Nightmare
ROCKWELL KENT
American, (1881-1940)
Lithograph, 1941, Burne Jones / Rightmire 123, edition 55. 10 3/4 x 8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression of this rare and powerful print. The margins are full with a partial watermark showing, "ALL RAG." The condition is fine. The original drawing is at the Kupferstitchkabinett Kunstmuseum in Basel, Switzerland. This lithograph is located in the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Columbia University Library, the Hermitage Museum, The Museum of Modern Art, the Library of Congress and the Philadelphia Museum of Art among others.
SOLD

Stairhall
ARMIN LANDECK
American, (1905-1984)
Drypoint and engraving, 1950, Kraeft 104, edition 100. 12 x 14 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine apart from a very faint suggestion of toning within an earlier mat opening. The scene is the old Delmonico Hotel on East 14th Street in New York. Landeck had a studio there for many years. Provenance: M. Knoedler (with their label).
$2,200

Narrow Street
ARMIN LANDECK
American, (1905-1984)
Drypoint and engraving, 1949, Kraeft 102, edition 100. 16 x 9 7/8 in. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine impression in excellent condition. The margins are full.
$650

The Net Menders
CLARE LEIGHTON
American, (1899-1989)
Wood engraving, 1933, Boston Public Library 247, edition 200. 6 1/8 x 7 5/8 in. Signed, dated, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on thin cream wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is very good. (There are the usual three glue spots on the top from when the print was attached to the folder it was issued in.) Specifically, this lovely work was published by the Woodcut Society of Kansas City in 1933 and this folder accompanies the print. It contains an introduction by Martin Hardie.
SOLD

Break in the Thunderstorm
MARTIN LEWIS
American, (1881-1962)
Drypoint, 1930, McCarron 86 (ii/II), intended edition of 85. 12 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on a wove paper with a subtle greenish-blue tint. The margins are full and the condition is exceptionally fine. According to the catalogue, the location is the corner of 34th Street and Park Avenue, near Lewis's studio. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York (with their label). The McCarron catalogue states 66 recorded impressions including 16 trials.
PRICE ON REQUEST

Cathedral Spires
TOD LINDENMUTH
American, (1885-1976)
Linoleum cut, undated (circa 1920-25?), edition unknown. 12 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a stellar impression of this extremely rare and stunning print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Lindenmuth was one of the original members of the Provincetown printers group and he specialized in scenes of boats and fishermen in the Cape Cod area. He was employed by the WPA during the 1930s. Cathedral Spires are located in Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Birger Sandzen produced a very similar block print of this subject in 1922.
$1,400

Night and the Salute, Venice
SIDNEY M. LITTEN
British, (1887-1934)
Etching and drypoint, 1928, edition perhaps 80. 10 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression printed on a greenish-blue paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Litten studied with Frank Short at the Royal College of Art. He exhibited at the Walker Galleries and the Royal Academy. This is a large and exceptional example of his work.
$550

Venetian Steps
SIDNEY M. LITTEN
British, (1887-1934)
Etching and drypoint, 1928, edition 80. 10 3/4 x 15 in. Signed and numbered "xxviii" in pencil. Here we have a fine, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Impressions of this print are located at the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Princeton University Art Museum.
$550

Bridge in thePass at Glencoe-Scotland
THOMAS MORAN
American, (1837-1926)
Etching with roulette, 1882-1888, Morand/Friese 39; edition unknown. 9 1/4 x 11 5/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression printed on a very smooth, light cream wove paper. The margins are wide and probably full. The condition is fine. This dynamic image was etched in 1882 and the artist added the thistle remarque in the lower right corner in 1888. He did at least one drawing, one watercolor and an oil painting of the subject. The plate was published by Estes and Lauriat.
$1,650

Nagelrock
WILLEM H. MUHLSTAFF
Dutch, (1894-1982)
Lithograph, 1948, edition unknown. 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. Initialed and dated on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. Muhlstaff was a gifted realist painter and lithographer who worked in an intensely detailed style reminiscent of the 17th century Dutch painters. The artist was born in ’s-Hertogenbosch and later lived in Rotterdam, Leiden and Zaandam. He was related to H.P. Bremmer who was the important advisor to Helene Kröller-Müller. Muhlstaff was part of the group of artists close to Bremmer that included Charley Toorop and Mendes de Costa, among others. Muhlstaff had a large collection of old Dutch pottery which he used for his paintings and prints. According to a pencil notation on the old mat, this print belonged to H.P. Bremmer.
$550

Still Life
WILLEM H. MUHLSTAFF
Dutch, (1894-1982)
Lithograph, 1945, edition 15. 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. Initialed and dated on the stone. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine. According to a pencil notation on the old mat, this impression belonged to H.P. Bremmer (1871-1956). Under the direction of Bremmer, Helene Kröller-Müller began her collection and purchased her first Van Gogh painting in 1908.
$550

Haystacks
THOMAS NASON
American, (1889-1971)
Wood engraving, 1949, Boston Public Library 462, AAA 1117; edition 250. 6 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a very fine impression printed on thin wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Here we have a fine example of Nason's work in the wood engraving medium.
$450

November Evening
JACKSON LEE NESBITT
American, (1913-2008)
Etching, 1946, Retif/Salzar 24, edition 250. 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with substantial margins. The condition is very good apart from faint toning along a previous mat opening. This print was published by Associated American Artists and was featured in Albert Reese's book, American Prize Prints of the 20th Century. It was awarded the Eames Prize in 1946 by the Society of American Etchers as well as a purchase prize from the Library of Congress. The scene depicted was in Arkansas and Nesbitt was sketching along this road with Benton. This scenario provided the basis for the etching and also a painting of the same subject.
$1,500

The Weary Ploughman
SAMUEL PALMER
British, (1805-1881)
Etching, Begun in 1858, Lister 8 (viii?/VIII), edition unknown. 5 3/16 x 7 15/16 in. Unsigned. This is a fine, luminous impression printed on chine applique. The sheet has been trimmed within the exceptionally wide platemark but there still remains about 3/4 in. around the image. The condition is fine otherwise. The eighth and final state was published by the Etching Club in 1865 and bears the number "4" just below the image at center. This impression does not have the number so it's possibly a proof before publication. The various states of this print, along with other Palmer etchings, are difficult to sort out. The Weary Ploughman is a stellar example of Palmer's work in the etching medium and he worked intensely on this plate for about six weeks. The plate was cancelled during Palmer's lifetime in about 1875.
$2,750

Santa Rosita (Hollister Peak)
ROI PARTRIDGE
American, (1888-1984)
Etching, 1923, White 141 (i/II), edition 92. 9 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, upper right. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression printed on a light cream laid paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from traces of small old hinges at the top corners of the margins. Partridge began teaching at Mills College in 1920 and later served as director of their Art Gallery. Forty-two of his etchings were exhibited at the Panama-Pacific International Exhibition in 1915. This stellar print was included in Fine Prints of the Year, 1924. The artist was married to the photographer Imogen Cunningham from 1915 until 1934.
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The Mill at Rugen
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1910, Bakker 11a, small edition. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. Unsigned. This rare, early work was done in Germany. This is a fine impression trimmed to just outside the borderline (by the artist). The condition is very good. This work is from the estate of the artist, via James Bakker when he was in Cambridge, MA (circa 1990.
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The Elevated (New York)
JOSEPH PENNELL
American, (1857-1926)
Etching, 1921, Wuerth 789, edition perhaps 50. 10 x 6 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on a light cream wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There are Pennell's inky fingerprints showing here and there in the margins.) This print depicts the Sixth Avenue El at the very heart of the shopping district. Gimbels, Sacks and Co. and Macy's are nearby. This print was done when Pennell and his wife moved to Brooklyn Heights in 1921.
$750

Woman Picking Cabbages (Femme Cueillant des Choses)
CAMILLE PISSARRO
French, (1830-1903)
Etching and drypoint, 1888, Delteil/Cailac 77 (ii/VII); edition 17. 4 x 2 3/8 in. Signed in pencil and inscribed "2e état - No. 2." The print is titled below by the artist. There's an authentication inscription on the verso, top, by Georges Henri Manzana Pissarro, the artist's son. This is a fine impression of this extremely rare early state before the plate was overworked. The condition is fine apart from slight rippling on the outer edges of the sheet and a very subtle wrinkle in the top left corner margin. There were only 17 lifetime impressions of this print.
$4,200

Landscape 2021-I
GRIETJE POSTMA
Dutch, (b. 1961)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2021, edition 28. 15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression of this stellar print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This is the artist's first woodcut for 2021 and it has a distinct arts and crafts look which is so often the case with her work.
$950

Landscape 2020-II
GRIETJE POSTMA
Dutch, (b. 1961)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2020, edition 20. 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This remarkable print shows Postma's great sense of design and a complexity of colors.
$650