Flower Market and Butter Tower, Rouen
Etching, 1907, Wuerth 463, edition probably 75. 11 x 8 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on antique laid paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's a small strip of white paper tape across the top margin edge.) The Butter Tower (Tour de Beurre) is one of the lofty towers that comprise Rouen Cathedral. Constructed in a flamboyant late gothic style, the foundation stone for this tower was laid in 1485.
$600

Le Puy (third plate)
Etching, 1894, Wuerth 208, edition probably 30. 16 x 11 7/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed with plate tone. The margins are full. The condition is very good other than for old adhesive showing on the outer edges of the sheet, verso, from a previous mount and three small old hinges at the top edges, recto. This large and majestic view is described by the artist as "the most picturesque place in the world."
$800

New York, from Weehawken
Etching, 1908, Wuerth 495, edition probably 50. 10 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. Signed, titled "Weehawken" and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from slight time toning along the bottom edge of the sheet and also on the verso. Inscribed "trial proof" in pencil by the artist. Weehawken is opposite New York in the Lincoln Tunnel area.
$800

On the Way to Bessemer
Etching, 1909, Wuerth 520, edition probably 90. 11 x 7 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, atmospheric impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. (There's a subtle printing crease in the lower left corner of the image.) This Pennsylvania subject epitomizes Pennell's interest in the growth of industrialized America during the early years of the 20th century.
$800

Rainy Night, Charing Cross Shops
Etching printed with dramatic plate tone, 1903, Wuerth 274, edition probably 100. 11 x 8 3/8 in. Signed in pencil and printed by the artist, "imp." This is a superb impression with full margins. The paper is an antique sheet with a fleur-de-lis watermark and mostly likely this is a page from an old French ledger book. The condition is excellent. Provenance: C & J Goodfriend, New York and Madeleine Fortunoff, Locust Vallery, LI. (with his writing on the mat and her label.) This print is found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.
$2,600

Royal Haymarket Theatre (London)
Etching, 1906, Wuerth 408, edition probably 75. 11 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression printed on antique laid paper. The margins are probably original but there's a loss in the lower right corner and the margin is narrow at the top. The condition is fine overall. (There's a subtle printing crease in the right side of the image.) Haymarket Theatre is a West End theatre and dates to 1720.
$400

The Elevated (New York)
Etching, 1921, Wuerth 789, edition perhaps 50. 10 x 6 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on a light cream wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There are Pennell's inky fingerprints showing here and there in the margins.) This print depicts the Sixth Avenue El at the very heart of the shopping district. Gimbels, Sacks and Co. and Macy's are nearby. This print was done when Pennell and his wife moved to Brooklyn Heights in 1921.
$750

The Grand Canyon
Lithograph, 1912, Wuerth 257, edition 25. 22 x 16 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this rare, monumental print. The margins are full and the paper bears an ARCHES watermark. The condition is fine apart from a small wrinkle in the upper right corner. He created several lithographs of the Grand Canyon as he was impressed with the beauty of the American west and northwest. (Note: an informed source has told me that the title listed in the Wuerth catalogue is not accurate. It's listed as "The City under the Black Mountain." Black Mountain is not too far away in the Southern Sierra.
$2,800

Westminster, Evening
Mezzotint, 1909, Wuerth 509, edition probably 50. 9 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. Signed on the tab in pencil and inscribed "imp." This is a superb impression of this rare print. The margins are trimmed by the artist to just outside the platemark which is not uncommon. Consider it a tribute to his colleague, James A. McNeill Whistler. The condition is superb. The printed surface is pristine with no rubs or any other problems which can often affect the delicate mezzotint surface. Impressions of this work are found in the following museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery of Art. Ex-collection: R. Dalton (Lugt 354).
$3,500