HOLIDAY SUGGESTIONS by The Old Print Shop, Inc.

1. New York Fashions for March 1870. [Baseball uniforms.] Published by E. Butterick & Co. 589 Broadway. Multi-stone lithograph, 1870. Artist or printer who drew on stone is John (“Jno.”) Schuller. Image size 9 11/16 x 13 7/8” (24.5 x 35 cm). Overall in good condition. There is repaired insect damage in the side margins which has been professionally repaired. Lower margin evened out. No loss or damage to image or title. #95719-2 $16,000.00 A rare advertising baseball image. (See p. 2 for additional information.)

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2. A Base Ball Game. [Proof with portraits.] Henry Sandham (1842-1910). Copyright 1896 by Boussod Valadon & Co. who were successors of Goupil & Co. Goupilgravure (photogravure), 1896. Image size 38 5/8 x 51 3/4” (98.1 x 131.4 cm). Very good condition. #83345-1 $35,000.00 One of the greatest baseball images produced in the nineteenth century. The location is the second Polo Grounds located between 155-157 Streets and Eighth Avenue, Manhattan. The game being played is the first “Temple Cup” in 1894, a best of seven series, similar to the “World Series” today. The game was between the New York Giants and Baltimore Orioles, won by New York in four games. (On cover) This image was produced as an advertisement for the clothing fashion firm of Butterick & Co., the originator of the graded sewing pattern. It is also one of the earliest to show a professional league baseball game being played and likely the first to show baseball uniforms. Although not noted on the print, the location shown is a field in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. This field had two names: during the warmer months it was called Union Grounds and during the winter months Union Pond. The grounds were located between Harrison and Marcy Avenues and Lynch and Rutledge Streets. It opened on May 15, 1862, as the Union Grounds, the first fenced-in baseball park, thereby allowing the owner, William Cammeyer, to charge admission to the games. The club uniforms depicted are (left to right) Cincinnati Red Stockings, undefeated in 1869; Empire of New York; Atlantic of Brooklyn; Star of Brooklyn; unknown, possibly Hartford Dark Blues (Captain on belt); and Mutual of New York. Also of interest, the Empire player lying down is holding a ball with the name of Peck & Snyder on it. Peck & Snyder was one of the first producers of sports equipment including baseballs.

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HOLIDAY ISSUE DECEMBER 2019 Over the past three years, we have seen a profound change in art collecting – a shift from buying in a gallery to buying on-line. This goes a little counter to my belief that art has to be seen to be appreciated; however, this is the world we live in today. Today’s collectors are not interested in receiving catalogues in the mail and for years we have been watching our mailing list decline and our email list increase. We are dedicated to our seventy-nine-year-old publication, Portfolio; however, we recognize that its days are numbered. Last year we decreased the number of printed catalogues published a year and began publishing digital catalogues as well. This test was successful; therefore, we will expand our digital catalogues. If you wish to receive them, please follow the link provided below and sign up to receive email information from us. This will be for digital Portfolios and/or gallery exhibition information – a selection you will make. We run our email list through Constant Contact. I like this service because you, our customer, are in charge. You can cancel at any time, as every email we send has an unsubscribe link at the bottom. Portfolio sign up link: https://lp.constantcontact.com/su/mQ9ZacM

WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND WISH EVERYONE A HEALTHY AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON, AND A VERY BRIGHT AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. Robert K. Newman – Harry S. Newman – Nancy Newman – Brian Newman – Jennifer Newman – Michael Di Cerbo – Janet Maddox – Marianne Murray – Mayumi Takagi

3. (left) Merry Christmas. Thomas Nast (1840-1902). Wood engraving, 1879. Image size 19 3/4 x 13 3/8” (51 x 34 cm). #12585-7 $850.00 4. (right) Merry Old Santa Claus. Thomas Nast (1840-1902). Image size 20 x 14 1/4” (47 x 34.5 cm). #7884-18 $1,250.00

Wood engraving, 1881.

Thomas Nast Wood engravings published in Harper’s Weekly. Most are in good condition with modern handcoloring. Images, condition reports, and image sizes can be found on our web site. Christmas Supplement to Harper’s Weekly. 1870. ................. #12567-4 The Dear Little Boy that thought Christmas Came Oftener. 1881 .............................................. #12566-3 Here We Are Again! 1878. ......................................................... #12581-1 Peace and Good Will. Ringing in the Air. Ding! Dong!! 1885........................................................................ #64528-1 Santa Claus and His Works. 1866. . ......................................... #29246-2 The Same Old Christmas Story over Again. 1872 ................... #12580-4 Santa Claus Can’t Say That I’ve Forgotten Anything. 1886 ......................................................... #7878-2 Twas the Night before Christmas. A Chance to Test Santa Claus’s Generosity. 1876. .............. #8227-7 The Watch on Christmas-Eve. 1876. ....................................... #7872-6

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WEB SITE TIP: The easiest way to use our web site with items in this catalogue is to type the inventory number found just before the price into the search feature. That will bring up that specific item to view. For general searches use quotation marks [“”]. A search for Martin Lewis will bring up every Martin and every Lewis. A search for “Martin Lewis” will bring up work by Martin Lewis.

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5. (left) A Merry Christmas. Published by Currier & Ives 125 Nassau St. New York. Lithograph handcolored, undated. Small folio - image size 8 15 16 x 12 5/8” (22.7 x 32.1 cm). Good condition, save for time toning/staining at base and up right side. Conningham #4107. #80290-2 $1,500.00 6. (right) A Happy New Year. Published by Currier & Ives 125 Nassau St. New York. Lithograph handcolored, undated. Small folio - image size 9 x 13 1/4” (23 x 33.6 cm). Good condition, save for time toning throughout and water stain at bottom edge. Conningham #2723. #29649-2 $1,500.00

Currier & Ives Winter Scenes Medium and small folio lithographs, handcolored. Full condition statements and images can be found on our web site. Use our search feature and search with the inventory number, the four or five digit number just before the price. The search will bring up that exact item. American Homestead Winter. 1868. Small folio. ................. An American Winter Scene. c.1874. Very small. ................. Christmas Snow. Undated. Very small. ................................ Early Winter. 1869. Medium folio. ........................................ A Home in the Wilderness. 1870. Small folio. .................... The Old Farm House. 1872. Small folio. .............................. Provisions Down : OH! OH! OH! c.1856. Small folio ........... A Ride to School. Undated. Very small. ............................... The Sleigh Race. 1859. Medium folio. ................................. The Straw-Yard, Winter. Undated. Medium folio. ................ Winter Morning. 1861. Medium folio. .................................. Winter Pastime. 1855. Medium folio. ................................... Woodlands in Winter. Undated. Small folio. .........................

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7. Family of Quail. Arthur F. Tait (1819-1905). No publisher’s name given, but it is likely by Heppenheimer & Maurer. Handcolored lithograph, undated, c.1875. Image size 17 15/16 x 23 1/2” (45.5 x 59.7 cm). Very good condition and color. #96351-1 $3,500.00 “Two of the best hand colored lithographs produced in America” Harry T. Peters.

8. Woodcock and Young. Arthur F. Tait (1819-1905). No publisher’s name given, but it is likely by Heppenheimer & Maurer. Handcolored lithograph, undated, c.1875. Image size 17 15/16 x 23 1/2” (45.5 x 59.7 cm). Very good condition and color. #78709-2 $3,500.00

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9. (left) [Common Crane] Der Kranich, Grus, La Grue. #96398-1 $400.00. 10. (right) [Goldeneye Duck] Der Schwartz kipfige Enten Taucher. Mergus capite nigro, Plongeon ayant la tete noire. #96401-1 $425.00

Johann L. Frisch (1666 – 1743) Vorstellung der Vogel in Deutschland und Beylauffig Auch Einiger Fremden, Mit Ihren Eigenschaften Beschrieben…. Engravings, 1733-63. Paper size 14 1/2 x 9” (37 x 23 cm). All are in good condition with original handcoloring. Listing below shows the current English name. This work became a family project. Frisch’s sons, Ferdinand and Philipp, were responsible for drawing and engraving the plates. His youngest son, Just Leopold Frisch (1714-1789), succeeded his father in writing the text. Images and a full list can be found at: http://oldprintshop.com/shop?artist=2241 Black Grouse. ............................................................................ Black Woodpecker - Dryocopus martius. .............................. Brant Goose. ............................................................................. Coot. .......................................................................................... Crested Duck. ........................................................................... Crow. .......................................................................................... Duck, possibly Shelduck. ......................................................... European Black Stork. .............................................................. Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor. .................................................. Larks. ......................................................................................... Quail. .......................................................................................... Partridge. ................................................................................... Passenger Pigeon. .................................................................... Pigeon. ....................................................................................... Plover. ........................................................................................ Rock Thrush or Chat. ............................................................... White Stork. ...............................................................................

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11. The Tars of Old England Triumphant. : A View of the Gallant Action Between His Majesty’s Frigate the Shannon and the Chesapeake American Frigate. . . . Published July 24, 1813 by G. Thompson No. 43 Long Lane West Smithfield. Etching, 1813. Image size 17 7/8 x 13 1/8” (45.5 x 33.5 cm). Fair condition with large tear in the hull under the guns of the Chesapeake and running up the bow of the ship, another in the left side near the mermaid of the Shannon, and a third along the top portion of the image, all professionally mended. Some minor paper loss in the text inscription at lower left, and side margins reinstated. Lined. Olds #222 and Grolier #109. #74824-1 $3,500.00

12. Race, Knickerbocker Y.C. June 1908. Fred S. Cozzens (1846-1928). Watercolor on illustration board, 1908. Signed and dated lower left “Fred. S. Cozzens 08.” Titled in pencil on verso. Paper size 13 x 22 7/8” (33 x 58.1 cm). Overall in good condition. There is some loss of image in the lower margin due to an old mat being glued down and lifted off. #67402-1 $6,000.00 This scene shows the Knickerbocker Yacht Club race off of Sandy Hook light.

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13. Pirates Decoying a Merchantman. Francois Auguste Biard (1799–1882). No publisher or engraver’s name given. Stipple and line engraving c.1855. Image 22 1/2 x 30 1/2” (57 x 77.7 cm). Good condition, save for toning in the margins. #96932-1 $2,000.00 The image shows buccaneers’ tactics, deceiving merchant sailors into believing that they are just passing another peaceful ship.

14. Grand State Room Saloon : Steamer Drew : Of the Peoples Line. Chromolithograph, 1886. Chromo-Lith & Published by Endicott & Co. 59 Beekman St. N.Y. Drawn on stone by Parsons & Atwater. Image size 14 1/8 x 24” (36 x 61 cm). Good condition, save for small puncture in left portion of image. #76146-1 $3,500.00 The Drew was launched in 1867 for the Peoples Line which provided service between New York and Albany. She was broken up in 1904.

15. Alexander Frazer - Oyster Dealer - Depot No. 1 Foot of Broome Street. East River N.Y. Stephenson’s River View. Between Broome & Delancy St. East Street, N.Y. No artist, lithographer or publisher’s name given. Three-stone lithograph, c.1865. Image 13 7/8 x 21 1/2” (35.4 x 53.7 cm). Very good condition. Printed in colors. Rare! We found one variant advertising S. D. Barnes & Co. #96295-1 $9,950.00 A wonderful view showing the oyster business in lower Manhattan. New York City was the world leader in the oyster trade throughout the nineteenth century. The bays and harbors were full of oysters, reportedly upwards to a foot long.

16. Panorama of New York and Vicinity. John Bachmann (1814–1896). Published by John Weik, 607 Sansom Str. Philad. Two-stone lithograph, 1868. Printed by P. S. Duval, Son & Co. Philad. J. Bachman del & lith. Large folio, 23 3/4 x 36” (63 x 91.4 cm). Good condition, save for professional repairs of short tears in the margins. Original color with modern enhancements. Reps, #2699; Not in Deak. #3487-1 $12,500.00 A view of Manhattan showing the city before the areas around the island became more densely populated. It also shows the importance of the island’s location for traffic and trade with the Hudson and East Rivers both teeming with vessels. In New Jersey two games of baseball being played while crowds look on.

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17. Panoramic View of the City of Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co. Michigan 1880. Published by J. J. Stoner, Madison, Wisconsin. Two-stone lithograph, 1880. Beck & Pauli Lith. Milwaukee, Wis. Image 14 5/8 x 26 7/8” (37.2 x 68.2 cm). Very good condition. Reps, #1712. #95512-1 $4,950.000

18. The City of Chicago. New York, published by Currier & Ives, 115 Nassau St. Multi-stone lithograph, 1892. Large folio - image size 20 11/16 x 32 1/8” (52.6 x 81.6 cm). Fair to good condition. Several large tears within image. Professionally repaired. Conningham #1094. Gale #1208. #27914-2 $8,500.00 Sixty-nine references to important landmarks. A baseball game is shown being played to the right of the exposition buildings, just behind the railroad depot.

19. His Excellency General Washington. : Lady Washington. Engraving, c.1785. Attributed to Charles Willson Peale. Paper size 6 7/8 x 4 3/4” (17.4 x 12 cm). Fair condition, remains of period color. Trimmed tight on the sides and bottom, clipping some of the engraved borders. Every impression we have seen has some mitigating condition issues. A very rare American imprint of Washington prior to his election as president. Grolier Club Catalogue of Washington Portraits #47 p. 25. #71662-3 $12,500.00 “Plainly early American work, and the only two copies I have seen were found in the interior of Pennsylvania. Both copies have been clipped so that the outside dimension may not be correct.” as quoted from the Grolier Club Catalogue.

20. [Pair] Lady Washington [and] Washington. No artist or publisher’s name given. Stipple and line engravings, undated, c.1805. Image size 8 x 5 3/4” (20.3 x 14.7 cm) and 7 11/16 x 5 9/16” (19.5 x 13.4 cm). Overall, both prints are in good condition. There are some minor handling stains and overall soiling on them. We consider these prints very rare. #95501-1 $3,000.00 A wonderful pair of stipple engravings by an anonymous engraver. George Washington is based on Gilbert Stuart’s full length “Lansdowne” portrait painted in 1795. These engravings were likely engraved in America by an artist of some printmaking talents as quality of the stipple work is good. Perspective, however was not one of the artist’s talents. In real life George Washington was 6’ 2”. This portrait makes him look closer to 4’ 5”.

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21. Novae Insulae XXVI Nova Tabula. [Americas.] Sebastian Munster (1488-1552). Woodcut, 1540, (1545). Published by Sebastian Munster, Basel. Image size 10 x 13 3/8” (25.5 x 34.1 cm). Good condition, save for some minor splitting along centerfold. Burden, #12; Suarez, #23. #88166-1 $8,000.00 Munster’s map of New World is one of the most important and influential maps of the sixteenth century. Overall, a striking map. The first state of the map was issued in the 1540 and 1542 editions of Munster’s Geographia. The very scarce second state was issued in 1545. The title was changed to from “Novae Insulae XVII. . . .” to “Novae Insulae XXVI. . . .” and appeared in only one edition.

22. Das Erst General Inhaltend die Beschreibung. . . . [Modern world.] Sebastian Munster (1488-1552). Woodblock, 1550-1572. Published by Sebastian Petri, Basel. Image size 10 3/8 x 15” (26.9 x 38.1 cm). Good condition. Shirley, #92. #88148-1 $2,950.00 This example is from the second woodblock engraved by David Kandel. His initials are in the lower left. The map is richly embellished with sea monsters and twelve wind heads.

23. A Chart of the World, On Mercator’s Projection. [Reduced from the Large Chart by John Purdy.] Richard H. Laurie (1777-1858). Copper plate engraving, 1834. Published by Richard Holmes Laurie, Chart seller to the Admiralty, &c. &c. No. 53, Fleet Street, London: 9th Janie. 1833-34. Segmented case map, image size 25 1/8 x 38 1/2 (34 x 97.6 cm). Good condition save for some splitting in the linen which has been reinforced. Original handcoloring. A scarce map. #88478-1 $2,350.00 A fine separately issued and highly detailed large-scale map of the world. One area of historical interest is the separate delineation for the Oregon Country where the dispute over the border was occurring at the time.

24. Nova Totius Terrarum Orbis Geographica Ac Hydrographica Tabula. Pieter van den Keere (1571-1646). Copper plate engraving, handcolored, 1608 printed c.1630. Issued by Joannes Jansonius, Amsterdam. Image size 15 3/4 x 21 3/16” (40 x 53.9 cm). German text on verso. Overall in good condition. Some repaired splitting along lower centerfold, and a tiny repaired hole just above the Black Sea. Original handcoloring with some minor modern enhancements. Shirley, #264. #80982-1 $16,500.00 A classic example of a world map based on Mercator’s projection. This beautiful carte-a-figures map of the world was issued by Petrus Kaerius and was based on Blaeu’s almost identical map that was issued in 1606. Some of the engraved ornamentations include allegorical representations of the Sun, Moon, and the five known planets.

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Maps The Old Print Shop Inc. has been considered a map dealer since 1940. The shop has handled a number of the rarest and most important maps published, especially those relating to the United States. We still have an impressive collection of old maps of North America and most countries around the world. We have recently begun carrying maps published in the twentieth century. If you are interested in looking at maps or selling a collection, we look forward to talking with you. Our web site has many of the maps that we have for sale. They can be found on the map page at: http://oldprintshop.com/shop/category/21-maps The categories include • World, Continents, Polar and Ocean Charts • Curiosities • Atlases • Asia and Australia • Africa and Middle East • Europe • Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, and West Indies • The United States by State • The United States by Regions • Pocket Maps

25. Map of Long Island. Published by Beers, Comstock & Cline, New York. Engraving, handcolored, 1873. Image size 13 1/2 x 51 7/8” (34.3 x 131.8 cm). Fair to good condition, several tears and splitting along fold lines. Professionally conserved and backed on rice paper. Original color. #40292-3 $1,200.00 Large foldout preface map from the Atlas of Long Island, New York. . . . It notes all the early roads and town names. This map is usually found in poor condition. A handsome map of the island.

Contemporary Art The Old Print Shop, Inc. has represented contemporary artists for twenty-eight years. Many of these artists use the traditional printmaking mediums, relief, intaglio, l ithography and screen printing. Some are using modern digital techniques and artists being artists, most do not confine their creativity to one medium; they draw, paint on paper and canvas, and sculpt. To add to the diversity we also have a fine group of contemporary photographers. We represent over eighty contemporary artists, their work spans from urban to country; representative to abstract and from $200 to $20,000+. A full list of the artists and a link to their biographies and work can be found at: http://oldprintshop.com/shop/category/25-contemporary-artists

26. (left) Arcade. [Coney Island.] Frederick Mershier. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Drypoint, 2019. Edition 40. Image size 6 3/4 x 8 1/4” (17.3 x 20.9 cm). Very good condition. #96929-1 $300.00 27. (right) 5 Points. Dean L. Prosia. Signed and titled in pencil. Line etching, 2017. Edition 50. Image size 7 5/8 x 11 5/8” (19.4 x 29.6 cm). Very good condition. #93507-2 $300.00

28. (left) City Storm. Emily Trueblood. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Three-block woodcut, 2003. Edition 50. Image size 6 x 8” (15 x 20 cm). Very good condition. #31320-11 $225.00 29. (right) Criss-Crossing. [Brooklyn Bridge.] Linda Adato. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Two-plate color etching, aquatint, and soft ground, 2017. Edition 30. Image size 8 7/8 x 11 13/16” (22.5 x 29.9 cm). Very good condition. #92675-7 $300.00

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30. (left) Fish Hawk No. 2. Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Signed and titled in pencil. Etching, 1941. Trial proofs only, 8 impressions. Second state of two. Three impressions of the first state and five known impressions of the second. Of the eight printed, only two are signed. Plate size 6 3/4 x 5” (17.2 x 12.7 cm). Very good condition. Paff #349. #96340-1 $8,750.00 31. (right) Herons at Rest. Frank W. Benson (1862-1951). Etching, 1923. Signed in pencil. Proofs 150. Image size 11 7/8 x 7 7/8” (30 x 19.8 cm). Very good condition. Ordeman #219. #51860-2 $3,000.00

Frank W. Benson Etchings and drypoints of birds. All are in very good condition. We have an extensive collection of Frank W. Benson’s etchings and drypoints. See more at http://oldprintshop.com/shop?artist=1346 Paff 30 49 118 128 144 164 184 198 216 232 233 237 239 253 259 291 303 311 317 327 335 352

Ducks Swimming. Etching, 1914. .................................. Perching Pelican. Etching, 1915 ................................... Snowy Herons. Etching, 1917. ...................................... High Flying Ducks. Etching, 1917. ................................ Old Squaws No. 2. Drypoint, 1918. ............................... Heron Fishing. Drypoint, 1919. ...................................... Three Yellowlegs. Drypoint, 1919. ................................ Ducks at Dawn. Drypoint, 1919. ................................... Little Bluebills. Drypoint, 1922. ..................................... Dawn. Etching, 1924. ..................................................... Geese over a Marsh. Etching, 1924. ............................ On The Redhead Grounds. Etching, 1924. .................. Black Ducks at Dusk. Etching, 1924. ........................... The Darkening Sky. Etching, 1925. .............................. Over Currituck Marshes. Etching, 1926. ...................... Essex Marshes. Etching, 1930. ..................................... Lone Pintail. Drypoint, 1930. ......................................... Sea Ducks No. 3. Etching, 1931. ................................... Rain Squall. Etching, 1931. ........................................... Sanctuary. Etching, 1932 .............................................. Eagle Alighting. Drypoint, 1933. .................................... Dawn Flight. [Proofs only.] Etching, 1942. ......................

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32. City Lights. Michael Pellettieri. Signed lower right “M. Pellettieri.” Acrylic paint on linen, 2019. Canvas size 48 x 24 1/4” (122.6 x 61.6 cm). Very good condition. Framed. #96139-1 $9,500.00

Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture We have a good collection of paintings, drawings, and sculpture by our contemporary artists including work by Linda Adato, Michael Arike, Michael Di Cerbo, Eric Goldberg, Richard Haas, Su-Li Hung, Robert Kipniss, Frederick Mershimer, Masaaki Noda, Michael Pellettieri, Alan Petrulis, Susan Pyzow, Thomas Roese, Richard Sloat, and Mayumi Takagi.

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33. 781 CLE Series: Lift With. Thomas R. Roese. Signed and dated in lower right in pencil. Graphite, acrylic, and colored pencil on acid-free board, 2015. Signed, titled, and dated on verso. Image size 21 x 28” (53.3 x 71.1 cm). Very good condition. #96862-1 $3,800.00

34. (left) Looking East on 57th Street. Richard Haas. Signed and dated in white lower right. Graphite and gouache on grey paper, 2002. Image size 21 7/8 x 12 15/16” (55.6 x 31.9 cm). Very good condition and color. #67066-1 $8,750.00 35. (right) St. Paul’s, Woolworth, Day. [From the World Trade Center.] Richard Haas. Signed and dated in pencil lower right. Gouache and watercolor on board, 1998. Image size 21 1/8 x 14 9/16” (53.6 x 37.1 cm) Very good condition. #67067-1 $8,750.00

36. Derricks at Night. Martin Lewis (1880-1962). Signed in pencil. Drypoint, 1927. Inscribed “imp.” Edition 100, recorded impressions 104 (including 3 trial proofs). Image size 7 7/8 x 11 7/8” (20 x 30.1 cm). Very good condition, framed in ash black with museum glass. McCarron #62. #1569-8 $12,500.00

37. Madison Square Rainy Night. Martin Lewis (1880-1962). Signed in pencil, with a beautiful early signature. Etching and drypoint, 1915-16. No edition, only a handful of proofs have ever surfaced. Two states. This is the first state prior to the work described in McCarron for the second state. There are two known impressions of the first state. Image size 10 3/4 x 13 3/4” (27.2 x 34.9 cm). Very good condition. Includes a stunning study drawing of the image. Drawing is unsigned but inscribed with artist’s name and initialed “PL” for Patricia Lewis. McCarron #7. #96894-1 $45,000.00

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Early Twentieth-Century American Masterworks The Old Print Shop Inc., prides itself on its exceptional collection of early American master prints from the first half of the twentieth century. We represent a number of artists’ estates and have large holdings of other artists. Our collection includes work by John Taylor Arms, Will Barnet, Gustave Baumann, George Bellows, Frank W. Benson, Thomas Hart Benton, Howard Cook, Antonio Frasconi, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, Rockwell Kent, Armin Landeck, Blanche Lazzell, Martin Lewis, Louis Lozowick, John Marin, Reginald Marsh, John Sloan and many others.

38. In the Garden. Ethel Mars (1876-1959). Signed in pencil within image lower right. White-line color woodcut, c.1916. Edition unknown, but very small. Image size 10 5/8 x 10 1/8” (26.8 x 25.5 cm). Very good condition. #90698-1 $39,000.00 A beautiful and very rare white-line woodcut by Ethel Mars

39. The People Work. [Set of Four: Morning - Noon - Evening - Night.] .] (Two shown – above Noon below Evening). Benton Murdoch Spruance (1904-1967). Each signed, titled, and inscribed “35/40.” A very rare matching numbers set. Lithographs, 1937. Edition 40. Printed by Cuno in Philadelphia. Image sizes vary, roughly 13 3/5 x 18 7/8” (34.6 x 48 cm). Very good condition, full deckle edge margins. One print, “The People Work. Evening,” has a very faint mat line in the lower margin. Fine/Looney #141, 142, 143, 144. #64180-2 $75,000.00 This is the most desirable of Benton Spruance’s images.

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40. Amarylis [sic]. Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956). Signed, titled and dated in pencil. White-line color woodcut, 1930. No edition noted. Image size 14 x 12 1/16” (35.4 x 30.6 cm). Very good condition and color. #97012-1 $85,000.00 A spectacular impression – it is in exceptional condition, has never been cleaned, and does not need cleaning. This is an important print by one of the great women artists of the twentieth century.

Blanche Lazzell Blanche Lazzell did not do traditional editions. Each print is unique. Colors and color density change. She rarely printed more than a few impressions of any block. This print is inscribed on verso 288/3. What that means is she has printed 288 total woodblock prints to the date of this printing and has printed this block 3 times. It is dated on the verso October 31, 1930, which would be the printing date of this impression.

41. A Lilac Year. Gustave Baumann (1881-1971). Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “II 81-125 61.” Color woodcut, 1949. Edition 125, printing 29 + 88. Two states. This is state ii/II. Printed from five blocks. Image size 12 x 12 7/8” (30.5 x 33.4 cm). Very good condition. Very minor light line. Printed on cream Ansbach wove paper. Chamberlain #177. #37410-2 $35,000.00 This is one of Baumann’s finest images and a wonderful impression of the print. The scene shows the lilac bushes down the driveway of Baumann’s residence.

42. Spring - New Mexico. Gustave Baumann (1881-1971). Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “III 66/125” with hand heart chop. Color woodcut, 1924, third edition printed c.1931. Edition 125, highest number located 120. Image size 9 1/2 x 11 1/8” (23.5 x 28.6 cm). Good condition and color. Chamberlain #102. #83421-1 $18,000.00 New catalogue raisonne available – In A Modern Rendering: The Color Woodcuts of Gustave Baumann by Gala Chamberlain, published by Rizzoli.