Wood Engravings

Co-operative Farm

This 1948 wood engraving by the American artist Grace Albee measures 6 5/8 x 8 inches, pencil signed and titled. Albee studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and was known for her scenes of rural life. Her works are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery and the Boston Public Library. Label with artist provenance included.

Three Women

This color wood engraving by the German artist Werner Jacob Korsmeier measures 16 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches, pencil signed, dated, titled in German and numbered 25/50. Created in 1985 with an annotation by the artist on the top margin, "For my dear Dorothy, Werner", publishers blindstamp on lower margin, label on backing with artist provenance.

Tri-County Fair

Wood engraving from 1934. Pencil signed in the lower right and titled in the lower left. Print measures 6 3/4 by 7 7/8 inches on 13 1/4 x 9 5/8 thin Japan paper. Edition of 250. Published by the Print-A-Month club, Cleveland, OH. The subject is a three county fair in Horton, Kansas, in 1933.

Evening

An interesting wood engraving by Walter Richards measuring 4 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches, pencil signed, c. 1935. Richards was an illustrator, painter and printmaker, studying with Stow Wengenroth in Maine. Richards was known for his images of industrious rural scenes and his use of strong, dramatic lights and darks.

Midsummer 1954

This limited edition print by the master printmaker Thomas Nason measures 6 x 9 1/16 inches and is pencil signed and dated, cat: BPL-521, in an edition of 450 for Associated American Artists, 1954. AAA label included with artist provenance. Known as the "Poet Engraver of New England", Nason was a prolific artist who specialized in incredibly detailed, atmospheric wood engravings of the New England landscape.

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