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              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Nov. 08, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $400

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) Bass Harbor Light, two-color woodblock print, signed in print only, unframed, matted, OS: 14" x 15 3/4", image size: 10 3/4" x 12 3/4".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Nov. 08, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $500

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Windjammer in Rockport – Maine Coast", woodblock print, pencil signed and titled in lower margin, also signed lower left in print, in a cream mat, unframed, paper size: 17" x 15", image: 10" x 12". Toning.

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Nov. 08, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $500

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Winter, Deer Isle", 1960, two-color woodcut, signed in print, depicting a harbor under heavy snow, in black reverse mitered frame, matted under nonglare glass, OS: 24" x 20", SS: 10 1/2" x 12 1/2".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Nov. 08, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $500

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Lobsterman", 1961, two-color woodcut, signed in print, depicting a man pulling trap near cliff under stormy sky, in black reverse mitered frame, matted under nonglare glass, OS: 24" x 20", SS: 10 1/2" x 12 1/2".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing
                Sep. 26, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet containing 3 ORIGINAL graphite drawings, unsigned, each approx. 2-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. See scan.

                East Coast Books
              • Carroll Thayer Berry "Rock Salt Mine", 1945, oil on canvas
                Sep. 20, 2024

                Carroll Thayer Berry "Rock Salt Mine", 1945, oil on canvas

                Est: $1,000 - $1,500

                Carroll Thayer Berry (American, 1886-1978) "Rock Salt Mine", 1945, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right, 26 in. x 30 in., framed, overall 33 1/8 in. x 37 in. x 2 1/4 in.

                Neal Auction Company
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing
                Sep. 14, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet containing 3 ORIGINAL graphite drawings, unsigned, each approx. 2-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. See scan.

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing
                Aug. 31, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet containing 3 ORIGINAL graphite drawings, unsigned, each approx. 2-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. See scan.

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Aug. 23, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $500

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Outward Bound, Maine Coast", woodblock print, pencil signed and titled in lower margin, also signed lower left in print, in a cream color mat stamped "Carroll Thayer Berry, 60 Russell Avenue, Rockport, Maine" verso, unframed, paper size:15" x 16", image: 11" x 12 1/2".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Aug. 23, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $400

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) Bass Harbor Light, two-color woodblock print, signed in print only, unframed, matted, OS: 14" x 15 3/4", image size: 10 3/4" x 12 3/4".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Aug. 23, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $500

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Morning, Rockport, Maine Coast", woodblock print, pencil signed and titled in lower margin, also signed lower left in print, in a cream color mat stamped "Carroll Thayer Berry, 60 Russell Avenue, Rockport, Maine" verso, unframed, paper size:15" x 16", image: 11" x 12 1/2".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Aug. 23, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $400

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Old Coaster - Maine", black and white woodcut print, pencil signed and titled, in black box frame, matted under glass, OS: 20" x 22", SS: 8 1/2" x 10 1/2". From a private Maine collection.

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Aug. 23, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $400 - $600

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Windjammer in Rockport – Maine Coast", woodblock print, pencil signed and titled in lower margin, also signed lower left in print, in a cream color mat with aluminum casement frame, glazed, OS: 20 1/2" x 17", image: 10" x 12".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Aug. 23, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $400

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Col. Black House, Ellsworth, Maine", woodblock print on paper, pencil framed and titled, unframed, loose, sheet size: 10" x 15", impression: 7 1/2" x 9 1/2".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing
                Aug. 17, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet containing 3 ORIGINAL graphite drawings, unsigned, each approx. 2-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. See scan.

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY AMERICAN NAUTICAL WOODBLOCK
                Aug. 10, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY AMERICAN NAUTICAL WOODBLOCK

                Est: $100 - $150

                Monochrome woodblock print on paper by Carroll Thayer Berry, 1886 to 1978, an American artist and printmaker based in New England. The artwork depicts a town port with a double-masted sailing ship in the foreground. Signed by the artist in plate in the lower left. Undated. Pink mat, golden frame. Collectible Graphic Art Prints, Seascape, Maritime Landscape.

                Antique Arena Inc
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing
                Aug. 03, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet containing 3 ORIGINAL graphite drawings, unsigned, each approx. 2-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. See scan.

                East Coast Books
              • Carroll Thayer Berry Woodcut.
                Aug. 03, 2024

                Carroll Thayer Berry Woodcut.

                Est: $300 - $400

                (Maine, 1886-1978), "Ebb Tide," Maine Coast, signed in the plate and signed and titled in pencil , framed. Frame 16.75 inches by 18 .75 inches. Plate 9 7/8 inches by 12 inches.

                Casco Bay Auctions
              • Carroll Thayer Berry Woodcut.
                Aug. 03, 2024

                Carroll Thayer Berry Woodcut.

                Est: $300 - $400

                (Maine, 1886-1978), "The Cove," Maine Coast, printed in green and black, signed in plate and signed and titled in pencil, framed. Frame 17 3/8 inches by 18.25 inches. Plate 10 5/8 inches by 10.5 inches.

                Casco Bay Auctions
              • Carroll Thayer Berry Woodcut.
                Aug. 03, 2024

                Carroll Thayer Berry Woodcut.

                Est: $200 - $300

                Maine, 1886-1978. Depicts a Maine coastal fishing village, signed in plate, framed. Frame 17.25 inches by 18.75 inches. Plate 9 7/8 inches by 11 7/8 inches.

                Casco Bay Auctions
              • Carroll Thayer Berry, wood engraving
                Jul. 17, 2024

                Carroll Thayer Berry, wood engraving

                Est: $200 - $300

                Carroll Thayer Berry (American, 1886-1978), "Bass Harbor Light", titled and signed lower margin, matted and framed under glass, 11"h x 12.5"w (sight), 19"h x 19.75"w (frame)

                Millea Bros Ltd
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing
                Jul. 11, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet containing 3 ORIGINAL graphite drawings, unsigned, each approx. 2-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. See scan.

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Jun. 28, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $250 - $350

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Col. Black House, Ellsworth, Maine", woodblock print on paper, pencil framed and titled, unframed, loose, sheet size: 10 1/4" x 15", impression: 7 1/4" x 9 3/4".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Jun. 28, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $250 - $350

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Old Fort Edgecomb, Maine", woodblock print on paper, pencil framed and titled, unframed, loose, sheet size: 11 1/2" x 13 1/2", impression: 7 1/2" x 9 3/4".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Jun. 28, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $400

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Ebb Tide, Maine Coast", woodblock print on paper, pencil framed and titled, unframed, loose, sheet size: 15" x 15", impression: 10" x 12".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Jun. 28, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $400

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "Ebb Tide, Maine Coast", woodblock print on paper, pencil signed and titled, unframed, loose, sheet size: 15" x 16 1/4", impression: 10" x 12".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Jun. 28, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $400

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "The Far Cliffs, Maine Coast", woodblock print on paper, pencil framed and titled, unframed, loose, sheet size: 17" x 15", impression: 10 3/4" x 12".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Jun. 28, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $200 - $300

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "On the Common, Wiscasset", woodblock print on paper, pencil signed and titled, unframed, loose, sheet size: 10" x 13", impression: 17 1/4" x 9 1/2".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Jun. 28, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $300 - $400

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) Bass Harbor Light, two-color woodblock print, signed in print only, unframed, matted, OS: 14" x 15 3/4", image size: 10 3/4" x 12 3/4".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)
                Jun. 28, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978)

                Est: $500 - $600

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (ME, 1886-1978) "End of the Road, in the Hills", woodblock print on paper, pencil framed and titled, unframed, loose, sheet size: 16 3/4" x 15", impression: 11 1/4" x 12".

                Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing
                Jun. 20, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet containing 3 ORIGINAL graphite drawings, unsigned, each approx. 2-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. See scan.

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY 8 small sketches
                Jun. 20, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY 8 small sketches

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as “THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet on which he has made 8 ORIGINAL pencil sketches, unsigned,the largest is approx. 2-1/4 x 2-1/2 in., guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. As far as we know ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. Messy!

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY 2 small sketches
                Jun. 20, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY 2 small sketches

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as “THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet on which he has made 2 ORIGINAL sketches, unsigned,the largest is approx. 2 x 2-3/4 in., guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. As far as we know ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. Messy!

                East Coast Books
              • Rare Sketches by Carroll Thayer Berry
                Jun. 20, 2024

                Rare Sketches by Carroll Thayer Berry

                Est: $150 - $200

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Berry was born and raised in New Gloucester, Maine, where his father was a dairy farmer. In 1905, reluctant to follow a farming career, he enrolled at the University of Michigan, with the intention of becoming a marine engineer. After completing his undergraduate work, he moved back to New England, where he worked as a mechanical draftsman for an engineering firm in Massachusetts. In 1910, Berry joined an architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, and was sent to Panama to participate in the construction of the Panama Canal. After a year, however, he contracted malaria and was sent back to the United States to recuperate. While in the U.S., he began to take art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Subsequently, when Berry was sent back to Panama as an inspector of construction, government officials were so impressed by his artistic abilities that they commissioned him instead to paint a series of large murals of the Canal's construction for the walls of the administrative building. When Berry returned to the U.S. in 1915, he moved to New York, where he earned his living as a commercial artist. Soon after, he married, and he and his wife raised a son. In 1917, when the U.S. entered World War I, he volunteered for service. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant, and assigned to camouflage. According to Rickard (1942, p.190), Berry was one of the first seven officers (nearly all of whom were either artists or architects) attached to the American Camouflage Corps, along with Homer Saint-Gaudens, Evarts Tracy, Aymar Embury, Andre Smith, Lawrence Hitt and Victor White. In December 1918, he and his unit were shipped to France (Behrens 2009), where they spent the remainder of the war. After World War I, Berry settled in Chicago, where he worked as a designer of installations and interiors for office buildings. He also met his second wife, Janet Laura Scott, a successful illustrator, who later designed Raggedy Andy dolls and books about the Bobbsey Twins. During the Depression, Berry and his wife left Chicago and moved back to New England, where they bought a house in Wiscasset, Maine. Their home became a meeting place for craftsmen and artists of the region. Meanwhile, with World War II on the horizon, the Bath Iron Works commissioned Berry to document (through a series of paintings) their construction of fighting ships for the U.S. Navy. These oil paintings depict the shipyard in full production, at a time when the phrase the delivery of a destroyer every other Friday was a common slogan (Hammond). The Berrys sold their house in Wiscasset following World War II. They bought a home in Rockport, Maine, as well as an old three-story brick building on Main Street (just a short walk from their home), which served as Berry's studio for the rest of his life. It was there, equipped with a 19th-Century printing press, that Berry perfected his printmaking skills, in the process of which he made use of wood engraving, woodcut and linoleum block.Woodcut is a relief printing process in which carved raised shapes of wood are inked and then printed on paper. Berry would sometimes carve multiple wood blocks for a single print, each block being inked with a different color, such as a beige, blue, orange and so on. Realizing the great demand for some of his prints, he sometimes produced large editions, or returned to reprint the editions. Other works, in less demand, were never reprinted after the first run.Berry's work is sometimes said to fall within three distinct periods: His early linocuts and oil paintings are experimental, and reflect the changing artistic trends of the early 1900s. In the era of the Depression, he turned to the more affordable medium of the woodblock, which eventually evolved into the iconic style of his wood engravings. Finally, around 1973, his interests shifted to Jay Hambidge's theory of dynamic symmetry, a system of proportion and natural design that promoted the use of geometry in artistic compositions.13 drawings on one sheet, the largest approx. 2 x 2-1/2 in. Image areas very good. Unsigned as almost all, if not all of his drawings were.

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY 3 small sketches
                Jun. 20, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY 3 small sketches

                Est: $80 - $120

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as “THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet on which he has made 3 ORIGINAL sketches, unsigned,the largest is approx. 2 x 2-1/2 in., guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. As far as we know ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. Messy!

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY WOODCUT
                Jun. 08, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY WOODCUT

                Est: $200 - $300

                Retired from the Sea, Maine Coast, ( Maine, 1886-1978), image 7.25 x 9.5 inches, signed in plate, titled and signed in pencil, framed, 13 x 15 inches.

                Casco Bay Auctions
              • Carroll Thayer Berry (1886 - 1978) "Coaster Before the Wind"
                May. 30, 2024

                Carroll Thayer Berry (1886 - 1978) "Coaster Before the Wind"

                Est: $700 - $1,200

                Carroll Thayer Berry (1886 - 1978) Color linocut, signed lower right in pencil "Carroll Thayer Berry" and titled "Coaster Before the Wind". Particularly rare print by the artist who rarely did color multiples, small edition of 10-15. Thin Japan paper. Sheet, approx. 16" x 11" Sight, approx. 9" x 13 3/4". Excellent condition. Carroll Thayer Berry (March 28, 1886 - 1978) was an American artist who grew up in Maine, and whose work is often said to be emblematic of New England, especially the seacoast. In addition, he was one of first U.S. artists to be assigned to camouflage* in World War I. Berry was born and raised in New Gloucester, Maine, where his father was a dairy farmer. In 1905, reluctant to follow a farming career, he enrolled at the University of Michigan, with the intention of becoming a marine engineer. After completing his undergraduate work, he moved back to New England, where he worked as a mechanical draftsman for an engineering firm in Massachusetts. In 1910, Berry joined an architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, and was sent to Panama to participate in the construction of the Panama Canal. After a year, however, he contracted malaria and was sent back to the United States to recuperate. While in the U.S., he began to take art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

                Cutler Bay Auctions
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing
                May. 30, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet containing 3 ORIGINAL graphite drawings, unsigned, each approx. 2-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. See scan.

                East Coast Books
              • Rare Sketches by Carroll Thayer Berry
                May. 30, 2024

                Rare Sketches by Carroll Thayer Berry

                Est: $150 - $200

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Berry was born and raised in New Gloucester, Maine, where his father was a dairy farmer. In 1905, reluctant to follow a farming career, he enrolled at the University of Michigan, with the intention of becoming a marine engineer. After completing his undergraduate work, he moved back to New England, where he worked as a mechanical draftsman for an engineering firm in Massachusetts. In 1910, Berry joined an architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, and was sent to Panama to participate in the construction of the Panama Canal. After a year, however, he contracted malaria and was sent back to the United States to recuperate. While in the U.S., he began to take art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Subsequently, when Berry was sent back to Panama as an inspector of construction, government officials were so impressed by his artistic abilities that they commissioned him instead to paint a series of large murals of the Canal's construction for the walls of the administrative building. When Berry returned to the U.S. in 1915, he moved to New York, where he earned his living as a commercial artist. Soon after, he married, and he and his wife raised a son. In 1917, when the U.S. entered World War I, he volunteered for service. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant, and assigned to camouflage. According to Rickard (1942, p.190), Berry was one of the first seven officers (nearly all of whom were either artists or architects) attached to the American Camouflage Corps, along with Homer Saint-Gaudens, Evarts Tracy, Aymar Embury, Andre Smith, Lawrence Hitt and Victor White. In December 1918, he and his unit were shipped to France (Behrens 2009), where they spent the remainder of the war. After World War I, Berry settled in Chicago, where he worked as a designer of installations and interiors for office buildings. He also met his second wife, Janet Laura Scott, a successful illustrator, who later designed Raggedy Andy dolls and books about the Bobbsey Twins. During the Depression, Berry and his wife left Chicago and moved back to New England, where they bought a house in Wiscasset, Maine. Their home became a meeting place for craftsmen and artists of the region. Meanwhile, with World War II on the horizon, the Bath Iron Works commissioned Berry to document (through a series of paintings) their construction of fighting ships for the U.S. Navy. These oil paintings depict the shipyard in full production, at a time when the phrase the delivery of a destroyer every other Friday was a common slogan (Hammond). The Berrys sold their house in Wiscasset following World War II. They bought a home in Rockport, Maine, as well as an old three-story brick building on Main Street (just a short walk from their home), which served as Berry's studio for the rest of his life. It was there, equipped with a 19th-Century printing press, that Berry perfected his printmaking skills, in the process of which he made use of wood engraving, woodcut and linoleum block.Woodcut is a relief printing process in which carved raised shapes of wood are inked and then printed on paper. Berry would sometimes carve multiple wood blocks for a single print, each block being inked with a different color, such as a beige, blue, orange and so on. Realizing the great demand for some of his prints, he sometimes produced large editions, or returned to reprint the editions. Other works, in less demand, were never reprinted after the first run.Berry's work is sometimes said to fall within three distinct periods: His early linocuts and oil paintings are experimental, and reflect the changing artistic trends of the early 1900s. In the era of the Depression, he turned to the more affordable medium of the woodblock, which eventually evolved into the iconic style of his wood engravings. Finally, around 1973, his interests shifted to Jay Hambidge's theory of dynamic symmetry, a system of proportion and natural design that promoted the use of geometry in artistic compositions.13 drawings on one sheet, the largest approx. 2 x 2-1/2 in. Image areas very good. Unsigned as almost all, if not all of his drawings were.

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY 3 small sketches
                May. 30, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY 3 small sketches

                Est: $80 - $120

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as “THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet on which he has made 3 ORIGINAL sketches, unsigned,the largest is approx. 2 x 2-1/2 in., guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. As far as we know ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. Messy!

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY 8 small sketches
                May. 30, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY 8 small sketches

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as “THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet on which he has made 8 ORIGINAL pencil sketches, unsigned,the largest is approx. 2-1/4 x 2-1/2 in., guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. As far as we know ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. Messy!

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY 2 small sketches
                May. 30, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY 2 small sketches

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as “THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet on which he has made 2 ORIGINAL sketches, unsigned,the largest is approx. 2 x 2-3/4 in., guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. As far as we know ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. Messy!

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY Camden Harbor Engraving
                May. 18, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY Camden Harbor Engraving

                Est: $200 - $400

                Engraving on paper of Camden Harbor, Maine Coast by artist Carroll Thayer Berry, signed and titled in pencil below image. Image measures 10" x 12-1/4", frame measures 18-1/2" x 20". This item will need to be shipped by a packing company of your choice. We maintain a list of reliable shippers, or you may choose your own.

                Blackwell Auctions LLC
              • Carroll Thayer Berry. "Smack is In, Rockport, Maine"
                May. 11, 2024

                Carroll Thayer Berry. "Smack is In, Rockport, Maine"

                Est: $300 - $500

                Woodblock print, image 9.5 x 7.25 inches, pencil signed and titled. Together with a catalog raisonne by Elwyn Dearborn.

                Casco Bay Auctions
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing
                May. 09, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet containing 3 ORIGINAL graphite drawings, unsigned, each approx. 2-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. See scan.

                East Coast Books
              • Rare Sketches by Carroll Thayer Berry
                Apr. 18, 2024

                Rare Sketches by Carroll Thayer Berry

                Est: $150 - $200

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as "THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. Berry was born and raised in New Gloucester, Maine, where his father was a dairy farmer. In 1905, reluctant to follow a farming career, he enrolled at the University of Michigan, with the intention of becoming a marine engineer. After completing his undergraduate work, he moved back to New England, where he worked as a mechanical draftsman for an engineering firm in Massachusetts. In 1910, Berry joined an architectural firm in Portland, Oregon, and was sent to Panama to participate in the construction of the Panama Canal. After a year, however, he contracted malaria and was sent back to the United States to recuperate. While in the U.S., he began to take art classes at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Subsequently, when Berry was sent back to Panama as an inspector of construction, government officials were so impressed by his artistic abilities that they commissioned him instead to paint a series of large murals of the Canal's construction for the walls of the administrative building. When Berry returned to the U.S. in 1915, he moved to New York, where he earned his living as a commercial artist. Soon after, he married, and he and his wife raised a son. In 1917, when the U.S. entered World War I, he volunteered for service. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant, and assigned to camouflage. According to Rickard (1942, p.190), Berry was one of the first seven officers (nearly all of whom were either artists or architects) attached to the American Camouflage Corps, along with Homer Saint-Gaudens, Evarts Tracy, Aymar Embury, Andre Smith, Lawrence Hitt and Victor White. In December 1918, he and his unit were shipped to France (Behrens 2009), where they spent the remainder of the war. After World War I, Berry settled in Chicago, where he worked as a designer of installations and interiors for office buildings. He also met his second wife, Janet Laura Scott, a successful illustrator, who later designed Raggedy Andy dolls and books about the Bobbsey Twins. During the Depression, Berry and his wife left Chicago and moved back to New England, where they bought a house in Wiscasset, Maine. Their home became a meeting place for craftsmen and artists of the region. Meanwhile, with World War II on the horizon, the Bath Iron Works commissioned Berry to document (through a series of paintings) their construction of fighting ships for the U.S. Navy. These oil paintings depict the shipyard in full production, at a time when the phrase the delivery of a destroyer every other Friday was a common slogan (Hammond). The Berrys sold their house in Wiscasset following World War II. They bought a home in Rockport, Maine, as well as an old three-story brick building on Main Street (just a short walk from their home), which served as Berry's studio for the rest of his life. It was there, equipped with a 19th-Century printing press, that Berry perfected his printmaking skills, in the process of which he made use of wood engraving, woodcut and linoleum block.Woodcut is a relief printing process in which carved raised shapes of wood are inked and then printed on paper. Berry would sometimes carve multiple wood blocks for a single print, each block being inked with a different color, such as a beige, blue, orange and so on. Realizing the great demand for some of his prints, he sometimes produced large editions, or returned to reprint the editions. Other works, in less demand, were never reprinted after the first run.Berry's work is sometimes said to fall within three distinct periods: His early linocuts and oil paintings are experimental, and reflect the changing artistic trends of the early 1900s. In the era of the Depression, he turned to the more affordable medium of the woodblock, which eventually evolved into the iconic style of his wood engravings. Finally, around 1973, his interests shifted to Jay Hambidge's theory of dynamic symmetry, a system of proportion and natural design that promoted the use of geometry in artistic compositions.13 drawings on one sheet, the largest approx. 2 x 2-1/2 in. Image areas very good. Unsigned as almost all, if not all of his drawings were.

                East Coast Books
              • CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing
                Apr. 18, 2024

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist drawing

                Est: $100 - $150

                CARROLL THAYER BERRY (1886-1978) Maine artist known as THE DOWN EAST PRINTMAKER. As an engineer he worked on the Panama Canal before moving to Maine to become an artist. His work is well known and hands in many important collections, including The Library of Congress. A few years ago a book was published on his life and work. Offered here is a single sheet containing 3 ORIGINAL graphite drawings, unsigned, each approx. 2-3/4 x 3-1/4 in. Guaranteed authentic without a time limit to the original purchaser. ALL DRAWINGS by Berry, to have reached the open market have come from our collection. See scan.

                East Coast Books
              • Carroll Thayer Berry (Am. 1886-1978), "Bay Islands, Maine Coast", Woodblock print, framed under glass
                Apr. 13, 2024

                Carroll Thayer Berry (Am. 1886-1978), "Bay Islands, Maine Coast", Woodblock print, framed under glass

                Est: $300 - $500

                Carroll Thayer Berry (Am. 1886-1978) "Bay Islands, Maine Coast" Woodblock print, framed under glass Signed in pen l.r., titled in pen and signed in plate l.l. 11 1/4" x 13" sight, 18" x 19 1/4" framed

                Barridoff Auctions
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