Gloucester Harbor, MA
LAWRENCE NELSON WILBUR
American, (1897-1988)
Drypoint, 1938, edition unknown. 8 x 10 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, early impression done before the 1985 reprint. The margins are full. The condition is fine. Born in Boston, Wilbur moved to NYC in 1925 where he worked in engraving shops and studied at the Grand Central Art School with N.C. Weyth and others. He was also a talented painter and watercolorist.
$550

Vernissage at the Academy
MEYER WOLFE
American, (1897-1985)
Lithograph, 1937, edition unknown. 13 x 11 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full. Wolfe was born in Kentucky and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago and later at the Art Students League. He was a student of John Sloan. He excelled in lithography and was also a painter and sculptor.
$900

Honorary Degree
GRANT WOOD
American, (1891-1942)
Lithograph, 1938, Johnson 5, Cole 4; edition 250. 11 7/8 x 6 15/16 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This print was based on Wood receiving an honorary degree from Lawrence College in Appleton, Wisconsin. He used two of his friends at the University as models. "The hood mimics the shape of the Gothic window in the background, recalling the symbolic window in American Gothic, perhaps implying that the public recognition--symbolized by the shower of light cascading down upon the recipient--has come from the fame of his iconic painting. Wood seems to literally be basking in the glory of the Gothic arch, his symbol for Regionalism and American Gothic, while the two professors bear looks of disdain upon their faces, a sharp contrast to Wood's almost cherubic gaze up towards them." (See page 72 of Grant Wood: The 19 Lithographs, A catalogue Raisonné by Bruce Johnson (2016).
$3,500

Fertility
GRANT WOOD
American, (1891-1942)
Lithograph, 1939, Johnson 14, Cole 15; edition 250. 9 x 11 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on a soft white wove paper.The margins are full with a deckle edge showing on all sides. The condition is excellent. As described by Johnson, "Of all nineteen of Grant Wood's lithographs, Fertility stands out as the most optimistic, literally swelling with symbols of Midwestern abundance, hope, and reassurance that the land will respond, providing sustenance for the American people still reeling from the devastating effects of the Great Depression." See Grant Wood: The 19 Lithographs; a Catalogue Raisonné by Bruce E. Johnson (2016), pg. 110.
SOLD

July Fifteenth
GRANT WOOD
American, (1891-1942)
Lithograph, 1938, Johnson 6, Cole 5; edition 250. 9 x 11 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on RIVES paper with full margins. The condition is very good apart from slight thinness to the paper on the outer edges, verso. The print was attached at the edges at some point and this minor issue does not show in the front at all.
SOLD

Approaching Storm
GRANT WOOD
American, (1891-1942)
Lithograph, 1940, Johnson 16, Cole 19; edition 250. 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The paper shows the watermark POYPE and there's a deckle edge on all sides. The condition is fine apart from a very faint trace of an old adhesive along the extreme top edge of the sheet. According to Associated American Artists records, this print was sold out within five months of being issued. (See Johnson, page 124.)
SOLD

Grant Wood: The 19 Lithographs (by Bruce Johnson)
GRANT WOOD
American, (1891-1942)
Catalogue raisonné, 2016, 185 pages. 8 x 10 x 1/2 in. This is the new catalogue on Grant Wood prints. The original catalogue was written by Sylvan Cole and published by Associated American Artists in 1984. This publication provides a substantial amount of information about Wood's interest in the lithography medium and each print is described at length. There are essays about George Miller, Wood's printer, and regionalism in general. Johnson includes amended dates for a few of the lithographs and explains the facts behind his conclusions. This is a must have book for Grant Wood collectors as it supersedes the Cole catalogue. The price is $30 plus $7 for postage and handling. Sales tax applies to North Carolina residents.
SOLD

Tree Planting Group
GRANT WOOD
American, (1891-1942)
Lithograph, 1937, Johnson 1, Cole 1; edition 250. 8 7/16 x 10 7/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from traces of two old hinge adhesive spots at the top edge of the margin. This was Grant Wood's first lithograph. The scene depicted is an Arbor Day's celebration of a tree planting. There's an oil of this subject in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and a large drawing in the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art.
$8,000

January
GRANT WOOD
American, (1891-1942)
Lithograph, 1938, Johnson 3, Cole 3; edition 250. 9 x 11 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is an excellent impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from the faint remains of the original AAA hinges in the top two corners of the sheet. The paper bears a GCM watermark. This memorable winter image was done in Iowa and there's at least one related drawing and oil painting. (The painting is located in the Cleveland Museum of Art.) "January" is one of six Grant Wood prints reproduced in Thomas Craven's 1939 book, A Treasury of American Prints. This was a very popular print when it was published in the spring of 1938. In the fall 1938 AAA catalogue, "January" was already sold out. (See Johnson, pg. 61).
SOLD

January
GRANT WOOD
American, (1891-1942)
Lithograph, 1938, Johnson 3, Cole 3; edition 250. 9 x 11 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impresssion printed on RIVES watermarked paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from a soft, subtle dent in the left margin which shows as a shadow and below that is a tiny spot. The lower left corner of the sheet has a wrinkle, well away from the image. This memorable winter image was done in Iowa and there's at least one related drawing and oil painting. (The painting is located in the Cleveland Museum of Art.) "January" is one of six Grant Wood prints reproduced in Thomas Craven's 1939 book, A Treasury of American Prints. This was a very popular print when it was published in the spring of 1938. In the fall 1938 AAA catalogue, "January" was already sold out. (See Johnson, pg. 61).
SOLD

Sailing
WILLIAM ZORACH
American, (1887-1966)
Linoleum cut, 1919, small edition. 7 1/8 x 6 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression of this rare print printed in thin wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from small original hinges slightly visible at the top front corners and a couple of specks of printers ink in the right margin. This dynamic print is illustrated and discussed in Print Collector's Quarterly, Volume XIX, No.4, pages 164-165 in an article by Efram Burke. "The print conveys a dramatic interplay of of light and dark patterns, shifting movements, and the energy and force of nature translated through a direct and forceful cutting of the image in the linoleum block." (see page 165). According to Ephram, the location for this print is Stonington, ME. (Six impressions are cited in museum collections.)
$3,500

Sunrise (also called Seiners)
WILLIAM ZORACH
American, (1887-1966)
Linoleum cut, 1915-16, Burk Appendix II (PCQ, December 2002, pg. 372); small edition. 11 5/8 x 8 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb, richly inked impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart occasional soft wrinkles here and there in the margins only. Burk writes about this major print in his PCQ article, "A sense of other-wordly communion is conveyed in this work, with the boat illuminated by the rising sun, which levitates magically over the water and casts a dark shadow on its surface. The vessel is surrounded by a myraid of of fish swimming in oval patterns." Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, NY.
$8,500