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.

$950

8:30 Express

CALAPAI, Letterio

Woodcut on thin laid paper, 1943-44. Trial proof, aside from an edition of 27. It’s rush hour and a sea of people is holding on for dear life as th...

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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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$650

The Secret

MEDEARIS, Roger

Lithograph on wove paper. Edition of 90.Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil.

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In Whom I Am Well Pleased

TAYLOR, Prentiss

Lithograph on wove paper, 1940. Reference: Rose &Quiroz 58. Edition of 35. Prentiss Taylor was an active member of the multidisciplinary art mo...

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$700

Terns

WENGENROTH, Stow

Lithograph on wove paper. Reference: Stuckey 196. Edition of 65. This subject was drawn in Ogunquit, Maine.Signed and annotated in pencil.

$600

Windy Dunes

WENGENROTH, Stow

Lithograph on wove paper. Reference: Stuckey 194. Edition of 50. This subject was drawn in Ogunquit, Maine. Signed and annotated in pencil.

$900

North Carolina Mountain Woman

LATHAM, Barbara

Wood engraving on thin laid paper. Edition unknown, but likely one of a handful of impressions only. Our colleagues and friends at The Annex Galler...

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A Cook Christmas Card

LATHAM, Barbara

Woodcut on thin Japan paper. Edition unknown, but likely one of a handful of impressions only. Aside from a couple of published prints, most woodcu...

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Derricks at Night

LEWIS, Martin

Drypoint on wove paper.Reference: McCarron 62. Second state of two, after crosshatching and contrasting elements were added throughout the plate. T...

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The Spirit of Butler

NESBITT, Jackson Lee

Etching on wove paper.Reference: Retif & Salzer 19.Stated edition 100, but likely not completed. Extremely scarce. We have not found another im...

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$7,500

Building a Babylon, Tudor City, N.Y.C.

LEWIS, Martin

Drypoint on wove paper with two flower watermarks (papermaker unidentified).Reference: McCarron 76. Edition of 84. Lewis uses the dramatic nighttim...

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