The Bridge, Sunday
PRENTISS TAYLOR
American, (1907-1991)
Lithograph, 1952, Rose/Quiroz 82, edition 25. 12 x 16 3/4 in. Initialed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, dated, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from two old paper tape hinges at the top and a small stain in the lower margin well below the image. This is one of his best known prints and is located in the Boston Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, among others.
$1,600

Along the Ohio
FLOYD LESLIE THOMPSON
American, (1889-1965)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, circa 1940, edition unknown but certainly less than 100. 11 7/8 x 14 7/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. "Imp." follows his name which means the artist printed the work himself. Thompson was a Chicago artist who specialized is color intaglio printmaking and his subjects are generally landscapes. He is quite skilled but not that well known.
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Abraham
DOX THRASH
African American, (1893-1965)
Drypoint with etching, circa 1937, Ittmann 15, edition unknown. 5 x 3 15/16 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb, rich impression of this very rare print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's a faint residue of an old adhesive along the top edge of the sheet, verso.) This early, Rembrantesque portrait includes the label of the Pennsylvania WPA program. This is the first version of Abraham and the second version, (Ittmann 72), was a carborundum mezzotint and etching. Thrash joined the WPA Federal Art Project in 1937 and he began working at the Fine Print Workshop of Philadelphia. In 2001, the artist was honored with a major retrospective at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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End o'the Line
DONALD VOGEL
American , (1902-2004)
Drypoint, 1940s, edition unknown, perhaps 20. 8 7/8 x 11 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Vogel was a fine painter and he also did several modernist drypoints, many of which relate to New York. Vogel was born in Poland and came to this country at the age of eight. He later studied at the Parsons school of design and Columbia University. His work is listed in the Artists for Victory catalogue (1983) by Ellen Landau, page 119. There is apparently a second printing of this plate which shows significant signs of wear. This is an early printing rich with burr.
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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.
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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.
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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

Primitive Figure
MAX WEBER
American, (1881-1961)
Woodcut, 1921-25, Rubenstein 40; from the edition of 25 printed in 1956. 10 x 3 1/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on cream Japanese paper. Full margins. Fine condition. This impression was printed by Joseph Blumenthal for the Spriral Press, New York, with the permission of the artist. It was included in the suite, "Five Prints by Max Weber" published by Weyhe Gallery. A comparable impression of this print is in the collection of the National Gallery. Additional impressions are in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
$1,400

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.
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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
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

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
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.
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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.
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(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

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.
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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

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.
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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
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.
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