Central Park
LOUIS LOZOWICK
American, (1893-1973)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1940, Flint 174, edition 15. 9 1/16 x 5 1/2 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression of this veryy rare print. The paper is a thin light cream wove and the margins are most likely full. The condition is excellent. Lozowick produced very few color woodcuts and the Flint catalogue lists six in total. They were all produced in 1940. This charming scene shows a child on a sled and a couple in the distance.
$1,850

A gathering of Mice
BETTINA "PETER BOY" LUM
American, (1911-1983)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920, edition unknown (this impression inscribed # 6 in pencil.) 8 1/4 x 4 1/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil with a hard to read date as mentioned above. This is a fine impression of this rare print. The margins are modest and the condition is fine. Bettina was born in Minneapolis and was the daughter of Bertha Lum. She was called "Peter Boy." She was married in 1938 to a British diplomat named Sir Colin Crowe and Crowe was added to her name. Her work is in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and has been exhibited at other US museums.
SOLD

Ecce Homo
FRANS MASEREEL
Belgian, (1889-1972)
Woodcut, 1927, Vorms / von der Gabelentz 49, edition 22. 15 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. Initialed and dated in the block. Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a superb impression of this rare early work, printed on cream wove paper. The margins are full. The condition is excellent apart from minor handling marks in the outer margins only. (The printed surface is pristine.) Masereel was one of the preeminent Belgian expressionist printmakers. He was prolific and most of his prints were small and published in books. Large, early, pencil signed works such as this are very hard to find today.
$2,000

Fruit
DOROTHY MCENTEE
American, (1902-1990)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1940, edition 15. 8 1/16 x 10 in. Signed, titled and inscribed, 15 proofs/trial proof. Here we have a fine impression printed on a thin cream Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is very good. (There's a trace of an old mat line from an earlier mount.) McEntree lived and worked in New York.
$450

Bird of Prey
RODERICK MEAD
American, (1900-1971)
Wood engraving, 1950, Mead 53, Woodcut Society 38; edition 150. 8 x 9 7/8 in. Initialed in the block, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a stellar impression printed on smooth wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This is the 38th Presentation print of the Woodcut Society and comes with the original folder. Mead studied at Yale and the Art Students League. He also was a student of S.W. Hayter.
$500

Don Juan
FOKKO MEES
Dutch, (1887-1968)
Wood engraving, 1930s, edition 30. 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 in. Signed in the block and signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression in fine condition with full margins. A very American-like image by Mees. He excelled in blockprints in both large and small formats.
$500

Bleeker Street Follies
LEO MEISSNER
American, (1895-1977)
Woodcut (linoleum cut?), 1927, edition 30. 10 1/8 x 12 1/2 in. Initialed in the block, lower right. Signed, dated, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression with probably the full margins. The condition is fine. This festive night scene depicts this well known street in Greenwich Village. This block print is not common.
$2,000

Jeter Spivey's Place
LEO MEISSNER
American, (1895-1977)
Wood engraving, 1940s, edition 50. 8 x 11 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Impressions of this pastoral work are found in the Blanton Museum of Art and the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
$500

Sahuaro, Arizona
LEO MEISSNER
American, (1895-1977)
Wood engraving, undated , edition 60. 7 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. (There are two small paper hinges on the top margin.) Meissner created other works based on trips to Arizona.
$400

Farmers Playing Cards (Boerenkaartspelers)
HENDRIK JOHAN MELGERS
Dutch, (1899-1973)
Woodcut, circa 1940, edition unknown. 7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on a light gray wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from some light foxing along the top edge of the sheet. Melgers was born in Groningen where he lived and worked until 1933. He studied at the Academy Minerva and from 1933 on he was in Amsterdam. He was skilled as a woodcut artist as well as a painter. Melgers is loosely associated with "de Ploeg" and this print is illustrated on page 176 of De Ploeg 1918-1930 by Adriaan Venema (1978).
$800

Arata's Scheme
JIM MONSON
American, (b. 1943)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1992, edition 75. 211/4 x 17 1/4 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on Misumi Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. The artist began studying with Lasansky at the University of Iowa in 1965. In 1969, he moved to Paris and joined S.W. Hayter at his Atelier 17. He was working there from 1970 to 1973. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Carleton College, the College of the Holy Cross and others. Since 1985, he's been living and working in France where he continues to explore the reduction woodcut technique with great success.
$650

Uccello's Ring
JIM MONSON
American, (b. 1943)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1994, edition 80. 16 7/8 x 20 3/4 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on Misumi Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine.
$650

Venezia
JIM MONSON
American, (b. 1943)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1998, edition 80. 16 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on Misumi Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. The artist describes his work in the reduction woodcut medium as follows, "Color reduction printing is a gradual process of removing already printed areas of color; these zones will remain in their desired color and keep their intensity. The transition from warm colors to cool colors is made by printing multiple layers of opaque white ink (considered as a blockout). The entire edition is printed after each change of color nuance and when the process comes to an end, the printing surface has virtually disappeared to the point of becoming totally unusable."
$650

Candide
JIM MONSON
American, (b. 1943)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1999, edition 75. 16 7/8 x 20 7/8 in. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine.
$650

Evening Light
D.N. MORGAN
British, (active 1920s-1930s)
Linocut printed in colors, 1931, edition 75. 8 3/4 x 12 1/8 in. Signed, numbered, titled and dated in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from minor handling wrinkles in the wide margins. Morgan exhibited with the Colour Woodcut Society and served in the British army.
$750

Spring Rhapsody
CONRAD & CAVENDISH MORTON
British, (active 1930s-1950s)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1934, edition unknown. 13 3/4 x 20 in. Signed in pencil by both artists, lower right. This is a fine, luminous impression with fresh colors. The paper is a sturdy Japanese and the margins are full. Apart from mild toning in the margins, the condition is very good overall. Like the brothers Detmold, the Cavendish twins both worked on their prints. They were largely self-taught and their work was shown and published by Colnaghi in London. They were born in 1911.
$1,400

A Bouquet of Gladiolus
GLADYS WILKINS MURPHY
American, (1907-1985)
Woodcut printed in colors (linoleum cut?), circa 1930, edition 50. 11 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. this is a stellar impression of this uncommon print. The margins are full. The condition is very good apart from minor foxing here and there in the margins. Murphy studied with Eliza Gardiner and taught printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1928 until 1946. This print is signed "Gladys Wilkins" and when she got married, her prints were signed "Gladys Wilkins Murphy."
SOLD

Rain
GLADYS WILKINS MURPHY
American, (1907-1985)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1930s, edition 50. 8 x 6 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine, atmospheric impression printed on Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's a subtle wrinkle in the lower right corner margin well away from the image.) Murphy was a student and teacher at the Rhode Island School of Design. She exhibited with the Boston Art Club, the Society of American Etchers, the Philadelphia Print Club and the National Academy of Design.
$750

Fish Pier
GLADYS WILKINS MURPHY
American, (1907-1985)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1930s, edition unknown. 7 7/8 x 6 in. Signed, titled and numbered "2" in pencil. This is a fine impression of this uncommon print. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from a small spot of stray printers ink just to the right of the image. Her maiden name was Wilkins and some of her prints are signed with the addition of her husbands last name, Murphy. She studied with Eliza Gardiner at the Rhode Island School of Design and later taught there.
$1,250

Louisburg Square, Beacon Hill, Boston
THOMAS NASON
American, (1889-1971)
Wood engraving, 1930, Boston Public Library 119, edition 70. 7 x 8 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression of this uncommon print. Very good condition.
$900