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The Grolier Club Library (Sketch)
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
inscribed "Sketch Grolier Club Library Demonstration Print," and numbered "I" in pencil in lower margin in
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Etching

The Grolier Club Library (Sketch), Demonstration Print
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Middletown, NY
"Library of the Grolier Club, Demonstration Plate, Drawn, Etched and Printed in a Little Over Two Hours, On
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching

British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting London City Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
World War II. Past members include etcher Stanley Anderson, painter William Titcomb and sculptor Frank
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Claude Muncaster Canal Foot Ulverston Canal Morcambe Lancashire Pencil Sketch
By Claude Muncaster
Located in London, GB
Pencil Sketch 21x30cm Provenance: The estate of the artist and by descent Muncaster's watercolours
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Mid-20th Century Modern Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Watercolor

Joseph McCarthy as Baby New Year on a Hobbyhorse
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
by Private Collection, New York Reginald Marsh was a painter, draughtsman, illustrator and etcher
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1950s Other Art Style Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Paper, Ink

A Fine Judaica Etching "Atonement" Yom Kippur in the Synagogue
By Samuel George Cahan
Located in Surfside, FL
twentieth century American illustrator, etcher, and painter Samuel George Cahan was born in Kovno, Russia
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching

Claude Muncaster A Farmstead and Trees 1921 Watercolour Modern British Art
By Claude Muncaster
Located in London, GB
Farmstead and Trees Dated Sept 1921 Signed on reverse, together with sketches Watercolour 22x28cm For once
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Mid-20th Century Modern Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Watercolor

Wassily Kandinsky Framed Abstract Etching, circa 1960
By Wassily Kandinsky
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
(today Tartu, Estonia)—Kandinsky began painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age
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1960s Russian Mid-Century Modern Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Paper

The Universe Mender I by David Salle orange blue and red watercolor stye etching
By David Salle
Located in New York, NY
in large scale. Eyes etched in a liquid ocean of blue and orange aquatint form the ground for a nude
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Vintage 1 Tier 17th Century Candle Dutch Brass Chandelier 6 Lights H40xW45
By Dutch Originals
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was a Dutch painter, etcher and illustrator. He is regarded as the
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1980s Dutch Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Brass

Vintage 1 Tier 17th Century Candle Dutch Brass Chandelier 6 Lights H45xW50
By Dutch Originals
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) was a Dutch painter, etcher and illustrator. He is regarded as the
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1980s Dutch Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Brass

"Factory on the River, " Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
artist in Berlin and a well-known etcher. Sharp drew political cartoons that were bitterly critical of
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Pair of French Colored Lithographs in Carved Frames Signed Louis Icart, 1947
By Louis Icart
Located in Dallas, TX
Hugo, theater, and the arts. Icart moved to Paris in 1907 where he painted, sketched, and etched his
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Mid-20th Century French Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

"Study 6" - 1975 Figurative Lithograph on Paper
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil
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1970s American Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching, Lithograph

Sovereign and Kurrewa America’s Cup Interest Oil Painting
By Claude Muncaster
Located in Holywell, GB
. Inscribed verso: Rough Sketch “Sovereign and Kurrewa seen against the light and beating to windward near
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Oil

"'BLUEBONNET FIELDS" TEXAS HILL COUNTRY FRAMED 29.5 X 41.5
By Dwight Holmes
Located in San Antonio, TX
in the summer of 1918. He is an architect, etcher, sculptor, and painter of landscapes, using oils as
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1970s Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Oil

Large Watercolor Painting John Groth, Men Wrestling, Esquire Magazine WPA Artist
By John Groth
Located in Surfside, FL
American Etchers; American Newspaper Guild; Society of Illustrators; Associate Member of the National
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Governor Palace, Williamsburg Serie
By Samuel Chamberlain
Located in San Francisco, CA
October 28, 1895 and died in Marblehead, MA in 1975. He was an accomplished etcher, lithographer, writer
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching

The Capitol, The Williamsburg Series
By Samuel Chamberlain
Located in San Francisco, CA
October 28, 1895 and died in Marblehead, MA in 1975. He was an accomplished etcher, lithographer, writer
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching

'Tropical Coastal Seascape', Royal Canadian Academy, National Gallery of Canada
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
returned to Canada and the tobacco belt, where he started sketching migrant workers in the fields and
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1970s Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'On the Lake', Vienna Academy of Art, Metropolitan Museum, Smithsonian
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
the artist's family workshop. Paper dimensions: 17.5 x 24 inches Austrian etcher and painter Luigi
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1960s Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Color, Paper, Etching

Evening Star
By Bruno Bobak
Located in Westmount, QC
sketch. In 1957-8 he studied abroad on a Canadian Overseas Senior Fellowship. His work was selected for
Category

1970s Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Oil

Cottage in the Countryside - Etching by Luigi Kasimir - Mid-20th Century
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in Roma, IT
. Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962): He was an Austro-Hungarian-born etcher, painter, printmaker and landscape
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Mid-20th Century Modern Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching

Vintage Illustration Judaica Painting, The Rabbi's (Men at Prayers)
By Samuel George Cahan
Located in Surfside, FL
painting. The well-known twentieth century American illustrator, etcher, and painter Samuel George Cahan
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
Berlin and a well-known etcher. Sharp drew political cartoons that were bitterly critical of the growing
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"BLUEBONNET" #10 OF COMFORT TEXAS Volkenburg Mountain
By Dwight Holmes
Located in San Antonio, TX
in the summer of 1918. He is an architect, etcher, sculptor, and painter of landscapes, using oils as
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1980s American Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Oil

Jim Dine Rimbaud, the Coffee Exporter poet portrait drawing in earth tone sepia
By Jim Dine
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine has expertly sketched the accomplished French poet and coffee trader Arthur Rimbaud. A
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1970s Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching

"Notre Dame Place du Parvis" Parisian Street Scene with Notre Dame Oil Painting
By Emile Thysebaert
Located in New York, NY
popular locations in Europe. Thysebaert was a post-impressionist Belgian figurative painter and etcher
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Oil, Panel

George Inn, Salisbury
Located in San Francisco, CA
illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Born in Slough, he
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Lithograph

Spread Eagle Inn, Midhurst
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Lithograph

New Inn, Gloucester
Located in San Francisco, CA
illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Born in Slough, he
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Lithograph

George Inn, Norton St. Philip
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Lithograph

George Inn, Dorchester
Located in San Francisco, CA
illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life. Born in Slough, he
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Lithograph

Bell Inn, Waltham St Lawrence
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Lithograph

"Study 8" Figurative Lithograph
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil
Category

1970s American Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Paper, Etching

"Study 2" Figurative Lithograph
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil
Category

1970s American Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching, Paper

"Study 6" Figurative Abstract Lithograph
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil
Category

1970s American Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching, Paper

Nude Figure Posterior View, Figurative Drypoint Etching
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
all human representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Paper, Ink, Drypoint

"Study 2", Seated Figure Lithograph
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil
Category

1970s American Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching, Paper

Bareback Act, Old Hippodrome
By Gifford Beal
Located in Missouri, MO
in. (30.4 x 40.6 cm) framed: 17 x 20 in. Gifford Beal, painter, etcher, muralist, and teacher, was
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1950s American Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Lithograph

"Cenizo" San Carlos Mexico area Burros Mts. in the Distance
By Dwight Holmes
Located in San Antonio, TX
in T. C. U. Art Department in the summer of 1918. He is an architect, etcher, sculptor, and painter
Category

1980s Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Oil

New York, Columbia University
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in New York, NY
plate). Kasimir would first do a sketch from nature, usually in pastel. He then transferred the design
Category

1960s Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching

sketch of yelling man
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pencil sketch from artist's studio. It is pencil signed "Jackson Lee Nesbitt". The artist made
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Pencil

Maritime Etched Slate Drinks Table
Located in Greenwich, CT
slate top with a detailed etching of a two masted working yacht and marine architectural sketches. Small
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1960s American Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Slate

Maritime Etched Slate Drinks Table
Maritime Etched Slate Drinks Table
H 16 in W 28 in D 20 in
A Fine Judaica Etching "Atonement" Yom Kippur in the Synagogue
By Samuel George Cahan
Located in Surfside, FL
twentieth century American illustrator, etcher, and painter Samuel George Cahan was born in Kovno, Russia
Category

Mid-20th Century Retro Etch A Sketch

Rare Architectural "Medici" Coffee Table by Philip and Kelvin LaVerne, NYC
By Philip and Kelvin LaVerne
Located in New York, NY
and beams. This top is etched bronze and pewter depicting a "Chan" style scene. Top is signed. The
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1960s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Bronze, Pewter

Monhegan Light
By Morris Atkinson Blackburn
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Philadephia, Pennsylvania in 1902, painter, etcher, engraver, lithographer and serigrapher
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

The Village Depot (Travelers wait by the depot stove with WWII posters on wall)
By Morris Henry Hobbs
Located in New Orleans, LA
series, and demonstrations. Hobbs actively participated and exhibited with the Toledo Society of Etchers
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Drawing of rural scene with crowd and mules
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
sketched anonymous workers in that dramatic setting until five o’clock the following morning. On the
Category

1990s American Realist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Pencil

Andratx
By Bruno Bobak
Located in Westmount, QC
New York with his wife, stopping along the way to sketch. In 1957-8 he studied abroad on a Canadian
Category

1970s Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Charcoal, Ink

Andratx
Andratx
H 18 in W 24 in
"Study 10" Profile Portrait Lithograph
By Jim Smyth
Located in Soquel, CA
representations as illustrated by his humorous quick sketches from life. He also practices and teaches oil
Category

1970s American Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Paper, Etching

Vintage Illustration Judaica Painting, The Rabbi's (Men at Prayers)
By Samuel George Cahan
Located in Surfside, FL
painting. The well-known twentieth century American illustrator, etcher, and painter Samuel George Cahan
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Canvas, Oil

La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Humaine", 1954. Published by Verve, Paris France 1954. Produced from Picasso's sketches from the
Category

1950s Cubist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Intaglio, Photogravure

La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Humaine", 1954. Published by Verve, Paris France 1954. Produced from Picasso's sketches from the
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1950s Cubist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Intaglio, Photogravure

La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Humaine", 1954. Published by Verve, Paris France 1954. Produced from Picasso's sketches from the
Category

1950s Cubist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Intaglio, Photogravure

La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Humaine", 1954. Published by Verve, Paris France 1954. Produced from Picasso's sketches from the
Category

1950s Cubist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Intaglio, Photogravure

La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
", 1954. Published by Verve, Paris France 1954. Produced from Picasso's sketches from the series entitled
Category

1950s Cubist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Intaglio, Photogravure

La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
", 1954. Published by Verve, Paris France 1954. Produced from Picasso's sketches from the series entitled
Category

1950s Cubist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Intaglio, Photogravure

La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Humaine", 1954. Published by Verve, Paris France 1954. Produced from Picasso's sketches from the
Category

1950s Cubist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Photogravure, Intaglio

La Comedie Humaine
By (after) Pablo Picasso
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
", 1954. Published by Verve, Paris France 1954. Produced from Picasso's sketches from the series entitled
Category

1950s Cubist Retro Etch A Sketch

Materials

Intaglio, Photogravure

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How Much is a Retro Etch A Sketch?

The average selling price for a retro etch a sketch we offer is $550, while they’re typically $150 on the low end and $22,000 for the highest priced.