Catalog: Fine Art: Prints: Woodcuts (40)

August-Louis Lepere, French, 1849-1918, "Modern Arcadia (Bucolique Moderne)", wood engraving, plate measures 10 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches in a 18 3/4 x 23 inch gold frame. Plate signed in the lower left, pencil signed in the lower right. A wood engraving in 5 colors on Japan paper from 1901. V/V. Catalog: Lotz-Brissonneau 271. Auguste-Louis Lepere was one of the leading French printmakers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries...

Agnes Miller Parker, British, 1895–1980, "Fox," wood engraving, plate measures 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches on 8 x 10 1/2 inch laid type paper. C. 1940. Editioned 121/250, signed and dated in pencil in the lower right, titled and editioned in pencil in the lower left. A magical and mysterious portrait of a majestic animal.

Albert Abramovitz, Latvian/American, 1879-1963, "The Family," etching, 10 1/2 x 8 inch linocut on wove-type paper. Pencil signed and titled. C. 1932. Plate initialed in the lower right corner.

Robert Moony, British, 1879-1946, "The Witches Fire," woodblock, framed, printed in 1925, 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches on 9 x 11 1/4 Japan-type paper. Pencil titled and signed.

Albert Abramovitz, 1879-1963, Latvian/American, "Job Wanted". This pencil titled and signed linocut depicts the bleakness of New York City in the Depression Era. 8 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches on 10 x 12 1/2 wove-type paper. "1932 N.Y" in pencil on the lower right.

Herbert Ogden Waters, American, 1903-1996, "Les Smith's Barn". This is an original wood engraving, image size 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 inches, printed on arches wove-type paper size 14 1/2 x 1/8 inches. The print is plate initialed and pencil signed and titled. It was printed and created in 1981, print 101 in an edition of 125.

Helen Hyde, American, 1868-1919, "In Their Holiday Clothes". Helen Hyde $675.00 1868-1919, American In Their Holiday Clothes This is a great original woodblock in colors by American artist Helen Hyde. The image size is 13 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches, published in 1914, cat: Mason & Mason-119, pencil signed. Helen Hyde grew up in California but traveled widely throughout her life. She studied at the Art Students League in New York from 1888-1889, then traveled throughout Europe for four years...

Helen West Heller, American, 1872-1955, "Cider Press". This is a cool diptych woodblock print depicting the process of cider making by American WPA artist Helen West Heller. The image size is 6 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, 1939, pencil signed, dated and titled. Helen West Heller was primarily a self-taught artist, working several mediums before turning exclusively to linoleum and wood block prints...

Helen West Heller, American, 1872-1955, "Eastwind". A very fine sculptural woodblock by American artist Helen West Heller, image size is 6 x 8 inches, 1932, pencil signed, dated and titled. Helen West Heller was primarily a self-taught artist, working several mediums before turning exclusively to linoleum and wood block prints. She was known for her expressive, slightly abstracted images that often incorporated a distinct sense of geometric patterns.

Ido Masao, Japanese, (1945- ), "Courtyard with Rocks". A beautiful woodblock print by the Japanese printmaker, Ido Masao, measuring 20 1/8 x 13 7/8, pencil signed, editioned, dated and titled in Japanese. Created in 1983, this piece comes matted and framed. Masao was a talented artist from an early age and while growing up made money for his family by designing and selling kimono's and their accessories...

Asa Cheffetz, American, 1896-1965, "The Road Home". This Asa Cheffetz wood-engraving measures 5 1/8 x 9 inches, pencil signed, c. 1948, cat. Springfield-86. AAA label included with artist provenance.

Asa Cheffetz, American, 1896-1965, "Winter in Southampton". A beautiful light-filled winter scene by the American artist, Asa Cheffetz. Created c. 1949, it measures 4 3/4 x 10 inches and is pencil signed. Cat: Springfield-88. AAA label included with artist provenance.

Thomas W. Nason, American, 1889-1971, "Midsummer". This limited edition print by the master printmaker Thomas Nason measures 6 x 9 1/16 inches and is pencil signed and dated, cat: BPL-521, in an edition of 450 for Associated American Artists, 1954. AAA label included with artist provenance. Known as the "Poet Engraver of New England", Nason was a prolific artist who specialized in incredibly detailed, atmospheric wood engravings of the New England landscape.

John Nash, British, 1893-1977, "Woman Reading". This is a very fine original wood engraving by British artist John Nash. The image size is 6 x 4 1/2 inches, published c. 1930 in a very small edition of 20, pencil signed and titled in the lower margin...

Albert Abramovitz, Latvian/American, 1879-1963, "Construction Work, Moscow". A remarkable original linocut, image size 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Albert Abramovitz was known for his dramatic images with sharp social commentary, many portraying the hardships of daily life for working class people in both America and Russia. Born in Latvia, Abramovitz studied at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and the Grande Chaumiere in Paris...

Albert Abramovitz, Latvian/American, 1879-1963, "Worker's Head". Albert Abramovitz $595.00 1879-1963, Latvian/American Worker's Head This is a beautiful, intimate portrait of a Depression-era worker by Albert Abramovitz. Linocut, image size 7 x 4 1/2 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Abramovitz was known for his dramatic images with sharp social commentary, many portraying the hardships of daily life for working class people in both America and Russia...

Albert Abramovitz, Latvian/American, 1879-1963, "The Hold Up". A dramatic original linocut by Albert Abramovitz, image size 6 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Abramovitz was known for his dramatic images with sharp social commentary, many portraying the hardships of daily life for working class people in both America and Russia. Born in Latvia, Abramovitz studied at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and the Grande Chaumiere in Paris...

Mizuno Toshikata, Japanese, 1866-1908, "Escape on a Boat". This c. 1894 color woodblock print by Mizuno Toshikata measures 13 1/2 x 21 1/4 inches, signed and sealed by the artist, also publishers seal, Sekiguchi Masajiro, on l.l. This Oban Triptych is one of Toshikata's war prints, depicting a soldier escaping the enemy by boat during the Sino-Japanese War.