James Edward Allen. 1894-1964.
Brazilian Builders. 1933. Etching. Ryan 59. 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 (sheet 19 1/4 x 11). Printed on cream-colored wove paper. Illustrated: 1933 cover, Herald Tribune Magazine; Fine Prints of the Year, 1934. Awarded the prize for best print, Philadelphia Print Club, 1934. A brilliant impression of this dramatic image. Signed and titled in pencil. $4,000.
The Connectors. 1934. Etching. Ryan 66. 9 7/8 x 13 (sheet 16 7/8 x 13 1/8). 1934 - honorable mention, Society of American Etchers; 1042: purchase prize by the Cincinnati Art museum. A fine impression of this dramatic image printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $5,750.
On the Reef. c. 1933. Etching. Ryan 79. 6 7 /8 x 14 7/8(sheet 8 1/2 x 16 1/2). Edition not known. Printed on pale cream-colored paper. A rich impression of this dramatic image. Signed in pencil. $2,500.
Sky Riders. 1935. Etching. Ryan 85. 11 7/8 x 8 7/8 (sheet 15 x 12 3/4). A rich impression printed on pale cream-colored laid paper. Signed in pencil. $5,750.
Steel Workers. c. 1935. Etching. Not in Ryan. 7 x 5 (sheet 11 5/16 x 8 7/8). A rich impression printed on pale cream-colored wove paper. Signed and annotated '3rd P[roof] in pencil. $4,500.
An important American printmaker, painter and illustrator, James Edward Allen , printmaker, painter and illustrator, studied a at the Art Academy in Chicago, and at the Art Students League and the Hans Hoffman School in Manhattan. His instructors included Joseph Pennell, Robert Brackman, Robert Philipp, William Auerbach-Levy and Arshile Gorky. Allen began his career as an illustrator, and and created his fine prints during the 1930's - 1940's.
James E. Allen was a full member of the Salmagundi Club, the New Rochelle Art Association, the Society of Etchers in New York, the Chicago Society of Etchers, the Society of Illustrators, New York, and the Philadelphia Society of Etchers. Today his art is represented in such collections as the Brooklyn Museum, the Cincinnati Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Seattle Art Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Library of Congress.
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