Artist Emil Ganso
Title Winter Creek
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated 1939
Size 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 14 x 19 cm.

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
Estimate CAD$100-$150

Artist Emil Ganso
Title Still Life with Fish
Media wood engraving on paper
Dated 1936
Size 4.75 x 7 in. / 12.1 x 17.8 cm.

Notes
unsigned; unframed

Reference
according to the consignor: this original wood-engraving print by American artist, Emil Ganso, was cut in 1933 and printed from two coloured woodblocks [black and gray] in 1936 in a limited edition for subscribers to The Colophon; It is shown as illustration number R-65C in The Prints of Emil Ganso by Donald E. Smith as 'Still Life With Fish'; Irwin Lefcourt's wife, Sarah, recounts an incident from the Woodstock years that occurred when Ganso was working on a woodcut, quite likely 'Still Life With Fish'. Emil used the family refrigerator to preserve a fish, taking it out by day to work and returning it to the refrigerator when he was done. After several days, the fish became a bit pungent, and Fanny Ganso put it in the garbage. Emil went to the refrigerator to retrieve his subject only to find it gone. On learning what had happened, he exploded: 'Fanny, you just threw out the still life!' - this quote taken from p. 24 of The Prints of Emil Ganso'

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$100-$150