Sale 2507, Part I - Old Master Through Modern Prints, May 2, 2019

239 c JOHN STEUART CURRY Ajax . Lithograph, 1932. 250x345 mm; 9 3 / 4 x13 1 / 2 inches, full margins. Edition of approximately 50. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed “25 prints,” in pencil, lower margin. A superb impression of this very scarce lithograph. We have found only 4 other impressions of this print at auction in the last 30 years. The same-titled oil, 1936-37, now in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., ref lects similar imagery to this lithograph. Cole 14. [1,200/1,800] 240 c JOHN STEUART CURRY Circus Elephants . Lithograph, 1936. 230x323 mm; 9x12 1 / 8 inches, full margins. Edition of 250. Signed, titled “Elephants” and dated in pencil, lower margin. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. A good, dark impression. Cole 28. [1,200/1,800] 239 240