William Seltzer Rice

ORCHID

1930

EDVARD MUNCH (1863 – 1944) GARDEN IN SNOW, II 1913 (WO 467: Sch. 418) Woodcut, 13 ½” x 16 7/8” signed in pencil. Generally very good condition. Irregular sheet of simili-japan ...

MARY TRAVIS (Active 1935 - 40) LOTUS FLOWER ROEDING PARK. c.1935-40 White line color woodcut. Signed and titled in pencil. Small edition. 10” x 8”. Full sheet. tears in upper margin. Travis worked in Berkeley, California and was probably a follower of William S...

ANDERS ALDRIN (Swedish /American 1889 – 1970) THE SUNFLOWER ca. 1935 (Newark Museum 9) Color woodcut, edition c. 150. Signed, unnumbered, but dedicat...

FRANCES H. GEARHART and Sisters (THE GEARHARTS) SEA TREASURES...

This framed engraving entitled "Birds-eye View of the Southern End of New York and Brooklyn, Showing the Projected Suspension-Bridge Over the East River, From the Western Terminus in Printing-House Square, New York" by Theodore R. Davis (1840–1894) was published as a supplement of Harper's Weekly, November 19, 1870. The print is presented in a maple frame and a double mat. The frame measures 23.5" high, 29" wide and 0.75" deep. There is a vertical center fold and additional vertical lines, where wood engraving blocks were joined for the printing process. It is in excellent condition. This framed image depicting New York in 1870 was a centerfold for the November 19, 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly. It includes the site and eventual appearance of the East River New York-Brooklyn Bridge; the name later shortened to the Brooklyn Bridge. The print was issued eleven months after the start of construction of the bridge on January 2, 1870, which would take another 12.5 years to complete. When this view was drawn, work on the bridge was all below ground, constructing the supports for the bridge’s towers. Labels in the upper portion of the print identify locations in the background including "Light Ship...

‘Corvids Watching’ 2020 Image 49.5 x 44.5 cm woodcut (available from edition of 40. 35 prints Artist’s statement My preferred method of making images is through relief printmaking. I like exploring this expressive language in a dialogue between positive and negative, representation and abstraction, control and accident. I use lino...

‘Black Birds Gathering’ 2018 Image 38 x 56 cm woodcut (available from edition of 40. 30 prints) Artist’s statement My preferred method of making images is through relief printmaking. I like exploring this expressive language in a dialogue between positive and negative, representation and abstraction, control and accident. I use lino...

This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo lithograph entitled "American Black Bear", No. 29, Plate CXLI from Audubon's "Quadrupeds of North America". It was dr...