Thomas Willoughby Nason

ON THE ISLAND

1937

Calapai, Letterio. ROCKWELL KENT'S STUDIO. Wood engraving, 1980. Titled, numbered 7/75 and signed in pencil. 6 x 8 7/16 inches, 153 x 216 mm. In very good condition. Framed.

Heckel, Erich (German, 1883-1970). WINTERSONNE. Dube 318. Drypoint, 1913. Edition size not known. Signed and dated "Heckel 1913" in pencil. Printed on heavy wove paper. 4 3/4 x 6 1/...

Bernhardt, John (American 1921-1963. QUEENSBRIDGE. Color Woodcut, 1965. Ttiled, signed, dated and annotated "To Smitty" in pencil. 17 3/4 x 28 inches. In very good condition. Framed ...

Neufeld, Woldemar. THE HARBOR WORKHORSE. Woodcut in colors, not dated (c.1940s-50s). Edition size not known, but likely 50 or fewer. 17 1/2 x 12 inches, plu...

Moy, Seong. NETS. Woodcut, 1963. A.A.A. edition of 250. Titled, signed and numbered 224/250 in pencil. 9 1/2 x 13 inches. In very good condition, in an original AAA frame with the de...

Pellew, Claughton (British, 1890-1966). THE RETURN. Ashmolean 17. Wood engraving, 1925. Edition of 25. Initialed in the block, and titled, signed, dated and...

Gaspee Down the Line presents a view of Scarborough beach in Narragansett, Rhode Island. Named for Gaspee Road that empties onto the state beach in Narragansett, RI, this particular...

Woodlands (New Hope, Pennsylvania) Lithograph, 1950 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right (see photo) Annotated: Ed/55 in pencil by the artist lower left (see photo) Edition: 55...

After WHISTLER, James Abbott McNeil. Photogravure 10x12 2/4" paper size, 7 1/2 x 9 1/2" image size Signed in pencil with artist’s butterfly monogram. This photogravure is from the...

This Winslow Homer woodcut engraving entitled "The Morning Walk, Young Ladies' School Promenading the Avenue", was published in Harper's Weekly in the...

This Winslow Homer woodcut engraving entitled "Making Hay", was published in Harper's Weekly in the July 6, 1872 edition. It depicts a two men hand cutting high grass on a hill. The man in the foreground is looking at a young boy and a girl (presumably his children), who are sitting on the ground with a picnic basket. This beautiful Homer woodcut engraving is presented in a brown wood frame and a light beige fabric mat with a black inner mat. The print is in excellent condition. There are two other Homer woodcut engravings in identical frames and mats that are listed on 1stdibs. See LU117326148332 and LU117326148272. These would make a wonderful display grouping. A discount is available for the purchase of two or all three of these prints. This Winslow Homer engraving...

This Winslow Homer woodcut engraving entitled "Skating on the Ladies' Skating-Pond in Central Park, New York", was published in Harper's Weekly in the January 28, 1860 edition. It depicts a large number of men, women and children skating on a recently opened pond in Central Park. At the time of publication of this engraving, Central Park was in the early stages of construction. This engraving documents the very early appearance of Frederick Law Olmstead and Calvert Vaux's masterpiece of landscape design. According to Olmsted, the park was "of great importance as the first real Park made in this century – a democratic development of the highest significance". The people of New York were very proud of the plans for their park. It was stated at the time: "Our Park, which is progressing very satisfactorily under the management of the Commissioners, will undoubtedly be, one of these days, one of the finest place of the kind in the world...Those who saw the Park before the engineers went to work on it are amazed at the beautiful sites which have been contrived with such unpromising materials; all fair persons believe that the enterprise is managed with honesty and good taste." Skating was rapidly rising in national popularity in part due to the opening of Central Park’s lake to skaters on a Sunday in December 1858 with 300 participants. The following Sunday it attracted ten thousand skaters. By Christmas Day, a reported 50,000 people came to the park, most of them to skate. There were rules governing who could use the skating pond. “The Ladies’ Pond...