Joseph Pennell Prints and Multiples

This artwork titled "Arch Beach, California" c.1910 is an original etching on Wove paper by American artist Harley DeWitt Nichols, 1859-1939. It is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (image) size is 6.5 x 9.5 inches, framed size is 13 x 17 inches. it is custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with off white matting. It is in excellent condition, especially considering the age. About the artist: Born in the small rural Wisconsin town of Barton, Harley lived a peripatetic life. As a young child, he accompanied his family to Lincoln, Nebraska where he found great excitement in the roaming herds of buffalo and Native Americans. It was in these years that a talent for drawing was discovered. In 1870, after several years of hardship, his father moved the family back to Wisconsin. At the age of 11 he became a water boy...

Artist: John Maxon (American, born 1947) Title: Dust Time Year: 1993 Medium: Color lithograph Edition: Numbered 146/210 Paper: Arches Image size: 26.5 x 39.75 inches Paper size: 31.5 x 44 inches Signature: Hand signed in pencil by the artist Condition: Excellent, has never been framed About the artist. Coming from a very western tradition in Wyoming, John Maxon developed an expansive view of nature . Moving eventually to the San Francisco Bay area, John's delight in the effects of light and color led him to the decision to become an artist at the young age of 15. His natural ability was encouraged, and at 16 he began figurative art classes with Howard Brodie, the artist well known for his WWII correspondence, drawings and the Watergate trial drawings. Education San Francisco Art Institute B.A., Painting, San Jose State University M.F.A., Painting, University of California, Davis Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Cabrillo College, Aptos, California Selected Solo Exhibitions 2018 Gallery Panza Verde – Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala 2015 Desert Art Collection - Palm Desert California 2015 Galeria Antigua – Antigua, Guatemala 2014 Galeria Panza Verde – Antigua, Guatemala 2008 Linda Durnell Gallery – Los Gatos, California 2006 Linda Durnell Gallery – Los Gatos, California 2005 Robert Allen Fine Art Gallery – Sausalito, California 2004 Ellis West Gallery – Durango, Colorado 2002 Ellis West Gallery – Durango, Colorado 2001 Robert Allen Fine Art Gallery – Sausalito, California 1997 Stanford University Faculty Club – Stanford, California Selected Group Exhibitions 2018 Chemers Art Gallery – Los Angeles, California 2009, 2010, 2016, 2017 & 2018 Robert Allen Fine Art – Sausalito, California 2017 Christopher Hill Gallery - St Helena, California 2013 / 19 Gallery North - Carmel, California 2015 Desert Art Collection - Palm Desert, California 2014 Paul Scott Gallery - Bend, Oregon 2014 Christopher Hill Gallery Healdsberg, California 2013 Firehouse Art Center - Pleasanton, Ca. 2013 2011 - 2013 Robert Allen Fine Art – Sausalito, California 2010 - 2012 Susan Street Gallery – Solano Beach, California 2010 (Awarded 1st place) and 2012 “Contemporary Landscape Painters of California” – Awarded 1st Place 2011 - 2012 Salisbury Fine Art – Avila Beach, California 2010 Bryant Street Gallery – Palo Alto, California 2009 Museum Art and History – Santa Cruz, California 2008 Cabrillo College – Aptos, California 2006 Christopher Hill Gallery – St. Helena, California 2005 Fort Lewis College – Durango, Colorado 2001 St. Supery Winery & Fine Art Gallery, Napa California 2001 Napa Valley Wine Auction – St. Helena, California 1997 West Coast Painting and Sculpture – Ocean Side, California 1997 Wolk Gallery – St. Helena, California Selected Museum Collections Interior Museum, Department of the Interior, Washington D. C. Santa Cruz County Art Museum – Santa Cruz, California University of California – Berkeley, California University of California – Davis, California Napa Valley Art...

Contemporary etching print by Polish artist Marian Bocianowski. The print depicts cat and a dog sitting on a bench. They are looking towards the landscape in the background. There is...

This colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving finished with hand coloring by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Ephemerum Virginianu flore Purpureo, B. Ephemer...

A beautiful turn-of-the-century lake view of Chicago by an American artist known for his Texas landscapes. Etching with drypoint on watermarked Umbria laid paper with deckle edges, 7 1/4 x 10 7/8 inches (182 x 275 mm), full margins. Signed and numbered 4/25 in pencil, lower margin. In good condition with adhesive residue at the sheet edges on the verso, does not show through to the recto. A lovely Lake Michigan landscape...

This is an original antique colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving of flowering Red Sweet Peas which is finished with hand-coloring. It is entitled "Lathyrus Flore Majore Pur...

This hand-colored botanical mezzotint and line engraving by Johann Wilhelm Weinmann (1683-1741) is entitled "A. Lathyrus Major Peremis Richern B. Lathyrus Narbonensis Flore Albescen...

"The Meeting of Her Majesty's Stag Hounds on Ascot Heath" is a large colorful mezzotint engraving of an extensive British hunting scene. It was created by Sir Francis Grant...

"Over Cape Cod" is an etching created by Frank W. Benson in 1932. Benson only printed trial proofs of this plate - there is no edition. This impression is a first state of four. There are six impressions of the first state, three impressions of the second, four impressions of the third, and eight of the fourth state have been recorded. Signed in pencil in the lower left under the image. The image size is 7 15/16 x 14 7/8" (20.1 x 37.8 cm) and sheet size 11 9/16 x 18 3/8" (29.3 x 46.7 cm). FRANK W. BENSON (1862-1951) Frank Weston Benson, well known for his American impressionist paintings, also produced an incredible body of prints - etchings, drypoints, and a few lithographs. Born and raised on the North Shore of Massachusetts, Benson, a natural outdoorsman, grew up sailing, fishing, and hunting. From a young age, he was fascinated with drawing and birding – this keen interest continued throughout his life. His first art instruction was with Otto Grundman at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and then in 1883 in Paris at the Academie Julian where he studied the rigorous ‘ecole des beaux arts’ approach to drawing and painting for two years. During the early 1880’s Seymour Haden visited Boston giving a series of lectures on etching. This introduction to the European etching...

A lovely view of Venice from the water. Etching with drypoint on antique cream laid paper with a large figural watermark, signed in pencil, lower right. 14 1/4 x 11 inches (362 x 280...

Kathan Brown Evening Moon, 1962 Color etching on wove paper Hand signed, titled, dated and numbered 30/100 by Kathan Brown on the front 18 3/4 × 27 3/4 inches De-accessioned from the...

Etching printed in dark brownish black ink on cream laid paper, 6 x 8 7/8 inches (152 x 226 mm); full margins. Extremely minor and unobtrusive band of toning along the top sheet edg...