Corner of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street
Woodcut, 1930, Rose 47, edition 20. 13 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on cream Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's some rippling here and there at the edges of the sheet.) This potent image is from the series "Ten Views of Manhattan." The impressions were printed between 1930 and 1932.
$2,000

Curved Figures on Horizontal and Vertical Planes
Etching, aquatint and roulette, 1940, Rose 221 (ii/II), edition only 5. 7 x 5 7/8 in. Signed, dated and numbered "i/V" in pencil. Here we have a superb impression printed on a light cream wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This rare print is a stellar example of his work from the early 1940's.
$2,300

New Towers
Woodcut, 1931, Rose 58 (iii/III); edition 20. 11 5/8 x 8 1/8 in. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on cream Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There are minor paper imperfections in the margins and a few tiny specks of foxing.) Drewes produced a number of stellar expressionist woodcuts of New York from 1930-32. They are generally uncommon today.
$2,000