Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill

Wetherill was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania. He studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the Academie Julian in Paris. In 1927, Wetherill was elected an associate of the National Academy of Design in New York City. He was also president of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers. Wetherill did more than 70 prints in his career, many of which he is credited for printing himself. Some of his prints show a strong influence from Whistler. Reference: The Stamp of Whistler, Robert Getscher and Allen Staley, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 1977.

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Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill
American (1874-1929)
The Brooklyn Bridge
6-1/2 x 14-1/8 in.

Etching, c.1920, edition limited but unknown. Printed on wove paper with full margins. Unsigned, but the attribution is certain. Tack holes in the outer margins from drying and stretching the paper after printing. Printed on wove paper with a watermark, BFK, top left corner. Full margins.

$275.

The Brooklyn Bridge

Elisha Kent Kane Wetherill
American (1874-1929)
The Tenements
8 x 6-7/8 in.

Etching, 1915, edition limited, but unknown. Signed in pencil, "E.K.K. Wetherill, Imp." A well-inked impression, printed on laid paper with an indiscernible watermark. Exhibited at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915. Provenance: From the estate of the artist.

$225.

The Tenements

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