Recent Acquisitions

Moses with the Ten Commandments
JOHANNES AARTS
Dutch, (1871-1934)
Lithograph, circa 1910-1920, edition unknown. 13 7/8 x 11 1/2 in. Signed in pencil lower right. This is a fine impression in very good condition with a little discoloration along the top edge of the sheet. The margins appear to be full although the sides are a bit narrow. (This print is sold with the preparatory charcoal drawing.) Also an engraver par excellence, Aarts was an exceptional draughtsman.
$900

Grimsel, Handegg
CUNO AMIET
Swiss, (1868-1961)
Lithograph, 1927, edition 300. 8 1/8 x 11 3/4 in. Initialed and dated on the stone and signed in pencil lower left. This is a fine impression in fine condition with full margins. This Swiss landscape is from Amiet's series called Schonheiten der Alpenstrassen. Other works from this series are currently available.
$550

Destroyers in Wet Basin
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
American, (1887-1953)
Etching, 1943, Fletcher 377 (iii/III), edition 875. 10 x 17 1/2 in. Signed and dated in pencil. A fine impression in fine condition with full margins. This is #2 from the U.S. Navy series. Depicted are the U.S.S. Radford, Quick & Mervine in South Kearney, N.J.
$850

Floral Study
ALBERT BARKER
American, (1874-1947)
Lithograph, circa 1930, edition 49. 11 x 7 1/4 in. Signed in pencil lower right. This is a fine impression in fine condition with full margins. Barker was a student of Bolton Brown at Woodstock, New York, and also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1890-1895. His lithographs are extremely well done.
$350

The Old Cart
ALBERT BARKER
American, (1874-1947)
Lithograph, 1933, edition 52. 12 x 8 5/8 in. Signed in pencil lower right. This fine impression has full margins. The condition is excellent. An impression of this print is in the Brandywine River Museum. There was a retrospective of his work there in 1993.
$400

Silhouette
FRANK BENSON
American, (1862-1951)
Etching, 1917, Paff 119 (ii/II), edition 45 in two states. 3 x 4 in. Signed in pencil. A superb impression in fine condition. The margins appear to be full and untrimmed. This is an unnumbered artist's proof of the second state. (First state impressions were numbered 1-8; second state impressions 9-45.)
$1,900

Houseboats in the Canal
CEES BOLDING
Dutch, (1897-1979)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1929, edition unknown (probably about 50) 13 3/4 x 19 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression in very good condition with full margins. (There's a repaired tear in the lower margins and a few wrinkles, all well apart from the image. Bolding studied at the Rijksschool voor Kunstnijverheid, Amsterdam. He was a gifted watercolorist as well a skilled woodcut artist.
$1,200

The Swallows (Les Hirondelles)
FELIX BRACQUEMOND
French , (1833-1914)
Etching, 1882, Beraldi 225 (iii/III); edition 100. 13 x 10 7/8 in. Initialed in the plate lower left and signed in pencil lower right. This is a superb impression of this important work. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. The artist here combines his love of birds with his enthusiasm for all things Japanese.
SOLD

La Promenade
FELIX BUHOT
French, (1847-1898)
Etching with aquatint, 1874, Bourcard / Goodfriend 44, (i/II). 3 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. Unsigned. This is a fine impression of an uncommon, early work. The margins are wide and probably full. The condition is excellent.
$600

Modernist City View
CHARLES COUNHAYE
Belgian, (1884-1971)
Woodcut, probably 1930s, edition 50. 8 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. Signed in pencil lower right. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full with a deckle edge showing on all sides. Counhaye was a painter and printmaker. He also did some monumental work in the decorative field including stained glass and tapestries. He was a member of Le Cercle des XV in Brussels 1919-1922.
$500

Angled Beautuy
ARTHUR B. DAVIES
American, (1862-1928)
Soft ground etching with aquatint, 1918, Czestochowski 60, (iv/IV), edition about 21. 7 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on antique laid paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine as well. This is a great example of Davies figurative work done with great command of technique. The edition was printed by Ernest Haskell.
$1,200

Family
NICO EEKMAN
Belgian, (1889-1973)
Woodcut, circa 1925-30, edition unknown but probably small. 10 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. Signed in pencil lower right. This fine impression is printed on a thin Japanese paper. The margins are narrow (about 1/2" all around). The condition is fine. Eekman developed his own expressionist woodcut style with an emphasis on the figurative. His work can be found in many museum collections.
$500

West Side (New York)
HENRY KALLEM
American, (1912-1985)
Woodcut, 1940s, edition unknown but probably quite small. 9 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression on thin Japanese paper. The margins are substantial. The condition is very good apart from a small area of discoloration in the lower right corner, just to the image and a bit of toning in the upper left corner margin area. Kallem was a WPA artist. An account in Who Was Who in American Art states, "After Kallem won First Prize in the 1947 Pepsi Cola Exhibition for his painting 'Country Tenement,' Life Magazine ran an article, 'Freak Painting Prizes' (August, 1948) recounting the controversy over awards being given to what some critics considered unintelligible modern art."
$550

Late Sunlight on the Cliffs
GENE KLOSS
American, (1903-1996)
Etching, drypoint and aquatint, 1941, Kloss 377, edition 75. 14 x 10 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This superb impression is in very good condition other than the faintest trace of discoloration within a previous mat opening. The margins are wide. The scene depicted here is the Hondo Canyon.
$2,800

Country Wedding
DORIS LEE
American, (1905-1983)
Lithograph, circa 1940, edition 250. 8 x 11 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression as published by Associated American Artists in New York. The condition is fine and the margins are full. This is an exemplary early print by Lee who was an integral part of the Woodstock art community.
$500

Autumn Winds
DOROTHY MCCRAY
American, (b. 1915)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1952, edition unknown but probably rather small. 15 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine as well. (There's some stray printer's ink in the margins here and there.) McCray taught at Western New Mexico University from 1948-1981.
$500

Dawn
CHARLES F. W. MIELATZ
American, (1864-1919)
Drypoint, aquatint and and roulette work, 1908, edition unknown. 9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of a rare and remarkable print. The condition is very good. Mielatz is best know for city views but here he created a memorable, atypical work combining refined technical achievement with subtle color variations. The work was printed by the artist and there's a pencil reference that this is a trial proof for an unknown edition.
$2,000

Symbolic Scene with Race Cars
JORIS MINNE
Belgian, (1897-1988)
Woodcut, probably 1930s, edition 100. 10 3/8 x 8 in. Initialed in the block and signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression on wove paper (the watermark reads PANNEKOEK, HOLLAND). The margins are full and the condition is very good other than a mild crease in the lower right margin area. Minne was an important Belgian expressionist printmaker who was the co-founder of Lumiere (1919). He was president of the Academie royale de Belgique in 1969.
$900

The Kite
ROBERT J. ENRAGHT MOONY
Irish, (1879-1946)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1925, edition unknown but probably small. 8 x 9 1/2 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with richly inked colors. The condition is fine. The margins measure 1/2" to 3/4" all around. This delightful print has a distinctive arts and crafts flavor. Prints by the artist are rather uncommon.
SOLD

Birthplace of Walt Whitman
SHIKO MUNAKATA
Japanese, (1903-1975)
Woodcut, circa 1960, edition 70. 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. Signed in pencil vertically along the right of the image. This is a fine impression in very good condition. There's some wrinkling in the margins from the printing process and traces of old hinges in four places on the edges of the sheet. This print was probably done while the artist was teaching at Pratt in New York.
$2,500