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California Redwoods- - c. 1920, Etching.

Edition not stated. Signed, titled and annotated NO 17 in pencil.

Image size 12 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches (327 x 248 mm); sheet size 14 1/4 x 11 3/8 inches (248 x 289 mm).

A fine, richly-inked impression, in brown-black ink, with selectively wiped plate tone and rich burr throughout, on cream wove paper; full margins (1/2 to 3/4 inch); in excellent condition. Scarce.

SOLD


Mokihana (Hawaii)- - 1946, Drypoint.

Edition unknown. Signed, titled and annotated No 5 in pencil.

Image size 11 1/2 x 9 inches (292 x 229 mm); sheet size 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 inches (352 x 276 mm).

A superb, finely nuanced impression, in dark brown ink, on cream wove Japan paper, with margins (3/4 to 1 5/8 inches); toning in the margins from a previous mat; paper fiber in the center left margin, away from the image; otherwise in excellent condition.

Collections: National Gallery of Art, University of Hawaii Library.

$2400.

Portrait, Nude, Hawaiian Native, Young Girl

Kanani (Hawaii)- - 1946, Drypoint.

Edition unknown. Signed, titled and annotated No 36 in pencil.

Image size 11 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (289 x 225 mm); sheet size 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (470 x 368 mm).

A superb, finely nuaunced impression, in dark brown ink, on heavy cream wove paper, with wide margins (2 3/4 to 3 3/4 inches); in excellent condition.

$4800.

Portrait, Nude, Hawaiian Native, Young Girl

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