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Spotlighter = 1931-32, Lithograph with hand coloring.

M30. 3 proofs only. Signed and dated in pencil.

Image size 10 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (270 x 194 mm); sheet size 11 13/16 x 8 1/2 inches (300 x 216 mm).

A fine, rich impression, on cream wove paper, with margins (3/8 to 3/4 inch), in excellent condition. A unique, hand-colored impression of this scarce print.

SOLD


Quick Change Understage = 1932, Lithograph.

M55. Edition 35 or fewer. Signed and titled Quick Change in pencil.

Image size 10 3/8 x 12 9/16 inches (264 x 319 mm); sheet size 11 1/8 x 15 7/8 inches (283 x 403 mm).

A dark, rich impression, on cream wove paper, with margins (1/16 to 2 1/8 inch). The top margin trimmed to just outside the image, otherwise in good condition.

Collections: PMA, UVA

$550.


Electrician = 1932, Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor.

McCulloch 43. Edition unknown, unique impression. Signed and dated in pencil. Signed in the stone, upper left.

Image size 8 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches (219 x 175 mm); sheet size 11 7/8 x 9 1/8 inches (302 x 232 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper; full margins (1 x 2 1/4 inches), in excellent condition.

Hand colored by the artist for his friend Arnold Rubin. Ex. collection Ernest Shapiro.

$1200.


Wig and Mask Window = 1932, Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor.

McCulloch 121. Edition 25, unique impression. Signed, dated and inscribed To Arnold Rubin in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower left.

Image size 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (244 x 191 mm); sheet size 12 x 9 1/8 inches (305 x 232 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper; full margins (3/4 x 1 3/8 inches), in excellent condition.

Hand colored by the artist for his friend Arnold Rubin. Ex. collection Ernest Shapiro.

$1000.


Ed Wynn from the Rear = 1932, Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor.

McCulloch 42. Edition unknown, unique impression. Signed and dated in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower left.

Image size 9 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches (248 x 194 mm); sheet size 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (318 x 241 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper; full margins (1 x 1 3/4 inches), in excellent condition.

Hand colored by the artist for his friend Arnold Rubin. Ex. collection Ernest Shapiro.

$1000.


Four to Go = 1933, Lithograph.

M 74. Edition 35 or fewer. Signed in pencil.

Image size 11 5/8 x 14 inches (295 x 356 mm); sheet size 15 5/8 x 17 15/16 inches (397 x 456 mm).

A fine, rich impression, on BFK off-cream wove paper, with wide to full margins (1 3/4 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition.

Collections: UVA, WMAA

SOLD


The Queen and the Stagehand = 1933, Lithograph.

M76. Edition 35 or fewer. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right.

Image size 6 1/2 x 9 inches (165 x 229 mm); sheet size 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (241 x 318 mm).

A fine impression, on cream wove paper, with margins (3/8 to 2 1/2 inches). A barely visible vertical crease across the sheet center right, otherwise in good condition. Scarce.

Mary of Scotland, a historical drama by Maxwell Anderson, opened at the Alvin Theatre in November 1933 and ran for 248 performances. In the cast were Helen Hayes, Helen Mencken, Moroni Olsen, Philip Merivale, and Leonard Willey. Reproduced in the New York Herald Tribune, December 24, 1933, with the caption "Royalty dispossessed at 'Mary of Scotland.'"

Collection: UVA.

$600.


Sunday Morning = 1934, Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor.

Not in McCulloch. Edition unknown, unique impression. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, upper right.

Image size 9 1/2 x 6 3/4 inches (241 x 171 mm); sheet size 12 x 8 3/4 inches (305 x 222 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with fresh colors, on cream laid paper; full margins (3/4 x 1 1/8 inches), in excellent condition.

Hand colored by the artist for his friend Arnold Rubin. Ex. collection Ernest Shapiro.

$900.


Passing Fancy = 1934, Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor.

McCulloch 98. Edition 25, unique impression. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right.

Image size 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches (206 x 156 mm); sheet size 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches (241 x 197 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper; full margins (5/8 x 7/8 inch), in excellent condition.

Hand colored by the artist for his friend Arnold Rubin. Ex. collection Ernest Shapiro.

$1400.


On the Fly Rail (also Above the Stars) = 1934, Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor.

McCulloch 97. Edition unknown, unique impression. Signed, titled and inscribed to my good friend Arnold in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right.

Image size 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches (241 x 298 mm); sheet size 11 3/4 x 16 inches (298 x 406 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper; full margins (1 x 2 1/4 inches), in excellent condition.

Hand colored by the artist for his friend Arnold Rubin. Ex. collection Ernest Shapiro.

$1500.


Casting for Character = 1934, Lithograph.

M87. Edition 184. Signed in pencil.

Image size 10 x 12 1/'8 inches (254 x 308 mm); sheet size 11 13/16 x 14 7/16 inches (300 x 367 mm).

A fine, rich impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (3/4 to 1 3/16 inches). Pale mat line, otherwise in excellent condition.

Published by Associated American Artists.

Collections: ACH; ACM; MTL; NMAA; PMA; UVA.

$1200.


Saturday Night, (also titled Show Time) = 1934, Lithograph.

M99. Edition 50. Signed in pencil.

Image size 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (240 x 312 mm); sheet size 15 3/4 x 22 3/4 inches (400 x 578 mm).

A fine, rich impression, on BFK off-white wove paper, with full margins (2 3/4 to 5 1/2 inches). Several short repaired tears in the sheet edges, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition.

Collections: MCNY, MMA. Illustrated in Works Progress Administration Masters: Prints from the New York Federal Arts Project,exh. cat. Rollins College, Florida, 1989.

SOLD


Deep in Hollywood (Hollywood Harem) = 1936, Lithograph

M108. Edition c. 200. Printed signature in the accompanying AAG statement.

Image size 9 1/2 x 12 3/16 inches (240 x 308 mm); sheet size 12 7/8 x 17 7/8 inches (327 x 454 mm).

A fine, impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/2 x 3 inches). Stains from the original tape hinges, verso, otherwise in pristine condition, with the original AAG folder/mat.

Published in an unlimited, unsigned edition by the American Artists Group, New York. Collections: ACH, UVA.

$450.


Shooting a Scene from Boom Town = 1940, Lithograph

M126. Edition 4. Signed in the stone, upper right. Signed with the estate stamp and initialed LF in pencil. in the bottom right margin.

Image size 9 1/4 x 10 5/8 inches (236 x 270 mm); sheet size 16 x 19 15/16 inches (406 x 511 mm).

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

SOLD


Dancing at the Savoy = 1940, Oil on illustration board.

Estate stamped and signed R.F. (Roy Freeman) upper left, verso. Dated upper left, verso.

Image size 18 1/2 x 24 5/8 inches (470 x 625 mm).

A fine spontaneous work on heavy illustration board, with no inpainting. Minor surface scuffing and minor chipping on the board edges, otherwise in very good condition. Unframed.

From the estate of Lydia Cooley Freeman, the artist's wife, accompanied by a letter of authenticity from the artist's son and executor of the estate, Roy Freeman.

SOLD


Like Nothing Human = c.1948, Lithograph.

M136. Edition 10 plus 1 proof. Estate stamped and initialed LF in pencil. Titled and numbered 9/10 in pencil. Titled and numbered 9 in pencil, bottom left sheet edge. Initialed in the stone, lower right. With the printer's blindstamp (Lynton Kistler) in the bottom left margin.

Image size 12 7/8 x 9 1/4 inches (327 x 235 mm); sheet size 17 x 12 3/4 inches (432 x 324 mm).

A fine, rich impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/4 x 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.

$450.


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