Woodblocks

Woodcut, image size 7 x 5 inches, 1978, ed. of 250, pencil signed, framed. (M)

Woodblock print, image size 7 3/8 x 5 1/2 inches, edition of 75, plate signed "Jean Girard," pencil signed and numbered, c. 1920.

A rare artist's proof by Leonard Baskin, this is an early woodcut portraying the artist dressed as a priest. The image size is 21 1/4 x 10 inches, published in 1952, cat: Fern & O'Sullivan-193, pencil signed and dated, notated 'artist's proof', framed. Baskin was an important artist in the mid 20th century, known for his evocative wood engravings, lithographs, and etchings.

An atmospheric original print by Japanese artist Imoto Tekiho, this image measures 15 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches, c. 1940, published by Doi Hangaten, carved by Harada, printed by Yokoi, with full margins, publisher's stamp and artist's seal.

This c. 1894 color woodblock print by Mizuno Toshikata measures 13 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches, signed and sealed by the artist, also publishers seal, Sekiguchi Masajiro, on l.l. This Oban Triptych is one of Toshikata's war prints, depicting a soldier escaping the enemy by boat during the Sino-Japanese War.

This delicate woodblock print by Keishu Takeuchi was created in 1911. Sight size is 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. It is matted and framed. The Bungei Kurabu publishers seal in on the l.l. with the artists seal on the u.r. Takeuchi was a student of the famous Meiji artist, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. Takeuchi worked as an illustrator making mainly kuchi-e frontispiece illustrations for magazines and novels. (M)

10 1/2 x 8 inch linocut on wove-type paper. Pencil signed and titled. C. 1932. Plate initialed in the lower right corner.

Framed color woodblock printed in 1925, 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches on 9 x 11 1/4 Japan-type paper. Pencil titled and signed.

Woodblock, image size 14 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, signed.

This 1936 woodcut by Julus Lankes is plate signed and measures 7 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches and comes with an American Artist Group label and provenance. Lankes attended the Art Students' League of Buffalo and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. His father worked in a lumber mill and used to bring home scrapes of wood. "It was like getting a daily present," wrote Lankes. His work was heavily influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement and by William Morris. He illustrated work for Robert Frost and Beatrix Potter and collaborated with Rockwell Kent on the "Doremus Series".