All Wages are Hereby Reduced
Wood engraving, 1937, edition unknown. 5 1/8 x 3 1/2 in. Signed and dated in pencil, lower left. This is a superb impression printed on thin wove paper. The margins are wide if not full. The condition is excellent. This potent image was published in "Vertigo," Ward's best known novel without words published in 1937. Ward was a purist and he discarded blocks with even minor imperfections. The blocks for "Vertigo" are part of the special collections at Rutgers University.
$650

Brothel Scene
Wood engraving, 1929, edition unknown. 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is very good other than for two soft creases in the lower right corner; one touching the image. This engaging print is an illustration for Madman's Drum, one of Ward's novels without words, this one published in 1930.
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