Trying to date this etching

pgrubb · July 29th, 2009, 05:18 PM

Trying to date the etching. I dont believe Emery Blum Inc. is in buisness any more but would love to find the date of this etching..any ideas would be a great help! See the attachments from the back of the frame. And any help on who may have done the etching would be a BIG plus! Thanks Paul

John · July 30th, 2009, 10:17 AM

Sorry, the attachments apparently did not come through. Try again and we can take a look.

Hercules Brabazon · 06:05 AM

The only other reference to a coloured etching/ aquatint signed "van Delft" I can find is on another forum referring to one of Mulhouse, marked with the letters SZL. This stands for Sidney Z Lucas, an American dealer, who commissoned and imported etchings from French artists for his "Paris Etching Club " from c.1930 until the late 1950s. A little more from his family gallery's website at http://www.lucillelucasgallery.com/s...20Publications

A quick check of Google Books shows references to Emery Blum in advertisements/ directories from 1936 to 1964.

patrickcbb73@yahoo.com · April 28th, 2011, 07:38 PM

A couple of months ago I bought an etching at an auction near Washington DC and the framer was Emery Blum. The etching is titled "unknown lady" with the artist being Holbein. From doing a google search I see a few results referring to Emery Blum labels but not much else.

July 29th, 2009, 05:18 PM	#1
pgrubb Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston Posts: 2	Trying to date this etching Trying to date the etching. I dont believe Emery Blum Inc. is in buisness any more but would love to find the date of this etching..any ideas would be a great help! See the attachments from the back of the frame. And any help on who may have done the etching would be a BIG plus! Thanks Paul

July 31st, 2009, 06:06 AM	#3
Hercules Brabazon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 118	The only other reference to a coloured etching/ aquatint signed "van Delft" I can find is on another forum referring to one of Mulhouse, marked with the letters SZL. This stands for Sidney Z Lucas, an American dealer, who commissoned and imported etchings from French artists for his "Paris Etching Club " from c.1930 until the late 1950s. A little more from his family gallery's website at http://www.lucillelucasgallery.com/s...20Publications A quick check of Google Books shows references to Emery Blum in advertisements/ directories from 1936 to 1964. Last edited by Hercules Brabazon : August 3rd, 2009 at 06:05 AM.

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July 30th, 2009, 10:17 AM	#2
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,401	Sorry, the attachments apparently did not come through. Try again and we can take a look.

April 28th, 2011, 07:38 PM	#4
patrickcbb73@yahoo.com Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 4	A couple of months ago I bought an etching at an auction near Washington DC and the framer was Emery Blum. The etching is titled "unknown lady" with the artist being Holbein. From doing a google search I see a few results referring to Emery Blum labels but not much else.