Artist: Beulah Tomlinson (American, 1898-1987). Title: "Sailboats [Provincetown]". Medium: White line color woodcut. Date: Composed 1975. Dimensions: Overall size: 12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (314 x 241 mm). Image size: 8 1/8 x 9 1/8 in. (206 x 232 mm). Pricing: Starting Price: $1,200 Reserve Price: N.A. Auction Sale Price Estimate: $1,800/2,000 Lot Note(s): Signed and dated in ballpoint pen, lower left. Edition unknown, presumed extremely small, if any. Cream laid paper. Ample margins three sides, deckle edge upper margin. Fine, strong impression. Good to very good condition with no issues save for very minor folds lower right margin, away from the image, a few expertly repaired tears in the top and bottom margins, again well away from the image, and three tack holes, upper margin. Comment(s): Woodcuts by Tomlinson are rare and highly sought after. She was a resident of Provincetown, a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. It is famed for its "White Line Color Woodcut" artists, of whom she was one. Tomlinson actively created prints there from at least the early 1950s to the mid 1970s. Image copyright © The Estate of Beulah Tomlinson. [27960-2-1200-NA] |