TWENTIETH CENTURY
The Old Print Shop has some big news for the fall of 2023. We finally have a new website with a fully functional search. It has been a long hard road, but finally we are here. Please visit www.oldprintshop.com and give us your opinion. Also, friend us on Facebook and Instagram.
We are finally returning to a more regular schedule: gallery exhibitions for 2023-24 and a and a regular issuance of our 83-year-old publication, Portfolio. After successful openings this spring and summer for Robert Kipniss and Art Werger, our next major show will be SAGA’s 88th Annual Members Exhibition, featuring the work of 138 member artists. The show will be hanging between Tuesday, October 10, through Saturday, November 11 with an artist opening on Saturday, October 28 from 3 to 5 p.m. The exhibition is the feature of the next Portfolio.
The shop is pleased to announce that it will be exhibiting at the IFPDA Print Fair Thursday, October 26 through, Sunday, October 29, at the Javits Center, River Pavilion. We are in booth 401 in the back, near the spectacular view of the Hudson River. We will be featuring American master prints from the early twentieth century and a selection of our contemporary artists. The IFPDA recently announced that it will be moving back to the Seventh-Regiment Armory in February, 2024 – where the show began over 30 years ago.
I would like to remind everyone that in the fall of 2022 the shop moved from 150 Lexington Avenue to 49 West 24th Street, 2nd Floor. I hope everyone will be able to come in and see the new space. It is beautiful and spacious.
VOLUME LXXXIII • Robert K. Newman, Editor • NUMBER 1
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4. The Banjo Lesson. Mary Cassatt (1844-1926). Multi-plate color drypoint and soft ground, 1894. Edition unknown. Signed in pencil lower right. Fourth state of four. Printed from two plates. Image size 11 1/2 x 9 3/16” (29.3 x 23.4 cm). Very good condition, save for small pinhole in left margin plate edge. Wonderful original printed color with hand embellishments. Breeskin #156. Mathews & Shapiro #16. #83166-1 $250,000.00
5. Evening Wind. Edward Hopper (1882-1967). Etching, 1921. Edition 100, printing unknown. Signed in pencil. Inscribed on verso “Etching The Evening Wind, Edward Hopper, 3 Washington Square North, New York.” Image size 6 7/8 x 8 1/4” (17.5 x 21 cm). Very good condition, save for an extremely faint mat line. A beautiful impression of this print. Levin #77. #22984-2 $135,000.00
6. The White Kimono. Childe Hassam (1859-1935). Etching, 1915. Edition c.61. Edition size is taken from Hassam’s personal record. Signed in pencil with cipher. Inscribed “imp.” Image size 7 1/2 x 10 7/8” (18.9 x 27.6 cm). Very good condition. Clayton & Cortissoz #47. #1663-3 $50,000.00
The location is the Holley House in Cos Cob, Connecticut. The model is Miss Helen Burke.
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White-line color woodcut,
circa 1919. Edition unknown. Signed in pencil on mount. Image size 12 x 11 1/16” (30.5 x 28cm). Image in very good condition and color, some discoloration on the mount. #89949-1
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Zinnias and Bachelor Buttons .
Margaret Patterson (1867-1950).
Color woodcut, c.1920. Edition c.100. Signed in pencil. Sheet size 10 1/16 x 7 1/16” (25.5 x 17.9 cm). Good condition. #43855-2 $12,000.00
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Street Scene, Provincetown. Ethel Mars (1876-1959).
undated,
$19,500.00
MUSEUM QUALITY CUSTOM FRAMING
The shop has always offered the finest in custom framing, using the highest quality materials and the finest craftspeople to produce beautiful frames for each object we frame – print, drawing, watercolor, or painting. Quality work takes time, so if your goal is to have a new work hanging by the holidays, do not delay and get the framing started early!
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9. Star Phlox. Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956). White-line color woodcut, 1930. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Image size 13 7/8 x 12 1/8” (35.3 x 30.7 cm). Good condition and color, save for minor toning. #99919-1 $85,000.00
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10. (left) Fall. Hildegarde Haas (1926-2002). Color woodcut, 1948. Edition 15. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “11/15.” Image size 11 1/2 x 9 3/8” (30 x 24 cm). Good condition. Very subtle offset. #92854-1 $700.00
11. (right ) Lone Tree. Hildegarde Haas (1926-2002). Color woodcut, 1948. Edition 12. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “9/12.” Image size 15 1/4 x 11 3/4” (38.7 x 29.8 cm). Good condition. #92899-1 $490.00
12. (left) Winding River. Hildegarde Haas (1926-2002). Color woodcut, 1947. Edition unknown. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “5/’47” which is the date. Image size 11 1/8 x 8 9/16” (28.3 x 21.7 cm). Good condition. Small pin holes in upper margin from printing block registration. #92866-2 $650.00
13. (right) The Fruit Market. Hildegarde Haas (1926-2002). Color woodcut, 1947. Edition 15. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “7/15.” Image size 10 x 7” (25.7 x 17.7 cm). Overall good condition. Subtle stain in margins from old mat line. #93311-1 $450.00
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14. Plants. Hildegarde Haas (1926-2002). Color woodcut, 1947. Edition 11. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “11/11.” Image size 5 3/4 x 13 1/2” (14.8 x 34.3 cm). Good condition. #93305-5 $400.00
15. Deep Sea. Hildegarde Haas (1926-2002). Color woodcut, 1947. Edition 12. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “9/12.” Image size 8 x 16” (20.3 x 40.8 cm). Overall good condition. Remains of old hinges on verso. #93306-2 $500.00
“Strike battle in the coal country. This is an imaginary reconstruction of a situation only too common in the late twenties and early thirties.” Thomas Hart
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16. Strike. [Mine Strike.] Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975). Circulated by Contemporary Print Group, New York. Lithograph, 1933. Edition 300. Signed in pencil. Image size 9 13/16 x 10 13/16” (24.8 x 27.5 cm). Very good condition, full original margins. Fath #5. #1250-3 $19,500.00
Benton.
17. Loading Corn. [Shucking Corn.] Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975). Circulated by Associated American Artists. Lithograph, 1945. Edition 250. Signed in pencil. Image size 9 9/16 x 12 3/4” (24.2 x 32.5 cm). Good condition, save for minor light discoloration. Fath #65. #6210-2 $4,500.00
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18 . December Afternoon. Grant Wood (1891-1942). Published by Associated American Artists. Lithograph, 1940. Edition 250. Signed in pencil. Image size 8 15/16 x 11 3/4” (22.6 x 30 cm). Good condition, save for slightly trimmed margins. Cole #16. #1460-4 $8,750.00
19. Seed Time and Harvest. Grant Wood (1891-1942). Published by Associated American Artists. Lithograph, 1937. Edition 250. Signed in pencil. Image size 7 7/16 x 12 1/16” (18.8 x 30.7 cm). Good condition, minor light discoloration. Cole #2. #29402-6 $8,500.00
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20. Allen Street. (Under the El.) Louis Lozowick (1892-1973). Lithograph, 1929. Edition 20. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Monogram lower right in the image. Inscribed “16/20.” Image size 7 9/16 x 11 1/4” (19.2 x 28.6 cm). Good condition. Flint #14. #96660-2 $28,000.00
21. Blast Furnaces. (Blast Furnaces, New Jersey.) Louis Lozowick (1892-1973). Lithograph, 1929. Edition 50. Printed by George Miller. Signed and dated in pencil. Inscribed “20/50.” Image size 7 1/2 x 14 5/8” (19.1 x 36.8 cm). Very good condition, full margins. Flint #16. #99531-1 $5,500.00
22. (left) Granaries to Babylon. [Babylon to Omaha; Railroad Yards.] Louis Lozowick (1892-1973). Lithograph, 1933. Edition 50. Signed and dated in pencil. Inscribed “219.” Image size 12 11/16 x 8 1/8” (32.3 x 20.7 cm). Very good condition. Flint # 112. #84755-1 $12,500.00
23. (right) Chicago. Louis Lozowick (1892-1973). Pen and ink on paper, c.1923. Signed and titled in ink in lower margin. Image size 8 x 6 1/8” (39.1 x 15.6 cm). Very good condition. On card with pin holes in the corners likely done by the artist when he was working on either the painting or the lithographs of this subject. #99312-1 $70,000.00
This is the study drawing for the first lithograph by Louis Lozowick (Flint #1).
24. (left) Edison Plant or Industrial Architecture, Gas Plant. Louis Lozowick (18921973). Lithograph, 1929. Edition 20. Signed and dated in pencil. Image size 13 1/2 x 7 7/8” (34.3 x 20 cm). Very good condition. Flint #24. #14048-2 $12,000.00
25. (right) Tanks #1. Louis Lozowick (1892-1973). Lithograph, 1929. Edition 50. Signed in pencil. Total printing is 55. 50 printed in 1929-30 by George Miller and 5 impressions numbered “I/X to V/X” were printed by Burr Miller in 1972. Inscribed “9/50.” Image size 13 7/8 x 8” (35.3 x 20.4 cm). Very good condition. Flint #39. #26353-3 $8,500.00
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26. Limbing. (Lumber Camp Series.) Clare Leighton (1901-1989). Wood engraving, 1931. Edition 100. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “42/100.” Image size 8 1/2 x 11 15/16” (21.7 x 30.3 cm). Very good condition. BPL #191. #100442-1 $3,800.00
27. Air Raid Wardens. (Fire Fighters.) Richard V. Correll (1904-1990). Linoleum cut, 1943. Edition 100. Signed, titled, “Fire Fighters,” and dated 1943. Inscribed “11/100.” Image size 10 1/16 x 15 1/8” (25.6 x 38.4 cm). Very good condition. #100443-1 $2,500.00
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28. Civilization AD 1935. Leo J. Messner (1895-1977). Wood engraving, 1935. Edition 14. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “14/50.” Image size 10 3/4 x 8 1/2” (27.3 x 21.5 cm). Very good condition. #100456-1 $4,000.00
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29. Fannie Lou Hamer. Margaret Taylor-Burroughs (1915-2010). Linocut, 1980. Edition unknown. Signed and titled in pencil. Image size 12 5/8 x 10 3/16” (32 x 25.8 cm). Very good condition. #100446-1 $6,500.00
“Fannie Lou Hamer was an American voting and women’s rights activist, . . .”
30. Strike. Jacob Landau (1917-2001). Ink wash with china white highlights, 1937. Unsigned. Image size 12 5/8 x 15 5/8” (32 x 39.6 cm). Good condition, discoloration on verso. #100448-1 $3,000.00
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31 . In Whom I Am Well Pleased. Prentiss Taylor (1907-1991). Lithograph, 1940. Edition 35. Signed and titled in pencil. Image size 10 1/4 x 14 1/2” (26 x 36.8 cm). Very good condition. #100444-1 $1,100.00
32. (left) Spring on the El. Leo J. Messner (1895-1977). Wood engraving, 1934. Edition 50. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “8/50.” Image size 8 1/16 x 6” ( 20.4 x 15.2 cm). Very good condition. #400454-1 $2,200.00
33. (right) April Showers. Fritz Eichenberg - 1901-1990. Wood Engraving, 1937. Edition unknown. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “Artist’s Proof.” Image size 7 13/16 x 6 1/16” (19.8 x 15.3 cm). Very good condition. #100445-1 $1,400.00
Contemporary Artists
Printmaking has a long history, starting in China several thousand years ago. In Europe printmaking dates around the time reliable paper manufacturing was introduced in the late thirteenth early fourteenth centuries. The first important artists in the West to use printmaking were Durrer (1471-1528) and Rembrandt (1606-1669). Since then, many other artists have used printmaking as an expressive technique.
The Old Print Shop was founded in 1898 and has promoted printmaking throughout its history. When my grandfather took over the business in 1927, he focused on eighteenth and nineteenth-century art and artists, adding maps in 1939. In 1980 I added early twentieth-century master prints, picking up some notable estates through the years. In 1991 we began handling contemporary artists who use printmaking as one of their expressive techniques. Today we represent over 70 contemporary artists in the gallery. Techniques and processes vary by artist. Some use traditional printmaking, some photography, and others digital techniques to create their work.
A few recently added contemporary artists include Ronald Katz, Fejzo Lalaj, and George Nama, all shown in these listings. A full list of our contemporary artists can be found on our web site www.oldprintshop.com.
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34. Head. Ronald Katz. Silk monotype, 2007. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “II/III.” Image size 16 x 20” (40.5 x 50.7 cm). Very good condition. #100191-1 $3,000.00
Awards won: “The Di Silvio Family Award - the 88th annual Hudson Valley Art Association Exhibition,
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36. Central Park Series #2. Fejzo Lalaj. Linocut, 2013. Edition 50. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “3/50.” Image 9 1/8 x 12 1/4” (22.9 x 30.8 cm). Very good condition. #99355-1 $300.00
35. Court Square Diner. DeAnn Prosia. Etching, 2021. Edition 40. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “5/40.” Image size 7 7/8 x 11 9/16” (19.6 x 29.5 cm). Very good condition. #99270-1 $375.00
Old Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT.
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38. Ebb and Flow: West. Art Werger. Etching, 2018. Edition 25. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “5/25.” Image size 23 1/2 x 35 5/8” (59.6 x 90.4 cm). Very good condition. #96478-1 $900.00
37. 4th of July. Emily Trueblood. Two-block woodcut, 2022. Edition 20. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “12/20.” Image size 5 7/8 x 8” (15.1 x 20 cm). Very good condition. #100031-1 $300.00
First
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39. The New Dress. Ellen Nathan Singer. Woodcut, 2022. Edition 20. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed “2/20.” Image size 17 7/16 16 1/4” (44.3 x 41 cm). Very good condition. #100007-2 $700.00
40. The Great Divide. Frederick Mershimer. Mezzotint. 1994. Edition 90, only 55 printed. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “12/90.” Image size 16 5/8 x 26 3/8” (42.3 x 66 cm). Very good condition. Retif #53. #94167-1 $1,000.00
state of two, second state titled “42nd Street” and released in 1997.
42. (right) Energy Series #3. George Nama. Collagraph and serigraph, 1975. Edition 30. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “7/30.” Image size 25 3/4 x 18” (65.4 x 45.7 cm). Good condition and color. #100453-1 $2,200.00
43.
Series #1. George Nama. Collagraph and serigraph, 1973. Edition 15.
titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “5/15.” Image size 23 7/8 x 20 1/8” (60.6 x 51.1 cm). Good condition and color. #100452-1 $2,300.00
44. (right) Energy Series #5. George Nama. Collagraph and serigraph, 1975. Edition circa 15.
titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “A.P.” Image size 25 3/4 x 18” (65.4 x 45.7 cm).
condition and color. Traces of foxing in the outer margins. #100451-1 $2,200.00
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41. (left) Yellow Monument. George Nama. Collagraph and serigraph, 1971. Edition 15 or less. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “A.P.” Image size 22 3/4 x 20” (57.8 x 50.8 cm). Good condition. #100455-1 $2,200.00
(left) Ballet
Signed,
Signed,
Good
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45. Ballet Series #3. George Nama. Collagraph and serigraph, 1973. Edition 15. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “1/15.” Image size 16 7/8 x 27 1/4” (42.9 x 69.2 cm). Good condition and color. #100449-1 $2,200.00.
46. Monument as a Landscape. George Nama. Collagraph and serigraph, 1975. Edition c.15. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “A.P.” Image size 24 x 31 7/8” (61 x 81 cm). Good condition and color. #100450-1 $2,400.00
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47. Times Square Sector. Howard Cook (1901-1980). Etching, 1930. Edition 75. Signed, titled, and dated in pencil. Inscribed “imp.” “13/75” and “To E. Weyhe.” Image size 12 x 9 7/8” (30.03 x 25 cm). Very good condition. Duffy #146. #3408-3 $35,000.00 Erhard Weyhe owned and ran Weyhe Gallery. It represented the artist during the 1920’s and 1930’s.
