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Gloucester Evening -  WENGENROTH

Gloucester Evening
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1976, Stuckey 367, edition 75. 9 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. Signed, titled and with the edition written in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent.
SOLD

Three of a Kind -  WENGENROTH

Three of a Kind
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1967, Stuckey 310, edition 75. 9 x 15 in. Signed in pencil and inscribed "artist's proof." This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine.
$800

Wild Coast -  WENGENROTH

Wild Coast
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1973, Stuckey 349, edition 60. 10 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This compelling image was done in Ogunquit, ME.
SOLD

Matriarch -  WENGENROTH

Matriarch
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1974, Stuckey 355, edition 100. 13 1/4 x 11 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression of this large, beautifully rendered print. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from light discoloration along the left edge of the sheet, verso. This is one of several owl lithographs created by Wengenroth.
SOLD

Little One -  WENGENROTH

Little One
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1975, Stuckey 359, edition 100. 9 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a soft crease in the upper right corner of the sheet.
$850

The Third Sea -  WENGENROTH

The Third Sea
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1931, Stuckey 21, edition 54. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from a tiny stain on the verso which is barely discernible from the front. The print was done in Eastport, ME.
$1,200

Window in Wicasset -  WENGENROTH

Window in Wicasset
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1946, Stuckey 155, edition 65. 9 3/8 x 15 1/2 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is good apart from a small circular spot to the left of the image which is covered by the mat. Wicasset is a small Maine town in the mid coast region.
$750

Lobsterman -  WENGENROTH

Lobsterman
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1934, stuckey 46, edition 25. 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this rare early print. The margins are full and the condition is good. (There's some very light foxing in the image.) This is a shack on Bearskin Neck in Rockport, MA.
SOLD

Redwing -  WENGENROTH

Redwing
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1968, Stuckey 314, edition 75. 15 x 10 in. Signed in pencil and also inscribed "proof". This is a very fine early impression apart from the formal edition of 75. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. According to the Stuckey catalogue, this lovely work was done in Greenport, NY.
SOLD

The Sentinel Tree -  WENGENROTH

The Sentinel Tree
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1973, Stuckey 350, edition 75. 15 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This large work was done in Lanesville, MA.
$750

Old North Church, Boston -  WENGENROTH

Old North Church, Boston
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1976, Stuckey 366, edition 76. 15 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. Titled below in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. (There's a small wrinkle in the center of the top margin.) This historic Boston landmark was built in 1723.
$550

Rainy Day, New York -  WEST

Rainy Day, New York
LEVON WEST
American, (1900-1968)
Etching and drypoint, circa 1933, Subsequent to Torrington, edition unknown. 14 7/8 x 8 3/4 in. Signed in pencil and also inscribed "27." The margins are full. the condition is excellent. West did a few New York scenes which are hard to come by. His work was influenced by his friend, Joseph Pennell, and Kennedy Galleries represented his work for many years. This print is included in the collection of the National Gallery in Washington, DC.
$2,000

Chief Eagle Calf -  WEST

Chief Eagle Calf
LEVON WEST
American, (1900-1968)
Etching, 1927, Torrington 77 (ii/II), edition 100. 9 x 6 1/2 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good other than for a few soft ripples in the image from the printing process. Chief Eagle Calf was a member of the Blackfeet Tribe from Montana. According to Torrington, the edition was really only seventy as many were destroyed.
$500

Wyoming (On Horseback) -  WEST

Wyoming (On Horseback)
LEVON WEST
American, (1900-1968)
Etching, 1934, subsequent to Torrington, edition probably 100. 9 1/4 x 11 1/2 in. Signed in pencil and inscribed "early trial proof." Signed dated and inscribed in the plate, "Wyoming." This is a superb impression with full margins. The margins are full. This dramatic scene is one of his best images of the American West.
SOLD

Annie -  WHISTLER

Annie
JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER
American, (1834-1903)
Etching, 1857-58, Kennedy 10, (iv/V), edition unknown. 4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in. Signed in the plate. This is a fine, early impression of the penultimate state printed on gold-toned chine applique. The margins are wide. The condition is very good apart from a very faint suggestion of discoloration from a previous mat opening and tape reside in places, verso, not affecting the image in any way. Fourth state impressions are far more desirable than final state impressions.
$2,400

Seymour Standing under a Tree -  WHISTLER

Seymour Standing under a Tree
JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER
American, (1834-1903)
Etching and drypoint, 1858-1959, Glasgow 30 (ii/III), Kennedy 31 (ii/III); edition unknown. 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. Signed in the plate. This is a fine, early impression of the second state of three printed on cream laid paper. The margins are wide and probably full. The condition is also fine apart from a suggestion of toning in the mid margin area from an early mat. This early print is described by Katharine Lochnan as, "Whistler's first landscape etching." (See: The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, Yale University Press, 1984; page 69.) The online Glasgow catalogue cites only 29 known impressions from this plate. (In the third state the legs have been redrawn to be closer together.)
$2,600

The Little Mast -  WHISTLER

The Little Mast
JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER
American, (1834-1903)
Etching and drypoint, 1879-1880, Glasgow 196 (v/VIII); Kennedy 185 (iv/IV), edition 50. 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. Signed in the plate with the butterfly, upper right. Signed on the tab, lower left, with the pencil butterfly and "imp." This is a very fine impression printed in dark brown ink on cream-colored laid paper. There's a partial Strasbourg Lily watermark showing which appears to be # 301 in the Art Institute of Chicago catalogue of the lithographs. The condition is excellent apart from traces of two old paper hinges on the right side, verso, which are inconsequential. The printed surface is pristine. This outstanding Venice etching was published in the First Venice Set.
SOLD

Title page for the French Set (Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature) -  WHISTLER

Title page for the French Set (Douze Eaux Fortes d'après Nature)
JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER
American, (1834-1903)
Etching, 1858, Glasgow 22, Kennedy 25; (only state), edition unknown. 4 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in the plate. Dedicated to Seymour Haden with "a Mon Viel Ami." This is an especially fine impression printed on light cream laid paper with full margins. (The watermark, Britannia, is listed as #60 (lifetime impressions) in the Art Institute volume II on Whistler's lithographs.) The condition here is very fine. Glasgow cites 56 known impressions which makes this an uncommon print. The initials "RB" appear on the verso in ink which is not listed in Lugt.
SOLD

Old Battersea Bridge -  WHISTLER

Old Battersea Bridge
JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER
American, (1834-1903)
Lithograph, 1879 and 1887, Art Institute of Chicago 18 (ii/II), Levy 24,; edition 100. 5 7/8 x 13 in. Signed on the stone with the butterfly signature at left. This is a fine, nicely inked impression printed on greyish chine applique. The margins are wide and the condition is very good apart from faint toning at the extreme edges of the wove support sheet. This impression was published in a portfolio called "Art Notes," printed by Way and published by Boussod, Valadon and Co in 1887.
$2,500

Longshore Men -  WHISTLER

Longshore Men
JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER
American, (1834-1903)
Etching, 1859, Glasgow 52 (iii/IV); Kennedy 45 (i/I), edition unknown. 6 x 8 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. This is a fine, crisp impression printed without much plate tone. The paper is Japanese and the margins are probably full and untrimmed. Very good condition apart from a couple of ink smudges in the margin and two other tiny spots of discoloration. In this, the third state, the verticle lines through the hat of man in the back with the pipe have yet to be removed. This successful print was never part of a published set, i.e. the Thames Set, even though it fits nicely within that theme.
SOLD

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