20th Century American Prints

Etching,1938,AAA,ed.250,13 3/8X10 1/8"pencil signed

etching,1949, Image size:6 7/8X4 7/8",pencil signed,

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

Etching with drypoint, 1926, ed. 80, image size: 9 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches, cat. Smith 124, pencil signed

Wood engraving measures 12 1/8 x 9 inches on 16 1/2 x 10 1/2 inch laid paper. Pencil signed "J. Nelson" in the lower right.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 prints from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. The "Gold Rush" series were images portraying gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker, studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.

Etching, image size: 5 7/16 x 8 5/16 inches, 1920, signed in plate center top

Pencil signed etching by American artist Ruth Leaf. Pencil titled with "Artist proof" in the center. Plate measures 14 x 21 inches in a 23 x 30 inch black frame.

Lithograph,10x13,pencil signed

Woodblock, image size 4 x 6 1/2 inches, 1937, initialed in the plate, pencil signed and dated. As is typical with this artist, he hand signed and dated his images on the paper window mat rather than the sheet itself.

Lithograph, image size: 4 7/8 x 3 7/16 inches, pencil signed lower right

Lithograph, image size 9 3/16 x 13 3/8 inches, 1929, plate signed, framed

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. This series portrayed gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin.
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Etching, image size 8 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches, 1918, plate signed and dated, pencil signed l.r. and l.c. titled in pencil on the back of the sheet.

This wood engraving by Barry Moser is one of 25 from his "Gold Rush" series. Published in 1985 in an edition of 350, it measures 7 x 4 inches and is pencil signed by the artist on the lower margin. This series portrayed gold mining activities from America, Africa and Australia. Moser, from Tennessee, became a graphic artist and printmaker studying under Leonard Baskin and Jack Coughlin. In 1990 he became the "head of studio art" at the Rhode Island School of Design and his prints have been exhibited at the Berkshire Museum, the Los Angeles National Print Show and the Library of Congress National Print Exhibit. Moser states in his description of the images in this series of the "consumate dilemma" between the mining and the owning of gold, the high price politically, physically and spiritually that these men and their families paid for their dreams of a better life.