Barred Owl
ANDREA RICH
American, (b. 1954)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2001, edition 30. 16 x 20 in. Signed, dated, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. Rich's work is inspired by traditional Japanese woodblocks. It differs in that she uses both multiple blocks and the reduction method in which a single block is carved, printed and re-carved multiple times. Instead of watercolor her blocks are printed with oil based inks. Her work is highly sophisticated with vibrant colors and beautiful designs. The editions are small as the process, from beginning to end, is extremely labor intensive. She designs, carves and prints all her own work.
$740

Night Heron in Cypress
ANDREA RICH
American, (b. 1954)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2021, edition 12. 20 x 16 in. Signed in the block with the artist's monogram, upper left. Signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Specifically, this is a Black-crowned Night Heron.
$740

Cedar Waxwing Flock
ANDREA RICH
American, (b. 1954)
Woodcut printed in colors, 2024, edition 12. 18 x 24 in. Signed in the block lower left with the artist's monogram. Signed, dated, numbered and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent.
$900

Rhododendron
LUIGI RIST
American, (1889-1959)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1942, Williams 10, edition 100 or 150. 13 1/8 x 10 in. Signed in ink within the image and titled in pencil just below the image. This is a superb, luminous impression of this uncommon print. The margins are modest in size but this is probably the full sheet as printed. Fine condition overall apart from a faint mat line showing in the margins. This is one of Rist's finest woodcuts.
$3,200

Sea Shell and Garlic
LUIGI RIST
American, (1889-1959)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1947, Williams 22, edition 150. 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. Signed in ink, lower right, within the image. Titled in pencil. Here we have a very fine impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are modest but this is probably the full sheet as printed. This is a nice example of his work.
$2,500

Fish Tank
LUIGI RIST
American, (1889-1959)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1944, Williams 16, edition 150. 9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in. Signed in ink within the image, lower right. Titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Rist was probably introduced to the woodcut medium by Morris Blackburn when they visited a show of Japanese prints in New York. Yet Rist was essentially self-taught and designed, cut and printed his own blocks. This print is illustrated on page 171 of American Prize Prints of the Twentieth Century by Albert Reese.
$3,500

Fruit Dish
LUIGI RIST
American, (1889-1959)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1945, Williams 18, intended edition of 150. 13 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. Signed in ink within the image. Titled and numbered in pencil just below the image at lower left. This is a superb impression with modest margins but this is the full sheet as printed. The condition is excellent. "Fruit Dish" is one of Rist's very best prints. A discussion of his very complex printing technique is explained in the catalogue raisonné by the artist himself on pages 6-9.
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Dandelions
LUIGI RIST
American, (1889-1959)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1947, Williams 23, edition probably 150. 9 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. Signed in ink within the image, lower right. Titled in pencil. Here we have a stellar impression with full margins. The condition is fine. Mentored by Morris Blackburn, Rist has work in collections including the Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, among others. He is known for his unique printmaking technique that combines traditional japanese woodcut methods with modern ingenuity. The Montclair Art Museum owns the eleven blocks for this print and the Lancaster Museum of Art (PA) owns a colored pencil drawing on tracing paper.
$4,500

The Red Mug
MABEL ROYDS
British, (1874-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (1920s-1930s), Barton 57, small edition. 5 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. Signed in red-orange pencil. This is a very fine impression with substantial margins. The condition is fine apart from traces of old hinges at the top of the sheet. This lovely print is rich with embossing (gaufrage). Royds' prints are consistently well-crafted and inspired. She produced about twenty floral block prints in all and they remain fresh and appealing to this day.
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Cineraria
MABEL ROYDS
British, (1874-1941)
Block print printed in colors, possibly 1936, Barton 48; from a small edition, possibly 50. 8 x 10 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is excellent apart from a small wrinkle in the printing found in the lower right corner. This is an exemplary work by the artist. We acquired it from the artist's estate back in the 1980s, sold it to a New York collector, and now we are pleased to re-offer it. Her floral prints have not been turning up over the last few years. (There's an inscription in the lower left margin by the artist "Ink (?) May '36.) And in the lower right corner, "48", which is possibly related to the edition number.
$1,650

Red Daisies
MABEL ROYDS
British, (1874-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1930s, Barton 45, edition unknown. 5 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil "45". This is a superb impression with rich colors. The background is printed as a monotype which is highly unusual for the artist The margins are narrow and the condition is fine. This impression came from the estate of the artist. We sold this very impression back in the 1980s and are pleased to have it again.
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Grapes
MABEL ROYDS
British, (1874-1941)
Woodcut prointed in colors, undated (circa 1920-1930), Barton 65, edition unknown. 8 1/2 x 10 in. Signed in colored pencil, lower left. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from soft wrinkles in the right margin area. Royds was married to Ernest Lumsden, the well known etcher of the period. She exhibited regularly at the Society of Scottish artists, the Society of Artist Printers and the Graver Printers in Colour. She produced about sixty blockprints and her work has become hard to come by today.
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Sunspots
MABEL ROYDS
British, (1874-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated, circa 1910-20, Barton 4, edition unknown. 4 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, luminous impression printed on a light cream, thin laid paper. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. This is most likely a study of the artist's daughter, Marjorie. Royds exhibited regularly with the Society of Scottish Artists, the Society of Artist Printers, and Graver Printers in Color. She studied with Frank Morley Fletcher.
$1,300

Orange Tiger Lilies
MABEL ROYDS
British, (1874-1941)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (circa 1920-25), Barton 47, edition unknown. 8 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression with vibrant colors. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's a small, soft crease in the lower left corner margin, not affecting the image.) Royds produced seventeen floral woodcuts during her career. Orange Tiger Lilies is among the best.
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Three Figures
ANNE RYAN
American, (1889-1954)
Woodcut printed in colors on black paper, circa 1945, edition 20. 11 1/2 x 15 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a couple of arcivally backed splits at the top margin, well away from the image. An impression of this work is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
$4,000

Studio Still Life
FLORA SCHOFIELD
American, (1873-1960)
Woodcut, 1933, edition unknown. 12 3/4 x 9 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression with wide margins. Very good condition. Schofield studied in Provincetown with William Zorach and later studied in Paris with Leger, Lhote and Severini. Much of her time was spent between Chicago and Provincetown. Her prints are rare and she was included in Janet Flint's Provincetown Printers; A Woodcut Tradition (1983). We have an original exhibition label as well which provides the date.
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Sun Flowers
FLORA SCHOFIELD
American, (1873-1960)
White line color woodcut, probably done in the 1930s, edition unknown. 12 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression of this extremely rare print. The margins are probably full as printed. The condition is very good apart from the outline of a stain on the verso which is barely discernible on the front. There are remnants of old hinges on the verso here and there at the edges. Born in Illinois, Schofield eventually studied in Provincetown with BJO Nordfeldt and William Zorach. Diring the 1930s she studied in Europe with André Lhote, Fernand Léger and Gino Severini. She exhibited at the Second Annual Exhibition of the Provincetown Art Association and continued to spend her summers in Provincetown and her winters in Chicago. Her married name is Schoenfeld and sometime in the 1930s, she want with the name Schofield, as we see here with this print. We have not yet located another impression of this powerful color woodcut. Provenance: Reba White Williams, New York.
$2,800

La Moisson (The Harvest)
PIERRE SCOUPREMAN
Belgian, (1873-1960)
Woodcut, 1920s, edition unknown. 15 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. Signed and titled in ink. This is a fine impression in very good condition. There's some minor creasing in the wide margins. In addition to his expressionist style woodcuts, Scoupreman was a gifted painter. He was friendly with Rik Wouters.
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Goat With Two Kids
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, edition probably 50-100. 8 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. Signed in the block with the monogram. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression printed on cream Japanese paper, a paper typically used by the artist. The margins are narrow but substantial enough. The condition is very good with very faint light toning showing in the image. Seaby was one of the best known students of Frank Morley Fletcher and he became Professor of Fine Art at the University of Reading from 1920-1933. He mastered the art of Japanese style woodblock printing and his work has a special place within the history of graphic art in England between the wars.
$850

Osprey
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1920s, edition 100. 14 x 9 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a superb, early impression of this majestic woodcut. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from very slight light toning within an early mat opening. This impression varies somewhat from one we have a few years ago; there's less definition in the trees in the background and the monogram in the lower right is not yet clearly defined. A new catalogue on Seaby is now available: Allen W. Seaby, Art and Nature, by Martin Andrews and Robert Gillmor (2014) by Two Rivers Press. There is no formal listing of the prints but it's a very nice publication with plenty of illustrations and informative text.
SOLD