HARRIS SCHRANK FINE PRINTS

Muirhead Bone (1876-1953), Rainy Night in Rome, drypoint, 1913,signed in pencil lower right and inscribed “Trial Proof” lower left margin.  Reference: Dodgson 299, first state (of 10), a total of 125 impressions were printed in all 10 states.  In very good condition, with margins, 12 x 8 7/8 inches, the sheet 15 3/4 x 11 inches. A fine rich impression, with substantial burr and carefully wiped plate tone lightening the center of the composition, printed on a cream wove paper. A trial proof aside from the 48 impressions in this state. As described by Dodgson, the ground at the bottom [...]

Muirhead Bone (1876-1953), On the Stocks, lithograph, 1917, signed in pencil lower right [also signed in the stone], in very good condition (remains of hinging verso), printed on a handmade cream wove paper, 13 7/8 x 18, the sheet 15 1/4 x 21. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York, with their mat and annotations. A very good impression. Bone started his printmaking career in lithography, eventually achieving renown as a leader of the British Etching movement through his work in etching and drypoint.  On the Stocks suggests that lithography, rather than drypoint,  would seem to be just the right medium to [...]