| Portrait
of a Farmer, c. 1938.
Edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. Image
size 11 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches (290 x 252 mm); sheet size 17 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches (437
x 317 mm). A
fine, fresh impression, with wide margins (1 3/16 to 3 1/8 inches), on cream wove
paper. A barely visible diagonal crease across the top right image corner (1/2
inch), otherwise in excellent condition. Created
for the New York City WPA (Blanch's only WPA color lithograph). Illustrated
in Images of the 1930's: WPA Prints, Georgia Museum of Art Bulletin, Spring,
1988. Collection: NYPL. SOLD |