Joseph Pennell, N.A. 1857-1926.
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America.
New York
September Morning: The First Ferry. 1929. Watercolor. 10 1/8 x 13 (image and sheet). Provenance: The Fine Art Society, London. A misty, impressionist watercolor on French papier vedâtre. Titled and dated '29' verso. Signed in pencil, recto, lower right. Housed in the original 19 1/8 x 232 5/8 gold leaf frame. $6,500.
The Biggest of All; Telephone and Telegraph Building. 1925. Etching. Wuerth 853. 9 7/8 x 11 7/8 (sheet 11 3/4 x 17 1/4). Edition probably 35. An atmospheric impression with plate tone, printed on antique laid paper from an old book. Printed by the artist. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $650.
The Bridges 1908. Etching and drypoint. Wuerth 492. 10 15/16 x 8 5/16 (sheet 13 3/4 x 9 1/2). Edition about 50. Printed by the artist on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $1,750.
The City in 1915 (The Unbelieveable City, No. 2). 1915. Etching. Wuerth 679. 8 1/4 x 10 3/4 (sheet 11 3/16 x 15). Edition probably 75. Illustrated: Bryant, Joseph Pennell's New York Etchings. A rich impression with selsetive plate tone printed on antique laid paper with a partial watermark.Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil indicating a proof printed by the artist. $1,750.
Montague Terrace, Children Skating. 1924. Etching. Wuerth 832. 8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 8 1/2 x 13). Series: Brooklyn Heights. Edition about 75. Illustrated: Bryant, Joseph Pennell's New York Etchings. Printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume.
Nassau Street. 1904. Lithograph. Wuerth 158. 10 11/16 x 6 1/4 (sheet 12 x 8 1/2). Series: Lithographs of New York, #5. Commission for the Society of Iconophiles. A fine impression, on antique pale grey wove paper, with full margins. The Society of Iconophiles blindstamp in the lower left margin. $275.
New York, from Brooklyn. 1915. Etching. Wuerth 671. 7 3/8 x 11 3/4 (sheet 9 3/8 x 14). Edition probably 80. A rich impression with plate tone, printed by the artist on simili-Japan paper. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $1,250.
An Orgy of Building. 1923. Etching. Wuerth 808. 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 (sheet 16 1/2 x 10 3/8). Edition about 50. llustrated: Bryant, Joseph Pennell's New York Etchings. Printed by the artist on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist. $750.
Standard Oil Building. 1923. Etching. Wuerth 817. 12 1/4 x 9 1/4 (sheet 13 1/2 x 10 1/16). Edition probably 50. A glowing impression, printed by the artist on antique cream wove paper. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist. $875.
Sunset from Williamsburg Bridge. 1915. Etching. Wuerth 674. 8 1/2 x 11 (sheet 11 1/2 x 10 7/8). Edition 100. Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching. Printed on very fine antique cream laid paper. Pennell used light yellow-brown plate tone to suggest lingering sunlight. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $1,250.
Sunset from Williamsburg Bridge. 1915. Etching. Wuerth 674. 8 1/2 x 11 (sheet 11 3/8 x 16 7/8). Edition 100. Illustrated: Salaman, Modern Masters of Etching. Printed on sturdy cream laid paper from an antique volume. Pennell used red-brown plate tone to suggest evening tinged with sunlight. Signed in pencil. $1,250.
The Telephone and Telegraph Foundation. 1924. Etching. Wuerth 827. 12 7/8 x 8 7/8 (sheet 15 3/16 x 9 7/8).Private plate, etched for McKenzie, Vorhees and Gmelin. An atmospheric impression with plate tone, printed on antique laid paper from an old book. Printed by the artist. Signed in pencil. $850.
Wall Street. 1904. Etching. Wuerth 344. 11 3/4 x 7 7/16 (sheet 15 1/2 x 10 1/4). Edition about 75. A rich, tonal impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed in pencil. $975.
Philadelphia
Plow Inn Yard. 1881. Etching. Wuerth 35. 9 7/8 x 6 7/8 (sheet 16 3/8 x 12 7/8). No published edition. A very rich impression, printed in black-brown ink on Japanese mulberry paper with wide margins. A rare proof of early (probably Philadelphia) image. Pennell etched several similar images that earned him the soubriquet of 'the Philadelphia Meryon.' Signed in pencil, with his early large signature. $750.
Panama
The Guard Gate, Gatun Lock. Panama. 1912. Etching and drypoint. Wuerth 627. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 (sheet 14 x 10 1/2). Edition of about 60. Panama Canal series. An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr and atmospheric tonal wiping, printed on Japanese mulberry paper by the artist. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $1,350.
Europe
United Kingdom: London
The Barber Shop. 1905. Etching. W 392. 10 7/8 x 8 9/16 (sheet 14 3/8 x 10 3/4). Edition probably 25. Printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. Annotation on verso, in Pennell's hand, "Cote (report of imp. lithos)." Doodles on the front in the same crayon, probably by Pennell. A charming, Whistleresque image. Printed by Pennell. Signed in pencil. $450.
Cannon Street Station (from the River). 1905. Etching. Wuerth 385. 7 7/8 x 10 7/8 (sheet 8 7/8 x 12 1/2). Early pencil-touched proof before the edition of approximately 40. An extremely rich impression printed with plate tone on off-white antique laid paper. Excellent condition. Pencil additions in the center of the boat nearest the foreground. Signed, annotated 'imp' and 'destroyed' and titled 'London Cannon Street Station' in Pennell's hand. $850. See also Under Cannon St. Station. Wuerth 309.
Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary in Westminster Abbey. June 22, 1911. 1911. Lithograph. Wuerth 197. 21 x 16 (sheet 25 1/8 x 20). Edition about 30. A fine impression printed on cream wove paper. An extremely scarce and important historical image. Signed in pencil. $1,500.
Dark Day on the Embankment. 1909. Etching and aquatint. Wuerth 507. 9 7/8 x 12 3/4 (sheet 11 1/2 x 17 1/4). Edition probably 40. A rich, tonal impression printed by Pennell on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Signed and annotated 'imp' and 'Shot Tower Misty Morning' in pencil by the artist. $3,250.
Leadenhall Market II. 1903. Etching. Wuerth 254.10 7/8 x 8 3/8 (sheet 12 1/8 x 9 3/4). Faint mat line, otherwise excellent condition. A rich, tonal impression printed on tan antique laid paper from an old volume. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $450.
London. St. Anne's from Piccadilly Circus. 1905. Etching. Not illustrated in Wuerth; but listed. 7 13/16 x 9 15/16 (sheet 11 15/16 x 8 1/4). Unpublished. Printed by Pennell on antique grey-green wove paper. A fine impression of this extremely rare image. Signed, dated, titled and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $400.
Park Lane. 1904. Etching. W 290.iii. Plate reduced to 5 1/16 x 3 1/2 (sheet 7 3/4 x 6 1/4).Printed on antique paper from an old volume. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. An extremely rare unredorded state. $250.
The Shops at Night: Changing Shifts. 1916. Lithograph. Wuerth 450. 15 3/4 x 20 3/4 (sheet 19 x 24 3/4. Series: The War Work in England. Edition 50. A rich impression printed on ivory laid paper. Signed in pencil $750.
St. Paul's from Bankside. 1905. Etching. Wuerth 393. 9 3/8 x 12 1/2 (sheet 10 x 14 3/4). Edition c. 50. A rich impression printed on laid paper from an antique volume. Printed by the artist. Signed and annotated 'imp' in pencil. $750.
Under Cannon St. Station. 1904. Etching. Wuerth 309. 8 1/2 x 11 (sheet 9 7/8 x 14 1/2). Trial proof before the edition of approximately 25. Printed on cream laid paper from an antique volume with the page number '450' in ink in the right-hand margin. Excellent condition apart from a rust spot from iron in the paper, top center, outside the image. Signed and annotated 'imp' and 'trial proof' and titled 'Under Charing Cross' in Pennell's hand. A rich impression of this very rare image, printed by the artist, and especially interesting for the difference in Pennell's and Wuerth's titles. $650.
Whitehall Court. 1903. Etching. Wuerth 275. 10 1/2 x 8(sheet 12 5/8 x 8 7/8). Edition 12. A rich impression printed on antique blue/green laid paper, probably from France. Printed by the artist. Signed, titled 'Whitehall Court -- with the lights of Charing Cross Bridge' , '12 printed' and annotated 'imp' in pencil. A unique proof with white watercolor highlights in the lights on the bridge and the reflections in the water. $3,500.
Joseph Pennell, (born July 4, 1857, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. -- died April 23, 1926, Brooklyn, New York City), American etcher, lithographer, and writer who was one of the major etchers, teachers and book illustrators of his time.
After attending the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, Pennell found work etching historic landmarks and illustrating travel articles and books for American publishers. In 1884 he went to Europe and settled in London. He produced numerous books, both as an author and as an illustrator, many of them in collaboration with his wife, author Elizabeth Robins Pennell. In London his friends included many of the most notable creative figures of the day, including the writers George Bernard Shaw and Robert Louis Stevenson and the painters John Singer Sargent and James McNeill Whistler.
During his lifetime, Pennell produced more than 900 etchings and mezzotints and more than 600 lithographs on architectural and landscape subjects ranging from the Panama Canal and Yosemite National Park to the factories of England and the temples of Greece. Pennell distinguished himself not only as one of America’s most talented etchers but also as a promotional genius who helped to spur the revival of printmaking and print collecting during the first two decades of the 20th century. His publications include several books on drawing and printmaking, as well as a famous biography of Whistler that he wrote with his wife in 1908. Pennell moved back to the United States during World War I. He continued to make prints, and taught printmaking at the famous Art Students League.
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