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Established in 1977 - Roger Genser - The Prints and the Pauper is celebrating its 46th year as a purveyor of works on paper. We are proud to have been an early member of the International Fine Print Dealers Association, accepted into this peer judged organization in 1989. Roger Genser served as a member of its Board of Directors for 6 years. Currently a Board member and previous Vice President of the American Historical Print Collectors Society and recently chosen to be a member of the prestigious American Antiquarian Society. Previously an 11 year member of the City of Santa Monica Arts Commission serving as chair for 2 years. Currently Chair of the Santa Monica Landmarks Commission. A general fine print dealer covering 500 years of prints, from Old Masters to Modern American and European. We specialize in Color Woodcuts, Modernism, Mexican Masters, Important American Historical Prints as well as American and British Political Caricature. Early and Important American Maps are of great interest. California Fine and Historical prints are also a specialty as well as 19th c. American photography >>>>>WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE PLACED WORK IN 58 MUSEUM COLLECTIONS, MANY INVOLVING MULTIPLE SALES OVER SEVERAL YEARS<<<<<<. We are a specialist in the work of FRANCES H. GEARHART. We are actively seeking her work and any images, and information about this master of the American Color Block Print.
Old Master, 18th and 19th Century, Modern (1900-1950)
Arthur Wesley Dow
Ipswich Shanties
c. 1892
13 7/8 x 11
Ink Wash
IPSWICH SHANTIES ca 1892 Ink wash on paper. Signed in ink. Sheet 13 7/8 x 11. Old brown tape tale at upper sheet corners verso. And associated very minor discoloration on recto, small loss of tip upper righ. Some scoring around the image as framing instructiom Ex collection The Artist Albert Heckman. Studied with Dow at Columbia University Teacher’s College.
Edvard Munch
GARDEN IN SNOW, II
1913
13 1/2 x 16 7/8"
Woodcut
2 Known impressions
GARDEN IN SNOW, II 1913 (WO 467: Sch. 418) Woodcut, 13 ½” x 16 7/8” signed in pencil. Generally very good condition. Irregular sheet of simili-japan paper. 17 ½ x 21 ½”. Left sheet edge trimmed at an angle. Mlnor line of mat burn lower margin below signature. A partial number 78/16 at lower left sheet corner. ½” fold line along lower sheet edge and a couple associated small edge tears. Annotated: Sch 418 (Shiefler) & B4797 on a verso that is in very good condition save for tape remains along top sheet edge. Strong embossing visible on recto and verso. VERY RARE! Only a couple of variant examples cited. Has not appeared at auction in 40 years. Falls in line with 2 other similar compositions from 1913: (Schiefler 416 and WO 468 (not in Sch.) THIS RARE MUNCH IS ALSO CLEARLY INFLUENCED BY GERMAN EXPRSSIONISM!
Gustave Baumann
The Print Shop
1910
10 1/4 x 13 7/8
Color Woodcut
THE PRINT SHOP 1910 (Chamberlain 27) Color woodcut signed in pencil. Unnumbed from an edition 100 as published in the Hills o’ Brown Portfolio, (plate 11 of 12). Image 9 x 13 1/8, sheet 10 ¼ x 13 7/8 with deckle edge at the bottom. The print portrays the Brown County Democrat print workshop. Baumann discussed how he broke up their routine of printing the newspaper by changing to printing his many woodblocks presumably for the Hills o’ Brown portfolio
Frances H. Gearhart
Austerity
1935-6
Gearhart's Largest Landscape 14 3/4 x 10 7/8"
Color Block Print
c. 10-20
Provenance: The Witmore Collection from the Print Corner in Hingham MA, with their inventory no. They were Gearhart’s East Coast dealer in the 30’s-40’s.
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869 -`1958) AUSTERITY 1935-6 Color Block print. Signed and titled in pencil. Image 14 ¾ x 11 sheet 18 ½ x 12 ½ THIS IS GEARHART’ LARGEST PURE LANDSCAPE PRINT. Good impression and In generally good condition, her usual stray ink in the margins. The usual tack holes along right sheet edge used for printing, indicating an uncut sheet. Circle sticker remains in upper corners and lower left sheet edge, adhesive staining in upper left margin, minor soiling and soft handling creases. Few specks of foxing, masking tape staining along upper sheet edge.
Thomas Hart Benton
COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN (MISSOURI MUSICIANS)
1931
11 1/4 x 8 1/2"
Lithograph
COMING ROUND THE MOUNTAIN (MISSOURI MUSICIANS) 1931 (Fath 4) Lithograph, signed in pencil. Although Fath indicates an edition of 75, it is numbered 10/12. 11 3/16 x 8 ½” Sheet 17 1/8 x 12 ½”, with a partial watermark. A VERY RARE early lithograph. This print scarcely appears on the market. Benton Expert Henry Adams indicated Fath may have assumed the edition was 75. Benton Comments on this print "Made for Myself - Distributed by myself”. Adams explains that lithography was expensive and difficult. In his early years, he likely made this print in in a studio with other artists. “The extreme rarity of this print suggests that there are less than 75 impressions”. It is very possible that the edition is indeed 12. Fath Nos. 2 & 3 are only in 2 impressions each both 1929. Very good condition, a minute trace of a mat line. A few annotations at the lower sheet edge.
KATHE KOLLWITZ
GEFALLEN (Killed in Action)
1920
16 1/4 x 15 1/4"
Lithograph
KATHE KOLLWITZ (1867-1945) GEFALLEN (Killed in Action) 1920 (Klipstein 153 (1st state, a of c of 2 states) Lithograph on laid paper. Image 16 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches, Large full sheet, 25 ½ x 19 3/8 inches. Signed and inscribed "Stein II". The 2nd version Originally intended for the series "War". The stone was destroyed after printing. Generally good condition, several repairs expertly done at the sheet edges. Some ripples to the sheet edges. Some very slight toning
Sybil Andrews
Gustave Baumann
Max Beckmann
Thomas Hart Benton
Currier & Ives
Arthur Dow
Honore Daumier
Leonard Edmondson
Frances Hammell Gearhart
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
Edward Hagedorn
Wassily Kandinsky
Paul Landacre
Leopoldo Mendez
Barbara Morgan
Edvard Munch
José Clemente Orozco
Cyril Edward Power
Diego Rivera
William S. Rice
David Siqueiros
June Wayne
James McNeill Whistler
Grant Wood