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Black & White

There is a misconception about works of art composed in so called "black and white".  It seems to some that this lack of color is somehow less desirable.  Yet artists throughout history have used single colors to focus on composition or on gradations from light to dark.  Without the distraction of color, these creative building blocks become more prevalent.  In this section, we challenge the viewer to focus on "monochromatic" (single-colored) compositions.  Chances are that by the time you have looked at a few works, your mind will hone in on details you don't usually notice, and that you may even start to "see" colors that aren't actually there.
Alessandro Mastro-Valerio - In the Space - wood engraving nude - detail, 1944 Sold
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In the Space

MASTRO-VALERIO, Alessandro

Wood engraving on smooth wove paper.Presentation print no. 26 print from The Woodcut Society, Alexandria, VA.Complete, with the original presentati...

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J Jay McVicker - Tropical Washday - Aquatint and etching on wove paper - 1946.
$750

Tropical Washday

McVICKER, J. Jay

Aquatint and etching on wove paper. Edition of 100.  Signed in pencil.

Dirk Hidde Nijland - Slaper - Sleeper - Nederlandse houtsnede - detail Sold
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Sleeper

NIJLAND, Dirk

Slaper (original Dutch title)  Woodcut printed in black in on thin laid paper, no date. Edition unknown but very likely small, if any. Signed and t...

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The Farmer’s Daughter
$375

The Farmer’s Daughter

MENPES, Mortimer

Drypoint (possibly etching) printed in black on F.J.H. Menpes laid paper, n.d. Edition unknown, but very likely small.Signed in pencil.   

Felix Vallotton - Derniere nouveaute - The Latest Fashion - 1893 L Escarmouche Paris - detail Sold
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The Latest Fashion

VALLOTTON, Felix

Dernière nouveauté (original French title) Lithograph printed on smooth wove paper. Reference: Vallotton et Goerg 44.Edition of 100.Reproduced in L...

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Henri Delavallee - Angelique à Sa Porte - Angelique at Her Door - edition - detail
$800

Angelique at Her Door

DELAVALLEE, Henri

Angélique à Sa Porte (original French title) Soft-ground etching, etching, and aquatint on laid paper. Reference: Morane 15.We present two states o...

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William J. Sewell - Lovers Embrace - interratial love in time of segragation - 1945 - detail Sold
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Lover’s Embrace

SEWELL, William

Lithograph on wove paper, 1945.No stated edition, and scarce. It isn’t clear that any editions were ever printed of any of the artist’s few lithogr...

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Alessandro MASTRO-VALERIO - Day and Night - Mezzotint - wove paper- 1950 - detail
$650

Day and Night

MASTRO-VALERIO, Alessandro

Mezzotint on wove paper.Edition was to be of 35 but was likely not completed. Rare.The current work was the artist's last published mezzotint.Signe...

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Daniel MILLSAPS - Man Reclining - Woodcut on thin Japan wove paper - 1947 - detail Sold
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Man Reclining

MILLSAPS, Daniel

Woodcut on thin Japan wove paper. Stated edition of 45, but very unlikely to have been printed in full. The artist would have been just 18 years ol...

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Gerald Brockhurst - Una - Etching - detail
$750

Una

BROCKHURST, Gerald

Etching on wove paper. Reference: Fletcher 65. Artist’s proof from the tenth and final state, aside from the edition. Signed in pencil and annotate...

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Louis Lozowick - Sunbath - Lithograph - 1941
$600

Sunbath

LOZOWICK, Louis

Lithograph on GCM (Rives) wove paper. Reference: Flint 191. Edition of 20.  Signed in pencil.   

Louis Lozowick - Green Mansions - Lithograph - detail
$900

Green Mansions

LOZOWICK, Louis

Lithograph on wove paper. Reference: Flint 217. Edition of 15.  Signed in pencil.   

Douglas W Gorsline - Brooklyn Local - etching - detail
$900

Brooklyn Local

GORSLINE, Douglas W.

Etching on wove paper.Reference: Windisch. Cole, and Herbaugh 667. Published by Associated American Artists (AAA), in an edition of 250. Signed in ...

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