Chief Eagle Calf
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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Mountain Climbers
Etching and drypoint, 1928, Torrington 110 (v/VI), edition 100. 12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. Signed in the plate along the bottom edge. Signed and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart for faint light toning within an earlier mat opening. Depicted here is the British Columbia Mountaineering Club. The artist accompanied them on a climb to the peak of Mt. Schaeffer in the Canadian Rockies.
$650

Rainy Day, New York
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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Snow Swept
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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The Peak
Etching and drypoint, 1928, Torrington 102 (i/V), edition 100. 9 1/8 x 11 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This impression is inscribed by the artist in the lower margin, "choice impression, L.W." The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from soft rippling along the top edge of the sheet outside of the image. An etcher, West is best known for his depictions of the rugged outdoor life in the far west during the late 1920's. His subjects included pack horses, dog teams, Native Americans, hunting and fishing. As a photographer, West took the pen name Ivan Dmitri. He was a pioneer in color photography, established one of the first photography exhibits at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and founded Photography in the Fine Arts. He studied at the University Of Minnesota and at the Art Students League with Joseph Pennell.
$650

Wyoming (On Horseback)
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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