Civic Insomnia
Aquatint in color, 1932, Czestochowski 28; edition 38. 10 3/4 x 14 1/8 in. Signed, titled and dated (New York, 1932) in pencil. This is a fine impression of this exceedingly rare color version. The margins are full and the condition is excellent apart from two old hinges at the top corners, verso. Geerlings would occasionally use green paper for his prints and in this case, this is the only time we have seen the buildings and some of the water with color; possibly a unique version. Civic Insomnia is a remarkable tour de force of aquatint and it's also become very rare. There are twenty-three impressions cited in museum collections including multiple trial proofs in two institutions. This amounts to twenty-nine impressions. (This is the third impression we have sold.) On page 14 of the catalogue it states, "Geerlings's temperament was intrinsically experimental; he was an avid student of techniques...Even when he worked in black and white, Geerlings would not let a subject go until he exhausted all of its chromatic possibilities."
SOLD

Grand Canal, America
Drypoint, 1933, Czestochowski 31 (ii/II), edition 100. 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. Inscribed in the plate, lower right, Chicago Fair 1933. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on RIVES watermarked paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This print was published by the Chicago Society of Etchers.
$3,500

Olympus (new York)
Drypoint, 1929, Czestochowski 7 (iv/IV), edition 100. 9 x 5 7/8 in. Signed, titled and dated in pencil. This is an especially fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Twenty-six impressions are cited in museum collections in the catalogue raisonné.
$2,500