Mount Hood
FRANCES GEARHART
American, (1869-1959)
Block print printed in colors, undated (circa 1930), edition unknown. 6 1/8 x 4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression of this uncommon print. The margins are full and the condition is very good apart from three hinges at the top edge of the sheet. Gearhart often referred to her prints as simply "block prints" and they were mostly printed from linoleum blocks as opposed to wood. Furthermore, the inks are oil-based and not watercolor. The editions are generally unknown but the prints are less common than one might think, especially the earlier work.
$5,750

Rain Tomorrow
FRANCES GEARHART
American, (1869-1959)
Block print printed in colors, circa 1930-31, edition probably 30-50. 10 1/8 x 11 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This gorgeous print is illustrated on page 64 of Frances H. Gearhart; Color Block Prints in Wichita 1922-1937 (2019) by Roger Genser.
$9,000

Vernal Falls, Yosemite
FRANZ GERITZ
American, (1895-1945)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1936, edition unknown. 12 x 8 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with rich colors. The margins are narrow but substantial enough. There's a tiny pinhole or paper imperfection in the waterfall which is hard to see at normal viewing distance. Geritz was born in Budapest and came to the US in 1909. He was a California artist and specialzed in woodcuts primarily.
SOLD

Grizzily Giant, Mariposa Grove
FRANZ GERITZ
American, (1895-1945)
Woodcut or linoleum cut, 1936, unknown. 12 1/4 x 8 5/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine impression of this large work. The margins are probably full. The condition is very good apart from a small spot of foxing to the left of the image and backing along the top edge verso from earlier hinging. There's a small hole in the paper on the left margin away from the image.
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The Graveyard
WILLIAM GILES
British, (1872-1939)
Woodcut with metal relief etching, 1910-20, edition possibly 50. 9 5/8 x 20 in. Signed in the block, lower left. Signed and numbered in pencil. This a very fine impression of this uncommon print. The condition is very good apart from two paper tape hinges on the top margin. Minor rippling along the top of the sheet. Full margins. Technically, Giles was amazing. He did a few pure woodcuts but he also eventually introduced zinc plate relief printing and they are difficult to tell apart. Both techniques are evident in many prints. He was inspired by Frank Morley Fletcher and William Blake. He became president of the Society of Graver Printers in Colour in the mid 1920's.
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Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (Thus Passes the Glory of the World)
WILLIAM GILES
British, (1872-1939)
Woodcut and relief print from zinc plates printed in colors, circa 1925, edition 100. 13 1/8 x 17 5/8 in. Signed with the artist's monogram, lower right. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with fresh colors. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. "President of the Society of Graver Printers in Colour, William Giles was one of the most important innovators in original colour printmaking in Britain during the first three decades of the twentieth-century. Having begun with the traditional colour woodcut method, he experimented widely, first with aquatint and then with relief printing from zinc plates in an attempt to produce pure, even areas of colour. He developed a novel range of inks ranging from watercolour mixed with rice paste, to powered colour dissolved in volatile oil, in order to achieve an ever greater range and depth of colour throughout his prints." (See Michael Campbell's detailed and informative explanation of Giles's technique described in depth on his website entry for the artist; www.campbell-fine-art.com). This is arguably the artist's most famous print.
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Manhattan Backyards
HENDRIK GLINTENKAMP
American, (1887-1946)
Wood engraving, 1932, edition 50. 7 x 5 in. Initialed and dated in the block, lower right. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine other than for a faint, soft vertical crease in the right margin edge. Glintenkamp studied at the National Academy of Design from 1903-06 and he was employed by the NYC WPA program.
$900

Dandelion
WILLIAM GREENGRASS
British, (1896-1970)
Linocut printed in colors, 1936, edition 50. 10 x 8 1/8 in. Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with wide margins. Old tape hinges at the four corners and top and bottom, verso, not affecting the image. Also, two small cello hinges at the top corners, recto. Greengrass enrolled at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art in 1930 and he studied with Claude Flight. He was a curator at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
$2,500

October in Santa Fe
NORMA BASSETT HALL
American, (1890-1957)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1948, Patterson 86, edition probably 100. 9 7/8 x 8 in. Initialed in the block with the artist's monogram. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine. This outstanding southwestern image was published by the American Color Print Society in 1948. The artist used seven blocks to complete the image.
$2,850

Navajo Land
NORMA BASSETT HALL
American, (1890-1957)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1947, Patterson 82a, edition 100. 9 3/8 x 14 in. Initialed in the block, lower right, with the artist's monogram. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression with probably the full margins. The condition is very good apart from a few minor traces of an old adhesive here and there in the outer margins not near the image. There's a small paper imperfection just touching the image on the top right side. In the background is Shiprock, a sacred Navajo mountain located in San Juan county, New Mexico. This exceptional woodcut by Hall was originally intended to be printed in an edition of 50, but due to its success, the edition was extended to 100 impressions.
$3,800

Dancer
JAN HEIJSE
Dutch, (1882-1954)
Woodcut, undated (probably about 1930), editon unknown. 7 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine impression printed on fibrous Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There are two original brown paper hinges at the top corners of the margins, away from the image.) Heijse lived and worked in Middelburg and Amsterdam. He was a student of C. J. W. Nuijs and studied at the Rijksakademie. He also took lessons from Jan Toorop. Heijse was known as a painter and illustrator and his woodcuts are quite well done with a flair for compelling design.
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Hollyhocks
EDNA BOIES HOPKINS
American, (1872-1937)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1910-13, Vasseur 38, edition unknown. 11 x 7 1/4 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a very good impression with full margins. The condition is fine other than for a small pinhole below the image, center. Four impressions of this lovely print are cited in the catalogue raisonne, including this one. This is a rare print.
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Starry Night
ROCKWELL KENT
American, (1881-1940)
Wood engraving, 1933, Burne Jones/Rightmire 103, edition 1,750. 7 x 5 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on a cream wove paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from two old hinges, verso, which are visible from the front. This print was used as a prescription premium by the Literary Guild of America book club.
$1,650

Girl on Cliff
ROCKWELL KENT
American, (1881-1940)
Wood engraving, 1930, Burne Jones / Rightmire 57; edition 1,750. 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. This very appealing work was published by the Literary Guild of America and given to new subscribers to the Book Club. Kent received fifty impressions for his efforts. In spite of the large edition this print is not all that common.
$1,750

Fishermen, Lake Maggiore
ETHEL KIRKPATRICK
British, (1866-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1926, edition perhaps 30-50. 8 5/8 x 13 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Kirkpatrick was born in Dublin and studied at the South Kensington Academy of Art in London. She originally trained as a watercolor painter but block prints became her first love. For many years she lived at Cowes, Isle of Wight, and maintained a studio there.
$1,750

The Canal
ETHEL KIRKPATRICK
British, (1866-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, possibly from 1926, edition unknown, perhaps 30-50 impressions. 8 5/8 x 13 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Kirkpatrick was born in Dublin and studied at the South Kensington Academy of Art in London. She originally trained as a watercolor painter but making woodcuts became her primary interest. For many years she lived at Cowes, Isle of Wright, and maintained a studio there.
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Thames Barges
ETHEL KIRKPATRICK
British, (1866-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1911, edition probably about 30-50. 8 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. Initialed and dated in the block, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a very fine, atmospheric impression showing the Thames at dusk. The margins are modest but this is most likely the full sheet as printed. Excellent condition.
$1,750

Hindu Dancer (Hindoedanser)
JOHANNES F. TEN KLOOSTER
Dutch, (1873-1940)
Woodcut, 1919, edition unknown. 7 1/8 x 5 5/8 in. Initialed in the block, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on thin Japan paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. The artist lived and worked in Java and Sumatra, then he moved to the Hague in 1914-15. He had been in the military and became a full time artist in 1919.
$450

Floral Study (Poppies)
ILSE KOCH-AMBERG
German, (1869-1934)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, edition unknown. 16 x 12 1/4 in. Signed in the block with her monogram, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good other than for slight toning within an earlier mat opening. She lived and worked in Hamburg where she specialized in arts and crafts style color woodcuts. She was married to the artist, Hugo Amberg.
$950

Ecstasy (Extase)
DIRK KONING
Dutch, (1888-1978)
Woodcut, circa 1920, edition unknown. 3 3/8 x 1 1/2 in. Initialed in the block, lower right. Signed in ink. This is a fine impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The condition is fine. The margins are substantial but unevenly trimmed. Koning's woodcuts are generally done on a small scale, as we have here. He was also a painter and screenprint artist. Koning was married to the artist, Lou Loeber.
$400