All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #605829 (stock #0013)
A “modern” print collage design depicting fragments of ancient temple roof tiles; a stylized Shinto shrine compound all overlaying a background scene of samurai warriors, issued ca. 1930s

Excellent impression and color including bronze powder printing—clouds and warrior highlights, very slight creasing to upper corners, not backed.

Overall size: 11 3/8 x 14 in.

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1420366 (stock #JB03135)
This is a print from the original woodblocks, of the work "Jongleur", 1938, from the series "Le Cirque de l'Etoile Filante (Circus of the Shooting Star) by the important French artist GEORGES ROUAULT (1871-1958). The print is quite small, 2 7/8" by 2 1/8" inside the mat (9 1/2" by 8 1/4" as framed). I believe that this is from the edition published at a later date by the Collectors' Guild of New York, as other examples I have seen are identically framed, and with their label on the reverse...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1302275
Albert Abramovitz, Latvian/American, 1879-1963, "The Hold Up". A dramatic original linocut by Albert Abramovitz, image size 6 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Abramovitz was known for his dramatic images with sharp social commentary, many portraying the hardships of daily life for working class people in both America and Russia. Born in Latvia, Abramovitz studied at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and the Grande Chaumiere in Paris...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1475521
Thomas W. Nason 1889-1971 New England This is a fine original wood engraving by American artist Thomas Nason. The title of this work is: Spring in the Poconos, it was created and printed in 1938 in an edition of 100. Done for the Buck Hill Falls Art Association. The image measures 6 1/2X8 1/8 inches. Hand signed and dated in pencil in the lower border.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1456108
Original woodcut circa 1930's, the subject a man working machinery in an urban setting with high rise buildings, stamped at lower right margin with the estate stamp of American artist IRVING GEORGE LEHMAN (1900-1983). The work is unframed and currently housed in a mat, and is taped at extreme top edge in two places, to that mat. There is a roughly rectangular pressed-in area of the paper at lower left and some wrinkling of the extremely delicate thin paper at bottom...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1420826 (stock #JB05050)
A vintage woodcut print in black with touches of yellow and red in the windows of the picturesque seaside structures, unsigned, titled in the image "NOEL", white speckles (sprayed?) indicating snowflakes, 12 1/2" by 9 1/2" framed. The scene resembles Maine villages such as Port Clyde or Castine. Likely a work from that region, circa 1940's, possibly 1930's. I opened up the backing and found no further information.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1460878
Hendrik Glintenkamp 1887-1946 American This is a finely detailed wood engraving by American artist Hendrik Glintenkamp (1887-1946) The title is: Manhattan construction, Radio City, N.Y. It was created and printed in 1932, and is numbered 25/100. Hand signed in pencil lower border and also on the back of the sheet. Very fine condition.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1419205 (stock #JB02158)
Woodblock on very thin, delicate Japan type paper, 14 1/2" by 10" inside the old mat, signed at lower right margin in Hebrew, numbered there 53/100, (part of the numbering apparently in green ink), the subject a holy or religious Jewish orthodox man with traditional clothing and hair style. I am not able to read the Hebrew and a friend who can was not able to decipher the writing. Regardless of artist name, the print is beautifully conceived and executed...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1402312
Isaac Friedlander Open Isaac Friedlander configuration options 1890-1968 Latvian-American This is an original pencil signed wood engraving by Latvian American artist Isac Friedlander. This image is titled Self Portrait, New York and dated 1935. The image measures 10 3/4X8 3/4 inches. Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Latvia. In 1912 he went to Italy where he met and worked with Russian artist Maxim Gorky...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1400117
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Todai-ji Temple, Nigatsu-do Hall, Shuni-e. woodcut print signed and seal mark this may be a watercolor but we don't want to unframe it . Framed with linen mounting and glass. sight 14" by 10" frame 20.5" 24.5" Shuni-e, meaning ceremony of the second month, is a series of Buddhist rituals in which priests pray to repent for the sins of the profane world to the goddess Kannon, who is enshrined in Nigatsu-do Hall, a sub complex of Todai-ji Temple in Nara...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1352510
Albert Abramovitz, Latvian/American, 1879-1963, "The Family," etching, 10 1/2 x 8 inch linocut on wove-type paper. Pencil signed and titled. C. 1932. Plate initialed in the lower right corner.
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1422831 (stock #JB04132)
A fine woodcut print on Japan type thin, delicate paper, 8 1/2" by 6 1/2" inside the mat, no frame, signed in pencil at lower right and dated there 1931, a monogram in the printed image at lower left, adn inscribed "To Hal" at lower left, by the well listed artist IGNATZ SAHULA-DYCKE (1900-1982). The dramatic subject is mysterious and difficult to describe: a woman, perhaps somewhat sinister or even possibly Death, comforts a young girl, as a younger boy looks on from the right lower corner...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1302276
Albert Abramovitz, Latvian/American, 1879-1963, "Worker's Head". Albert Abramovitz $595.00 1879-1963, Latvian/American Worker's Head This is a beautiful, intimate portrait of a Depression-era worker by Albert Abramovitz. Linocut, image size 7 x 4 1/2 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Abramovitz was known for his dramatic images with sharp social commentary, many portraying the hardships of daily life for working class people in both America and Russia...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1420533 (stock #VB2)
Original white line woodcut (aka Provincetown woodblock or woodcut) by Virginia Bill (USA, 1865-1960), circa 1930. In excellent condition. Archivally matted and framed. This work is signed by the artist lower right and is titled lower left "Portuguese Jewish Cemetery 11th Street N.Y." This is a view of an ancient Sephardic cemetery in New York, or rather of what was left of it after most of it was destroyed by road construction...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1382416
This is an original woodblock print by American artist Isac Friedlander. it is titled: "Vanquished" it was created and printed in 1938, it is editioned as 1/4 impressions. The image measures 10X12 inches, printed on a light weight laid type paper. It is hand signed,titled and editioned in pencil in the lower margin. Isac Friedlander (1890-1968) was born in Latvia...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1302279
Albert Abramovitz, Latvian/American, 1879-1963, "Construction Work, Moscow". A remarkable original linocut, image size 8 3/4 x 11 1/2 inches, c. 1930s, pencil signed and titled. Albert Abramovitz was known for his dramatic images with sharp social commentary, many portraying the hardships of daily life for working class people in both America and Russia. Born in Latvia, Abramovitz studied at the Imperial Art School in Odessa and the Grande Chaumiere in Paris. While in Paris he was a member and j...
All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #606168 (stock #0059)
Album leaf with sleeve illustration for kimono, produced ca. 1930

Very good impression and color, thick paper, very minor soiling on margins, remains of backing tape

Overall size: 10 x 14 in.

All Items : Fine Art : Prints : Woodcuts : Pre 1940 item #1434284
A circa 1930 colorful, beautiful, accomplished woodblock print of a Christmas cactus, by Austrian-born artist HUGO NOSKE (1886-1960). Noske was born in Vienna and was a very talented artist, perhaps best known today for the technically accomplished, wonderful woodblock prints of floral subjects, often specifically cacti or Christmas cacti, on tissue-like Japan paper. This is one of those prints. Measurements are 12" by 13 1/8". The highly delicate paper is NOT laid down, just taped at upper...