Sale 2460 - Old Master Through Modern Prints, November 2, 2017

353 c WILL BARNET Images of Children . Portfolio with complete text, 4 woodcuts and 4 etchings, 1982. 525x415 mm; 20 5 / 8 x16 1 / 4 inches (sheets), full margins, loose as issued. Edition of 60. Signed and numbered “27” in pencil on the justification page. Each print signed, titled and numbered 27/60 in pencil, lower margin. The woodcuts printed by Paul Marcus, New York. The etchings printed by Stephen Sholinsky at Stem Graphics, New York. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. Original black linen portfolio. The prints were executed by Barnet between 1937 and 1940. Cole 50, 54, 58, 59, 69, 77, 79 and 82. Very good impressions. [2,000/3,000] 354 c ROBERT GWATHMEY Ring-Around-a-Rosey . Color screenprint, 1949. 325x405 mm; 12 3 / 4 x15 7 / 8 inches, wide margins. Edition of 200. Signed in ink, upper left. Published by the National Serigraph Society. A superb, richly-inked impression with fresh, strong colors. Gwathmey (1903-1988) is one of the most celebrated painter-printmakers of African- American life in the southern United States. As an outsider to the African-American rural communities, his works are that of an observer, picturesque scenes of everyday life. He managed unbiasedly to imbue humanity and an unromanticized dignity into his subjects. Williams 10. [1,500/2,500] 354