Brooklyn Heights Esplanade
HARRY SHOKLER
American, (1896-1978)
Screenprint, 1951, edition unknown. 10 x 15 1/2 in. Signed and dated in ink in the image. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression of this memorable, panoramic view of New York. This is a fine impression with full margins. Fine condition. Shokler was born in Cincinnati and he eventually moved to New York to study and then teach. He was an early advocate of the screenprint as an artistic medium and he was president of the National Serigraph Society. He was also a WPA artist and taught at the Brooklyn Museum of Art School.
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Coney Island
HARRY SHOKLER
American, (1896-1978)
Screenprint printed in colors, 1942, edition unknown (possibly 100) 12 1/2 x 16 in. Signed in ink in the image, lower left. Tthis is a superb impression in fine condition. (There's a small paper loss in the lower right corner margin.) The margins appear to be full and untrimmed. Shokler became part of Anthony Velonis's silkscreen unit of the Graphic Arts Division of the New York WPA program. He became on the the leading screenprint artists during the 1940s. This memorable work is illustrated and discussed in The American Scene; Prints from Hopper to Pollack (2008) by Stephen Coppel, see pages 174-75.
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Theater # 1
CLARA SKINNER
American, (1902-1976)
Wood engraving, 1933-34, edition about 25. 10 x 14 in. Signed and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine impression printed on a thin, cream Japanese paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from four spots of an old adhesive showing in the four corners of the margins. Born in Chicago, Skinner studied at the Art Students League and was active with the WPA program. This work is included in The Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930s, published by the University of Michigan Museum of Art (1985),pg 177. This print is also located at the National Gallery and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, among others. The original WPA label accompanies the print.
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The Street Hawkers
RAYMOND SKOLFIELD
American, (1909-1996)
Lithograph, 1935-36, edition about 25. 9 7/8 x 14 in. Signed on the stone, lower right. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with what appears to be the full, untrimmed sheet. The condition is very good other than for a slight trace of a mat line from an early mount and some old adhesive on the verso edges on four sides. Skolfield was a Maine artist who studied at the Art Students League with Guy Pene DuBois, among others. He was active in the NY WPA program and this print is included as part of that effort. (This impression does not have the stamp.) Street Hawkers is found at the Smithsonian, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, among others.
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Nude and Etching Press
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1931, Morse 254 (ii/II), edition 100. 5 x 3 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. A fine impression with full margins. Faint discoloration, verso.
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Growing Up in Greenwich Village
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1916, Morse 180, only state. Edition 100 but only 80 were printed. 6 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil; annotated "100 proofs." This is a fine, luminous with full margins. The condition is excellent. Ex-collection George A. Martin (Ohio) with his penciled initials verso.
$1,600

Bandit's Cave
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1920, Morse 195 (viii/VIII), edition 500-600 in this state. 7 x 5 in. Signed in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression in fine condition. The margins are wide measuring about 2 1/2"-3" on all sides. This impression was included in the New Republic portfolio entitled "Six American Etchings."
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A Thirst For Art
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1939, Morse 306 (iv/IV), edition 200. 4 x 6 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil below. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is also fine. There were 100 impressions in the third state and then 100 in the fourth state. As Morse quotes John Sloan in the catalogue raisonne (page 339), "They don't see the pictures at all, knocking them crooked on the wall with their shoulders."
$2,200

Girl and Beggar
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1910, Morse 150 (ii/II), edition 100. 4 3/8 x 6 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is very good apart from a slight suggestion of toning within an earlier mat opening. The alternate title is "Putting the Best Foot Forward."
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Fifth Avenue Critics
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1905, Morse 128 (xi/XI), edition 100 plus the GBA edition. 5 x 7 in. Signed and dated in the plate. This is a fine impression as published in the Gazette des Beaux Arts, Paris, in a large edition of unknown size. The condition is fine and the margins are full. It was printed by A. Porcabeuf, Paris, and bears the printed title at the bottom, "Une Rue à New York."
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The Picture Buyer
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1911, Morse 153 (v/V), edition 100. 5 1/4 x 7 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression printed on ARCHES watermarked paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's just a trace of light foxing in the right margin area.) Depicted here is the Macbeth Gallery in New York. This print was exhibited at the Armory Show in 1913.
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Jewelry Store Window
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1906, Morse 140 (ii/II), edition 100. 5 5/8 x 3 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, titled, numbered "100 proofs," in pencil. Also, signed by the printer, Peter Platt. This is a fine impression on a thin cream Japanese paper. The sheet is full with tack holes showing all around the edge of the margins. Fine condition.
$1,500

Fashions of the Past
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1926, Morse 224, (vi/VI); edition 100. 8 x 10 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This impression was printed by Ernest Roth and is so inscribed. Here we have a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine. According to an inscription on an early proof, the artist wrote the storefront is Lord and Taylor in New York.
$2,800

Hell Hole
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching and drypoint, 1917, Morse 186 (ii/II), edition 110. 7 7/8 x 9 3/4 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. This impression was printed by Ernest Roth and is so inscribed in the bottom margin. This was the back room of Wallace's at Sixth Avenue and West Fourth Street and was a gathering place for artists and writers, among others. Eugene O'Neill is identified as the man in the upper right corner. This print won a gold medal at the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition, Philadelphia, in 1926.
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Return from Toil
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1915, Morse 175 (xi/XI); edition 100. 4 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil "100 proofs." This is a fine impression with full margins. The paper is wove with a partial watermark, "British Handmade." The condition is excellent. This image depicts a bevy of boisterous women walking the street of New York after work. The printer here was Ernest Roth and he inscribed his name with "imp." on the bottom left corner margin.
$1,400

Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Village
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1923, Morse 207 (viii/VIII); edition 100 (75 printed). 5 x 6 7/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil, "100 proofs." Here we have a fine impression printed on a medium weight wove paper. The margins are full. The condition is fine apart from a faint suggestion of discoloration within an earlier mat opening. This etching has a complex composition with multiple figures chatting and coming and going. It's a bold and endearing statement about life in New York during the 1920s.
$2,500

Wake of the Ferry
JOHN SLOAN
American, (1871- 1951)
Etching, 1949, Morse 313 (iv/IV); inscribed 200 proofs. 4 7/8 x 7 in. Signed in the plate, lower right. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. This is a very fine impression printed by Ernest Roth, and so inscribed. The full edition was 350 of which 200 were for the Art Students League and 150 for the artist's own use. Quite a number of proofs are numbered "200 proofs" as here, and "250 proofs." There are two paintings of this same title; one in the Phillips Collection in D,C. and one in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
$2,300

Hibiscus Flowers
JAMES D. SMILLIE
American , (1833-1909)
Drypoint, undated (circa 1890), from a small edition perhaps 10. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. Signed in the plate and signed in pencil. This impression has been printed by the artist. James D. was the son of James Smillie. This artist was a talented etcher and his father was best know for his engravings. James D. was a founder of the American Watercolor Society and the New York etching Club. He produced a group of finely done floral prints as we see here. They are unique in the history of 19th century fine art etching.
$550

2nd pl. August 2nd, 1889
JAMES D. SMILLIE
American , (1833-1909)
Engraving, roulette and mezzotint, 1889, from a small edition, perhaps 6 x 5 7/8 in. Initialed and dated in pencil. This is a superb impression in fine condition. The margins appear to be full and untrimmed. The paper is a thin wove. This dynamic floral print shows Smillie as a technical virtuoso working here in a variety of techniques.
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Sweet Peas
JAMES D. SMILLIE
American , (1833-1909)
Drypoint, 1891 (?), from a very small edition, perhaps 12. 7 x 5 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil and printed by the artist. this is a stellar impression with full margins. The paper is a light cream laid with in excellent condition. This is a very fine example of his floral printmaking in the late 19th century.
$550