All works are signed in pencil or ink, unless indicated otherwise.
Click on the images for larger pictures. The large images are not interlinked. Please click on the "back" button to return to this file.
Les Deux Petits Verres. 1928-29. Drypoint. Appleby 135.10 1/2 x 10 3/16 (sheet 181/8 x 12 1/2). Edition 100, #40. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly (1937): 374. A fold in the upper and lower margin, well outside the image. A rich impression, with burr, printed on the full sheet of 'ENGLAND'laid paper. A fold in the upper and lower margin, well outside the image. Signed and numbered in pencil. $1,250.
A Self Portrait. c. 1932. Ink drawing on wove paper. 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 (sheet 10 x 7). Provenance: the artist's daughter. Unsigned. A unique silhouette housed in archival French double mat and a 12 3/4 x 11 3/8 Whistler-style gold leaf frame. $1,750.
A rare group of four original cyanotypes (c. 1900) documenting William Merritt Chase and his students in indoor and outdoor classroom settings at Shinnecock Hills, showing him sketching and critiquing pupils. $2,400 the group of four.
Corot par lui-mê-même(Self-portrait). 1858. Cliché-verre. Delteil 69. 8-1/2 x 6-1/8 inches (21.6 x 15.6 cm) (sheet). Very minor toning, particularly along edges. Negligible undulations in sheet. Hinged and framed under glass. Provenance: Galerie Michael, Beverly Hills;- to a Dallas collection sold by Heritage Auctions, June 5, 1926. Price upon application.
Gavarni also known as Self Portrait with a Cigarette. 1842. Lithograph on chine-colle on wove paper. Armelhaut et Bocher 34. Chine size: 9 x 6 1/4 inches. Printed by Bertauts, Paris. Signed/titled in the stone. $500.
[Self-Portrait - Nude]. Pencil drawing. 4 3/16 x 2 1/2 (sheet 7 5/8 x 3 1/2). Drawn on cream wove paper. Size annotations. Unsigned. $10,000.
Artist and Model. 1925. Etching. Hardie 223.vi. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4. Edition 500. A fine impression on the full sheet of wove paper. Signed in ink. This is a delightful self-portrait. $650.
Self Portrait. c.1933. Drypoint. 11 7/8 x 8 1/2 (sheet 18 3/8 x 11 1/4). Edition75, #39. Signed and numbered in pencil. Tack holes in the outer margins from drying, as usual. A rich impression on cream-colored laid paper with full margins. $600.
James McBey. 1931. Drypoint. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 ). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed by the artist on cream wove paper. Signed in the plate lower left: "Walter Tittle / London." Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $400.
Zorn and His Wife. 1890. Etching. Hjert and Hjert 31.ii. 12 1/2 x 8 3/8 (sheet 23 1/2 x 18). Edition 40-50. A fine impression on simili-Japan paper. Signed in pencil. $9,500.
William Cowper Esqr. (After Thomas Lawrence 1769-1830). 1806. Stipple engraving. 11 x 8 (sheet 12 1/8 x 9 5/8). Published by J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, January 1, 1806. Printed on cream wove paper. Paper grubby, mainly around the edges, otherwise fair original condition. Signed, dated and titled in the plate. $125.
Les Deux Petits Verres. 1928-29. Drypoint. Appleby 135.10 1/2 x 10 3/16 (sheet 181/8 x 12 1/2). Edition 100, #40. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly (1937): 374. A fold in the upper and lower margin, well outside the image. A rich impression, with burr, printed on the full sheet of 'ENGLAND'laid paper. A fold in the upper and lower margin, well outside the image. Signed and numbered in pencil. $1,250.
Speech of the Evening. 1930-31. Drypoint. Appleby 150. 11 x 10 7/8 (sheet 17 1/16 x 13 1/8). Edition 100, #97. Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly24 (1937): 368. A rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Signed and numbered in ink. $1,750. P>
Marquett. 1925. Etching. Fletcher 51. 8 7/16 x 6 7/8 (sheet 12 13/16 x 8 7/8). Trial proof, apart from the edition of 106 (total 113 impressions). A rich impression, printed on cream laid paper. Signed and annotated "Trial" and "to light" by the artist in pencil. The model for this portrait was the wood engraver, Marquett, whose portrait Brockhurst had etched in 1921 (Fletcher 27). $575.
James McBey. 1931. Etching. Fletcher 69.ix. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 (sheet 14 7/8 x 11 3/8). Edition 111. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper with full margins. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1931; Print Collector's Quarterly 22 (1944): 70. Signed in pencil. Housed in a 19 1/2 x 16-inch Hogarth style frame.
An Old Corsican. 1921. Etching. F 27. 6 5/16 x 4 9/16 (11 1/2 x 9 3/8). Edition 76. A beautiful, rich impression with plate tone, printed on 'J. Whatman' laid paper on the full sheet with deckled edges. Signed in pencil. The model for this portrait was the wood engraver,Marquett, whose portrait Brockhurst had etched in 1925 (Fletcher 51). $650.
Henry Rushbury, A.R.A., R.E., R.W.S., No. 2. 1930. Etching. Fletcher 66. Published state. 10 x 7 3/8 (sheet 14 1/2 x 10 3/4). Edition 111. Illustrated in 'Royal Academy Illustrated' 1930; 'Fine Prints of the Year' 1930; Print Collector's Quarterly 21 (1943): 331. An exceptionally rich impression with printed on cream wove paper. One of a few proofs signed by the artist and also by Henry Rushbury. $2,250.
 |
 |
Femme assise sur un rocher. (after Louise Abbéma. 1847-1898). c. 1874. Ink study for the etching. 4 1/8 x 3 1/2 (image and sheet). Drawn on fine yellow/tan paper. Unsigned. On the drawing, lower right, is a pencilled number, presumably inventory: C38695. $2,750 the pair.
Femme assise sur un rocher. (after Louise Abbéma. 1847-1898.). c. 1874. Etching. Bourcard-Goodfriend 46. 5 1/8 x 6 7/8 (sheet 8 1/2 x 12 3/16). Printed on cream laid paper. Soiling in the right-hand margin; otherwise good condition. Signed, annotated and dated in the plate. Also annotated 'A II' in pencil in the top right-hand sky, presumably an inventory annotation to keep the pair totether. On the verso of the etching is pencilled C38698. $2,750 the pair.
Charles Cundall, R.A. 1926. Drypoint. Schwabe 171.v. 18 x 11 3/4 (sheet 20 1/2 x 14 5/8). Illustrated: Guichard, British Etchers, 1850-1940. A rich impression printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. A painter and lithographer, Cundall (1890-1971) had his first one-man show at Colnaghi the year after this impressive portrait was made. Signed in pencil. $650.
Timothy Cole Engraving a Woodblock. 1935. Wood engraving after Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876-1988). 6 3/16 x 5 (sheet 12 x 9). A rich impression printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil by Alphaeus P. Cole, signed and dated by John W. Evans. $500.
L'amant et le dictionnaire des rimes. (The Lover and the Rhyming Dictionary) July 7, 1839. Lithograph. Armelhaut and Bocher 892. 7 7/8 x 6 1/4 (image), 10 1/3 x 9 (border), 14 5/8 x 10 (sheet). A find impression printed on newsprint as published in Le Charivari. Good condition apart from a center fold. Signed in reverse in the stone. A charming parody on amateur poets. $250.
(L'amant): Nymphes des Bois, connaissez vous Adèle? (Le Dictionnaire des Rimes): Adèle! Pastourelle, charnelle, onzelle, matétielle, récelle, sempiternelle, femelle....Qu'elle demoiselle!
Le Comte Robert de Montesquiou-Fezensac. c. 1894. Etching with drypoint and roulette. 9 1/8 x 4 1/4 (10 1/2 x 7 1/8). As published in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts in 1903. A fine impression printed by Porcabeuf on cream laid paper. Signed in the plate. $175.
Portrait of Albert Schweitzer. 1950. Etching. 11 3/6 x 9 3/4 (sheet 16 1/4 x 14). Illustrated: Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress, page 205. A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream laid paper. Signed and annotated 'Printed from Copper' in pencil; titled on the mat in the artist's hand. $1,250.
Portrait of Whistler with the Monacle. 1897. Drypoint. 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 (sheet 16 3/4 x 11 5/8). A carefully wiped impression with plate tone, from the canceled plate (there were only 28 impressions before the plate was canceled), printed on cream laid paper. A delightful portrait of Helleu's colleague and friend, Whistler. $1,750.
Whistler in Painting Jacket. (after the painting by Whistler. Gallatin 4). 1897. Photogravure. Gallatin 137. 9 7/8 x 7 1/4 (sheet 12 1/4 x 8 15/16). Published by Virtue & Co. Ltd (publishers of The Art Journal). Titled in the plate, below the image. $190.
Portrait of Lèon Bonnat. 1880. Etching. 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 (sheet 12 x 8 3/16). Printed by Vernant on cream wove paper and published in Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne. Monogrammed in the plate. $85.
Portrait of George Frederick Watts (1817-1904. 1879. Etching. Beraldi 198.iii/iv; Wright 198 iii; Bliss 198. 7 1/8 x 5 1/4 (sheet 11 7/8 x 8). As published the Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne May 10, 1900. A fine impression printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Signed in the plate. $450.
Artist and Model. 1925. Etching. Hardie 223. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4. Edition 500. A fine impression on the full sheet of wove paper. Signed in ink. This is a delightful self-portrait. $650.
The Impercipient. 1923. Etching and drypoint. Barclay 155. 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 (sheet 15 7/8 x 12 3/4). Exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers. A rich impression with plate tone on cream laid paper with full margins. Signed in pencil. $1,250. Housed in a 12 1/2 x 16-inch archival mat. This is the artist's magnum opus.
Portrait of Frederick Goulding (1842-1909. 1906. Drypoint. David Strang 581. 15 7/8 x 11 3/8 (18 3/8 x 13). A rich impression printed on cream laid paper. Signed and annotated by the artist's son, David. $750.
James McBey. 1931. Drypoint. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 ). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed by the artist on cream wove paper. Signed in the plate lower left: "Walter Tittle / London." Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $400.
J. Becquet, Sculptor (The Fiddler). 1859. Drypoint. Kennedy 52.iv; Glasgow 62.vi. 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 (sheet 15 5/16 x 9 3/4). Series: "Sixteen Etchings or Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects" (Thames Set), plate 8. Illustrated: Salaman, The Great Painter-Etchers from Rembrandt to Whistler, Print Collector's Quarterly 1 (1911): 36; Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching: Whistler; Guichard, British Etchers, 1850-1940. An extremely rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream laid paper with a fleur-de-lys watermark and a JHamp;Zoon (Chicago 321). Provanance: Howard G. Mansfield (1848-1938) to Harris F. Whittemore (1864-1939)(Lugt 1834a. Unsigned. The image shows Whistler's friend, the sculptor and cellist Just Becquet. $3,250.
The Russian Schube. 1896. Lithograph. Way 112, Levy 160, Chicago 142.ii. 1896. Lithograph on laid paper. 7 x 5 1/2 (sheet 11 11/16) x 8). Way lists 15 impressions in 2 states. Provenance: the collector's seal of Otto Gerstenberg (Lugt 2785). Monogrammed in the stone, center right; signed in pencil with the butterfly in the lower margin. The stone was erased November 4, 1903. Housed in a spectacular 18 x 15 1/2 gold leaf frame. A fine impression of this extremely scarce image. $7,500.
To order, to report broken links or to be placed on the email list, please contact Jane Allinson (janeartgal@fastmail.com), or call +1 860 429 2322. Business hours are 9:A.M. to 5 P.M. Central Time.
Please click here to review the USE AND ACCEPTANCE AND PRIVACY POLICIES FOR THE ALLINSON GALLERY, INC. WEBSITE
Thank you for visiting this website.