Lyman Byxbe
In Estes Park
1886 - 1980
Photos: Byxbe at the press &, the Byxbe Art Gallery in Estes Park courtesy Bob Crump; the Byxbe home and studio in Estes Park today - OldEstes Photos
I know my prices should be a little higher, but I have
found out in the past my work is sold to the average class of people;
therefore I have set my prices according to their pocket-books."
Lyman Byxbe
After they were downtown and I worked for them, a couple
of times a day when Mom was otherwise occupied Pop would slip me a dollar
with a wink and I would sneak out the back door, down the alley to Tighe's
drugstore and bring back a couple of quarters of beer. This was of
course, a no-no with Byx's diabetes so they were sequestered under the
press to be visited at propitious moments.
Coyt Hackett (a Byxbe helper)
Listed Davenports, Dawdy's, Mallett's, Who's Who
Byxbe worked primarily in aquatint, drypoint and etching (and various combinations of these techniques). He also executed works in mezzotint, cont้ crayon, oil, pencil, and watercolor, though these are relatively rare. His studio also produced hand-colored photographs. Subject matter was primarily scenes in and around the Estes Park area, although his earlier works include a few portraits, and subjects from Omaha and other locations in the Midwest (these are quite rare, but worth the hunt).
Byxbe learned printmaking from Mark Levings, an Omaha architect. We have acquired a single Levings etching The Range which was done in 1925 just before he began teaching Byxbe. It is of the Estes Park area as well:
Byxbe first came to Estes Park as a summer visitor (as have so many), and by 1930 had a booming business, which included etchings of resident's cabins for Christmas cards. By the mid-thirties he was garnering national attention. He was elected to the Chicago Society of Etchers. He had a one man show of sixty-some items at the Smithsonian in 1937-38, and his reputation was made. Byxbe, moved to Estes Park for good shortly thereafter. He had a shop on Elkhorn Avenue in downtown Estes Park for many years. The majority of his available work is small etchings he produced for the tourist trade, which he sold for very little saying "I have set my prices according to their pocket-books." These are quite valuable today, especially the larger examples. He did oil paintings and watercolors as well, but these are much more difficult to find.
Byxbe In Estes ParkArticle from The Prints of Lyman Byxbe - Robert L. Crump
I have acquired
Byxbe's Christmas card Fight on Timberline to R.P. Toleman, Curator, Division of Graphic Arts
at the Smithsonian Institution.
The card is undated, but Byxbe's works hung from November 29, 1937 through
January 2, 1938 following Toleman's invitation letter to Byxbe July 22,
1937.
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CONDITION OF PRINTS: All Byxbe prints below are in excellent condition with no toning or foxing present. Even minor condition issues if present are noted in the item description. They have been matted in archival acid-free rag materials, and will last a lifetime if treated properly.
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CONDITION OF PRINTS: All Byxbe prints below are in excellent condition with no toning or foxing present. Even minor condition issues if present are noted in the item description. They have been matted in archival acid-free rag materials, and will last a lifetime if treated properly.
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CONDITION OF PRINTS: All Byxbe prints below are in excellent condition with no toning or foxing present. Even minor condition issues if present are noted in the item description. They have been matted in archival acid-free rag materials, and will last a lifetime if treated properly.
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Framed prints unless otherwise noted are in original or period frames. These frames are in good, but not perfect condition as to be expected with age.
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6Exceptional Works6 Small Prints< Larger Prints< Framed< Color<
Fish Creek - Long's Peak in Background
Acrylic on canvas - dated 1966
Canvas size 35 x 26"
SOLD
Moraine Park - Thompson River
Acrylic on canvas - undated
Canvas size 35 x 26"
SOLD
Stormy Weather at Timberline
Exceptionally Rare Byxbe Cont้ Crayon
Work is 15 x 19" - 24 1/2 x 28 1/2" with frame
Price includes professional framing in wide black oak frame, utilizing archival materials to assure future value.
SOLD
First Snowfall
Rare Aquatint Print Listed as #26 in Byxbe's 1937 One-Man Smithsonian Exhibit
Plate is 7 1/8 x 9 1/16"
Price includes double mat, utilizing archival materials to assure future value.
SOLD
Whispering Pines
Rare LARGE 1948 Print
Plate is 7 7/16 x 9
7/16"
An example of this print was exhibited in the 1948 North West Printmakers Exhibition.
Price includes professional framing in simple gold leaf frame, utilizing archival materials to assure future value.
SOLD
Bannered Trees (Numbered Print 13) 1935 - '36 - Ref#185
Exceptionally Rare Numbered Print
Plate is 3 1/2 x 4 1/2"
A numbered Byxbe print from this era is the 'holy grail' of serious collectors. But poor unlucky print 13 en route to Byxbe's one-man show at the Smithsonian caught an edge somewhere along the way and got a corner crease that just barely touches the plate area. Byxbe probably tossed this into a pile with a number of other less-than-perfect items where it received a few more minor scuffs and rubs over the years, and it resurfaced just this year as part of the last relatives estate. I found it and rescued it for some lucky owner. The crease is a flaw, but the price reflects this, and the print will still display quite well till you find a better numbered print. (I have been collecting intensively for 8 years, and have come across exactly 4 numbered prints total).
An unusual variant of the title
Price includes print only.
SOLD
Aspens by the Brook ca. 1951
Rare Aquatint Print
Plate is 4 1/2 x 3"
An unusual variant of the title
Price includes professional framing as shown with double mat, utilizing archival materials to assure future value.
SOLD
Bear Lake
Rare 1937 Aquatint Print Listed as #47 in Byxbe's 1937 One-Man Smithsonian Exhibit
Plate is 6 7/8 x 5 7/16"
Price includes professional double-mat as shown, utilizing archival materials to assure future value.
SOLD
Winter Snow
Exceptionally Rare 1927 Print
Plate is 4 1/2 x 3 1/8"
One of the first 15 prints ever executed by Byxbe.
A masterpiece of aquatint
Price includes professional framing as shown with double mat, utilizing archival materials to assure future value.
SOLD
OldEstes Collection (Not for Sale)
For more prints from artists in this area, see our friends at Dicken's Alley