Jan 27, 2022 - Sale 2593

Sale 2593 - Lot 93

Price Realized: $ 2,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

EDWARD ARTHUR WILSON (1886-1970)


Two lithographs.
Hard Work. 280x330 mm; 11x13 inches. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. Circa 1940 * Pipe Jungle. 280x334 mm; 11x13 1/4 inches, full margins. Signed, dated and numbered 15/50 in pencil, lower margin. 1941.

Both very good impressions.

Wilson was born in Glasgow and moved to New York as a young man in 1893. Wilson was a sought-after illustrator of over 77 books and an accomplished printmaker. His WPA prints depicted the heroic efforts of industrial workers.