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Allan J. McIntyre Fine
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TUCSON ARIZONA |
Artist: Herschel Logan (1901-1987)
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"Brick Plant"
1923, Woodcut.
Edition: Not stated, but probably 50 or less. Signed in pencil, Herschel C. Logan, lower right; monogrammed in the block, L in square, lower right; titled, Deserted Shanty, lower left. Image: 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (114 x 190 mm). Sheet: 7 3/8 x 8 5/8 inches (187 x 218 mm). Reference: Lehman 1986:28. Excellent condition. Original margins. A fine impression printed on cream Japan paper. From the collection of Anthony L. Lehman who compiled the only catalogue of this well-known artist - never framed. Several buildings of a variety of shapes are depicted in this scene of a brick plant. Almost all of Herschel Logan's prints were printed in editions of fifty impressions or less. $550.00 |
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"Deserted Shanty"
1923, Woodcut.
Edition: Not stated, but probably 50 or less. Signed in pencil, Herschel C. Logan, lower right; monogrammed in the block, L in square, lower right; titled, Deserted Shanty, lower left. Image: 4 1/16 x 5 7/16 inches (103 x 138 mm). Sheet: 5 3/8 x 6 15/16 inches (137 x 176 mm). Reference: Lehman 1986:27. Excellent condition. Original margins. A fine impression printed on cream Japan paper. From the collection of Anthony L. Lehman who compiled the only catalogue of this well-known artist - never framed. An early Herschel Logan print and a somber expression of the abandonment of the prairie region as the land and hopes began to play out. $450.00 |
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"Dust Storm" 1938, Woodcut. Edition: Not stated, but probably 50 or less. Signed in pencil, Herschel C. Logan, lower right; monogrammed in the block, L in square, lower right; titled, Dust Storm, lower left, near sheet margin. Image: 7 x 9 inches (177 x 228 mm). Sheet: 8 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches (209 x 292 mm). Reference: Lehman 1986:9, 29. Excellent condition. Generous margins. A fine impression printed on cream Japan paper. Very minor handling marks in the upper left margin that do not impact the image. A dramatic subject of the dust storms that devastated the prairie prairie states between 1933 and 1939. The soil had become exhausted by over producing such crops as cotton and without crop rotation. The Plow That Broke The Plains could blow your little house away. SOLD |
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"Farm-Yard"
1926, Woodcut.
Edition: Not stated, but probably 50 or less. Signed in pencil, Herschel C. Logan, lower right; monogrammed in the block, L in square, lower left; titled, Farm-Yard, lower left. Image: 5 x 8 inches (127 x 203 mm). Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 7/8 inches (168 x 225 mm). Reference: Lehman 1986:27, 31. Very Good condition. Original margins. A fine impression printed on tissue with creases and handling marks in the lower left and visible in raking light. From the collection of Anthony L. Lehman who compiled the only catalogue of this well-known artist. A Kansas farm yard with barns, fences, and a well in the foreground. $300.00 |
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"Sandboat"
1938, Woodcut.
Edition: Not stated, but probably 50 or less. Signed in pencil, Herschel C. Logan, lower right; monogrammed in the block, L in square, lower left; titled, Sandboat, lower left. Image: 5 x 8 inches (127 x 203 mm). Sheet: 8 7/8 x 11 inches (225 x 278 mm). Reference: Lehman 1986:24, 28. Excellent condition. Original margins. A fine impression printed on cream Japan paper with an unidentified crown and shield watermark. From the collection of Anthony L. Lehman who compiled the only catalogue of this well-known artist - never framed. A scene from the Kansas agrarian landscape featuring a sandboat on a river - a bridge and farm fields fill the horizon. $500.00 |
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"Sorghum Mill"
1938, Woodcut.
Edition: Not stated, but probably 50 or less. Signed in pencil, Herschel C. Logan, lower right; monogrammed in the block, L in square, lower right; titled, Sorghum Mill, lower left. Image: 5 x 7 inches (127 x 177 mm). Sheet: 7 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches (183 x 222 mm). Reference: Lehman 1986:29. Excellent condition. Original margins. A fine impression printed on cream Japan paper. From the collection of Anthony L. Lehman who compiled the only catalogue of this well-known artist - never framed. A farm scene of a horse turning a sorghum mill while the farmer tends the cane. Set against the backdrop of a mature field and the hilly surroundings of the farm the print captures the movement of the yoked horse and the unusual shapes and lines found in traditional farm equipment. A classic prairie print image. $700.00 |
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"Victim of the Dust"
1938, Woodcut.
Edition: Not stated, but probably 50 or less. Signed in pencil, Herschel C. Logan, lower right; monogrammed in the block, L in square, lower right; titled, Victim of the Dust, lower left. Image: 7 1/16 x 9 inches (179 x 228 mm). Sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 inches (261 x 329 mm). Reference: Lehman 1986:21, 29. Excellent condition. Original margins. A fine impression printed on cream Japan paper with an unidentified crown and shield watermark. From the collection of Anthony L. Lehman who compiled the only catalogue of Herschel Logan - never framed. Quoting from a Herschel Logan manuscript on file at the Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Logan said of this print: "Although best to be forgotten this [was a] typical scene of the dust bowl days on the plains in the dirty '30's. Man and beasts suffered mightily from those days." $750.00 |
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"Winter Evening"
1924, Woodcut.
Edition: Not stated, but probably 50 or less. Signed in pencil, Herschel C. Logan, lower right; monogrammed in the block, L in square, lower right; titled, Winter Evening, lower left. Image: 4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches (121 x 190 mm). Sheet: 8 5/8 x 10 1/2 inches (219 x 266 mm). Reference: Lehman 1986:27, 31. Excellent condition. Original margins. A fine impression printed on cream Japan paper. From the collection of Anthony L. Lehman who compiled the only catalogue of this well-known artist - never framed. Beautiful winter farm scene with snow flecked trees. Wooden farm buildings lightly covered with snow create a square around shrub dotted yard. $700.00 |
Specializing in fine
prints and art on paper by graphic artists and printmakers
of the American desert Southwest, primarily Arizona and New Mexico,
created before 1950.
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