Lot #2603: PAUL LANDACRE - Old Grayback, San Bernadino Mountains - Wood engraving

 

Artist: Paul Landacre (American, 1893 - 1963).
Title: "Old Grayback, San Bernadino Mountains".
Medium: Wood engraving.
Date: Composed 1931. Printed 1931.
Dimensions: Image size: 8 x 6 in. (203 x 152 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed with the initials in pencil, lower right; annotated "TP" lower left; signed with the monogram in the block, lower left. A trial proof apart from the edition of 500. Cream wove "Navarre" paper. Ample margins. Fine impression. Very good to fine condition; affixed to very thin and supple archival acid-free support sheet, not mount/board. Literature/catalogue raisonne: W83. Provenance: This impression formerly in the collection of the renowned cinematograher Lucien Ballard (1908-1988), a good friend of Landacre. Comment(s): According to “Gordon’s Art Reference” another impression of this image sold for $3,250 at Swann Auction Galleries, NYC, 9/19/2017, lot #198. Our example is from a collection of unbound and unsewn portfolio plates engraved and printed by Landacre, which later formed the basis of his work “California Hills and Other Wood Engravings." San Gorgonio Mountain was originally known as "Old Grayback" by locals until it was officially designated by the US Geological Survey as San Gorgonio Mountain. Image copyright © The Estate of Paul Landacre/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [29995-1-2400]