Le Pont d'Avignon
PHILIP G. NEEDELL
British, (1886-1974)
Color woodcut, 1925, edition 60. 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine impression with substantial but possibly trimmed margins.
$600

Swans
HANS NEUMANN
German, (1873-1957)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1920-30, edition unknown. 16 1/2 x 10 1/8 in. Signed in pencil and also initialed in the block with the artist's monogram. This is a fine, luminous impression in fine condition. The margins are about 3/4 inches on all sides. This outstanding woodcut was done in Munich and is so inscribed. His brother was Ernst Neumann, also an outstanding woodcut artist.
SOLD

Alpine Mountain Scene
HANS NEUMANN
German, (1873-1957)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1910-20, edition unknown. 9 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. Signed in pencil and also inscribed "Munchen" and "aquarellhanddruck." This is a fine impression printed on fibrous Japanese paper. The margins are substantial and the condition is very good. Neumann was a gifted artist and excelled at these subtle, poetic and well-crafted woodcut images. There is no proper catalogue raisonne of Neumann's prints and, in fact, there is surprisingly little in published material to help us document his work. His prints do turn up in America which suggests he may have had a dealer here at some point, probably when he was active in the early years of the 20th century. Furthermore, his editions were certainly not large given the overall scarcity of his prints.
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Woman and Child by the Water
JULIETTE S. NICHOLS
American, (1870-circa 1958)
White line color woodcut, undated (circa 1915-20), edition unknown. 11 x 12 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression with the full margins. The condition is fine apart from a couple of professionally flattened creases in the margins only. The paper is a cream, light tan color. This is a great example of her work and and exceedingly rare. Studying in Paris, she learned Japanese woodcut techniques from Edna Boies Hopkins and exhibited her work at the American Women’s Art Association alongside a few other artists who would eventually form the group known as the Provincetown printers. She also studied with Blanche Lazzell when she arrived in Provincetown in 1915. Nichols exhibited her white line woodblock prints in the very first show of the Provincetown Printers at the Berlin Photographic Company in New York City in 1916. They held their first Provincetown show at Ambrose Webster’s Studios. Her work was also exhibited in numerous prominent arts clubs and associations throughout the northeast including the Provincetown Art Association. In the mid 1920’s Nichols traveled again to Paris. She also lived in Marietta, Ohio and New York in the 1920s. This is the only impression we are aware of.
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North Sea Fishermen
BJO NORDFELDT
American, (1878-1955)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1906, Donovan 11, edition unknown. 9 x15 in. Signed, dated and numbered "52" in ink in the upper left corner of the image. This is a fine impression on Japanese paper of this large, dynamic print. The condition is fine with the typical small margins on all sides. Like virtually all of Nordfelfdt's prints, color variations exist and this one is especially good looking. The influence of Japanese prints is here clearly evident. The catalogue states this is the Swedish coast off Kulaberg.
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The Bridge
BJO NORDFELDT
American, (1878-1955)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1906, Donovan/Brown 8; edition unknown. 8 1/8 x 10 1/4 in. Signed, dated and numbered "No. 117" in pencil. This is a fine impression with narrow margins to just around the borderline, so typical of this print. The condition is very good. (There's a tiny speck of foxing at the borderline, upper right and a very subtle soft crease in the lower left corner of the image.) This lovely print appears in multiple color variations which is a concept Nordfeldt mastered with great effect. He was an experimenter. While spending time in Paris studying French woodcuts he became aware of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints which inspired him throughout his career. Furthermore, he studied with Frank Morley Fletcher while in England. Nordfeldt was living in Chicago in 1906 and this work was likely inspired by his time in Sweden where he was born. Impressions of this print are located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Minneapolis Institute of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
$6,800

Two Men Digging
BJO NORDFELDT
American, (1878-1955)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1906, Donovan 17, edition unknown. 11 1/4 x 7 5/8 in. Signed, dated and numbered "No. 205" in pencil. This is a superb impression on japanese paper trimmed to just outside the margin by the artist. The condition is fine. Our impression is nicer than the one illustrated in the catalogue raisonné. Nordfeldt was born in Sweden and later went to England to study with Frank Morley Fletcher. The year after this print was made the artist left Chicago for the east coast and ended up in New York. He summered in Provincetown, MA. This is a rare print in spite of the 'No. 205" written on it. Provenance: The Old Print Shop, NY. (Framed in a lovely arts and crafts oak frame.)
$8,500

Blue Macaw
ELIZABETH NORTON
American, (1888-1985)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1928, edition 100. 9 5/8 x 5 1/8 in. Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil. Signed with the monogram in the block at lower right. This is a fine impression printed on thin Japan paper. This sheet is mounted to a support sheet at the four corners. The condition is very good apart from a vertical break in the tissue away from the image at the left, most likely from the printing process. Elizabeth Norton was born in Chicago, Illinois, on December 16, 1887 and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1910, the Art Students' League, National Academy of Design and the Chase School in New York (now Parsons School of Design). She traveled to California in 1915 to see the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, returning in 1919 to make the San Francisco Bay Area her home.
$1,000

Banner Fish
ELIZABETH NORTON
American, (1888-1985)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (probably 1930s-1940s), edition 75. 11 x 9 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Inscribed "del.sc.et imp." Here we have a superb impression printed on a very thin japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is very good. (The sheet is attached at the four corners to a sturdy support sheet. There's a subtle, small printing wrinkle just to the edge of the image at the upper left corner.) Norton was born in Chicago and studied at the Art Student's League and the National Academy of Design among others. She was instrumental in the founding of the Palo Alto Arts Club in 1921 and she was a member of several printmakers Clubs and their associated exhibitions.
$750

Peonies
LOUIS NOVAK
American, (1903-1983)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (probably 1930s-1940s), edition unknown. 9 x 10 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is very good. (There's a bit of darkening within an earlier mat opening and two old paper hinges at the top corners.) Louis Novak was a printmaker, painter, and teacher who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1903. He studied at the Massachusetts School of Art in Boston, where he earned a degree in education, and the Museum of Fine Art School. Novak later became an instructor of architectural drawing at the Wentworth Institute in Boston. He's best known for his views of Boston and vicinity so this floral print is a delightful departure. Ex-collection: Reba Williams, New York.
$1,300

Still Life
JEANNE BIERUMA OOSTING
Dutch, (1898-1994)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (probably done during the 1940s-1950s), edition 100. 15 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. Initialed in the block, lower right. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on japan paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Oosting excelled in printmaking, painting, book design and glass work. She was a member of the Pulchri Studio, Arti et Amicitiae and the Association for Craft and Art industry (VANK).
$700

In the Studio (Im Atelier)
EMIL ORLIK
Czech, (1870-1932)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1899, edition 100. 5 1/4 x 6 1/16 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, fresh impression printed on thin japan paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from slight light toning showing within an early mat opening. This print is page 26 from the rare portfolio, Kleine Holzschnitte, published by Verlag Neue Kunsthandlung, 1920, Berlin. There were thirty-four prints in total. The prints were mounted at the top corners on a support sheet as we have here. Orlik was born in Prague and later studied at the Munich Academy. He traveled to Japan in 1900 and spent several months studying the traditional art of the Japanese woodcut.
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Windblown Trees
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1920, Bakker 56a, edition unknown. 7 x 9 3/4 in. Signed in pencil, lower right, within the image. This is a superb, vibrant impression of this well known image. The print is trimmed along the edge of the image (by the artist) and attached at the top to a black paper support sheet which extends slightly beyond the print (also done by the artist). In addition, the print and black paper are mounted at the top edge to a sturdy, tan matboard-like support. This is the original presentation as prepared by Patterson and we've seen this approach before. The condition is excellent. As viewed on page 20 of the Bakker retrospective catalogue from 1989, there's an oil study for this image as well as a charcoal and white pastel drawing.
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Anemones
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (1920s), Bakker 99a, intended edition of 100. 9 7/8 x 7 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression printed on a fibrous, off white Japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is quite good. This is a rare, annotated proof before the formal edition. The artist has made pencil annotations in the margins referencing difference colors for possible changes, ie. "black," "white," "dark green," etc. This is the completed image, but as is so often the case with arts and crafts era woodcut artists, they are always thinking about the next impression and how they might make color adjustments. We have never seen a Patterson print like this and consider it a unique opportunity.
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The Winding Road
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (circa 1912-14), Bakker 29, edition unknown. 7 x 9 1/2 in. Unsigned. This is a fine impression of this uncommon, early work. The margins are narrow and certainly trimmed as such by the artist. The condition is fine. (This impression is originally from the estate of the artist.) This delightful, arts and crafts image is certainly a European scene; we know that Patterson did travel to France, Holland and Belgium before WWI.
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Surf and Rocks
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1915-20, Bakker 47, edition 100 (?) 7 3/8 x 10 5/8 in. Signed in pencil (twice), numbered and also titled by the artist. This is a fine impression of this very rare woodcut. The margins are trimmed (by the artist) on the top and sides and there's about 3/4" along the bottom. The print is attached to a sheet of sturdy black paper which was most likely done by the artist. The edge of the sheet shows about 1/8" around the print which adds a decorative design element. The Bakker retrospective catalogue from 1989 only lists a gouache study for the print and not the woodcut. This is the first time we've handled an impression of "Surf and Rocks" and it depicts the rocky New England coastline, possibly Maine.
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Rose with Vine and Bud
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut, 1947, Bakker Retrospective catalogue 112b, small edition. 6 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a superb impression of this very rare work. The margins are trimmed to the borderline (by the artist). The condition is fine apart from a small ink smudge in the blank area at left, probably which occurred during the course of the printing process. This endearing work is Patterson's last recorded woodcut and this impression is illustrated on page 36 of the Bakker catalogue.
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Summer Flowers
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, Bakker 100a, intended edition of 100. 10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression of this rare print. The margins measure about 1/2" all around but this is most likely the full, untrimmed sheet as printed. The condition is excellent. The paper is Patterson's typical sturdy, thick Japanese paper which is especially well-suited for intensely rubbing the colors onto the paper from the back of the sheet.
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Poppies and Convolvolus
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, Bakker retrospective catalogue # 95, intended edition of 100. 7 1/4 x 10 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression with notably fresh colors. The margins are full and the condition is fine. Certainly, the finest impressions of Patterson's woodcuts display a remarkable three-dimensionality. The intense work involved in rubbing the colors into the blocks is perfectly demonstrated here and 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.
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Bleeding Heart
MARGARET PATTERSON
American, (1867-1950)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, Bakker 93, intended edition of 100. 10 x 7 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with probably full margins. The condition is very good apart from and old strip of tape across the top edge of the sheet verso, and a couple of tiny pieces of the same on the bottom edge, verso.
SOLD