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The Artist was a Lady: Works by and About Women in the Arts.

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for." Georgia O'Keeffe.

"I find that women can be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak of. Maybe they are used to a lack of feedback. Maybe they are tougher." Elaine de Kooning

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American Artists

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Gerald Leslie Brockhurst, R.A., R.E. 1890-1978.

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Mrs. Albert H. Wiggin (Jessie Duncan Hayden). 1932. Etching. Fletcher 74. 9 3/4 x 7 3/8 (sheet 15 1/8 x 10 3/4). Edition 58. A rich impression printed on cream wove paper. Signed in pencil.Jessie Duncan Hayden married Albert Wiggin in 1892; they had two daughters. Wishing to study sculpture, she rented a studio in MacDougal Alley behind the Whitney Museum and began to study under Victor Salvatore. $325.

Mary Cassatt. 1845-1926.

Hélène of Septeuil (enfant au perroquet) (child with a parrakeet). c. 1889-1890. Drypoint. Breeskin, 134.v. 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 (sheet 15 3/4 x 9 7/8). A rich impression with burr and plate tone. Printed on antique blue-green laid paper with a F and AGL countermark. Signed 'Mary Cassatt' in pencil. Housed in a silk mat with a gold liner and a 20 x 16-inch gold leaf frame. Price upon application.

Margot Wearing a Bonnet, No. 1. c. 1902. Drypoint printed in colors. Breeskin 179. 9 1/8 x 6 1/2 (sheet 15 x 11). Unsigned. Posthumous printing on white wove paper with full margins. Housed in a stunning archival French mat and an elegant 17 1/2 x 13 1/2-inch gold leaf frame. $3,500.

Ann Chernow, N.A. Born 1936.

"And Then I Showed Him my Etchings." 1998. Transfer etching. Amity 161.11 3/4 x 8 7/8 (sheet 16 x 13). Commission for the New York Fine Print Fair by Allinson Gallery, Inc. Edition 1/4 artist's proofs. Printed on Arches paper on the full sheet with deckledd edges. The image shows Ann Chernow, right, and Jane Allinson, left, looking at prints in Jane's booth on the opening night at the Print Fair.) 199 Signed in pencil. $750.

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Cygnus. 1977. Silkscreen and collage. 30 x 20. Star series. Edition 50. Printed on coated paper. Signed in pencil. Housed in an archival 36 1/2 x 27-inch mat, suitable for framing $850.

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Lollipop Lane. 2005. Etching. Chernow 157. 1 7/8 x 2 7/8 (sheet 9 x 9). Edition 5, #1. A fine impression printed in black/brown ink on white wove paper on the full sheet with deckled edges. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. Housed in a 12 3/4 x 17 1/8-inch archival mat awaiting your choice of presentation. $300.

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Time After Time. 1989. Lithograph with watercolor. 22 3/8 x 30 5/8. Edition 56 (plus 5 artist's proofs). A bright impression printed on the full sheet of Arches paper. Signed and numbered 4/56 in pencil. Housed in an archival 29 1/2 x 28-inch mat, awaiting your choice of presentation. $650.

Seven Deadly Sins. Seven mixed media lithographs by Ann Chernow. Nine poems by Jane Allinson. Printed on Classic Crest Solar White Cover paper by Baker Graphics, Westport, Connecticut, in a signed edition of 12 plus 6 artist's proofs.

Pride

Lust.

Envy.

Gluttony.

Wrath.

Greed.

Sloth.

Helen West Heller. American. 1872-1955

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Dune. 1927. Woodcut. 7 9/16 x 12 (sheet 12 1/8 x 15 5/8). Printed on sturdy Japanese mulberry paper. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. $850.

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Flogging. 1927. Woodcut. 8 3/8 x 9 (sheet 16 5/16 x 12 7/16). Printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. $750.

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Hooves. 1927. Woodcut. 7 1/2 x 12 (sheet 11 7/8 x 15 1/8). Printed on heavy Japanese mulberry paper. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. $850.

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Mother Earth. 1928. Woodcut. 8 1/4 x 6 1/4 (sheet 14 7/16 x 10 1/2). Signed, dated and titled in pencil. $850.

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November Twilight. 1928. Woodcut. 4 5/16 x 6 (sheet 7 1/4 x 10). Printed on sturdy Japanese mulberry paper. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. $650.

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Saint Francis Singing. 1928. Woodcut. 8 9/16 x 6 3/4 (sheet 4 5/16 x 10 1/2). Illustrated: Print Collector's Quarterly 29 (1942): 266. Printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed, dated and titled in pencil. $650.

Helen Hyde. 1868-1919.

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Sunday Morning, San Angel, Mexico. 1912. Woodcut printed in colors. Mason and Mason 104. 10 5/8 x 16 5/8 (sheet 13 1/8 x 20 3/8). A colorful tonal impression printed on fine Japanese paper. A delightful large, impressive processional image. Monogrammed and signed in pencil in the image. $975.00

Bertha Clausen Jaques. 1863-1941

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Narcissus. 1927. Drypoint with hand coloring. Jaques 343. 8 7/8 x 4 7/16 (sheet 13 1/8 x 7 3/16). Printed with plate tone on Japanese mulberry paper. Scattered foxing. Signed and titled in pencil.c

Narcissus. 1927. Drypoint. Jaques 343. 8 13/16 x 4 7/16 (sheet 10 1/2 x 8). Printed with plate tone on Japanese mulberry paper. Scattered foxing. Unsigned. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat, suitable for framing. $680 the pair.

Clare Veronica Hope Leighton, N.A. 1901-1989.

Haymaking: June. Wood engraving. Boston Public Library 212. 8 x 10 (sheet 10 7/8 x 14). Series: The Farmer's Year: A Calendar of English Husbandry. From the first English edition, numbered iv/xx (there were 30 for the U.S. numbered in Arabic, and a second printing of 100 about 1978). A fine, well-inked proof printed on Japanese mulberry paper with full margins. Good conditon. Numbered, titled, and signed in pencil. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $2,500.

To the Milking: July. 1933. Wood engraving. Boston Public Library 218. 7 7/8 x 9 13/16 (sheet 11 1/2 14 3/4). Series: The Farmer's Year: A Calendar of English Husbandry. From the first American edition of 30, numbered 5/30 (there was a British edition with Roman numerals and a second printing of 100 about 1978). There was also a 1923 English edition of 20 and an edtion of 100 c. 1978). Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. A fine, well-inked proof printed on pale cream-colored wove paper with full margins. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $2,500.

Ploughing: November. 1933. Wood engraving. Boston Public Library 220. 7 3/8 x 9 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 13 7/8). Series: The Farmer's Year: A Calendar of English Husbandry. Edition 100, #76, printed about 1978 (There were 50 impressions printed in 1933). Signed, numbered and titled in pencil. A fine, well-inked proof printed on pale cream-colored wove paper with full margins. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $2,000.

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Diana Thorne. 1895-1963.

The Box at 'Faustus'. 1929. Drypoint. 11 x 8 7/8. Edition 100, #39. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. A rich impression printed on the full sheet of pale blue/green-toned wove paper. Signed in pencil. A tongue-in-cheek image of the devil in the opera box, lower right. $300.

Jane Martin VonBosse. 1931-2011.

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Figure Study

Statue-Fisherboy 1967. Linoleum cut. 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 (sheet 13 x 10 5/8).. Edition 16, #16. A fine impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $100.

Love Images

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Love Apple (Black background). 1967. Linoleum cut printed in brown, red, orange, black and tan. 19 1/2 x 12 1/2 (sheet 22 1/2 x 14 3/16). Edition 18. A vivid impression printed on wove paper paper. Signed, dated and annotated in pencil. $125.

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Love Apple (Brown background). 1967. Linoleum cut printed in black, red, orange, brown and tan. 16 1/2 x 12 1/2 (sheet 21 3/4 x 15). Edition 18. A vivid impression printed on wove paper paper. The glare is from the camera. Signed, dated and annotated in pencil. $125.

Landscape Study

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Hybrid Fertility c. 1964. Linoleum cut. 11 3/4 x 8 5/8 (sheet 12 1/4 x 16). Edition 20, #17. A fine impression printed on brown wove paper. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. $125.

Cards: Sample Cards

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Sheet 1. "Printed from Metal Plate made from Original Design of Hand Stamped Wood Type or Rubber Erasers". Sheet of 5 cards, each approximately 5 1/2 x 4, mounted on a single sheet by the artist. $50.

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Sheet 2. "Printed from Metal Plate made from Original Drawing in Pen and Ink". Sheet of 5 cards, each approximately 5 1/2 x 4, mounted on a single sheet by the artist. $50.

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Sheet 3. "Printed froma Selection of Old Type Cuts". Sheet of 3 cards, 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, 6 x 4 3/4 and 7 x 6, mounted on a single sheet by the artist. $40.

Holiday Cards

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Whence Comes A Rush of Wings Afar Following Straight the Noel Star?. 1964. Linoleum cut printed in grey and red. 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 (sheet 8 3/4 x 11 1/2). Center fold; otherwise good condition. A fine impression printed on cream wove paper. Signed, dated and annotated in pencil. $50

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'Till Dangers Troubled Night and the Star of Peace Return.' Thomas Campbell. 1965. Linoleum cut printed in red, white and black. 10 x 9 3/8 (sheet 7 3/4 x 12 1/2). A fine impression printed on cream wove paper. Signed, dated and annotated in pencil. $50.

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[Icon]. 1968. Linoleum cut printed in red and black. 6 3/4 x 11 1/4 (sheet 8 1/2 x 11 5/8). Paper clip stains; otherwise good condition. A fine impression printed on white wove paper. Signed, dated and annotated in pencil. $50.

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'I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In...on Christmas Day in the Morning. '. 1969. Linoleum cut printed in red and grey. 6 3/4 x 11 1/4 (sheet 8 1/2 x 11 5/8). Paper clip stains; otherwise good condition. A fine impression printed on white wove paper. Signed, dated and annotated in pencil. $50.

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British Artists

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Eleanor Mary Hughes. 1882-1959.

Cornwall Etchings

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Cottage -- front view. c.1937. Etching. 3 5/8 x 3 3/8 (sheet 5 1/16 x 5 1/8). Printed on cream-colored laid paper with a partial watermark. A fine impression. Stamped signature. $75.

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Cottage -- front view..1937. Etching. 3 5/8 x 3 3/8 (etching sheet 13/16 x 4 5/8; calendar sheet 9 x 7 1/8). The etching is hinged onto a backing board. A sheet of parchment paper is the front mount; a 1937 calendar is affixed to the parchment paper. An orange ribbon, tied in a bow, holds the front and back mount together. Stamped signature. $175.

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Cottage With Trees. c.1937. Linoleum cut. 7 1/8 x 8 1/8 (sheet 10 x 15 3/8). Printed on Japanese mulberry paper with deckled edges. Stamped signature. The artist's linoleum cuts are extremely rare. $300.

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Farmhouse with Fields. c.1937. Etching. 1 11/16x 2 3/4 (sheet 7 3/4 x 6 1/8). Printed on the full sheet of pale cream-colored wove paper with deckled edges. A rich impression in excellent condition. Stamped signature. $100.

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Four Sycamores: Farm in the Distance. 1939. Etching. Second state. 5 15/16 x 3 11/16 (sheet 8 1/2 x 8 9/16). A rich impression on cream-colored wove paper with deckled edges on two sides. Stamped signature. $125. Another proof. Etching with 1939 calendar affixed to the sheet (12 7/8 x 8 3/4). Stamped signature. $175.

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Four Sycamores: Farm in the Distance. Etching with 1939 calendar affixed to the sheet (12 7/8 x 8 3/4). Stamped signature. $175.

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Mill Wheel with Sycamore. c.1937. Etching. 7 7/8 x 5 15/16 (sheet 11 7/16 x 9 1/8). Printed on the full sheet of laid paper with deckled edges. Stamped signature. $150.

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Old Watermill. c.1937. Etching. 2 5/8 x 3 7/16 (sheet 3 1/4 x 4 3/8). Three working proofs, printed on cream wove paper. Stamped signature verso. $300 for the set of three:

a. Before the addition of the tree on the left; hint of conte crayon to suggest smoke over the roof, and faint outlines of another tree between the two on the right.

b. Before the addition of the tree on the left; conte crayon over the crees and roof on the left, and faint outlines of another tree branch between the two trees on the right.

c. With the addition of the tree on the left; conte crayon outlines of another tree between the two on the right.

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Old Watermill. c.1937. Etching. 2 5/8 x 3 7/16 (sheet 9 3/16 x 6 7/8). Final state with the addition of the tree on the left and an additional branch on the next tree to the right. Printed on the full sheet of pale cream-colored wove paper with deckled edges. Tied to a separate support board with a brown ribbone tied in a bow. Preparatory for a calendar. Stamped signature. $125.

Old Watermill. c.1937. Etching. 2 5/8 x 3 7/16 (sheet 9 1/4 x 6 7/8). Final state with the addition of the tree on the left and an additional branch on the next tree to the right. A 1938 calendar is affixed to the etching sheet. Printed on the full sheet of pale cream-colored wove paper with deckled edges. Tied to a separate support board with a brown ribbon tied in a bow. Stamped signature. $175.

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Pendant Branches. Etching. 9 7/8 x 7 13/16 (sheet 15 1/2 x 10 5/8). Printed on the full sheet of laid paper with deckled edges. Stamped signature. $200.

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Penzance Church from the Harbour over Dry Dock. c.1937. Etching. 7 1/2 x 7 1/8 (sheet 12 1/2 x 9 1/4). Printed on the full sheet of cream laid paper with deckled edges. Stamped signature. $175.

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Pollarded Trees. c.1937. Pencil study for the etching. 5 x 4 3/8 (sheet 6 3/4 x 6 3/8). Drawn on cream wove paper of the verso of the etching. $125

Pollarded Trees. c.1937. Etching. 5 x 4 3/8 (sheet 6 3/4 x 6 3/8). Printed on wove paper with deckled edges on two sides; a corner of the paper missing, outside the image. Stamped signature. $125.

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Pollarded Trees. c.1937. Etching. 5 x 4 3/8 (sheet 6 3/4 x 6 3/8). Printed on cream wove paper in black ink. Working proof touched with white watercolour. Stamped signature. $125.

Pollarded Trees. c.1937. Etching. 5 x 4 3/8 (sheet 9 7/84 x 7 5/8). Printed on cream wove paper. Printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper, with deckled edges. Tack holes in the margins from drying. A richly inked impression is brown/black ink. Stamped signature. $125.

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Quarry. c.1937. Etching and drypoint. 6 3/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 9 1/8 x 12 1/2). Printed on the full sheet of pale cream-colored laid paper with an "F.G. Head & Co." watermark. A rich impression in excellent condition, on the full sheet with deckled edges. Stamped signature. $175. s

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Rookery. 1939. Etching with 1939 calendar affixed to the sheet 3 3/8 x 4 7/8 (sheet 10 7/8 x 8 3/4). Stamped signature. $175.

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Tall Trees. c.1937. Etching. 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 13 7/16 x 9 7/8). Printed on the full sheet of cream-colored laid paper with deckled edges on three sides. Stamped signature. $175.

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Three Trees. c.1937. Etching. 4 15/16 x 5 7/8 (sheet 6 1/4 x 10 3/8). Printed on wove paper with deckled edges. Stamped signature. $175.

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Wood Above the House. Etching. 6 3/4 x 4 7/8 (sheet 9 7/8 x 7 5/8). Printed on laid paper with deckled edges. A extremely rich impression. Annotated verso by the artist, 'Inst[ructions] - put heavy French transport g[round] or 1/2 & 1/2 ground by Blind". Stamped signature. $175.

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Woodland Farmyard. Etching and drypoint. c.1937. First state, before additional drypoint on the buildings and trees. 7 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 12 5/8 x 9 11/16). Printed on the full sheet of "Arc[hes]" laid paper with deckled edges. Stamped signature. $175.

Dame Laura Knight, R.A., R.E. 1877-1970.

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Gilding the Lily. 1926. Soft ground etching. Bolling/Withington 47. 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 (sheet 15 1/4 x 10). Edition 20 or 35 (both numbers are given on different proofs; this one annotated '35') plus trials. A rich impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper on the full sheet with deckled edges. Signed, titled and annotated in pencil. Housed in an archival mat and an elaborate carved antique gold 23 x 19 x 1 1/4-inch frame weighing 4 1/4 pounds. 2,250.

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Some Clowns. 1930. Drypoint. Bolling/Withington 65.iii. 13 3/4 x 9 5/8 (sheet 17 5/8 x 12 1/8). Edition 50. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1931. A rich impression printed on cream 'England' countermarked paper, on the full sheet with deckled edges. Signed and annotated 'trial proof' and 3rd state' in pencil. $2,000.

Elyse Ashe Lord. 1900-1971.

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Angor Vhat. 1930. Woodcut and drypoint printed in colors. 11 x 13 (sheet 15 7/8 x 16 7/8). Edition 75, # 22. A bright, colorful impression printed on Japanese mulberry paper, with an irregular bottom margin. Signed and numbered in pencil. $750.

Isabel Beatrice Mesham. Born 1896.

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[Abstract Composition]. Copper etching plate. 9 x 11. Provenance: a collection of the artist's etchings, aquatints and etching plates. Unsigned. $250.

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[St. Mary Church, with Stars, Torquay, Devon]. c. 1920. Etching and aquatint. 8 x 6 (sheet 9 1/8 x 6 3/4).A richly inked impression printed on cream wove paper. Unsigned. Sold with the zinc etching plate, 8 x 6. The image on the plate is reversed in the etching when the etching is printed. $500 the pair.

May Tremel. Twentieth century.

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Deepdale, Upper Wharfedale (Yorkshire). 1929. Etching. 7 1/2 x 12 3/4 (sheet 10 3/8 x 14 3/4). A rich impression with plate tone printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $325.

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Wharfedale (Yorkshire). 1929. Etching. 13 1/4 x 6 7/8 (sheet 10 1/2 x 17 3/16). A rich impression with plate tone printed on the full sheet of cream wove paper. Exhibited at the First International Exhibition of Etching at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1932. Original exhibition label. Accompanied by the original etching plate. The etching signed, dated and priced $15 (the 1932 price) in pencil. $850 the pair.

Continental and Japanese Artists

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Félix Buhot. 1847-1898.

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Etching

Femme assise sur un rocher. (after Louise Abbéma. 1847-1898). c. 1874. Ink study for the etching. 4 1/8 x 3 1/2 (image and sheet). Drawn on fine yellow/tan paper. Unsigned. On the drawing, lower right, is a pencilled number, presumably inventory: C38695. $2,750 the pair.

Femme assise sur un rocher. (after Louise Abbéma. 1847-1898.). c. 1874. Etching. Bourcard-Goodfriend 46. 5 1/8 x 6 7/8 (sheet 8 1/2 x 12 3/16). Printed on cream laid paper. Soiling in the right-hand margin; otherwise good condition. Signed, annotated and dated in the plate. Also annotated 'A II' in pencil in the top right-hand sky, presumably an inventory annotation to keep the pair totether. On the verso of the etching is pencilled C38698. $2,750 the pair.

Maria Ressel. 1877 - 1945.

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Melonen-kaufer (Melon Seller). c. 1909. Etching printed in grey-green. 5 1/4 x 7 (sheet 9 3/4 x 12 5/8). A fine impression with plate tone printed on cream wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.

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Wald c. 1923. Etching printed in grey-green. 7 5/4 x 5 3/4 (sheet 12 1/2 x 9 1/2). A fine impression with plate tone printed on watermarked cream wove paper. Ex-collection Eugene A. Noble'. Signed and titled in pencil. $175.

Noriko Yanagisawa. Born 1940.

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Fragment. 2001. Etching, aquatint and mezzotint. 11 1/2 x 10 3/4 (sheet 20 1/2 x 15). Edition 30, #7. A fine impression printed on the full sheet with deckled edges. Presentation print to celebrate the one year reunion of the 25th anniversary of the Fumin Fukyu. Original presentation folder. Signed, dated, titled and numbered in pencil. $300.

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