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Sat, Oct 28, 2023 11:00AM EDT
Lot 20

Birger Sandzen "Blue Valley Farm" Signed 1929 Linocut

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Birger Sandzen

(Kansas, 1871-1954)

Blue Valley Farm, 1929

Linocut on paper

9" x 12" (image)

 

A farmhouse scene from near Randolph, Kansas, pencil-signed and titled to the bottom margin. Matted but not framed, the mat measures 16 1/4" x 18 3/4". Noted "1st state" (of four) in the corner of sheet, and noted as part of the Greenough Trust to the reverse.

 

Literature: Charles Pelham Greenough, The Graphic Work of Birger Sandzen, Birger Sandzen Memorial Foundation, 2001, LN - 60.

Condition

Very good condition. Not laid down, hinged to the mat at the top edge of the sheet. The sheet is very clean, noting that the pencil inscription on the reverse of the sheet shows through to the obverse across the bottom margin.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 16.25 in
Width: 18.75 in
Depth: 0.50 in

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