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Cow Shed KERR EBY American, (1889-1946) Etching, aquatint and sandpaper ground, 1946, Giardina 211, edition 100. 9 5/8 x 15 1/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with wide margins. the condition is fine apart from a soft wrinkle in the lower left margin.
The scene depicted is in either Maine or Connecticut. This well crafted work was one of Eby's last prints. SOLD |
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Hatchet Cove KERR EBY American, (1889-1946) Etching, aquatint and sandpaper ground, 1937, Giardina 194, edition 100. 9 x 13 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The scene depicted is near Friendship, ME. Nine impressions are cited in museum collections. $850 |
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White Water KERR EBY American, (1889-1946) Etching, 1929, Giardina 135 (viii/VIII), edition 90. 8 7/8 x 14 1/4 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a subtle area of toning in the upper right margin. The paper bears a partial VAN GELDER ZONEN watermark. The catalogue states the scene depicted was done in Canada or New England. $600 |
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Artillery Train KERR EBY American, (1889-1946) Etching, 1919, Giardina 30, edition 100. 5 x 13 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed with tone. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This print was based on Eby's World War I experiences in France. The catalogue lists twenty-one impressions in museum collections. SOLD |
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The Steps FRITZ EICHENBERG American, (1901-1990) Wood engraving, 1934, edition 200. 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Born in Germany, Eichenberg moved to America when Hitler came into power. In New York he taught at Pratt and the New School and was active in the WPA program. He was a member of the National Academy of Design. The Steps is one of four early prints depicting life in New York. $1,400 |
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Rooftops OSCAR ERICKSON American, (1883-1968) Woodcut printed in color, circa 1930, edition 100. 7 x 7 7/8 in. Initialed in the block, lower right, with the artist's monogram. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on japan paper with full margins. The condition is fine apart from very slight toning within an earlier mat opening. Erickson studied at the Herron Art Institute and the Art Institute of Chicago. He was active in Door County, WI as well as Brown County, IN and further south into Tennessee and the area around Asheville, NC. He produced many woodcuts in an arts and crafts style. SOLD |
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Third Avenue El HELEN FARR (SLOAN) American, (1911-2005) Lithograph, 1932, edition unknown. 10 x 12 1/2 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good other than for a couple of subtle, soft ripples in the upper left corner of the image. At the age of sixteen Farr enrolled at the Art Students League where she met and studied with her future husband, John Sloan. She was a talented artist in her own right and focused on NY street scenes and also New Mexico subjects. An impression of this work, printed by Grant Arnold, is in the National Gallery of Art. She was also a devoted philanthropist and the Delaware Art Museum holds the definitive collection of her husbands work. $1,000 |
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Under the Bridge HAROLD FAYE American, (1910-1980) Lithograph, 1938, edition probably about 25 impressions. 15 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from very minor staining and handling creases in the margins. Faye was born in Illinois and later moved to New York. He studied at the Art Students League and was active in the NYC WPA program as a lithographer. This large print is listed in the Newark Museum collection as a WPA print from 1938. (Our impression is not stamped.) Another impression is listed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The bridge shown in this scene is the Queensboro Bridge.
A retrospective of his lithographs was held at the Hudson River Museum in 1987. $1,500 |
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Girl Reading LORSER FEITELSON American, (1898-1978) Lithograph, 1938, edition 50. 8 x 11 1/2 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed and numbered in pencil. The print is initialed by the printer, Lynton Kistler, lower left next to the numbering. Here we have a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full. In 1934, Feitelson and his artist wife, Helen Lundberg, developed a style they called "subjective classicism" which is really a brand of surrealism; Post-Surrealism as it was often referred to. In addition to making his own work, He became the Supervisor of murals, paintings and sculpture for the California WPA Federal Art Project. This print was included in the exhibition, Los Angeles Prints 1883-1980 by Ebria Feinblatt and Bruce Davis (1980), entry # 52. An impression of this stellar lithograph in the National Gallery among other institutions. SOLD |
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Waterfront, Manhattan ERNEST FIENE American, (1894-1965) Lithograph, 1931, edition 100. 11 x 17 3/4 in. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. Titled in pencil in the lower margin. The print is also dedicated in pencil, "to Mr. & Mrs. Arnold Ronnebeck." Here we have a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is very good other than for minor soiling here and there in the outer margins and a tiny tear at the left edge. This is one of Fiene's best prints. $1,400 |
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Salinas River - California FRANK MORLEY FLETCHER British/American, (1866-1949) Woodcut printed in colors, 1927-28, edition 100. 12 3/4 x 16 7/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a good impression printed on Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is good. (There are three small areas touched in with gouache(?) certainly by the artist, and faint traces of soiling in the water.) The importance of Fletcher both in England and later in America cannot be overstated. His seminal publication, Wood-Block Printing, published in 1916, had a lasting impact on many printmakers who explored the color woodcut medium. He came to America in 1923 and settled in Santa Barbara where he taught at the Santa Barbara School of Art. He became a naturalized citizen in 1926. This large print is an iconic arts and crafts California woodcut. SOLD |
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Three to Make Ready DON FREEMAN American, (1908-1978) Lithograph, 1933, McCulloch 73, edition 35 or fewer. 11 5/8 x 13 3/4 in. Signed on the stone, lower left. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. Also inscribed, "with best regards to Grant Reynard." This is a fine, rich impression with wide margins. The condition is quite good apart from traces of old tape adhesive on the verso in a few isolated spots, formerly used as hinges. $1,650 |
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Uncle Frank's Workshop WANDA GAG American, (1893-1946) Lithograph, 1935, Winnan 106, edition 50. 13 x 9 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. The edition was printed on a zinc plate by George Miller in New York. A preliminary drawing is in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. SOLD |
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Barns (Barns at Glen Gardner) WANDA GAG American, (1893-1946) Lithograph, 1941-43, Winnan 118, edition 50. 10 1/8 x 15 1/8 in. Signed and dated ('43) in pencil. Inscribed, "For George Miller." (The print is also inscribed by George Miller himself, "Geo C Miller, Litho." This is a fine impression of this uncommon print. The margins are full with a deckle edge on all sides. The sheet is watermarked RIVES. The condition is excellent. This print was based on drawings that Gag did in the vicinity of Tumble Timbers, Glen Gardner, NJ. One of the drawings is in the Graphische Sammlung Albertina and others are in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This lovely print was selected as one of the Fifty Prints of the Year by the American Institute of Graphic Arts. SOLD |
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Spinning Wheel WANDA GAG American, (1893-1946) Wood engraving, 1928, Winnan 57 (iii/III), edition 100. 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression on light cream wove paper with substantial margins (possibly full). The condition is fine. This impression is from the signed edition of 100 printed by the Spiral Press. There was an additional unsigned edition of 2,000 on card stock for a Weyhe Gallery invitation to a show of Gag's work. SOLD |
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Airtight Stove WANDA GAG American, (1893-1946) Wood engraving, 1927-1933, Winnans 49 (ix/IX), edition 250. 4 7/8 x 3 5/8 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The edition was printed in 1934 by the International Print Guild for distribution to their membership. In the lower right corner, there's a vague outline of a cat's face. $900 |
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The Forge WANDA GAG American, (1893-1946) Lithograph, 1932, Winnan 96 (ii/II), edition 100. 11 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. Signed and dated in pencil. this is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. The edition was printed on a zinc plate by George Miller in New York. Sixteen impressions are cited in museum collections. The scene for this print is a Blacksmith's shop in Carversville, PA. SOLD |
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Wagon House WANDA GAG American, (1893-1946) Lithograph on zinc plate, 1929, Winnan 74, edition 75. 12 5/8 x 9 7/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. This work is found in multiple museum collections and there's a preliminary drawing in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (The scene is Gaylordsville, Connecticut.) SOLD |
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Evening WANDA GAG American, (1893-1946) Lithograph, 1928, Winnan 62, edition 100. 8 x 11 7/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a soft crease in the lower left corner of the margins and two discreet archival hinges on the top corners, recto. The edition was printed by George Miller in New York and nineteen impressions are located in museum collections. This print is illustrated and discussed in Paths to the Press, Printmaking and American Women Artists, 1910-1960, by Elizabeth Seaton, et al. (2006), pages 130-131. $1,850 |
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Vase of Flowers WANDA GAG American, (1893-1946) Etching, 1927, Winnan 35 (ii/II), edition 25. 7 x 4 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed with tone. The margins are probably full and the condition is fine. (There's subtle soft wrinkle on the left margin and two small prior archival hinges on the top, recto.) The printer of this edition is unknown however some impressions were printed by Howard Cook and Carl Zigrosser according to Winnan. There was only one impression taken of the first state. SOLD |
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