Alviso Farmyard
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, edition fewer than 15. 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This fine impression is printed on a fibrous Japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine. The colors are fresh. Provenance: Annex Galleries.
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Alviso Slough
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920, Treseder plate 20, edition fewer than 15. 9 1/8 x 12 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a very fine impression printed on sturdy, fibrous Japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine other than for two subtle stains in the upper left and upper right margin corners, away from the image. The scene is near San Jose, CA. Provenance: Annex Galleries.
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Autumn Fantasy
Woodcut, circa 1925-30, edition probably about 15. 12 x 10 in. A superb impression; the colors especially fresh. Full margins. Very good condition. (Old hinges at top.) An exceptionally large print by Rice.
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Day Lily
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925-30, edition probably about 15. 7 1/8 x 5 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression on a textured paper. Substantial margins. Thinness in upper margin corners.
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Drifting
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1930, edition small but unknown. 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression in fine condition. Probably full margins.
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Forest Primeval
Woodcut, circa 1925-30, edition probably about 15. 12 x 10 in. A superb impression; the colors extremely fresh. Full margins. Very good condition. (Old hinges at top; soft ripple in the image.) An exceptionally large print by Rice.
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Magnolia Bud
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925-30, edition probably about 15. 10 x 7 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression on thin Japanese paper. Wide margins. Fine condition.
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Marsh Moon
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, edition probably 15-20. 7 1/8 x 9 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on a medium Japanese paper. The margins are about 1/2" on all sides and they have reinforced breaks on the left and right sides. (Breaks can occur from excessive pressure in the printing process.) This work is illustrated on page 42 of Arthur Wesley Dow and American Arts and Crafts by Nancy Green and Jessie Poesch (1999). That impression varies from ours in the added printing for the clouds at top. Variations such as this are found in Rice's work and among so many other creative blockprint artists.
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Shadows on Ice
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925-30, edition probably about 15. 7 1/4 x 9 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression on a medium-weight Japanese paper. Wide margins. Fine condition.
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Ships of Yesterday
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1926, edition probably about 15. 10 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on wove paper. The margins are modest but this appears to be the full sheet as printed. The condition is fine apart from two old paper hinges at the top corner margins. There's a very similar image by Rice bearing the same title. It's illustrated on page 69 of William S. Rice, California Block Prints by Roberta Rice Treseder (2009). The location for this print is most likely the Oakland Estuary.
$1,800

Snowed In - Calaveras Big Tree Hotel
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1930, edition probably about 15. 8 3/4 x 12 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression in very good condition. The margins are substantial and probably untrimmed. This print came to us in the original mat and there is just a faint trace of discoloration within the old opening and old paper tape hinges at the top corners, recto. The outstanding California woodcut is exemplary of Rice's best work in the medium.
$3,500

Windswept
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1920, small edition; perhaps fifteen impressions. 8 x 7 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a very fine, luminous impression printed on fibrous, Japanese paper. The condition is excellent. The margins are wide and unevenly trimmed, probably by cut the artist. This is an exemplary arts & crafts image by this highly regarded California woodcut artist.
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Yellow Calla
White line woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, from a very small edition. 9 1/4 x 6 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression printed on fibrous Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (The original paper tape hinges are at the top corners, recto.) Rice was born in Pennsylvania and later moved to California where he taught printmaking at the Alameda and Oakland public schools. Rice was a true craftsman and he authored two books on the subject of block printing. The white line technique, which he used for making this print, originated in Provincetown, MA. Only one block is needed to make the print.
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