Harold Wescott was a prominent Milwaukee printmaker with an association to the WPA. Established in 1935, Wisconsin Printmakers published its first of three annual calendars the following year, in a limited edition of about 2500 copies. Harold Westcott was included in the 1938 calendar, the last issued, with contributions from 38 Wisconsin artists whose work in oil, watercolor and the crafts are known locally and outside the state. He was also a painter and teacher at the State Teachers College, Wisconsin.
"Flood Waters, " Landscape Wood Engraving by Harold Wescott
By Harold Wescott
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Flood Waters" is an original wood engraving by Harold Wescott, It features a tree in the center, with its roots wrapping languidly over a form. High waters rise up from the back. Un...
Woodcut
'Hill' — American Modernism, California
By Paul Landacre
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Paul Landacre, 'Hill', wood engraving, 1936, edition 60 (only 54 printed); only 2 impressions printed in a second edition of 150. Signed, titled, and numbered '49/60' in pencil. Wien...
Woodcut
THE THAW
By William Seltzer Rice
Located in Santa Monica, CA
WILLIAM SELTZER RICE (1873 - 1963) THE THAW c 1915-20 Color woodcut, signed and titled in pencil. Image 8 7/8 x 12 inches, sheet 10 3/4 x 14 3/8 inches. On textured fibrous paper. V...
Color, Woodcut
$7,500
H 13.375 in W 15.375 in
FLAMINGOS - Botke's Largest Arts and Crafts Color Woodcut!
By Jessie Arms Botke
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JESSIE ARMS BOTKE (1883 – 1971) PELICANS c 1927-30 Color woodcut, small edition 13 3/8” x 15 3/8”, sheet 15 x 17”. Signed in pencil. Annotated “Botke Prints” Good impression and col...
Color, Woodcut
$700
H 8.38 in W 10.07 in
Tranquil Harbor (Gloucester, Massachusetts) — 1950s Cape Ann Regionalism
By Lawrence Wilbur
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lawrence Nelson Wilbur (1897-1988), 'Tranquil Harbor' (Gloucester, Massachusetts), wood engraving, edition 55, 1958. Signed in pencil, and signe...
Woodcut
Werner Drewes, Winter, 1933, modernist woodcut
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
A modernist fantasy winter scene created by Werner Drewes, this print brings key aspects of the period together. His cubist-inspired woodcut technique is utilized here to bring the s...
Woodcut
Chrysler Building (Chrysler Building in Construction)
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in New York, NY
Howard Cook (1901-1980), Chrysler Building (Chrysler Building in Construction) – –1930, Wood Engraving. Duffy 122. Edition 75, only 50 printed. 19...
Woodcut
$6,500
H 7.38 in W 6.94 in
Brooklyn Bridge, NY — Early 20th Century Signed Modernist Wood Engraving
By Rudolph Ruzicka
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Rudolph Ruzicka, 'Brooklyn Bridge, N. Y.', 1915, wood engraving, edition 35. Signed and annotated 'd. Sc. imp.' (designed, engraved, printed by the artist) in pencil. Numbered 14/35 ...
Woodcut
$550
H 5.13 in W 6.07 in
'Sundown, Stonington, Maine' — Artist-printed Signed Exhibition Proof
By Lawrence Wilbur
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lawrence Nelson Wilbur (1897-1988), 'Sundown, Stonington, Maine', wood engraving, artist's proof, edition not stated but small, 1969. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the block...
Woodcut
Walter DuBois Richards, The Lobster Float
By Walter DuBois Richards
Located in New York, NY
Ohio-born Walter DuBois Richards (1907-2006) was educated at the Cleveland School of Art. He re-located to New York around 1933 where he had a successful career as a commercial artis...
Woodcut
Modern American Industrial Landscape
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original woodblock print dated 1965, titled "Our Town" but signed illegibly.
Paper, Woodcut
$600
H 9.13 in W 7 in
Elwood W. Bartlett, Turtle Creek (Wisconsin), about 1945, mid-century wood eng.
By Elwood Warren Bartlett
Located in New York, NY
Elwood Warren Bartlett is a Wisconsin native who also worked in Indiana. Turtle Creek (named of course for its many turtles,) is in the southeastern part of the Wisconsin. It is now ...
Woodcut
THE HARBOR WORKHORSE
By Woldemar Neufeld
Located in Portland, ME
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...
Woodcut
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H 13.5 in W 16.5 in
'Lake Shore' original linoleum cut print by Harold Wescott, tree boat wave
By Harold Wescott
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this linoleum print, Harold Wescott captures a moody view of the shore of Lake Michigan. The contrast between the black ink and white paper create the effect of an oncoming storm ...
Engraving, Linocut