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Please learn about newly acquired works in our inventory of American and European fine prints.

Catherine Burns offers sale and consignment of fine art prints by modern masters.

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  • “August Seventh” by Paul Landacre

    Please enjoy this newly acquired print by the master wood engraver, Paul Landacre. This print is available for sale now. Please get in touch with us for purchasing details. August Seventh, 1936 Wien 192. Wood engraving on wove japanese paper, full margins. Edition of 60 (there was also an unfinished second edition of 150). Signed, titled […]

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  • “Rapids” by Hiroshi Yoshida

    Rapids, 1983 Color woodcut on wove paper, with full margins. Signed in ink in Japanese and with the signature stamp lower right; the artist’s two red seals Sairan (cutting brocade), dated Showa sannen saku (made in 1928). Provenance: Private collection, California (illustrated in “The Nature of Collecting,” p. 12) 21 x 32 inches   |   53.3 x […]

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  • “Dinner Table” oil painting by Susan Hertel

    Dinner Table, 1983 Oil painting on canvas. Framed. 50  x  54 inches  |   127  x  137.2 cm Provenance: Private collection, Stanford California, acquired from the artist       Newly acquired, this large painting by the Southwest artist Susan Hertel is in fine condition.  Hertel was an American artist, poet, and muralist known for her intimate […]

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  • New York Print Fair this month!

    I’m delighted to share that the Empire State Rare Print & Book Fair will be held in the magnificent Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Station. I look forward to welcoming you amidst an extraordinary gathering of collectors, dealers, and museum curators. Enjoy a selection of our newest acquisitions, which will be displayed at the fair and are available to purchase […]

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  • See New Acquisitions, Spring 2025

    We’re delighted to share our latest acquisitions—a selection of important American prints from a New York private collector. Our new additions include prints by Louis Lozowick, Howard Cook, Peggy Bacon, John Steuart Curry, and the British artist Christopher Nevinson, in addition to those below. Jan Matulka, New York or View of New York at Night, 1925 Flint 33. Lithograph on japan paper. Edition […]

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  • Paul Landacre, Growing Corn

    Paul Landacre, "Growing Corn", 1938 Wien 209 ii/ii. Wood engraving on wove japanese paper, full margins. Rare first edition of 60 (according to Wien, there were 59 signed impressions in the first edition and 7 in the second). Signed, titled, numbered 10/60. 8 ¾ x 4 ½ inches View Complete Information Continue Reading
  • Giorgio Morandi, still life etching Giorgio Morandi, Natura Morta con il Panneggio a Sinistra

    Giorgio Morandi, "Natura Morta con il Panneggio a Sinistra" 1927. Vitale 31. Etching on wove paper. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. 13 7/10 x 19 1/2 in.; 34.8 x 49.5cm. My newest acquisition is Morandi's rare, early etching, Natura Morta con il Panneggio a Sinistra. It is a brilliant, crisp impression in very fine condition, with wide margins. This is [...] Continue Reading
  • Emil Nolde, Mann und Weibchen

    Our most recent acquisition is Nolde's famous woodcut "Mann und Weibchen" from 1912.  It is extremely rare, especially in such fine original condition, and was printed in only about seven impressions, according to Nolde's cataloguers. The artist developed an interest in the South Seas and its aboriginal people even before visiting the area in 1913-1915. [...] Continue Reading
  • Catalogues

    Catherine Burns has published a number of fine art print catalogues throughout her tenure in the industry. Please enjoy browsing through a selection of cover images from those catalogues. Continue Reading