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The Coal Yard = c.1936, Lithograph.

Edition 15. Signed, titled and numbered 5/15 in pencil.

Image size 10 x 13 7/8 inches (254 x 352 mm); sheet size 11 3/8 x 16 5/8 inches (289 x 422 mm).

A fine impression, on tan wove paper, with full margins (1/2 to 1 3/8 inches), in excellent condition.

SOLD


Untitled (New York Harbor Construction) = c.1936, Lithograph.

Edition c. 20. Signed in pencil.

Image size 10 x 14 5/8 inches (254 x 371 mm); sheet size 15 x 19 3/8 inches (381 x 492 mm).

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

SOLD


Greeley Square - Demolition of the 6th Avenue El = c.1936, Lithograph.

Edition 15. Signed in pencil.

Image size 9 3/4 x 14 inches (248 x 356 mm); sheet size 15 1/4 x 19 7/8 inches (387 x 505 mm).

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

"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.

SOLD


Black Day for the El = c.1940, Drypoint.

Edition not stated. Signed and titled in pencil.

Image size 12 x 9 inches (305 x 229 mm); sheet size 14 x 10 7/8 inches (356 x 276 mm).

A superb impression, with rich burr, in dark brown ink, on cream wove paper; full margins (7/8 to 1 1/8 inches), in excellent condition.

SOLD


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.


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.


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.

$1400.


Harlem Squatters = c.1940, Drypoint.

Edition c. 15. Signed and titled in pencil.

Image size 12 x 9 inches (305 x 229 mm); sheet size 14 x 11 inches (356 x 279 mm).

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

SOLD


For Prayer and Meditation = c.1947, Drypoint.

Edition c. 15. Signed and titled in pencil.

Image size 8 15/16 x 11 inches (227 x 279 mm); sheet size 11 1/16 x 13 3/8 inches (280 x 340 mm).

A superb impression, with skillfully controlled overall platetone, on cream wove paper; full margins (1 to 1 1/4 inches), in excellent condition.

Exhibited: 121st Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, 1947; 5th National Exhibition, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 1947.

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.


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