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William Sewell

William J. Sewell (1901–1951) remains an enigmatic figure in American printmaking. Active in the 1930s and 1940s, he produced a handful of modernist lithographs that reflect the themes and tensions of the wartime and postwar era. His works, often signed and dated in pencil, are notable for their scarcity.
Beyond scattered auction appearances and references in specialist dealers’ catalogs, little biographical information has come to light. In this, Sewell exemplifies the many artists whose work survives not through monographs or museum retrospectives but through the diligence of dealers and collectors who recognize their artistic merit.  Though details of his life are sparse, Sewell’s prints stand as compelling artifacts of mid-century modernist expression.

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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