Old Moon, 1938, Lithograph.

Zink 46. Edition 250, AAA. Signed in pencil.

Image size 10 1/8 x 13 3/4 inches (257 x 349 mm); sheet size 11 7/8 x 15 1/2 inches (301 x 394 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with margins (7/8 to 1 1/16 inches) on off-white wove paper, in excellent condition.

This composition was adapted by deMartelly for the dust jacket and as a double page illustration for The Wabash, one of the volumes in the Rivers of America series published in 1940.

Collection: CAM

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Economic Discussion, 1936, Lithograph.

Zink 18. Edition 250, AAA. Signed in pencil.

Image size 10 7/8 x 8 5/8 inches (276 x 219 mm); sheet size 16 1/16 x 11 7/8 inches (408 x 301 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with full margins (1 9/16 to 2 7/8 inches), on cream wove paper, in excellent condition.

Illustrated in The Prints of John S. deMartelly: 1903-1979, by Bill North, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, 1997.

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Blue Valley Fox Hunt, 1936, Lithograph.

Zinc 10. Edition 250, AAA. Signed in pencil.

Image size 12 7/8 x 16 1/2 inches (327 x 419 mm); sheet size 14 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches (378 x 489 mm).

A superb impression, with margins (3/4 to 1 inch) on cream wove paper. Barely visible skinning in the outside right margin, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition.

The reclining figure is Thomas Hart Benton, deMartelly's teacher and friend.

Illustrated in The Prints of John S. deMartelly: 1903-1979, by Bill North, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, 1997. Selected for Fine Prints of the Year, 1938, R. Wilson. First prize, graphic arts division Midwestern Artists' Exhibition, 1939. Exhibited: 1939 New York World's Fair; 1939 Whitney Annual.

$1600.