Sale 213
Section V: Prints & Original Art
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312. Allom, Thomas. Collection of approx. 50 steel-engraved plates from China Illustated, 5 of them hand-colored. Images approx. 5x7-1/4, on sheets 8-1/2x10-1/2. London: [1843 & 1858]. Views of the countryside and people of China, including the waterways, harbors, cities, etc., along with a few of battles, depiction of torture, etc.. Most are from the 1858 edition from the London Printing & Publishing Co., several from the 1843 Fisher & Son publication. Rough along 1 edge where removed from the volumes, a few with foxing, else very good or better. (200/300).
313. Allom, Thomas. Collection of approx. 50 steel-engraved plates from China Illustated, 5 of them hand-colored. Images approx. 5x7-1/4, on sheets 8-1/2x10-1/2. London: [1843 & 1858]. Fine selection of views of the countryside and people of China. Most are from the 1858 edition from the London Printing & Publishing Co., several from the 1843 Fisher & Son publication. Rough along 1 edge where removed from the volumes, else very good or better. (200/300).
OIL PAINTING OF WESTERN MINING SCENE 314. Anonymous. Original oil painting on board of a Western mining scene. 12x18, framed. No place: 19th century. Charming "naive" painting of a scene from the prospecting days of the old west, most likely set in California; a man draws water from a well next to a mountain stream, with his train of six laden mules rambles on, in the distance are towering mountains. Near fine to fine condition. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (1000/1500).
315. Blampied, Edmund. Original etching of a one-legged man on crutches, with his bedraggled wife walking beside him. 10x7-3/4 plus margins, matted and framed. Signed by Blampied in pencil in lower margin, and numbered 61/100. [England: c.1920]. Moving scene etched by Edmund Blampied, born on the island of Jersey in 1886. Some darkening, else very good. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (300/500).
CHINESE BOTANICAL DRAWING 316. (Botanical Album) Approximately 175 hand-colored botanical pencil drawings by native Chinese artists. 10-1/4x7-1/2, half morocco & marbled boards, marbled endpapers. Fuchau, China: c. 1850. An ink notation at the front of the album states: "Painted by native Chinese artsist from nature and given to Dr. J. H. Hily in Fuchau China in 1850. 'To Adah from Papa' Cincinati Ohio April 9 1867. To Fannie from Momma April 12 1903." The drawing vary from simple renderings of fruits and vegetables to finely detailed plants and flowers. Binding rubbed, chip to tail of spine; chips & tears (some tape repaired) to the extremely fragile paper, dampstain to a few of the plates. All of the leaves have a small red label to the upper corner, each with Chinese characters in black ink. (300/500).
317. (Botanical Album) Artist's album with 49 hand-colored botanical drawings plus about 5 plates of miscellaneous sketches. 8-1/4x11, half leather & marbled boards. No place: no date. Original drawings illustrate a wide variety of botanicals along with their Latin names and the location of their native habitats. The illustrations have been meticulously rendered with exquisite attention to detail by an anonymous artist. Boards worn with 2 inch chip from spine; hinges cracked, some offsetting to plates, minor foxing, overall about good. (300/500).
318. Charlot, Jean. Tortillera With Child. Color lithograph on zinc, printed offset. 12-1/2x18-1/2, mounted on backing board. New York: 1941. Moving lithograph of a Mexican Indian woman working with her baby tied on her back. The alternative title is "Rest and Work." Listed as no. 451 in Moore's catalogue raisonné of the prints of Jean Charlot. Executed in gray, sanguine and blue-black. Near fine. (400/600).
319. Groll, Albert. Original pastel drawing of an adobe church or mission. 11-1/2x15-1/2, hinged at corners into mat. No place: c.1920?. Softly rendered, colorful scene, most likely in New Mexico, of the small church surrounded by trees and bushes. Albert Lorey Groll, 1866-1952, was born in New York, studied in Munich, and is best known for his paintings and drawings of the American Southwest. Among his numerous medals and awards was a silver medal at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Pinholes at corners, else very good or better. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (300/500).
320. Kasimir, Robert. Original color etching of a European city scene, with a bridge over a river beyond which are buildings and a church, in the backgroud rises an old fort on a hill. 12x9-1/2 plus margins. No place: c.1950. Signed by Kasimir in pencil just beneath image. The scene is possibly in Kasimir's native Vienna, where he was born in 1914. Light marginal soiling; image near fine. (250/350).
321. (Lithograph) Kellogg & Bulkeley. Summer in the Country. Lithograph, hand-colored. 8-1/2x12-1/2 on sheet 10x14-1/4. Hartford: c.1850. Charming American lithograph of a bucolic country scene, depicting a rather well-to-do family on horseback traveling through the woods toward a house, flanked by several hounds. Bottom margin trimmed but still an inch wide, else near fine. (150/250).
322. (Lithographs - French) Collection of approx. 30 lithographed plates from various French periodicals. Most quarto or folio, about 5 are hand-colored; all matted. France: 19th century. Interesting group of prints, mostly in typical French caricature style. Includes five from La Mode, a hand-colored of Napoleon III titled "Le Grand Conquérant," early view of a steam boat captioned "Bateaux a Vapeur de Corbeil" from Album des Soirées, etc. Very good or better condition. (200/300).
323. (Lithographs) Henrietta. Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier. 12-1/2x9 on sheet 14-1/4x10-1/4. Conningham 2779. * My Little Friend. E.B. & E.C. Kellogg. 11-3/4x8-1/2 on sheet 14-1/4x10-1/4. (Paper a little darkened, small corner chip.) * Mother's Jewel. Litho of Kellogg & Bulkelly [sic, should be Bulkeley]. 8x12-1/4 on sheet 10-1/4x13-3/4. (Some darkening to paper.) Together, 3 hand-colored lithographs. New York & Hartford, c.1840-50. Original lithographs of American women in the mid-19th century, in all their sweetness. Very good condition. (200/300).
324. McNulty, William Charles. Original etching of a coastal town seen across a bay through some woods, with a small sailboat on the water. 5x7-1/4 on sheet 9-1/2x12-1/2, laid on backing board. No place: c.1930's. Signed by McNulty in pencil in lower right margin. Born in 1899 in Ogden Utah, McNulty later made his home in New York City, and summered in Rockport, Massachusetts; it is likely this latter town that is pictured here, charming New England coastal scene. Some minor marginal soiling - the image is fine. (150/250).
COLOR LITHOS OF MEXICO 325. (Mexico) Castro, Casimiro; J. Campillo, et al. 15 color lithographs (incl. title-sheet) from Mexico y Sus Alrededores. Coleccion de Vistas, Trajes y Monumentos. Images approx. 9-1/4x13-1/4 on sheets 12-1/2x17-1/2; each hinged into modern mat. Mexico: 1855-56. Superb, bright color lithographs from one of the most renowned pictorial works on 19th century Mexico. Each with printed captions in English, Spanish and French. Included in the present group are the elaborate pictorial added title-page; Roldan Street and its Wharf; The Chains by Moonlight; Square of St. Domingo; Road from Tacubaya to Chapultepec - Dresses of Mexican Indians; Iturbide Market; The Village of Ixtalaco; Municipal House or Diputation; College of Miners; Public Square Guardiola; The Viga Promenade; and four plates showing varieties of Mexican costumes. Fine, bright examples. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (400/600).
EGYPTIAN BIRDS 326. (Ornithological Engraving) Hand-colored copper-engraved plate from Marie Jules-Cesar Lelorgne de Savigny's Système des oiseaux de l'Égypte et de la Syrie. Seven birds are pictured, all from drawings by Barraband (though he is not credited), engraved by Bouquet. The impression is 22-3/4x16-1/2 on sheet 27-1/2x19-3/4. Paris: c.1810. Various birds of the desert, and one large pigeon, captured as part of the investigations of Egyptian natural history conducted during Napoleon's occupation of Egypt during the 1790's. There were 14 ornithological plates, issued as part of Savigny's nine-volume Description de l'Égypte..., and also separately with 54 pages of text, as Système des oiseaux.... Apparently the plates were the same for both issues, and it has not been determined from which work the present plate is from. With "H.N. Zoologie, Oiseaux, par J.C. Savigny," and "Pl. 13" engraved at top, the engraver's name at bottom. Some light soiling and offset, near fine. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (500/800).
327. (Ornithological Engraving) Hand-colored copper-engraved plate from Marie Jules-Cesar Lelorgne de Savigny's Système des oiseaux de l'Égypte et de la Syrie. Nine birds are pictured, all from drawings by Barraband, engraved by Bouquet. The impression is 22-3/4x16-1/2 on sheet 27-1/2x19-3/4. Paris: c.1810. Well-engraved and nicely colored depictions of various Middle Eastern birds, derived from researches conducted during Napoleon's occupation of Egypt during the 1790's. There were 14 ornithological plates, issued as part of Savigny's nine-volume Description de l'Égypte..., and also separately with 54 pages of text, as Système des oiseaux.... Apparently the plates were the same for both issues, and it has not been determined from which work the present plate is from. With "H.N. Zoologie, Oiseaux, par J.C. Savigny," and "Pl. 5" engraved at top, the artist's and engraver's names at bottom. Some light soiling and offset, near fine. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (500/800).
328. (Ornithological Engraving) Hand-colored copper-engraved plate from Marie Jules-Cesar Lelorgne de Savigny's Système des oiseaux de l'Égypte et de la Syrie. Four birds are pictured, one from a drawing by H.J. Redouté, the others after Barraband, all engraved by Bouquet. The impression is 23x16-1/2 on sheet 27-1/2x19-3/4. Paris: c.1810. Detailed and beautifully executed hand-colored engraving of four birds from the Middle East, the result of investigations undertaken during Napoleon's occupation of Egypt during the 1790's. There were 14 ornithological plates, issued as part of Savigny's nine-volume Description de l'Égypte..., and also separately with 54 pages of text, as Système des oiseaux.... Apparently the plates were the same for both issues, and it has not been determined from which work the present plate is from. With "H.N. Zoologie, Oiseaux, par J.C. Savigny," and "Pl. 4" engraved at top, the artists' and engraver's names at bottom. Some light soiling and offset, near fine. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (500/800).
329. (Ornithological Plates) 21 handcolored copper-engraved plates. 10-1/2x8 inches. No place: [c.1820s]. Beautifully colored plates with fine details. Included in this lot are the White Sheath-bill, the Pied Wagtail, the Malabar Shrike, the American Emeu, and the Banksian Cokatoo. The plates are in good to very good condition, about 3 or 4 have some dampstain, very light foxing at times, some plates a bit browned, one with a small chip to upper margin. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (200/300).
330. (Ornithological Plates) 21 handcolored copper-engraved plates. 10-1/2x8 inches. No place: [c.1820s]. Beautifully colored plates with fine details. Included in this lot are the Tufted Umbre, the Wire-tailed Swallow, the Tamaica Goatsucker, the American Avoset, and the Red-necked Grebel. The plates are generally in very good condition with only a bit of light foxing, darkening and tape residue to the verso of about 5 plates. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (200/300).
331. (Ornithological Plates) 21 handcolored copper-engraved plates. 10-1/2x8 inches. No place: [c.1820s]. Beautifully colored plates with fine details. Included in this lot are the New-Zealand Plover, the Brazilian Cariama, the Libyan Grouse, the African Finfoot, and Rufous-headed Swallow. The plates are generally in very good condition with only a bit of light foxing, darkening and tape residue to the verso of about 5 plates. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (200/300).
PENCIL DRAWING BY EDGAR PAYNE 332. Payne, Edgar. Original pencil drawing of a mountain lake flanked by trees, the Sierra Nevada towering behind. Signed by Payne in lower left corner. 7-1/2x8-3/4, framed and glazed. [California: c.1920]. Superbly executed finished drawing by the noted "post-impressionistic" California artist Edgar Payne, 1882-1947. Payne, who began as a house and sign painter and decorator, always considered himself self-taught despite his membership in the Alumni Association of the Art Institute of Chicago. He made a sketching trip to California in 1911, and settled in Laguna Beach in 1917. He made a number of drawing trips into the Sierras, and even had a lake named after him. He traveled in Europe in the 1920's, and won honorable mention in the 1923 Paris Salon. The present drawing is an excellent example of a finished drawing of his most recognized subject, the high sierra of California. Fine condition. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (2000/3000).
333. Rugendas, Johann Moritz. Campos. Lithographed plate, hand-colored. 23.3x32 cm. (9-1/4x12-1/2"); framed and glazed. [Paris: 1835]. Dramatic hunting scene in South America, a plate from Rugendas' Voyage Pittoresque dans le Bresil. Drawn on the stone by Joly from the drawing by Rugendas, lithographed by Thierry Frères. Two hunters with rifles approach a flock of ostriches, surrounded by lush vegation and palm trees, mountains in the distance, with a river in between. Fine. [Will be removed from frame before shipping]. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (300/500).
ORIGINAL WATERCOLORS BY DANIEL SAN SOUCI 334. San Souci, Daniel. "In the Duck Yard." Original watercolor for a color illustration appearing in his illustrated edition of The Ugly Duckling published by Scholastic Press. 9-1/2x15-1/2 plus margins, sheet size 13-3/4x11-3/4. No place: c.1990. Signed by Daniel San Souci at lower left. A mother duck, a father duck, four cute baby ducks, and one rather gangly baby swan ramble around the duck yard. Fine. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (600/900).
335. San Souci, Daniel. "Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat." Original watercolor for a color illustration appearing in his illustrated edition of The Mother Goose Book published by Simon and Schuster. 8x9-1/4 plus margins, sheet size 13-3/4x11-3/4. No place: c.1990. Signed by Daniel San Souci at lower right, also with his monogram. The thin husband is seated at a table, while his full-figured wife plops a juicy ham in front of him. Some marginal soling, image fine. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (600/900).
336. San Souci, Daniel. "Rain, Rain, Go Away." Original watercolor for a color illustration appearing in his illustrated edition of The Mother Goose Book published by Simon and Schuster. 10x10 plus margins, sheet size 13-3/4x11-3/4. No place: c.1990. Signed by Daniel San Souci at lower right, also with his monogram. A young couple and their dog ride in a two-wheeled cart pulled by a goat, an umbrella partially protecting them from the rain. Fine. [Picture at pacificbook.com] (600/900).
337. Thorne, Diana. The Innocent. Original etching. 8x8-3/4 plus margins, matted, framed and glazed. No place: no date. Signed and titled by Thorne in pencil in lower margin. A puppy rests sleepily on a bed, a heartwarming vision by the American artist born in 1895. Near fine, with some darkening from the old mat. (150/250).
338. Wilimovsky, Charles A. S.S. Briton, Michigan. Original artist's proof woodblock on paper. 6x5-1/2 plus margins, in old mat, framed. [Chicago: c.1920]. Charles Wilimovsky, born in Chicago in 1885, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, won numerous awards, and exhibited internationally. The present work shows a Great Lakes cargo ship at a loading dock. Label on back of the frame of Carson Pirie Scott & Co. gives the title, artist and medium. Paper a little darkened from acidic mat, else very good. (150/250). |
