From Hillside Gardens
Woodcut printed in colors, 1941-46, Chamberlain 162, edition 83. 12 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine, vibrant impression of the second of two printings. The margins are wide. The condition is fine apart from an exceedingly faintsuggestion of toning in the outer margins. The first printing (1941) was generally with a silver leaf background and here in the second printing (1946), the background color is silver ink. The inspiration for this lovely print was a garden at Hillside, Lydia Coonley Ward's home in Wyoming, New York. (Note: This is a Baumann replica frame of exceptional quality. We had it made up for this print.)
$9,500

La Loma (Taos)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1919-1931, Chamberlain 62, from a projected edition of 100. 9 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. Signed, titled and numbered "28/100" in pencil and with the hand in heart chop mark. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. There is no apparent watermark. According to the catalogue, "Impressions inscribed "26/100" and higher are quite different from earlier impressions. An impression inscribed "51/100" in the New Mexico Museum of Art (Plate 62.2) has the addition of black, which lends brilliance and clarity to the scene." Our impression is quite similar to the one in this Museum and was evidently printed in 1931. The highest known numbered impression is "65/100". (Note: The La Loma Plaza Historic District is an old neighborhood in Taos, New Mexico that was listed with the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.)
$14,000