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Trial Horse- - c.1932, Lithograph.

Beall 72. Bassham 14. Edition less than 50. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed and dated in the stone, lower right.

Image size 13 1/2 x 17 3/8 inches (343 x 441 mm); sheet size 18 x 22 3/4 inches (457 x 578 mm).

A superb impression, on off-white wove paper, with full margins; in excellent condition.

Collections: LC, UN, WSU.

SOLD


Corner No. 1- - c.1932-33, Lithograph.

Beall 17. Bassham 23. Edition between 15 and 50. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right.

Image size 13 1/8 x 17 1/4 inches (333 x 362 mm); sheet size 18 x 22 3/4 inches (457 x 578 mm).

A superb impression, on off-white wove paper, with full margins; in excellent condition.

Exhibited: Frank Rehn Gallery, New York, March 1933.

Collections: AGAA, LC, SF, UN.

SOLD


In This Corner- - c.1932-33, Lithograph.

Beall 47. Bassham 25. Edition 50 or less. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower left.

Image size 14 11/16 x 19 3/4 inches (373 x 502 mm); sheet size 17 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches (451 x 565 mm).

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

Exhibited: Frank Rehn Gallery, New York, March 1933. Reproduced: The Saturday Evening Post, March 3, 1934; Esquire, January 1951.

Collections: AGAA, AKAG, BMA, LC, UN.

SOLD


One-Punch Knockout (also Down)- - c.1934, 2-Color Lithograph.

Beall 55. Bassham 49. Edition c. 50. Signed, titled and numbered 14 in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right.

Image size 14 5/8 x 19 1/2 inches (371 x 495 mm); sheet size 18 x 22 3/4 inches (457 x 578 mm).

A superb impression, with black ink printed over gray, on cream wove paper; full margins (5/8 to 2 3/4 inches); in excellent condition.

The image bears many similarities to Baer-Carnera, Riggs’ famous lithograph of the Max Baer - Primo Carnera title fight of 1934.

Collections: LC, MMAA, PMA, WAG, WSU.

SOLD


Psychopathic Ward - - c.1940, 2-Color Lithograph.

Beall 60. Bassham 78. Edition c. 50. Signed, titled and numbered 16 in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right.

Image size 14 1/4 x 18 7/8 inches (362 x 479 mm); sheet size 17 1/8 x 23 5/8 inches (445 x 603 mm).

A superb, atmospheric impression, in warm black ink printed over a pale yellow-grey background tint; on off-white wove paper, with full margins (1 to 2 1/2 inches), in excellent condition.

Exhibited: The Print Club, Philadelphia, November- December 1941. American Prints, 1913-1963, Royal Library Albert I, Brussels, Belgium, 1976. American Graphics 1860-1940, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1982. The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock, The British Museum, 2008.

Reproduced: American Lithographs 1900-1960: The Artists and Their Printers, Clinton Adams, The University of New Mexico Press, 1983; The American Scene: Prints from Hopper to Pollock, Stephen Coppel, The British Museum, 2008.

Collections: British Museum, LC, MFAB, NBMAA, PMA, WSU.

SOLD


Children's Ward- - c.1940, 2-Color Lithograph.

Beall 11. Bassham 76. Edition c. 50. Signed, titled and numbered 11 in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right.

Image size 13 3/16 x 18 15/16 inches (351 x 481 mm); sheet size 17 1/8 x 22 7/8 inches (435 x 581 mm).

A superb impression, in warm black ink printed over a pale gray, giving the impression especially deep blacks and a wide range of subtle grays; on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 1/8 to 1 7/8 inches), in excellent condition.

The image is of patients in the orthopedic section of St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children.

Exhibited: Printed Light: Photographic Vision and the Modern Print, National Gallery of Australia; Lasting Impressions: Lithography as Art, Part II, National Gallery of Australia.

Collections: LC, MMA, PMA, WSU, National Gallery of Australia.

$2400.


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