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51-2317Harrogate TN: Lincoln Memorial University 1942. Drypoint. 5 x 3.75 inches on sheet 8 x 7.25 Signed in pencil and presented to Natalie Williams. 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. Harrogate, TN: Lincoln Memorial University 1942. unknown
1915780New York: Guido Bruno 1915. First edition. Very good. 24 mo. Printed wrappers stapled. 8 illustrations. White wrappers dusty with tiny spot production crease in blank margin of one illustration otherwise very good. <br /> <br /> First edition of the handlist for one of the earliest major exhibitions of Wall's etchings and works on paper. 37 items were exhibited and the prefatory essay asserts: "New York has ts new romancier. Another O. Henry is among us." Weber refers to this catalogue but errs in the count of items exhibited 19 rather than 37. WEBER p5. [Guido Bruno] unknown
12-0958Bernhardt Wall 1915. 12mo. 24 pp. illus. 37 works listed. Very good in stapled wraps. Bernhardt Wall, 1915. paperback
51-2447Edam Netherlands: 1907. Original color crayons. Signed titled and dated in the image. Titled and described on the support sheet. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Provenance: 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. Edam, Netherlands: 1907 unknown
51-2459Manhattan New York: 1918. Original pencil drawing. Signed and dated in the image. Titled and dated on the support sheet. 10 x 13.9 inches. Clean one inch tear not affecting the imageProvenance: 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. Manhattan, New York: 1918 unknown
51-2460Manhattan New York: 1911. Original ink drawing. Signed titled and dated on the support sheet. 10.9 x 8.25 inches. Clean one inch tear not affecting the imageProvenance: 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. Manhattan, New York: 1911 unknown
51-2442Florence Italy: 1907. Original watercolor. Dated and titled in the image. Signed and described on the support sheet. 9 x 12 inches. Provenance: 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. Florence, Italy: 1907 unknown
51-3168Houston: Bernhardt Wall 1938. 4to.Original handmade boards and cloth binding with inset etching and hand lettered dust-jacket spine. With 10 signed and/or annotated etchings and 5 additional etchings. One of 100 sets. Weber "Following Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956" pp. 38-41 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 year 1915 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. Houston: Bernhardt Wall, 1938. hardcover
19436233New York: The Wise-Parslow Company 1943. Good hard cover lacking a dust jacket This is an ex-theological seminary copy with barcode sticker-call number sticker-stamps-date due sheet on free rear endpage-card pouch removed from rear pastedown Signed by author in pencil under front etching Half-inch closed tear to cloth along top of spine Spine sunned Well bound Very nice internally with crisp pages bright colored etchings and no markings. Signed by Author. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. The Wise-Parslow Company Hardcover
1943BOOKS19352New York NY: Wise-Parslow Co. Very good condition/No Dustjacket. 1943. First Edition. 8vo. 416 pp. . Wise-Parslow Co. 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
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
1943005224New York: The Wise-Parslow Company Publishers 1943 415 pages. Wall has signed the book 23 times on the title page and frontispiece and under 21 other etchings throughout the book. There is also a specially printed leaf laid in at the front signed by Wall that reads: "To Mr. & Mrs. Wm. H. Wiese Friends and Lovers of the Arts." The Wieses subscribed to the original limited-edition portfolios of etchings that are collected in this book and Wall apparently presented special copies like this in gratitude for their support. Illus. by Etched and Printed by Bernhardt Wall. 8vo. Signed by Artist. First Collected Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. The Wise-Parslow Company, Publishers hardcover
1937149704Lime Rock Conn: Bernhardt Wall 1937. Hardcover. VG- Substantial wear to edges and spine of dust jacket; has bookplate from previous owner Jean Hersholt; includes correspondence from Bernhardt Wall to Jean Hersholt; a unique item. Light gray cardboard boards with dark gray cloth tape as spine; light gray paper dust jacket 30 pp. 28 color etched plates. Book handmade by American etcher Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 containing 28 of his original etchings related to this FDR trip. Most of the etchings are signed in pencil beneath. Includes a copy of the thank-you letter FDR sent to Wall upon receiving his own handmade copy of this book. Also includes the typed letter that Wall sent with this book to actor-collector Jean Hersholt. Additionally included is a two-page booklet advertising Wall's published stock and containing 3 etchings itself. A fabulous find for fans of Wall Roosevelt Hersholt or the laborious technique of making a book of etchings by hand. #17 of 100 copies. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
19387026Bernhardt Wall 1938. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. One of a Limited Edition of 100 sets INSCRIBED BY BERNHARDT WALL on the flyleaf. Wall has also signed the limitation block and written "Personal" likely meaning this was a personal copy for his own use. And he has signed in pencil the six etchings that he produced for the book. Very good with light soiling and minor edgewear to boards in a very good plain gray dustwrapper. This is apparently Part 13 out of 13 volumes in the set. Very scarce. <br/> <br/> Bernhardt Wall hardcover
19377310Lime Rock CT: Bernhardt Wall 1937. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Approx. 28 etchings in various colors. Facsimile of letter to Wall from Roosevelt tipped in at ffep. Several etchings frame tipped in stamps. Most plates signed by the artist. Plate reads "From The Franklin D. Roosevelt Collection of Donald Scott Carmichael." "The etcher is interested in a better understanding between the countries of the Western Hemisphere and therefore hoped for good results from this trip and covered the contacts of the president and touched the highlights of his speech." Weber 43p. Minor shelf/edge wear ownership plate at front pastedown see below light toning to the textblock typical of issue else tight and unmarred. DJ shows hint of toning minor shelf/edge wear else clean. Quarterbound dark grey cloth spine etched label at front board several tipped in stamps and/or errata items. Small 4to. np. Illus. color and b/w plates. Limited edition of 100 copies. Bernhardt Wall hardcover
51-2445Manhattan New York: 1902. Original watercolor. Signed in the image. Titled and described on the support sheet. 8.5 x 10.75 inches. Verso are several studies of Horses and Carriages and Drivers Provenance: 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. Manhattan, New York: 1902 unknown
51-2217Sierra Madre CA: Bernhardt Wall: 1949. 4to bound by Wall in plain red cloth with etched cover label. 7-1/8 x 7-1/2 inches. 36 miniature etchings with decorative borders printed in colors on heavy wove paper 3 of which are signed. MARKED "TRIAL COPY F/ONE" FROM AN EDITION OF 100 COPIES SIGNED BY WALL outside of the edition of 11 with canceled copper plates. "In addition to numerous historical scenes Wall reproduced the general's elusive signature"--Weber Following Bernhardt Wall 1872-1956 page 50. 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. Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall:, 1949 hardcover
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
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
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
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
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
51-2257New York: Bernhardt Wall 1931. Drypoint. 6 x 4 inches. Generous margins. Signed and dated in the plate.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. New York: Bernhardt Wall, 1931. unknown
51-2450Marion Indiana: 1915. Original color crayon drawing. Dated and titled in the image. Signed titled and dated on the support sheet. 8 x 6.5 inches image size. Provenance: 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. Marion, Indiana: 1915 unknown
