256: HOWARD COOK (1901-1980) FOR KANSAS CITY WOODCUT SOCIETY

Howard Norton Cook (1901-1980)
Eagle Dance (1942)
The woodcut from an edition of 200, never framed, and intact with the original folio, is signed by howard Cook in pencil below the image lower right. It is a fine, crisp, well-inked impression with dark saturation, published exclusively for the members of the Woodcut Society of Kansas City, Missouri.

In 1932, Kansas City grain merchant Alfred Fowler (1889-1959) founded the Woodcut Society to foster appreciation for fine woodcuts as an expressive art form during the Great Depression. The Society often staged traveling exhibitions at venues like the Brooklyn Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, and Yale Art Gallery.
Image measures 10 x 8, sheet is 15 x 12.25 inches.
Fine-plus condition, very clean, the full untrimmed sheet, not laid down, never framed, no damage, stain, punctures, tears or repair. Near mint condition.
$800 - $1,400