Lot #2604: PAUL LANDACRE - Old Ranch, Big Sur - Wood engraving

 

Artist: Paul Landacre (American, 1893 - 1963).
Title: "Old Ranch, Big Sur".
Medium: Wood engraving.
Date: Composed 1931. Printed 1931.
Dimensions: Image size: 6 x 8 in. (152 x 203 mm).
Lot Note(s): Signed with the initials in pencil, lower right; annotated "TP" lower left; signed with the monogram in the block, lower left. A trial proof apart from the edition of 500. Cream wove "Navarre" paper. Ample margins. Fine impression. Fine condition. Provenance: This impression formerly in the collection of the renowned cinematograher Lucien Ballard (1908-1988), a good friend of Landacre. Comment(s): A very rare print. There are no auction sales in the past 35 years found in “Gordon’s Art Reference.” Our example is from a collection of unbound and unsewn portfolio plates engraved and printed by Landacre, which later formed the basis of his work “California Hills and Other Wood Engravings." Image copyright © The Estate of Paul Landacre/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY. [29999-2-2400]