92: BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH

Birger Sandzen (1871-1954)
Midsummmer: Smoky River (1918)
The large format lithograph published in an edition of only 50 prints is signed by the artist in pencil below the image lower right and titled lower left. Listed in the artist's catalog raisonne as Greenough number 24, printed on Etruria Italy watermarked paper.
Image measures 16.5 x 24, sheet is 19.75 x 26, and frame is 26 x 31 inches.
Good to fair condition, noting an unexplained area of white blush left side, the full untrimmed sheet with four original deckle edges, toning, tape remain effects along the top, mat burn around the image as shown.
Provenance: A gift direct from the artist to a rural Kansas town's Art Association circa 1930.
$400 - $800