Harris Schrank Fine Prints

J a m e s= M c B e y– – – 1 8 8 3 – 1 9 5 9

Palazzo Dei Cammerlenghi–   1926, Etching.

Edition 60, 20. Signed in ink. Numbered AI, indicating the first impression of the American edition of 20 [also signed and dated October 1925 in the plate lower right]. Reference: Hardie and Carter 231, only state (there were about 11 trial proofs, where slight changes were made, before the published first state). 

Image size 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (222 x 146 mm); sheet size 11 5/8 x 8 3/8 inches (295 x 213 mm).

A fine, rich impression in dark sepia ink with overall plate tone, wiped carefully to allow for a slightly darker tone in the water toward the bottom of the composition. With full margins (1 1/8 to 1 3/4 inches), on antique cream laid paper. Slight toning in the margins, otherwise in excellent condition.

This is the bend of the Grand Canal in Venice, seen from the Rialto.

Reproduced: Reflections & Undercurrents: Ernest Roth and Printmaking in Venice, 1900-1940, Eric Denker, Dickinson College, PA; 2012.

Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904),Vérité (petite planche), 1900, lithograph.  Hediard-Mason 156, first state (of 3). A proof of the first state before the edition published in La Revue de l’Art Ancien et Moderne. In excellent condition, the full sheet, 7 3/8 x 5 1/2, the sheet 13 x 9 7/8 inches (matrix 190 x 137 mm.).

A fine proof impression, printed on a light chine volant.

In the published state lettering at the bottom margin gave the name of the artist, the title, publication, and printer (Clot).