Kerr Eby (1889-1946)
Biography
Birth place: Tokyo, Japan
Death place: Norwalk, CT
Addresses: Cos Cob, CT, c.1913-17; Westport, CT/Friendship, ME
Profession: Lithographer, etcher, drawing specialist
Studied: Pratt Inst.; ASL
Exhibited: Brooklyn SE, 1931 (prize); SAE, 1932 (prize), 1934 (prize); Harbor Gal.,NYC, 1979 (retrospective).
Member: ANA 1930; NAD, 1934; SAE; Chicago SE; Phila. SE; NIAL.
Work: NYPL (complete collection of his prints to 1932)
Comments: A master etcher who captured New England scenes. He also traveled to England and France, and was known for his WWI etchings, of which his opus magnus was The Great Black Cloud, 1918. A consummate technician, he assisted Hassam with his etchings, and Eby's studio is the subject of an etching by Hassam. The son of missionaries in Japan, he came to the U.S. in 1907. He served in the Ambulance Corps during WWI and was an artist-correspondent with the Marines in the South Pacific during WWII.
Sources: WW40; Prints of the Year, 1931; Bi-Centenn. portfolio, Life of Washington, 1932, WMA; Connecticut and American Impressionism 158-59 (w/repro.) ; Community of Artists, 38
This biography is drawn from the 'Who Was Who in American Art'
"Dark Cloud" (Sept13th, 1918, St. Mijel)
Etching/Aquatint, Signed, 1934 10 3/8 x 16 Edition: 100 Framed/Matted/ Repaired tear in the top center in the margin just to the edge of the image/ blue residue in the top margin edge Price: $7,000.00 |
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"Shadows"
Etching (sand paper ground) Signed, 1939 10.25 x 14 7/8 Edition: 175 Matted Price: $950.00 |
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"New England Winter"
Etching, Signed, 1930 6.75 x 13.75 Edition: 90 Framed/Matted Price: $950.00 |
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"Stuck"
Lithograph, Signed, 1919-1920 12 11/16 x 19 Edition: 75-100 Unframed/Unmatted Price: $750.00 |
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"Shadows on the Agawa"
Etching, Signed, 1929 11 1/16 x 10.75 Edition: 90 Framed/Matted Price: $600.00 |
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