A Bouquest 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, titled and numbered ("1/50") in pencil. This is a superb, richly inked impression with full margins. The condition is fine overall apart from slight discoloration here and there in the margins only. Murphy studied with Eliza Gardiner and taught printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1928 until 1946. Before she was married, she signed here prints without "Murphy." This impression is signed, "Gladys W. Murphy." Ex-collection: Reba Williams, New York.
$1,800

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.
SOLD

Spring
ANGELE E. MYRER
American, (1896-1970)
White line woodcut printed in colors, 1958, small edition. 11 1/4 x 12 1/4 in. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression of this rare and exceptional American modernist woodcut. The margins are full showing tack holes on the right edge of the sheet. This was done to keep the sheet in proper registration throughout the printing process. The condition is fine apart from old paper tape along the top edge and a faint suggestion of a mat line in the outer margins. Myrer studied with Karl Knaths in Washington, DC from 1940-44. There she met Ferol Warthen and Angèle spent her summers in Provincetown. After her husband died in 1949, she moved to Provincetown and the two artists studied with Blanche Lazzell. They had adjoining studios at 77 Commercial Street in Provincetown's West End. Myrer was a regular exhibitor at the Provincetown Art Association from 1938 to 1958.
$8,000

Female Nude, Standing
ELIE NADELMAN
American, (1882-1946)
Drypoint, printed in 1951, edition 50. 8 3/8 x 4 in. Unsigned. This is a very good impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. We have not been able to locate an early impression of this print. This work was part of a 1952 portfolio of twenty-two drypoints published by Curt Valentin in New York and printed by Charles White. Nadelman produced most of his prints around 1920. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has several fine examples of early printings.
$4,000

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.
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Deer Isle, Maine
THOMAS NASON
American, (1889-1971)
Wood engraving, 1941, Boston Public Library 324, edition 212. 6 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. Here we have a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from slight rippling along the top edge of the sheet. This is a fine example of his work. This print was published by AAA in New York in an edition of 212.
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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

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

October Afternoon
JACKSON LEE NESBITT
American, (1913-2008)
Etching, 1946, Retif / Salzer 26, AAA 930; edition 250. 9 3/4 x 13 5/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil This is a superb, luminous impression with the full margins. Excellent condition. The setting is a sorghum mill near Liberty, Missouri. The artist considered this to be his best, early print. It was published by AAA in 1947.
$2,000

Auction Barn
JACKSON LEE NESBITT
American, (1913-2008)
Lithograph, 1989, Retif/Salzar 37, edition 250. 17 x 12 1/2 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine. This exceptional work was inspired by Benton and his strong sense of design. Apparently, Nesbitt and Benton visited the barn on one of their sketching trips. Nesbitt also produced an egg tempera painting which is now in the collection of the University of Missouri. The barn is/was located outside of Independence, Missouri. The printer was Wayne Kline.
$3,000

The Spirit of Butler
JACKSON LEE NESBITT
American, (1913-2008)
Etching, 1940, Retif/Salzer 19; edition 100. 13 x 10 1/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil, and, with the inscription, "The Butler Mfg. Company Spirit." This is a fine impression of this extremely rare print. We've never seen it for sale and there are no auction records for it. Butler was run by Swedes and the sitter, Swen, is surrounded by the products made by the Company. This is an exemplary work depicting the American industrial scene circa 1940. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from faint discoloration in the lower right margin corner.
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Solid Reflections
LOUISE NEVELSON
American, (1899-1988)
Etching, engraving, aquatint and soft ground, 1953-55 , Baro 24, Pace 47; edition 20. 27 3/8 x 21 3/4 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a superb, rich impression printed on RIVES watermarked paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This was one of about thirty etchings Nevelson did while working at Atelier 17 in New York between 1953-55. One a few proofs were printed at that time. The formal edition was printed at the Hollander Graphic workshop by Emiliano Sorini between 1965 and 1966 under the supervision of the artist. This impression is from this edition. The imagery here anticipates her growing interest in black sculpture.
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Woman and Child by the Water
JULIETTE S. NICHOLS
American, (1870-circa 1958)
White line color woodcut, undated (circa 1915-20), edition unknown. 11 x 12 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression with the full margins. The condition is fine apart from a couple of professionally flattened creases in the margins only. The paper is a cream, light tan color. This is a great example of her work and and exceedingly rare. Studying in Paris, she learned Japanese woodcut techniques from Edna Boies Hopkins and exhibited her work at the American Women’s Art Association alongside a few other artists who would eventually form the group known as the Provincetown printers. She also studied with Blanche Lazzell when she arrived in Provincetown in 1915. Nichols exhibited her white line woodblock prints in the very first show of the Provincetown Printers at the Berlin Photographic Company in New York City in 1916. They held their first Provincetown show at Ambrose Webster’s Studios. Her work was also exhibited in numerous prominent arts clubs and associations throughout the northeast including the Provincetown Art Association. In the mid 1920’s Nichols traveled again to Paris. She also lived in Marietta, Ohio and New York in the 1920s. This is the only impression we are aware of.
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The Bridge
BJO NORDFELDT
American, (1878-1955)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1906, Donovan/Brown 8; edition unknown. 8 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. Signed, dated and numbered "No. 117" in pencil. This is a fine impression with narrow margins to just around the borderline, so typical of this print. The condition is very good. (There's a tiny speck of foxing at the borderline, upper right and a very subtle soft crease in the lower left corner of the image.) This lovely print appears in multiple color variations which is a concept Nordfeldt mastered with great effect. He was an experimenter. While spending time in Paris studying French woodcuts he became aware of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints which inspired him throughout his career. Furthermore, he studied with Frank Morley Fletcher while in England. Nordfeldt was living in Chicago in 1906 and this work was likely inspired by his time in Sweden where he was born. Impressions of this print are located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
$6,800

Two Men Digging
BJO NORDFELDT
American, (1878-1955)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1906, Donovan 17, edition unknown. 11 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. Signed, dated and numbered "No. 205" in pencil. This is a superb impression on japanese paper trimmed to just outside the margin by the artist. The condition is fine. Our impression is nicer than the one illustrated in the catalogue raisonné. Nordfeldt was born in Sweden and later went to England to study with Frank Morley Fletcher. The year after this print was made the artist left Chicago for the east coast and ended up in New York. He summered in Provincetown, MA. This is a rare print in spite of the 'No. 205" written on it. Provenance: The Old Print Shop, NY. (Framed in a lovely arts and crafts oak frame.)
$8,500

Blue Macaw
ELIZABETH NORTON
American, (1888-1985)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1928, edition 100. 9 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil. Signed with the monogram in the block at lower right. This is a fine impression printed on thin Japan paper. This sheet is mounted to a support sheet at the four corners. The condition is very good apart from a vertical break in the tissue away from the image at the left, most likely from the printing process. Elizabeth Norton was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 16, 1887 and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1910, the Art Students' League, National Academy of Design and the Chase School in New York (now Parsons School of Design). She traveled to California in 1915 to see the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, returning in 1919 to make the San Francisco Bay Area her home.
$1,000

Banner Fish
ELIZABETH NORTON
American, (1888-1985)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (probably 1930s-1940s), edition 75. 11 x 9 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Inscribed "del.sc.et imp." Here we have a superb impression printed on a very thin japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is very good. (The sheet is attached at the four corners to a sturdy support sheet. There's a subtle, small printing wrinkle just to the edge of the image at the upper left corner.) Norton was born in Chicago and studied at the Art Student's League and the National Academy of Design among others. She was instrumental in the founding of the Palo Alto Arts Club in 1921 and she was a member of several printmakers Clubs and their associated exhibitions.
$750

Harlem River Bridges
ELIZABETH OLDS
American, (1896-1991)
Screenprint, 1940, edition unknown. 9 7/8 x 18 3/8 in. Signed, dated, titled and described "silkscreen" in pencil. This is a fine impression of this uncommon print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There are a couple of small spots of printer's ink in the bottom margin.) Olds worked in the Graphics division for the Public Works Art Project in Omaha, Nebraska, and the Federal Art Project in New York. She was a member of the Artists League of America and the American Artists Congress. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and she was the first woman to receive the Guggenheim Fellowship to study painting abroad (1926-27). This image was also done as a lithograph (in reverse) and is located in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The lithograph was a New York WPA print.
SOLD