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 9/20 in pencil.

Image size 11 x 15 inches (278 x 390 mm); sheet size 12 1/2 x 19 inches (318 x 483 mm).

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

$750.

Variations on Old Bushmills -- c. 1935, Lithograph.

Edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered 7/20 in pencil.

Image size 12 1/4 x 15 inches (318 x 390 mm); sheet size 16 1/4 x 18 1/8 inches (412 x 460 mm).

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

$900.

Rondo -- c.1935, Lithograph.

Edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered 8/20 in pencil.

Image size 11 1/8 x 14 inches (280 x 355 mm); sheet size 12 1/2 x 19 inches (318 x 483 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with full margins (3/4 to 2 1/2 inches), on cream wove paper. Toning in the left margin edge, otherwise in excellent condition.

$750.

Judgment of Souls -- c.1935, Lithograph.

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

Image size 13 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches (315 x 263 mm); sheet size 19 1/2 x 12 3/8 inches (496 x 315 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with full margins (13/16 to 2 3/4 inches), on cream wove paper, in excellent condition.

$650.

Scherzo in H# Minor -- c.1935, Lithograph.

Edtion 20. Signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in pencil.

Image size 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches (335 x 260 mm); sheet size 19 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (489 x 318 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with full margins (1 1/8 to 2 3/4 inches), on cream wove paper, in excellent condition.

$550.

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

$750.

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

Edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered 7/20 in pencil.

Image size 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (266 x 344 mm); sheet size 12 3/4 x 19 inches (324 x 483 mm).

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

$350.

The Osprey -- c.1935, Lithograph.

Edition 20. Signed, titled and numbered 13/20 in pencil.

Image size 10 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (266 x 344 mm); sheet size 18 x 12 3/4 inches (457 x 324 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with full margins (7/8 to 3 inches), on cream wove paper, in excellent condition.

$550.