Howard Cook (1901-1980), Engine Room, lithograph, 1930, signed, dated and inscribed 75 in pencil. Reference: Duffy 128, only state, from the intended edition of 75 of which only 35 were printed. In very good condition, with wide margins, 10 1/8 x 12 1/4, the sheet 13 1/2 x 15 5/8 inches. A fine fresh impression, printed in black ink on ivory/white wove paper. From the Duffy catalog raisonné: ”The engine room of the S.S. Exhibitor, a freighter on which the Cooks sailed to Africa and Europe in 1929.” The engine room is the propulsion machinery spaces of the vessel. [...]
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Howard Cook (1901-1980), The Station, etching, 1928, signed in pencil lower right and inscribed imp. Reference: Duffy 99, edition of 30 (intended edition of 50). In very good condition, printed on a tissue thin Japan paper, with margins, 7 x 9, the sheet 7 7/8 x 10 inches, archival matting. A very fine impression, with exquisite detailing, printed by Cook personally. By his late 20′s Cook had already mastered both the technique of wood engraving and etching. Here, he demonstrates an astonishing facility with etching, creating snow, smoke, shadows and shades of light with the tiniest etching lines imaginable. The Station has [...]
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