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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.

$1200.


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.

$1200.


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.


Election Night - Times Square = c.1934, Pen and Ink with Litho Crayon.

Signed in ink, upper right. Titled in ink, bottom center margin.

Image size 6 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (159 x 286 mm); sheet size 8 3/4 x 12 1/8 inches (222 x 308 mm).

A fine drawing, on buff illustration bristol, in good condition.

Provenance: The estate of Lydia Cooley Freeman, the artist’s wife. By descent to Roy Freeman, the artist’s son.

SOLD


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.

$1200.


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.


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.


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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