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American
The Fountain or Drink of Water. c. 1946-47. Ink on paper. 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 (sheet 4 1/4 x 5). Provenance: James Fosburgh; Raydon Gallery, New York. Initialed in pencil lower right. $1,500.
Studî della piccola Simonella (Sketches of little Simonella). August 28, 1942. Pencil drawing. 5 1/8 x 7 13/16. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. A charming set of studies of a sleeping child. $500.
Skyscrapers. c. 1950. Pastel on illustration board. 29 3/4 x 19 7/8. Provenance: Lewis A.Shepard, Mr.and Mrs. Archie Burack, The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, Connecticut. Signed verso and lower right. $25,000.
Illustrations for Philip Wylie, "The Paradise Crater," Blue Book Magazine, volume 81, #6, October 1945.
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[Futuristic Helicopters.] c. 1944. Conte crayon drawing. 9 1/2 x 7 (framed 15 7/8 x 13 3/8). Illustration for the text: Illustration for the text: 'The world was at peace and prosperous' in the article by Philip Wylie, "The Paradise Crater," Blue Book Magazine, volume 81, #6, October 1945, page 13. Initialed, lower right. Housed in a 17 5/8 x 13 3/8-inch mondern black metal frame. $850.
[Futuristic Aircraft.] Conte crayon drawing. 11 1/4 x 7 (framed 17 3/8 x 13 1/8). Illustration for the text: 'They put behind them Russia and Italy, the Mediterranean and Africa, South America and the Caribbean' in the article by Philip Wylie, "The Paradise Crater," Blue Book Magazine, volume 81, #6, October 1945, page 19. Initialed, lower center. Housed in a 17 5/8 x 13 3/8-inch mondern black metal frame. $850.
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Devil's Back or The Breakers. c. 1938. Conte crayon drawing with blue and gold watercolor washes. A study for the aquatint (Giardina 197).13 x 19 1/4 (sheet 15 7/16 x 22 1/8). Drawn on sturdy white watercolor paper. Titled in pencil; unsigned. The aquatint is the reversed image of the drawing. The scene is on the Maine coast. $2,500.
Saint Agricol Church, Avignon. c. 1919. Pen and ink drawing. 10 3/8 x 7 (sheet 11 1/4 x 8 3/8). Titled 'St. Agricol' , lower left; unsigned. $450.
Wash Day. Charcoal drawing. 10 1/2 x 13 1/2. Provenance: Child's Gallery, Boston; a prominent North Shore Family. Signed, lower left.
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Anotated 'Nov. 1980' on the mat. $475.
Cityscape Reflections - Study No. 1. 1980. Pastel and pencil drawing. 8 x 4 15/16. Signed and dated in ink, lower right. Anotated 'Nov. 1980' on the mat. Housed in a 15 x 11 1/8-inch gold leaf frame. $1,250.
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Bather. c. 1950. Drawing. 14 x 9 1/2 (sheet 15 3/4 x 11 3/4). Signed in pencil, lower right. Lansky ws a friend of Yasuo Kuniyoshi at the Woodstock art colony. This drawing is an elegant study in pure line. $500.
Martin Lewis, N.A. 1881-1962.
The Feathered Hat. 1930. Pencil drawing. 8 7/8 x 5 15/16. Drawn on the full sheet of cream sketch paper. Estate seal verso: Lucile Deming Lewis Collection [the artist's wife]; estate inventory number LDL-459. Signed and initialed in pencil by the artist's dauaghter-in-law, Patricia Lewis. $950.
Figure Study. 1940-41. Pencil drawing. 8 x 4 15/16. Drawn on the full sheet of sketch book paper. Related to the two female figures in 'Chance Meeting', McCarron 131; a. Woman on left holding grocery bag, b. Woman on right standing. Estate stamp verso: Lucile Deming Collection [the artist's wife]. Estate inventory number LDL-986. Signed and initialed in pencil by the artist's daughter-in-law, Patricia Lewis. $950.
Shadows -- Garage at Night. c. 1928. Conte crayon drawing. Study for the drypoint, McCarron 69. 10 1/8 x 12 3/4 (the drypoint measures 9 7/8 x 11 7/8). The drypoint is illustrated in Fine Prints of the Year, 1928. The catalogue raisonne mentions this study: "There is a preparatory drawing for this print in charcoal, pencil and brown crayon on gray brown paper (LDL-323, 255 x 330 mm), signed by Patricia Lewis, after the artist's death. " (p. 130). Small paper losses at top sheet cornerss, and a 3/8-inch tear backed with mulberry paper; otherwise fine condition. Estate stamp verso: Lucile Deming Collection [the artist's wife]. Signed and initialed by Patricia Lewis, the artist's daughter-in-law. The image is not reversed in the etching, as is often the case. Price upon request.
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Ericsson's Day, No. 1. 1914. Etching. 6 x 9 (sheet 7 3/8 x 11). Printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Proof with subtle plate tone in sepia ink, printed by the artist himself. Accompanied by the pencil study, with a drawing of ships on the verso. 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 (sheet 7 3/16 x 12 5/16). The drawing unsigned; the etching signed in pencil. $1,750 the pair.
John Ericsson (1803-1889 invented the ship propeller and incorporated the landmark device into his design for the Civil War ironclad the Monitor. He was buried in New York. Ericsson's Day was a celebration of the centenary of his birthday on July 31, 1803.
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Alley Cats. 1933. Etching and drypoint. 8 x 10 3/8. Edition 50. Signed and titled in pencil. Sold with the pencil drawing. $1,750 the pair.
Back of the Billiard Hall. Orange, Virginia. November 7, 1931. Ink study for the etching. 7 1/2 x 10 3/4 (sheet 9 7/8 x 14 1/16). Signed, dated and titled in pencil. Drawn on fine off-white laid paper with a sketch of a cat in the right-hand margin. Sold with the etching.
Planters Tavern, Greenwich Street, New York. 1926. Conte crayon drawing. 12 1/4 x 11 (sheet 14 3/8 x 14 1/2). Provenance: Schwartz Galleries, Manhattan. fine impression on 'Strathmore Woromoco Damask Made in U.S.A.' countermarked paper. Signed in pencil. $475.
Continental
Gentleman Wearing a Jacket. c.1969. Pen and ink drawing. 11 5/8 x 9 (sheet 13 3/4 x 11). Drawn on wove paper from a spiral bound drawing pad. Ex-collection of Eugene A. Noble. Signed and dated in pencil. $175.
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German World War I Officer. c. 1914. Charcoal drawing. 18 1/3 x 6 5/8 (sheet 18 7/8 x 7). Drawn on cream laid paper watermarked "France". Signed lower left; estate stamp verso. The soldier is wearing a spiked helmet. $500.
Landscape with the Ruins of a Round Temple, with a Statue, possibly Hebe. c. 1750. Ink and watercolor on laid paper. 9 3/4 x 14 1/8 (image an sheet). Unobtrusive scattered foxing; otherwise good condition. Unsigned. Housed in an elegant grey silk mat and a 17 1/2 x 21-inch black wood frame with a gold lip. $750. There was a vogue for imaginary landscapes in eighteenth-century France.
Moses Breaking the Tablet of the Law. c. 1860. 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. Housed in an archival French mat and a 20 X 11 1/2-inch carved wood frame. $1,750.
The drawing is based upon the famous vault painting by Parmigianino in the church of Santa Maria della Steceta in Parma.
The drawing is based upon the famous vault painting by Parmigianino in the church of Santa Maria della Steceta in Parma.
British
Self Portrait. 1916. Pencil drawing. 8 x 5 1/2 (12 3/4 x 9 7/16). Drawn on cream wove paper. Unsigned. $650.
Homewards, Evening. c.1913. Pencil drawing. Study for the drypoint of the same title, Appleby 20. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4. Signed Blampied lower left. $1,500.
Horses in a Meadow. Pencil drawing. 1c. 1914. 7 3/4 x 8 (sheet 10 x 15). Study for the etching, In a Meadow (first plate). Signed in pencil. $2,500.
Amey's Eating House, Winchester. 1916. Pencil drawing.13 x 7 1/2 (sight size). One pinhole on the right-hand edge of the drawing, 3 inches from the top; otherwise fine condition. Provenance: Fine Art Society, with their label, verso. Framed and glazed. Signed, dated and annotated 'Winchester', lower right. $1,750.
Ypres II [Belgium]. c. 1910-1914. Charcoal and watercolor. 9 x 12 (sheet 9 1/16 x 13 3/4). Signed in pencil. $1,950.
Ex libris John Vernon. Front: Design and Greek lettering. Verso: Even if this doesn't show 2 squares there's no reason why it shouldn't be better drawn" Monogrammed and dated 30.7.36. Two-sided drawing. Pencil recto and ink verso. 1936. 2 1/8 x 1 1/2. $1,750.
Avenue Cremorne Gardens. Pencil, ink and watercolor. 7 7/8 x 10 3/4 (sheet 10 1/2 x 12 3/4. Exhibited at the Parkin Gallery. Signed in the image; titled beneath the image, lower left, in the artist's hand. The image appears to depict Whistler and his wife, Beatrix. $2,000.
Greetings from 1. Holland Park Avenue, London. 1931. Ink and wash on tan wove paper. 3 1/2 x 3 1/4 (sheet 6 1/8 x 4 7/8 - visible in mat area). Signed, dated, titled and annotated 'XMas 1931' in ink. Housed in a 16 1/2 x 14-inch black wood frame $850.
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Barge. Blue ink drawing. 4 1/2 x 7. Drawn on cream wove paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Unsigned. $95.
Barge Along the Thames. c. 1950. Blue pencil drawing. 5 9/16 x 9 1/16 (sheet 7 3/8 x 11 1/16). Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Drawn on cream laid paper. Unsigned. $125.
{A Country Road}. c. 1921. Pencil drawing. 5 3/16 x 6 11/16. Drawn on watermarked laid paper from a sketchbook. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Signed in pencil, lower right. $125.
{Moored Boats}. c. 1935. Pencil drawing. 5 1/8 x 6 3/4. Drawn on tan watermarked laid paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Unsigned. $125.
Repairs to S.T. John Wilson.(London) c. 1912. Crayon drawing. 7 13/16 x 8 3/4. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Sketch of a trawler, verso. Signed and titled in ink. $175.
Richmond, Yorkshire. c. 1900. Ink drawing. 10 3/8 x 14 15/16 (sheet 11 x 15 1/2). Drawn on heavy cream wove paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil, lower right. $125.
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Octagon Gallery on Ludgate Hill. (London). Pencil drawing. 9 15/16 x 7 1/8 (sheet). Drawn on cream laid paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Titled in pencil, upper right and lower right. $175.
St. Martin's Church, Ludgate Hill. (London). Pencil drawing. 10 x 9 7/8 (sheet 14 7/8 x 11). Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Drawn on cream wove paper. There is a horizontal fold in the center, and there are tack holes in ther four corners from exhibition. Unsigned. $175.
The Octagon Gallery is located on Ludgate Hill in London. The main building in the Gallery is St. Martin's Church, which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.
Thames Barge. c. 1915. Russet pencil drawing. 10 3/4 x 14 3/8. Drawn on cream wove paper with deckle edges on two sides. There is a vertical center fold in the paper. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Annotated 'all lower deck grey hull brown deck houses' in brown pencil, lower right. $100.
Thames Shipping. c. 1935. Blue ink drawing. 5 3/4 x 8 15/16. Drawn on tan wove paper from a sketchbook. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Writing and tugboat dawing in pencil, verso. Monogrammed, titled and dated lower left. $125.
At Granville. (France). c. 1937. Ink and watercolor. 6 1/2 x 11 1/4. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Painted on laid paper with partial 'Britannia' watermark. Signed and titled in pencil, verso. Dated in pencil, lower right. Smart made an etching of Granville Harbour: Low Tide. $200.
Le Château Gaillard, from across the Seine. (France). c. 1908. Pencil drawing. 6 1/2 x 10 7/8 (sheet 7 x 11 5/16). Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Drawn on tan wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil, lower right. $175.
The Harbour, Fécamp. c. 1929. Pencil drawing. 6 1/4 x 10 9/16. Provenance: a collection of Smart etchings, drawings and watercolors. Signed and titled in ink; dated in pencil, lower right. Excellent condition. $100.
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