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At Quarantine = 1923, Etching.

Kennedy 35. Edition 50. Signed, titled and annotated Ed. 50 in pencil.

Image size 10 3/8 x 7 13/16 inches (264 x 198 mm); sheet size 15 1/8 x 11 inches (384 x 279 mm).

A superb impression, in warm black ink, with rich burr and selectively wiped overall platetone, on cream laid paper; full margins (1 3/4 to 2 5/8 inches). Brown paper hinge remains on the top sheet edge recto, in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$1100.


River, Railroad, Rock = 1924, Etching.

Kennedy 23. Edition unknown. Signed in pencil.

Image size 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (270 x 216 mm); sheet size 15 7/8 x 10 1/4 inches (403 x 260 mm).

A superb impression, with selectively wiped, skilfully controlled overall plate tone, in warm black ink, on Arches cream laid paper; full margins (1 3/4 to 3 5/8 inches) in excellent condition. Scarce.

The Weehawken yards, New Jersey, in the foreground, the 42nd Street Ferry, and lower Manhattan faintly visible across the Hudson.

$800.


Wrecking a Bridge = c.1925, Etching.

Not in Kennedy. Edition unknown. Signed in pencil.

Image size 8 x 5 3/4 inches (203 x 146 mm); sheet size 13 x 10 1/4 inches (330 x 260 mm).

A superb impression, with rich burr and selectively wiped overall plate tone, in warm black ink, on Arches cream laid paper; full margins (2 1/8 to 2 3/4 inches) in excellent condition. Printed by the artist. Scarce.

$900.


Tramp and Tug = c.1926, Etching.

Kennedy 43. Edition 75. Signed, titled and annotated Ltd. Ed. Del. et imp. in pencil.

Image size 7 7/8 x10 3/8 inches (200 x 264 mm); sheet size 10 1/8 x 15 3/4 inches (257 x 400 mm).

A fine impression, in brown ink, with selectively wiped overall platetone, on cream laid paper; full margins (1 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$800.


Gateway to the New World = 1926, Etching.

Kennedy 25. Edition 16. Signed, titled and annotated Ltd. Ed. Del. et imp. in pencil.

Image size 13 x 9 3/8 inches (330 x 238 mm); sheet size 17 1/2 x 12 3/8 inches (445 x 314 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in dark brown ink, with rich burr and selectively wiped platetone, on Arches cream laid paper; full margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist. Scarce.

A view of Battery Park from Broadway with the 'El' in the foreground. Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$2000.


Turbine Construction (Westinghouse) = 1927, Etching.

Kennedy 12. Edition 15-20. Signed, titled and annotated Ltd. Ed. Del. et Imp. in pencil.

Image size 17 3/4 x 13 15/16 inches (451 x 354 mm); sheet size 20 1/2 x 15 7/8 inches (521 x 403 mm).

A superb impression, in dark brown ink, with rich burr and selectively wiped overall platetone; on Arches cream laid paper, full margins (3/4 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist. Scarce.

The image depicts the construction of a Westinghouse generator at Duquesne Light, near Pittsburgh. The generator, built for Con Edison's 14th Street - New York Station, was the most powerful ever built. Drawn on location. Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$2200.


The Pillar = 1927, Etching.

Kennedy 14. Edition 46. Signed, dated, titled and annotated private proof in pencil.

Image size 11 15/16 x 7 7/8 inches (303 x 200 mm); sheet size 15 1/2 x 12 inches (394 x 305 mm).

A superb impression, in dark brown ink, with rich burr and selectively wiped overall platetone, on Arches cream laid paper; full margins (1 5/8 to 2 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

One of a series of prints by the artist documenting the construction of the George Washington Bridge. "Not far from where we lived, the great new George Washington Bridge across the Hudson to the New Jersey shore was slowly taking shape... This was steel at its very best and I could not resist the opportunity of recording the bridge at its various stages of construction in a series of etching plates." –Otto Kuhler. Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$900.


Man Made Canyon = 1927, Etching.

Kennedy 18. Edition 28. Signed, dated, titled and annotated Ltd. Ed. Del. et imp. in pencil.

Image size 11 15/16 x 7 7/8 inches (303 x 200 mm); sheet size 15 7/8 x 11 3/8 inches (403 x 289 mm).

A superb impression, in dark brown ink, with rich burr and selectively wiped overall platetone, on Arches cream laid paper; full margins (1 5/8 to 2 1/8 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$900.


The Tower Grows (Building the Hudson River Bridge also The Hudson River Bridge Under Construction) = 1927, Etching.

Kennedy 16. Edition 50. Signed, titled and annotated Del. et imp. Ltd. Ed. in pencil.

Image size 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (276 x 225 mm); sheet size 15 7/8 x 12 inches (403 x 305 mm).

A superb impression, in dark brown ink, with rich burr and selectively wiped overall platetone, on Arches cream laid paper; full margins (1 1/2 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

A view of the Hudson River Bridge construction from the New York side with the Palisades in the background. Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$900.


Concrete and Cable = 1927, Etching.

Kennedy 19. Edition 36. Signed, dated, titled and annotated Ltd. Ed. Del. et imp. in pencil.

Image size 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches (267 x 216 mm); sheet size 16 x 12 7/8 inches (406 x 327 mm).

A superb, richly inked impression, in brown-black ink, with selectively wiped overall platetone, on Arches cream laid paper; full margins (2 to 2 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$900.


George Washington Bridge (Under Construction) = c.1927, Etching.

Not in Kennedy. Edition unknown. Unsigned.

Image size 12 13/16 x 9 7/16 inches (325 x 239 mm); sheet size 17 x 14 3/4 inches (432 x 375 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in warm black ink, with selectively wiped overall platetone, on off-white wove paper; full margins (1 5/8 to 2 3/4 inches), in excellent condition.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$1500.


Riveters = 1928, Etching.

Kennedy 15. Edition 50. Signed, titled and annotated Ltd. Ed. Del. et imp. in pencil. Annotated George Washington Bridge series and PRT. NR. 28 in pencil, in the artist's hand, bottom margin.

Image size 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches (270 x 216 mm); sheet size 15 3/8 x 12 3/16 inches (391 x 310 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in brown-black ink, with selectively wiped overall platetone, on cream laid paper; full margins (1 3/4 to 2 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$1800.


Bedrock = 1928, Etching.

Kennedy 29. Edition 25. Signed, titled and annotated Ed.25 in pencil.

Image size 12 x 7 7/8 inches (305 x 200 mm); sheet size 15 7/8 x 11 1/2 inches (403 x 292 mm).

A superb impression, in dark brown ink, with rich burr and selectively wiped overall platetone, on Arches cream laid paper; full margins (1 3/4 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

The scene is the construction site of the hotel "New Yorker" in Manhattan. Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$900.


The Unfinished Span = 1928, Etching.

Kennedy 20. Edition 35. Signed, dated, titled and annotated Nr. 14 Del. et imp. in pencil. Annotated Bridge between Bayonne. N.J. and Staten Island. in pencil, bottom sheet edge.

Image size 9 1/2 x 13 inches (241 x 330 mm); sheet size 12 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (318 x 400 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in black ink, with selectively wiped overall platetone, on cream wove paper; full margins (1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Original Kennedy Galleries mat and label. Printed by the artist.

This etching shows the construction of the Bayonne Bridge, sometimes called the Kill-van-Kull Bridge, connecting Bayonne, N.J. and Staten Island, New York. Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$800.


Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street = c.1929, Etching.

Kennedy 33. Edition unknown. Signed, titled and annotated Ltd. Ed. Del. et imp. in pencil.

Image size 7 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (197 x 146 mm); sheet size 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches (273 x 197 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in dark brown ink, with selectively wiped overall platetone, on cream wove paper; full margins (1 to 1 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

Looking south down Fifth Avenue, with the New York Public Library in the middle distance. A similar composition was commissioned by Architectural Forum for their 1929 Christmas etching. Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$1400.


The Towboat = 1929, Etching.

Kennedy 41. Edition 16. Signed, dated, titled and annotated Ltd. Ed. Del. et imp. in pencil. Annotated in pencil in the artist's hand Needs repressing, bottom right sheet corner.

Image size 10 7/8 x 9 inches (276 x 229 mm); sheet size 22 1/8 x 14 7/8 inches (489 x 381 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in black ink, with selectively wiped overall platetone, on heavy cream wove paper; full margins (3 to 5 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist. Scarce.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$800.


The Boilermakers = 1930, Etching.

Kennedy 51. Edition not stated. Signed, titled and annotated Del. et imp. in pencil.

Image size 9 3/8 x12 7/8 inches (238 x 327 mm); sheet size 11 1/2 x 16 inches (292 x 406 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in black ink, with selectively wiped overall platetone, on buff wove paper; full margins (7/8 to 2 5/8 inches). Adhesive remains in the top right and left sheet corners, recto. in excellent condition. Original Kennedy Galleries mat and label. Printed by the artist.

Plate 1 of The Iron Horse in the Making. Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$1400.


Harlem River = c.1930, Etching.

Kennedy 34. Edition 15. Signed, titled and annotated Ltd. Ed. Del. et imp. and Edition: 15 proofs Plate Destroyed 1965 in pencil.

Image size 7 7/8 x12 7/16 inches (200 x 316 mm); sheet size 12 3/8 x 19 1/4 inches (314 x 489 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in black ink, with selectively wiped overall platetone, on cream laid paper; full margins (2 to 3 1/2 inches). Several repaired tears in the sheet edges, adhesive remains in the top sheet edge, otherwise in excellent condition. Original Kennedy Galleries mat and label. Printed by the artist. Scarce.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$600.


Queen and Slaves = 1930, Etching.

Kennedy 42. Edition 9. Signed, dated, titled and annotated Trial Proof Ltd. Edition 9 prts. and Docking the Liner "Europa", New York Harbour. 1930. in pencil.

Image size 9 5/8 x 13 inches (244 x 330 mm); sheet size 12 1/2 x 18 1/8 inches (318 x 460 mm).

A superb impression, in black ink, with rich burr and selectively wiped platetone, on cream wove paper; full margins (1 3/8 to 2 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. Original Kennedy Galleries mat and label. Printed by the artist. Scarce.

Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

SOLD


Cargo Carriers = c.1932, Etching.

Kennedy 44. Edition 10. Signed in pencil.

Image size 10 7/8 x13 5/8 inches (276 x 346 mm); sheet size 15 x 19 inches (381 x 483 mm).

A superb impression, in dark brown ink, with rich burr and selectively wiped overall platetone, on Arches cream laid paper; wide margins (2 to 2 3/4 inches). Adhesive remains in the top sheet edge recto, soft creases in the top and bottom right sheet corners, otherwise in excellent condition. Original Kennedy Galleries mat and label. Printed by the artist. Scarce.

"On my trips up and down N.Y. harbor on the Weehawken Ferry, the late evening sun playing on the side of the big liners has always intrigued me... The liner shown I believe to be the 'Vaterland' of the North german Lloyd..." –Otto Kuhler. Ex. collection Kennedy Galleries.

$1800.


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