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, conté 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 Park—Article 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.
▼Framed Prints▼ Small Prints▲ Larger Prints▲ Color ▼ Exceptional Works ▼
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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Long's Peak
Aquatint - 1945
Plate size 7 1/8 x 9"
This is the print on the cover of Byxbe's Catalog Raisonné by Robert Crump. In an original period silver frame in good condition
$995
Prometheus Bound (Alt Title)
Aquatint - ca. 1929
Plate size 3 7/16 x 5 9/16"
This is noted in Byxbe's Catalog Raisonné by Robert Crump in two states--as a numbered print, and as Christmas Cards for Ted Shawn (the subject). This is a differently titled, third state previously undocumented. In a new custom archival double mat & frame
$1495
Jumping Off Place
Drypoint - ca. 1948
Plate size 7 1/8 x 9"
Numbered "24" by Title
"First State" noted in lower margin
This is noted in Byxbe's Catalog Raisonné by Robert Crump as printed in two states. The title of the numbered edition was stated to be "Cloudy Day at Timberline". However, this numbered print carries the alternate "later" title. The title may have been changed by Byxbe toward the end of the numbered run, or...? It has been double matted in archival materials, and displays marvelously in its new textured gunmetal frame.
$1095
Fish Creek - Long's Peak in Background
Acrylic on canvas - dated 1966
Canvas size 35 x 26"
SOLD
Stormy Weather at Timberline
Exceptionally Rare Byxbe Conté 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
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
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