TUCSON

ARIZONA

"From a Desert Mountain" circa 1930, Etching and Drypoint.

Edition: 30. Signed in pencil, Marylka Modjeska, lower right; titled and numbered, From a Desert Mountain  11/30, lower left.

Image: 7 9/16 x 6 7/8 inches (192 x 175 mm). Sheet: 10 5/16 x 8 15/16 inches (262 x 227 mm).

Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed on off-white wove paper. Very nice Arizona desert landscape scene with saguaro and ocotillo standing mid-image on a barren and rocky hillside. Marylka (Pattison) Modjeska, known less formally as Mary, was born in Chicago, Illinois, eventually making here way to Tucson, Arizona. Tracing her history is not made easy when she is referred to in Tucson newspapers and publications as either Mrs. Mary Pattison or occasionally Mrs. Sidney F. Pattison. She studied etching with Provincetown printmaker George Senseney and with others at the Académie Julian in Paris. She exhibited her work at the Chicago Institute of Art in 1917, and also as a member of the Chicago Society Of Etchers by at least 1930.  

$600.00

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Edition: 50. Signed in pencil, Marylka Modjeska, lower right; titled and numbered, Mexican Shack  49/50, lower left.

Image: 6 3/4 x 9 1/16 inches (171 x 230 mm). Sheet: 8 15/16 x 12 1/4 inches (227 x 311 mm).

Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed on off-white laid paper. Evidence of mounting tape at all four corners, well away from image, but present. In the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, received as a donation from the Chicago Society of Etchers, the accession number (1935.13.223) indicates it was in the collection in 1935.

$500.00

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Edition: Not stated, but probably small. Signed in pencil, Marylka Modjeska, lower right; titled, Provincetown Boat Houses, lower left.

Image: 3 7/8 x 5 7/8 inches (98 x 150 mm). Sheet: 6 1/2 x 8 11/16 inches (165 x 221 mm).

Excellent condition. Good margins. Printed on white laid paper. Evidence of mounting tape at all four corners, well away from image, but present. Very slight toning from previous mat, but does not warrant cleaning.

$400.00

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