Spring Rhapsody
CONRAD & CAVENDISH MORTON
British, (active 1930s-1950s)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1934, edition unknown. 13 3/4 x 20 in. Signed in pencil by both artists, lower right. This is a fine, luminous impression with fresh colors. The paper is a sturdy Japanese and the margins are full. Apart from mild toning in the margins, the condition is very good overall. Like the brothers Detmold, the Cavendish twins both worked on their prints. They were largely self-taught and their work was shown and published by Colnaghi in London. They were born in 1911.
$1,400

Le Pont d'Avignon
PHILIP G. NEEDELL
British, (1886-1974)
Color woodcut, 1925, edition 60. 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression with substantial but possibly trimmed margins.
$600

Building the Trawler
JOHN PLATT
British, (1886-1967)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1929, Chapman 18, projected edition of 150; this impression numbered "I/X", one of several trial proofs. 9 x 13 7/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression in fine condition. Wide margins.
$1,200

The Port of St. Tropez
JOHN PLATT
British, (1886-1967)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1924, Chapman 12, projected edition of 100, with an additional printing of twenty inscribed in Roman numerals. 13 1/2 x 10 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. A superb impression with full margins. Fine condition.
$1,200

The Echoing Shore
JOHN PLATT
British, (1886-1967)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1931, Chapman 21 (a of c), edition unknown. 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. Signed with the artist's estate stamp on the verso, lower right corner. This is a fine impression of this extremely rare print. The margins are somewhat narrow but this is most likely the original size sheet used at the time of printing. Excellent condition. "Chapman describes this print as having "no projected edition." The influence of Japanese printmaking is clearly in evidence here.
SOLD

Lapwings
JOHN PLATT
British, (1886-1967)
Woodcut printed in seven colors, 1936, Chapman 32, recorded edition of only 22. 16 1/2 x 8 in. Signed and numbered "XIX" in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on Japanese paper. The margins are substantial. The condition is fine apart from a small wrinkle in the lower left corner and one in the upper left. There was no projected edition for this print. The influence of Japanese printmaking is clearly evident.
$2,000

Magpie
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1920-30, edition 100. 8 1/2 x 11 7/8 in. Initialed in the block with the monogram, lower left. Signed in pencil, lower right. Numbered, lower left.. This is a very fine impression printed on Japanese paper. The margins are wide but with a narrow margin along the top. The condition is fair. There's slight foxing showing in the margins and two repairs in the upper corners not affecting the image. Seaby was one of the preeminent students of Frank Morley Fletcher at the Reading School of Art.
$650

Goat With Two Kids
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, edition probably 50-100. 8 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. Signed in the block with the monogram. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression printed on cream Japanese paper, a paper typically used by the artist. The margins are narrow but substantial enough. The condition is very good with very faint light toning showing in the image. Seaby was one of the best known students of Frank Morley Fletcher and he became Professor of Fine Art at the University of Reading from 1920-1933. He mastered the art of Japanese style woodblock printing and his work has a special place within the history of graphic art in England between the wars.
$850

Osprey
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, edition 100. 14 x 9 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a superb, early impression of this majestic woodcut. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from very slight light toning within an early mat opening. This impression varies somewhat from one we have a few years ago; there's less definition in the trees in the background and the monogram in the lower right is not yet clearly defined. A new catalogue on Seaby is now available: Allen W. Seaby, Art and Nature, by Martin Andrews and Robert Gillmor (2014) by Two Rivers Press. There is no formal listing of the prints but it's a very nice publication with plenty of illustrations and informative text.
SOLD

Three Swans
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, edition possibly 100. 8 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. Initialed in the block with the artist's monogram, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression with modest margins. This is probably the full sheet as printed. The condition is fine apart from paper tape along the edges of the sheet, verso. The most important contribution to date about the artist is a catalogue by Martin Andrews and Robert Gilmore, Allen W. Seaby, Art and Nature (2014) Two Rivers Press.
$1,350

Saint-Paul- de-Vence
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated, probably 1920s, Edition unknown. 7 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. Initialed in the block, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this uncommon print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's some stray printer's ink here and there in the outer margins.) St Paul-de-Vence is a medieval town in the Provence-Aples-Côte d'Azur region of Southern France. It's near Nice. We are aware of a pencil study for this charming print.
$1,000

The Shadowed Valley
FRANK SHORT
British, (1857-1945)
Mezzotint, 1927, Hardie 128, edition unknown. 14 3/8 x 19 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this outstanding print. The margins are trimmed and it's printed on a chine applique; otherwise in fine condition. The drawing study for this print is in the collection of the Fogg Art Museum in Cnambridge, MA.
$2,200

Goatfell No. 2
HELEN G. STEVENSON
British, (active 1920s-1930s)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, edition unknown. 9 x 7 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression of this uncommon print. The Margins are full and the condition is excellent. Helen G. Stevenson, Scottish painter and printmaker, was a student of Frank Morley Fletcher at Edinburgh College of Art, exhibiting with the Society of Graver Printers in Color between 1924-35 and with the California Society of Printmakers, in the 1920’s. She became an art teacher at St. Andrews Cottage School in Edinburgh upon graduation. Her works are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert and the British Museum (see: Garton, "British Printmakers 1855-1955), page 69.
SOLD

Martin's Hovel
ROBIN TANNER
British, (1904-1988)
Etching, 1927, Garton 3 (iii/III), edition 50. 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression from the first edition of 50 impressions by Nicholson. There were two subsequent editions; one in 1974 by the Penn Print Room (50 impressions) and another in 1984 by Garton & Co (12 impressions). This stellar, early work was done in Wiltshire and the Church in the background is St. Nicholas's at Biddestone. Tanner was inspired by Samuel Palmer and William Morris. He worked in the traditional English pastoral style of Paul Drury and Graham Sutherland.
$2,200

Quai d'Orsay, Paris
YOSHIJIRO URUSHIBARA
Japanese, (1880-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (probably 1920s), edition perhaps 100. 9 5/8 x 12 1/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on light cream laid paper. The margins are about 3/4" on all sides which appear to be full and untrimmed. The condition is excellent. This impression is inscribed "No.81" from an unknown edition.
$900

Roses 2
YOSHIJIRO URUSHIBARA
Japanese, (1880-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (possibly circa 1925), Chapman/Horner F38, edition possibly 50. 12 x 8 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on cream laid paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This impression bears seal # 2 and signature # 21 printed in the right side of the image. (See the catalogue raisonné, page 196). Provenance: the artist's estate via Ichiro Urushibara, the artist's son. (Note: the catalogue raisonné of Urusibara's woodcuts was recently published in 2017. The authors are Hilary Chapman and Libby Horner. ISBN 9789004341982, Hotei Publishing, Leiden, The Netherlands.)
$1,450

Sweet Peas 2
YOSHIJIRO URUSHIBARA
Japanese, (1880-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1913, Chapman/Horner F41, edition probably 83. 12 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in the block with the artist's seal. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression with rich colors. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This is one of many exemplary floral woodcuts done by Urushibara. Color variations exist of this print. Ex-collection: the artist's estate via Ichiro Urushibara, the artist's son. The artist rarely dated his prints.
$1,500