1942

J.N. DING DARLING (c.1934) drypoint etching "Here They Come” (signed lower right in pencil. 11"x18.75"). Together with a monochromatic print of the drypoint etching "Design for the First Federal Duck Stamp 412/2000", together with a $1 Federal Duck Stamp issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Migration Bird Hunting Stamp, design shown in print above it) and a $5 50^th Anniversary Conservation Stamp issued by the J.N. Ding Darling Foundation, marked “void after June 30, 1985”. 9.5"x6.75".  Not pictured.

Jay Norwood Darling (“Ding”) was born in Norwood, Michigan 1876.  He studied at Beliot College in Wisconsin where he earned his Ph.D. in 1900 and took a cartoonist position for the Souix City Journal in1901.  He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923, and in 1934, his design was accepted for the $1.00 Federal Hunting Stamp, which shows two mallards in flight with a blue background (as shown in the offered lot).

1943

JOHN TAYLOR ARMS (c.1941) "Sketch, St. Martin's Church” etching, signed lower right. 5"x6.5". Not pictured.

John Taylor Arms is best known for his etchings of medieval architecture. He was born in Washington DC in 1887, and studied at both Princeton and MIT with Ross Turner, D.A. Greg, and Felton Brown. He began his career as an architect, but took up printmaking in the early 1920s. He traveled throughout Europe, often using Gothic architecture as inspiration for his etchings.

1944

AMERICAN SCHOOL (c.1935) "A View of the Countryside” monochromatic etching, indistinguishably signed. 8.5"x9.5". Not pictured.

1945

PIERRE AUDOUIN (French 1768-1822) "Il N'Est Plus Temps" etching with some tinting, printed “P. Audouin, member del’ Academie Imperiale des Arts de Vienne, Sculp.” lower right, and “P. Bouillon, Professeur du Lycée de Paris, inv & del.” lower left, contained in a 19^th century glazed frame. 16"x20". Not pictured.

1946

EMIL BISTRAM (American 1895-1976) "Pegasus" watercolor on paper, initialed lower right (estate stamp verso). 11"x8". Not pictured.

1947

ANDERS (LEONARD) ZORN (Swedish 1860-1920) "A Nude on a Rocky Shore” etching, signed in pencil lower right. 7"x4.75" image size, 9”x11.25” sheet size. Not pictured.

1948

SALVADOR DALI (Spanish 1904-1989) "Purgarory Canto 18" and  "Purgatory Canto 25" color lithographs, signed lower right, initialed lower left "E.A.". 13"x10.25" each (unframed). Not pictured.

1949

NO LOT.

1950

GIORGIO DE CHIRICO (Italian 1888-1978) "Two Stallions" color lithograph on paper, signed in pencil lower right and numbered  "11/250" lower left. 15.75"x11.75". Not pictured.

1951

A CHARMING 19^th CENTURY COLOR LITHOGRAPH PRINT OF FROLICKING KITTENS by the McLoughlin Brothers, titled "Three Little Rascals". 20"x16" (image size). Not pictured. 

1952

PAIR OF COLOR LITHOGRAPH PRINTS "Little Boy with Puppy" and "Little Girl with Kitten" by Jane Freeman, contained in 19^th century frames. 21.5"x17.5". Not pictured.

1953

AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century) "Water Nymph" color lithograph. 22"x14.5".  Not pictured.

1954

AMERICAN SCHOOL (19th century) "Milkmaid with Cow" color lithograph, unsigned, possibly an advertisement by Delaval. 22"x32". Not pictured.