Greeley Square - Demolition of the 6th Avenue El = c.1939, Lithograph.

Edition 15. Signed, titled and numbered 2/15 in pencil.

Image size 9 3/4 x 14 inches (248 x 356 mm); sheet size 14 5/8 x 19 1/2 inches (371 x 495 mm).

A fine, richly-inked impression, on buff wove paper, laid onto a backing board by the artist, with full margins (2 to 2 3/4 inches), in excellent condition. The artist's original brown paper tape tabs on the sheet edges, in excellent, original condition. Scarce.

Provenance: estate of the artist

"Because of the unsightliness of the El structures and the lower real estate values of streets through which the Els run, proposals have been made to abandon the El systems. A major step toward this end was taken in 1938-39 when the city purchased the Sixth Avenue El and razed the structure." –The WPA Guide to New York City, 1939.

$1600.

Restricted Area = c.1940, Drypoint.

Edition not stated. Signed and titled in pencil.

Image size 7 x 9 inches (178 x 229 mm); sheet size 9 9/16 x 11 5/8 inches (243 x 295 mm).

A dark, richly inked impression, in dark brown ink, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/4 to 1 3/8 inches), in excellent condition.

$700.

Sabotage = c.1942, Drypoint.

Edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered 2-20 in pencil.

Image size 10 x 12 inches (254 x 305 mm); sheet size 12 1/8 x 14 1/2 inches (308 x 368 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in warm black ink, on cream wove paper, with margins (1 1/8 to 1 5/8 inches), in excellent condition.

Exhibited: Third Print Exhibition of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1945.

$900.

Bedlam Corners = c.1940, Drypoint.

Edition 15. Signed, titled and numbered 6-15, in pencil.

Image size 8 15/16 x 12 inches (232 x 305 mm); sheet size 11 1/8 x 14 5/8 inches (283 x 371 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in warm black ink, on cream wove paper, with margins (1 to 1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition.

Exhibited: Third Print Exhibition of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1945; Society of American Etchers at the National Academy of Design, New York, 1945; 19th Annual Exhibition of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Washington, 1947.

"Bedlam Corners is the intersection at Forty-Second Street and Third Avenue. It has the reputation of being the noisiest in New York City. The confusing structural elements of the Neighborhood; the clattering old third avenue elevated trains echoed by its counterpart, the surface cars directly below; the forty-second street crosstown cars and the broadway trolley, the passenger cars, taxicabs, trucks and trailers; the construction gang of welders, stone cutters, drillers and diggers; all in unison, create a deafening bedlam that numbs the senses to the very roots." -Donald Vogel

SOLD

Crucifixion = c.1940, Drypoint.

Edition 15. Signed, titled and numbered 13-15 in pencil.

Image size 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 inches (276 x 225 mm); sheet size 13 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches (365 x 349 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in warm black ink, on cream wove paper, with margins (1 1/8 to 1 3/4 inches), in excellent condition.

$1200.

Housing Project = c.1940, Drypoint.

Edition not stated. Signed and titled in pencil.

Image size 9 15/16 x 7 7/8 inches (252 x 200 mm); sheet size 13 x 10 3/8 inches (330 x 264 mm).

A superb impression, in warm black ink, on buff wove paper, with full margins (1 1/4 to 1 5/8 inches), in excellent condition.

SOLD

For Prayer and Meditation = c.1940, Drypoint.

Edition not stated. Signed and titled in pencil.

Image size 8 15/16 x 10 15/16 inches (227 x 278 mm); sheet size 11 x 13 3/8 inches (279 x 340 mm).

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

SOLD

End of the Line = c.1947, Drypoint.

Edition 20 (2nd printing). Signed, titled and numbered 11/20 in pencil.

Image size 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches (222 x 273 mm); sheet size 15 5/8 x 17 3/8 inches (297 x 441 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in dark brown ink, on cream wove paper, with full margins (3 1/4 to 3 1/2 inches), in excellent condition.

Exhibited: 20th Annual Exhibition, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, 1948; 6th Annual Exhibition, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1948..

$900.

Slum Clearance = c.1940, Drypoint.

Edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered 1/20 in pencil.

Image size 9 15/16 x 13 15/16 inches (252 x 354 mm); sheet size 11 7/8 x 15 1/2 inches (302 x 394 mm).

A fine, rich impression, in warm black ink, on cream wove paper, with full margins (3/4 to 1 inch), in excellent condition.

$800.