Fog
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1942, Stuckey 114, edition only 20. 8 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This impression bears the Edith Wengenroth collectors mark; a lighthouse with her initials. This rare print was done in Castine, ME. Note: this work was printed with two stones, one being a tint stone. The catalogue lists an edition of 20 but this impression says "ed 22."
$1,100

Greenport, 8 p.m.
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1953, Stuckey 211, edition 25. 9 7/8 x 15 7/8 in. Signed, titled and inscribed, "Artists proof," in pencil. Here we have a superb impression of this dramatic, rare print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's a small wrinkle in the upper right corner of the margin.) This work depicts the Kipp House in Greenport, NY. Greenport is a village situated on the North Fork of Long Island.
$5,000

Race at Latimer Reef
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1946, Stuckey 163, edition 75. 8 x 15 1/4 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This dynamic racing print was done in Noank, CT which is on the coast of Connecticut not far from Mystic.
$750

Foggy Morning
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1945, Stuckey 148, edition only 37. 7 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, atmospheric impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The scene depicted here is in Port Clyde, ME.
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Her Majesty
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1975, Stuckey 361, edition 60. 9 1/2 x 15 7/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil and titled below. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This charming, Victorian home was is/was located in Noank, CT.
$1,250

Fisherman's House
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1932, Stuckey 28, edition 50. 7 5/8 x 8 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is good apart from slight toning around the image from an earlier mat opening. There are traces of two paper hinges on the front at the top corners and two old cloth hinges on the verso also at the corners. This uncommon print was done in Eastport, ME.
$1,600

Grand Central, New York
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1949, Stuckey 183, edition 40. 8 11/16 x 16 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression of this uncommon print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, with their price code in pencil, lower right. Grand Central was opened in 1913 after ten years of construction.
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From the Weather Bureau (New York)
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1940, Stuckey 106, edition 40. 10 1/4 x 17 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. Titled below in pencil. This is a superb impression with probably the full margins. Fine condition. There was a first edition of 3 impressions, then, the second published state was printed with a tint stone in an edition of 40. This print was based on a drawing done on the roof of the Weather Bureau at the Battery.
$5,000

Serenity
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1951, Stuckey 199, edition 100. 11 3/4 x 17 7/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine apart from a very faint trace of light discoloration within an earlier mat opening and a suggestion of an old hinge adhesive showing in the upper right corner margin. This majestic print depicts the First Congregational Church in Litchfield, CT. Another building was constructed in 1829 in the Greek Revival style. In 1930, the third church building was built on the same site and the 1829 building was torn down. A major restoration project was done in 2005.
$2,400

Down East
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1958, Stuckey 149, edition 40. 9 1/8 x 15 7/8 in. Signed in pencil and inscribed "artists proof." It is titled below by the artist in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. Fine condition. The subject depicted is Marshall's Point Light Station.
$1,500

Snow Swept
LEVON WEST
American, (1900-1968)
Etching, 1929, edition 100. 9 1/2 x 12 3/4 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from faint light toning within an old mat opening. West specialized in exactly this kind of imagery; men on horseback facing the elements. In 1962 he was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award by the Governor of Montana.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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.
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The Kitchen
JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER
American, (1834-1903)
Etching, 1858, Glasgow 16 (ii/III), Kenedy 24 (ii/III); 67 impressions are recorded in the Glasgow catalogue. 8 7/8 x 6 1/8 in. Signed in the plate in the lower right. This is a very fine impression printed with plate tone on chine appliqué. The margins are substantial measuring about 1 1/8" to 1 1/2" in. The condition is fine apart from a very faint suggestion of toning within an earlier mat opening and traces of an old adhesive, verso, along the top edge of the sheet. This outstanding early work by Whistler was published in the "French Set" in this state with the name and address of the printer in the lower right ("Imp. Delâtre. Rue St. Jacques. 171."). An impression of the first state has not been located by the Whistler Etchings Project. Thirty-nine impressions of this important etching are listed in museum collections and today it's considered to be an uncommon print.
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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.
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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.
$2,000