Artist Emil Ganso
Title Winter Creek
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated
1939
Size 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 14 x 19 cm.
Sold $50
Estimate $100 - $150
Notes
unsigned; unframed
Reference
according to the consignor: this was printed from two coloured wood blocks [black and gray] in 1939 in a limited edition for subscribers to The Colophon; image appears to be of Woodstock, New York, an artist colony at the time, where he would move with his family each year from May to November; image is reproduced in Prints of Emil Ganso by Donald E. Smith - illustration numbered R - 16C in the book and is variously titled 'Creek in Winter', 'Winter Creek', 'Winter Morning' or 'New England''
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Emil Ganso ~ [1895-1941] American
biography in Dict. des Peintres, Sculpteurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 4, pg.151