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164338Margate: Counter Editions 2019. Edition of 200. Signed titled dated and numbered in pencil lower right by Bernhardt. 10 colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet White 300 gsm paper. Sheet size: 60 × 76 cm. Framed size: 69.8 x 85.5 cm. Excellent condition. Presented in a dark stained oak frame with conservation acrylic glazing. unknown
51-2218Lime Rock CT and Coral Gables FL: Bernhardt Wall 1933-1936. Sq. 4to 9 x 10 inches. bound by Wall in grey cloth spines over etched boards; dust jacket with manuscript spine label. 13 volumes. 156 etchings printed in colors on heavy wove paper plus covers and etcher's slips of which many are individually signed a few tissue guards still present. Laid in is a photographic copy of a TLS by Franklin Roosevelt thanking Wall for sending a copy of likely this work. NUMBER 6 OF 100 SETS SIGNED BY WALL and with his etcher's slip indicating that he produced the book in Coral Gables Florida. Weber Following Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 pages 42-43.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Lime Rock, CT and Coral Gables, FL: Bernhardt Wall, 1933-1936 hardcover
1884353598Paris: Nadar 51 rue d'Anjou 1884. Half length portrait with hands at waist right hand on an ornamental belt. 1 vols. 13-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. On black card mount lettered in gilt at foot and on verso. Old gilt frame by Walker Gallery Westport Conn. Half length portrait with hands at waist right hand on an ornamental belt. 1 vols. 13-1/2 x 7-1/2 inches. Attractive portrait of the young Sarah Bernhardt inscribed above her head. <br /> <br /> The most logical candidate for "Mademoiselle Moore" would seem Eva Moore 1870-1965 who had a long stage career and from 1920 made many films. She was quite well known married to<br /> actor-manager H. V. Edmond.<br /> Theater critic and translator Michael Feingold 1945-2022 knew Eva Le Gallienne 1899-1901 when he was a student a Yale. Provenance: Eva Le Gallienne; Michael Feingold Nadar, 51 rue d'Anjou unknown
193759602Paris:: Rombaldi Editeur 1937. old 3/4 morocco; original wrappers printed in red and black bound in. Fine. 8vo. Illustrations Originales en Couleurs de A. Calbet. Laid in is a 4-page autograph letter signed from Pierre Louys to unnamed Sarah Bernhardt regarding a dispute concerning the stage production of Aphrodite and looking forward to her visit to his new home. Two additional pages of autograph notes laid in. Collection Baldi "Les Contemporains." Rombaldi, Editeur, unknown
231517New York: Privately Printed. Limited. hardcover. very good. Bernhardt Wall. 22 original etchings of various sizes and in various colors of green gray and sepia printed from zinc plates all protected with tissue guards 3 pages of etched preliminaries title index and colophon. Slim small 4to brown cloth-backed boards with etched vignette on front cover binding lightly rubbed and worn at extremes. New York: Privately Printed by Bernhardt Wall circa 1921. Third State. Scarce. The text block is delicately stitched and starting to loosen otherwise internally fine. Very good.<br/> <br/> Number 13 of what was supposed to be 50 copies signed and numbered in pencil on the title page. Due to the fragility of the zinc plates only 26 were actually made.<br/> <br/> Privately Printed unknown
51-2220Lime Rock CT: Bernhardt Wall 1941. Sq. 4to 10 x 10.5 inches; bound by Wall in grey cloth spine over boards with etched cover label; dust jacket with etched spine label torn but stabilized at top. 65 miniature etchings printed in colors on heavy wove paper showing portraits biographical locales and notable institutions that hold Whistler's work; over 50 of the etchings are individually signed; printed on Dard Hunter handmade paper. Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Lime Rock, CT: Bernhardt Wall, 1941. hardcover
1953161400N.p.: N.p. 1953. Third Revised Final Draft script for the 1953 film with rainbow revisions. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. <br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. <br /> <br /> Based on W. Somerset Maugham's 1921 short story "Miss Thompson" wherein a Christian missionary makes the salvation of a Hawaiian nightclub singer his personal project.<br /> <br /> Set and shot on location in Kauai Hawaii.<br /> <br /> Bound in light blue cloth with navy quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Title page present dated March 31 1953 noted as THIRD REVISED FINAL DRAFT with credits for screenwriter Harry Kleiner. 131 leaves with last page of text numbered 123. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue yellow pink teal goldenrod and white revision pages throughout dated variously between April 3 1953 and June 5 1953. Pages Near FIne binding Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1921mon0003223861Bernhardt Wall 1921. Loose. Very Good. . All 12 issued folios all housed in a custom folder and slipcase. Slipcase with leather spine and shows minor wear tear and rubbing. Some handwritten signatures of the artist/printer on 11 of the copies. Bernhardt Wall unknown
1921134711Paris: Editions Nilsson 1921. First edition of this work lengthily inscribed by legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt. Octavo original pictorial wrappers front panel illustration by Maggy Monier. Presentation copy lengthily inscribed with an eight line inscription from Bernhardt on the half-title page "A Leon Deffocce je ne crois pas que mon petite roman arrete un instant vos regards mais la cependant vous en lirez quelques pages Soyez clement pour. Sarah Bernhardt." In near fine condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries including La Dame Aux Camelias by Alexandre Dumas fils; Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand. She also played male roles including Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rostand called her "the queen of the pose and the princess of the gesture" while Hugo praised her "golden voice". She made several theatrical tours around the world and was one of the first prominent actresses to make sound recordings and to act in motion pictures. Editions Nilsson unknown
1921533057New York: Bernhardt Wall 1921. Hardcover. Near Fine. Third state. Quarto. Illustrated with full page etchings. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards with applied etching on paper. Three pages of etched preliminaries plus 21 original etchings with tissue guards. Stain and paper remnant on rear board hinges a little started thus very good; internally about fine. Copy number 3 of 50 numbered copies in the third state Signed by the artist. Additionally this copy is Inscribed by Wall "from a fellow sojourner in old Greenwich Village" and dated in 1921. Reportedly only 26 copies were produced. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
1930137209New York: Self-Published 1930. Limited to 26 copies. Hardbound. Internally VG covers are weakly attached and spine cloth getting weaker due to weight of covers with embedded zinc etching plates one in each. Paper-covered thick cardboard covers with a thin and deteriorating cloth spine. Front cover upper right has an etching which represents the title of the book. No printing along spine. Four preliminary sheets each an etching followed by 22 signed etchings and finishing up with an unsigned etching as the endsheet. The Limitation page etched has written in ink that this is copy 25 of a total of 26. A laid-in typed sheet dated Lime Rock Ct. in 1937 states that the original intent was to print 50 copies of this the third state of the book. However it goes on to say the zinc plates began to deteriorate and the edition was halted at 26. Each inside cover has a plate embedded into it. The front cover has an architectural scene and the rear cover has a dancing scene. All 22 of the artist image etchings is signed. Weber p. 31: "An interesting pictorial presentation of 'the Montmartre of America' an area in Manhattan long frequented by authors artists and students." The limitation leaf describes Greenwich Village thus: "A hodge-podge of tumble-down tenements rickety architectural relics with a great deal of modernity just minced together. Mushroom tea taverns & dancing dens have found lodgement in the attics & cellars." One of the most charming and spirited of Wall's productions. Self-Published hardcover
198470588Gallery. As New. 1984. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - -- 158 pp. 48 color 124 black & white illustrations. -- with a bonus offer-- . Gallery paperback
2017131913CANADA. New. 2017. Hardcover. 0998523216 . - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW FLAWLESS COPY NEVER OPENED - with a bonus offer--; 11.1 X 0.7 X 8 inches; 176 pages . CANADA hardcover
19363938Bernhardt Wall; Limerock Conn. 1936 Trial copy No.13 signed by Bernhardt Wall and Edwin Markham on the limitation page. This copy inscribed to Mrs. Jean Hale Mrs Gladys Taylor and Rosamund Jean Hale was Edwin Markham's secretary and all three are mentioned in the "Etcher's Notes" plate in the book. The inscription is signed by Bernhardt Wall dated Feb. 25 1937 Houston Texas "from our winter etcherie". Plain brown boards with an imprinted etching on the upper front board green cloth tape-covered spine 13 x 1/ 1/4 inches unpaginated 34 leaves excluding blanks at front and rear 34 etchings/plates including the limitation page most etchings signed by Wall. Includes etched plates of the text of Markham's Man With The Hoe. No dustcover. Fine. Rare indeed 3 OCLC copies. "Bernhardt Wall 18721956 was a Connecticut Yankee who wintered in La Porte Texas his wife's family home for many years. In the mid-1930s he produced at least three books of copper-plate engravings during his annual Texas sojourns: Following General Sam Houston 17931863 1935 Following Stephen F. Austin Father of Texas 1936 and Following Andrew Jackson 1937. The process was so tedious and time-consuming that the editions were always severely limited; however these are the finished work of a well-rounded artisan. Wall wrote his books designed them etched the plates printed and signed each etching then cut folded gathered sewed bound lettered and labeled them. After his wife's death in 1938 Wall like the horseman in his colophon rode away-back to Connecticut where he later remarried. He lived his own last years in Sierra Madre California." 1722RO091. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Bernhardt Wall; Limerock, Conn. hardcover
1950156260Beverly Hills CA: Columbia Pictures / Santana Pictures 1950. Final Draft script for the 1951 film noir. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member with their annotations in manuscript pencil noting various lines and scenes throughout. <br /> <br /> Based on Joseph Kessel's 1936 novel "Coup de Grace." A cold-blooded American expatriate is drawn into the criminal underworld in Syria and begins smuggling guns into the country for the Syrian rebels during the 1925 insurgency against the French. <br /> <br /> Set in Syria shot on location in Yuma Arizona. <br /> <br /> Green titled wrappers noted as FINAL DRAFT on the front wrapper noted as production No. 991 dated Oct. 30 1950. Title page present dated October 27 1950 with credits for screenwriters Albert Bezzerides and Hans Jacoby. 123 leaves with last page of text numbered 122. Mimeograph duplication on eye-rest green stock with a single yellow revision page dated November 6 1950. Pages and wrapper Very Good with light dampstaining on the top edges of the front wrapper and affecting the first few leaves bound with two gold brads.<br /> <br /> Selby US. Spicer US. Columbia Pictures / Santana Pictures unknown
1941161254N.p.: N.p. 1941. Final script for the 1942 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the pages. <br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960.<br /> <br /> In Florida during the Great Depression a migrant farm worker and his girlfriend become involved in a labor organizing effort leading to consternation and violence in the tight-knit community. <br /> <br /> Bound in beige cloth with orange leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page present with receipt intact noted as FINAL and dated 10/3/41. Title page present with credits for director Curtis Bernhardt and screenwriters A.I. Bezzerides and Kenneth Gamet. 178 leaves with last page of text numbered 162. Mimeograph duplication rectos only with pink and blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 10/9/41 and 1/24/42. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus moderately worn and foxed on the cloth. N.p. unknown
1920005749New York: Bernhardt Wall 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 23 unnumbered leaves : chiefly illustrations ; 25 cm. Smallish quarto. Hardcover. Publisher's original rust colored linen over boards; inset paper label to upper cover rectangular hand lettered in brown watercolor: GREENWICH VILLAGE BERNHARDT WALL in the artist's hand; thick cream colored endpapers. Leaves are unpaged natural edged handmade laid paper with well inked detailed impressions. The title page is signed in pencil by the artist: "Copy no. 7. Bernhardt Wall". Title page includes the faintly visible: "1947 BWAY NYC" artist's address. Second leaf features the "Index" which lists the 21 scenes to follow. Each page is protected by a tissue guard. We believe this is the same edition of this work as is held by the New York Historical Society though their speculation of 1918 seems unlikely given a few scenes seem to carry 1920 dates. Partial Gotham Book Mart sticker to rear pastedown. BOOK CONDITION: it should be emphasized that every aspect of this production is in pristine bright fresh condition. A very sharp copy. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
192023753New York: Bernhardt Wall 1920. Third State. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth and brown boards with watercolored title label possibly from the original wrapper. Near fine. Unpaginated. 28 x 21 cm. Twenty-one etched plates with tissue guards. Signed by wall and numbered "copy no. 12" in his hand on title page. The half title states "Limited to 50 copies" and Bernhardt's introduction notes "Big business is fast butting in on the outskirts of the Village. Soon the Montmarte of America will be a mere memory." Pencil note 'Etched Printed Bound by Bernhardt Wall Dec 31 1921" and signed by him. This third state printed 1921. The etchings depict Greenwich Village buildings characters and street life. "An interesting pictorial presentation of 'the Monmartre of America' an area in Manhattan long frequented by authors artists and students"-- WEBER p.31. Nick to backstrip head. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
1951161406Los Angeles: RKO Studios Inc 1951. Revised Final Draft script for the 1951 film. Specially bound copy belonging to producer Jerry Wald with his name in gilt on the spine. Eight reference photographs from the film bound in variously among the script pages each with an RKO stamp on the versos and four with a mimeo snipe on the versos. Original wrapper bound in with the manuscript ink annotation of Wald's name on the top right as well as six pink revision pages of an "Optional Ending" following the script.<br /> <br /> Jerry Wald is best remembered for his long and successful association with Warner Brothers as both a screenwriter and producer of a number of notable films including "Mildred Pierce" 1945 "Humoresque" 1946 "Key Largo" 1948 and "Flamingo Road" 1949. In the 1950s he moved to Twentieth Century-Fox and was the producer there for "An Affair to Remember" 1957 "Peyton Place" 1957 and "Sons and Lovers" 1960. <br /> <br /> Remake of the 1942 French film "Le volle bleu" direced by Jean Stelli and starring Gaby Morlay and Elvire Popesco. Jane Wyman stars as a WWI war widow who after loosing her only child spends her life as a children's nurse.<br /> <br /> Bound in light green cloth with dark green quarter leather binding with five raised bands and gilt titles on the spine. Distribution page integral with title page with receipt removed dated April 9 1951 noted as REVISED FINAL SCRIPT with credits for screenwriter Norman Corwin and story credit for Francois Campaux. 163 leaves with last page of text numbered "143-146." Mimeograph duplication rectos only with blue revision pages throughout dated variously between 4/23/51 and 5/25/51. Pages Near Fine binding Very Good plus with light rubbing and edgewear. RKO Studios, Inc unknown
188073633Paris: Nadar 1880. Fine. Nadar Paris 1880 10.70 x 16.60 cm une photographie Original albumen photograph in cabinet card format mounted on cardboard. At the bottom of the photograph: Aimé dupont 574 fifth Avenue New-York. Portrait of the actress taken in New-York during the great American tour of 1880-1881 256 performances in 50 cities. Sarah Bernhardt poses in elegant Parisian attire her gaze turned skyward. Signed in the plate: Copyright by A. Dupont. Good overall condition one dark stain on the right of the photograph near the margin. Aimé Dupont was a Belgian photographer first active in Brussels then in Paris. He settled in New-York with his American wife Etta Greer herself a photographer. Already in Paris the photographer had specialized in photographs of actors and singers from the Opera and he renewed this specialty for the New-York opera and all the French artists who came to the USA. It is therefore not surprising that Sarah Bernhardt visited his studio to create a recent photograph dedicated to her American tour. Nadar unknown
51-2451Taos New Mexico: 1915. Original color crayon drawing. Signed dated and titled in the image. Signed dated and titled on the support sheet. 12 x 9 inches.inches image size. Sound recordings from 1941 by John Concha entitled "Round Dance" and "Social dance song" are preserved by the Library of Congress. AFS 09534 B03 AFS Numberand AFS 09534 B04Provenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Taos, New Mexico: 1915 unknown
1925023008New Preston CT: Bernhardt Wall 1925. Limited Edition. Square Octavo. Limited to only 100 copies signed by the author. The present copy is number 82 and has 23 etchings plus another laid in. No pagination. The first etching titled "One of 'Em" is also signed by Wall. Known as the etcher of books Wall wrote and illustrated his books designed them etched the plates printed and signed each etching then cut folded gathered sewed bound lettered and labeled them. His carear began designing post cards and holiday cards over 5000 cards. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Bound in 1/4 black coth over boards etching to upper right cotner. in plain green dust jacket with loss to spine and one corner small chips and a closed tear to rear panel. No names or bookplates. A very nice copy. Quite scarce. Bernhardt Wall unknown
203<p><b>BERNHARDT SARAH</b>. 1844-1923. Celebrated French actress known as "the Divine Sarah" best remembered for her role as Marguérite Gautier the redeemed courtesan in Alexandre Dumas fils' <i>La Dame aux Camélias</i>. SP. "<i>Sarah Bernhardt</i>". 1p. Oblong Folio. New York 1896. In French.</p><p>Additionally signed by photographer J. Byron. Several damp stains which affect several letters of the signature. Lightly bumped at edges. In overall very good condition.</p><br />
51-2456Embudo New Mexico: 1915. Original color crayon drawing. Dated and titled in the image. Signed dated and titled on the support sheet. 8 x 6.25 inchesProvenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Embudo, New Mexico: 1915 unknown
51-2458Embudo New Mexico: 1915. Original color crayon drawing. Dated and titled in the image. Signed dated and titled on the support sheet. 8 x 6.5 inchesProvenance: Part of a portfolio of original works given to the collector Natalie Williams on June 1 1937 by Wall. Natalie Williams was the sister-in-law of the Texas collector N.C. Matthewson of Marshall Texas and both were owners of the Made-Rite Company. She was a patroness of artists and an art donor to Texas A & M University.Bernhardt Wall was born in Buffalo New York on Dec. 30 1872. He studied at the Buffalo Art Student’s League then moved on to study in New York under Henry Reuterdahl and also apprenticed under William Auerbach-Levy. Wall began a career as a lithographic illustrator in 1889 working primarily as a commercial artist in New York and Buffalo. He soon became known as the "Postcard King" and designed over 5000 comic cards. The year1915 marked a defining point in Wall’s artistic career. Wall visited Colorado Nevada and California making etchings of Indians cowboys and major cities which were later published in a portfolio entitled "Under Western Skies." These proved to be very successful and the artist shortly thereafter moved to California permanently. Wall continued to produce many fine etchings of the American West and by 1930 had also become a much respected historian of the region.Bernhardt Wall was unique in that he not only drew the etchings for his books but he also printed and bound them. His books are in libraries and universities around the world including the British Museum Library of Congress the libraries of Harvard Yale Columbia and Brown Universities. His works were also in the private collections of J. P. Morgan Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry C. Frick and Dr. N.C. Mathewson. Wall etched three sitting presidents of the United States Theodore Roosevelt Warren Taft and Henry Coolidge. Other prominent individuals etched by Wall include Sam Houston Mark Twain Thomas A. Edison Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson.Artist and historian Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects including Texas and the Southwest. Historians of fine press printing have compared him to William Blake. This collection of Wall’s scrapbooks publications and correspondence was built by collector Natalie Williams of Marshall Texas. Embudo, New Mexico: 1915 unknown
