Up for sale from a recent client in Honolulu Hawaii, this 1945 New York Modernist open edition black and white lithograph print that is titled "Desire" depicting a abstract female figure climbing off a wall and is signed by the artist William Sewell (1901-1951). The condition is described above for more information please check the photos. Free local pick up possible!!!
Measurements:
Image 10 ¾ inches x 6 ⅝ inches
Sheet 13 ⅜ inches x 9 ½ inches
More about the artist:
In a group exhibition. at Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles, LAT, February 15, 1931, page 18; one of which is 'California Landscape'; c. 1940; Oil on Board; 24 x 30"; Unsigned, Framed, Estate of William Sewell. Label on verso gives address of artist's father: 193 South St., Oyster Bay, Long Island"; one of his paintings is in the collection of WAAM (Woodstock Artists Association and Museum) Source: Nancy Dustin Moure, "Publications in California Art No. 11 , Index to California Art Exhibi
Condition:
The item is is in poor pre-owned condition, the paper is toned and shows brown staining throughout with some soiling in places, there are a few areas were the paper surface has been disturbed and when the piece will be cleaned this need to be touched up, brown spot in the upper right, the paper conserver that was shown the photo of the piece said that the piece will clean up, pencil signed and titled
