Anemones
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, Bakker 99a, intended edition of 100. 9 7/8 x 7 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine fresh impression with rich colors. The margin are full and the condition is very good. (There are old hinges at the top corners and a thin layer of light tissue attached across the top edge of the sheet.) As is typical with Patterson's woodcuts, the paper is roughed up from the printing process primarily on the verso and also on the margins, recto, in a few spot. She favored a heavy, fibrous paper which helped her create an almost three dimensional effect with her images.
SOLD

Garden Flowers
Woodcut printed in colors, 1921, Bakker 90, intended edition of 100. 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. Signed in pencil in the lower right corner of the image. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil just below the image. This is a fine impression with fresh colors. The print is trimmed to the image by the artist as is so often the case with this print (and others). The condition is fine apart from traces of an old adhesive on the verso edges from an early mount. The intense work involved in rubbing the colors into the back of the sheet from the blocks is perfectly demonstrated here. The end result is almost sculptural. Due to the labor intensive nature of printing just one impression, and given the scarcity of her prints, we doubt that the full editions were ever printed.
SOLD

In the High Hills
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, Bakker 80a, intended edition of 100. 11 x 8 7/8 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a very fine impression of this compelling image. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from a couple of minor printing creases, so typical of her work. This lovely impression is one of so many color variants seen in not only this print but in most of Patterson's oeuvre. She was an avid experimenter with color from one block to the next.
$6,000

Summer Flowers
Woodcut printed in colors, undated, probably 1920s, Bakker 100a, intended edition of 100. 10 x 7 1/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. There's a pencil notation to the right, "2" which may reference the impression number. (But, she generally number her prints such as 50/100.) This is a fine, vibrant impression with small but adequate margins. The condition is fine apart from a few spots of stray printers ink ink here and there near the image. This is a stellar example of her floral work and impressions vary from one to the next.
$5,000

The White Rose
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (1920s), edition possibly 100. 7 5/8 x 7 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, working proof with color annotations on the top and bottom margin. The margins are full. The condition is good apart from slight soiling and two stains in the margins, one on the top and the other along the bottom. This nice impression provides insight into the thinking of the artist as she developed her color pallette. She was pleased with this impression given the fact that she signed and titled it in pencil. From the collection of Reba White Williams, New York.
$3,800