Harris Schrank Fine Prints

John Marin (1870-1953), Downtown, The El, a proof before steelfacing, etching, 1921, signed in pencil lower right; (also signed and dated in the plate). Reference: Zigrosser 134, only state. Published by Alfred Stieglitz, before the edition of about 30 impressions (and before the steelfaced impressions in the New Republic Series, see below). In excellent condition, the full sheet, on firm wove paper, 7 x 9 inches, the sheet 12 1/4 x 13 7/16 inches. A very fine impression, printed by Marin personally, with strong plate tone, and rich inking left on the platemark framing the composition. Provenance: Alfred Stieglitz, An […]

John Marin (1870-1953), Brooklyn Bridge No. 6 (Swaying), a proof before steelfacing, 1913, etching. Reference: Zigrosser 112. Signed in pencil lower right, also signed and dated 13 and B.B. 6 in the plate, lower left. From the small group of prints printed in 1913 by Marin (Zigrosser estimated about 12), before the later (1924) New Republic edition. Printed on a wove paper, 11 x 9 inches. A very fine, rich impression, printed by the artist. This impression includes much inking on the plate mark, creating a frame for the composition, and substantial plate tone. The matrix is slightly larger than […]

John Marin (1870-1953), Downtown, The El, a proof before steelfacing, etching, 1921, signed in pencil lower left and numbered (1-30); (also signed and dated in the plate). Reference: Zigrosser 134, only state. Published by Alfred Stieglitz, in an edition of about 30 impressions. In excellent condition, the full sheet, on firm wove paper, 7 x 9 inches, the full sheet, with deckle edges. A very fine impression, printed by Marin personally, with strong plate tone, carefully wiped to highlight the sky and the Woolworth Building, and rich inking left on the platemark framing the composition. Zigrosser cites a few other […]

    John Marin (1870-1953), St. Germain-Des-Pres, Paris, etching, 1906. Signed in pencil lower right and titled lower left [also signed and dated in the plate]. Zigrosser 47, only state, from the edition estimated by Zigrosser of about 25. Printed on wove Japan paper, with wide margins, a deckle edge at top, in very good condition (paper loss lower right corner, paper crease lower left margin), 8 x 5 5/8, the sheet 13 x 9 inches. A fine impression, printed with plate tone. Marin lived and worked in Europe from late 1905 to 1909, mostly in Paris but also in Venice, […]

    John Marin (1870-1953), Brooklyn Bridge No. 6 (Swaying) = 1913, Etching. Z112. Edition c. 12 (Steiglitz); 1924, unknown but small (New Republic). Signed in pencil. Signed and dated 13 and B.B. 6 in the plate, lower left. Image size 10 5/8 x 8 3/4, the sheet size 14 x 10 7/8 inches. A superb, richly inked impression, with selectively wiped platetone; on warm cream wove paper, with wide margins (1 to 1 5/8 inches), in excellent condition. Very scarce. First published by Alfred Stieglitz in 1913, a small number of later impressions were printed as the work was […]

  Six American Etchings: The New Republic Portfolio 1924 The complete set of six etchings, as issued in 1924, including: Peggy Bacon (1895-1987), The Promenade Deck, 1920 (Flint 47), 6 x 8 3/8 inches Ernest Haskell (1876-1925), The Sentinels of North Creek, ca. 1923, 5 x 7 7/8 inches Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Night Shadows, 1921 (Levin 82) 7 x 8 3/8 inches John Marin (1870-1953), Downtown the El (Zigrosser 134), 6 7/8 x 8 3/4 inches Hayes Miller (1876-1952), Play, 1919, 4 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches John Sloan (1871-1951), Bandits Cave, 1920 (Morse 195), 7 x 5 inches A […]

John Marin (1870-1953), Downtown, The El, etching, 1921, signed in pencil lower left (also signed and dated in the plate). Reference: Zigrosser 134, only state.  Published initially by Alfred Stieglitz and then included as part of the Folio of American Etchings by the magazine The New Republic in 1924, in an edition of unknown size but probably above 500.  In very good condition, the full sheet, on Van Gelder wove paper, 6 3/4 x 8 3/4, the sheet 11 x 13 3/4 inches. Provenance: Hirschl and Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, New York. A fine bright impression. Initially the New […]