Lot #500: HOWARD COOK - Paris Street - Wood engraving

 

Artist: Howard Cook (American, 1901 - 1980).
Title: "Paris Street".
Medium: Wood engraving.
Date: Composed 1930.
Dimensions: Overall size: 10 1/16 x 7 1/2 in. (256 x 190 mm). Image size: 6 x 3 3/4 in. (152 x 95 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed in pencil, lower right. Probably a proof impression aside from the proposed edition of 100. Cream wove paper. Wide margins. Fine impression. Fine condition. Literature/catalogue raisonne: D136. Comment(s): Howard Norton Cook was particularly known for his wood engravings and murals. He spent much of the 1920s in Europe and returned to live in Taos, New Mexico. Image copyright © The Estate of Howard Cook. [23287-2-300]