Lot #2038: PAUL LANDACRE - Edge of the Desert - Wood engraving

 

Artist: Paul Landacre (American, 1893 - 1963).
Title: "Edge of the Desert".
Medium: Wood engraving.
Date: Composed 1930-31. Printed 1931.
Dimensions: Image size: 6 x 8 in. (152 x 203 mm).
Pricing:
  Starting Price: $2,000
  Reserve Price: N.A.
  Auction Sale Price Estimate: $3,000/4,000
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: Illustrated as chapter heading, pg. 119, “Paul Landacre: A Life and a Legacy”. 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 $2,750 at Bonhams, San Francisco, 10/22/2013, lot #79. 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. [29997-2-2000-NA]