Ashcan School Interior Prints

Wanda Gág was born into an artistic German-American family in Minnesota. She attended the Sr. Paul School of Art and the Minneapolis School of Art. In 1917 she received a Scholarship for the Art Students League, in NYC. She achieved remarkable success as a young woman in 1928 when she wrote and illustrated the children's classic, Millions of Cats. It is now considered one of the very first modern picture books. In the 1931 she and her husband, Earle Humphreys, settled in New Jersey. Throughout the 1930s and 40s she made paintings and prints. The work presented here was published by the Weyhe Gallery in 1927, just when Millions of Cats was probably in the works. It shows a Christmas tree decorated with real lighted candles and a strangely arranged room. The corners where the walls and ceilings meet are carefully drawn to create a space at once cozy and bizarre. The metal bed frame and pleated curtains...

Harry Rein was drawing those living a difficult life in New York City during the Depression. Here several men form a 'line-up' at a police station so that victims or witnesses can at...

There's nothing like a great American industrial scene! And this print has it all: smoke, flames, heavy machinery, and an archway through which to view everything. Signed and titled ...

John Sloan Hell Hole, 1917 Etching and aquatint on paper, 1917 8 x 10 inches Second state (of 2), edition of 110 Signed, titled and inscribed "100 proofs" in pencil, lower margin. A...

Mason 24. 15 7/8 x 19 5/8 (sheet 23 x 27 1/4). Edition 67, #2. A rich impression printed on white wove paper paper, with full margins. Provenance: ACA Galleries, private New York collection. This is a fine lifetime impression. Signed, numbered and titled in pencil by the artist. In this early impression, there are four spotlights in the top of the image. The three in the right were eliminated in subsequent impressions. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bellows...