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Manhattan Vista - -1934, Drypoint.

Kraeft 47. Edition 100. Signed, dated 1938, and annotated Ed 100 in pencil. Signed in the plate, lower left.

Image size 7 15/16 x 10 5/8 inches (202 x 270 mm); sheet size 10 11/16 x 14 1/8 inches (271 x 359 mm).

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

Collections: Brooklyn Museum, the Corcoran Gallery, WMAA.

$4200.


Manhattan Nocturne- -1938, Drypoint and Etching.

Kraeft 70. Edition 100. Signed in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left.

Image size 7 1/8 x 11 7/8 (181 x 303 mm); sheet size 10 3/4 x 15 1/4 inches (273 x 387 mm).

A superb early impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 5/8 to 2 inches); remains of original hinges on the top sheet edge, well away from the image; otherwise in excellent condition.

Presentation Print of the Society of American Etchers, 1938. In 1974 the artist extensively reworked this plate with engraving and retitled it Manufacturer’s Trust (Kraeft 127).

Collections: BM, MMA, MOMA, NYPL, WMAA, AAM, CAM, CMA, CWAM, WMA, DAM, SAAM, CGA, LC, NGA, HAA, CM, MAM, BPL, MFA, FAM, WAM, KAM, SMAG, HMA, NPL, PCA, BM, DMA, YUAG, AFGA.

$2200.


York Avenue, Sunday Morning - 1939, Drypoint.

Kraeft 78. Edition 100. Signed, dated and annotated Ed. 100 in pencil.

Image size 7 7/8 x 12 7/8 inches (201 x 327 mm); sheet size 12 1/8 x 17 15/16 inches (308 x 462 mm).

A superb, early impression, with selectively wiped platetone, on off-white wove paper; full margins (1 15/16 to 2 3/8 inches), in excellent condition.

Collections: UAM, YUAG, LC, EUMA, MAM, SLAM, MMA, NYPL, WMAA.

SOLD


Rooftop - 1941, Engraving.

Kraeft 84. Edition 100. Signed, dated and Ed. 100 in pencil. Signed in plate, lower right.

Image size 4 15/16 x 8 15/16 (125 x 227 mm); sheet size 8 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches (222 x 324 mm).

A fine impression, on off-white wove paper, with margins (1 7/8 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

A view from the artist’s window; the Empire State Building in the distance.

Collections: YUAG, LC, BM, HFJMA, WMAA.

SOLD


12th Street Walls - 1944, Drypoint.

Kraeft 93. Edition 100, first state. Signed in pencil. Initialed in plate, lower left.

Image 8 1/8 x 11 5/8 inches (206 x 295 mm); sheet size 11 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches (286 x 375 mm).

A superb, early impression, with all the fine lines printing clearly, on cream laid paper; full margins (1 1/2 inches), in excellent condition. Printed by the artist.

First Purchase Prize, Library of Congress, 1944.

Collections: LC, MFA, WMAA.

$2200.


Stairhall - 1950, Drypoint and Engraving.

Kraeft 104. Edition 100. Signed, dated and annotated Ed. 50 in pencil.

Image 11 7/8 x 14 1/2 inches (302 x 368 mm); sheet size 15 7/8 x 18 3/8 inches (403 x 467 mm).

A superb, rich impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 7/8 to 2 1/8 inches), in excellent condition.

Collections: YUAG, NMAA, LC, EUMA, BPL, JBM, MMA, JELAG, PMA, MBMA, EMA.

SOLD


Excavation Site, Manhattan- - 1983, Engraving.

Kraeft 138. Edition 90. Signed, dated, and annotated Ed 100 in pencil.

Image size 9 7/8 x 6 3/4 (251 x 171 mm); sheet size 16 1/2 x 13 inches (419 x 330 mm).

A fine impression, on off-white wove paper, with full margins (3 to 3 5/8 inches), in excellent condition. Archivally sleeved.

$400.


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