Fishermen
Screenprint, 1945, edition 29. 10 x 13 3/8 in. Signed in ink within the image, lower right. This is a fine, rich impression in excellent condition. The margins are full. Cohn was one of the better screenprint artists working during the 1940s. He co-authored a book in 1942 with J. I. Biegeleisen called Silk Screen Stenciling as a Fine Art. This print shows the early morning hours as the fishermen board a rowboat heading for a larger fishing boat docked in the bay. The location is possibly Gloucester, MA.
$500

Gathering Wheat
Screenprint, circa 1935-40, edition unknown. 13 5/8 x 20 in. Signed in ink in the image, lower right. This is a fine impression in excellent condition. The margins are full. This exemplary work shows the artist in command of screen printing as an artistic, painterly medium. Cohn moved from London to New York in 1905. He was employed by the WPA program and in the 1950s he taught Andy Warhol the basics of the silkscreen process.
SOLD

Rainy Day, New York
Screenprint, circa 1940, edition unknown. 8 3/4 x 13 1/8 in. Signed in ink within the image, lower left. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full and untrimmed. Cohn studied at the Art Students League and was active in the New York WPA program. He co-authored a book in 1942 entitled, Silk Screen Stenciling as a Fine Art, which has an introduction by Rockwell Kent. Cohn is credited with teaching Andy Warhol how to make silkscreens at his art studio in New York during the 1950s.
SOLD