Path in the Woods
JAN ALTINK
Dutch, (1885-1971)
Etching and aquatint, 1926, from a very small edition. 11 1/8 x 9 5/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from a few subtle areas of printing ink in the wide margins. Altink was born, raised and studied in Groningen and this is a view of the countryside where he lived. He was a founding member of the Dutch expressionist group called "de Ploeg" which means both "plow" and "team". Most of Altink's etchings show a deeply bitten plate as seen here and he often applied the use of aquatint to create dramatic tonal effects. This is a stellar example of his graphic art.
SOLD

Destroyers in Wet Basin at the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
American, (1887-1953)
Etching, 1943, Fletcher 377 (iii/iii), edition 875. 10 x 17 1/2 in. Signed and dated in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from old hinges at the top corners, verso. Most of the impressions were printed by Charles S. White. The scene is South Kearney, N.J. depicting the U.S.S Radford, Quick and Mervine in 1942. Arms served in the Navy during WWI.
$900

The Gothic Spirit
JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
American, (1887-1953)
Etching, 1922, Fletcher 120, edition 130 plus 5 trial proofs. 11 3/4 x 7 1/8 in. Signed and dated in pencil. With the following dedication, "to my friend Helen Loggie." This is a superb impression on antique laid paper. The margins appear to be full and the condition is fine. The right edge of the sheet is irregular which suggest the sheet was taken from and old ledger book. Helen Loggie was a west coast artist. She met John Talor Arms in 1929 and continued to stay in contact with him for about twenty years. This is a stellar example from his gargoyle series.
$2,500

Heavy Traffic
PEGGY BACON
American, (1895-1987)
Drypoint, circa 1941, Flint 141, edition unknown. 7 x 5 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression in fine condition. The margins are full. The location depicted here is Fourth Avenue at 14th Street in New York.
$1,600

Beal Street Blues
FRED G. BECKER
American, (1913-2004)
Wood engraving, 1935-39, edition about 25. 8 x 6 in. Signed in the block, lower right. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression in fine condition. The margins are full. This print bears the stamp, "Federal Art Project, NYC WPA." An impression of this exemplary work is found at the Art institute of Chicago and another is at the New York Public Library.
SOLD

Public Building
FRED G. BECKER
American, (1913-2004)
Wood engraving, 1936, edition about 25; this impression inscribed 6 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine, rich impression printed on thin japan paper. The condition is very good apart from foxing in the upper margin not affecting the image. An impression is in the New York Public Library.
$1,800

Arrival of Brass Section
FRED G. BECKER
American, (1913-2004)
Etching, 1935-39, edition about 25 11 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression of this large and impressive work. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This impression bears the stamp, "Federal Art Project, NYC, WPA." An impression is in the New York Public Library.
$2,200

At the Jazzband Ball
FRED G. BECKER
American, (1913-2004)
Wood engraving, 1935-39, eition about 25. 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. Signed in the block in the upper left corner. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression in fine condition. The margins are full.
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The City of Tomorrow
FRED G. BECKER
American, (1913-2004)
Wood engraving, 1935-39, edition about 25. 6 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. Initialed in the block, lower right. Signed and titled in pencil. Here we have a fine impression printed on thin wove paper. The margins appear to be full and the condition is fine. This complex and entertaining print is among the best of his city scenes.
SOLD

Birth of John Henry
FRED G. BECKER
American, (1913-2004)
Wood engraving, 1935-39, from and edition of about 25. 6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. Signed in the block, lower left corner. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression with full margins. Fine condition. This is from the series, "The Legend of John Henry," created for the NYC WPA. Ex-collection: Audrey McMahon (1898-1981) Director of the New York WPA art project. Ex-collection: Keith Sheridan Fine Prints. An impression of this print is in the New York Public Library.
$1,200

The Drummer
FRED G. BECKER
American, (1913-2004)
Wood engraving, 1935-39, edition about 25. 8 1/8 x 6 in. Initialed in the block, lower right. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression of this compelling early work. The condition is fine and the margins are full. An impression of this print is in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
$2,000

Trombone Player
FRED G. BECKER
American, (1913-2004)
Wood engraving, 1935-39, edition about 25 5 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in the block, lower left. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a superb impression with full margins. Excellent condition. This impression bears the stamp of the "Federal Art Project, NYC, WPA." Impressions are located in the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the University of Michigan Museum of Art and the New York Public Library.
$1,800

New York Landscape
FRED G. BECKER
American, (1913-2004)
Wood engraving, 1936, edition about 25. 7 3/4 x 5 in. Signed and dated in the block, lower left. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine, crisp impression of this engaging work. The details are amazing and these works by Becker are unique for the WPA period. An impression is located in the New York Public Library.
$1,800

City of Smiles
FRED G. BECKER
American, (1913-2004)
Wood engraving, 1935-39, edition about 25. 7 7/8 x 6 in. Initialed in the block, lower right. Signed in pencil. The title is engraved just below the image in capital letters. This is a stellar impression with full margins. The condition is fine apart from three small glue spots on the verso which show through slight on the recto. This impression bears the stamp, "Federal Art Project, NYC, WPA." An impression is found in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
$2,000

The Long Journey
FRANK BENSON
American, (1862-1951)
Etching, 1926, edition 150 plus three trial proofs. 9 3/4 x 11 3/4 in. Signed in pencil. This is a superb impression printed on a light cream wove paper. The margins are full and the condition is fine. This exemplary work shows a great display of atmospheric effects from dark to light.
$1,500

Hart's Farm, Clayhidon, Devon
ROBERT BEVAN
British, (1865-1925)
Pencil and charcoal on paper, circa 1917, a unique drawing. (sight) 10 x 8 3/8 in. (the full sheet measures 11 3/4 x 13 in.) Signed in the lower right "RPV" with the artist's stamp. This is the study for his lithograph (and oil painting) of the same subject. (See Dry 27.) Bevan was a British painter and lithographer. During the 1890s he traveled a good deal and he met Gauguin at Pont-Aven in 1894. In 1900 he settled in London, where he became a member of Sickert's circle (he was a founding member of the Camden Town Group in 1911 and of the London Group in 1913). His work was much influenced by Gauguin's bold color and flat patterning, and in his last years his style became increasingly simplified and schematic. He is best known for paintings featuring horses. Provenance: Thomas Agnew & Sons, London (their label, verso) and Brown & Darby, London (their label verso). This fine drawing was exhibited at the British Art Fair, 2023. The drawing is beautifully framed with the mat opening only showing the inner drawing and not the marginalia.
$5,000

Below Stairs
EDMUND BLAMPIED
British, (1886-1966)
Drypoint, 1931, Appleby 143, edition 100. 10 3/8 x 7 7/8 in. Signed and numbered in ink. Here we have a fine, rich impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. Printed in blue in the lower right corner of the sheet is the stamp, MADE IN ENGLAND." Blampied came from the Channel Islands and studied at the Royal Academy Schools. He was a gifted draftsman and his style is quite unique. Impressions of this work are in the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell and at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
$700

Roman Sunset, Trinità dei Monte
MUIRHEAD BONE
Scottish, (1876-1953)
Charcoal pencil, 1921, 14 5/8 x 10 in. Signed, titled "Rome" and dated lower left corner. This stellar drawing depicts a view of this Catholic church which was founded in 1502 by Louis XII. The drawing is mounted to a thin support sheet which extends outward and is attached to another more sturdy support. The condition is excellent. The print is sold framed according to museum standards.
$3,500

Union Square (Large)
MORTIMER BORNE
American, (1902-1987)
Drypoint, 1932, Biran pgs. 58-59; edition unknown. 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. Signed in pencil, lower right. This is a fine impression with full margins. The condition is excellent. The Union Square section extends from 14th Street on the south to 18th Street on the north, and from Third Avenue east to Sixth Avenue west. This print was made on a sunny day from the artist's studio on the east side of the Square. Mortimer Borne was born in Rypin, Poland in 1902 and emigrated to the US in 1916. He studied at the National Academy of Design, The Art Students League, The Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, and with Charles Webster Hawthorne, founder of the Cape Cod School of Art in Provincetown. Borne taught at The New School for Social Research in New York City from 1945-1967. After moving to Nyack, New York, he established the Tappan Zee Art Center. An impression of this work is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
$1,700

Exhibition
DORR BOTHWELL
American, (1902-2000)
Screenprint printed in colors, 1947, edition unknown. 13 x 19 1/2 in. Signed and dated in the image, upper right corner. Signed and titled in pencil. This is a fine impression of this stellar early work. The margins are full and the condition is excellent. Bothwell excellled in screenprints as well as paintings. She settled in San Diego in 1932 and in 1934, she moved to Los Angeles where she joined the post surreal group around Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg. She participated in the mural division of the Federal Art Project, where she learned the art of screenprinting. She traveled widely. This print is illustrated on page 85 of Straws in the Wind, an autobiographical book as told to Bruce Levene.
$1,750