Manta's Wharf (Provincetown)
TOD LINDENMUTH
American, (1885-1976)
Linoleum cut, circa 1920, edition unknown. 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression of this extremely rare and masterful print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Lindenmuth is one of the original members of the Provincetown Printers and one of the earliest artists to work almost exclusively in the linoleum cut medium. Manta's Wharf was built in the mid 19th century off of Commercial Street. It was badly damaged in a 1917 storm and was gone by 1929. This is arguably Lindenmuth's finest print and it's extremely rare. (The print is beautifully framed to museum standards.)
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The Home Port
TOD LINDENMUTH
American, (1885-1976)
Linoleum cut printed in colors, circa 1920, small edition. 8 x 6 in. Signed and titled in pencil. Here we have a very good impression printed on a fibrous, white wove paper. The condition is good and there are subtle spots of foxing showing in the full margins but they do not affect the image. Lindenmuth was included in Janet Flint's landmark exhibition, Provincetown Printers, A Woodcut Tradition (1983). He's also included in David Acton's 1990 catalogue, A Spectrum of Innovation; Color in American Printmaking 1890-1960.
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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.
$1,000

Fog Bound
TOD LINDENMUTH
American, (1885-1976)
Linoleum cut printed in colors, circa 1920, small edition. 14 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine impression of this large, exemplary work. The margins are modest but sustantial enough and the condition is excellent. Lindenmuth studied in New York with Robert Henri and later in Provincetown with Ambrose Webster and George Elmer Browne. He first exhibited his prints in Provincetown in 1915 and later. Lindenmuth was included in Janet Flint's landmark exhibition, Provincetown Printers; A Woodcut Tradition (1983). He is also represented in A Spectrum of Innovation; Color in American Printmaking 1890-1960, by David Acton (1990).
$2,700

Clothes Shop (New York)
CHARLES LOCKE
American, (1889-1983)
Lithograph, 1936 or 1937, edition about 25. 11 x 6 5/8 in. Signed on the stone with the artists monogram. Signed and titled in pencil below the image. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This print was done as part of the New York Federal Art Project and bears the ink stamp. Locke excelled in lithography and he worked closely with Joseph Pennell at the Art Students League. He eventually succeeded Pennell there as Instructor of Lithography. There was a retrospective of his work at the Pratt Graphics Center and Pratt Institute in 1985. This work is illustrated on page 107 of The Federal Art Project: American Prints From the 1930s (1985) University of Michigan.
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Noon
LOUIS LOZOWICK
American, (1893-1973)
Lithograph, 1930, Flint 60, edition 50. 8 1/4 x 11 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression in fine condition with full margins. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York.
$1,200

Storm over Manhattan
LOUIS LOZOWICK
American, (1893-1973)
Lithograph, 1935, Flint 127, edition 189. 10 x 13 3/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression rich with contrasts. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's a tiny speck of ink in the lower margin and a tiny tear at the top margin edge.) This edition was published by Associated American Artists in NY and printed by George Miller.
$4,000

Corner of Steel Plant
LOUIS LOZOWICK
American, (1893-1973)
Lithograph, 1929, Flint 21, from the 1972 edition of ten impressions. 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. Initialed on the stone with the artist's monogram. Signed and dated in pencil and inscribed "I/X." This is a fine impression in excellent condition. The margins are full. This potent, early print was printed in an early edition of 25 impressions.
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Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile)
LOUIS LOZOWICK
American, (1893-1973)
Lithograph, 1935, Flint 123. edition 250. 9 1/2 x 13 3/8 in. Initialed on the stone, lower left. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression printed on white wove paper. The margins are trimmed a bit on the top and bottom but are still substantial enough. The condition is very good. This impression is from the 1948 edition published by Associated American Artists and printed by George Miller. There was a small edition of ten impressions printed in 1935.
$1,500

Debutante
LOUIS LOZOWICK
American, (1893-1973)
Lithograph, 1930, Flint 53, edition 25. 14 1/2 x 11 in. Initialed on the stone, lower right. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a very fine impression printed on BFK RIVES paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from minor wrinkles showing here and there in the extreme outer margins. This classic academic nude study shows the range of Lozowick's skills as a draughtsman.
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Distant Manhattan from Brooklyn
LOUIS LOZOWICK
American, (1893-1973)
Lithograph, 1937, Flint 145, edition 200. 7 15/16 x 13 in. Signed and dated on the stone. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This stellar image was published by the American Artists Group and printed by George Miller. The Flint catalogue does not mention any other editions. The print is not pencil signed as is the case with all AAG editions and we have the original folder which accompanies the print.
$5,000

Abandoned Quarry, Rockport
LOUIS LOZOWICK
American, (1893-1973)
Lithograph, 1936, Flint 129, edition 20. 14 x 10 7/8 in. Initialed on the stone, lower right. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from old hinges at the top corners. According to the catalogue, Lozowick spent several summers at Rockport, MA. Quarrying for granite was a major industry for the town.
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Blast Furnaces (New Jersey)
LOUIS LOZOWICK
American, (1893-1973)
Lithograph, 1929, Flint 16, edition 50. 7 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. Initialed in the stone, lower right. Signed and dated in pencil. Titled in the lower left margin. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. According to Flint, these blast furnaces may have been located near Dover, NJ, which was once considered the "Pittsburgh of New Jersey". In 1972, an additional five numbered impressions were printed by Burr Miller. The original edition was printed by George Miller.
$5,000

Birth of a Skyscraper
LOUIS LOZOWICK
American, (1893-1973)
Lithograph, 1930, Flint 46, edition 25. 12 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. Initialed on the stone, lower right. Signed and dated in pencil. Titled in pencil in the lower left margin. This is a fine impression of this uncommon and exceptional print. The original price of $20 is written in the lower right margin. Impressions are located at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers and at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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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

The Fox Woman
BERTHA LUM
American, (1869-1954)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1916, Gravalos / Pulin 38, edition at least 197. 16 1/2 x 10 in. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with fresh colors. The margins are narrow but probably full. The condition is fine apart from soft rippling here and there at the sheet edges. This lovely print provides an elegant and refined visualization of the age-old role of the fox in oriental folklore. This theme is discussed in the catalogue raisonne entry for this print on page 96.
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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.
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Sugar Snow
GUY MACCOY
American, (1904-1981)
Screenprint, 1946, edition unknown. 10 1/4 x 13 3/8 in. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on light gray paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Maccoy made his first artistic screenprints in 1932 and taught the medium in Colorado and Los Angeles during the 1940s and 1950s. He was married to the artist, Geno Petit.
$750

Bridge Over Canal, Amsterdam
JOHN MARIN
American, (1872-1953)
Etching, 1906, Zigrosser 13 (ii/II), edition 30. 5 15/16 x 7 1/2 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a superb impression of this lovely, rare work. The paper is a cream Japanese and the margins are full. The condition is excellent. Like Whistler and his Amsterdam etchings, Marin appreciated the uniqueness of every impression and applied the ink in such a dramatic way that no two impressions are exactly the same. We sold a rare first state of this print a couple of years ago and the inking was substantially different than this one. Other impressions are found at Colby College, The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Ohmpeer
KYRA MARKHAM
American, (1891-1967)
Lithograph, 1944, edition 25. 13 3/8 x 10 1/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. The edition size is also written in pencil below the image. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are wide and probably full. A very good, short biography about Markham is found in Paths to the Press, Printmaking and American Women Artists, 1910-1960 (2006), pages 194-195. This is a nice example of her later work.
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