Oct 08, 2009 - Sale 2189

Sale 2189 - Lot 32

Price Realized: $ 7,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
HALE WOODRUFF (1900 - 1980)
Girl Skipping Rope.

Color linoleum cut, circa 1950. 152x203 mm; 6x8 inches, small ( 1/4- to 1/2- inch) margins. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin. Two small losses inside the image.

A gift from the artist to a student of his at New York University, this is only the second known impression of this very scarce print to come to auction; the first was sold at Swann Galleries on February 6, 2007.