The Builders - - 1932, Etching and Drypoint.

Ryan 62. Edition 100. Signed in pencil.

Image size 9 15/16 x 11 13/16 inches (249 x 300 mm); sheet size 15 3/8 x 16 7/8 inches (391 x 429 mm).

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

Published by the Association of American Etchers, New York.

Exhibited and reproduced:The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock, Stephen Coppel, The British Museum, 2008. American Prize Prints of the 20th Century, Albert Reese, American Artists Group, Inc., New York, 1949. Awarded the Henry B. Shope Prize, Society of American Etchers, 1933.

Collections: British Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Gallery of Australia.

SOLD

Teeming Ingots- - 1935, Etching.

Ryan 88. Edition c.100. Signed in pencil.

Image size 11 13/16 x 9 13/16 inches (300 x 249 mm); sheet size 15 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches (387 x 320 mm).

A superb, richly-inked impression, in warm black ink, on cream laid paper, with full margins (1 1/2 to 2 inches), in excellent condition.

Published by the Society of American Etchers, New York; with the original Society of American Etchers descriptive copy by John Taylor Arms. Illustrated in L'Amérique de la Dépression, Artistes Engagés des Années 30, Musée-Gallerie de la Seita, Paris, 1996.

"Dramatic in content, and powerful yet sensitive in execution, it is a brilliant example of the author's well-formed but fluent style...a print which, in its soundness, its spontaneity, and the subtlety of its handling, ranks with the best work of a highly accomplished artist destined, we believe, to leave an enduring name in the annals of contemporary graphic art." –John Taylor Arms

$2500.

Up Above the World- - 1936, Etching.

Ryan 90. Edition unknown. Signed in pencil.

Image size 9 x 12 1/2 inches (229 x 318 mm); sheet size 17 1/8 x 12 5/8 inches (435 x 321 mm).

A fine, rich impression, on cream laid paper, with full margins (1 3/4 to 2 7/8 inches), in excellent condition.

Collections: LC, Smithsonian American Art Museum.

SOLD