Part 2 - Becker Selection
HARRY BECKER 1865 - 1928
Original Lithographs and Etchings.
Except 15 and 18 all are ex-collection Kenneth Green and then by descent
Black or Grey is a printed tone indication
Mounted and framed unless stated
Sizes are of image only
Please request current availability and high resolution images including frames.
1. Dutch Cattle in Stall
Lithograph Black
Cream paper 15 x 21 £295
1908. Edition of 50.
Acquired by British Museum in 1900
Exhibited Christchurch Mansion 1993.
2. Dutch Cattle in Stall
Lithograph Grey 60%
5 x 21 unframed £280
3. Dutch Cattle in Stall
Lithograph Grey Paper
15 x 21 £295
4. Dutch Scene with Cows
Lithograph Black
Thin paper 12 x 16 £320
1908 edition of less than 50
5. Dutch Scene with Cows
Lithograph Black
White paper 12 x 16 £320
6. Potato Pickers, Holland
Lithograph Black
Cream paper 15 x 22 £295
1908 State III of III edition of 50.
Acquired by British Museum 1909.
7. Potato Pickers, Holland
Sketch £350
Lithograph
Black Cream paper 15 x 22
1908 State II of III edition size unknown (less than 50)
8. Building A Bean Sheaf IV Lithograph Black 80% Cream
25½ x 19
Edition 50 1908 £325
9. Building A Bean Sheaf IV
Lithograph Black 80% Cream
25½ x 19
Not framed £295
10. Building A Bean Sheaf IV
Lithograph Black 60% Cream
25½ x 19
Not framed £260
11. Summer Showers 1902
Lithograph Sepia 50% Cream
13 x 18 £375
Edition of 35
Bronze Medal Winning Image at 1906 Milan International Exhibition. Becker exhibited as a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (President Auguste Rodin). Exhibited Baillies 1905 and Queens Gate 1910. Acquired by British Museum 1908.
12. Scyther: Evening
Lithograph Black 60% Off white
6½ x 10 £275
1914 Edition less than 50
13. Standing farm worker in cap
Etching Black 90% Off white
10 x 7 loan
Becker often printed on previously used paper. This image is over a feint pencil wooden trough, with a section of a watercolour of a flower verso
14.(above right) Farm worker forking hay Etching Black 80%
6 x 5 £270
15. Winter Ploughing I
Lithograph Black 80% White
15 x 22 £395
1914 Ex. Christchurch Mansion 1993 Edition less than 50.
Acquired by British Museum 1915.
16. Sheep and Lambs Lithograph. Loan
17. White Horse in Shafts
Zincograph Black 75% White paper
12 x 15 £325
Rare Zincograph, published edition of 12
18. Fallen Tree I
Lithograph Black 80% White
15 x 22 £375
1912 Edition
Exhibited Christchurch Mansion 1993
19. Swabbing the Blade Litho ex.book
Cream 65% White
7 x 5½ £145
1915 Original lithograph published in “Essentials of Illustration”.
20. Farm Hand Carrying a Scythe
Book illustration printed on Cream
12x9 £90
1920 reproduction in “Apple of Beauty and Discord “ of 1912 original lithograph.
21. Building a Bean Sheaf I
Lithograph
15 x 22 £295
1908 edition 50