Edition not stated. Signed in pencil.

Image size 11 15/16 x 9 3/8 inches (303 x 238 mm); sheet size 15 15/16 x 12 inches (405 x 305 mm).

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

$525.

Oboe, c.1930, Etching with Aquatint.

Edition not stated. Signed and titled in pencil.

Image size 10 15/16 x 7 inches (278 x 178 mm); sheet size 13 3/8 x 9 3/8 inches (340 x 238 mm).

A fine, rich impression, with margins (1 1/8 to 1 1/4 inches), on cream wove paper, in excellent condition.

$650.

Principle #3, Singing Dwarf, c.1931, Etching with Aquatint.

Moore 73. Edition 40, fewer printed. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil.

Image size 8 3/16 x 11 1/2 inches (208 x 292 mm); sheet size 10 1/4 x 14 1/8 inches (260 x 358 mm).

A deep, rich impression, in dark sepia ink on cream wove paper, in excellent condition. Signed and titled below the bottom image edge but inside on the outer plate mark; the sheet trimmed 1/4 inch beyond the plate mark, 1 1/8 inches outside the image edge.

One of a series of 8 Principles created by the artist in 1931-32, which he describes as complex "moral statements". Sternberg considered the series to be some of his most sucessful print work. The editions were smaller than originally planned because the delicate aquatint tones wore down quickly.

Collection: WMAA.

SOLD

Coal Miners, c.1936, Color Lithograph.

Edition not stated. Signed and titled in pencil.

Image size 8 x 10 3/4 inches (203 x 273 mm); sheet size 10 x 13 7/8 inches (254 x 352 mm).

A fine, fresh impression, with full margins (3/4 to 1 11/16 inches), on cream laid paper, in excellent condition.

Sternberg was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1936 and worked for a year depicting the condition of the working man in the coal and steel region of Pennsylvania.

SOLD

Blast Furnace, c.1937, Etching with Aquatint.

Edition 250, AAA. Signed in pencil.

Image size 11 7/8 x 8 1/2 inches (302 x 216 mm); sheet size 14 7/8 x 12 inches (378 x 305 mm).

A superb impression, with full margins (1 3/8 x 1 3/4 inches), on cream wove paper, in excellent condition.

Purchase Prize AAA National Fine Print Competition, 1946. Illustrated in American Prize Prints of the 20th Century, Albert Reese, 1949.

SOLD