Edition: Unique. Signed in pencil, Jack Van Ryder, lower left; date next to signature 1953; annotated, Sketch, beneath signature. 

Dimensions of sheet: 12 3/4 x 11 inches (323 x 279 mm).

A few handling marks, otherwise in excellent condition. Pencil and black crayon drawing on cream wove paper. Jack Van Ryder made a number of these sketches in the 1950s with the intention of producing offset prints. From letters that he left behind, it appears that following printing he would have the original photo negative destroyed. He would then sign and number the offset prints (generally done in editions of one hundred). The use of the high contrasting black and white media meant that an offset print could be made without using a halftone screen. Consequently no telltale halftone dots in the prints.   

$450.00

Edition: 21. Signed in pencil, Jack Van Ryder, lower right; numbered and titled, 16/21  The Hold Up, lower left.   Van Ryder's monogram JVR is hidden within the etching, center. 

Image: 5 x 4 7/8 inches (127 x 124 mm). Sheet: 8 5/8 x 7 5/8 inches (219 x 193 mm).

Excellent condition, except for old tape stains. Good margins. Printed on off-white wove paper. The tape stains are in the left and right margins. They are covered by the mat but apparent when uncovered. 

$400.00

"Moonlight in Hopiland"  1931, Etching.

Edition: 15. Signed in pencil, Jack Van Ryder, lower right; titled and numbered, Moonlight in Hopiland  9/15, lower left.  Dated in the plate, 1931, lower left - the date is located within Van Ryder's almost hidden cattle skull logo as, "31." 

Image: 7 13/16 x 9 7/8 inches (198 x 250 mm). Sheet: 10 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches (263 x 317 mm).

Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed on off-white wove paper. The right corner of the sheet has been stabilized, but is well away from image. 

$950.00

Edition: Unique. Signed in pencil, Jack Van Ryder, lower left; titled, Stairway at Chimopovi - Arizona, immediately above signature; annotated, Sketch, beneath signature. 

Dimensions of sheet: 10 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches (267 x 323 mm).

A few handling marks, otherwise in excellent condition. Pencil drawing on cream wove paper. Please read the explanation behind the production of this drawing in the above item titled, Desert Ranch.

The use of the spelling Chimopovi is a somewhat archaic form for the now more commonly accepted spelling of Shungopavi (or Shungopovi). Shungopavi is a Hopi village located on the western tip of Second Mesa. The drawing depicts the top of a kiva ladder on the left, with a stairway rising to a section of the village, on the right.  

$500.00

Edition: Unique. Signed in pencil, Jack Van Ryder, lower left; annotated, Sketch, beneath signature. 

Dimensions of sheet: 10 3/8 x 14 5/8 inches (263 x 371 mm).

A few handling marks, otherwise in excellent condition. Pencil and black crayon drawing on heavy textured watercolor paper. Please read the explanation behind the production of this drawing in the above item titled, Desert Ranch.

$450.00

Edition: 10. Signed in pencil, Jack Van Ryder, lower right; titled and numbered, 4/10 Walpi, lower left. Dated in the plate, lower left, near Van Ryder's cattle skull logo, 1946. 

Image: 6 3/8 x 8 1/8 inches (162 x 206 mm). Sheet: 8 x 10 inches (203 x 254 mm).

Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed on off-white wove paper, partial watermark visible in the lower right margin. Depicts what is commonly called, "The Last House," at the Hopi village of Walpi, located on First Mesa.  

$950.00