By Greg Smith
Etchings have a unique way about them that puts a scene into perspective. Perhaps it’s the long shadows that seem to walk away on their own or the complex lines that give powerful simplicity to the subject. The etching has been used by artists since the Middle Ages but it became quite popular in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries when Rembrandt mastered the medium. Here are ten of our favorite works from our marketplace dealers and upcoming auctions that will be bought before you know it.
EDWARD T. POLLACK FINE ARTS
Martin Lewes
“Night in New York,” etching, 1932. Edition of 125 published by the Chicago Society of Etchers. Signed in pencil.
Price: $15,000
MORPHYS AUCTION
Sale Date: September 3, 2016
Lot 430
Louis Icart
“Repose,” 1933, etching. Pencil signed. Annotated G5. Hand colored with embossed windmill seal.
Estimate: $4/8,000
ACA GALLERIES
Philip Evergood
“Heaven,” etching on paper
Price Upon Request
HUDSON VALLEY AUCTIONS
Sale Date: August 27, 2016
Lot 295
John Constigan
Drypoint etching. Depicting a winter barnyard. Pencil signed.
Estimate $2/300
THE OLDE PRINT SHOP, INC.
Edward Hopper (1882-1967)
“Evening Wind,” etching, 1921. Edition 100, printing unknown. Signed in pencil. Inscribed on verso “Etching The Evening Wind, Edward Hopper, 3 Washington Square North, New York.” Also inscribed in another hand with a Kennedy Galleries inventory number.
Price: $175,000
RO GALLERY
Sale Date: August 25, 2016
Lot 25
Menashe Kadishman (Israeli, 1932-2015)
“Black Cracks,” etching with aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil, 1979, edition of 75
Estimate: $5/600
DOLAN/MAXWELL
Stanley William Hayter
“Tropic of Cancer,” 1949, engraving, softground etching, gauffrage, edition of 50
Price Upon Request
FLANNERY’S ESTATE AUCTION SERVICES
Sale Date: August 29, 2016
Lot 27
Henry Emerson Tuttle (American, 1890-1946)
“Red Squirrel,” original etching.
Estimate: $2/400
HILL-STONE INC.
After Pieter Brugel
“The Last Judgment,” circa 1525, Eindhoven – 1569, Brussels, engraving. 1558. New Hollstein, the first of two states, before the later address of Mariette.
Price Upon Request
STANTON AUCTIONS
Sale Date: August 27, 2016
Lot 384
Signed J. Herr
Two etchings, depicting satirical images of men viewing art
Estimate: $2/300
