All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness." James Abbott McNeill Whistler
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Self Portrait. 1916. Pencil drawing. 8 x 5 1/2 (12 3/4 x 9 7/16). Drawn on cream wove paper. Unsigned. $650.
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. Signed, dated and titled in the plate. $125.
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. $2,000.
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. Signed in pencil. Housed in a 19 1/2 x 16-inch Hogarth style frame. $2,000.
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 an archival French double mat and a 12 3/4 x 11 3/8 Whistler-style gold leaf frame. $1,750.
Portrait of Eugene Higgins, Age 80. 1954. Oil on canvas. 30 x 25 . Signed and dated, lower right. Higgins and Cole, both artists, lived in Lyme, Connecticut. Born in the same year, they were both 80 when the painting was executed. $5,500.
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. $1,500.
The Artist and the Seven Deadly Sins. 1975. Wood engraving. 9 5/8 x 7. Edition 100. This is a self-portrait of the artist working on a wood block, with the seven deadly sins personified, looking over his shoulders. The seven deadly sins are: pride, avarice (greed) , envy, gluttony, lust, sloth (idleness), slander. $975.
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.
[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.
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 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. $2,500.
Self Portrait. 1920. Etching and drypoint. Dodgson 138. 6 1/8 x 5 (sheet 13 1/4 x 11). Edition 105. A rich impression with plate tone, printed on cream wove paper. Signed 'John' and dated '1920' in pencil. One of the artist's finest self-portraits. 6,500.
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. $225.
The Connoisseur: Malcolm Salaman. 1926. Drypoint. Boulet 202. Edition 540, #34. 9/8 x 11 1/2 (sheet 11 3/4 x 13). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr and plate tone printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed, numbered and annotated 'imp' in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist. A penetrating portrait of the famous scholar. $1,500.
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.
The Riva at Dusk. 1930. Etching. Hardie/Carter 253. 15 7/8 x 9 3/8 (sheet 17 1/2 x 11 5/8). Edition 80, #51. A fine impression on French blue-green laid paper from an antique volume with full margins. Signed and numbered in ink. The color of the paper suggests evening. $850.
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. $350.
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.A.M. Whistler with the White Lock. c. 1895. Lithograph. Gallatin 131. 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 (sheet 10 X 6 3/4). A tonal impression printed on fine wove paper. Signed in pencil. $3,500
Portrait of Dudley Olcott. 1930. Drypoint. Hardie/Carter 263. 9 3/8 x 6 (sheet 15 1/2 x 7 1/2). Trial I, on a plate that had been used for a first study of Mr. J. Seaman, whose head has been partly scraped out. Edition 41 plus 5 trials. An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on antique cream laid paper. Signed and annotated 'Trial I' in ink; titled and annotated 'trial I' in pencil. A unique proof. $375.
Portrait of Dudley Olcott. 1930. Drypoint. Hardie/Carter 263. 9 3/8 x 6 (sheet 13 1/8 x 9 1/4). Trial III, on a plate that ha been used for a first study of Mr. J. Seaman, whose head appears upside down in the lower right. Edition 41 plus 5 trials. An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on antique cream laid paper. Signed and annotated 'Trial III' in pencil; annotated 'Trial III', 'old' and 'head scraped' in pencil. A unique proof. $375.
Portrait of Dudley Olcott. 1930. Drypoint. Hardie/Carter 263. 9 3/8 x 6 (sheet 12 5/8 x 8 5/8). Trial IV. The sitter's right ear shortened; added work all over thye face and in the background. Mr. Seaman's head removed from the plate. Edition 41 plus 5 trials. An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on antique cream laid paper. Signed and annotated 'Trial IV' in pencil; annotated 'Trial IV', 'ear shortened' and 'White head reinforceded' and 'hair brought down' in pencil. A unique proof. $375.
Joseph Seaman. 1930. Drypoint. Hardie/Carter 262. 9 7/16 x 5 7/8 (sheet 14 1/4 x 10 1/8). Edition 41, #12. An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on antique cream laid paper. Signed and numbered in ink. $325.
Portrait of Albert H. Wiggin (No. 3). 1930. Drypoint. Hardie/Carter 259. 8 x 7 (sheet 14 x 9). Edition 85, #33. An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on antique cream laid paper. Dedicated in ink, 'From collector to collector. A.H.W. to Dudley Olcott.' Signed and numbered in ink. $325.
Connoisseurs of Prints. 1905. Etching. Morse 127. 5 x 6 7/8 (sheet 9 3/4 x 11 3/4). Series: New York City Life, first plate. Edition 100. Exhibited: Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915. A fine impression on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed, titled, annotated '100 proofs' in pencil. Housed in an archival mat and a striking 13 1/2 x 14 3/4-inch black and gold wood frame. $4,000.
Hell Hole. 1917. Etching and aquatint. Morse 186.ii. 8 x 9 7/8. (sheet 11 1/8 x 10 1/4). An early rich impression printed on cream wove paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Provenance: Kraushaar Galleries. Signed, titled 'The Hell Hole' and annotated '100 proofs' in pencil by Sloan. $4,500.
Dr. Frank Weitenkampf. c. 1913. Drypoint. 11 1/4 x 8 1/2 (sheet 14 1/4 x 10). A rich impression with drypoint burr, printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $450.
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