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 |