The Turtle TTc.1935, Color Woodcut

Edition c.25, NYC FAP WPA. Signed and titled in pencil.

Image size 8 1/8 X 10 inches (206 x 254 mm); sheet size 11 3/8 x 14 inches (289 x 356 mm).

A fine, fresh impression, on cream Japan, with full margins (1 1/4 to 2 inches). Slight surface soiling in the margins, otherwise in excellent condition.

Collection: NYPL

SOLD

Columbus Circle TT1938, Etching.

Borne, 1980. Edition not stated. Signed Mortimer Borne Imp. in pencil. Titled Columbus Circle (small) 1938 in pencil, lower center margin.

Image size 6 15/16 x 8 3/8 inches (176 x 213 mm); sheet size 8 3/4 x 11 inches (222 x 279 mm).

A fine impression with rich burr and selective plate tone, with full margins (3/4 to 1 3/8 inches) on off-white laid paper, in excellent condition.

The plate was etched on location producing a mirror image of Columbus Circle, Broadway and 57th Street.

Illustrated in Borne: Drypoints, Etchings, Color Drypoints, text by R. S. Biran, New York: Abaris Books, 1980.

$650.