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Abstraction No. 7 (Composition VII)- 1934, Woodcut.

Rose 93. Edition 20, a proof impression apart from the edition. Signed, dated and titled in pencil.

Image size 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (241 x 318 mm); sheet size 13 x 18 1/4 inches (330 x 464mm).

A fine, painterly impression with variegated blacks, on off-white wove Japan, with full margins (1 1/8 to 3 1/8 inches). Minor surface soiling in the margins, otherwise in excellent condition. Scarce.

Number 7 in a portfolio of 10 blockprints entitled 'It Can't Happen Here' published by the artist. Reproduced in American Master Prints from the Betty and Douglas Duffy Collection, The Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C., 1987.

Collections: National Museum of American Art, The Guggenheim Museum.

$4500.

Pointed Shapes and Black Half Moon- 1935, Etching.

Rose 198. Edition 20. Signed, dated and numbered I-XX in pencil.

Image size 6 x 8 7/8 inches (152 x 225 mm); sheet size 8 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (222 x 298 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in black ink, with full margins (1 1/4 to 1 5/8 inches), on cream Japan.

Reproduced in American Master Prints from the Betty and Douglas Duffy Collection, The Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C., 1987.

$2800.

Opposed- 1945, Color Woodcut.

Rose 121. Edition 20. Signed, dated and annotated Pr 1 in pencil.

Image size 9 9/16 x 15 1/16 inches (243 x 383 mm); sheet size 12 x 17 3/4 inches (305 x 451 mm).

A fine impression, on cream wove Japan, with full margins (3/4 to 1 7/8 inches), in excellent condition.

Collections: Smithsonian American Art Museum.

$2800.

Halloween- 1946, Gouache.

Signed, lower right; annotated A240, lower left, recto. Signed, titled, dated and annotated A240, verso.

Image size 7 15/16 x 14 1/4 inches (202 x 362 mm); board size 8 5/8 x 15 inches (219 x 381 mm).

A fine modernist work, with fresh colors, on illustration board, in excellent condition.

$4500.

Flight (550)- 1981, Collage.

Signed verso and with the artist's monogram in colored pencil, in the image, lower right. Numbered 550 in pencil, in the bottom left margin of the backing board. Unique.

Image size 3 3/4 x 9 9/16 inches.

Collage composed of cut paper which was hand-colored in oil pastel by the artist. A study for the woodcut Flight. (see below)

Flight- 1982, Color Woodcut.

Rose III.404. Edition 25. Signed and numbered 18/XXV in pencil.

Image size 9 1/8 x 20 1/4 in (232 x 515 mm).

A superb, painterly impression, on cream Japan, with full margins, in excellent condition.

$3200 for the pair.

Twin Formation in Gray- 1982, Color Woodcut.

Rose III.400. Edition 30. Signed, dated and numbered I7/XXX in pencil. Annotated 415 and titled in pencil, in the bottom left sheet edge.

Image size 9 1/8 x 17 7/8 inches (232 x 454 mm); sheet size 14 5/8 x 21 5/8 inches (371 x 549 mm).

A fine impression, with fresh colors, on heavy off-white Japan; full margins (1 3/4 to 3 1/4 inches), in excellent condition.

Collection: Washington, NMAA.

$1400.

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