Color Woodcuts

Summer Afterglow - Lochetiveside, VI
ANN D. ALEXANDER
Scottish, (b. 1890)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1933, edition unknown (probably 50). 7 x 10 in. Signed dated and titled in pencil. A fine impression on thin Japanese paper. Full margins. Fine condition.
$675

Summer Dawn - Loch Etiveside
ANN D. ALEXANDER
Scottish, (b. 1890)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1932, edition unknown (probably 50). 6 1/2 x 10 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. A fine impression on Japanese paper. Wide margins. Very good condition. (Minor staining in the margins.)
$600

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

Flight
MILTON AVERY
American, (1893-1965)
Woodcut Printed in Colors, 1953, Lunn 51, from the edition of 100 published by Collectors of American Art. (Another 20 impressions were printed in black and 25 printed in blue and black.) 7 x 9 in. Signed and dated in pencil. A fine impression on thin Japanese paper. Probably the full margins. In very good condition apart from traces of old hinges showing at the top corners of the margins. An exemplary woodcut by Avery.
$5,500

Punch Hunting Chipmunks
GUSTAVE BAUMANN
American, (1881-1971)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1925, edition 345. 9 1/2 x 11 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression from the 1936 printing of 125 impressions. (The blocks for this print were cut in 1925. There was an edition of 100, 120 and 125.) Full margins. Very good condition other than a few subtle splits along the margin edge at right and the upper left margin edge folded over.
$16,000

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

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

Nicotiana
EDNA BOIES HOPKINS
American, (1872-1937)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1909, Vasseur 47, small edition. 10 7/8 x 7 1/8 in. Signed in pencil and numbered "9" lower right. This is a superb impression in fine condition. The colors are fresh. Full margins. This impression was exhibited at the Columbus Museum of Art in the 2006 exhibition American Impressionism: Variations on a theme. (It's illustrated on page 47 of the exhibition catalog.) This impression is also cited in the just published catalog raisonne. Provenance: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York.
SOLD

Baby Talk
HELEN HYDE
American, (1868-1919)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1908, Mason 76, edition at least 157. 11 1/4 x 18 1/2 in. Signed and dated in the block and signed in pencil within the image. A fine impression printed on thin Japanese paper. Full margins. Fine condition other than a minor horizontal crease in the upper right margin edge. An exemplary work by the artist.
$2,200

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

Le Faouet, Brittany (small version)
ORA INGE MAXIM
American, (1895-1982)
White-line color woodcut, circa 1930, small edition. 6 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression with wide margins. Slight staining on the verso just slightly affecting the sky to the left of the tower. Maxim studied with Blanche Lazzell in Provincetown, Massachusetts and this particular print was based on travels in France in 1930.
$2,500

Candide
JIM MONSON
American, (Contemporary)
Color woodcut, 1999, edition 75. 16 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. Monson is an American printmaker residing in the south of France. He studied with Lasansky and Hayter and replaced Warrington Colescott as assistant professor of printmaking, University of Wisconsin/Madison.
$525

Uccello's Ring
JIM MONSON
American, (Contemporary)
Color woodcut, 1995, edition 80. 16 3/4 x 20 3/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. Other works by Monson are currently available.
$525

Le Pont d'Avignon
PHILIP G. NEEDELL
British, (1886-1974)
Color woodcut, 1925, edition 60. 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression with substantial but possibly trimmed margins.
$400

Cactus
HUGO NOSKE
Austrian, (1886-1960)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (1920s-1930s, small edition. 14 5/8 x 12 in. Signed in pencil lower right. A fine impression on Japanese paper in fine condition. Wide margins. Little is known of the artist's life but his prints are consistently good.
$800

Cyclamen
HUGO NOSKE
Austrian, (1886-1960)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (1920s-1930s, small edition. 16 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. Signed in pencil lower right. A fine impression on Japanese paper. Fine condition. Wide margins.
$950