Frank Wallace Signed 1950s Woodblock Prints + Sketches

This listing is for a set of fourteen original woodblock prints and three sketches by the artist Frank King Wallace (1918-2003) of Greensboro, Vermont. The works are being sold by a close personal friend of Wallace who inherited them after his death. Most of them are signed, numbered, and dated but a few are not. These works are in good condition overall with light scuffs and minor wear on the edges including creases and a few tears. A couple of them have pinholes in the corners. This listing has no reserve price so don't miss out on your chance to win!

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Prints and sketches in this listing (with approximate measurements):
Sketches -
Untitled (farm scene) - 17.75" inches by 12" inches
"#3 Head of a Negro" - 9" inches by 11.75" inches - mounted
"Arriccia" - 14.25" inches by 10.25" inches - mounted
Prints -
"White Rectangle - 5/6" - 1954 - 19" inches by 12.25" inches
"Rectangle - 6/6" - 1954 - 19.25" inches by 12.5" inches
"Die Strengste Ordnung - 12/14" - 1954 - 16.5" inches by 15" inches
"Duomo, Florence" - 20.75" inches by 27.5" inches
Untitled - 21" inches by 14.5" inches
"2" (resembles "Rectangle" and "White Rectangle") - 20" inches by 15" inches
"Kassa - 1/5" - 1953 - 20" inches by 15" inches
"Insect - 7/7" - 1953 - 24.75" inches by 18.25" inches
"The World Egg - 2" - 1954 - 24.75" inches by 18.25" inches
Untitled (portrait of a man) - 14.5" inches by 21" inches
"Our Dream - 4" - 1983 - 24" inches by 17" inches
"Tranches de Vivre - 2/8" - 1953 - 20" inches by 15.25" inches
"War - 4/7" - 1953 - 20" inches by 15" inches - "Shown in Wien" written on back
"Which Way Is The Moon?" - 20" inches by 14.5" inches - matted

Some information on the artist:
Wallace was a political radical and was blacklisted in the mid 1950s and left the country for a number of years. He lived in Europe, studying and spending time with well known contemporary artists such as Demetrius Galanis. He sold pieces to a number of high society collectors throughout the world, including Nelson A. Rockefeller and Hazel Guggenheim McKinley. His work is in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as in Paris and Vienna.

Permanent collections of Wallace's work:
Museum of Modern Art, New York City
New York Public Library, Print Department, New York City
Addison Gallery at Andover, Massachusetts
Springfield Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts
Albertina Museum at Vienna, Austria - where he has 10 prints and a drawing
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France - where there are three woodcuts
Museo Sao Paolo at Brazil, South America

One-man shows of his work:
Norlyst Gallery, New York City, 1948
New Gallery, New York City, 1951
Fleming Museum, Burlington, Vermont, 1951 - a trio exhibit
Jones Library, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1951
Dartmouth College Gallery, Hanover, N.H., 1952
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine, 1953
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., 1953
Konzert-Haus, Vienna, Austria, 1954