Born in Berkeley, California, Zena Kavin studied at the California School of Fine Arts in San Francisco and privately with A. Kravchenko in Moscow. She lived in Berkeley and in Oakland her entire life, except for four years spent in New Mexico in the late 1930s. In 1949 she married artist Jon Cornin and settled with him in Oakland. Under the peudonym Corka, the Cornins produced

cartoons for the Saturday Evening Post and the New Yorker. Kavin worked in various media, including wood engraving, lithography and sculpture. She was a member of he San Francisco Artists Association, and exhibited in the San Francisco Museum of Art Inaugural in 1935 and the California–Pacific International Exposition, San Diego in 1935.

Victim of Misfortune and Folly -- c.1935, Lithograph.

Edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered 17/20 in pencil.

Image size 11 3/8 x 15 1/8 inches (289 x 384 mm); sheet size 12 5/8 x 19 inches (322 x 483 mm).

A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (5/8 to 1 7/8 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.

SOLD 

Judgment of Souls -- c.1935, Lithograph.

Edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered 17/20 in pencil.

Image size 13 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches (346 x 263 mm); sheet size 19 1/8 x 12 1/2 inches (486 x 318 mm).

A fine, richly-inked impression, with full margins (3/4 to 2 3/4 inches), on cream wove paper, in excellent condition. Scarce.

$650.

The Visitor -- c.1935, Lithograph.

Edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered 9/20 in pencil.

Image size 14 x 10 inches (353 x 255 mm); sheet size 19 x 12 1/2 inches (482 x 318 mm).

A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (7/8 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Scarce.

$750.

To Market, to Market -- c.1935, Lithograph.

Edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered 6/20 in pencil.

Image size 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (266 x 344 mm); sheet size 12 5/8 x 19 inches (321 x 483 mm).

A fine, richly-inked impression, with full margins (3/4 to 2 3/4 inches), on cream wove paper, in excellent condition. Scarce.

$450.