Locomotive Shops
Etching and aquatint, 1947, Buckner 101, edition 75 plus nine trial proofs. 12 7/8 x 16 3/4 in. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression printed in rich black ink. The margins are full and the condition is very good apart from slight light discoloration within an earlier mat opening. This masterpiece of etching took the artist about six months to complete and he spent a week making sketches at the locomotive shop which inspired the print. The time he spent making the plate is dated in the upper left corner of the image. This uncommon print is illustrated on the cover of the catalogue raisonné.
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Repose
Mezzotint, 1951, edition 250. 10 3/4 x12 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The largest collection of his prints is located at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, MI.
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Reverie
Mezzotint, 1950, edition 250. 13x 10 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The largest collection of his prints is located in the Grand Rapids Public Museum, MI.
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The Bridge and the Storm, Mackinaw Straits
Mezzotint, 1957, Buckner p.119, no. 159; edition 100. 16 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from exceedingly faint toning within an early mat opening. This engineering marvel is the fourth longest suspension bridge in the world. It connects the upper and lower peninsulas of the state of Michigan. This the artist's finest print and a tour de force of mezzotint. Impressions are located in the National Gallery, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, among many others. (A retrospective was held at the Grand Rapids Art Museum in 2015.)
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