Paul Landacre, Sultry Day, 1935, wood engraving. Edition 60, 1935; second edition of 150 (only 7 impressions printed); third edition 200 unsigned impressions, American Artists Group, 1937. Wien 170. Signed P LANDACRE and dated 1937 in the block, lower left.
A brilliant, black impression, on cream wove paper, the full sheet with wide margins (3 1/2 to 5 7/8 inches), in excellent condition. An impression from the 1937, unsigned, unnumbered edition of 200 published by American Artists Group.
Image size 8 x 6 inches (203 x 154 mm); sheet size 18 x 13 inches (457 x 330 mm).
Literature and Exhibitions: Paul Landacre: Prints and Drawings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983; Original Etchings, Lithographs and Woodcuts Published by the American Artists Group, Inc., New York, 1936. Figures and Forms: Selections from the Terra Foundation for the Arts, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, 2000; Paul Landacre: Prints and Drawings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1983; Pressed In Time: American Prints 1905-1950, The Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, 2007-2008.
Awards: First Honorable Mention, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1936. Selected for exhibition at the Venice Biennale, 1938.
Collections: Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Carlton College, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Harvard Art Museums, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Library of Congress (Pennell Fund purchase), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, National Gallery of Art, Oakland University Art Gallery, Philadelphia Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art, Spencer Museum of Art, Syracuse University, Terra Foundation for the Arts, Yale University Art Gallery.
