CHAMPIONS OF THE ROUND TABLE [Signed, with Original Drawing by Pyle] by Pyle, Howard - 1905

[ New York?], 1966.. [2] leaves plus ten etchings. Quarto (36 x 25.5 cm; 14 x 10"). Loose sheets, laid into folding cloth portfolio. A few smudges to portfolio, otherwise fine. One of a total edition of 110 copies (including 10 artist's proofs), consisting of ten original etchings (plate size 12.5 x 9.5 cm) by Schwartz, printed on handmade Italia paper by Emiliano Sorini, with each etching signed and numbered in the margin by the artist. A beautiful suite by this notable master of several media, whose other works have illustrated or been accompanied by texts by, among others, Anthony Hecht (PREDATORY BIRDS, Gehenna Press 1958), and Czeslaw Milosz (CATS, Privately Printed 1994).

Paris: Louis-Philibert Debucourt, 1805. Early Printing . Single Sheet. Very Good +. 22 3/4" x 15. Color Engraving. A Fine Engraving By Debucourt. Laid Paper. Complete With Full Margins, As Issued, With Lettering Below "Desine Et Grave Par P. L. D. B...Rt / Les Courses Du Matin / Ou / La Porte Dun Riche / Depose A La Bib.Que Nat.Ale, Ventose An 13 (1805). " Image Is Approximately 18" X 11". Philibert-Louis Debucourt, (1755 - 1832) Was A French Painter And Engraver. Debucourt Was Born In Paris In 1755, And Became A Pupil Of Vien. He Executed A Few Plates In Mezzotint, Such As The Heureuse Famille, The Benediction De La Mariée, And The Cruche Cassée, After His Own Designs. Most Of His Work Was, However, In Aquatint. He Became The Leading Maker Of Multi-Plate Colour Prints, Combining Washes Of Aquatint With Line-Engraving.[2] He Used A Number Of Different Techniques, But Most Involved Three Colour Plates, And A Fourth Key Plate, Outlining The Design In Black.… Read More

Los Angeles Circa 1940, 1940. Original Artwork . Board. Near Fine. 8" x 6. Small Oil Landscape On Board, Signed, 8" X 6" Oblong, Undated But Circa 1930/1950. [Provenance: Estate Of Edwin Roscoe Shrader Of Otis Art Institute.]

New York: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1902. Original Artwork . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Etching, Mounted On Larger Sheet, With Small Chips And Edge Tears To The Larger Sheet, Print And Signature Are Fine. Signed In Pencil By John Sloan. Illustration For Paul De Kock's Novel 'Cherami', Vol. 2. Copyright By The Frederick J. Quinby Company (Boston). From 1902 To 1905, American Artist John Sloan (1871-1951) Created 53 Etchings To Illustrate Novels By French Author Charles Paul De Kock (1793-1871), Whose Satires Of Early 19Th-Century Parisian Society Were Popular In The United States Around The Turn Of The Century. While Sloan Is Best Known For His Gritty Depictions Of Life In The Streets, Taverns, And Tenements Of New York City, The De Kock Commission Gave Him The Opportunity To Refine His Etching Technique And Hone His Ability To Convey Anecdotal Incidents With Wry Humor. The Boston Publishing Firm Frederick J. Quinby Co. Hired Sloan And Fellow Ashcan School Artists William… Read More

Pittsburg, PA: Providence Art Club, 1938 8 by 10 inches, oil on canvas board, 10 by 12 inches framed. Signed by Norwood MacGilvary near bottom left corner. Board edges rubbed, else very good condition.

[ New York?], 1966.. [2] leaves plus ten etchings. Quarto (36 x 25.5 cm; 14 x 10"). Loose sheets, laid into folding cloth portfolio. A few smudges to portfolio, otherwise fine. One of a total edition of 110 copies (including 10 artist's proofs), consisting of ten original etchings (plate size 12.5 x 9.5 cm) by Schwartz, printed on handmade Italia paper by Emiliano Sorini, with each etching signed and numbered in the margin by the artist. A beautiful suite by this notable master of several media, whose other works have illustrated or been accompanied by texts by, among others, Anthony Hecht (PREDATORY BIRDS, Gehenna Press 1958), and Czeslaw Milosz (CATS, Privately Printed 1994).

Paris: Louis-Philibert Debucourt, 1805. Early Printing . Single Sheet. Very Good +. 22 3/4" x 15. Color Engraving. A Fine Engraving By Debucourt. Laid Paper. Complete With Full Margins, As Issued, With Lettering Below "Desine Et Grave Par P. L. D. B...Rt / Les Courses Du Matin / Ou / La Porte Dun Riche / Depose A La Bib.Que Nat.Ale, Ventose An 13 (1805). " Image Is Approximately 18" X 11". Philibert-Louis Debucourt, (1755 - 1832) Was A French Painter And Engraver. Debucourt Was Born In Paris In 1755, And Became A Pupil Of Vien. He Executed A Few Plates In Mezzotint, Such As The Heureuse Famille, The Benediction De La Mariée, And The Cruche Cassée, After His Own Designs. Most Of His Work Was, However, In Aquatint. He Became The Leading Maker Of Multi-Plate Colour Prints, Combining Washes Of Aquatint With Line-Engraving.[2] He Used A Number Of Different Techniques, But Most Involved Three Colour Plates, And A Fourth Key Plate, Outlining The Design In Black.… Read More

Los Angeles Circa 1940, 1940. Original Artwork . Board. Near Fine. 8" x 6. Small Oil Landscape On Board, Signed, 8" X 6" Oblong, Undated But Circa 1930/1950. [Provenance: Estate Of Edwin Roscoe Shrader Of Otis Art Institute.]

New York: The Frederick J. Quinby Company, 1902. Original Artwork . No Binding. Near Fine. Original Etching, Mounted On Larger Sheet, With Small Chips And Edge Tears To The Larger Sheet, Print And Signature Are Fine. Signed In Pencil By John Sloan. Illustration For Paul De Kock's Novel 'Cherami', Vol. 2. Copyright By The Frederick J. Quinby Company (Boston). From 1902 To 1905, American Artist John Sloan (1871-1951) Created 53 Etchings To Illustrate Novels By French Author Charles Paul De Kock (1793-1871), Whose Satires Of Early 19Th-Century Parisian Society Were Popular In The United States Around The Turn Of The Century. While Sloan Is Best Known For His Gritty Depictions Of Life In The Streets, Taverns, And Tenements Of New York City, The De Kock Commission Gave Him The Opportunity To Refine His Etching Technique And Hone His Ability To Convey Anecdotal Incidents With Wry Humor. The Boston Publishing Firm Frederick J. Quinby Co. Hired Sloan And Fellow Ashcan School Artists William… Read More

Pittsburg, PA: Providence Art Club, 1938 8 by 10 inches, oil on canvas board, 10 by 12 inches framed. Signed by Norwood MacGilvary near bottom left corner. Board edges rubbed, else very good condition.