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Born in 1895 in Pittsburgh, Alice Denniston Laughlin studied at the Art Students League and with Basile Shoukaeff in Paris. She was a member of the Mural Artists Guild, Stained Glass Association of American and the New York State Craftsmen.

As a muralist, engraver and designer, Laughlin exhibited at the Weyhe Gallery in 1928 (solo); the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery, 1929, 1935; Palette Francaise, Paris, 1929; Marie Sterner Gallery, 1932, 1936; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1940;

 

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1940; Denver Art Museum, 1941 and the Joslyn Memorial Museum, 1941, amoung others.

Laughlin's work is represented by the collections of the French Government, New York Public Library and the Rochester Museum of Art Gallery. Laughlin's engravings illustrated "Lincoln" by Emile Ludwig, 1930 and "We'll to the Woods No More," by Edouard Dujardin. She died in New York in 1952.


Untitled (Head of Mary or a Saint) - - c. 1935, Wood Engraving.

Edition not stated. Signed in pencil.

Image size 2 5/8 x 3 inches (67 x 76 mm); sheet size 3 15/16 x 4 7/16 inches (105 x 113 mm).

A fine, black impression, on cream wove paper, with margins (11/16 to 5/8 inch), in excellent condition. Exhibited by the American Federation of Arts, 1930s.

$100.


Untitled (Man and Woman in Conversation) - - c. 1935, Wood Engraving.

Edition not stated. Signed in pencil.

Image size 3 1/16 x 2 9/16 (78 x 65 mm); sheet size 4 3/4 x 4 1/16 inches (121 x 104 mm).

A fine, black impression, on cream wove paper, with margins (5/8 to 1 inch), in excellent condition. Exhibited by the American Federation of Arts, 1930s.

SOLD


Untitled (Virgin and Child Stained Glass Window) - - c. 1935, Wood Engraving.

Edition not stated. Signed in pencil.

Image size 2 1/8 x 1 1/8 inches (54 x 28 inches); sheet size 4 1/4 x 3 5/8 inches (108 x 91 mm).

A fine, black impression, on cream wove paper, with margins (7/8 to 1 1/8 inch), in excellent condition. Exhibited by the American Federation of Arts, 1930s.

$100.


Untitled (Adam and Eve, Garden of Eden) - - c. 1935, Wood Engraving.

Edition not stated. Signed in pencil.

Image size 9 x 7 1/2 inches (229 x 192 mm); sheet size 10 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (271 x 225 mm).

A fine, black impression, on cream wove paper, with margins (5/8 to 1 1/16 inch), in excellent condition. Exhibited by the American Federation of Arts, 1930s.

SOLD


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