Harold Kerr Eby, N.A. 1890-1946.
Reference is made to the catalogue raisonne by Bernadette Passi Giardina, Kerr Eby: The Complete Prints Bronxville, New York: M. Hausberg, 1997.
All works are signed in pencil unless indicated.
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Connecticut
The Cow Shed. 1946. Etching, aquatint and sandpaper ground. Giardina 211. 9 5/8 x 15 1/8. Edition 100. $825.
Day's End, Driftway. 1939. Etching and aquatint. Giardina 196. 8 3/8 x 15 3/8 (sheet 11 3/8 x 18 1/2). Edition of approximately 100. A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil indicating an impression printed by the artist. $1,250.
Driftway. 1928. Etching. Giardina 132. 8 1/4 x 14 (sheet 11 x 16 3/8). Edition 100. Printed by the artist with subtle plate tone on cream wove paper. Signed and annotated 'imp' and 'Ed 90' in pencil. The etching depicts Eby's house in Westport, Connecticut. $950.
The Fish Weir. 1921. Etching. Giardina 46. 4 5/16 x 7 5/8. Edition 50. $250.
A Summer Day. c. 1922. Etching. Giardina 88.ii. 5 5/8 x 9 5/8. Unpublished; a small number of proofs printed. Very rare. The scene is probably in Connecticut. Signed in pencil. $450.
Turkey Hill. 1932. Etching. Giardina 74.ii. 9 3/4 x 16 3/8. Edition 100. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 26 (1939): 94. Signed in pencil. A tonal impression printed on laid paper with a crown and shield watermark and wide margins. Printed by the artist. $1,150.
White Tails in the Morning. 1935. Etching. Giardina 183.ii. 8 1/4 x 12 1/2 (sheet 10 5/8 x 14 7/8). Edition approximately 100. A rich impression with subtle plate tone, printed by the artist on cream wove paper. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. The scene is probably Connecticut. $325.
Winter Wheat. 1933. Etching. Giardina176. 6 3/8 x 11 5/8. Edition 100. The scene is probably Connecticut. $400.
Maine
Devil's Back or The Breakers. 1938. Charcoal drawing. A study for the aquatint (Giardina 197). 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 (sheet 15 1/4 x 22 3/4). The aquatint is illustrated in the Print Collector's Quarterly 26 (1939): 502. Signed and dated, lower right. The scene is on the Maine coast. $2,500.
Digging Clams. 1931. Etching. Giardina 163. 8 3/8 x 12 5/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 15 7/8). Edition 350 for the Chicago Society of Etchers. A rich impression printed on 'France' cream wove paper with full margins. Brown paper tape along three edges. Signed in pencil. The scene is Maine. $400.
Hatchet Cove. 1937. Etching, aquatint and sandpaper ground. G194. 9 x 13 7/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 16 5/8). Trial proof, apart from the edition of about 100. A very rich impression with atmospheric tonal wiping, printed by Eby. Signed and annotated "trial proof" in pencil. $1,250.
Little Franklin. 1937. Etching and sandpaper ground. Giardina 192.vi. 8 1/2 x 14 5/8. Edition 100. Little Franklin is a ledge located off the coast of Friendship, Maine. $550.
Little Hall's Island. 1940. Etching and sandpaper ground. Giardina 199. 10 x 15. Edition 100. Little Hall's Island is located off the coast of Friendship. Maine. Signed in pencil. $450.
Mist on the Agawa. 1928. Etching. P134. 10 x 11 7/8. Edition 90. Illustrated: Flint, Contemporary American Etching, 1930. $650.
North Country. 1929. Etching. 12 1/8 x 9 1/16 (sheet 14 3/8 x 10 5/8). Edition of 90. Printed on cream laid paper. Printing folds; weak areas in the paper, visible from the back. Slight mat stain. Printed by the artist. Signed and annotated 'Ed 90' in pencil. $125.
Shadows on the Agawa, No. 2. 1929. Etching. Giardina 139.iii. 11 1/16 x 10 3/4 (sheet 16 5/8 x 13 7/8). Edition 90. A rich impression, printed by the artist himself on hand-made laid paper. Signed in pencil. $750.
White Water. 1929. Etching and sandpaper ground. Giardina 135.vi. 8 13/16 x 14 1/4. Edition 90. Illustrated: American Etchers: Kerr Eby. $450.
Massachusetts
High Land, Cape Cod. 1921. Etching. Giardina 54. 6 x 10 1/16. Edition of 90. A fine impression with plate tone, on cream-colored laid paper. $175.
New York
No. 1 Wall Street. 1930. Etching and sandpaper ground. Giardina 148.iv. 16 x 10 3/8. Edition 90. No 1 Wall Street, the former Irving Trust Company headquarters, is located at the intersection of Wall Street and Broadway in Manhattan's financial discrict. Trinity Church is in the background. Signed in pencil. $1,500.
The Fleischmann Estate: The Polo Field. c. 1920-25. Pencil study for the etching, Giardina 114. 8 x 13 (sheet 9 1/2 x 14 1/2). Signed in pencil. $450.
The East
Edge of the Sahara. 1922. Etching. Giardina 78. 4 9/16 x 12 3/8 (sheet 6 11/16 x 14 1/16). Edition 75. Illustrated: Anderson, American Etchers Abroad. 1880-1939. A rich impression with subtle plate tone printed on cream Van Gelder paper by the artist himself. Signed and annotated in pencil. $200.
Goatherd, Algeria. 1922. Etching. Giardina 80.ii. 5 1/2 x 6 2/3. Edition about 50. $225.
Nomads 1922. Etching and drypoint. Giardina 79.ii. 9 7/16 x 13 3/8. Edition 30. $250. The scene depicts a Bedouin tent in the Algerian desert. $250.
Steps and Doorways. 1922. Etching. G75. 9 7/8 x 4 11/16. Edition 50-90. The print was based on Eby's visit to Algeria during 1920-21. Signed in pencil. $275.
Street Cafes 1922. Drypoint. Giardina 82. 11 x 6. Edition 25. The print was based on Eby's visit to Algeria during 1920-21. $275.
Street of the Red Sea. 1922. Etching. Giardina 76. 10 7/8 x 4 11/16. Edition 50. The print was based on Eby's visit to Algeria during 1920-21. $275.
Europe: England and France
Pauldavid. 1927. Etching. Giardina 119.iii. 7 7/8 x 12 7/8 (sheet 11 1/8 x 16 5/8). Edition 90.A rich impression with atmospheric tonal wiping. Printed on cream laid by the artist. The scene is Pouldavid, a small town in Brittany, France. $275.
Porthleven. 1925. Etching and drypoint. Giardina 104. 9 x 14 1/8. Trial proof, apart from the edition of 90. Porthleven is a port in Cornwall, England. $250.
Spring in Cornwall. (Surrey). 1925. Etching. Giardina 106.iii. 11 3/8 x 8 1/4 (sheet 16 3/8 x 10). Edition 90. Some inking traces in the margins; otherwise fine condition. A fine impression printed by Eby on cream 'Van Gelder Zonen' laid paper. Signed 'Kerr Eby imp' in pencil. $175.
War Images: France
An Artillery Train. 1919. Etching. Giardina 30. 4 7/8 x 13 3/8 (sheet 8 5/8 x 16 3/4). Edition 100. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on Japanese paper with an ivy leaf watermark. Very slight toning; otherwise in excellent condition. Signed and connotated 'imp' in pencil, indicating an impression printed by the artist. $975.
"The Caissons Go Rolling Along". 1929. Etching and sandpaper ground. Giardina 145. 17 3/8 x 9 1/2 (sheet 15 7/8 x 10 1/2). Edition 90. Illustrated: Flint, Contemporary American Etching, 1930. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream laid paper. Printed by the artist. Signed and annotated 'imp' (imprimit) in pencil. $1,100.
Dawn, the 75s Follow Up. 1919. Drypoint. Giardina 28. 8 7/8 x 12 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 15 3/16). Edition 75-90. A rich impression with plate tone, printed by the artist on cream laid paper. Signed and annotated 'imp' (imprimit) in pencil. $1,350.
In the Open. 1927. Etching. Giardina 123. 7 7/8 x 12 3/4 (sheet 11 3/4 x 16 5/8). Edition 90. Illustrated in Fine Prints of the Year, 1927. Signed, annotated 'Ed. 90' and 'imp', indicating a proof printed by the artist. $950.
Machine Guns. 1921-22. Etching. Giardina 64.ii. 7 x 11 1/2 (sheet 11 7/16 x 18). Edition 75. A fine impression printed with plate tone. Printed on cream wove paper with full margins. $975.
No Man's Land. St. Mihiel Drive. 1919. Mezzotint and drypoint. Giardian 32.ii. 8 3/8 x 12 7/8 (sheet 11 3/16 x 15 13/16). Edition 25. A rich impression on laid paper countermarked 'Ingres d'Arches'. A very rich impression printed by the artist. Signed in pencil. This is Eby's only mezzotint. Another version of the subject is Eby's 1934 etching, September 13, 1918, St. Mihiel. $4,500.
Open Action. 1928. Etching. Giardina 124. 7 x 15 1/8. Edition 90. A very rich impression with tonal wiping that suggest gunfire. Printed on cream laid paper by the artist himself. Signed in pencil. $975.
Rough Going. 1919. Drypoint. Giardina 29.ii. 8 7/16 x 11 7/8 (sheet 11 x 15 1/16). Edition 60. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream wove paper. Printed by the artist. Signed and annotated 'imp' (imprimit) in pencil.
Scout Planes at Dawn. 1928. Etching. G125. 12 7 /8 x 8 7/8. Trial proof, apart from the edition of 90. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1928; Kerr Eby, War; Print Collector's Quarterly 26 (1939): 82; American Etchers: Kerr Eby. $1,250.
September 13, 1918. St. Mihiel [The Great Black Cloud]. 1934. Etching, aquatint and sandpaper ground. Giardina 182.iv. 10 3/8 x 16. Edition 100. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 26 (1939): 82; Fine Prints of the Year, 1935; Eby. War. This is Eby's most famous etching.It is based upon his World War I experiences in France. Saint-Mihiel is a town in northeastern France. The Saint-Mihiel drive of September, 1918 was an American counteroffensive against the Germans. It was noted that during the drive, "the great cloud hung for days over the advancing troops, the Germans $9,500.
A Southern Unit. 1919. Etching. Giardina 33. 4 7/16 x 6 7/16. Edition 50. $400.
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