Ajax
Lithograph, 1932, Cole 14, edition 30. 9 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed "30 prints." Also, dedicated in pencil "To my dear friends Harry and Maria, Aug 7, 1932." (The reference is to the artist Harry Wickey and his wife, Maria.) This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is good. There's very slight signs of foxing and old tape hinge remains on the left and right center edge of the margin. The print is inscribed in ink on the bottom, "Harry and Maria Wickey collection."
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Hounds and Coyote
Lithograph, 1931, Cole 12, edition 25. 10 x 14 in. Signed and dated on the stone, lower left. Signed, dated, titled and numbered (25 prints) in pencil. This impression is dedicated in pencil to fellow artist Harry Wickey and his wife, "To the Wickeys and best luck." The margins are full. The condition is good apart from occasional light foxing and small old hinges at the top corners of the sheet.
$800

John Brown
Lithograph, 1939, Cole 34, edition 250. 14 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. Signed on the stone and signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression in very good condition. The margins have been trimmed to 1/2" on the top and sides and 1" on the bottom. This iconic American print is illustrated and discussed in The American Scene, Prints from Hopper to Pollack (2008) by Stephen Coppel (see pages 136-139). The painting that relates to this lithograph is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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John Brown
Lithograph, 1939, Cole 34, edition 250. 14 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. this is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This iconic American print relates exactly to a painting in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's a study for the artist's mural in the routonda of the Kansas State Capitol. "John Brown devoted his life to opposing the extension of slavery in the 1850s into the Kansas Territory in battles that presaged the Civil War, which began in 1861. Curry depicted Brown larger-than-life in an open, stark landscape besieged by a tornado, a meteorological symbol for the conflict, and with an enslaved man at his side. The abolitionist’s crazed expression and animated hair and beard suggest the messianic fervor that fueled his opposition to human bondage." (from the online entry to this painting on the the Met's website.) This print was published by Associated American Artists and the catalogue by Cole lists ten impressions in museum collections which was back in 1974.
$8,000

Our Good Earth
Lithograph, 1942, edition 250. 12 7/8 x 10 1/8 in. Initialed on the stone, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full. This work was published by Associated American Artists in New York. The painting of this subject is located at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin. A preliminary drawing is at the Beach Museum of Kansas State University.
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Prize Stallions
Lithograph, 1938, Cole 31, edition 250 as published by Associated American Artists. 12 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. Initialed and dated in the stone, lower left. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a very fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent and the original; AAA hinges are in the top corners. The catalogue lists six museums that own this print and we are sure there are more.
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