Cool Print Find

[Foreverman]

Found this in a tub full of old sheets music. I was mostly drawn to it because of the name in pencil at the bottom. Would love to know more about if someone knows what I found. Thanks

 

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[Red-Coat]

Welcome to Tnet.

This is a limited edition etching produced as a hand coloured ‘aquatint’, sold through the gallery of Sidney Z. Lucas in New York and other US cities. Note that it has his ‘SZL’ monogram at the bottom left, preceded by the number ‘312’ which is the sequence number in the series. They usually run up to about 350 and don’t usually exceed 500.

In the 1920s, Lucas owned ‘The Old Print Center’ in New York and ran a gallery called the ‘Camilla Lucas Gallery’, operating in wholesale art publishing and retail art sales of modern and contemporary prints as well as reproductions of prints.

As a separate venture, in the 1930s, he formed the ‘Paris Etching Society’ personally travelling to Europe to commission work by primarily French and Flemish artists. The etchings were printed in France (usually indicated by a stamp on the back) on textured paper and hand coloured in pastel shades by the artists. The works are artist-signed, often in pencil, and sometimes illegibly so, but ‘Pierre’ is one of the known signatures. This is not to be confused with the title on your print ‘Pont de Pierre’. The word ‘pierre’ also means ‘stone’ in French and ‘pont’ means ‘bridge’, so it’s just titled ‘Stone Bridge’.

The artists he used were of no particular note and these are commercial works produced in relatively large numbers through until the 1940s. As such they have no real ‘collector’ value and are only valued for their artistic merit and decorative appeal. I would say this one is a bit ‘twee’ for most tastes but, if you have a ‘Worthpoint’ subscription, you can see what this one (same subject as yours) sold for:

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/framed-stone-bridge-landscape-pierre-1795728157

 

[Foreverman]

Awesome. Thats why I love this site. Thank you very much for the info. I only paid .25 for it but definitely an interesting piece even though not very valuable

 

[OtakuDude]

Fantastic info RC! I have a quick question. Over the past few years I've picked up a few Picasso prints at garage sales and local thrifts. I know the chances of them having any value beyond decorative is negligible but if I were to start another thread and post some pics, could you tell me definitively if they're just wall hangers or if I have something good here? (assuming I can find them in this mess I call a house of course. lol)

 

[Red-Coat]

Fantastic info RC! I have a quick question. Over the past few years I've picked up a few Picasso prints at garage sales and local thrifts. I know the chances of them having any value beyond decorative is negligible but if I were to start another thread and post some pics, could you tell me definitively if they're just wall hangers or if I have something good here? (assuming I can find them in this mess I call a house of course. lol)

Give it a whirl. Only the pictures themselves and any frame or gallery markings might shed some light on what you have. I'll help if I can!