Lot #2638: PAUL LANDACRE - Sapling Slim and Shadow Naked - Wood engraving

 

Artist: Paul Landacre (American, 1893 - 1963).
Title: "Sapling Slim and Shadow Naked [nude girl]".
Medium: Wood engraving.
Date: Composed 1928. Printed 1931.
Dimensions: Image size: 8 x 5 7/8 in. (203 x 149 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed with the initials in pencil, lower right; annotated "TP" 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: W51. Provenance: This impression formerly in the collection of the renowned cinematograher Lucien Ballard (1908-1988), a good friend of Landacre. Comment(s): A very early, rare print. There are no auction sales in the past 35 years found in “Gordon’s Art Reference.” 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." Image copyright © The Estate of Paul Landacre/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [30000-2-800]