The Grand Canyon
JOSEPH PENNELL
American, (1857-1926)
Lithograph, 1912, Wuerth 257, edition 25. 22 x 16 7/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this rare, monumental print. The margins are full and the paper bears an ARCHES watermark. The condition is fine apart from a small wrinkle in the upper right corner. He created several lithographs of the Grand Canyon as he was impressed with the beauty of the American west and northwest. (Note: an informed source has told me that the title listed in the Wuerth catalogue is not accurate. It's listed as "The City under the Black Mountain." Black Mountain is not too far away in the Southern Sierra.
$2,800

Westminster, Evening
JOSEPH PENNELL
American, (1857-1926)
Mezzotint, 1909, Wuerth 509, edition probably 50. 9 7/8 x 14 3/4 in. Signed on the tab in pencil and inscribed "imp." This is a superb impression of this rare print. The margins are trimmed by the artist to just outside the platemark which is not uncommon. Consider it a tribute to his colleague, James A. McNeill Whistler. The condition is superb. The printed surface is pristine with no rubs or any other problems which can often affect the delicate mezzotint surface. Impressions of this work are found in the following museums: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery of Art. Ex-collection: R. Dalton (Lugt 354).
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St. Paul's, New York
JOSEPH PENNELL
American, (1857-1926)
Etching, 1915, Wuerth 678, edition probably 100. 10 7/8 x 8 3/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a superb, dramatically inked impression. The paper is an antique laid probably from an old ledger book. The condition is very good apart from spots of foxing in the margins and two old, small hinges at the top. St. Paul's Chapel is a chapel building located at 209 Broadway, between Fulton and Vesey Street in lower Manhattan. It was opened in 1766 and it's the oldest surviving church building in Manhattan.
$900

The Woolworth Building
JOSEPH PENNELL
American, (1857-1926)
Etchhing, 1915, Wuerth 675, edition probably 100 proofs. 11 7/8 x 7 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right. Signed in pencil. Here we have a fine, luminous impression with full margins. The condition is generally fine. (There's a trace of an old adhesive along the outer edges of the sheet, verso, on both sides, and a few specks of foxing on the verso.) Designed by Cass Gilbert, the Woolworth Building was the tallest building in the world from 1913 to 1929. It's a major contribution to America's "skyscraper style," gracefully expressing in its neo-Gothicism the soaring verticality of steel-frame construction.
$1,000

Times Square
JAMES PENNEY
American, (1910-1982)
Lithograph, 1933, edition 15. 14 x 19 3/4 in. Signed, titled, numbered and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine other than for a couple of repaired splits in the margins, well away from the image. Penney was from Missouri and studied at the University of Kansas. He moved to New York where he spent three years at the Art Students League and studied with John Sloan and Charles Locke among others. He was a WPA mural painter in addition to his fine work as a lithographer. This is one of his finest works and other examples of his printmaking are found in the National Gallery. Times Square is a rare print.
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Goosey, Goosey Gander
IDA MARIE PERRAULT
American, (1872-1929)
White line color woodcut, circa 1920, edition 100. 14 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Below the signature it reads, "Print by R.P." (This stands for Raoul Perrault, the artist's brother.) This is a fine impression with about one inch margins all around. Fine condition. Perrault studied at the Detroit School of Art and in Paris and Brussels. She probably learned the white line color woodcut process in Provincetown. She possibly knew Ada Gilmore and Hope Voorhees who were both from Michigan like Parrault and also worked in Provincetown. Her brother, Raoul, printed her blocks.
$2,500

Tap Dancer
CARL E. PICKHARDT, JR.
American, (1908-2004)
Lithograph, circa 1935, edition 30. 11 7/8 x 11 5/8 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with substantial margins. The condition is also fine other than for traces of two small hinges on the top margin corners, well away from the image. Pickhardt was a Massachusetts artist who graduated from Harvard and attended Harvard Business School. He left before graduation to become a full time artist and became a prominent social realist during the 1930s and 1940s. His work is found in multiple museum collections.
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The Harvest, South Carolina
CHARLES POLLACK
American, (1902-1988)
Lithograph, undated (1930s), edition 35. 9 3/4 x 14 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil "E35." This is a fine impression of this very rare print. The margins are full with a deckle edge on all sides. The condition is fine apart from old hinges at the top of the sheet, recto. Charles was the oldest brother of Jackson Pollack. He worked with the Michigan WPA program and joined the art faculty at Michigan State University. He also studied with Thomas Hart Benton at the Art Students League in New York. From the 1940s on, his work started changing to more abstraction. Ironically, Jackson Pollack also studied at the Art Students League with Benton and his earliest work is regionalist in nature. An impression of this print is found at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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Boston view
VOJTECH PREISSIG
American, (1873-1944)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, circa 1920, small edition. 9 7/8 x 8 in. Signed in ink. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is good apart from some toning to the paper at the lower right and below,not affecting the image. This rare print depicts the Boston Harbor area with a view of the Customs House Tower. Preissig studied at the Prague School of Arts and Crafts and later worked with Mucha and Kupka in Paris. He moved to the United States in 1910 where he taught at Columbia with Arthur Wesley Dow. He also taught at the Wentworth Institute in Boston from 1916-26. When he was back in Prague, Preissig supported the Czech resistance and was arrested in 1940 for doing graphic design work for a magazine that had been outlawed by the Germans. He died in Dachau in 1944. (On the verso is an ink stamp in Czech which is a reference to authenticity, "pratvost potvrzuje.")
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Underground
LEONARD PYTLAK
American, (1910-1998)
Lithograph printed in colors, 1935-40, edition probably about 25. 11 x 15 1/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a very fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. This is a stellar WPA print and this impression bears the stamp of the NYC WPA on the back of the sheet. Pytlak studied at the Art Students League and was one of the foremost lithographers of this era. This lithograph is located in the Library of Congress, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others.
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Interior of Ferry
LEONARD PYTLAK
American, (1910-1998)
Lithograph, 1936, edition 14. 10 x 13 1/2 in. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression of this rare print. The margins appear to be full and the condition is fine apart from slight discoloration in the upper right corner margin, not affecting the image. Pytlak studied at the Art Students League and was active in the NY WPA program. This print is also referred to as Staten Island Ferry. We are offering the print along with a small framed (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.; sight measurement) pencil study of the interior of the ferry showing the figures in reverse.
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Seining
LEONARD PYTLAK
American, (1910-1998)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1936, small edition. 8 x 11 in. Signed and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine, rich impression printed on thin Japanese paper. The margins are full and the condition is generally fine. (There's a little soiling here and there in the margins.) This is a WPA print and there's an impression in the Metropolitan Museum of Art donated by the New York Works Projects Administration in 1943.
$1,300

Figures
CHARLES QUEST
American, (1904-1993)
Wood engraving, 1948, edition 25. 12 x 9 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from two old hinges at the top of the sheet. Quest grew up in St. Louis and studied at the Washington University School of Fine Arts. he later taught there from from 1944 to 1971. His work is represented in numerous museums including the British Museum, Philadelphia Museum, MOMA and the Metropolitan Museum. This is a fine example of his work.
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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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Boogie Woogie
MILDRED RACKLEY
American, (1906-1992)
Screenprint, circa 1940, edition 86. 10 3/8 x 14 3/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. Rackley actively exhibited during the 1930s and 1940s and she was a member of the National Serigraph Society. She moved to New York in 1935 and worked for the the American League Against War and Fascism's magazine called "Flight." She was born in New Mexico and later taught in Taos. She was quite the traveler and an activist. Her work is in the National Gallery and she was active with the New York WPA program.
$2,850

War Bulletins
CHARLES F. RAMUS
American, (1902-1979)
Lithograph, 1939, edition unknown. 10 1/8 x 12 1/4 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. The print is also inscribed, "1st state... Harold Keeler, imp." This is a fine impression of this compelling work. The margins are full and the condition is fine apart from a small stain in the upper right corner of the margin and some small rippling along the top margin edge. Ramus was a Colorado artist who studied at the Denver Academy of Fine Arts. He was active as a block printer, illustrator, lithographer, painter and teacher. His work is in the National Gallery in Washington and an impression of this print is in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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California Landscape
AUGUSTA RATHBONE
American, (1897-1990)
Etching and aquatint printed in colors, circa 1940, edition probably 15. 8 x 9 1/8 in. Signed in pencil and also inscribed by the artist, artist's proof. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine apart from modest old tape hinges on the verso. Rathbone was a California artist who studied in France. Her work is included in A Spectrum of Innovation: Color in American Printmaking 1890-1960, by David Acton (1990). Provenance: Annex Galleries, CA.
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Oklahoma Barn
DOEL REED
American, (1894-1985)
Etching and aquatint, 1939, Cohen/Rogers 36, edition 50. 10 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Signed, dated, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from very slight toning within an earlier mat opening and a small piece of paper tape attached to the top right corner away from the image. This early work is rare. Reed studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and was essentially self-taught as a printmaker. He later taught at what is now Oklahoma State University and was often inspired by the landscapes of the American southwest. He was elected to be a member of the National Academy of Design in 1942 and when he retired he moved to Taos, NM.
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