Robert Hogg Nisbet, N.A. 1879-1961.
All prints are signed in pencil.
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Landscapes
Florida Pines. c. 1932. Etching. 4 x 4 3/4 (sheet 8 x 8 7/8). A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.
Idylle. c. 1935. Drypoint. 7 15/16 x 8 7/8 (sheet 12 x 14 1/4). Edition 12. A rich impression with plate tone printed on Japanese vellum. Signed, titled and annotated 'Ed. 12' in pencil. $150.
[Kent Hills, CT]. c. 1930. Soft ground etching. 4 x 4 3/4 (sheet 9 1/4 x 11 3/8). Printed on cream laid paper. Signed in pencil. $75.
Wood Interior. [Small plate]. Soft ground etching. 5 x 6 7/8 (sheet 8 x 11 1/2). Printed on cream laid paper. Signed, titled, and annoated 'No. 45' and '120' in pencil. $75.
Wood Interior. [Large plate]. 1923. Etching and drypoint. Edition 80, #24. 11 x 14 (sheet 14 x 17 1/4). Printed on simili-Japan paper. Signed, titled, numbered and annotated '$30' in pencil. $200.
[Woodland Interior # 4]. 1930. Etching. Miniature print. 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 (sheet 4 5/8 x 5 1/2). Printed in sepia ink on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $75.
Riverscapes
[Bather]. 1940. Etching and drypoint. Printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $75.
Fly Fishing. A rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on cream wove paper with deckle edges. The image shows a fly fisherman acasting for surface-feeding trout. There is some foxing in both lower corners, outside the image. Signed, titled, and annotated '$200' and 5A' in pencil. $175.
The Hurrying River. 1925. Drypoint. 6 7/8 x 9 (sheet 11 x 14 7/16). Awarded the Bryan Prize for the Best American Print, 6th International Print Makers Exhibition, Los Angeles, 1926. Printed on cream wove paper. Signed, titled and annotated 'drypoint', '$25', 'plate #1' and 'So KENT CONN' in pencil. $175.
Lane's Falls. 1930. Etching. Nisbet 39. 6 7/8 x 5 (sheet 12 1/2 x 9 3/4). Printed with plate tone on white wove paper with deckle edges. Signed, titled, numbered and annotated '$15' in pencil. $75.
Rushing Waters. 1940. Etching. 4 x 5 (sheet 5 13/16 x 6 1/2). Printed with plate tone on cream wove paper. Signed, titled and annotated '$10' and '98' in pencil. $75.
Rushing Waters No. 2. 1940. Etching and drypoint. Miniature print. 2 1/2 x 3 7/16 (sheet 4 1/2 x 6 5/8). Printed with plate tone on cream wove paper. Initialed and annotated 'null' in pencil. $95.
The South Wind. 1935. Drypoint. 8 x 10 (sheet 10 1/2 14 3/4). Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1935. A rich imprssion with drypoint burr. Printed with plate tone on simili Japan paper. There is light foxing in the margins, outside the image. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.
[Summer Day]. 1930. Etching. Nisbet 60. 7 7/8 x 9 3/4 (sheet 11 1/8 x 13). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper with two sides deckle edges. Signed and numbered in pencil. $175.
Seascapes
[Bowe's Rocks No. 2], South Portland, ME. 1930. Etching. 4 x 5 (sheet 7 1/16 x 8 9/16). Printed on cream wove paper. Signed and annotated '1st proof' and '1' in pencil. $75.
Ledge at Harrings. Etching. 4 x 5 (sheet 9 1/2 x 12 5/8). Printed on cream wove 'Van Gelder Zonen Holland' watermarked paper with deckle edges. There are tack holes along the margins from drying. Signed, titled, numbered and annotated '$12' in pencil. $75.
Maine Coast No. 2. c. 1940. Drypoint. 4 x 4 15/16 (sheet 6 1/16 x 8 1/2). Printed with plate tone on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $75.
[Maine Coast No. 3]. c. 1940. Etching. 1 5/8 x 3 1/8 (sheet 6 3/8 x 8 1/8). Printed on cream wove paper. Signed and annotated '1st try' in pencil. $95.
[Maine Coast No. 4]. c. 1940. Drypoint. Miniature print. 2 7/16 x 3 3/8 (sheet 4 7/8 x 5 15/16). Printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $95.
South Portland [Maine].. 1940. Etching and drypoint. Miniature print. 1 11/16 x 3 1/8 (sheet 7 1/2 x 9 1/8). Printed on cream wove paper. Signed, titled and annotated '$12' and 'No. 972' in pencil. $95.
Robert Hogg Nisbet is noted for his landscape, figure, genre, and etching work. He is associated with Connecticut art colonies including Old Lyme. Nisbet was born in Providence, Rhode Island on August 25, 1879. Robert entered the Rhode Island School of Design when he was eight, and later studied in New York and abroad. He taught at Brown University and was president of the Art Students League of New York, where he served as president from 1909-1910. He was elected an Associate Member of the National Academy of Design in 1920 and a National Academician (N.A.) in 1928. He was an Artist Life member of the National Arts Club. One of the incorporators of the Society of American Etchers, he was also a member of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers. During the early 1900's, Nisbet summered in Old Lyme, Connecticut, and eventually settled in Kent, Connecticut, where he and his wife established a large home and a studio. They had no children. Nisbet was the founder of the Kent Art Association whose members included Willard Metcalf. His work won him three National Academy awards, several etching awards, and the National Arts Club (Painting) prize. His etchings and paintings were exhibited in Paris, France, Yale University, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Library, National Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, and Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
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