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Mefisto, New York. 1932. Wood engraving. 6 9/16 x 4 1/2 (sheet 8 1/4 x 6 1/2). $2,750.
Sky Riders. 1935. Etching. Ryan 85. 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 (sheet 14 7/8 x 11 1/8). A rich impression rinted on pale cream-colored 'hand made' laid paper. Downtown Gallery date stamp verso: 'Sept. 22 1936'. Signed in pencil. $5,750.
Up Above the World. 1936. Etching. Ryan 90. 12 3/8 x 8 7/8 (sheet 15 1/2 x 11 1/16). A rich impression rinted on pale cream-colored 'hand made' laid paper. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1936; Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress, page 6. Signed in pencil. $5,750.
Evening. East River. New York. (East River, Night and Evening, East). 1919. Etching and aquatint printed in colors. Fletcher 41.vi. 3 7/16 x 5 1/4 (sheet 6 1/4 x 9 5/8). Edition of 50 in color in this state (there were 25 in black and white in this state. Total edition 28 known in black and white and 54 in color. Printed on cream laid paper with a partial Ar[ches] countermark. Printed by the artist himself. A rich, well-inked impression of this scarce image. Signed, titled and annotated 'sixth state' in pencil. $2,250.
New York from Staten Island Ferry (New York Skyline). 1917. Etching. Fletcher 14. 1 3/8 x 13 3/4 (sheet 6 3/8 x 10). Miniature series #1. Edition 20 printed in 1917 (total 26 proofs). Printed in black ink on the full sheet of 'hand made' bluisté laid paper made by the artist. A rich impression with plate tone, printed by Arms himself. Stamp lower left 'Collectione E John Taylor Arms' indicating a proof reserved by Arms for his own collection. Signed, dated and annotated 'I' in pencil and 'sp' in the lower right-hand margin. A choice impression of this tour-de-force image. $750.
West Forty-Second Street. (Corner of Fifth Avenue toward Sixth). 1920. Etching. Fletcher 41. 13 x 10 1/2 (sheet 9 3/8 x 15 3/4). Edition 75. Printed in black ink on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Printed by Frederick Reynolds, New York. A rich, well-inked impression of this dramatic image. Signed in pencil. $9,750.
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Leaning on the Wall. 1927. Etching. Teller 4. 4 x 3 (sheet 11 x 8 7/8). Edition 100, #18 from the lifetime edition printed in 1967; there were only proofs earlier. A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and dated in ink verso, possibly in another hand. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. $550.
Three Men on Fourteenth Street. 1927 - 31. Etching. Teller 4A. 4 1/2 x 3 (sheet 9 5/16 x 6 3/8). Edition 30, #4 from the lifetime edition printed by th artist (there was an edition of 25 in 1985). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and numbered in pencil. $1,250.
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Bridge Silhouette. 1982. Aquatint. 7 7/8 x 10. Edition 250, #60. Signed in pencil. $750.
Book Stalls. c. 1931. Wood engraving. Duffy 100. 3 11/16 x 5 3/16 (sheet 5 3/4 x 6). Proof apart from the signed edition of 100. Published in 1931 by the Weyhe Gallery in The Checkerboard: Cook Number. Unsigned. $175.
Greetings from the House of Weyhe, 1929. 1929. Woodcut. 8 x 4 1/2 (sheet 9 x 5 1/2). Proof aside from the edition of 100. Printed on heavy wove paper. Signed in the block. $850.
Skyscraper #2. c. 1930. Wood engraving. Duffy 141. 4 1/8 x 3 1/16 (sheet 8 x 4 5/8). Proof apart from the signed edition. Published in 1931 by the Weyhe Gallery in The Checkerboard: Cook Number. Unsigned. $250.
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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. $1,500.
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End of the El. (End of the Bowery) 1933. Lithograph. 9 3/8 x 13 1/8. Edition 50, #25. Signed and numbered in pencil. A fine impression of this scarce lithograph. $1,750.
Evening, Fifth Avenue. 1965. Lithograph printed in colors. 22 5/8 x 18 (sheet 25 1/2 x 19 3/4). Edition 50. A fine impression printed on "BLK Rives" watermarked paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. A pristine impression of this imposing image. $950
St. Michael's Church in Brooklyn. 1947. Lithograph. 9 1/2 x 12 1/3 (12 x 16). Edition 250 for Associated American Artists. Winner of the Library of Congress Prize, National Print Competition. St,. Michael's Church is located at 352 42nd Street in Brooklyn. A fine impression on wove paper with full margins. Fiene has captured a charming winter scene. $225.
Plaza Group -- Towers of Manhattan. c.1930. Etching. 10 x 5 5/16 (sheet 11 7/8 x 7 3/16). A rich impression on pale cream-colored wove. Pristine condition. Signed in pencil. A stunning view of the Plaza, the Sherry Netherland Hotel and the surrounding buildings. $500.
During the etching revival of the 1930's, Flanagan produced, ddramatic renditions of the ever-changing New York skyline.
The Earl Horter etching below pictures the old entrance to the hotel.
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Metropolis, Union Square. 1938. Etching and aquatint. Smith I-83. 11 7/8 x 15. Edition 35. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 24 (December, 1937): 338; Salpater, Handy Artist, page 58. $1,750.
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Mighty Metropolis (as seen from the Staten Island Ferry). 1930. Etching. 9 3/8 x 13. Edition 30. A fine impression printed with plate tone and atmospheric wiping to suggest clouds. Signed in pencil. Elegantly framed. $1,950.
Spires of Manhattan. c. 1930. Etching. 9 3/8 x 12 3/4. A fine impression printed with plate tone and atmospheric wiping to suggest clouds. Signed in pencil. Elegantly framed. $1,950.
Martin Lewis, N.A. 1881-1962.
Arch, Midnight. 1930. Drypoint. McCarron 84. 8 1/8 x 11 5/8 (sheet 10 1/4 x 15 1/2). Lifetime edition 100. This is a posthumous impression printed on 'DE 1977' countermarked laid paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed 'Martin Lewis P.L.' [Patricia Lewis] in pencil. $3,500.
Bay Windows. 1929. Drypoint and sandpaper ground. McCarron 80. 11 3/4 x 7 7/8 (sheet 15 7/8 x 10 3/8). Edition 104. A fine impression printed on white laid paper with a cross watermark, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed and annotated "imp" in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist himself. $32,500.
Corner Shadows. 1930. Drypoint and sand ground. McCarron 83. 8 1/4 x 8 3/4 (sheet 11 x 12 3/8). Edition 242 for The Print Club of Cleveland. Printed on 'J.Whatman' cream laid paper. Signed in pencil. $14,500.
Wet Saturday. 1929. Drypoint. McCarron 81. 10 x 10 3/8 (sheet 13 X 13 7/8). Edition 72 recorded impressions, including 1 trial proof. A fine impression printed on oatmeal-flecked fine paid paper. Signed and annotated "imp" in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist himself. $17,500.
Yorkville Night. 1947. Drypoint. McCarron 140. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 (sheet 10 15/16 x 14 11/16). 18 recorded impressions, including 1 trial proof. A brilliant, luminous impression with rich, velvety burr, printed on cream laid paper. An extremely rare image. Signed and annotated "imp" in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist himself. $32,500.
[Rainy Afternoon]. c.1928. Conte crayon drawing. 8 3/4 x 7 1/16. Drawn on tan wove paper from a small notebook. The drawing has overtones of Wet Saturday (McCarron 81). Unsigned. Estate seal verso: Lucille Deming Lewis Collection; estate inventory number LDL-794. $1,250
[The Roustabout]. c. 1916. Pencil drawing. 4 7/8 x 8 7/16. Drawn on tan wove paper from a small notebook. The drawing has overtones of The Roustabout (McCarron 14). Signed 'Martin Lewis P.L.' Patricia Lewis was the artist's wife.. Estate seal verso: Lucille Deming Lewis Collection; estate inventory number LD847. $750.
The Empire State Building. 1930. Etching. 19 x 8 (sheet 2 5/8 x 11 9/16). A rich, well-inked impression printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed and dated in pencil. $2,500.
New York from Weehauwken. 1941. Etching. Hardie 277. 7 7/8 x 14 7/8. Edition 60, #2. With an unsigned proof from the cancelled plate. $1,750.
Sub-Treasury Building, New York. March 10, 1930. Ink and watercolor on paper. 15 1/2 x 9 1/2. Signed, dated and titled in ink, lower right. The lower mat bevel is decorated to emulate cobblestones -- a charming touch. An elegant watercolor with bright, unfaded colors, in pristine condition. $4,500.
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Incalculable Forces. c.1936. Etching and aquatint. 14 x 8 1/4 (sheet 16 3/8 x 10 3/8). Edition 100, #18. Signed and titled in pencil. A richly-inked impression on pale cream-colored paper watermarked. Pristine condition. Signed,annotated "S.A.E." [Society of American Etchers], titled and numbered in pencil. A dramatic view of the Manhattan Skyline with Empire State building seen from the Brooklyn Bridge. $9,000.
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Beach Picnic. July 11, 1939. Engraving. Sasowsky 182.iii. 5 x 7 (sheet 7 1/2 x 10). Edition 20. Printed on china paper affixed to a sturdy white wove support sheet. A rich impression of this very rare image. Signed in pencil. $3,500.
Coney Island Beach #1. 1939. Engraving. Sasowsky 191.ii. 9 3/4 x 12 (sheet 11 1/2 x 13 7/8). Edition 17 printed by Marsh in 1939 as noted by Sasowsky; there were 110 posthumous impressions. Printed on toned J Whatman laid paper with irregular margins. Signed, dated, titled and annotated '[$]25.00 Ed. 40' in pencil. Signed in pencil. $5,500.
The Bowery. 1928. Lithograph. Sasowsky 16. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 (sheet 11 13/16 x 14 3/8 at the top and 15 5/8 at the bottom of the sheet. Irregularly trimmed). Edition 31 according to Marsh's notebook; however, the lithograph is annotated "30 proofs" in Marsh's hand. An excellent impression on china paper affixed to a sturdy white wove support sheet. Signed and annotated in pencil. $7,500.
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New York set.
In the summer of 1919, Nevinson visited Manhattan. On the suggestion of Frederick Keppel, he made a series of New York images.
43rd Street at Night. 1921. Mezzotint. Leicester 52, Guichard 45. 7 7/8 x 5 (sheet 11 9 1/16 x 9 1/16). New York set. Illustrated: Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 141. A richly inked impression printed cream laid paper, with full margins. Nevinson made only 6 mezzotints. A superb impression of this rare print. Signed in pencil. Price upon request.
From the Ferry. c. 1919. Drypoint. Leicester Galleries 50. 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 (sheet 11 1/4 x 8 3/8). New York set. Printed on cream laid paper with wide margins, and a deckle edge on one side. Signed in pencil. $9,500.
Looking Down on Downtown. 1921. Etching and drypoint. Leicester Galleries 46, Guichard 29. 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 1/2). New York set. A view looking down into Hanover Square in lower Manhattan. Illustrated: Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 146. A very rich, atmospherically wiped impression on laid paper watermarked 'England'. Signed in pencil in the plate. Price upon request.
Looking Through Brooklyn Bridge. 1921. Drypoint. Leicester Galleries 41; Guichard 27. 9 1/4 x 6 7/8 (sheet 13 13/16 x 11 9/16). New York set. A Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching; Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 146; Ackley, Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939, page 96. A very rich, atmospherically wiped impression printed on laid paper. Signed in pencil. Price upon request.
Lower Broadway. 1919. Etching and drypoint. Leicester Galleries 47, Guichard 31. 7 7/8 x 5 1/4 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 1/2). New York set. A view looking down into Hanover Square in lower Manhattan. Illustrated: Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 146. A very rich, atmospherically wiped impression on laid paper watermarked 'England'. Signed in pencil in the plate. Price upon request.
On the Roof Garden. 1919. Mezzotint. Leicester Galleries 53, Guichard 32. 8 1/4 x 4 5/8 (sheet 13 15/16 x 11 1/16). Edition 50. New York set. A richly inked impression printed on "F J Head" watermarked paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Nevinson made only 6 mezzotints. A superb impression of this rare print. Nevinson captures the essential spirit of the flapper. 8,500.
The Stock Exchange. 1921. Etching and drypoint. Leicester Galleries 51; Guichard 32. 10 1/4 x 8 3/8 (sheet 11 1/8 x 11 5/8). Edition 50. American set. Illustrated: Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 146. An extremely rich impression with plate tone. Printed on cream colored laid paper watermarked "England" on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. Price upon request.
Temples of New York. 1919. Drypoint. Leicester 44; Guichard 26. 7 3/4 x 6. Edition 50. New York set. Trinity Church facade from the back, which faces Wall Street. Illustrated: Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 138. Pristine condition. A very rich impression, with burr, printed with plate tone on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. $7,500.
Third Avenue (Under the Elevated Railroad) 1920. Drypoint. Leicester Galleries 42; Guichard 33. 7 7/8 x 6 (sheet 11 5/8 x 8 7/8) . New York set. Illustrated: Ackley, Thythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939, page 97. Pristine condition. A rich impression, printed with plate tone on cream laid paper with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. Price upon request.
Two A.M. (Metropolis). also called 3 A.M. - A Corner by Madison Square at Night. 1921. Drypoint. Leicester Galleries 45; Guichard 30. 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 (sheet 18 5/16 x 11 1/2). American set. Illustrated: Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 140. Pristine condition. A very rich, tonal impression. Printed on cream laid paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. Price upon request.
Under Brooklyn Bridge 1921. Drypoint. Leicester Galleries 40; Guichard 27. 7 x 5 (sheet 11 3/8 x 9) . New York set. Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching;Ingleby, Black, Cohen and Cooke, C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century Imperial War Museum exhibition catalogue, 1999, page 139. Pristine condition. A very rich impression, printed with plate tone on cream laid paper with deckleedges. Signed in pencil. Price upon request.
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The East River from the Brooklyn Waterfront. Watercolor on grey paper. 10 x 12. Signed, upper right. $3,500.
The Biggest of All; Telephone and Telegraph Building. 1925. Etching. Wuerth 853. 9 7/8 x 11 7/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 17 1/4). Edition probably 35. An atmospheric impression with plate tone, printed on antique laid paper from an old book. Printed by the artist. Signed in pencil. $850.
The Elevated. 1921. Etching. W 789. 9 7/8 x 6 7/8. Edition probably 50. $950.
Madison Avenue. 1923. Etching. Wuerth 11. 12 x 9 1/8. Edition probably 50. Illustrated: Bryant, Joseph Pennell's New York Etchings. $850.
Montague Terrace, Children Skating. 1924. Etching. W 832. 8 x 9 7/8. Series: Brooklyn Heights. Edition about 75. Illustrated: Bryant, Joseph Pennell's New York Etchings. $500.
Nassau Street. 1904. Lithograph. W 158.10 11/16 x 6 1/4.. New York series. Commission for the Society of Iconophiles. $225.
Orgy of Building, An. 1923. Etching. W 808. 12 1/4 x 9 1/4. Edition about 50. llustrated: Bryant, Joseph Pennell's New York Etchings. $850.
Sunset from Williamsburg Bridge. 1915. Etching. W 674. 8 1/2 x 11. Edition 100. $2,000.
The Telephone and Telegraph Foundation. 1924. Etching. Wuerth 827. 12 7/8 x 8 7/8 (sheet 15 3/16 x 9 7/8). Private plate, etched for McKenzie, Vorhees and Gmelin.An atmospheric impression with plate tone, printed on antique laid paper from an old book. Printed by the artist. Signed in pencil. $950.
The Woolworth Building. 1915. Etching. Wuerth 675. 11 7/8 x 7 3/8 (sheet 15 x 9 1/4). Edition about 100. Signed in pencil. A rich, tonal impression printed on antique laid paper from an old volume. The inking and wiping suggest a misty morning. $1,500.
Harvard Hall N.Y.C. 1931. Etching and drypoint. 8 7/8 x 6 1/2 (sheet 13 x 9 7/8). Trial proof of the final state. Edition 100. A rich impression on simili-Japan paper, printed by Charles White, ther master printer. Pristine condition. Light mat toning, otherwise excellent condition. Signed, dated, annotated and titled in pencil. $225.
Pony Cart. c. 1930. Color woodcut. 10 3/4 x 14 5/8. New York Public Library 29. Edition 20-30. Stamped "New York City W.P.A. Art Project." Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression of this scarce image. $575.
Fisk Boyd and William Ivins in the Print Room of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. c. 1940. Etching and drypoint. 7 x 10 1/2 (sheet 8 x 12 5/8). A rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $350.
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The Plaza View from Central Park South. Oil drawing on panel. 9 x10. Unsigned. $950.
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Girls Sliding. 1915. Etching. Morse 171.iv. 4 1/4 x 5 7/8 (sheet 8 3/4 x 11 7/8). Signed, titled and annotated "100 proofs" in pencil. Annotated "Peter Platt" in pencil (Platt printed 30 of the total edition of 100). A fine impression on cream wove paper. In 1945, Sloan wrote of the image, "Happy healthy girls putting on a floor show for appreciative bums in Washington Square. There are some battles in these things, but they are pretty well eliminated." $2,750.
Hell Hole. 1917. Etching and aquatint. Morse 186.ii. 7 3/8 x 9 3/8 (sheet 11 5/8 x 13 3/4).Printed on cream wove paper countermarked 'USA', on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed, title and annotated '100 proofs' in pencil by Sloan. $5,500.
The Show Case. 1905. Etching. Morse 129.iii. 5 x 6 15/16 (sheet 9 3/4 x 12 1/2). Annotated "Peter Platt" in pencil (Platt printed part of the total edition of 100). Series: New York City Life. A fine impression on cream wove paper, printed on the full sheet with deckle edges. Tack holes from drying in the outer margin edges, as usual. Signed, titled and annotated "100 proofs" in pencil. $3,250.
Sunbathers on the Roof. 1941. Etching. Morse 307. 6 x 7 (sheet 8 3/8" x 10-5/8). Edition 175 for The American College Society of Print Collectors. A rich impression, printed on the full sheet of white laid paper with deckle edges. Signed and titled in pencil. $3,750.
Washington Arch. 1923. Etching. Morse 212.v. 8 x 5 (sheet 10 7/8 x 7 5/8). Signed, titled and annotated "100 proofs" by Sloan in pencil. Annotated "Ernest Roth imp" by Roth. One of 20 proofs printed by him, from the total edition of 100 in this state. There were no editions of previous states, as the etchings were used as Christmas cards. A fine impression on cream laid paper with wide margins. Roth used selective plate tone in the sky to suggest a grey day, and cleanly wiped the snow, leaving plate tone to suggest the shadows of the children playing, lower right. Sloan wrote "A simple and telling design which would have been weakened by a more delicate technical approach" Morse p.237. $3,250.
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From the Weather Bureau. New York, New York. February, 1940. Lithograph printed in black and cream. Stuckey 106.ii. Two stone printing. 10 1/8 x 17 (sheet 16 x 21 5/8). Edition 40 in this state (total edition 43). Wxcellent condition. Signed and annotated 'Ed/40' in pencil. $9,750.
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