne. 1922. Etching and drypoint. Dickins 73. 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 (sheet 9 3/4 x 12 1/2). Series: The Arteries of Great Britain. Edition 425. A fine proof with tonal wiping and more of a sepia coloring, printed on "J.Green & Son' cream-wove paper. Signed in pencil. The image looks down on the open Swing Bridge, from the High-Level Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne. The boats carry timber and coal. The complete set of The Arteries of Great Britain includes The Thames, The Tyne, The Forth, The Clyde, and The Mersey. Architectural draughtsman, etcher. Born in Lustdorf, near Odessa, Russia, to a British father and Russian mother. Traveled extensively with his family before studying architecture in St Petersburg, with further studies at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Atelier Redan, Paris. Practiced architecture in Moscow and was co-designer of the Metropole Hotel, in 1898. Moved to London in 1907 and was employed as an architectural perspectivist. After a sponsored visit to Rome and Venice he had a solo exhibit at the Fine Art Society, 1912, 'Watercolours of London and Venice'; followed by a further four shows. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Society of Painter-Etchers..., and Connell & Sons. His etchings were published in London by H C Dickens,1913-24, and a folio of his work 'Architectural watercolors and etchings of William Walcot' was published, in 1919. Elected RE, 1920; FRIBA, 1922; Associate British School at Rome. A foremost architectural draughtsman, he worked from studios in London, Oxford and Rome. The complete set of The Arteries of Great Britain includes: The Thames, The Tyne, The Forth, The Clyde, The Mersey. Signed in pencil .Housed in a 16 x 20 inch mat suitable for framing. Opened in 1890, the Forth Bridge...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

'The Castle' — Mid-Century Modernist Children's Fantasy
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Edward Landon 'The Castle', color serigraph, 1953, edition 35, Ryan 33. Signed, titled, and numbered '11/35' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream Japan paper. Th...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Screen

THE RUG WEAVER
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GUSTAVE BAUMANN (1881 – 1971) THE RUG WEAVER, 1910 (Chamberlain 26) Color woodcut signed in pencil. Unnumbed from an edition 100 as published in the Hills o’ Brown...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Portrait of Gladys Anne Hoskyns
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait of Gladys Anne Hoskyns Collotype after a Wyndham Lewis drawing, 1923 Singed in the plate and reinforced in pencil Published by The Dial Publishing Company in Living Art: Twenty Facsimile Reproductions after Paintings, Drawings and Engravings and Ten Photographs after Sculpture by Contemporary Artists Author/Publisher: Scofield Thayer...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Spring — American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Turzak, 'Spring', color woodcut, edition 50, c. 1925. Signed, titled and numbered '4/50' in pencil. Signed in the block, lower left. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Apple Blossoms III
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Fairfield Porter, 'Apple Blossoms III', color lithograph, 1974, edition 50. Signed, numbered '17/50', and annotated 'III' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh col...
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1970s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Whale's Back [Connecticut]
Located in Storrs, CT
The Whales Back. 1925. Etching. Giardina catalog 95 stateiii. Image: 6 1/2 x 12 (sheet 10 x 16). Trial proof, prior to the edition of 90. Illustrated in Fine Prints of the Year, 1927. A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream laid paper. Signed and annotated 'imp' (imprimit) in pencil, indicating a proof printed Eby. The scene is probably Westport or Cos Cob, Connecticut. The scene is probably Westport or Cos Cob, Connecticut. Kerr Eby...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Burlesque Girl.
Located in Storrs, CT
Lloyd William Wulff. Burlesque Girl. 1938. Lithograph. 10 1/4 x 11 3/8 (sheet 12 1/2 x 15 1/8). Edition 28, #16. Federal Arts Project blind stamp. Printed on cream wove paper with fu...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Gothic Spirit
Located in Storrs, CT
The Gothic Spirit (also called A Gargoyle, A Gothic Spirit). 1922. Etching and stipple. Fletcher 120. 11 5/8 x 7 (sheet 15 1/4 x 11 1/4). Gargoyle Series #8. Edition 130. Illustrated...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

'Humming Birds and Orchids' — Vintage White Line Color Woodcut
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Wuanita Smith, 'Humming Birds and Orchids', white-line color woodcut, circa 1930, edition 50. Signed and titled in pencil. Annotated '50 edition', 'no 5'...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Charing Cross - The Statue of Charles I.
Located in Storrs, CT
Charing Cross -- The Statue of Charles I. 1919. Etching with aquatint and drypoint. 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 (sheet 9 1/8 x 11 3/8). A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream-wove paper. Signed in pencil. Charing Cross is located at the junction of the Strand, Whitehall, and Cockspur Street in Central London, England. The name originates from the Eleanor cross installed by King Edward I as a memorial to his wife, Eleanor of Castile at the former hamlet of Charing. Since 1675, the cross site has been occupied by a statue of King Charles I mounted on a horse. The pedestal is thought to be designed by Wren and carved by Grinling Gibbons. Chelsea Old Church, also known as All Saints, is an Anglican church, on Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3, England, near Albert Bridge. It is the church for a parish in the Diocese of London, part of the Church of England. Inside the Grade I listed building, there is seating for 400 people. There is a memorial plaque to the author Henry James (1843–1916) who lived nearby on Cheyne Walk. To the west of the church is a small public garden containing a sculpture by Sir Jacob Epstein. When he was seventeen,William Walcot began to study architecture under Louis Benois at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg. He went to Paris where he continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Atelier Redon. He practiced as an architect briefly in Moscow, designing the Hotel...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

'The Start of the Race' — America's Cup, 1899
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jacques La Grange, 'The Start of the Race, 1899', color woodcut, edition 500, 1934. Signed and numbered '21/500' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper,...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

Allen Street El —mid-century modern
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Bernard Brussel-Smith, 'Allen Street El', chiaroscuro wood engraving, 1941, edition 140. Signed, titled, and numbered '84/140' in pencil. Signed and dated in the block, upper right. ...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

The Print Shop
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GUSTAVE BAUMANN (1881 – 1971) THE PRINT SHOP 1910 (Chamberlain 27) Color woodcut signed in pencil. Unnumbed from an edition 100 as published in the Hills o’ Brown Portfolio, (plate 11 of 12). Image 9 x 13 1/8, sheet 10 ¼ x 13 7/8 with deckle edge at the bottom. The print portrays the Brown County...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Chelsea Old Church, London
Located in Storrs, CT
Chelsea Old Church. 1924. Etching, drypoint, and aquatint. Dickins 94. 5 3/8 x 8 (sheet 8 1/2 x 9 3/4). Edition 100 for The Print Collector's Club. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and dedicated "W.R. Button from W. Walcot London 1930" in pencil. Chelsea Old Church, also known as All Saints, is an Anglican church, on Old Church Street, Chelsea, London SW3, England, near Albert Bridge. It is the church for a parish in the Diocese of London, part of the Church of England. Inside the Grade I listed building, there is seating for 400 people. There is a memorial plaque to the author Henry James (1843–1916) who lived nearby on Cheyne Walk. To the west of the church is a small public garden containing a sculpture by Sir Jacob Epstein. When he was seventeen,William Walcot began to study architecture under Louis Benois at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg. He went to Paris where he continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Atelier Redon. He practiced as an architect briefly in Moscow, designing the Hotel Metropole...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Evening, Port of Genoa
Located in Storrs, CT
Evening, Port of Genoa. 1915. Drypoint. Dodgson 337.i/v. 7 5/8 x 9 15/16 (sheet 9 1/8 x 14). Edition of 45 in five states. An exceptionally rich impression with drypoint burr, printe...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Snow on the Aspetuck.
Located in Storrs, CT
Snow on the Aspetuck. 1927. Etching. Giardina catalog 109 state iii. Image: 6 1/16 x 10 7/8 (sheet 9 x 13 3/4). Trial proof, apart from the edition of 90. A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream-laid paper. Signed and annotated 'trial proof' and 'imp' (imprimit) in pencil, indicating a proof printed Eby Kerr Eby is one of the great 20th-century printmakers, heralded for his use of negative space and plate tone. His plates usually held a combination of drypoint and etched lines, resulting in an interplay of strong lines and delicate details. His landscapes are just as telling of his talents and skilled hand. They speak to his ability to edit, as he would enlist only one or two lines to do the work of many- letting the almost unmarked plate...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE BROADCAST - Published by WPA!
Located in Santa Monica, CA
NAN LURIE (b. 1910-?) INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE BROADCAST, c 1935 Lithograph, published by the WPA New York Project. Signed and titled in pencil with the WPA NY Project stamp lower left. WPA Editions are typically about 25. Image 14 x 10” sheet 16 x 11 ¼”. Listed in the GSA (General Service Administration) WPA catalog in only one example, the University of Kentucky Art...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Thames from Waterloo.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Thames from Waterloo Bridge. 1913. Etching. Dickins 12. 3 3/4 x 7 1/16 (sheet 7 x 10 15/16). Edition 100. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on cream-wove paper. Signed in pencil. Architectural draughtsman, etcher. Born in Lustdorf, near Odessa, Russia, to a British father and Russian mother. Traveled extensively with his family before studying architecture in St Petersburg, with further studies at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Atelier Redan, Paris. Practiced architecture in Moscow and was co-designer of the Metropole Hotel, in 1898. Moved to London in 1907 and was employed as an architectural perspectivist. After a sponsored visit to Rome and Venice he had a solo exhibit at the Fine Art Society, 1912, 'Watercolours of London and Venice'; followed by a further four shows. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Society of Painter-Etchers..., and Connell & Sons. His etchings were published in London by H C Dickens,1913-24, and a folio of his work 'Architectural watercolors and etchings of William Walcot' was published, in 1919. Elected RE, 1920; FRIBA, 1922; Associate British School at Rome. A foremost architectural draughtsman, he worked from studios in London, Oxford and Rome. The complete set of The Arteries of Great Britain includes: The Thames, The Tyne, The Forth, The Clyde, The Mersey. Signed in pencil .Housed in a 16 x 20 inch mat suitable for framing. Opened in 1890, the Forth Bridge...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Jonah
Located in Santa Monica, CA
SADAO WATANABE (Japanese 1913-1996) JONAH, 1959 Color stencil, signed, numbered and dated in white ink. Sheet, 25 5/8 x 22 5/8 inches. Edition: 44/50. Good color and generally good ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Prints

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Stencil, Woodcut

House on Cliff Walk, Newport, Rhode Island
Located in Storrs, CT
House on Cliff Walk, Newport, R.I. 1931-1932. Etching and drypoint. Hausberg catalog 13 state .i/ii. Edition 75 in this state. 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 (sheet 9 x 13 1/2). A rich impression pr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

THE WAGON SHOP
Located in Santa Monica, CA
GUSTAVE BAUMANN (1881 – 1971) THE WAGON SHOP, 1910 (Chamberlain 24) Color woodcut signed in pencil. Unnumbed from an edition 100 as published in the Hills o’ Brown...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

A Gale at Port Errol
Located in Storrs, CT
A Gale at Port Errol. 1923. Etching. Hardie 215, #46. 13 x 8 3/4 (sheet 16 7 /8 x 11 1/2). Edition 76. #46. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1923. A rich wiped impression on ant...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

'Survivor' — Elizabeth Catlett
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Elizabeth Catlett, 'Survivor', linocut, 1983, edition 1000. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '914/1000' in pencil. A fine impression, on...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

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Linocut

Winter Fun — Mid-century Modernism, Central Park, New York City
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Lozowick, 'Winter Fun', lithograph, 1940, edition 20, 250 (1941). Flint 188. Signed in pencil, with the artist’s monogram in the stone, lower left. A...
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1940s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

SARA AND THE ANGELS - from the Bible
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MARC CHAGALL (1887 - 1985) SARA AND THE ANGELS - (Sara et Les Anges) - from The Bible, 1960 (Mourlot 240, Cramer 42) Color lithograph, sheet and image 14 x10 ¼ inches. Unsigned as ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

The Cow Shed
Located in Storrs, CT
The Cow Shed. 1946. Etching, aquatint, and sandpaper ground. Giardina 211. 9 5/8 x 15 1/8. Edition 100. Tape marks at the margin edges, well away from the image. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed and annotated 'imp' (imprimit) in pencil, indicating a proof printed Eby. Housed in an 18 3/4 x 24-inch archival mat, suitable for framing. Eby is known for his stark and lovely landscapes of Connecticut in the winter. He first got to know Connecticut when he spent several summers at the artist’s colony at Cos Cob immediately before the First World War. There he became friends with the American Impressionist artist Childe Hassam, who was almost thirty years older than Eby. Eby and Hassam had a close working relationship, with the younger artist providing the older artist with technical advice on etching and the use of his etching press. Following the War, Eby married Frances Sheldon, whom he had met in Cos Cob, and the couple eventually settled in a pre-Revolutionary War saltbox...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Girl's Head - Woman's Head (Harvard)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Girl's Head - Woman's Head (Harvard) Drypoint, 1920 Unsigned (as issued) From: The Drypoints of Elie Nadelman, 21 unpublished prints by the sculptor, proof from the original zinc and copper plates, 1952 Published by Curt Valentin, New York Edition: unknown Printed by Charles S. White, master printer Printed on Van Gelder Zonen laid paper with armorial watermark A complete portfolio is in the collection of Harvard Art...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

The Letter
Located in Storrs, CT
The Letter. 1921. Drypoint. Appleby 107. 7 x 9 3/8 (sheet 10 1/2 x 15 7/16). Edition 100. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1925; Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching: Edmund Blamp...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

The Passing Gondola
Located in Storrs, CT
The Passing Gondola. c. 1926. Etching. Edition 80, #18. Hardie/Carter 230. 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 (sheet 11 1/4 x 13). Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1927. Printed on antique wove pap...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

A Mirage
Located in Storrs, CT
A Mirage. 1928. Etching. Hardie 238. 11 13/16 x 14 3/8 (sheet 12 3/16 x 18 3/4). Edition 76, #46. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1928 and 1938; Holmes, Etchings of Today. A ri...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Sotto Portico, Venice.
Located in Storrs, CT
Sotto Portico, Venice. 1928. Etching. Hardie/Carter 235. 12 1/2 x 8 3/4 (sheet 8 1/4 x 11 3/8). Edition 80, #39. A rich impression printed in black/brown ink with subtle tonal wiping...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Virgin and Child.
Located in Storrs, CT
. Wood engraving. Physick catalog 827. 5 3/4 x 2 3/4 (sheet 8 1/16 x 3 7/16). Proof printed on simili-Japan paper with one side deckle edge. Unsigned. Eric Gill was a painter, scu...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Engraving, Woodcut

Time After Time.
Located in Storrs, CT
Lithograph with watercolor. 22 3/8 x 30 5/8. Edition 56 (plus 5 artist's proofs). A bright impression printed on the full sheet of Arches paper. Signed and numbered 4/56 in pencil. ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Watercolor, Color, Lithograph

GIRLS WITH LOTS OF QUAILS
Located in Santa Monica, CA
SADAO WATANABE (Japanese 1913-1996) GIRLS WITH LOTS OF QUAILS, 1965 鶉と少女 Hand colored stencil print on momigami textured paper. Signed and numbered in white. Edition 50, Image 17 x 2...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Stencil

Profile Bust of a Girl - Woman's Head in Profile (Havard)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Profile Bust of a Girl - Woman's Head in Profile (Havard) Drypoint, 1920 Unsigned (as issued) From: The Drypoints of Elie Nadelman, 21 unpublished prints by the sculptor, proof from ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint

Ludgate Hill
Located in Storrs, CT
Ludgate Hill. 1921. Etching, aquatint, and drypoint. Dickins 69. 5 5/8 x 5 1/8 (sheet 13 5/8 x 9 3/4). A fine proof with plate tone, printed on 'J Wha[tman] cream wove paper. Edition of 275 for the UK and 125 for the US. Signed in pencil. Ludgate Hill is a street that runs west from St. Paul's Churchyard to Ludgate Circus (built in 1864), and from there becomes Fleet Street. The Ludgate Hill railway station, between Water Lane and New Bridge Street, is a station of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. It was closed before World War II and the railway bridge and viaduct between Holborn Viaduct and Blackfriars stations was demolished in 1990 to enable the construction of the City Thameslink railway station in a tunnel. This also involved the regrading of the slope of Ludgate Hill at the junction. About halfway up Ludgate Hill is St Martin, Ludgate church. This was physically joined to the Ludgate. When he was seventeen, William Walcot began to study architecture under Louis Benois at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg. He went to Paris where he continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Atelier Redon. He practiced as an architect briefly in Moscow, designing the Hotel...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Grand Tier and the Met
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Grand Tier at the Met Etching, 1939 From: Reginald Marsh, Thirty Etchings and Engravings Published by the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1969 Unsigned (as usu...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Bibi Valentin
Located in Storrs, CT
Bibi Valentin. 1859. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy catalog 50 state ii; Glasgow catalog 34 state ii. 6 x 8 7/8 (sheet 8 11/16 x 10 11/16). Glasgow records 44 known impressions. A rich impression with burr, printed on watermarked laid paper with full margins. Signed and dated in the plate. Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat A young girl, sits facing the viewer, leaning on her left elbow, legs extended to left. She wears a high-necked smock and buttoned boots...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

PYRAMID
Located in Santa Monica, CA
KARL HOFER / Carl Hofer (German 1878-1955) PYRAMID, 1924 Lithograph, signed and titled in pencil. Unknown edition but small. Image 15 1/2 x 10, sheet 18 1/...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Tiendelitas
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created this color lithograph entitled “TIENDECITAS” in 1967. This impression is signed, titled, and inscribed “21/50” in pencil. The printed image size 15 x 23.13 inches (38 x 58.8 cm) and paper size 20.75 x 29 3/8 inches (53 x 74.5 cm). Printed in an edition of 50. Stamped on verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez." “Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...
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1960s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

San Marco [Venice].
Located in Storrs, CT
William Walcot. R.E., R.I.B.A. San Marco. Etching with drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 66, Harvey-Lee 91. 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 9 1/4 x 12 1/8). Venice set, # 2. Edition 415. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper. Fold in the margin, well outside the image; otherwise good condition. Signed in pencil. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat. Soon after Walcot's arrival in England, the Fine Art Society sponsored a trip sent to Italy. This scene is one of four small drypoints that resulted from the artist’s stay in Venice. When he was seventeen, he began to study architecture under Louis Benois at the Imperial Academy of Art in Saint Petersburg. He went to Paris where he continued his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts and the Atelier Redon. He practiced as an architect briefly in Moscow, designing the Hotel Metropole...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

From Knoedler's Window MCMXXXV
Located in Storrs, CT
From Knoedler's Window MCMXXV. 1935. Etching and Aquatint. Fletcher catalog 293 stateiv/v. Image: 5 1/16 x 4 15/16 (sheet 12/7/8 x 9 1/8). Edition 271 in this state (total edition 3...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Aquatint, Etching

Skerikulla (Skerri Girl).
Located in Storrs, CT
Skerikulla.. 1912. Etching. Image 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 15 5/8 X 12 5/8). Toned, in the image otherwise good condition. A fine impression printed on cream-colored laid paper on the...
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1910s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

Vanity Fair Magazine Call Me Caitlyn Cover
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Vanity Fair Magazine Call Me Caitlyn Cover by Manuel Santelices Image Size: 11 in. H x 8.5 in. W Frames Size: 13 in. H x 10 in. W x 1 in. D One of...
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2010s Modern Figurative Prints

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Paper

The Biggest of All; Telephone and Telegraph Building.
Located in Storrs, CT
The Biggest of All; Telephone and Telegraph Building. 1925. Etching. Wuerth 853. 9 7/8 x 11 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 17 1/8). Edition probably 35. An atmospheric impression with plate tone, printed on antique laid paper...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

En Pension.
Located in Storrs, CT
En Pension. 1929-30. Drypoint. Appleby 142. 8 1/2 x 12 1/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 18 5/16). Edition 100. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper with wide margins. Signed in ink. H...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

The First Sight of Jerusalem, Nebi Samwil (No. 2).
Located in Storrs, CT
The First Sight of Jerusalem, Nebi Samwil (No. 2). The First Sight of Jerusalem, Nebi Samwil (No. 2). 1920. Etching. Hardie 197. 10 7/8 x 17 15/16 (sheet 12 5/8 x 19). Edition 76, #2...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Loading Barges on the Thames
Located in Storrs, CT
Loading Barges on the Thames. 1922. Etching with drypoint and aquatint. Dickins 72. 4 5/8 x 13 1/8 (sheet 9 3/8 x 15 1/2). Series: The Arteries of Great Britain. Edition 425. A fine proof with tonal wiping, printed on 'J. Whatman' wove paper. Signed in pencil. The complete set of The Arteries of Great Britain includes The Thames, The Tyne, The Forth, The Clyde, and The Mersey. Architectural draughtsman, etcher. Born in Lustdorf, near Odessa, Russia, to a British father and Russian mother. Traveled extensively with his family before studying architecture in St Petersburg, with further studies at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Atelier Redan, Paris. Practiced architecture in Moscow and was co-designer of the Metropole Hotel, in 1898. Moved to London in 1907 and was employed as an architectural perspectivist. After a sponsored visit to Rome and Venice he had a solo exhibit at the Fine Art Society, 1912, 'Watercolours of London and Venice'; followed by a further four shows. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy, Royal Society of British Artists, Royal Society of Painter-Etchers..., and Connell & Sons. His etchings were published in London by H C Dickens,1913-24, and a folio of his work 'Architectural watercolors and etchings of William Walcot' was published, in 1919. Elected RE, 1920; FRIBA, 1922; Associate British School at Rome. A foremost architectural draughtsman, he worked from studios in London, Oxford, and Rome. The complete set of The Arteries of Great Britain includes: The Thames, The Tyne, The Forth, The Clyde, The Mersey. Signed in pencil .Housed in a 16 x 20 inch mat suitable for framing. Opened in 1890, the Forth Bridge...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

The Box at 'Faustus'
Located in Storrs, CT
The Box at 'Faustus'. 1929. Drypoint. 11 x 8 7/8. Edition 100, #39. Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil. A rich impression printed on the full sheet of pale blue/green-toned wove paper. Signed in pencil. A tongue-in-cheek image of the devil in the opera box...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching, Drypoint

Twixt Dawn and Day
Located in Storrs, CT
Twixt Day and Dawn. 1919. Aquatint. Hardie catalog 165 state ii. Image 9 7/8 x 11 1/2 (sheet 13 9/16 x 16 7/8). A masterly inked impression produces subtle lighting variations throu...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Aquatint

'After the Start' — America's Cup, 1893
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jacques La Grange, 'After the Start', color woodcut, edition 500, 1934. Signed and numbered '25/500' in pencil. A fine impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper, with margins (1 1/4 to 1 5/8 inches), in excellent condition. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed. A work from La Grange’s celebrated series of woodcuts 'Drama and Color in the America's Cup Races'. Image size 9 5/8 x 12 1/8 inches (244 x 384 mm); sheet size 12 1/4 x 15 1/8 inches (311 x 384 mm). ABOUT THE ARTIST Jacques La Grange was born in Clanwilliam (near Cape Town) in South Africa in 1895. He studied at London University and later immigrated to the United States. La Grange established himself as a painter, illustrator, and printmaker specializing in nautical subjects. He and his wife, Helen La Grange, published 'Drama and Color in the America's Cup Races' in 1934 and 'Clipper Ships of America and Great Britain 1833-1869', in 1936. Both were deluxe hardcover limited edition volumes with signed original color woodblock prints. La Grange had solo exhibitions at the Buchanan Gallery in 1929, the Babcock Gallery and the 56th Street Gallery in New York in 1930, and at the Nicholas Roerich...
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1930s Modern Figurative Prints

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Woodcut

‘Le Repos du Modele'
Located in Santa Monica, CA
HENRI MATISSE (French 1869-1954) LE REPOSE DE LA MODELE 1922 . (Duthuit 416) Original lithograph, FIRST STATE, on Chine volant paper BEFORE image was reduced at the left edge. An ...
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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

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