American Prints

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Picket Line -  VOLZ

Picket Line
HERMAN VOLZ
American, (1904-1990)
Lithograph, 1938, edition 40. 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil and inscribed "artist proof." This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a tiny pinhole near the "proof" inscription. Volz was born in Zurich and came to the US in 1933. He was living in the San Francisco Bay area and became a citizen in 1938. This stellar print was done along the San Francisco docks and impressions are located at the Crystal Bridges Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Art.
$1,000

Brothel Scene -  WARD

Brothel Scene
LYND WARD
American, (1905-1985)
Wood engraving, 1929, edition unknown. 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is very good other than for two soft creases in the lower right corner; one touching the image. This engaging print is an illustration for Madman's Drum, one of Ward's novels without words, this one published in 1930.
SOLD

Beach Scene (Coney Island) -  WARSAGER

Beach Scene (Coney Island)
HYMAN WARSAGER
American, (b. 1909)
Screenprint, circa 1940, edition probably about 25-50. 14 x 20 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a very good impression in good condition. The margins are full. There's a suggestion of toning within an earlier mat opening, a few small stains in the upper right margin corner well away from the image and a couple of printing wrinkles which are not really that noticeable. Warsager was an active member of the New York City WPA Graphics Arts division. He worked closely with Anthony Velonis in developing the silkscreen process as a fine arts medium. This is a large print and a great subject for the period. An impression is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection with the title, Beach Scene at Seagate.
$1,400

Locomotive Shops -  WEIDENAAR

Locomotive Shops
REYNOLD WEIDENAAR
American, (1915-1985)
Etching and aquatint, 1947, Buckner 101, edition 75 plus nine trial proofs. 12 7/8 x 16 3/4 in. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression printed in rich black ink. The margins are full and the condition is very good apart from slight light discoloration within an earlier mat opening. This masterpiece of etching took the artist about six months to complete and he spent a week making sketches at the locomotive shop which inspired the print. The time he spent making the plate is dated in the upper left corner of the image. This uncommon print is illustrated on the cover of the catalogue raisonné.
SOLD

Picnic -  WENGENROTH

Picnic
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1938, Stuckey 81, edition 50. 12 1/8 x 15 5/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a modest handling wrinkle in the top margin away from the image and a tiny smudge on the right margin, upper right. This charming early work was done in Port Clyde, Maine.
$650

Day's End -  WENGENROTH

Day's End
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1937, Stuckey 69, edition 30. 7 3/8 x 13 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good. (There's some rippling along the top margin.) This print was done at Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
$900

Fog from the Sea -  WENGENROTH

Fog from the Sea
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1951, Stuckey 193, edition 50. 10 3/8 x 15 7/8 in. Signed, numbered and titled below in pencil. Here we have a superb, atmospheric impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The location of this print is Ogunquit, ME.
SOLD

Forest Shade -  WENGENROTH

Forest Shade
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1945, Stuckey 149, edition 75. 11 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression of this lovely print. The margins are wide and the condition is fine. This print was done in Port Clyde, ME. Notice the two deer lurking in the shadows near the center.
$1,500

Deserted House -  WENGENROTH

Deserted House
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1931, Stuckey 13, edition 54. 9 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a superb impression of this early work. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This Hopperesque image was done in Eastport, Maine.
SOLD

Brooklyn Bridge in Winter -  WENGENROTH

Brooklyn Bridge in Winter
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1959, Stuckey 255, edition 60. 10 1/2 x 15 7/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a superb impression of this iconic American print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This print is located in multiple museum collections including the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
SOLD

(Untitled) Owl -  WENGENROTH

(Untitled) Owl
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1973, Stuckey 351, edition 135. 9 x 7 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This print was published as the frontispiece of a limited edition of the Lithographs of Stow Wengenroth, 1931-1972 as published by the Boston Public Library in 1974. This impression has large margins with a deckle edge on all sides and was not part of the book edition. Rare as such.
$850

Brooklyn City -  WENGENROTH

Brooklyn City
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1932, Stuckey 24, edition 25. 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. Signed in pencil and titled below. This is a superb impression of this rare, early print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Wengenroth was born in Brooklyn in 1906. He studied at the Art Students League from 1923-27 and later at the Grand Central School of Art with Wayman Adams. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1938 and became a full Academician in 1941. This large work was his first recorded lithograph of New York and befittingly, an impression is owned by the Brooklyn Museum.
SOLD

Gloucester Evening -  WENGENROTH

Gloucester Evening
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1976, Stuckey 367, edition 75. 9 7/8 x 15 3/4 in. Signed, titled and with the edition written in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent.
SOLD

Three of a Kind -  WENGENROTH

Three of a Kind
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1967, Stuckey 310, edition 75. 9 x 15 in. Signed in pencil and inscribed "artist's proof." This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine.
$800

Wild Coast -  WENGENROTH

Wild Coast
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1973, Stuckey 349, edition 60. 10 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This compelling image was done in Ogunquit, ME.
SOLD

Matriarch -  WENGENROTH

Matriarch
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1974, Stuckey 355, edition 100. 13 1/4 x 11 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression of this large, beautifully rendered print. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from light discoloration along the left edge of the sheet, verso. This is one of several owl lithographs created by Wengenroth.
SOLD

Little One -  WENGENROTH

Little One
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1975, Stuckey 359, edition 100. 9 3/8 x 13 1/2 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a soft crease in the upper right corner of the sheet.
SOLD

The Third Sea -  WENGENROTH

The Third Sea
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1931, Stuckey 21, edition 54. 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from a tiny stain on the verso which is barely discernible from the front. The print was done in Eastport, ME.
$1,200

Window in Wicasset -  WENGENROTH

Window in Wicasset
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1946, Stuckey 155, edition 65. 9 3/8 x 15 1/2 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is good apart from a small circular spot to the left of the image which is covered by the mat. Wicasset is a small Maine town in the mid coast region.
SOLD

Lobsterman -  WENGENROTH

Lobsterman
STOW WENGENROTH
American, (1906-1977)
Lithograph, 1934, stuckey 46, edition 25. 9 1/2 x 13 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this rare early print. The margins are full and the condition is good. (There's some very light foxing in the image.) This is a shack on Bearskin Neck in Rockport, MA.
SOLD

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