Jun 01, 2023 - Sale 2639

Sale 2639 - Lot 49

Price Realized: $ 469
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 900
Albee, Grace (1890-1985)
Eight Wood Engravings of Subjects in France.

All but one circa 1927-1930.

Including:

1) Old Portal at Grasse, Southern France, 1929, second state, trial proof, unnumbered, from an edition of twenty-one; housed in bifolium of Japanese paper inscribed by the artist with identifying information, 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in.

2) Road to Quimper, undated, titled and signed, number three from an edition of twenty, with artist's stamp and note in Albee's hand, "modern Japanese paper," 9 x 6 3/4 in.

3) Gossipy Bretons, 1977, from an edition of thirty-five, signed, dated, titled, and numbered in pencil, 8 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.

4) Untitled wood engraving depicting a kiosk in the foreground and a large building with shutters behind, signed and identified by Albee as a proof, 8 1/2 x 7 in.

5) Au Bon Marché, Annercy, 1932, printed in sanguine ink, number fifteen from an edition of thirty, signed, dated, and titled in pencil, printed on tissue, 6 1/2 x 6 1/4 in.

6) L'Escarene, Southern France, 1929, number 10 from an edition of thirty, signed, dated, numbered and titled by the artist, with her stamp; 5 3/4 x 4 1/4 in.

7) Breton Types, 1930, printed on thin tissue, number 15 (from an edition of ?), signed, dated, and titled, large piece of the lower blank margin of the sheet torn away with loss to the edition note and part of the title, just missing the image itself, 6 x 5 in.

8) Antibes, Southern France, 1929, number twelve from an edition of seventy-five, with artist's stamp, title, date, number and signature in pencil along bottom margin, 8 x 6 3/4 in. (8)