Wood Engravings

Bathers

This wood engraving by John Buckland Wright measures 5 1/4 x 7 inches, published in 1917 in an edition of 30. It is pencil signed, dated and numbered on the lower margin. Wright help to found "Atelier 17" in Paris, an experimental workshop for the graphic arts in 1927.

Man With Clasped Hands

This woodcut by Leonard Baskin measures 2 x 3 inches and was published in 1949. This image is not shown in the Fern and O'Sullivan catalogue but we think it is listed as #35. After serving in the Navy during WWII, Baskin began his career as a printmaker in the late 1940s, beginning with simple linocuts, but quickly progressing to dramatic wood engravings, then later etchings and lithographs.

Beatitude

Wood Engraving after a painting by Ben Shahn, image size 12 x 15 inches, 1954, cat: O'Sullivan-251, edition of 400, hand signed in ink by Ben Shahn, pencil signed, titled and numbered by Baskin.

Intimite

Wood Engraving, image size 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches, 1910, pencil signed l.r. "Timothy Cole", plate signed l.r. "T. Cole Sc. 1910" and "Eugene Carriere" l.l., after a painting by Carriere.

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