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Fruit Forms ALBERT HECKMAN American, (1893-1971) Lithograph printed in colors, circa 1935, edition probably 100. 9 3/4 x 16 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is fine impression in fine condition with wide margins.
Heckman taught at Teachers College in New York and later settled in Woodstock, New York. He was active with Gustave van Groschwitz and the WPA printmakers in the 1930s. This is an exemplary color lithograph of the period and a fine example of his work. $900 |
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Old Locks at Eddyville (NY) ALBERT HECKMAN American, (1893-1971) Lithograph, circa 1928, edition 25. 10 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a couple of soft wrinkles in the upper right corner of the sheet. Heckman taught at Hunter College from 1930-1958. He spent his time between NYC and Woodstock, NY. This print is illustrated in the Clinton Adams book, American Lithographers 1900-1960, page 124. $800 |
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The Letter RIVA HELFOND American, (1910-2002) Screenprint printed on brown paper, 1946, edition 40. 17 3/4 x 11 1/2 in. Signed, titled and number in pencil. This is a fine impression of this compelling print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Helfond was born in Brooklyn and studied at the Art Students League with Kuniyoshi and Sternberg. She taught printmaking at the Harlem Arts Community Center when she developed an expertise in the screenprint medium. Many of her subjects related to the coal miners of Pennsylvania during her stint with the WPA program. $2,000 |
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Coffee JOSEPH HIRSCH American, (1910-1981) Lithograph, 1961, Cole 38, edition 250. 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The condition is excellent. Hirsch was born in Philadelphia and studied in New York with George Luks. He was involved with the WPA program in Philadelpia as a muralist. In 1941, he signed on with Associated American Artists which published most of his prints. Coffee is a nice example of his work in lithography. $750 |
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Brooklyn Bridge ELLISON HOOVER American, (1888-1955) Lithograph, circa 1930, edition 40. 9 1/4 x 12 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression of this uncommon print. The margins are wide and there's a watermark showing, MADE IN FRANCE. The condition is fine other than for a small backed tear in the top margin away from the image and a tiny loss to the upper left corner of the sheet. This is one of Hoover's finest prints. SOLD |
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Hollyhocks EDNA BOIES HOPKINS American, (1872-1937) Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1910-13, Vasseur 38, edition unknown. 11 x 7 1/4 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a very good impression with full margins. The condition is fine other than for a small pinhole below the image, center. Four impressions of this lovely print are cited in the catalogue raisonne, including this one.
This is a rare print. SOLD |
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Evening Wind EDWARD HOPPER American, (1882-1967) Etching, 1921, Levin Plate 77, edition unknown. 6 7/8 x 8 5/16 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a superb impression printed on white wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This iconic American etching is in the collection of multiple museums including the Whitney, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art and the British Museum, among others. A drawing study for the etching is located in the Whitney Museum of Art. PRICE ON REQUEST |
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Steel VICTORIA HUTSON HUNTLEY American, (1900-1971) Lithograph, 1957, Newsom pg. 93, edition 50. 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full. Huntley lived in New York and studied at the Art Students League. She produced her first lithograph in 1930 and worked closely with George Miller, the printer. In 1948 she purchased a lithographic press and started doing her own printing. This exceptional work is something of a companion piece to "Steam," another industrial print. Huntley's work is discussed at length in Paths to the Press, Printmaking and American Women Artists 1910-1960 (2005) by Elizabeth Seaton et al. (see pages 160-161). This work was done after she moved to Chicago in 1955. SOLD |
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Approaching New York VICTORIA HUTSON HUNTLEY American, (1900-1971) Lithograph, 1933, Newsom pg. 31, edition unknown. 7 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil "Victoria Hudson." This is a fine impression printed on BFK RIVES watermarked paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Hutson was her last name at this time and she married Ralph Huntley in 1934. During this period in New York she was employed by the WPA program. $1,500 |
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Texas Nomads PETER HURD American, (1904-1984) Lithograph, 1937, Meigs 41, edition 40. 12 x 16 1/2 in. Initialed in the stone, lower right. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression of this large and uncommon print. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from minor wrinkling along the top margin edge and two small repaired tears at the top edge as well. Hurd studied with N.C. Wyeth and later married the painter's eldest daughter, Henriette. He was also a graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. This is a superb example of his work. $3,500 |
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Superstition Mountain JOSEPH IMHOFF American, (1871-1955) Lithograph, 1942, edition unknown. 11 3/4 x 16 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, atmospheric impression of this uncommon print. The margins are full and the condition is very good. There's slight rippling along the upper top margin and slight yellowing on the side margins mostly near the top. Imhoff was born and raised in New York and studied art abroad. He had a chance meeting with Buffalo Bill Cody in Antwerp and this inspired him to pursue Native American subjects and western landscapes. In 1929, he moved to Taos with his wife and there they stayed. Imhoff excelled in lithography as well as painting and drawing. $1,750 |
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Night Shade (Solanum Dulcamara) BERTHA JAQUES American, (1863-1941) Etching with hand coloring, 1917, edition unknown. 10 x 7 15/16 in. Titled in the plate. Signed and dated in pencil and with the following pencil dedication, "To Helen Hyde, with appreciation." This is a fine impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is very good. (There's a paper imperfection near the top of the image and a subtle thin spot, lower right, inherent to the paper.) Jacques was one of the founding members of the Chicago Society of Etchers and she's best known for her botanical etchings and her cyanotypes. There's a large collection of her work at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. SOLD |
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Beyond the Gobi YNEZ JOHNSTON American, (b. 1920) Etching and aquatint printed in colors, undated (probably 19, edition 200. 17 3/4 x 11 3/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression in very good condition. Minor trace of stain in the lower left corner, outside of the image. Full margins. The work of this California artist is discussed in A Spectrum of Innovation by David Acton (1990). $900 |
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The Huckster JACOB KAINEN American, (1909-2001) Lithograph, 1937, Flint 16, edition about 25. 10 x 15 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This impression was part of the NYC Federal Art Project and bears that stamp in the lower left margin. The margins are full and the condition is very good. Kainen joined the New York Graphic Arts Project in 1935 at the beginning of the program. This fine early work shows his great skills as a draughtsman. $1,400 |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico LUIGI KASIMIR Austrian, (1881-1962) Etching and aquatint printed in colors, circa 1930, edition unknown. 12 5/8 x 10 1/2 in. Titled in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil by the artist. This is a fine impression of this uncommon print. The paper is a thick wove with full margins. Fine condition. This church is known as the Santa Fe San Jose Mission Church at Laguna Pueblo. SOLD |
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Bowsprit ROCKWELL KENT American, (1881-1940) Pencil on tracing paper, probably 1930, See Burne-Jones 56. 5 1/2 x 7 in. (image). Signed upper left, "Rockwell Kent (sketch for woodblock 'Bowsprit')." Our drawing is in very good condition. (The sheet was mounted quite some time ago to a thin, archival rag board, apparently to soften the look of some creasing and wrinkling in the image.) This outstanding, working drawing is not mentioned in the Burne-Jones catalog as the author was probably not aware of it. He does, however, reference and illustrate a preliminary drawing from the Zigrosser Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, but it is considerably less developed than our work. We are offering this outstanding drawing WITH AN IMPRESSION OF THE PRINT for which this is the definitive study. The woodcut "Bowsprit" was printed in an edition of 120 and it measures the same size as the drawing (which has a pencil borderline on all sides). The margins are full and the condition is excellent. The woodcut is signed in pencil, lower right. (The canceled block is part of the Adler Collection in the Princeton University Library.) Provenance for both works: Baldwin-Wallace College, Ohio (deacessioned, 2010.) $14,000 |
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Pasture Gate ROCKWELL KENT American, (1881-1940) Lithograph, 1928, Burne Jones / Rightmire 26, edition 110. 10 5/8 x 7 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This print was published by Weyhe Gallery and printed by George Miller. It was based on a drawing of the artist's first wife, Kathleen Whiting Kent. Pasture Gate is listed in multiple museum collections. $1,500 |
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Revisitation ROCKWELL KENT American, (1881-1940) Lithograph, 1928, Burne Jones / Rightmire 22, edition 100. 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on RIVES with full margins.
The condition is fine apart from old hinges at the top corners. "This print demonstrates an interesting combination of crayon and tusche wash technique used to advantage in the sharp contrasts of early twilight, which lends a religiously mystical feeling to the work." (See Burne-Jones, pg 44.) $1,800 |
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Roof Tree ROCKWELL KENT American, (1881-1940) Lithograph, 1928, Burne-Jones / Rightmire 21, edition 100. 11 x 14 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. This large print depicts Kent's home in the Adirondacks known as Asgaard. Scholarship suggests the figure on the roof is Carl Zigrosser (1891-1975), the prominent dealer, print scholar and curator. SOLD |
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Starry Night ROCKWELL KENT American, (1881-1940) Wood engraving, 1933, Burne Jones/Rightmire 103, edition 1,750. 7 x 5 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on a cream wove paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from two old hinges, verso, which are visible from the front. This print was used as a prescription premium by the Literary Guild of America book club. $1,650 |
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