20th Century American Prints

Etching, image size: 2 1/4 x 4 1/4", pencil signed

Woodblock print, image size 5 X 6 inches, pencil signed and titled on the lower margin.

Etching, image size 3 x 4 inches, c. 1920s, unsigned.

This wood engraving by Leonard Baskin measures 2 x 2 inches with a sheet size of 17 x 17 inches. Printed in 1954 as a New Year's greeting, this unsigned proof is #250 in the Fern and O'Sullivan catalogue. Baskin was an important artist in the mid 20th century, known for his evocative wood engravings and lithographs.

Etching, 3 1/8 x 2 in, unsigned

Etching, image size 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in, plate signed

Etching, 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 in, plate signed

Etching, 4 5/8 x 3 1/2, pencil signed

Etching, 4 1/2 x 3 in, plate signed

Etching, 5 1/8 x 3 5/8 in, plate signed

Etching after W.I. Taylor, image size 5 x 3 3/8 in, plate signed

This linoleum engraving by Leonard Baskin measures 4 x 2 1/2 inches and is printed on a sheet size of 17 1/2 x 17 inches. An unsigned proof done in 1951 for "A Little Book of Natural History", published by The Gehenna Press in Worcester, MA., and is listed as #101 in the Fern and O'Sullivan catalogue. After serving in the Navy during WWII, Baskin began his career as a printmaker in the late 1940s, beginning with simple linocuts, but quickly progressing to dramatic wood engravings, then later etchings and lithographs. Known for his graphic images created by the simple interplay of black on white, combined with his dramatic use of line, Baskin remains one of America's greatest printmakers.

Etching, 4 1/8 x 3 7/16 in, plate signed

Etching measures 3 x 1 7/8 inches on 6 1/4 x 5 1/4 inch Rives watermarked wove type paper. Pencil signed in the lower right, pencil editioned 2/50 in the lower left.

This woodcut by Leonard Baskin measures 2 x 3 inches and was published in 1949. This image is not shown in the Fern and O'Sullivan catalogue but we think it is listed as #35. After serving in the Navy during WWII, Baskin began his career as a printmaker in the late 1940s, beginning with simple linocuts, but quickly progressing to dramatic wood engravings, then later etchings and lithographs.