Wuanita Smith
(1866-1959)

 


Winter of 1777 at Valley Forge, White Line Color Woodcut, ca. 1930's, 10-15/16 x 8-3/4, ed. unknown, on ivory wove paper, signed in pencil. A student of Howard Pyle,Wuanita Smith studied at the Pennsylvania Academy and Art Students League. A painter and prolific printmaker, she traveled widely and experimented with many graphic processes, excelling in aquatint and white line color woodcut, as shone here.                                                                                                                     

$1,200


Library, Temple University, Philadelphia, White Line Color Woodcut ca. 1930's, 10-1/4 x 11-3/4, ed. unknown, on thick cream fiberous japan paper, vertical printing creases image center, loss at margin corner upper right, weakness to outer margin edges, signed in pencil.                                                                                                                 

$950


On to Crete - On the Agean Sea, White Line Color Woodcut, ca. 1930's, 12-1/8 x 9-3/8, ed. of 50, signed and titled in pencil. Smith's embrace of historical subjects is unusual in this medium.            

$1,200


 

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