The Dance Recital
MAUD AINSLIE
American, (1870-1960)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1912-1915, Edition unknown. 7 7/8 x 9 in. Signed in pencil, lower left. This is a fine, luminous impression of this extremely rare print. The condition is very good apart from modest discoloration in the left margin from some old tape. The margins are substantial on all sides (about 3/4") but the image has been printed to the right edge of the sheet. (Irregular margins are so often the case with blockprinters!) Ainslie's work was featured in Janet Flint's seminal exhibition, Provincetown Printers, A Woodcut Tradition (1983). She was one of the early woodcut artists in Provincetown and she studied with Dow and Zorach. Dance as subject is not terribly common as subject in American printmaking.
$6,000

The Trees of the Standing Stones, Dunstaffnge
ANN D. ALEXANDER
Scottish, (b. 1890)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1936, edition 50. 7 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. A fine impression on thin Japanese paper. Full margins. Very good condition. (Small color specks in the sky; faint discoloration within the previous mat opening.)
$650

Blue Poppies
JEAN ARMITAGE
British, (exhibited 1919-1938)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1930, edition 50. 12 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression in very good condition. The margins are wide and probably full. (There's a slight trace of foxing in the upper margin, not affecting the image.) The influence of Japanese printmaking is here most evident.
$1,400

Icarus
LEONARD BASKIN
American, (1922-2000)
Woodcut printed in black and green, 1967, Fern & O'Sullivan 500, edition 100. 32 x 21 1/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. (This is an artist's proof apart from the formal edition and is so inscribed.) This is one of Baskin's best prints and the chiaroscuro approach is a clear tribute to Golzius, an artist he admired. This print is illustrated in American Color Woodcuts, Bounty from the Block, 1890s-1990s, published by the Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1993, (James Watrous and Andrew Stevens.)
$1,400

Suleymaniye Mosque, Istanbul
EMMA BORMANN
Austrian, (1887-1974)
Woodcut printed in color with added hand-coloring, 1920-30, edition unknown. 10 5/8 x 14 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression of this majestic work. Full margins. Very good condition. Minor stains in the margins. The Mosque was constructed between 1550-1557.
$1,000

Eyub, Turkey
EMMA BORMANN
Austrian, (1887-1974)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920-30, edition unknown. 11 x 8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression on thin Japanese paper. Full margins. Fine condition.
$800

Storm - King Lear
EDWARD GORDON CRAIG
British, (1872-1966)
Wood engraving, 1920, edition 150. 6 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. Signed and dated (1925) in pencil. This is a fine impression of the artist's best known work. The paper used is a thin Japanese and the margins are generally wide except on the right side where the sheet extends about 1/4" outside the image. The condition is fine.
$3,500

Decorative Floral Study
ANNA DE GRAAG
Dutch, (1877-1924)
Woodcut printed in color, 1919, edition unknown. 6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression with full margins. Very good condition. Minor stains in the lower right corner of the sheet.
$375

Cows by a Stream
OSCAR DROEGE
German, (1898-1982)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (1930s), edition probably about 50. 9 x 15 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression in very good condition. Minor wrinkling in the margin edges.
$675

Via Appia I
HANS FRANK
Austrian, (1884-1948)
Woodcut printed in colors on thin Japanese paper, 1929, edition unknown. 11 3/8 x 15 1/4 in. Signed and dated in pencil. A fine impression with full margins. Fine condition. Faint trace of a printing crease in upper right side. Uncommon.
$750

Working the Fields
LEO FRANK
Austrian, (1884-1959)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1930, edition unknown but probably fifty or fewer. 9 x 13 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. A fine, luminous impression printed on thin Japanese paper. Full margins. In very good condition apart from a paper imperfection or thin spot in the sky, not very noticeable.
$750

Along the Nile
LEO FRANK
Austrian, (1884-1959)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, edition unknown but probably about 100. 9 1/8 x 11 in. Signed in pencil. This fine impression on thin Japanese paper is inscribed "No.82." The margins are wide and the condition is fine. This wonderful print combines just the right paper with subtle colors and inking to produce a dramatic vista.
$800

Wisteria Bridge, China
ELIZABETH KEITH
British, (1887-1956)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1925, Miles 25, edition unknown. 14 7/8 x 10 in. Signed in pencil within the image, lower right. This is a brilliant impression in very good condition. There is an extremely faint suggestion of discoloration within an old mat opening. The margins are substantial. The right margin is possibly trimmed and measures about 3/8 in.
$2,300

Shore Scene with Fishing Boats
RICHMOND IRWIN KELSEY
American, (1905-1988)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1935, edition 50. 7 x 11 7/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins. Kelsey was born in San Diego, CA and studied with Frank Morley Fletcher. He taught at the Santa Barbara School of Art in the 1930s. This is a California print.
$850

Autumn Winds
DOROTHY MCCRAY
American, (1915-2008)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1952, edition unknown but probably rather small. 15 3/4 x 11 1/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine as well. (There's some stray printer's ink in the margins here and there.) McCray taught at Western New Mexico University from 1948-1981.
$500