Woodcuts

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Self Portrait -  BULLER

Self Portrait
CECIL BULLER
Canadian, (1886-1973)
Wood engraving, 1949, Ainslie 53 (iii/III); edition 25. 10 1/16 x 8 1/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression of this uncommon print. The paper is a japanese and the margins are full. The condition is excellent. This work was made on the occasion of Butler's entry as an associate in the the National Academy of Design. As Ainslie states, "The whole image has a dream-like quality that is reinforced by the pensive attitude of the face. Symbolic elements and sections of earlier prints appear behind the portrait, suggesting her relationships with those particular works and with the recurring elements of her thoughts and subconscious mind. (See Cecil Buller, Modernist Printmaker, Glenbow Museum, (1989), page 42.
$2,000

The Heavens -  BURCHFIELD

The Heavens
CHARLES BURCHFIELD
American, (1893-1967)
Wood engraving in collaboration with JJ Lankes, 1923-24, Czestochowski 4, Cleveland/Prasse 185, edition 13. 6 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. Initialed in the block (B+L) by Burchfield and Lankes. Signed and titled by both artists in pencil and also inscribed "no. 5". The print is titled along the bottom margin in pencil. This is a superb impression of this extremely rare work. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from small old hinges showing at the top corners, well away from the image. Burchfield and Lankes published eleven wood engravings together. Burchfield did the designs and Lankes cut the blocks. The Heavens deals with the world of the spirit and it reaffirms the mysticism of Burchfields's work from 1915-17. This wood engraving was intended for a publication of Ecclesiastes along with three other prints. That publication never materialized. The checklist of Burchfield's prints by Joseph Czestochowski appeared in the American Art Journal, November 1976, pages 99-110.
SOLD

Mexican Girl -  BURROUGHS

Mexican Girl
MARGARET BURROUGHS
African American, (1915-2010)
Linoleum cut, 1998, edition unknown. 21 1/2 x 13 3/4 in. Initialed in the block, lower left. Signed, titled and dated in ink. This is a superb impression printed on white wove paper. The margins are probably full and the condition is fine. (There's a small bent corner, lower right, and a smudge on the bottom center margin.) This large, dynamic print relates to an earlier and smaller version of the same subject. (An impression from the Melvin Holmes Collection of African American Art measures 13 3/4 x 8 3/4 in. It's dated 1953 and the edition was only five impressions.) Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs was a visual artist, writer, educator and founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History in Hyde Park (Chicago). Burroughs spent a brief time in Mexico where she studied printmaking under the direction of Leopoldo Méndez at the Taller de Gráfica Popular. As a leader of the Black Arts Movement in Chicago, her works focused on community and the social empowerment of art.
$3,500

Birthday Party -  BURROUGHS

Birthday Party
MARGARET BURROUGHS
African American, (1915-2010)
Linoleum cut, 2002, edition 10 plus later proofs. 16 1/8 x 19 3/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in ink. This is a good impression printed on a sturdy wove paper. The margins are narrow along the top and bottom but this appears to be the full sheet as printed. The condition is fine. This large and charming image was created in 1960 and printed in an edition of only ten impressions. This is a later printing from 2002. Margaret Burroughs was a pioneering African American artist, writer and activist. She co-founded the Ebony Museum in Chicago which is now the DuSable Museum of African American History. An impression of this print is in the Art Institute of Chicago. Burroughs also produced a 1986 etching of the same subject.
SOLD

8:30 Express -  CALAPAI

8:30 Express
LETTERIO CALAPAI
American, (1902-1993)
Wood engraving, 1943-44, edition 27 plus proofs. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. Initialed in the block. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are full. This potent image of a packed New York subway scene combines the expressionist "edge" of the wood engraving medium with a tilted perspective suggesting chaos and disorder. Impressions of this print are located at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The National Gallery of Art, the Yale University Art Gallery.
SOLD

City Canyon -  CALAPAI

City Canyon
LETTERIO CALAPAI
American, (1902-1993)
Wood engraving, 1950, edition 75. 10 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. Initialed in the block, lower right. Signed and titled in pencil and also inscribed "artist's proof." This is a fine impression with substantial margins. The condition is fine. The artist's embossed stamp is in the lower right.
$800

Eagle Dance -  COOK

Eagle Dance
HOWARD COOK
American, (1901-1980)
Wood engraving, 1942, Duffy 201, edition 200. 10 x 8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a superb impression in fine condition. The margins are full. This print was published by the Woodcut Society of Kansas City. The print is still in the folder it was published in and it's attached at the two top corners, verso. Duffy cites ten impressions in museum collections.
$1,800

Sun and Desolation -  COOK

Sun and Desolation
HOWARD COOK
American, (1901-1980)
Woodcut, 1926, Duffy 34, edition 50. 9 1/4 x 13 3/4 in. Signed in the block, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on thin, cream japan paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This large work was probably done in Maine where he spent the summer of 1926.
$1,500

Walpi  -  COOK

Walpi
HOWARD COOK
American, (1901-1980)
Woodcut, 1927, Duffy 73, edition 50 (40 printed). 10 x 12 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are full but modest in size. The condition is excellent. Walpi is an ancient, continuously inhabited Hopi village established around 900 AD. The site is located in Arizona.
SOLD

Wood Interior -  COOK

Wood Interior
HOWARD COOK
American, (1901-1980)
Wood engraving, 1931, Duffy 171, edition about 150 (?) 6 1/2 x 4 1/8 in. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on thin light cream wove paper. The margins are wide and the condition is fine. (There's just the faintest suggestion of toning within an earlier mat opening.) This is from the deluxe edition of 100 from The Checkerboard published by Weyhe Gallery in 1931.
$900

Giant's Thumb (Monument Rock) -  COOK

Giant's Thumb (Monument Rock)
HOWARD COOK
American, (1901-1980)
Woodcut, 1926, Duffy 23, edition 50 (30 printed). 14 x 8 1/16 in. Signed in the block. Signed in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This dramatic woodcut depicts this historic rock formation located in Monument Valley which covers Utah and Arizona.
$1,400

District Schoolhouse -  COOK

District Schoolhouse
HOWARD COOK
American, (1901-1980)
Woodcut, 1926, Duffy 18; edition 50 (25 printed). 17 1/4 x 12 3/4 in. Signed in the block, lower left. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on fibrous japan paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from minor wrinkles here and there along the extreme margin edges. This large, early work is a powerful example of Cook's skills in the woodcut medium. Consider it a precursor to many fine works to come.
$1,850

New England Church -  COOK

New England Church
HOWARD COOK
American, (1901-1980)
Wood engraving, 1931, Duffy 161, edition 50. 11 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a very fine impression on a cream Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from old hinges on the verso at top, well away from the image. The church depicted here is the First Congregational Church in Springfield, MA. This historic church was built in 1819. There were actually three church buildings at this site before the 1819 structure, the first built in 1637.
$1,600

Moonlit Night (Mannacht) -  DE GRAAG

Moonlit Night (Mannacht)
ANNA JULIE DE GRAAG
Dutch, (1877-1924)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920, Cat. Grafiek GJ Nieuwenhuizen Segaar, no. 26; edition unknown. 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on gray paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine. De Graag specialized in arts and crafts style woodcuts. She lived and worked in the Hague and studied at the Academy there with J.J. Aarts. The verso bears the stamp of Segaar over the publisher's stamp of Cornelius de Lorm.
SOLD

Nature Study -  DE GRAAG

Nature Study
ANNA JULIE DE GRAAG
Dutch, (1877-1924)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1917, edition unknown. 7 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. Initialed and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil. this is a fine impression printed on gray laid paper. The margins are wide and the condition is fine apart from slight toning within an earlier mat opening. This print was published by Cornelius de Lorm and their stamp is on the verso.
SOLD

To Be Or Not To Be -  DELHEZ

To Be Or Not To Be
VICTOR DELHEZ
Belgian, (1902-1985)
Wood engraving, 1948, small edition. 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. Signed in pencil and initialed in the block. Inscribed "epreuve d'artiste". A fine impression in fine condition. Full margins.
$875

Three Virtues (Drie Deugend) -  DELHEZ

Three Virtues (Drie Deugend)
VICTOR DELHEZ
Belgian, (1902-1985)
Wood engraving , 1943, Breda catalogue # 490, edition unknown. 11 3/4 x 9 in. Signed in pencil and also inscribed "épeuve d'artiste." This is is a fine impression with full margins. The paper is a cream colored wove which is typically what Delhez printed on. His editions were always very small and each impression is usually inscribed as an artists proof. This early work from his Danse Macabre series, also called Dodendans, is exemplary of Delhez's interest in humor and the macabre. This is his version of the Chinese proverb, "Hear no Evil, See no Evil, Speak no Evil."
SOLD

De Zichter  (Harvester) -  DIJKSTRA

De Zichter (Harvester)
JOHAN DIJKSTRA
Dutch, (1896-1978)
Woodcut, 1924-25, edition unknown. 28 3/4 x 20 1/2 in. Signed in pencil and also inscribed "handdruck." A fine impression in very good condition. There are a few small printing creases showing mostly in the wide margins. The block for this large work was cut in 1924-25 and very few impressions were taken. This is from the second printing in 1957-58 with the addition of "handdruk" in pencil. Some later impressions are known which were printed on thin paper and without the added inscription. Dijkstra was a founding member of the Groningen art society known as "De Ploeg." This Dutch expressionist movement was inspired by Kirchner, among others.
$3,000

Street Scene with Lady in a Hat -  DIJKSTRA

Street Scene with Lady in a Hat
JOHAN DIJKSTRA
Dutch, (1896-1978)
Woodcut, circa 1925-27, edition unknown but quite small. 20 1/2 x 15 in. Signed in pencil lower right and inscribed 'epreuve," lower left. This is a superb, early impression printed on tan paper. The margins are substantial and the condition is fine. Dijkstra was a founding member of the Dutch expressionist movement known as "De Ploeg," (The Plow) which was established in Groningen in 1918. Indeed, expressionism was international. Dijkstra, along with Jan Wiegers, Jan Altink and others, were keenly aware of the German contingent of the expressionist movement and Wiegers became very close friends with Kirchner while he was living in Davos, Switzerland. Dutch expressionism is often overlooked but it represents an integral part of early 20th century Dutch artistic heritage. The Groninger Museum today possesses a large collection of prints, drawings and paintings by these artists. This is an exceptional and rare woodcut certainly printed in a very small edition. Dijkstra's best work, as seen here, clearly reflects the influence of Kirchner but also shows an artist with his own compelling vision. De Ploeg prints were printed in small editions due to the rather limited audience at the time.
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Suburbs (Buitenwijk) -  DIJKSTRA

Suburbs (Buitenwijk)
JOHAN DIJKSTRA
Dutch, (1896-1978)
Woodcut printed in yellow and black, 1923, De Vries H5, edition unknown. 14 x 21 1/8 in. Signed and dated in ink. Inscribed in pencil "eigen druk" (printed by hand). This is a superb impression of this large, outstanding Dutch expressionist woodcut. The margins are full. The condition is very good. (The artist carefully added a small cutout paper patch, printed in black, onto the image to the left of center. The pressure of the block and the stickiness of the ink pulled up a small part of the paper in this spot. He was obviously pleased with the impression to have gone to this extent to fix it.) Dijkstra, like Jan Altink, was taught by the non-conformist painter F.H. Bach. Both were founders of the "de Ploeg" movement in Groningen and the two often painted together. They were both in the first de Ploeg show in 1919.
SOLD

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