Robert Sargent Austin, R.A., P.R.E., P.R.W.S. 1895-1973.

Bethlehem. 1925. Line engraving. Dodgson 62. 6 x 4 7/8 (sheet 9 1/2 x 7 3/8). Edition 50. A rich impression printed on cream laid paper. Signed and dated in pencil. $850.

Flight Into Egypt. c.1925. Line engraving. 6 1/2 x 10 3/8 (sheet 10 1/4 x 17). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream laid paper. Signed and dated in pencil. $650.

Man with a Cross. 1924. Etching. Dodgson 46.iv. Edition 40. 5 3/16 x 5 (sheet 6 1/2 x 6 1/4). A rich impression printed on cream laid paper. Signed, dated, titled and annotated in pencil. $550.

Women at Prayer. 1936. Line engraving. 10 15/16 x 8 7/16 (sheet 13 13/16 x 10 13/16). Subsequent to Dodgson. Edition 40 published by the Twenty-One Gallery for 7 guineas. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1936. A rich impression with plate tone printed on white wove paper. Signed and dated in pencil. A large, impressive plate. $850.

Sir Muirhead Bone. 1876-1953.

Jubilee Year, Santiago de Compostela 1930. Drypoint. Dodgson 39. 13 3/8 x 7 7/8 (sheet 20 x 13 1/4). Edition 133. Printed on the full sheet of white laid paper with deckle edges. From the portfolio, Two Drypoints by Muirhead Bone. The other drypoint in the folder is, Dancing on the Apostle's Day, Santiago. Signed in pencil. $1,750.

A Spanish Good Friday (Ronda). 1925. Drypoint. Dodgson 412.xviii/xxix. 12 1/2 x 8 1/8 (sheet 15 x 12). Edition 160 in 29 states. Illustrated: Ziggrosser: Six Centuries of Fine Prints. A rich impression with velvety drypoint burr. Printed on smooth simili-Japan paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed, annotated 'xxv' crossed out and replaced by 'xviii' in the lower left-hand margin, an 'a' in the upper left-hand margin and an 'x' in the lower right hand margin, indicating an excellent impression. $8,500. Another proof from the final state from the collection of S. William Pelletier - $9,250. A proof from the cancelled plate - $500.

Eric Gill, R.E. 1882-1940.

Proofs

Adeste Fideles. 1916. Wood engraving. Physick 72. 2 x 2 (sheet 2 3/8 x 2 3/8). As published in Adeste Fideles a Christmas Hymn and elsewhere. Printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $1,250. Another proof, before letterpress, unsigned. $750. A third proof with letterpress, "Christmas Greetings" $500.

The Blessed Trinity with the Blessed Virgin. 1921. Wood engraving. Physick 181. 3 x 3 5/8 (sheet 3 9/16 x 5 1/8). Based upon a drawing by Elizabeth Gill. Printed on cream wove paper. Unsigned. $575.

Cantet nunc 'lo'. 1916. Wood engraving. Physick 77. 2 x 2 (sheet 2 1/2 x 2 1/2). As published in Adeste Fideles a Christmas Hymn and elsewhere. Printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $1,250. Another proof printed on fine wove paper. 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 (sheet 2 9/16 x 2 9/16). Originally published in Adeste Fideles a Christmas Hymn and elsewhere. Unsigned. $450.

Cantet nunc 'lo'. 1916. Wood engraving. Physick 75. 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 (sheet 4 1/8 x 3 1/4). Printed with letterpress as a Christmas card on simili-Japan paper. Unsigned. $400.

Christmas Gifts: Dawn: PAX HOMINIBUS BONAE VOLUNTATIS. 1916. Wood engraving. Physick 80. 2 13/16 x 3 9/16 (sheet 3 1/8 x 3 3/4). As published in The Game volume I, no. 2 and in Nisi Dominus. Printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $1,250. Another unsigned proof, $500.

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Madonna and Child. 1924. Three engravings printed in reddish brown ink on copper, all printed on a single sheet of white wove paper. Physick 302. 1 5/ 8 x 7/8. Edition 50, #43. Etched after a drawing by the artist's daughter, Elizabeth. Physick 303. 1 5/8 x 1 3/16. Edition 50, #38. Etched after a drawing by the artist's daughter, Joanna. Physick 304. 1 5/8 x 7/8. Edition 50, #42. Etched after a drawing by the artist's daughter, Petra. Each engraving signed and numbered in pencil. A charming trio of family-themed works. It is rare to find Gill engravings printed in this manner. $2,250.

Madonna and Child. 1924. Intaglio print. Physick 298. 3 1/4 x 1 7/8. Edition 50. Printed in sepia ink on cream wove watermarked paper. Unsigned. $350.

The Madonna and Child with an Angel: Madonna Knitting. Proof. 1916. Wood engraving. Physick 60. 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 (sheet 4 3/4 x 3 1/4). As published in Mary Sat a'Working and Song of the Dressmaker. Printed on Japanese mulberry laid paper. Unsigned. $550.

The Madonna and Child with an Angel: Madonna Knitting. 1919. Wood engraving. Physick 60. 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 circular (sheet 5 3/8 x 5). Printed on white wove paper. Signed in pencil. $1,750.

Madonna and Child With Arms Outstretched. 1922. Wood engraving. Physick 215. 4 x 1 3/4. Printed on tan wove paper. Used as a design for a Christmas card. Signed in pencil. $1,750.

Nativity in a Cave. 1916. Wood engraving. Physick 79. 2 5/8 x 2 1/16 (sheet 2 15/16 x 2 3/8). Design for a Christmas Card. Proof before the letterpress "A Happy Christmas". Unsigned. $550.

Nativity with Midwife, St. Joseph Standing. 1913. Wood engraving. Physick 14. 2 1/8 x 2 1/8 (sheet 2 5/8 x 2 3/4). Design for a Christmas Card. Printed on cream wove paper. Laid onto a paper mount along the top sheet edge. Signed and annotated with a '+' in pencil. $750.

Resurrection: EGO SUM RESURRECTIO ET VITA. 1934. Wood engraving. Physick 866. 4 1/8 x 2 1/8 (sheet 5 x 3). Letterpress verso: 'DAVID WHITEMAN PEPLER 23 OCT. 1905 2 SEPT. 1934 DONA EI REQUIEM INVENUMUS EUM IN CAMPIS SILVAE'. Printed as a memorial card, apart from the illustration for The Passion of Our Lord. Extremely scarce in this printing. Printed on cream wove paper. Unsigned. $450.

St. Mark. 1934. Wood engraving. Physick 870. 6 5/8 x 4 1/16 (sheet 7 3/8 x 9 1/2). Printed on light gray wove paper as a holiday card. Printed on the outside cover of the card reads, 'Happy Christmas & New Year From Mary Gill'. The image of St. Mark is printed on the inside. Written on the back of the card in ink reads 'My love to you both. I will be waiting. MG.' $1,500.

St. Matthew. 1934. Wood engraving. Physick 869. 6 x 3 1/2 (sheet 8 13/16 x 5 1/4). Issued as a Christmas card from Mary Gill. Annotated, 'My love to you both and the family. MG' in ink. Illustrated for the Aldine Bible. Printed on cream wove 'England 1945' watermarked paper with two sides deckle edges. $450.

Virgin and Child. 1931. Wood engraving. Physick 827. 5 3/4 x 2 3/4 (sheet 8 1/16 x 3 7/16). Proof printed on simili-Japan paper with one side deckle edge. Unsigned. $275.

Another signed proof printed on white wove paper. Initialed, dated and annotated 'Greetings from Eric and Mary Gill' in pencil. $975.

Virgin and Child. 1938. Wood engraving. Physick 980. 5 1/8 x 3 1/2 (sheet 7 1/2 x 5). Printed on hand-made laid paper as a Christmas card. Signed, dated, and annotated in ink on the inside leaf, 'with best wishes from Eric Gill christmas 1938.' An extremely scare personal card. Initialed and annotated 'et tuam ipsius animam pertransibit gladius' in the block. $950.

Religious Image: Prints Published by Douglas Cleverdon

Divine Lovers I. 1922. Wood engraving. Physick 193. 3 1/2 x 3 (sheet 13 x 9 7/8). Edition 480. After a drawing from life. As published in Engravings by Eric Gill Douglas Cleverdon, Birmingham, England, 1929. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Unsigned. $225.

Epiphany. 1917. Wood engraving. Physick 84. 1 3/4 x 2 7/8 (sheet 2 x 2 3/4). Originally published in 'God and the Dragon' (S. dominic's Press, 1917). As published in Engravings by Eric Gill Douglas Cleverdon, Birmingham, England, 1929. Printed on off-white wove paper. Printed on off-white wove paper. Unsigned. $350.

The Good Shepherd. (Et alias oves habeo - And I will have other sheep). 1926. Wood engraving. Physick 397. 3 1/16 x 1 1/2 (sheet 13 x 9 7/8). Edition 480. After a carving in relief at Highbury Chapel, Bristol. As published in Engravings by Eric Gill Douglas Cleverdon, Birmingham, England, 1929. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Unsigned. $175.

Madonna and Child. 1919. Woodcut. Physick 154. 6 1/2 x 3 7/8 (sheet 13 x 9 7/8). Edition 480. Design for a poster. As published in Engravings by Eric Gill Douglas Cleverdon, Birmingham, England, 1929. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Unsigned. $225.

Stephen Frederick Gooden, C.B.E., R.A., R.E. 1892-1955.

The Judge, the Hospitaler and the Solitary. 1927. Line engraving. 4 x 4 (sheet 10 1/8 x 6). Edition 525 in the book printing (there were 15 pre-publication proofs). Series: Fables of La Fontaine. As published in the 1931 Heinemann edition of La Fontaine, translated by Sir Edward Marsh, volume II. Printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Unsigned. $75.

Philip Hagreen. 1890–1988

Madonna and Child. c. 1945. Tempera on paper. 16 1/4 x 12. Ex-collection the Catholic Lending Library of Hartford. Unsigned, as usual. $1,500.

Elyse Ashe Lord. 1900-1971.

Angor Vhat. 1930. Woodcut and drypoint printed in colors. 11 x 13 (sheet 15 7/8 x 16 7/8). Edition 75, # 22. A bright, colorful impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper, with an irregular bottom margin. Signed and numbered in pencil. $750.

Graham Sutherland. 1903-1970.

Lammas. 1926. Etching. Tassi 23.iii; Cooke 29. 4 3/8 x 6 1/2. Edition 85 in this state (total edition 93). A fine impression printed on pale blue/green laid paper from an antique volume. Pencil design on the verso ofthe sheet, not affecting the image on the front. Excellent condition. Printed by the artist. Signed, titled and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $6,000.

Michaelmas. 1928. Etching. Tassi 25.iii. 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 (sheet 7 3/4 x 5 7/8). Edition of 109 for the Print Collector's Club, London. A fine impression printed on off-white laid paper with wide margins. Excellent condition. Signed in pencil. $2,750.

Continental

André Delcourt. Twentieth century.

Black Madonna. Gouache. 14 3/4 x 11 1/8. Signed. Provenance: The Catholic Lending Library of Hartford. $500.

Gustave Doré. 1832-1883.

Le néophyte. (The Neophyte). Etching. 23 1/2 x 28 3/8 (sheet 26 1/2 x 33). Printed on cream chine collé mounted onto a heavy white wove paper support sheet. Unsigned. A rich, well-inked impression of this highly dramatic and impressive image. $2,500.

Heinrich Ehmsen. German. 1886-1964.

Frauen am Tempel. (Women at the Temple). 1908. Linoleum cut. Lang 20. 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 (sheet 23 1/2 x 9 3/4). Edition size not stated. Lang was unable to obtain an image of this early state for the catalogue. He illustrates only the 1965 edition with the title in woodcut added in the blank space lower left. A rare working proof, retouched by the artist with his ink changes. Printed on on soft antique japan, with ample margins. Signed "Heinz Ehmsen," dated and annotated "D.dorf" (Dusseldorf) in pencil. $750.

Käthe Kollwitz. German. 1867-1945

Maria und Elisabeth. Version III. 1928. Woodcut. Klipstein 234,Vb; von dem Knesebeck 249.vi.a. 14 1/4 x 13 3/4. Edition 150 in this state. Signed in pencil. This is the largest of the three prints that Kollwitz made on this moving interpretation of a religious subject. Elizabeth is on the left and Mary is on the right. Illustrated: Carl Zigrosser, Prints and Drawings of Kathe Kollwitz, (New York: Dover, 1951); Minna C. and H. Arthur Klein, Kathe Kollwitz: Life in Art (New York: Schocken Books, 1975). A glowing impression on Japanese mulberry paper. $9,750.

Alphonse Legros. 1837-1911.

Job. Etching. Bliss 256.ii/iii; Malassis and Thibadeau 67. 4 5/8 x 3 5/8 (sheet 6 1/8 x 5 3/8). A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed in pencil. $275.

Paulus Pontius. 1603-1658.

Adoration of the Shepherds (after Rubens). (On the birth of the Lord) after Pieter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). Engraving. 11 3/8 x 7 1/4 (sheet 13 5/8 x 9). Printed on laid paper from an antique sacramentary -- an altar missal. Ex-collection Dr. Eugene A.Noble. Initialed 'P' in reverse above the top of the upright support. $275.

Daniel Rameée. 1806-1887

Moses Breaking the Tablet of the Law. Pencil drawing mounted onto paper. 12 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches. Collector's seal verso: Gustav Grunwald, Lugt 1155b. Monogrammed 'DR' (Nagler 582), lower right. $1,650.

Odilon Redon. 1840-1916.

Et un autre ange sortit du temple qui est au ciel, ayant lui aussi une faucille tranchante. (And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, having also a sharp sickle). 1899. Lithograph. Mellerio 180. 12 1/4 x 8 3/8 (sheet 19 1/2 x 11 3/4). Series: Apocalypse de Saint-Jean, plate 7. Published by Vollard in 1899 in an edition of 100. A rich, tonal impression printed on Chine appliqué mounted on sturdy wove paper. Fine condition apart from a 1 1/4-inch printer's crease at the lower right-hand sheet edge. Initialed in pencil.

Georges Rouault. 1871-1958.

Notre Dame de la Fin des Terres. (Our Lady of the End of the World). Woodblock cut by Georges Aubert after a drawing by Rouault for the book Cirque de l'Étoile Filante (Circus of the Shining Star). (Paris, 1938), page 155. 6 x 7 3/4. Signed and dated in the block. $2,500.

"Nous...c'est en sa mort que nous avons été baptisés." Romans 6:3. ("We...it is in His death that we have been baptized.") 1923. Original etching with aquatint and mixed techniques over heliogravure in black ink. Chapon/Rouault 83e. 22 3/16 x 17 (sheet 25 5/8 x 19 3/4). Series: Miserere, plate 30. Intended for issue by Vollard c.1930 but not in fact issued until 1948. Printed by Jacquemin, published by Édition de L'Étoile Filante, Paris. in an edition of 425 (there were also 25 hors commerce copies). Printed on Arches laid paper, with the watermark Ambroise Vollard, with full margins and deckle edges. Unsigned, as issued. $3,500.

"Obéissant jusqu'&à la morte et à la morte de la croix." (Phillippians 2.8). ("Obedient unto death, and to death on the cross.")

1923. Original etching with aquatint and mixed techniques over heliogravure in black ink. Chapon/Rouault 110b. 22 3/16 x 17 (sheet 25 5/8 x 19 3/4). Series: Miserere, plate 57. Intended for issue by Vollard c.1930 but not in fact issued until 1948. Printed by Jacquemin, published by Édition de L'Étoile Filante, Paris. Paris. in an edition of 425 (there were also 25 hors commerce copies). Printed on Arches laid paper, with the watermark Ambroise Vollard, with full margins and deckle edges. Signed and dated in the plate lower left. (No impressions in the published edition were pencil signed). $4,000.

Raphael Sadeler I. Publisher. 1561-1632.

Mary Magdalen in a Grotto (after Friedrich Sustris. c. 1540-1599). Copper engraving. The Illustrated Bartsch Vol 71 Part 2, Supplement as number .048. 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 (sheet 9 1/4 x 7). G Text below the etching reads 'Quid iuuet, obscuro squallentia Saxa recessu, Parcite mortales scitari SIDERA quæro; Et colere umbroso triste cubile specu; Spectari sola SIDERA NOCTE volunt. Raphael Sadeler Excudit.' Justis Sadeler (1583-c.1620) also made an engraving after Sustris, (Hollstein 10) or after Raphael Sadeler I. The image is reversed and there are various other changes. Mounted on the the back of the support sheet is a portrait of a gentleman. $500.

American

Douglas Gorsline. 1894-1964.

Christmas from the Gorslines. 1942. Etching. 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 (sheet 8 3/4 x 5 7/8). A fine impression on off-white laid paper with deckle edges on 2 sides. Excellent condition apart from two stains from old hinges in the top corners. Signed and dated in pencil. $175.

Christmas Pudding. 1942. Etching. 4 7/8 x 2 7/8 (sheet 9 3/16 x 5). A fine impression with plate tone printed on watermarked laid paper. Excellent condition apart from two stains from old hinges in the top corners. Signed and dated in pencil. $175.

Arthur William Heintzelman. 1891-1965.

The Pilgrim. 1919. Drypoint. 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 11 x 9 15/16). Printed on cream wove paper. Illustrated: Arms. 'Arthur William Heintzelman, Etcher', Prints vol. 3, #4 (May, 1933): page 5. Signed and dedicated in pencil to 'Eugene A. Noble'. $175.

Jeff Hier.

The Four Evangelists. 1951. Woodcut. x 6 1/2. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John are presented in medieval iconography. Signed in pencil. $125.

Helen Hyde. 1868-1919.

The Return. 1907. Woodcut printed in colors. Mason 75. 15 3/8 x 8 1/4 (sheet 19 1/8 x 10 1/2). Signed numbered '21.' in pencil in the image. A rich impression with glowing colors, printed on tissue-thin paper with full margins. $1,500.

Sunday Morning, San Angel, Mexico. 1912. Woodcut printed in colors. Mason and Mason 104. 10 5/8 x 16 5/8 (sheet 13 1/8 x 20 3/8). A colorful tonal impression printed on fine Japanese paper. A delightful large, impressive processional image. Monogrammed and signed in pencil in the image. $975.00

William MacLean. 1890-1946.

Silent Night. 1945. Etching with drypoint and aquatint. 8 5/8 x 11 13/16 (sheet 12 x 15). A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Commissioned by W.C. Hamilton and Sons, paper manufacturers in Miquon, PA, as a Christmas Greeting. Signed and titled in pencil. $275.

Marguerite Thompson Zorach. 1894-1964.

Mother and Child (Artist and Child). 1921. Linoleum cut. 9 1/2 x 6 (sheet 12 1/4 x 11). First state, before the lettering 'MERRY XMAS' above the oval, and 'FROM THE ZORACHS' below the oval. A rich proof printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Pencil sketch of a foot, verso. A charming and unusual self-portrait. Signed and dated in pencil. $2,500.

Japanese

Gototei Kunisada. 1786-1865.

Shirabioshi (Temple Dancer). c. 1840. Kakemono-e. 26 1/4 x 8 1/2. Publisher and signature partially trimmed. Signed 'oju Kochoro Kunisada ga,' Mounted on black silk in the manner of a Japanese watercolor. Margins trimmed. $1,250.

Sadao Watanabe. 1913-1998.

The Adoration of the Shepherds.1961. Color dye stencil. 21 x 14 (sheet 22 x 30). Edition 200, #24. Printed on crumpled, hand-made paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed and numbered in pencil. $1,750.

Hope. 1961. Color dye stencil. 20 1/2 x 17 5/7 (sheet 25 x 23). Edition 50, #16. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. Printed on crumpled, hand-made paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. $1,500. Oomi, #5. Printer: Uchida. Excellent color and condition. Signed and sealed. $1,500.

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