Samuel
Colman (1832–1920)—American
painter (linked with the Hudson River School) and printmaker
“Amalfi,
Italy”, 1880, an etching possibly related to the sketchbook page, “Sketches
from Amalfi, Italy”, featured by OMNIA (Smithsonian Design Museum) showing a
very similar view in reverse: https://www.omnia.ie/index.php?navigation_function=2&navigation_item=190bbc7bf584e7f4da198b16c932b22a&repid=2.
Etching with plate tone printed in a
warm black ink on laid paper.
Size: (sheet) 29.2 x 22 cm; (platemark) 16.8
x 11 cm; (image borderline) 14.8 x 9.6 cm.
Inscribed in plate with the artist’s
monogram (lower-left corner) “[ligature initials] SC”.
See the brief
description of this print offered by the National Gallery of Art (Washington
DC): https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.182500.html.
Interestingly, Sylvester
Rosa Koehler (1837–1900)—the first curator of prints at the Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston—in his 1880 review of a group of nine prints by Colman (including
this etching) proposes: “It may unhesitatingly be affirmed that Mr. Colman’s
plates are among the most interesting of the works so far produced by the
etchers of America” (“The American Art Review, 1880”, Vol 1, pp. 387–88 [https://archive.org/details/sim_american-art-review_1880_1/page/n522/mode/1up]).
Condition: a richly
inked and well-printed (near faultless) impression. The sheet is in a near
pristine condition with no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or signs of
handling.
I am selling
this insightfully composed etching by an artist who was so concerned about his compositions
that I understand he destroyed most of his earlier plates and only kept a select
few that he considered were his best which he monogrammed with his interlaced
initials, “SC”—as shown here in the lower-left corner of the image—for the total
cost of AU$241 (currently US$163.86/EUR149.34/GBP124.80 at the time of posting
this listing) including Express Mail (EMS) postage and handling to anywhere in
the world, but not (of course) any import duties/taxes imposed by some
countries. Note that payment is in Australian dollars (AU$241) as this is my
currency.
If you are
interested in purchasing this very rare etching—please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.
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