Kerr Eby, Signed (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Extremely rare title. Inscribed by the author/illustrator and his wife to the American sculptors James Earle Fraser and Laura Gardin Fraser inside cover. Hardcover, no jacket (as issued). In overall very good condition for its age -- some foxing to pages inside cover, bump at top of spine and light shelfwear to cover. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second edition. Quarto. Red cloth gilt. Tipped in plates. Prospectus laid in. Rubbing and wear at the extremities, about very good. Nicely Inscribed by the Canadian artist Eby, and additionally Signed by Dorothy Noyes Arms.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. A complete set of the deluxe twelve printed volumes, published from 1929 to 1931. Each contains an original etching by the artist and twelve reproductions of other works by him; each original and each reproduction has a tissue guard; each original etching is signed (one is initialed) by the artist in pencil. Each volume contains an essay on the artist. From an edition limited to 75 copies. Each volume contains the original typed and notarized certificate of authenticity. Each has been opened to verify the presence of the original and the copies; the ribbons, seals, glassine wrappers, and certificates are present. Except for the etching in Volume X, the paper of which shows ripples, all etchings and all reproductions are fine, as are the bindings and text pages. Neither Volume I, Volume II, nor Volume XII has a box. Each of these three is wrapped in heavy brown paper as issued with a part of the red seal intact. Volume I is copy #2 of 75. Volume II is exactly like Volume I except it bears copy #45. Volumes III to XI are housed in the original brown boxes. Each box has a neat pen inscription of the artist's last name on the edge of the spine of the box. Four of the boxes have a slight damp stain on the bottom edge. Volumes III through XII bear copy #32 of 75. The artists and the signed print are as follows: Vol. I ERNEST D. ROTH; Union Square, N.Y.C., dated in pencil Vol. II ALFRED HUTTY; In a Southern City, dated in pencil Vol. III CHILDE HASSAM; Egeria (C. 324) Vol. IV PHILIP KAPPEL; Barranquilla, Colombia, S.A., titled in pencil Vol. V JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; Rio dei Santi Apostoli, Venice (F. 226), dated and inscribed 'Ed. 75,' Vol. VI ARTHUR WILLIAM HEINTZELMAN; Bambino, inscribed 'Ed. 75' Vol. VII GEORGE ELBERT BURR; Arizona Night, printed in gray-green, titled in pencil Vol. VIII KERR EBY; Ploughing, inscribed 'Ed. 75' Vol. IX TROY KINNEY; Ruth St. Denis Vol. X LOUIS C. ROSENBERG; Bab-el-Khoukha, Kairovah, printed in brown. Vol. XI MARTIN LEWIS; Little Penthouse (McC. 101) Vol. XII FRANK W. BENSON; Two Black Geese. Very scarce and very rare in this condition. The set weighs 25 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Eby, Kerr (illustrator). Eby, Kerr. CHRIST GATE, CANTERBURY. G.98. Etching, 1925. 10 3/4" x 6 3/4". Edition of 90. Frederick Keppel label states "Proof printed by artist." Signed on a tab and trimmed to the platemark in the manner of Whistler. Very Good.

Prints. Condition: Near Fine. 35x23cm (51x39.5cm framed). SIGNED artist's proof of original etching. SIGNED by Eby. Matted and framed by Arthur H. Harlow & Co. Slight toning around edges of etching. NF. Illustrator.

Eby, Kerr (illustrator). Eby, Kerr. RUE DOMINIQUE CONTE. Giardina 59. Etching, 1921. Edition of 100. Signed in pencil. 7 1/4 x 5 5 /8 inches, 184 x 145 mm. In excellent condition. The scene is a Street in Grasse, France, which Eby visited in 1920-21.

Condition: Matted and framed. Fine. Signed lower right by Artist. 4-1/4 x 12 inches (image size). Signed lower right by Artist. 4-1/4 x 12 inches (image size).

Ephemera. Condition: Very good overall. First printing. Lovely snowy fields in a winter Connecticut countryside, delicately rendered in this elegant signed etching by the Canadian artist Kerr Eby. The New York rare print dealer Frederick Keppel & Co. label from the back of the frame is present. Kerr Eby (1890-1946) Canadian illustrator best known for his poignant W.W.I art is held in similar esteem to Harvey Dunn and other war time artists dispatched to cover the First World War. Eby studied at the Pratt Institute and Art Students League of New York, and served in an ambulance crew in the first World War, recording images which eventually were published in a work titled 'War'. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1934. In the Second World War he worked in the combat artists program created by Abbott Laboratories and landed with the Marines at Guadalcanal. Etching, signed in pencil lower right. 15 1/2 x 10". Archivally conserved by the Green Dragon Bindery. The etching is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum.