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Frank W. BensonBenson was born in Salem, Massachusetts and studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the Academie Julien, Paris. He is one of the supreme beings in the etching of waterfowl, whether in tidal flats, marshes, ponds, or flight. No other artist has approached him in the ability to capture wild fowl with etching needle and the copper plate. Benson took up etching when he was 50 years old and designed the second Federal Duck Stamp for the United States Department of Interior when he was 70 years old. He had almost immediate financial success for an etcher. His personal profit from the sale of etchings had averaged about $80,000. a year, before the economic depression. Affectionately known as the "Dean of American Etching," he needled over 300 plates and was a member of the National Academy and Society of American Etchers.
John T Ordeman, Frank W.Benson: Master of the Sporting Print, Brooklandville, Maryland, 1983.
Gladys E.Lang and Kurt Lang, Etched in Memory, University of North Carolina Press, 1990, pp.193-194.
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Frank W. Benson
American (1862-1951)
Sunset at Long Point
10 x 7-7/8 in.
Etching, 1933, edition 150. Paff 333. Signed in pencil. In excellent condition, printed on wove paper with full margins; deckle edges showing on two sides. A superb well-inked impression.
Long Point was one of Benson's favorite sketching sites and hunting grounds. Illustrated in The Print Collector's Quarterly, 1938, Vol.25, No.2, p.174.
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Frank W. Benson
American (1862-1951)
Herons at Rest
11-3/4 x 7-3/4 in.
Etching, 1923, edition 150. Paff 219.
Signed in pencil lower left. In fine condition printed on wove paper with full margins. Illustrated in Fine Prints of the Year, 1923, Vol.1, pl.127
$1500. |
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Frank W. Benson
American (1862-1951)
Canoeman
7-7/8 x 6 in.
Etching, 1919, edition 150. Paff 161. Signed in pencil, lower left. In excellent condition printed on laid paper with full margins.
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