135: BIRGER SANDZEN (1871-1954) PENCIL SIGNED BLOCK PRINT

Birger Sandzen (1871-1954)
The Great Spires (1922)
The rare and desirable pointillist technique block print, variously referred to as nail head, nail cut, or nail punch print, is from one edition of a low but undetermined number of prints and signed by the artist in pencil below the image lower right with title lower left, The work is further initialed in the block. Greenough 44. Tis is a fine, strong impression.

Prints of this type are named for the artist's use of a square-headed nail to indent the printing block when creating the composition.

This image was published in The Woodcut of Today at Home and Abroad by Malcom Salaman, London, 1927, and again in The Art of The Woodcut: Masterworks from the 1920s, page 159.
Image measures 16 x 12 with a framed size of 27.75 x 23.75 inches.
Very good condition, the full untrimmed sheet, not laid down, no damage, stain, punctures, tears or repair; framed to archival standards in acid free mounts. This print was purchased unframed from the flat files of American Legacy Gallery.
Provenance: Private Rossville, Kansas collection spanning two generations.
$2,000 - $3,000