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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.
Bernard Brussel-Smith - City Scene I - wood engraving Sold
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City Scene I

BRUSSEL-SMITH, Bernard

Wood engraving on white wove paper. Edition of 100. Signed, titled and numbered in pencil. 

New York Print Fair Sold
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Stormy Weather

MAXFIELD LEWIS, Jeannette

Etching on wove paper. Edition of 16. Signed and titled in pencil.

Eugen Kirchner - November - city scene - intaglio Sold
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November

KIRCHNER, Eugen

Aquatint and etching on thick wove paper. Published by “Pan”. This impression without the letters. Likely an impression for a deluxe edition. The ...

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Martin Levine - Madison and 50th - New York City - etching and aquatint
$450

Madison & 50th

LEVINE, Martin

Etching and aquatint printed on Hahnemühle Copperplate Bright White wove paper.Edition of 120, published by the Madison Print Club.There were a fur...

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Charles Turzak - Adler Planetarium Chicago - Museum Campus - Northerly Island - Meiggs Field - detail Sold
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Adler Planetarium Chicago

TURZAK, Charles

Woodcut printed in black ink on thin laid Japanese paper.Reference: Turzak 22.Edition of circa 50 or less.Signed and titled in pencil.

Charles Turzak - Methodist Temple Chicago - woodcut - industry religion clashing - detail Sold
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Methodist Temple, Chicago

TURZAK, Charles

Woodcut printed in black ink on thin laid Japanese paper, circa 1929-31.Reference: Turzak 22.Edition of 50.Signed, titled and numbered in pencil.

James Swann - Night in Chicago - Chicago Society of Etchers - North Lake Shore Drive - Beacon atop Drake Hotel Sold
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Night in Chicago

SWANN, James

James SWANN (1905-1985) Night in Chicago Drypoint on wove paper.Reference: Czestochowski 105.Published by Chicago Society of Etchers (with their bl...

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James Allen - Brazilian Builders - etching - building skyscrapers Manhattan - detail
$2,700

Brazilian Builders

ALLEN, James E.

Etching on cream-colored wove paper.Reference: Mary Ryan 59.Edition of circa 50.Signed in pencil

Eugene Bejot - Notre-Dame de Paris de Nuit - At night - ephemera before letters - detail Sold
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Notre-Dame

BEJOT, Eugene

Aquatint printed in bluish-black ink on laid paper.Reference: BN-IFF 108. Unlikely edition of 50 in this state.  There were at least three states o...

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Gil Cowley - 5eme Arrondisment - December 1963 - intaglio - mixed media - detail
$350

5eme Arrondissement

COWLEY, Gil

Intaglio printed in black ink on wove paper, 1963.Stated edition of 25.Signed, titled, dated “12/63”, numbered and annotated “Paris” in pencil. May...

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Armin Landeck - One Way Street, 1950, engraving, New York City.
$950

One Way Street

LANDECK, Armin

Engraving on wove paper.Reference: Kraeft 106. Edition of 100. Signed, dated, and editioned in pencil. Bearing an unidentified monogram stamp, MMMK...

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Rene Georges HERMANN-PAUL Bus Snails - Lithograph - detail Sold
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Bus Snails

HERMANN-PAUL, Rene G.

Escargots d’Omnibus (original French title)  Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper.Ref: BN-IFF 9. Edition of 120. Also reproduced in the De...

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Salvatore Pinto - Locomotive - smoketacks departing train - wood engraving - industrial - art ferroviaire Sold
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Locomotive

PINTO, Salvatore

Wood engraving on laid japon volant paper, 1935.    Edition unknown. Not very common.  This is a quintessential image of American industrialization...

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FELIX BUHOT L Hiver a Paris - La Neige a Paris - Winter in Paris - detail
$1,300

Winter in Paris

BUHOT, Felix

L’Hiver à Paris or La Neige à Paris (original French titles) Etching, aquatint, scraper, and drypoint on laid paper.Reference: Bourcard & Goodf...

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Letterio CALAPAI - 8.30 Express - Woodcut on thin laid paper - detail
$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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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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Martin Lewis - Derricks at Night - foggy night in New York City - detail
$8,000

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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Martin Lewis - Tree Manhattan - detail - drypoint - 1927
$13,000

Tree Manhattan

LEWIS, Martin

Drypoint on laid paper. Reference: McCarron 87. Total edition of 91, including 10 trial proofs.Signed in pencil.