A Thirst For Art
Etching, 1939, Morse 306 (iv/IV), edition 200. 4 x 6 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil below. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. There were 100 impressions in the third state and then 100 in the fourth state. As Morse quotes John Sloan in the catalogue raisonne (page 339), "They don't see the pictures at all, knocking them crooked on the wall with their shoulders."
$2,200

Arch Conspirators
Etching, 1917, Morse 183 (ii/II), edition 100. 4 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed and titled in pencil; also inscribed "100 proofs." This is a superb, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. According to Morse, the scene depicted is a mid winter party on the roof of the Washington Square Arch. Among those present is Sloan (on the right) and Marcel Duchamp.
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Bandit's Cave
Etching, 1920, Morse 195 (viii/VIII), edition 500-600 in this state. 7 x 5 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are wide measuring about 2 1/2"-3" on all sides. This impression was included in the New Republic portfolio entitled "Six American Etchings."
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Fashions of the Past
Etching, 1926, Morse 224, (vi/VI); edition 100. 8 x 10 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This impression was printed by Ernest Roth and is so inscribed. Here we have a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine. According to an inscription on an early proof, the artist wrote the storefront is Lord and Taylor in New York.
$2,800

Fifth Avenue Critics
Etching, 1905, Morse 128 (xi/XI), edition 100 plus the GBA edition. 5 x 7 in. Signed and dated in the plate. This is a fine impression as published in the Gazette des Beaux Arts, Paris, in a large edition of unknown size. The condition is fine and the margins are full. It was printed by A. Porcabeuf, Paris, and bears the printed title at the bottom, "Une Rue à New York."
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Girl and Beggar
Etching, 1910, Morse 150 (ii/II), edition 100. 4 3/8 x 6 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from a slight suggestion of toning within an earlier mat opening. The alternate title is "Putting the Best Foot Forward."
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Growing Up in Greenwich Village
Etching, 1916, Morse 180, only state. Edition 100 but only 80 were printed. 6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil; annotated "100 proofs." This is a fine, luminous with full margins. The condition is excellent. Ex-collection George A. Martin (Ohio) with his penciled initials verso.
$1,600

Hell Hole
Etching and drypoint, 1917, Morse 186 (ii/II), edition 110. 7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This impression was printed by Ernest Roth and is so inscribed in the bottom margin. This was the back room of Wallace's at Sixth Avenue and West Fourth Street and was a gathering place for artists and writers, among others. Eugene O'Neill is identified as the man in the upper right corner. This print won a gold medal at the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, in 1926.
$2,600

Jewelry Store Window
Etching, 1906, Morse 140 (ii/II), edition 100. 5 5/8 x 3 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, titled, numbered "100 proofs," in pencil. Also, signed by the printer, Peter Platt. This is a fine impression on a thin cream Japanese paper. The sheet is full with tack holes showing all around the edge of the margins. Fine condition.
$1,500

Man, Wife and Child
Etching, 1905, Morse 135 (v/V), edition 100. 4 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a very fine impression printed by Peters whose name is in the lower left corner ("Peters, imp.") The margins are full and the condition is fine. This is from Sloan's "New York Life Series."
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Night Windows
Etching, 1910, Morse 152 (v/V), edition 100. 5 3/8 x 7 in. Signed, titled and numbered "100 proofs" in pencil. This is a superb, rich impression printed on white wove paper without a watermark. The margins are full. The condition is excellent. According to Morse, this stellar work was exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913.
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Nude and Etching Press
Etching, 1931, Morse 254 (ii/II), edition 100. 5 x 3 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression with full margins. Faint discoloration, verso.
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Return from Toil
Etching, 1915, Morse 175, (xi/XI), edition 100. 4 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed and titled in pencil. This fine impression was printed by Ernest Roth and is so inscribed. The margins are full and the condition is excellent.
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Return from Toil
Etching, 1915, Morse 175 (xi/XI); edition 100. 4 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil "100 proofs." This is a fine impression with full margins. The paper is wove with a partial watermark, "British Handmade." The condition is excellent. This image depicts a bevy of boisterous women walking the street of New York after work. The printer here was Ernest Roth and he inscribed his name with "imp." on the bottom left corner margin.
$1,400

Sculpture in Washington Square
Etching, 1925, Morse 218, only state; edition 100. 7 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate and signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are quite wide. This wonderful print depicts a festive scene in Washington Square, an area of New York where Sloan once lived. ("I often regret leaving the neighborhood," he said in 1945.
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Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village
Etching, 1923, Morse 207 (viii/VIII); edition 100 (75 printed). 5 x 6 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, "100 proofs." Here we have a fine impression printed on a medium weight wove paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from a faint suggestion of discoloration within an earlier mat opening. This etching has a complex composition with multiple figures chatting and coming and going. It's a bold and endearing statement about life in New York during the 1920s.
$2,500

The Little Bride
Etching, 1906, Morse 138, edition 100. 5 1/4 x 6 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed "100 proofs." This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. "Back in 1906 there was a considerable French population north of 23rd Street, and the church near Proctor's Theatre was known as the French church." (Morse, pg. 149)
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The Picture Buyer
Etching, 1911, Morse 153 (v/V), edition 100. 5 1/4 x 7 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on ARCHES watermarked paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's just a trace of light foxing in the right margin area.) Depicted here is the Macbeth Gallery in New York. This print was exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913.
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The Women's Page
Etching, 1905, Morse 132 (ii/II), edition 100. 5 x 6 7/8 in. Signed in pencil, lower right, and titled in pencil lower left. This is a very fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This print is from Sloan's New York Life series, and according to the catalogue, "It was chosen by Sloan as one of his favorite prints." (Morse, page 141).
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Up the Line, Miss?
Etching, 1930, Morse 243 (v/V), edition 100 (80 printed). 5 1/2 x 6 7/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression from the published state with full margins. (Tack holes show around the outer edge of the sheet from when the print was tacked on the wall to dry.) Two old hinges, top corners. Ex-collection Mrs. George A Martin (her initials, verso). This print was deaccessioned from the collection of Baldwin-Wallace College via auction in 2010.(We have their label from the old mat.)
$2,200

X-Rays
Etching and aquatint, 1926, Morse 225 (ii/II), edition 100. 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression with wide if not full margins. Tack holes on three sides of the sheet. A minor stain in the upper right corner margin outside of the platemark. (The artist is the man behind the x-ray screen.)
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