Book Auction
MABEL DWIGHT
American, (1875-1955)
Lithograph, 1932, Robinson/Pirog 63 (i/II); edition 40. 9 x 10 3/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on RIVES watermarked paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This is an undescribed first state impression before the image was reduced along the left side by about 1 3/16 inches. There's a preliminary drawing showing this state illustrated on page 105 of the catalogue which was apparently titled. "Fashionable Auction." This title appears in pencil along the lower left edge of the margin written by someone unknown and it's also listed in the entry as an alternate title for the print. (We have the second state impression on this site if you search under Mabel Dwight.) The scene depicted here is is the book auction of the collected works of the Marquess of Lothian held at the Anderson Galleries in New York, 1932. Dwight was there making sketches and the result was this fine print.
$1,600

Derelicts, New York
MABEL DWIGHT
American, (1875-1955)
Lithograph, 1931, Robinson/Pirog 61 (ii/II); edition 40. 9 3/4 x 12 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, dark impression of this compelling print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. The scene is along the East River below the steelwork and tower of the Manhattan Bridge. This print relates to a watercolor in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
$2,500

Kittens
MABEL DWIGHT
American, (1875-1955)
Lithograph, 1931, Robinson / Pirog 53, edition 30. 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. Unsigned. Here we have a fine impression of this uncommon print. The margins are full and the paper bears these two partial watermarks; BFK and FRANCE which refers to BFK RIVES paper. The condition is fine other than for a one inch tear in the right margin, far away from the image. Note: The impression illustrated in the catalogue raisonne appears to be unsigned as well.
SOLD

Driftway, Evening
KERR EBY
American, (1889-1946)
Etching and aquatint, 1933, Giardina 196 (ii/II); edition 100. 8 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, atmospheric impression printed on a white wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Driftway was Eby's home in Westport, CT.
$850

Day's End, Driftway
KERR EBY
American, (1889-1946)
Etching and aquatint, 1939, Giardina 196 (iii/III), edition about 100. 8 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, atmospheric impression printed on cream laid paper. The margins are full. The condition is very good other than for a subtle, small area of discoloration at the platemark, upper left, and a subtle, small wrinkle in the image, lower left corner. This etching depicts the artist's home in Westport, Ct.
$800

No. 1 Wall Street (New York)
KERR EBY
American, (1889-1946)
Etching, 1930, Giardina 148 (iv/IV), edition 90. 16 x 10 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine impression printed with tone. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This well known print depicts Trinity Church in the heart of New York's financial district. No. 1 Wall Street was the former headquarters of the Irving Trust Company. Construction began in 1929 and was completed in 1931.
$750

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.
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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

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

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.
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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

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

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

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.
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Post-Surreal Configuration: Biological Symphony
LORSER FEITELSON
American, (1898-1978)
Lithograph, 1939, edition 20. 12 1/8 x 17 1/4 in. Signed and dated on the stone, lower left. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a small previous hinge on the top left edge, verso. This highly regarded and uncommon print was originally printed in an edition of twelve and in 1972 the second edition of twenty was printed. "Through the WPA project and it's lithographic printer, Carl Winter, Feitelson and (Helen) Lundeberg undertook to make prints which reflected these noted artists' achievements in Post-Surreal Abstraction, which they pioneered in Southern California." This text is on page 18 of Los Angeles Prints, 1883-1980, by Ebria Feinblatt and Bruce Davis (1980). This print is illustrated on page 53 of this catalogue and there's a painting which relates to the lithograph. (Impressions of this print are found in the National Gallery of Art (DC), the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Whitney American Art Museum.)
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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

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.
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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

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.
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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