The Artist was a Lady: Works by the Fair Sex.

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American Artists

Peggy Bacon. American. 1895-1987

Conductor I: Rehearsal. c. 1933. Pencil study for the drypoint, Morning Exercises. Flint 117. 12 1/2 x 9 (image and sheet). Slight creasing upper right, otherwise find condition. Drawn on light cream-colored wove paper. Signed, lower right. $1,750.

Isabel Bishop. American. 1902-1988

Leaning on the Wall. 1927. Etching. Teller 4. 4 x 3 (sheet 11 x 8 7/8). Edition 100, #18 from the lifetime edition printed in 1967; there were only proofs earlier. A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and dated in ink verso, possibly in another hand. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist. $550.

Carmen L. Brown. American. 1886-1989

[The Gardener]. c. 1917. Etching. 7 7/8 x 9 5/8 (sheet 10 x 13 1/2). Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Signed 'Carmen' in pencil. $125.

Mary Cassatt. 1845-1926.

Hélène of Septeuil (enfant au perroquet). c. 1889-1890. Drypoint. Breeskin, 134. 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 (sheet 15 3/4 x 9 7/8). A rich impression with burr and plate tone. Printed on blue-green laid paper with a F Andbia AGL countermark, from an antique volume. Signed “Mary Cassatt” in pencil. Price upon request.

Denise Holding Her Child. c. 1905. Drypoint. Breeskin 204.ii. 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 (sheet 10 1/16 x 7 1/4). Posthumous printing on cream laid paper from an antique volume. Unsigned. $2,000.

Ann Chernow, N.A. Born 1936.

Barmaids. 2009. Watercolor on rag paper. 30 x 22. Signed, lower right. $1,200.

Beauty Queens. 2009. Lithograph from one stone. 18 1/2 x 14. Edition 12. Printed on Rives paper. Signed in pencil. $600.

Helen West Heller. American. 1872-1955

Baseball. 1928. Woodcut 6 3/4 x 8 5/8 (sheet 10 5/8 x 14 1/2). Printed on sturdy mulberry paper. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. $950.

Mother Earth. 1928. Woodcut. 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 (sheet 14 7/16 x 10 1/2). Signed, dated and titled in pencil. $850.

Victoria Hutson Huntley. 1900-1971.

Greetings from the House of Weyhe, 1931. 1931. Lithograph. 4 3/4 x 8 1/8 (sheet 5 7/8 c 8 13/16). Printed on heavy wove paper. Signed and dated in the stone. $100.

Helen Hyde. 1868-1919.

Going to Market (Viga Canal, Mexico). 1912. Woodcut printed in colors. Mason and Mason 93. 11 1/2 x 4 1/4 (sheet 15 x 7 7/8). Illustrated: The New Wave, page 40. A subtle tonal impression printed on fine Japanese paper. Monogrammed and signed in pencil in the image. $775.00

Sunday Morning, San Angel, Mexico. 1912. Woodcut printed in colors. Mason and Mason 104. 10 5/8 x 16 5/8 (sheet 13 1/8 x 20 3/8). A colorful tonal impression printed on fine Japanese paper. A delightful large, impressive processional image. Monogrammed and signed in pencil in the image. $975.00

Bertha Clausen Jaques. 1863-1941

Fulcassiara (Night Shade #2. Solanum Dulcamara.) 1932. Drypoint with hand coloring. Jaques 432. 10 7/8 x 7 7/8 (sheet 15 1/8 x 10 1/16). A rich impression with plate tone, printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Provenance: the artist's estate. Signed and title in pencil. $750.

Promenade (World's Fair, Chicago). 1897. Not in the Jaques checklist. 5 7/8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 10 11/16 x 17). A fine impression printed in sepia ink with plate tone. Printed on off-white laid paper with full margins. $300.

Mary G. Kaelber. American. Twentieth Century.

Seated Woman. c. 1930. Lithograph. 17 1/4 x 13 5/8. Printed on tan wove paper with two sides deckle edges. Scattered, unobtrusive foxing. Signed in pencil. $75.

Clare Veronica Hope Leighton, N.A. 1901-1989.

Corsican Washerwomen. 1934. Wood engraving. Boston Public Library 258. 8 1/2 x 10 (sheet 7 1/2 x 11). Edition 215, #192. Presentation print for The Print Club of Cleveland in 1936. Illustrated: Fine prints of the Year, 1935. Very slightly toned; otherwise excellent condition. A fine, well-inked proof printed on pale cream-colored Japanese mulberry paper. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. $775.

Winnowers, Majorca. 1939. Wood engraving. Boston Public Library 424. 6 x 7 5/8 (sheet 7 1/2 x 11). Edition 200, #111. Presentation print for The Woodcut Society. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. A fine, well-inked proof printed on pale cream-colored Japanese mulberry paper. $950.

Bertha Boynton Lum. 1869-1954.

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The Perfume Magnolia. Oil on canvas board. 16 x 12 (framed 21 1/2 x 17 1/2). Signed in pencil "Bertha Lum" lower right. Pristine condition. Price upon request..

The Perfume Water Lily. Oil on canvas board. 12 x 16 inches (framed 17 1/2 x 21 1/2). Signed in pencil "Bertha Lum" lower right. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, label verso. Pristine condition. Price upon request.

Jane Peterson. 1876-1965.

[Flowering Carob Tree, San Giorgio Maggiore Island, Venice]. c. 1923. Oil on canvas. 18 x 24 (framed 27 x 32 1/2). Signed "Jane Peterson" lower right. $17,500.

Doris Rosenthal. 1889-1971.

Second Class (Night Train). c.1930. Lithograph. 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 16 x 12). Edition 80, # 1. Exhibited at The New York Coliseum by Midtown Galleries, N.Y. Six hinge stains in the margins, well outside the image. Signed and titled in pencil. $475.

Summer Studio. c.1931. Lithograph. 9 7/8 x 11 1/2 (sheet 11 3/8 x 11 1/2). Edition 12, # 9. Exhibited at The Print Club of Philadelphia, January 26 - Feruary 14, 1931 with the title 'Sleeper'. Printed on cream wove paper with a Midtown Galleries label. A charming and unusual self portait. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. $750.

Margery Austen Ryerson. American. 1886-1989

Big Sister. c. 1931. Etching and drypoint. 10 x 6 7/8 (sheet 13 9/16 x 10). Edition 35. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1931 ; Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress, p.432. A rich impression with drypoint burr. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Signed in pencil. $275.

Beatrix Sherman. Twentieth Century.

[Husband and Wife]. 1933. Silhouettes cut from black paper and mounted on cream wove paper. Stamp verso reads: 'Beatrix Sherman Silhouettes General Exhibits Building, Unit 4 Chicago World's Fair Beatrix Sherman Silhouettes The Studio 15 E. 26th St. N.Y. City'. The male silhouette is signed and dated in ink. $175 for the pair.

Ruth Haviland Sutton. 1900-1960.

College Hall, Amherst [MA]. c. 1929 Linoleum cut. 7 3/8 x 6. $250.

John M. Greene Hall, Smith College. c. 1929. Linoleum cut. 5 3/8 x 7 7/8. $250.

Zoë. Twentieth century.

Rosa with Roses. c. 1950. Oil on canvas. 20 x 24. Signed, lower left. A charming study of a young with with her namesake flowers. $275.

Marguerite Thompson Zorach. 1894-1964.

Mother and Child (Artist and Child). 1921. Linoleum cut. 9 1/2 x 6 (sheet 12 1/4 x 11). First state, before the lettering 'MERRY XMAS' above the oval, and 'FROM THE ZORACHS' below the oval. A rich proof printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Pencil sketch of a foot, verso. A charming and unusual self-portrait. Signed and dated in pencil. $2,500.

British Artists

Dorothy M. Clark.

Trafalgar Square. c. 1920. Etching. 4 7/8 x 6 7/8 (sheet 6 5/8 x 81/8). Printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $95.

Muriel Hare. Twentieth century.

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Eastern Scene. Eastern Scene. c. 1930. Woodcut printed in colors. 11 x 9 1/16 (sheet 17 x 10 7/8). Edition 25, #5. Printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Foxing throughout. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $75.

Gertrude Ellen Hayes. born 1872.

Shakespeare's Birthplace, Henley Street, Statford-on-Avon. c. 1910. Etching. 6 9/16 x 11 7/8 (sheet 9 7/8 x 15 9/16). A rich impression printed on fine laid paper mounted onto board for support. Some toning, otherwise in good condition. Signed in pencil. $125.

Gertrude Hermes, R.E. 1901-1983.

Water Lilies 19230. Wood engraving. 9 x 9 1/16. Edition 25, #15. Illustration for Irene Gosse's book, 'A Florilege' [Swan Press] that was commisioned in late 1929, and printed in 1931. Glue stains in the top and bottom margins, well outside the image; otherwise excellent condition. Signed, dated and numbered in pencil. $850.

Eleanor Mary Hughes. 1882-1959.s

Mountain Scene with Distant Lake. Watercolor. 10 5/8 x 14 1/2. Signed, lower right. Two unobtrusive pinholes. $350.

Penzance Church from the Harbour over Dry Dock. Etching. 7 1/2 x 7 1/8 (sheet 12 1/2 x 9 1/4). Printed on the full sheet of cream laid paper with deckle edges. Stamped signature. $175.

Helen Kapp. 1901-1978.

English Rose. 1940. Color lithograph. 11 1/2 x 8 (sheet 13 3/4 x 9). Printed on cream wove paper. Edition for the Artists' International Associaion: Everyman Prints. One foxng spot; tear in the lower margin, outside the image. Signed and dated in the stone. $100.

Dame Laura Knight, R.A., R.E. 1877-1970.

Bareback Rider. 1935. Etching. Bolling-Withington 79. 10x 4 7/8 (sheet 15 1/2 x 10 7/16). Edition 109 for The Print Collector's Club. A rich impression printed with atmospheric plate tone on cream laid paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. $2,250.

Gilding the Lily. 1926. Soft ground etching. Bolling/Withington 47. 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 (sheet 15 1/4 x 10). Edition 20 or 35 (both numbers are given on different proofs; this one annotated '35') plus trials. A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed, titled and annotated in pencil. $1,750.

Elyse Ashe Lord. 1900-1971.

Angor Vhat. 1930. Woodcut and drypoint printed in colors. 11 x 13 (sheet 15 7/8 x 16 7/8). Edition 75, # 22. A bright, colorful impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper, with an irregular bottom margin. Signed and numbered in pencil. $750.

Isabel Beatrice Mesham. Born 1896.

[St. Mary Church, with Stars, Torquay, Devon]. Etching and aquatint. 8 x 6 (sheet 9 1/8 x 6 3/4). Printed on cream wove paper. Unsigned. Diagonal folds across upper left-hand part and center of the image. Sold with the zinc etching plate, 8 x 6. The image on the plate is reversed in the etching when the etching is printed. $275 the pair.

[Woodland Landscape]. c. 1925. Etching and aquatint. 7 1/4 x 9 7/8 (sheet 9 1/4 x 11 3/4). Printed on cream laid paper. Unsigned. Annotated 'N3)' in ink and 'on a rather deep cream paper as sample, and logs and printed piece of wood rather darker (as to indicator)'. And a proof printed in colors, on cream wove paper, trimmed to just outside the image on the top left. Unsigned; annotated '1 like this' in ink.' $275 for the pair.

Gwynedd M. Palin. Born 1878.

On the Dal, Srinagar. c. 1923. Linoleum cut printed in colors. 4 3/8 x 6 5/8. Signed and titled in pencil. Mounted on cream-colored museum board with blue outlines. $175.

Nanga Parbat. c. 1923. Linoleum cut printed in colors. 4 3/8 x 6 5/8. Signed and titled in pencil. Mounted on cream-colored museum board with blue outlines. $175.

Eileen Soper. 1905-1990.

Cricket. c. 1926. Etching. Beetles 133. 4 3/8 x 6 7/8 (sheet 9 1/8 x 11 3/8). A fine impression with plate tone. Printed on cream laid paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. $500.

The Photographer's Scottie. c. 1924. Etching. Beetles 172. 5 x 7 1/4 (sheet 8 1/2 x 12 1/8). A fine impression with plate tone. Printed on cream wove paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. $550.

May Tremel. Twentieth century.

Deepdale, Upper Wharfedale (Yorkshire). 1929. Etching. 7 1/2 x 12 3/4 (sheet 10 3/8 x 14 3/4). A rich impression with plate tone printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $325.

Wharfedale (Yorkshire). 1929. Etching. 13 1/4 x 6 7/8 (sheet 10 1/2 x 17 3/16). A rich impression with plate tone printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Exhibited at the First International Exhibition of Etching at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1932. Original exhibition label. Accompanied by the original etching plate. The etching signed, dated and priced $15 (the 1932 price) in pencil. $850 the pair.

Dorothy E.G. Woolard, A.R.E., A.R.W.A.

Tower Bridge. c. 1935. Soft ground etching. 8 3/16 x 6 1/2 (sheet 14 1/8 x 10 5/8). Variant of an image published by the Print Society, London, 1923. Printed on cream wove paper. Slight foxing in the margins, not affecting the image. Signed and dated in the plate; signed in pencil. $175.

Continental Artists

Louise Catherine Ibels. 1891-1965.

Backyard. c.1925. Pencil, ink and watercolor on tan laid paper from a sketchbook. 5 1/8 x 7. There is a pencil sketch of a dog on a doghouse, verso. Unsigned. $75.

Käthe Kollwitz. German. 1867-1945.

Maria und Elisabeth (Mary and Elisabeth). Version III. 1928. Woodcut. Klipstein 234,Vb; von dem Knesebeck 249.vi.a. 14 1/4 x 13 3/4. Edition 150 in this state. A glowing impression on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed in pencil. Housed in an elegant black and silver frame. $9,750.

Frédérique Emilie Auguste-Miethe O'Connell. Born 1823-1885.

Self-portrait. Etching. Béraldi 10. 4 3/4 x 3 3/4 (sheet 12 x 8 7/8). Printed on warm chine, mounted on a support sheet of white wove paper, as published by l'Artiste. with their blindstamp. A bright, fresh impression. Signed in the plate. The artist only made 10 etchings, which are extremely rare. $500.

Maria Ressel. 1877 - 1945..

Palmen in Egyptus (Palm Tees in Egypt). c. 1921. Etching printed in colors. 7 1/4 x 10 1/2 (sheet 11 5/8 x 14 7/8). A fine impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.

Wald c. 1923. Etching printed in grey-green. 7 5/4 x 5 3/4 (sheet 12 1/2 x 9 1/2). A fine impression with plate tone printed on watermarked cream wove paper. Ex-collection Eugene A. Noble'. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.

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