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Abstraction
No. 7 (Composition VII)-
1934, Woodcut.
Rose 93. Edition 20,
a proof impression apart from the edition. Signed, dated and titled in
pencil.
Image size 9 1/2 x
12 1/2 inches (241 x 318 mm); sheet size 13 x 18 1/4 inches (330 x 464mm).
A fine, painterly
impression with variegated blacks, on off-white wove Japan, with full
margins (1 1/8 to 3 1/8 inches). Minor surface soiling in the margins,
otherwise in excellent condition. Scarce.
Number 7 in a portfolio
of 10 woodcuts entitled It Can't Happen Here published by the
artist. Featured with a full page illustration in the Drewes catalogue
raisonné, p.119.
Reproduced: American
Master Prints from the Betty and Douglas Duffy Collection, The Trust
for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C., 1987.
Collections: Smithsonian
American Art Museum, Guggenheim Museum.
$4500. |