The Connectors
JAMES ALLEN
American, (1894-1964)
Etching, 1934, Ryan 66; edition probably 100. 12 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. Here we have a fine impression printed on a cream laid paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This major work is illustrated on the cover of the catalog raisonne published by the Mary Ryan Gallery (1984). Ex-collection: James Heald. According to notes on the mat, this impression was exhibited at the Worcester Art Museum in 1990. Allen studied etching with Joseph Pennell and later shared a studio in Paris with Howard Cook. This and similar works were inspired by New York City skyscraper construction scenes.
SOLD

Jan Wiegers with Model
JAN ALTINK
Dutch, (1885-1971)
Etching, 1923, edition unknown. 12 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. Signed with the artist's estate stamp. This is a fine, lifetime impression printed on white laid paper. The margins are full and the condition is very good other than a crease in the right margin. This work is illustrated (#69) in Jan Altink, Groninger Land en Menschen (1969) published by the Gemeentemuseum in the Hague. Altink was one of the founders, along with Jan Wiegers and others, of the Dutch expressionist movement known as "de Ploeg." Altink was born in Groningen and that's were this important movement started in 1918. He was also a painter of great merit and produced many other prints.
$1,500

The Gothic Spirit
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
American, (1887-1953)
Etching, 1922, Fletcher 120; edition 130 plus 5 trial proofs. 11 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression printed on an off-white sheet of fibrous Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This large gargoyle image is #8 from this celebrated series.
$2,600

Sentinels
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
American, (1887-1953)
Etching, 1922, Fletcher 123; edition 135 plus 3 trial proofs. 4 1/4 x 7 3/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. A superb impression printed on a nice old sheet of greenish laid paper. The margins are wide and probably full. The condition is very good other than a subtle stain in the lower margin, well away from the image, and a tiny spot(rust?) in the upper left corner margin.
$1,400

A Chimera
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
American, (1887-1953)
Etching, 1947, Fletcher 408; edition 226 plus 5 trial proofs. 2 7/8 x 2 1/2 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine, dark impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. This is plate #14 from the Gargoyle Series.
$550

Ugly Devil (Gargoyle Studies)
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
American, (1887-1953)
Etching, 1924, Fletcher 148; edition 100 plus two trial proofs). 3 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. A fine impression printed on a cream-colored wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is very good. (There's a bit of toning on the bottom edge of the sheet.) This is plate #12 from the Gargoyle Series.
$750

The Butterfly
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
American, (1887-1953)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, 1920, Fletcher 48 (ii/II); edition of 100 printed in colors. 10 3/8 x 7 1/4 in. Signed and dated in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression in fine condition with probably the full (1") margins. The condition is excellent. This is an outstanding print, especially as seen here with color. The scene is a lake in Italy, possibly Lake Maggiore.
SOLD

A Roman Madonna
ROBERT S. AUSTIN
British, (1895-1973)
Etching, 1922, Dodgson 36 (ii/II); edition 30, this "artist's proof A." 6 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. Signed in the plate and signed in pencil. Also inscribed by the artist "Artist's proof A" in the lower margin. This is a superb impression printed with light plate tone. The margins are full and the condition is excellent.
$850

L'attente
ALBERT BELLEROCHE
British, (1864-1944)
Lithograph, circa 1905, edition fewer than 10. 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. Signed on the stone with his initials and signed in pencil, lower right. This is a very fine impression printed on china paper. The condition is fine. The margins are wide and probably untrimmed. Most of the Belleroche lithographs were printed in very small editions such as this. He was friends with Sargent and certainly inspired Sargent to venture into lithography. Belleroche is the author of "The Lithographs of John Singer Sargent" published in the Print Collector's Quarterly (February,1926). There was a joint retrospective exhibition of Belleroche and Toulouse-Lautrec held in Paris in 1956.
$2,400

Corner of a Canal (Hoek van een Gracht)
JACOB BENDIEN
Dutch, (1890-1933)
Lithograph, 1919-1920, edition unknown. 25 x 19 1/2 in. Signed in ink within the image, lower left. This is a fine impression of this very rare work printed on a thick wove paper. The margins are trimmed to the image and that was probably the artist's intent. The condition is good. There's a modest wrinkle in the upper right corner of the sheet and the back of the print is darkened from an early non-archival backing. Bendien lived and worked in Amsterdam, Paris and Berlin. In addition to his work in a surrealist, dreamlike style as seen here, Bendien explored degrees of abstraction. His abstract work, called absolute painting, shows theosophic influence. In the thirties he used the word Meditism in connection with his imagery. In addition, Bendien published many articles and was a connoisseur of the work of Piet Mondriaan. An impression of this print is in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. This work is illustrated and discussed in Jakob Bendien 1890-1933 (1985), an important retrospective catalog put together by the Fries Museum in Leeuwarden and the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. He produced very few prints and this work is exemplary.
$2,500

The Hunter
RICHARD BENNETT
American, (1899-1971)
Wood engraving, circa 1940, edition unknown; this impression inscribed #2. 6 x 8 in. Initialed in the block and signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on thin off-white Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is very good overall, other than some wrinkling in the margins. Bennett lived and worked in the Seattle area and is best known for his woodblock prints. He studied with Ambrose Patterson.
$450

Grouse on a Pine Bough
FRANK BENSON
American, (1862-1951)
Drypoint, 1920, Paff 176, edition 150. 3 x 2 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression in fine condition. (There are two small, old hinges at top corners but they are not at all obtrusive.) The margins are full. This is a wonderful Benson print; small, but a gem.
SOLD

Unemployed Marchers
LEON BIBEL
American, (1913-1995)
Lithograph printed in black and gray, 1938-1988, edition 25. 11 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This fine impression has full margins. The condition is excellent. This WPA print was originally drawn on stone in 1938 and early impressions are not known. The artist published the work in 1988 in an edition of 25. Bibel was working in New York when this great image was first created.
$1,800

Tour du Gros Horloge, Evreux
RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON
British, (1802-1828)
Lithograph, 1824, Curtis 19, (ii/II); edition unknown. 13 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. Signed and dated on the stone with the printed signature. This is a fine impression printed on the usual chine applique. The margins are full and the condition is very good overall: there's modest foxing in the margins which is so often the case with prints from this series. Bonington was a remarkable draughtsman and this is an iconic image for the early history of lithography. He produced other lithographs for Baron Taylor's celebrated "Voyages Pittoresques et Romantiques dans l'Ancienne France" which spanned the years 1820-1878 and this is among the finest. Unfortunately, Bonington died at a very young age.
$1,500

Brumes du Matin (Mists of the Morning)
FELIX BRACQUEMOND
French , (1833-1914)
Etching, 1882, Beraldi 779 (undescribed state after xi/XI). 9 5/8 x 14 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. With the etched "B" in the lower left, just below the image. This is a fine, luminous impression printed on a thin, greyish Japanese paper. The margins are wide and probably full. The condition is excellent. This is from the edition of 100 printed by Keppel around 1900. A detailed explanation of the states for this print can be found online at C & J Goodfriend and their outstanding Bracquemond exhibition "Ducking Impressions," archived from a couple years ago.
$1,500