LOT 675 3 Kerr Eby Etchings, incl. Cornwall Proofs
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Three (3) Kerr Eby (Connecticut/Ontario/Canada/Japan, 1889-1946) etchings on paper. 1st item: Proof etching titled "Polperro Cornwall England" depicting the bay, harbor, surrounding village, and countryside. Signed "Kerr Eby Imp." lower right under image. Plate - 13" H x 8 3/4" W. Sight - 13 1/2" H x 9 1/8" W. 2nd item: Proof etching titled "Porthleven-Cornwall England" depicting the beach, cliffs, and village. Signed and dated with location "Eby Porthleven 1925" lower right in the plate. Signed "Kerr Eby Imp." lower right under image with additional pencil inscription lower left under image. Plate - 9" H x 14 1/8" W. Sight - 9 1/2" H x 14 1/2" W. 3rd item: Etching titled "The Whale's Back" depicting a winter landscape. Signed lower right under image. Plate - 6 5/8" H x 12" W. Sight - 7 1/8" H x 12 3/8" W. All items with Frederick Keppell & Co., Inc., Rare Engravings and Etchings, New York gallery labels with title, name of artist, and additional notes and numbers to original brown paper backing adhered to new frames. Matted and housed under glass in a gilt wood frames. Frames range in size from 13 3/4" H x 18 7/8" W to 16 5/8" H x 21 5/8" W. Early 20th century. Provenance: a Middle Tennessee estate, by descent from Thomas G.B. Wheelock. Note: Thomas G.B. Wheelock was known as an astute collector of African Art and co-author of the book "Land of the Flying Masks: Art & Culture in Burkina Faso". He also inherited a sizeable collection of Asian, British, and military related antiques from his grandparents, Gilded Age tycoon George Briggs Buchanan of New York, and William and Margaret Wheelock, who owned a Scottish manor home known as Bunker Hill. (Margaret Carmichael Wheelock was also a founding partner of the fashion firm Farquharson & Wheelock in New York). See other related lots in this auction. (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)
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