three-orientalist-etchings
Lot 646
Three Orientalist Etchings
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
The first titled "Mea Crowd" by Ernest Stephen Lumsden (British, 1883-1948), dated in the plate 1920, numbered 21/50 and signed by the artist in pencil along lower margin, titled in pencil along the lower edge of sheet and titled and signed in the plate, paper stamped "Made in England" at lower left (Plate 9 3/8 x 14 7/8 in.; Sheet 11 1/16 x 16.25 in.) (some minor toning); the second titled "Idle Craft" by Lumsden, signed and dated 1928 in the plate, numbered 31/63 and signed by the artist along the lower margin, titled along lower edge of sheet (Plate 13 x 7 7/8 in.; Sheet 16.25 x 8 13/16 in.) (some surface grime); the third titled "The Desert Oasis" by James McBey (Scottish, 1883-1959), signed and dated in the plate "James McBey Sinar July 1917 1919," signed and numbered by the artist in ink along the lower margin, titled in pencil at lower left (Plate 6.25 x 10.5 in.; Sheet 7 5/8 x 12.75 in.) (slight toning).

Collection of the late Robert N. Cook, Jr., Graham, NC

$100 - 300