Black & Moorehead 71. Edition 30, only 16 known impressions, trial proof. Signed, titled, dated, and inscribed Essai (test) in pencil.

Image size 10 9/16 x 7 5/8 inches (268 x 194 mm); sheet size 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (394 x 292 mm).

A superb proof impression, with rich burr, on heavy BFK Rives off-white wove paper; full margins (2 1/4 to 6 1/4 inches). A short repaired tear (3/8 inch) in the left center sheet edge, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Scarce.

$2400.

Nine Engravings 1933-1946  =

Edition 100 numbered sets, ten sets numbered I/X through X/X, and ten sets hors commerce, retained by the artist; published in 1974 by Associated American Artists.

Sheet sizes approximately 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (394 x 292 mm).

All fine impressions, on heavy off-white wove Barcham Green hand made paper, with full margins, in excellent condition. Printed at Atelier 17 in the summer of 1973. Assisting the artist in the printing were Hector Saunier and Milen Poenaru.

Set no. 38, complete with title, introductory, and contents pages; contained in the original green linen covered portfolio case with ribbon tie.

SOLD –the complete portfolio with 9 engravings.

Cirque---1933, Engraving.

B&M 78. Edition 30, (100, 1974). Signed, titled Cirque, and numbered 38/100 in pencil.

Image size 8 11/16 x 12 1/16 inches (221 x 306 mm).

A fine impression, on heavy off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 1/4 to 1 7/8 inches), in excellent condition.

From the second edition of 100, published in 1974 by Associated American Artists.

Cheiromancy---1935, Engraving.

B&M 89. Edition 30, (100, 1974). Signed, titled, and numbered 38/100 in pencil.

Image size 7 3/4 x 5 7/8 inches (197 x 149 mm).

A fine impression, on heavy off-white wove paper, with full margins (2 3/4 to 4 1/4 inches), in excellent condition.

From the second edition of 100, published in 1974 by Associated American Artists.

Facile Proie---1938, Engraving.

B&M 122. Edition 107, (100, 1974). Signed, titled, and numbered 38/100 in pencil.

Image size 5 1/16 x 6 3/8 inches (129 x 162 mm).

A fine impression, on heavy off-white wove paper, with full margins (2 3/4 to 4 7/8 inches), in excellent condition.

From the second edition of 100, published in 1974 by Associated American Artists.

Le Chas de L'Aiguille---1946, Engraving.

B&M 172. Edition 30, (100, 1974). Signed, titled, and numbered 38/100 in pencil.

Image size 11 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (302 x 187 mm).

A fine impression, on heavy off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 3/4 to 2 inches), in excellent condition.

From the second edition of 100, published in 1974 by Associated American Artists.

Espana---1939, Engraving.

B&M 127. Edition 101, plus 12 impressions lettered A-L, (100, 1974). Signed, titled, and numbered 38/100 in pencil.

Image size 5 x 3 1/2 inches (127 x 89 mm).

A fine impression, on heavy off-white wove paper, with full margins (4 to 6 inches), in excellent condition.

From the second edition of 100, published in 1974 by Associated American Artists.

Included in Fraternity with prints of John Buckland Wright, Joseph Hecht, Dalla Husband, Wassily Kandinsky, Roderick Mead, Joan Miro, Dolf Rieser, and Luis Vargas with a poem by Stephen Spender translated into French by Louis Aragon.

Invocation---1939, Engraving.

B&M 129. Edition 30, (100, 1974). Signed, titled, and numbered 38/100 in pencil.

Image size 6 3/16 x 4 1/2 inches (157 x 114 mm).

A fine impressions, on heavy off-white wove paper, with full margins (3 1/2 to 5 inches), in excellent condition.

From the second edition of 100, published in 1974 by Associated American Artists.

Nostradam (mistitled Third Person by the artist)---1939, Engraving.

B&M 129. Edition 30, (100, 1974). Signed, titled Third Person, and numbered 38/100 in pencil.

Image size 5 13/16 x 4 1/4 inches (148 x 108 mm).

A fine impression, on heavy off-white wove paper, with full margins (3 1/2 to 5 inches), in excellent condition.

From the second edition of 100, published in 1974 by Associated American Artists.

Included as the title page to George Reavey’s collection of poems Nostradam. Published in an edition of 21 by Europa Press. (Note: This engraving has been incorrectly titled and dated, Third Person, 1938, by the artist in this second edition.)

Unfolding---1946, Engraving.

B&M 166. Edition 30, (100, 1974). Signed, titled Third Person, and numbered 38/100 in pencil.

Image size 5 7/16 x 8 13/16 inches (149 x 224 mm).

A fine impression, on heavy off-white wove paper, with full margins (2 3/4 to 4 3/8 inches), in excellent condition.

From the second edition of 100, published in 1974 by Associated American Artists.

Greeting Card for 1949-1950---1949, Engraving.

B&M 192. Edition 75, (100, 1974). Signed, dated 46 and numbered 38/100 in pencil.

Image size 4 5/8 x 3 7/16 inches (117 x 87 mm).

A fine impression, on heavy off-white wove paper, with full margins (4 to 5 1/4 inches), in excellent condition.

From the second edition of 100, published in 1974 by Associated American Artists. Mistitled New Year Greeting Card, from 1946, by Associated American Artists.

Black & Moorehead 154. Edition 30, 5 artist's proofs. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered13/30 in pencil.

Image size 12 3/16 x 21 11/16 inches (310 x 551 mm); sheet size 15 x 25 1/4 inches (381 x 641 mm).

A superb, richly textured impression, on Cranach heavy cream wove paper with full margins (1 to 1 3/4 inches). Barely visible toning in the outside margins, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Scarce.

Published by Marian Williard Gallery, New York. Plate in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Exhibited and reproduced: American Identities: Twentieth-Century Prints fron the Nancy Gray Sherrill, Class of 1954, Collection; Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College; 2004.

According to Roman legend, Laocoön was the Trojan priest who warned his countrymen against accepting the Trojan Horse from the Greeks. Unheeded, Laocoön threw his spear at the Horse in anger. Minerva, the Goddess of warriors, who was supporting the Greeks, at once sent sea-serpents to strangle Laocoön and his two sons in retribution. His death is symbolic of the fall of the city as a whole. The legend is also the subject of Michangelo’s famous sculpture of the same name.

Collection: Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College.

$4500.

Black & Moorehead 197. Edition 200, 1 of 12 artist's proofs. Signed and inscribed Epreuve d'Artiste II/XII and Pour Nesto Gacometti avec amitié in pencil.

Image size 15 7/16 x 9 7/16 inches (392 x 240 mm); sheet size 22 1/4 x 15 inches (565 x 381 mm).

A fine impression, with fresh colors, on handmade Arches cream wove paper; full margins (2 3/4 to 4 inches), in excellent condition.

Printed by Hayter and Atelier 17. Published by La Guilde Internationale de la Gravure, Geneva.

$3700.

Feu Sous l'Eau (Fire Under Water) =1955, Color etching, engraving and aquatint with embossing.

B&M 221. Edition 50, plus 10 artist proofs. Signed, titled, dated and numbered E 8/10 in pencil.

Image size 10 5/16 x 7 1/16 inches (266 x 178 mm); sheet size 17 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches (448 x 318 mm).

A fine, fresh impression, on heavy cream wove paper, with full margins (2 13/16 to 4 3/8 inches), in excellent condition.

Number 8 of 10 artist proofs. Published by La Jeune Gravure Contemporaine, Paris.

SOLD