Joseph Pennell
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Selected Works422

Museum Acquisitions

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
London Night, Whiskey & Tea
London Night, Whiskey & Tea, 1909
Acquired 2018
Mezzotint with engraving on laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Lion, Chicago
The Lion, Chicago, 1910
Acquired 1995
Drypoint with plate tone on ivory laid paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Mond Gas, Dudley Port
Mond Gas, Dudley Port, 1909
Acquired 1985
Etching on laid paper
LACMA
The Mansion House, Home of the Lord Mayor
The Mansion House, Home of the Lord Mayor, 1888
Acquired 1984
Pen and black ink
LACMA
Coastal landscape
Coastal landscape, 1897
Acquired 1983
Lithograph
MoMA
Oil Refining, Whiting, Indiana
Oil Refining, Whiting, Indiana, 1915
Acquired 1974
Lithograph
Art Institute of Chicago
St. Peter's, From Pine Street, Philadelphia
St. Peter's, From Pine Street, Philadelphia, 1920
Acquired 1972
Etching on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Under the Hill
Under the Hill, 1881
Acquired 1971
Monotype with pen in black ink on cream China paper laid down on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Marble Arch
The Marble Arch, 1905
Acquired 1962
Etching on ivory wove paper
LACMA
Winter Sunset, New York Harbor
Winter Sunset, New York Harbor, 1921
Acquired 1957
Watercolor and gouache
Art Institute of Chicago
Gate of Elvira, Granada
Gate of Elvira, Granada, 1895
Acquired 1952
Lithograph on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Law Courts
The Law Courts, 1905
Acquired 1950
Etching on off-white laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Great Gate, Lincoln's Inn
The Great Gate, Lincoln's Inn, 1905
Acquired 1950
Etching on thin off-white laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
St. Clements Danes
St. Clements Danes, 1906
Acquired 1944
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Times Building and 42nd Street
Times Building and 42nd Street, 1904
Acquired 1944
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Institute, Piccadilly
The Institute, Piccadilly, 1906
Acquired 1944
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Royal Haymarket Theatre
Royal Haymarket Theatre, 1906
Acquired 1944
Etching on heavy cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Spitalfields Church
Spitalfields Church, 1906
Acquired 1944
Etching on buff laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
From West Street
From West Street, 1924
Acquired 1944
Etching in brown ink on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Park Row
Park Row, 1904
Acquired 1944
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
An Orgy of Building
An Orgy of Building, 1923
Acquired 1944
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
South Door, Beauvais
South Door, Beauvais, 1907
Acquired 1944
Etching on ivory laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Venice, Rebuilding the Campanile
Venice, Rebuilding the Campanile, 1911
Acquired 1944
Lithograph on paper
Art Institute of Chicago
The Founder's Tomb, Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great
The Founder's Tomb, Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, 1903
Acquired 1944
Etching on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Towers of San Gimignano, Outside theWalls
Towers of San Gimignano, Outside theWalls, 1883
Acquired 1939
Etching on cream wove paper

Previous Sales

Christie's
Nocturne
Nocturne
$12,065
Jan 2026
Christie's
Sunset
Sunset
$4,445
Jan 2026
Swann Auction Galleries
Hail America. 1908
Hail America. 1908
$1,500
Sep 2024
Swann Auction Galleries
[New York.] Two etchings. 1904 & 1915
[New York.] Two etchings. 1904 & 1915
$1,000
Sep 2024
Swann Auction Galleries
"Clearing the Ring."
"Clearing the Ring."
$375
Jun 2024
Swann Auction Galleries
The Woolworth Building
The Woolworth Building
$1,375
Mar 2024
Swann Auction Galleries
St. Paul's (London)
St. Paul's (London)
$1,063
Nov 2023
Christie's
Flatiron Building
Flatiron Building, 1904
Sold
Aug 2023
Bonhams
The Shot Tower (London in War Time), pl. 37, from Etchers and Etching (Wuerth 690)
The Shot Tower (London in War Time), pl. 37, from Etchers and Etching (Wuerth 690), 1920
$638
Mar 2023
Christie's
A view of a city from the river
A view of a city from the river
$660
Mar 2007
Christie's
Building the Bridge, at Cologne (Wuerth 389)
Building the Bridge, at Cologne (Wuerth 389)
$180
Sep 2006
Christie's
Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace
$300
Nov 2005
Christie's
The Bridges, New York
The Bridges, New York
$180
Nov 2005
Bonhams
Joseph Pennell (1857-1926); The Cross of Gold, Cedar Street Building;
Joseph Pennell (1857-1926); The Cross of Gold, Cedar Street Building;
$1,800
Doyle · Artsy
(i)WALL STREET; WOOLWORTH BUILDING; THE ELEVATED; MONTAGUE TERRACE; THE DESERTED FERRY (WUERTH 344; 675; 789; 832; 838) (ii) LIBERTY STREET (iii) [TRINITY CHURCH]
(i)WALL STREET; WOOLWORTH BUILDING; THE ELEVATED; MONTAGUE TERRACE; THE DESERTED FERRY (WUERTH 344; 675; 789; 832; 838) (ii) LIBERTY STREET (iii) [TRINITY CHURCH], 1904
Bidding closed
Five etchings and drypoints
Freeman's | Hindman · Artsy
Hail America
Hail America, 1908
Bidding closed
Mezzotint
Doyle · Artsy
WESTMINSTER PALACE (WUERTH 509)
WESTMINSTER PALACE (WUERTH 509), 1909
Bidding closed
Mezzotint

For Sale

Allinson Gallery, Inc · Artsy
The City in 1915 (The Unbelievable City, No. 2).
The City in 1915 (The Unbelievable City, No. 2). , 1914
For sale
Paper
Childs Gallery · Artsy
The Garrick Theatre [London, England]
The Garrick Theatre [London, England], 1903
US$1,200
Etching
Keith Sheridan, LLC · Artsy
The Woolworth Building
The Woolworth Building, 1915
Sold
Etching, on cream, wove Japan paper.
Robert Azensky Fine Art · Artsy
Old Houses, Milbank Grosvenor Road London 1906
Old Houses, Milbank Grosvenor Road London 1906, 1906
US$1,850
Etching on Paper
Washington Color Gallery · Artsy
Saint Thomas and Saint Regis
Saint Thomas and Saint Regis, 1904
US$1,200
Etching on Fine Laid Japon
Washington Color Gallery · Artsy
Building New York, 7th Avenue
Building New York, 7th Avenue, 1923
US$1,295
Etching in Black on Old Laid Book Paper
Lincoln Glenn · Artsy
View of Manhattan and the Woolworth Building, East River
View of Manhattan and the Woolworth Building, East River, 1915
US$6,000
Watercolor with white bodycolor on paper
Washington Color Gallery · Artsy
From the Lowest to the Highest, New York
From the Lowest to the Highest, New York, 1921
US$1,200
Etching and drypoint in brown ink on fine laid antique paper
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Other Museum Acquisitions12

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Etchers and Etching: Chapters in the History of Art, Together with Explanations of Modern Artistic Methods
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2021 · Accession 2021.167 · Illustrations: photogravure, half tone and process printing used to reproduce etching, drypoint, aquatint, mezzotint; one etching
Gift of David del Gaizo, 2019
The Steps, British Museum
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.244 · Etching
Gift of Chris Welles Feder in memory of Irwin Feder
Orange Street, Brooklyn
Whitney Museum of American Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.245 · Etching
Gift of Chris Welles Feder in memory of Irwin Feder
London Night, Whiskey & Tea
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston · Houston, United States · Acquired 2018 · Accession 2018.397 · Mezzotint with engraving on laid paper
Museum purchase funded by the Alvin S. Romansky Prints and Drawings Accessions Endowment
The Horse Guards
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.231 · etching
Bequest of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer
The Ponte Vecchio
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.230 · etching
Bequest of Elizabeth Carroll Shearer
Rouen, from Bon Secours
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2016 · Accession 2016.386.2 · Etching and drypoint
Gift of Lynne and Peter Esmay, 2016
English War Work: Cutting and Turning a Big Gun
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.679 · lithograph
Bequest of John Bonebrake
Chinatown, New York
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.406 · black and colored wax crayons on gray wove black paper
Gift of Gregory M. Bishop and Jeffrey B. Bishop
Panama Canal: At the Bottom of Gatun Lock
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.123 · lithograph
Bequest of John Bonebrake
New York Scene
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.122 · lithograph
Bequest of John Bonebrake
Grosse Horloge, Rouen
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2014 · Accession 2014.121 · etching in brown ink
Bequest of John Bonebrake
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May Book Bag: from a guide on entering the art world to a publication about artists influenced by Ovid’s Metamorphoses
The May Book Bag article from The Art Newspaper reviews four new art-related publications. It covers "Metamorphoses: Ovid and the Arts," edited by Fra…
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death
Joseph Pennell dies
Jan 1, 1926
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birth
Joseph Pennell born
Jan 1, 1857