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

Three Swans
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, edition possibly 100. 8 1/8 x 13 1/8 in. Initialed in the block with the artist's monogram, lower right. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression with modest margins. This is probably the full sheet as printed. The condition is fine apart from paper tape along the edges of the sheet, verso. The most important contribution to date about the artist is a catalogue by Martin Andrews and Robert Gilmore, Allen W. Seaby, Art and Nature (2014) Two Rivers Press.
$1,250

Saint-Paul- de-Vence
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated, probably 1920s, Edition unknown. 7 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. Initialed in the block, lower left. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this uncommon print. The margins are full and the condition is fine. (There's some stray printer's ink here and there in the outer margins.) St Paul-de-Vence is a medieval town in the Provence-Aples-Côte d'Azur region of Southern France. It's near Nice. We are aware of a pencil study for this charming print.
$1,000

The River
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (probably 1900-1914), edition 150. 5 15/16 x 7 1/2 in. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Here we have a fine impression with probably the full margins. The condition is fine. (There's a very small wrinkle in the lower margin, center, just to the image. This is very minor.) Given the dating for Seaby's two Swans, we will suggest ca. 1900-1914.
$1,000

Ponies
ALLEN W. SEABY
British, (1867-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, 1930s, edition 100. 5 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. Signed and numbered in pencil. This is a fine impression with exceptional colors. The margins are modest but this is probably what the artist intended. Fine condition. Seaby spent time in Dartmoor which is in southern Devon, South West England. There's a similar woodcut by the artist illustrated on page 55 of Allen Seaby, Art and Nature by Martin Andrews and Rober Gilmor (2014).
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The Shadowed Valley
FRANK SHORT
British, (1857-1945)
Mezzotint, 1927, Hardie 128, edition unknown. 14 3/8 x 19 3/8 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression of this outstanding print. The margins are trimmed and it's printed on a chine applique; otherwise in fine condition. The drawing study for this print is in the collection of the Fogg Art Museum in Cnambridge, MA.
$2,000

Goatfell No. 2
HELEN G. STEVENSON
British, (active 1920s-1930s)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1925, edition unknown. 9 x 7 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, rich impression of this uncommon print. The Margins are full and the condition is excellent. Helen G. Stevenson, Scottish painter and printmaker, was a student of Frank Morley Fletcher at Edinburgh College of Art, exhibiting with the Society of Graver Printers in Color between 1924-35 and with the California Society of Printmakers, in the 1920’s. She became an art teacher at St. Andrews Cottage School in Edinburgh upon graduation. Her works are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert and the British Museum (see: Garton, "British Printmakers 1855-1955), page 69.
SOLD

Goatfell, No.2
HELEN G. STEVENSON
British, (active 1920s-1930s)
Woodcut printed in colors, probably 1925-1930, edition unknown but probably small. 9 x 7 in. Signed and titled in pencil. Here we have a superb impression with the full margins. The condition is very good other than for slight light toning within an earlier mat opening. Helen G. Stevenson, Scottish painter and printmaker, was a student of Frank Morley Fletcher at Edinburgh College of Art, exhibiting with the Society of Graver Printers in Color between 1924-35 and with the California Society of Printmakers, in the 1920’s. She became an art teacher at St. Andrews Cottage School in Edinburgh upon graduation. Her works are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert and the British Museum (see: Garton, "British Printmakers 1855-1955), page 69. Goatfell is a mountain on the Isle of Arran, Scotland. It's the highest point on the island.
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Martin's Hovel
ROBIN TANNER
British, (1904-1988)
Etching, 1927, Garton 3 (iii/III), edition 50. 6 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb, luminous impression from the first edition of 50 impressions by Nicholson. There were two subsequent editions; one in 1974 by the Penn Print Room (50 impressions) and another in 1984 by Garton & Co (12 impressions). This stellar, early work was done in Wiltshire and the Church in the background is St. Nicholas's at Biddestone. Tanner was inspired by Samuel Palmer and William Morris. He worked in the traditional English pastoral style of Paul Drury and Graham Sutherland.
$2,000

Sailors
LILL TSCHUDI
Swiss, (1911-2004)
Linocut printed in colors, 1930, Coppel LT2, edition 50. 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. Signed and numbered in pencil within the image. Titled below the image and also numbered. This is a fine impression with rich colors printed on a thin oriental paper. The modest borders around the print are replete with ink from the printing process. Fine condition. IN 1929, Tschudi enrolled at the Grosvenor School of Modern Art and there she studied with Claude Flight. She studied in Paris from 1931 to 1933 with Léger, Lhote and Severini. She remained close to Flight and moved back to her native Switzerland at the outbreak of WWII. This is a fine, early example of her work.
$6,500

Anemones
YOSHIJIRO URUSHIBARA
Japanese, (1880-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1915, edition probably 100. 12 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. Here we have a superb impression with the colors especially vibrant. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Urushibara's best work was a group of floral woodcuts of which this is a notable example. The artist moved to England at a young age and lived there as well as in France until 1934. He was very active with the European color woodcut artists at the time and collaborated with Frank Brangwyn on several prints.
SOLD

Quai d'Orsay, Paris
YOSHIJIRO URUSHIBARA
Japanese, (1880-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (probably 1920s), edition perhaps 100. 9 5/8 x 12 1/4 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on light cream laid paper. The margins are about 3/4" on all sides which appear to be full and untrimmed. The condition is excellent. This impression is inscribed "No.81" from an unknown edition.
$900

Roses 2
YOSHIJIRO URUSHIBARA
Japanese, (1880-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, undated (possibly circa 1925), Chapman/Horner F38, edition possibly 50. 12 x 8 1/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a fine impression printed on cream laid paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This impression bears seal # 2 and signature # 21 printed in the right side of the image. (See the catalogue raisonné, page 196). Provenance: the artist's estate via Ichiro Urushibara, the artist's son. (Note: the catalogue raisonné of Urusibara's woodcuts was recently published in 2017. The authors are Hilary Chapman and Libby Horner. ISBN 9789004341982, Hotei Publishing, Leiden, The Netherlands.)
$1,450

Sweet Peas 2
YOSHIJIRO URUSHIBARA
Japanese, (1880-1953)
Woodcut printed in colors, circa 1913, Chapman/Horner F41, edition probably 83. 12 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in the block with the artist's seal. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression with rich colors. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This is one of many exemplary floral woodcuts done by Urushibara. Color variations exist of this print. Ex-collection: the artist's estate via Ichiro Urushibara, the artist's son. The artist rarely dated his prints.
$1,500

The Venetian Mast
JAMES A. MCNEILL WHISTLER
American, (1834-1903)
Etching and drypoint, 1879-80, Glasgow 219 (x/XII), Kennedy 195 (vi/VI); Glasgow states 57 impressions were taken from the plate. 13 3/8 x 6 3/8 in. Signed in the plate with the butterfly, upper left. Signed on the tab with the pencil butterfly signature. This is a fine, tonal impression in excellent condition. The sheet is trimmed to the platemark on all sides. This print was published by the Fine Art Society in the "First Venice Set" in 1880. The paper is fine antique laid with a Strasbourg Lily watermark (see # 284 in the Art Institute catalogue of Whistler lithographs, Volume 2, page 417.)
$8,500