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

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

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

New York City
JEROME MYERS
American, (1867-1940)
Monotype, 1917, edition of one. 10 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from some wrinkles at the lower left margin edge and old hinges at the top. Monotypes by Myers are rare. This is inscribed by him along the bottom, "on Henry Street near Jackson Street" which places this in the lower east side of New York.
$2,000

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

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.
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The Gambrel-Roofed Barn
THOMAS NASON
American, (1889-1971)
Chiaroscuro wood engraving, 1947, Boston Public Library 393; edition 90. 5 5/8 x 10 1/8 in. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on thin cream Japan paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. For this outstanding and somewhat experimental print, Nason found it difficult to obtain boxwood blocks so he printed a tint with a copper plate. The black was printed from a woodblock and the olive was printed from the copper plate.
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Amston Pond
THOMAS NASON
American, (1889-1971)
Engraving, 1947, Boston Public Library 424, edition 250. 6 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This copperplate engraving was published by the Society of Print Connoisseurs.
$475

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.
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Ozark Bridge
JACKSON LEE NESBITT
American, (1913-2008)
Etching, 1941, Retif / Salzer 20; edition 250. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with wide margins. The condition is excellent. This exemplary work was designed on a sketching trip in Arkansas with Thomas Hart Benton and two other artists. This work was published by Associated American Artists but a few impressions were also printed by the artist. This is one of those as it shows his signature and date on the plate in the extreme lower left corner.
$1,250

Rocks of Cape Ann (MA)
STEPHEN PARRISH
American, (1846-1938)
Etching, 1881, Schneider 45 (ii/II), edition unknown. 6 3/4 x 14 5/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Titled in the plate, lower right. Here we have a fine, tonal impression printed on a sturdy wove paper. The margins are apparently full and the condition is fine. This print is lited in five museum collections.
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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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Landscape with Live Oak
ROI PARTRIDGE
American, (1888-1984)
Etching, 1946-51, White 264, edition 62. 7 3/8 x 9 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine crisp impression with probably the full margins. The condition is excellent. According to White, "This etching was made on the La Cumbre Ranch near Santa Barbara, California."
$800

Windblown Trees
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1920, Bakker 56a, edition unknown. 7 x 9 3/4 in. Signed in pencil, lower right, within the image. This is a superb, vibrant impression of this well known image. The print is trimmed along the edge of the image (by the artist) and attached at the top to a black paper support sheet which extends slightly beyond the print (also done by the artist). In addition, the print and black paper are mounted at the top edge to a sturdy, tan matboard-like support. This is the original presentation as prepared by Patterson and we've seen this approach before. The condition is excellent. As viewed on page 20 of the Bakker retrospective catalogue from 1989, there's an oil study for this image as well as a charcoal and white pastel drawing.
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Grandmother's Flowers (actually known as Garden Flowers)
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1921, Bakker 90, intended edition of 100. 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. Signed in the image in pencil and signed and titled in pencil below on the support sheet. This is a fine, vibrant impression with fresh colors. The print is trimmed to the image and mounted to a sturdy card stock support which was clearly done by the artist. The condition is very good. For some reason Patterson titled this print differently. The intense work involved in rubbing the colors into the back of the sheet from the blocks is perfectly demonstrated here. The end result is almost sculptural. Due to the labor intensive nature of printing just one impression, and given the scarcity of her prints, we doubt that the full editions were ever printed.
$5,000

The Winding Road
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (circa 1912-14), Bakker 29, edition unknown. 7 x 9 1/2 in. Unsigned. This is a fine impression of this uncommon, early work. The margins are narrow and certainly trimmed as such by the artist. The condition is fine. (This impression is originally from the estate of the artist.) This delightful, arts and crafts image is certainly a European scene; we know that Patterson did travel to France, Holland and Belgium before WWI.
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Bleeding Heart
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, Bakker 93, intended edition of 100. 10 x 7 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with probably full margins. The condition is very good apart from and old strip of tape across the top edge of the sheet verso, and a couple of tiny pieces of the same on the bottom edge, verso.
SOLD