John Sloan (1871-1951) was one of the most important 20th
century American painters and etchers. He was one of the founders of the Ashcan School and a member of the group known as The Eight. He trained at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and worked as an illustrator at The Philadelphia Inquirer. In 1904, he and his wife moved to New York and settled in lower Manhattan, first in Chelsea , then in Greenwich Village.  Both neighborhoods were busy commercial centers, filled with  moving picture parlors and entertainment  halls.   In the teens and twenties films continued to be made in this area of New York even as the industry was moving to Hollywood. Like the movie makers Sloan was attracted by the continual change and movement of the city, the provocative settings it provided, and the bits of human drama constantly unfolding on the crowded streets. This etching depicts such a scene in Greenwich Village as the stars of a production arrive on the scene, a camera man at the ready.

5 ¼ x 7 inches, plate.
Full margins.
9 ¼ x 12 ½ inches, sheet.
Edition of 100 inscribed in pencil.
Excellent condition.
Provenance: Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio/.

Peter Moran (1841- 1914) was born in Lancashire England. His family emigrated to the United States in 1644 and settled in Philadelphia a year later. At sixteen Peter was apprenticed to a lithographer for a short time before he went to study art with two of his brothers. They had both become established artists and later became famous for their talent; Thomas Moran for his canvases capturing the grandeur of the American west and Edward Moran as a marine painter. Thomas introduced Peter to the American southwest and Peter traveled to Taos three times between 1880 and 1881 however, he maintained a studio in Philadelphia throughout his career. Peter founded the Philadelphia Society of Etchers and served as its president for the 23 years that the organization was active. He was also a founder of the Philadelphia Art Club and a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club.

Peter Moran created a painting of the same subject alternatively entitled “The Coming Storm” and “Return of the Herd” which he exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition where it won a medal of excellence.  It is thought to be a site near York Maine. He experimented with printing techniques, application of ink and types of paper. We have a number of impressions of this image.

15 ½ x 22 ¼ inches, sheet.
Excellent condition.
Signed in the plate and pencil signed in lower right.

Peter Moran (1841- 1914) was born in Lancashire England. His family emigrated to the United States in 1644 and settled in Philadelphia a year later. At sixteen Peter was apprenticed to a lithographer for a short time before he went to study art with two of his brothers. They had both become established artists and later became famous for their talent; Thomas Moran for his canvases capturing the grandeur of the American west and Edward Moran as a marine painter. Thomas introduced Peter to the American southwest and Peter traveled to Taos three times between 1880 and 1881 however, he maintained a studio in Philadelphia throughout his career. Peter founded the Philadelphia Society of Etchers and served as its president for the 23 years that the organization was active. He was also a founder of the Philadelphia Art Club and a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club.
This appears to be a preliminary plate for the etching “On the Neshaminy” which Moran reworked in to three finished states then remarked and signed in the plate.   This part of Neshaminy Creek is thought to be near New Britain or Edisto in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Ref: David Wright Domestic and Wild #89.

14 1/2 x 21 1 /2 inches, plate.
18 x 23 ½ inches, sheet.
Good unrestored condition with evidence of handling and surface dirt.
This etching can be cleaned for an additional charge.

Peter Moran (1841- 1914) was born in Lancashire England. His family emigrated to the United States in 1644 and settled in Philadelphia a year later. At sixteen Peter was apprenticed to a lithographer for a short time before he went to study art with two of his brothers. They had both become established artists and later became famous for their talent; Thomas Moran for his canvases capturing the grandeur of the American west and Edward Moran as a marine painter. Thomas introduced Peter to the American southwest and Peter traveled to Taos three times between 1880 and 1881 however, he maintained a studio in Philadelphia throughout his career. Peter founded the Philadelphia Society of Etchers and served as its president for the 23 years that the organization was active. He was also a founder of the Philadelphia Art Club and a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club.

This same scene of a man on horseback leisurely driving cows home is recorded an illustrated in David Wright’s book as an etching. The use of mezzotint on silk enabled the artist to create great tonal variations and a beautifully rendered late afternoon cloudy sky.

Ref: David Wright, Domestic and Wild: Peter Moran’s Images of America #80.

Mezzotint on silk mounted on paper.
8 1/2 x 13 1/4 inches, plate.
11 1/2 x 16 5/8 inches, sheet.
Signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition save waterstain in upper right well outside of image

Benton Murdoch Spruance (1904-1967) was a Philadelphia artist known internationally as an expert technician in lithography. This talented artist was educated in his home town at the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts receiving many awards and fellowships. Spruance served on the Philadelphia Art Commission, was the chairman of the Arts Department of Beaver (now Acadia) College, and was the chairman of the Printmaking Department of the Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts). His subjects were wide ranging including series of prints of the Circus, Cityscapes, Landscapes, Portraits, Sporting subjects, Animals and many more.

Vertically oriented fencing lithograph signed “Spruance ‘37” in the plate and pencil signed lower right margin “for Mrs Stengel Cordially BS“. Hand inked and printed.
Uncolored lithograph
14 x 9 inches sheet.
Very good condition.

This almost 10 foot long accordion-fold brightly colored panorama presents a lively and almost whimsical view of the buildings, wharves, ships, birds, boats and people populating the waterfront in Monterey California.  Framed in a shadow box, this piece would be spectacular!!

Antonio Frasconi (1919-2013) illustrated more than 100 books including many for children. His work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Public Library, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian. In 1945 he received a one year scholarship to study at the Art Students League and settled in New York City. His first gallery exhibition was in the Weyhe Gallery in 1948. Frasconi represented his home country of Uruguay at the Venice Biennale in 1968. Many of his works provided social commentary including posters deriding Hitler and Franco and work protesting the Vietnam War and the rightist dictatorship in power in Uruguay from 1973-1985.

Antonio Frasconi’s obituary in the New York Times noted that in 1953 Time magazine referred to him as America’s foremost practitioner of the ancient art of the woodcut and that 4 decades later, The Art Journal called him the best of his generation.

Accordion-fold woodcut panorama measuring approximately 5 ¼ inches x 10 feet.
Housed in original slipcase with stamped paper label.
Paper boards faded due to light exposure.
The print itself is in near fine condition.

A charming signed limited edition serigraph by listed American artist Frank Kleinholz (1901 – 1987). This charming print, titled
Sunday in the Park,
depicts groups of people playing, walking, and enjoying themselves at a grassy park with a pond and a skyline in the distance. The print is rendered in expressive rough marks in black on a white ground.

Kleinholz 1901-1987) was a Modernist painter from Brooklyn, New York, who was influenced by German Expressionists, Mexican Muralists, and American Social Realists. His work is included in many collections of various institutions such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Akron Art Institute; the Museum of Modern Art in Tel Aviv, Israel, the Hirschhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C., and  the Smithsonian Institution.

Serigraph on paper.
Limited edition. Signed by artist at lower right
Framed in a black painted moulding.
Excellent condition.