Landscape 1996-III
GRIETJE POSTMA
Dutch, (b. 1961)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1996, edition 20. 9 1/2 x 19 3/8 in. Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression of this lovely and subtle woodcut. The margins are full and the condition is excellent.
$725

Landscape 2025-I
GRIETJE POSTMA
Dutch, (b. 1961)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2025, edition 25. 14 1/4 x 18 in. Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil. This is a stellar impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The scene is Mt. Dandenong in Kalorama, Victoria, Australia. This somewhat remote, exotic area is perched atop the Dandenong Ranges about 40 km east of Melbourne along the Mt.Dandenong Tourist Road. The artist visited this part of the world awhile back.
$875

Landscape 2020-VIII
GRIETJE POSTMA
Dutch, (b. 1961)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2020, edition 31. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression in excellent condition. The margins are full. This sunlit landscape has an impressionist look to it and it's a nice example of Postma's work.
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Landscape 2023-I
GRIETJE POSTMA
Dutch, (b. 1961)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2023, edition 29. 22 7/8 x 13 in. Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This is the artist's first print for 2023.
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Landscape 2024-III
GRIETJE POSTMA
Dutch, (b. 1961)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2024, edition 27 9 5/8 x 17 1/2 in. Signed, titled, numbered in pencil and inscribed, "houtsnede." This is a fine impression in superb condition. Full margins. This very subtle yet engaging ocean scene is a nice example of Postma's recent work.
$700

Landscape 2024-I
GRIETJE POSTMA
Dutch, (b. 1961)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2024, edition 25. 12 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. The work is also inscribed, "houtsnede" in pencil. This is a fine impression in excellent condition. The margins are full. This is the first woodcut the artist has made in 2024.
$750

Landscape 2025-II (Edoras - Mt. Sunday)
GRIETJE POSTMA
Dutch, (b. 1961)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2025, edition 29. 14 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with the full margins. Excellent condition. Mt. Sunday is an isolated hill in the inland Canterbury region of New Zeeland's South Island. It was chosen as the location for the settlement of Edoras in the Lord of the Rings films. This print is actually a view looking down on the ground. The stone ground is full of minerals which makes it possible to see many plants and lichens.
$700

Boogie Woogie
MILDRED RACKLEY
American, (1906-1992)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1940, edition 25. 5 x 6 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with rich colors. The paper is Japanese and there's a paper imperfection or small repair on the right side, outside of the image. Rackley was born in New Mexico and studied at the University of Texas and also in Germany. Her married name was Simon and she eventually settled in California. She moved to New York in 1935 and became active in the WPA program.
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Jumping Jives
MILDRED RACKLEY
American, (1906-1992)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1940, edition unknown. 5 x 6 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This impression bears the New York City WPA Art Project stamp. Here we have a color and state variation for the print "Boogie Woogie", also shown on this site. The title is also different. We don't know if this is part of the edition of 25 or from a separate WPA edition which is usually about that number of impressions. The impression is rich and the condition is good other than for spots of foxing in the lower margin well away from the image. These are the full margins.
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Boogie Woogie
MILDRED RACKLEY
American, (1906-1992)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1940, edition probably about 25. 6 x 5 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with vibrant colors. The paper is a thin Japanese with full margins. The condition is good part from foxing in the margins, mostly in the lower right corner. This impression bears the New York City WPA Art Project stamp.
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Symbolic Figure, Facing Right
GERTRAUD B. REINBERGER
Austrian, (1903-1992)
Woodcut, circa 1920, edition unknown. 12 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. A superb impression in very good condition. Minor foxing, verso, along bottom edge of sheet. Wide if not full margins. Little is know about her lift as an artist. Her designs and symbolic imagery is quite unique and her prints are rare.
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Salome
GERTRAUD B. REINBERGER
Austrian, (1903-1992)
Woodcut, 1920-25, edition unknown. 15 5/8 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression on Japanese paper. Fine condition. Full margins. Reinberger's extraordinary woodcuts developed in part from her family's friendship with Josef Hoffmann. Her work is well-represented at the Albertina.
$2,000

Four Figures; One Kneeling
GERTRAUD B. REINBERGER
Austrian, (1903-1992)
Woodcut, 1920, edition unknown. 10 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a very good impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. She studied at the School of Applied Arts in Vienna and made her first woodcut in 1916. She rarely dated her prints as we have here. There's a large group of her prints in the Albertina.
$1,500

Alviso Farmyard
WILLIAM S. RICE
American, (1873-1963)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, edition fewer than 15. 10 1/4 x 13 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This fine impression is printed on a fibrous Japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine. The colors are fresh. Provenance: Annex Galleries.
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Snowed In - Calaveras Big Tree Hotel
WILLIAM S. RICE
American, (1873-1963)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1930, edition probably about 15. 8 3/4 x 12 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression in very good condition. The margins are substantial and probably untrimmed. This print came to us in the original mat and there is just a faint trace of discoloration within the old opening and old paper tape hinges at the top corners, recto. The outstanding California woodcut is exemplary of Rice's best work in the medium.
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Marsh Moon
WILLIAM S. RICE
American, (1873-1963)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, edition probably 15-20. 7 1/8 x 9 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on a medium Japanese paper. The margins are about 1/2" on all sides and they have reinforced breaks on the left and right sides. (Breaks can occur from excessive pressure in the printing process.) This work is illustrated on page 42 of Arthur Wesley Dow and American Arts and Crafts by Nancy Green and Jessie Poesch (1999). That impression varies from ours in the added printing for the clouds at top. Variations such as this are found in Rice's work and among so many other creative blockprint artists.
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Primroses
WILLIAM S. RICE
American, (1873-1963)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1920, small edition. 9 x 12 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression of this rare print. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Rice produced several floral images with a dark background as we have here. Rice was born in Pennsylvania and later moved to California where he taught printmaking at the Alameda and Oakland public schools. Rice was a true craftsman and he authored two books on the subject of block printing.
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Anemones
WILLIAM S. RICE
American, (1873-1963)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, from a small edition, perhaps 15 impressions. 9 x 12 in. Signed and titled in pencil. Here we have a superb impression printed on light cream Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This exemplary work is one of several floral prints by Rice. He would often use this dark background, similar to the work of Margaret Patterson, to accentuate the vibrancy of the colors. "During the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition San Francisco, Rice had a chance to study and absorb the techniques of the Japanese woodcuts that he was to incorporate into his own working knowledge of the medium. In 1918, the first major exhibition of his color woodcuts hung at the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Though he gained national recognition for his printmaking, Rice embodied the Craftsman spirit, painting with watercolor and oil, and working in ceramics, hammered copper, and woodworking. He authored three books on the subject of block printing, including Block Prints: How to Make Them, and penned articles on naturalist subjects for Sunset Magazine." (from the Annex Galleries website entry for Bert's Iris.) Ex-collection: Reba Williams, New York.
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Alviso Slough
WILLIAM S. RICE
American, (1873-1963)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920, Treseder plate 20, edition fewer than 15. 9 1/8 x 12 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a very fine impression printed on sturdy, fibrous Japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine other than for two subtle stains in the upper left and upper right margin corners, away from the image. The scene is near San Jose, CA. Provenance: Annex Galleries.
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Ships of Yesterday
WILLIAM S. RICE
American, (1873-1963)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1926, edition probably about 15. 10 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on wove paper. The margins are modest but this appears to be the full sheet as printed. The condition is fine apart from two old paper hinges at the top corner margins. There's a very similar image by Rice bearing the same title. It's illustrated on page 69 of William S. Rice, California Block Prints by Roberta Rice Treseder (2009). The location for this print is most likely the Oakland Estuary.
$1,800