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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 |
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Reverie REYNOLD WEIDENAAR American, (1915-1985) Mezzotint, 1950, edition 250. 13x 10 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The largest collection of his prints is located in the Grand Rapids Public Museum, MI. SOLD |
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Repose REYNOLD WEIDENAAR American, (1915-1985) Mezzotint, 1951, edition 250. 10 3/4 x12 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The largest collection of his prints is located at the Grand Rapids Public Museum, MI. SOLD |
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The Bridge and the Storm, Mackinaw Straits REYNOLD WEIDENAAR American, (1915-1985) Mezzotint, 1957, Buckner p.119, no. 159; edition 100. 16 7/8 x 12 7/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from exceedingly faint toning within an early mat opening. This engineering marvel is the fourth longest suspension bridge in the world. It connects the upper and lower peninsulas of the state of Michigan. This the artist's finest print and a tour de force of mezzotint. Impressions are located in the National Gallery, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, among many others. (A retrospective was held at the Grand Rapids Art Museum in 2015.) SOLD |
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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. SOLD |
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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 |
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Memory STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1971, Stuckey 336, edition 60. 14 3/8 x 10 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition with full margins. Here we have outstanding example of his work. SOLD |
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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 |
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Fog from the Sea STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1951, Stuckey 193, edition 50. 10 3/8 x 15 7/8 in. Signed, numbered and titled below in pencil. Here we have a superb, atmospheric impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The location of this print is Ogunquit, ME. SOLD |
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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 |
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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. SOLD |
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Meeting House STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1940, Stuckey 105, edition 40. 9 1/4 x 16 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full. Depicted here is the Meeting House in Castine, ME which was built in 1790. This print is Wengenroth's first two stone lithograph. Besides the black stone, a very light grey tint stone was printed over the entire subject except for the whites. SOLD |
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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. SOLD |
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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 |
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Brooklyn City STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1932, Stuckey 24, edition 25. 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 in. Signed in pencil and titled below. This is a superb impression of this rare, early print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Wengenroth was born in Brooklyn in 1906. He studied at the Art Students League from 1923-27 and later at the Grand Central School of Art with Wayman Adams. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1938 and became a full Academician in 1941. This large work was his first recorded lithograph of New York and befittingly, an impression is owned by the Brooklyn Museum. SOLD |
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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 |
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Wild Coast STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1973, Stuckey 349, edition 60. 10 1/4 x 15 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This compelling image was done in Ogunquit, ME. SOLD |
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Matriarch STOW WENGENROTH American, (1906-1977) Lithograph, 1974, Stuckey 355, edition 100. 13 1/4 x 11 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression of this large, beautifully rendered print. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from light discoloration along the left edge of the sheet, verso. This is one of several owl lithographs created by Wengenroth. SOLD |
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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. SOLD |
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