Howard Norton Cook Prints and Multiples
American, 1901-1980
Howard Norton Cook left his childhood home in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1919 to receive formal training in New York at the Art Students League. While in New York, Cook studied under George Bridgman and attended an experimental class with Max Weber and Andrew Dasburg. He spent his time between sessions painting outdoor billboards and working in lithography and photo-engraving shops. In 1922, Cook began work as an illustrator, contributing woodcuts and drawings to Harper's, Scribner's, Survey, Atlantic Monthly, and Forum. Various assignments allowed him to travel all over the world. Cook was on assignment for Forum to illustrate the serialization of Willa Cather's Death Comes to the Archbishop when he first visited New Mexico in 1926. Cook remained in New Mexico for a year and a half, during which time he met and married artist Barbara Latham. During the next few years, the couple traveled to Paris where Cook studied in a prominent lithographic workshop; to Taxco, Mexico, where he studied fresco painting on a Guggenheim fellowship; and to the Deep South of the United States on a second Guggenheim fellowship. In 1935, Cook and Latham settled in Taos, New Mexico. By that time, Cook had been represented in 50 Prints of the Year several times, yet his focus turned to fresco painting. He traveled across throughout the United States on mural commissions and, in 1937, the Architectural League of New York awarded Cook the Gold Medal for mural painting. Cook later served in the Navy as an artist-war correspondent in the South Pacific. His paintings from that period were exhibited in the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., and later displayed across the U.S. in a traveling exhibition funded by the War Department. After returning from the war, Cook produced several powerful lithographs depicting his experiences in the South Pacific. In 1949, he was elected to membership in the National Academy as a graphic artist. During the 1940's, Cook was known for his watercolors set in New Mexico. Later paintings in oil became increasingly abstract. Some of the artist's favorite subjects included Southwestern landscapes and Indian dances that focused on conveying a strong sense of movement. Throughout his career, Cook was a guest professor at many art schools and universities. In 1967, he became the first artist in residence at the Roswell Museum, Roswell, NM. Howard Cook remained in New Mexico until his death in 1980. ©David Cook Galleries, LLC
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Artist: Howard Norton Cook
'Soaring New York' — 1930s American Modernism, New York City
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Howard Cook, 'Soaring New York', aquatint, soft-ground etching, roulette, 1931-32, edition 25, Duffy 165. Signed, dated, and annotated 'imp' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked, atmosp...
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1930s American Modern Howard Norton Cook Prints and Multiples
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Etching, Aquatint
'Financial District', New York City — American Modernism
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Howard Cook, 'Financial District', lithograph, 1931, edition 75, Duffy 155. A fine, richly-inked impression, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with wide margins (2 3/4 to 5 5/8 inches), in excellent condition. Image size 13 5/16 x 10 3/8 inches (338 x 264 mm); sheet size 23 x 16 inches (584 x 406 mm). Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Literature: 'American Master Prints from the Betty and Douglas Duffy Collection', the Trust for Museum Exhibitions, Washington, D.C., 1987.
Collections: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Library of Congress, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Howard Norton Cook (1901-1980) was one of the best-known of the second generation of artists who moved to Taos. A native of Massachusetts, he studied at the Art Students League in New York City and at the Woodstock Art Colony. Beginning his association with Taos in 1926, he became a resident of the community in the 1930s. During his career, he received two Guggenheim Fellowships and was elected an Academician in the National Academy of Design. He earned a national reputation as a painter, muralist, and printmaker.
Cook’s work in the print mediums received acclaim early in his career with one-person exhibitions at the Denver Art Museum (1927) and the Museum of New Mexico (1928). He received numerous honors and awards over the years, including selection in best-of-the-year exhibitions sponsored by the American Institute of Graphics Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Society of American Etchers, and the Philadelphia Print Club. His first Guggenheim Fellowship took him to Taxco, Mexico in 1932 and 1933; his second in the following year enabled him to travel through the American South and Southwest.
Cook painted murals for the Public Works of Art Project in 1933 and the Treasury Departments Art Program in 1935. The latter project, completed in Pittsburgh, received a Gold Medal from the Architectural League of New York. One of his most acclaimed commissions was a mural in the San Antonio Post Office in 1937.
He and Barbara Latham settled in Talpa, south of Taos, in 1938 and remained there for over three decades. Cook volunteered in World War II as an Artist War Correspondent for the US Navy, where he was deployed in the Pacific. In 1943 he was appointed Leader of a War Art Unit...
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1930s American Modern Howard Norton Cook Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
"Mexican Family, " Black & White Lithograph Family Portrait
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Howard Cook Original Wood-Engraving, 1932 - "Acapulco Girl"
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wonderful wood-engraving by Taos artist Howard Cook (1901-1980).
Titled: “Acapulco Girl (alternate title: Coconut Palm).” Edition: 30.
Image size: 10 1/16"h x 8"w. Sheet size: 12"h...
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Howard Norton Cook merry-go-round pencil signed etching
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in San Francisco, CA
Howard Norton Cook: 1901-1980. Well, listed American artist best known for his printmaking. He studied at the art student league in New York City. He has his head auction results as ...
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1930s American Realist Howard Norton Cook Prints and Multiples
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Chrysler Building (Chrysler Building in Construction)
By Howard Norton Cook
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Howard Cook (1901-1980), Chrysler Building (Chrysler Building in Construction) – –1930, Wood Engraving.
Duffy 122. Edition 75, only 50 printed. 19...
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1930s American Modern Howard Norton Cook Prints and Multiples
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Howard Cook Taos Artist Original Woodcut, 1927 - Hopi House
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Taos Artist Howard Cook original woodcut print, 1927.
Title: “Hopi House.” Duffy #47. Signed in pencil lower right.
Image size: 8"h x 8"w. Paper size: 10 x 8 3/4. Mat size: 20 x 16....
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Howard Cook Taos Artist Original Woodcut, 1927 - Morning Smokes, Taos Pueblo
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Howard Cook (1901-1980) well known Taos artist original woodcut, 1927.
Title: “Morning Smokes, Taos Pueblo." In excellent condition. Matted and unframed.
Image size: 8"h x 8'w. Pap...
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Early 20th Century Howard Norton Cook Prints and Multiples
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Howard Cook Original Woodblock, 1926 "Giant's Thumb"
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Wonderful woodblock by Taos artist Howard Cook (1901-1980).
Titled: “Giant’s Thumb” (alternate title: Monument Rock).” Edition: 50.
Image size: 14"h x 8 1/8"w. Sheet size: 14 1/2"h ...
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1920s Howard Norton Cook Prints and Multiples
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Paper
Financial District
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in New York, NY
Howard Cook (1901-1980), Financial District, lithograph, 1931, signed and dated in pencil lower right and numbered 75 lower left. Reference: Duffy 155, from the stated edition of 75....
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1930s American Modern Howard Norton Cook Prints and Multiples
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Soaring New York
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in New York, NY
Howard Cook (1901-1980), Soaring New York, aquatint, soft0ground etching, roulette, 1931-2; signed, dated and annotated “imp” in pencil lower right, titled lower margin. Reference: D...
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1930s American Realist Howard Norton Cook Prints and Multiples
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Montparnasse Street
By Howard Norton Cook
Located in New York, NY
Montparnasse Street– 1931, Etching
Duffy 128. Edition 50, only 25 printed. Signed, dated, and annotated imp and 50 in pencil.
Image size 4 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (124 x 251 mm); sh...
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1930s American Realist Howard Norton Cook Prints and Multiples
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