Tag: Etchings

Mountains off in the American West in what looks from now to be a dreamtime but wasn’t. These all being of scenes in Arizona. George Elbert Burr, artist. Living from 1859 to 1939, he was a printmaker and painter, briefly studying at the Chicago Academy of Design.

"Verde River-- Apache Reservation, Arizona." 1920. Etching.
“Verde River– Apache Reservation, Arizona.” 1920. Etching. Signed and titled in pencil on the lower margin. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/GEORGE-ELBERT-BURR-Verde-River—Apache-Reservation-Arizona?saleno=2532&lotNo=118&refNo=769317
"Superstition Mountain - Apache Trail - Arizona." 1926. Etching.
“Superstition Mountain – Apache Trail – Arizona.” 1926. Etching. Signed “George Elbert Burr” on the lower left. Monogrammed “GB” on the lower right corner of the plate. Titled on the lower right. Image © 2003-2019 Allan J. McIntyre Tucson, Arizona. Fair use license. via https://www.allanmcintyrefineart.com/store/p8/George_Elbert_Burr_%281859-1939%29_%22Superstition_Mountain_-_Apache_Trail_-_Arizona%22_1926%2C_Etching.html#/
"Evening, Arizona." ca. 1930.
“Evening, Arizona.” ca. 1930. Etching. Monogram in the plate on the lower left corner. Signed “George Elbert Burr, Trial Proof” along the lower margin in pencil. Image © 1995-2020 eBay Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.ebay.com/itm/George-Elbert-Burr-Signed-Etching-Evening-Arizona-c-1930-/253640933675

Renaissance designs by Italian draughtsman and printmaker Stefano della Bella. Living from 1610 to 1664, he is known for etchings with a great variety of themes, including court scenes, landscapes, and genre scenes but I like these best.

Fantastic vases. Probably 1646.
Fantastic vases. Probably 1646. Signed. In the public domain due to age. via https://www.magnoliabox.com/products/fantastic-vases-probably-1646-ql-a-140331-1678
"Design for a frieze with a leopard and a grotesque head." ca. 17th c.
“Design for a frieze with a leopard and a grotesque head.” ca. 17th c. Pen and brown ink. Bears numbering in pen and brown ink, verso: 11.84. School of Stefano della Bella. Image © Sotheby’s 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/old-master-and-british-works-on-paper-online/school-of-stefano-della-bella-design-for-a-frieze
"Tritons Wrestling with Fanged Sea-Creatures." ca. 1645-50.
“Tritons Wrestling with Fanged Sea-Creatures.” ca. 1645-50. Etching. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. In the public domain due to age. via http://spenceralley.blogspot.com/2016/07/stefano-della-bella-in-italy-17th.html
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“Frieze with a child and two dogs.” 17th c. Drypoint etching. Inscribed “994 I/VI” in pencil on the reverse l.l. Identified on a typed label attached to the mat. Image © 1999 – 2019 SKINNER, INC. Fair use license. via https://www.skinnerinc.com/auctions/2920M/lots/571

Drypoint etchings of New York City a little while back. One in Connecticut. Martin Lewis, artist (1881-1962). Born and raised in Australia but mostly working later in New York.

"Yorkville Night." 1947.
“Yorkville Night.” 1947. Image © Estate of Martin Lewis. Fair use license. via https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2018/05/07/shadows-and-light-under-the-el-in-yorkville-1947/
"Circus Night." 1933.
“Circus Night.” 1933. Etching. Signed in pencil. Image courtesy The Old Print Shop. © Estate of Martin Lewis. Image © 2019 F+W . Fair use license. via https://www.antiquetrader.com/antiques/antiques-americana/drama-unfolds-in-martin-lewis-etchings/
"The Passing Freight, Danbury." 1934.
“The Passing Freight, Danbury.” 1934. Drypoint and sand ground. Signed in pencil. © Estate of Martin Lewis. Image © William P. Carl Fine Prints, Durham. Fair use license. via https://www.williampcarlfineprints.com/pieces/2093_The_Passing_Freight,_Danbury
"Snow on the El." 1931.
“Snow on the El.” 1931. © Estate of Martin Lewis. Fair use license. via http://artcontrarian.blogspot.com/2014/07/flapper-new-york-etchings-by-martin.html