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(Roman Colosseum)-
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c.1900, Etching with Aquatint and Drypoint.
Edition not stated. Signed in pencil. Image size 13 9/16 x 21 13/16 inches (344 x 554 mm); sheet size 22 3/8 x 28 3/4 inches (568 x 730 mm). A fine impression, in dark brown ink, with skillfully controlled plate tone, on off-white wove paper; full margins (3 3/8 to 4 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. $1200. |  |
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Greek Lady, B.C. 400
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c.1920, Etching with Aquatint and Drypoint.
Edition not stated. Signed, titled and annotated No 22 in pencil. Image size 7 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches (200 x 117 mm); sheet size 14 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (362 x 292 mm). A fine impression, in warm black ink, with delicately controlled platetone, on cream laid paper; full margins (1 3/4 to 4 5/8 inches), in excellent condition. $300. |
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(La Victoire)-
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c. 1920, Etching and Drypoint.
Edition not stated. Signed in pencil. Image size 7 1/2 x 9 7/16 inches (191 x 240 mm); sheet size 12 1/2 x 16 inches (318 x 406 mm). A superb, painterly impression, printed in two colors, warm black and warm grey; with skillfully controlled overall plate tone; on off-white wove paper, full margins (2 1/8 to 3 3/8 inches), in excellent condition. Printed in warm grey ink, the visionary figure of La Victoire riding a winged horse contrasts with the rich black of the plowman and the discarded weapons of war in the foreground. SOLD |
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Manhattan (The Woolworth Building, New York)-
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c. 1923, Etching and Drypoint.
Edition not stated. Signed in pencil. Image size 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches (216 x 146 mm); sheet size 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (368 x 248 mm). A fine impression, in dark brown ink, with delicate overall plate tone, on off-white wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 7/8 to 3 1/4 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce. In 1923 Walcot traveled to New York with his publisher Harold Dickins where he etched at least half a dozen plates of Manhattan, including this image of Lower Manhattan with the Woolworth Building towering in the background, probably viewed from the Brooklyn Bridge. SOLD |
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| Brooklyn Bridge, New York-
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1923, Etching and Drypoint.
Edition not stated. Signed in pencil. Image size 8 1/16 x 9 3/4 inches (205 x 248 mm); sheet size 12 1/4 x 14 5/8 inches (311 x 371 mm). A fine impression, in dark brown ink, with expertly controlled plate tone; full margins (1 3/4 to 2 5/8 inches), on cream wove paper, in excellent condition. In 1923 Walcot traveled to New York with his publisher Harold Dickins where he etched at least half a dozen plates of Manhattan, including this image of the Brooklyn Bridge. SOLD |
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