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A COLLECTION OF VIEWS OF NEW YORK CITY
etchings, drypoints and lithographs, circa 1928-40, on various papers, all signed in pencil, with margins, including Derrick and Barges and James Slip--New York, by SYD BROWNE (b. 1907)--both titled in pencil, Derick inscribed 'Ed 50', James inscribed 'Imp #4'; Wall Street No. 1, by KERR EBY (1890-1946)--inscribed 'imp.' and 'Ed 90'; [Under the El--Barber Shop], [The Church--Snow], and Washington Square No. I, by ERNEST FIENE (1894-1965)--[Under the El] numbered 45/50, Washington Square titled and dated '28' in pencil, numbered 11/30, with pale light-staining, pale scattered foxing, creasing and old paper in the margins; Pennsylvania Station, by ALLEN LEWIS (1873-1957)--inscribed 'imp' and '2nd State', numbered 9/50; Brooklyn Bridge and [Rockefeller Center], by NAT LOWELL (b. 1880)--Brooklyn Bridge titled in pencil; and Queensboro Bridge--Manhattan, by ERNEST D. ROTH (1879-1964)--inscribed 'To Syd Browne - with best wishes - Aug. 1936 -' and dated in pencil
etchings, drypoints and lithographs, circa 1928-40, on various papers, all signed in pencil, with margins, including Derrick and Barges and James Slip--New York, by SYD BROWNE (b. 1907)--both titled in pencil, Derick inscribed 'Ed 50', James inscribed 'Imp #4'; Wall Street No. 1, by KERR EBY (1890-1946)--inscribed 'imp.' and 'Ed 90'; [Under the El--Barber Shop], [The Church--Snow], and Washington Square No. I, by ERNEST FIENE (1894-1965)--[Under the El] numbered 45/50, Washington Square titled and dated '28' in pencil, numbered 11/30, with pale light-staining, pale scattered foxing, creasing and old paper in the margins; Pennsylvania Station, by ALLEN LEWIS (1873-1957)--inscribed 'imp' and '2nd State', numbered 9/50; Brooklyn Bridge and [Rockefeller Center], by NAT LOWELL (b. 1880)--Brooklyn Bridge titled in pencil; and Queensboro Bridge--Manhattan, by ERNEST D. ROTH (1879-1964)--inscribed 'To Syd Browne - with best wishes - Aug. 1936 -' and dated in pencil
Provenance
Allen Lewis, Pennsylvania Station: Unidentified collector's mark initials M.S. in pink (not in Lugt).