HARRIS SCHRANK FINE PRINTS

John Sloan (1871-1951), Arch Conspirators, etching, 1917. Morse 183, second state (of 2). Edition 100 (and in this rare instance, that’s how many impressions of the edition were printed). Signed, titled and annotated 100 proofs in pencil. [Signed and dated in the plate, lower left]. In excellent condition. Image size 4 1/4 x 5 7/8 inches (108 x 149 mm); sheet size 8 1/8 x 10 7/8 inches (206 x 276 mm). A fine, rich impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (1 5/8 to 2 5/8 inches); Printed by Ernest Roth. “A mid-winter party on the roof of [...]

John Sloan (American 1871 – 1954), Fashions of the Past, etching and aquatint, 1926, signed and titled by the artist in pencil (Morse 224 IV/IV), also signed by the printer. From the edition of 100 (of which75 were printed, according to Morse). Annotated: Peter Platt imp (Platt was an early, and one of Sloan’s favorite, printer). In very good condition, with wide margins, with the tack holes at outer margins for drying, as usual for impressions printed by Peter Platt; on wove paper, conservation matted. 7 7/8 x 9 3/4 inches, the sheet 12 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. A fine [...]

John Sloan (1871-1954), The Green Hour (or Angna Enters in “The Green Hour”), etching, 1930, signed in pencil lower right, inscribed “100 proofs” lower left [with the signature and date lower right, title lower left in the plate]. Reference: Morse 245, second state (of 2), of 90 printed. In very good condition, the full sheet with deckle edges, 5 x 4, the sheet 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. Printed on a cream wove paper by Peter Platt, with his characteristic drying holes around the edges. A superb impression. Peter Platt was one of Sloan’s favorite printers. He printed 25 [...]

John Sloan (1871-1954),  Half Nude on Elbow, 1931, signed in pencil lower right, titled lower middle, annotated “100 proofs” lower left. Reference: Morse 250, sixth state (of 6). From the edition of 75 printed. Printed by Peter Platt, with his characteristic drying tack holes at the bottom and left of the sheet, with wide margins,  printed on a cream wove paper, 3 x 5, the sheet 9 x 11 1/2 inches. A fine impression. Sloan routinely wrote “100 proofs” on many of his prints, regardless of the actual number of impressions printed. In this case a total of 75 impressions [...]

John Sloan (1871-1954), Nude with Furniture, etching, 1931, signed in pencil lower right, titled lower middle, annotated “100 proofs” lower left. Reference: Morse 252, third state (of 3). From the edition of only 45 printed. Printed by Peter Platt, with his characteristic drying tack holes all around, in very good condition, the full sheet with deckle edges; printed on a cream wove paper with the Van Gelder Zonen Holland and the JP in a square watermark, 5 x 4, the sheet 12 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. A fine impression. Sloan routinely wrote “100 proofs” on many of his prints, [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), Fourteenth Street, The Wigwam (also known as Tammany Hall), etching, 1928, signed, titled, and inscribed 100 proofs; also signed by printer Peter Platt. Reference: Morse 235, seventh state (of 7). From the edition of 100, 110 were printed. In excellent condition, the full sheet with the drying holes all around as characteristic of Peter Platt impressions, paper loss upper left corner margin corner, with full margins, on a wove paper, 9 3/4 x 7, the sheet 19 x 12 3/4 inches, archival window mat. A fine clear impression. Peter Platt was a favorite Sloan printer. Tammany Hall [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), Night Windows (also referred to by Sloan as Roof and Windows, and Man on Roof), etching, 1910, signed, titled and annotated 100 proofs in pencil [also signed and dated in the plate lower left]. Reference:Morse 152, state 5 (of 5). Edition 100 (110 printed). In very good condition (minor toning in the margins well away from image), 5 1/8 x 6 3/4 inches (130 x 171 mm); sheet size 9 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches (232 x 318 mm). A fine, rich impression, on cream wove paper, with full margins (2 1/4 to 2 7/8 inches). The tack holes [...]

John Sloan (1871-1954), Nude on the Floor, etching and engraving, 1931, signed, titled and annotated “100 proofs” [also signed in the plate]. Reference: Morse 257, third state (of 3), from the edition of 100 of which only 75 were printed, on cream laid paper, in excellent condition, with full margins, 4 x 5, the sheet 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches, archival mounting (non-adhesive mylar hinges, acid free board). A fine fresh impression in pristine condition. Sloan said of this print: “One of the best of this group of etchings. Shows my interest in achieving foreshortening without perspective. …If I [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), Woman with Hand to Her Chin, etching, c. 1913, signed in pencil by Sloan’s widow Helen Farr Sloan and annotated 150 proofs; also signed by the printer June Baskin and annotated “imp” lower left. Reference: Morse 165, only state. In very good condition, the full sheet, printed on a cream wove paper, 6 1/2 x 3 1/4, the sheet 10 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches, archival mounting. A fine impression. No early impressions of this print are known, and it was first printed in an edition in 1969, as signed by Sloan’s widow, for distribution with the [...]

John Sloan ((1871-1951), Westminster Abbey, c. 1891, the complete set of 13 etchings, ribbon bound with a hand-painted gilt cover [many of the etchings signed and variously annotated in the plate]. Reference: Morse 11-23, only state.  Printed by Peters Brothers and published by A. Edward Newton (1864-1940). The etching image matrices are in excellent condition, the full sheets with wide margins (slight soiling and foxing near margin edges, the first (blank) page with some losses; other pages with nicks, some water stains not near images). Etchings are c. 3 1/4 x 5, the sheets  8 x 10 1/4 inches. These etchings are finely and delicately printed in dark brown or sepia ink on [...]

John Sloan (1871-1954) etching, James B. Moore, Esq., signed in pencil lower right and inscribed “100 proofs” lower left (although only 25 were printed). [Also signed and dated lower left, and titled upper left, in the plate.] Reference: Morse 126. Third state of three. In very good condition, on a cream wove watermarked Van Gelder-Zonen Holland paper, archival matting.  Plate size 12 x 10, picture size 11 1/4 x 9 1/4, sheet 15 x 12 1/2, with the drying holes at left and right margin edges. This paper, the characteristic drying holes, as well as the high quality of the impression, indicate that [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), Romany Marye in Christopher Street, 1922, etching, signed in pencil lower right, titled, dated and inscribed 100 proofs bottom margin. Reference: Morse 278, seventh state (of 7), from the edition of 52 impressions, all printed by Charles White. In very good condition, with barely visible light toning, printed on a cream laid paper with margins (small loss upper left margin edge), 6 x 8 inches, the sheet 8 1/4 x 10 3/8 inches, archival mounting. A fine rich atmospheric impression, printed with a plate tone overall which heightens the sense that this is a night scene. Although Sloan [...]

John Sloan (1871-1954), Nude Leaning on a Chaise, etching, 1933, signed, titled and inscribed 100 proofs. Reference: Morse , from the edition of about 75 proofs. [also signed and dated in the plate] Very good condition, never framed or cleaned (with full margins, tear top margin edge, soft folds at right corners), on a tan/cream laid Navarre paper, with the Navarre name and symbol watermark. Measurements: 5 1/2 x 7 inches, the sheet 9 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches. A fine, clear black impression. At this stage in his career, after the Ashcan Realist period and now in his late ’50s, Sloan experimented with new [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), Subway Stairs, etching, 1926, signed, titled and inscribed “working proof 1;” also with the notation “JS imp” in pencil bottom margin [with the name and date in the plate].  Reference: Morse 221, third state (of 7). There was an edition in the seventh state, 60 printed. In very good condition, on ivory laid paper with margins (the slightest toning toward the margin edges). 6 7/8 x 5, the sheet 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Archival mounting, with acid free board, window mat. A fine early state proof impression of one of Sloan’s most alluring subjects. In this third state [...]

John Sloan etching Schuylkill River, 1894, signed, titled, annotated “100 proofs” [only 25 were printed], also signed by the printer “Peter Platt imp’ in pencil lower left margin.  From the edition (of 25) all printed by Peter Platt.  Morse 60, only state. Provenance: ex. coll. VO and MP Potamkin Collection; Kraushaar Galleries. A fine impression, with plate tone.  On a tan wove paper with a partial crest and fleur de lys watermark, with margins, in good condition, a tiny nick right edge, slightest browning toward outer margin edges, 8 1/4 x 5  1/4 (the sheet 12 1/2 x 10) inches, archival [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), “Up the Line, Miss?”, etching, 1930, signed, titled and inscribed 100 proofs [also signed in the plate]. Reference: Morse 243, fifth state (of 5). In excellent condition, with full margins (slightly irregular lower edge, typical for the older paper favored by this printer, see note below). On an old laid paper with a circles in shield watermark. 5 1/2 x 7, the sheet 9 1/2 x 12 inches. Archival mounting. A fine impression. Only 80 impressions of the edition were printed. This impression is printed on an old laid paper, of the sort the printer and artist Ernst [...]

John Sloan (1871-1954), Copyist at the Metropolitan Museum, etching, 1908, signed, titled, and inscribed “100 proofs,” also inscribed by the printer “Ernest Roth imp.” Reference: Morse 148, eighth state (of 8), from the JS edition (75 printed). In very good condition, on tan/ivory wove paper, with full margins, 7 1/2 x 9, the sheet 11 x 13 1/8 inches. A fine impression printed in a brownish/black ink. In his diary of September 1908 Sloan wrote “In the evening I stared to make a plate of a copyist at work in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, crowd around as it is a [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), Connoisseurs of Prints, etching, 1905, signed in pencil bottom right (also titled in lower left margin near edge), Morse 127, from the New York City Life Series, edition of 100, on Arches cream laid paper, with wide margins (5 x 7, sheet 9 3/4 x 13 inches), in very good condition, tiny spot left margin just outside of platemark, barely visible light stain, archival window mounting. Provenance:  ex Collection Jessup Memorial Library, Bar Harbor, with the blindstamp of the University of Maine; sold at Sotheby’s New York sale, March 1988 ($4750 plus 10% commission), and then to current owner. [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), Nude on Stairs, etching, 1930, signed in pencil lower right margin, titled in pencil center, inscribed “100 proofs” lower left [also signed in the plate lower left]. Reference: Morse 241, ninth (published) state (of 9). In very good condition, the full sheet with margins (slightest toning in margins), printed in black on a cream wove paper, 9 7/8 x 8, the sheet 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, archival matting. A superb impression, printing very black and clear. Provenance: Collection unknown collector, stamp SN in a circle verso (not located in Lugt) At this point in his [...]

John Sloan (1871-1954), Snowstorm in the Village, etching, 1925,  signed, titled and annotated “100 imp”. Reference: Morse 216,  third state of three, from the edition of 100, on laid paper, in good condition, with wide margins (three nicks at bottom margin edge, few pale fox marks margin verso). 7 x 5, the sheet 11 5/8 x 8 1/8 inches, archival mounting. A fine, clear, delicately printed  impression of this evocative scene; one of Sloan’s great triumphs in printmaking. Sloan noted in discussing this print years 20 years after it was made: “Viewed from my studio on Washington Place [in Greenwich Village], the Jefferson Market [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), McSorley’s Back Room, etching, 1916, signed bottom right margin, titled and inscribed “100 proofs.” [also signed and dated in the plate lower left, and titled in the plate in the margin below the borderline] Also signed bottom left margin by the printer Charles White. Reference: Morse 181, third state (of 3). From the edition of 100, of which 90 impressions were printed. In excellent condition, on a cream wove paper with full margins and deckle edges, 5 x 6 7/8, the sheet  8 1/2 x 11 inches, archival mounting. A fine impression, printed in black ink. In 1945 Sloan [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), Hell Hole, 1917, etching and aquatint, signed bottom right, titled bottom center, and inscribed “100 proofs”. Reference: Morse 186, second state (of 2). From the edition of 100, printing of 110. In good condition, slight toning; with wide margins (trimmed irregularly at right and left, soft folds in margins, with  the printer Peter Platt’s drying holes and associated paper losses, reinforced tears and nicks at margin edges). On a cream wove paper, 8 x 10, the sheet 11 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches, window matted. A fine impression of this Sloan masterpiece. This impression was printed by Peter Platt, one of [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), Easter Eve, Washington Square, etching and aquatint, 1926, signed in pencil lower right, titled, inscribed ”100 proofs”; also signed by the printer Charles White and inscribed “imp.” Reference: Morse 222, third state (of 3). 60 proofs were taken of the third state. In very good condition, with wide margins, printed on a thin hand made laid paper (with some tiny paper imperfections), 10 x 8 1/8, the sheet 15 x 10 15/16 inches, archival mounting. A fine atmospheric impression, delicately printed with an overall veil of plate tone, without the relatively harsh selective wiping found on some impressions. In this impression the overall effect [...]

John Sloan (1871-1951), Memory, etching, 1906, signed, titled, dated and annotated in pencil by Sloan. Reference: Morse 136, sixth state (of 6). From the edition of 100 (110 were printed). In generally good condition apart from slight light stain, the usual drying holes around edges as characteristic of a Peter Platt printing, repaired tear near bottom right margin. The full sheet with wide margins, 7 1/4 x 8 3/4, the sheet 11 5/8 x 16 1/4 inches. Archival mounting. A fine impression. This impression is titled (by Sloan) Memory of 1905; Sloan has also written the initials of the three figures [...]