Frank W. Benson's etchings, drypoints and lithographs: An illustrated and descriptive catalogue

by Frank Weston Benson

Frank W. Benson founded the school of the American sporting print and he is acknowledged to be the most accomplished artist ever to work in this genre. Furthermore, as a draughtsman, as a designer and as a technician in the use of the etcher's needle and the drypointist's burin, he has few equals among artists. Mr. Benson also produced several noteworthy stone lithographs and authorized prints to be made of a number of his wash drawings.

Frank W. Benson: Etchings, Drypoints, Lithographs and Prints, a revised and augmented version of Mr. Ordeman's earlier Benson catalogue, is a completely illustrated catalogue raisonné of Mr. Benson's works in all of these media.

This 520-page volume also contains:

A critical biography of the artist
Benson's instructional essay "What Is an Etching?"
An essay comparing Benson paintings and prints of similar subjects
Commentary on two previously uncataloged Benson etchings
A bibliography of books on Benson
A list of catalogs of Benson exhibitions
A list of books with Benson illustrations
Alphabetical and chronological list of all Benson prints
Original etchings by Gordon Allen and Paul Niemiec, print-makers in the Benson tradition, together with their tribute essays to Mr. Benson.

446 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1994