“SUNDAY AFTERNOON”, 1936 ORIGINAL LIMITED EDITION WOOD ENGRAVING BY THE AMERICAN ARTIST AND PRINTMAKER JULIUS JOHN (J.J.) LANKES (1884-1960)

This limited edition wood engraving, a country landscape scene with farmhouse and a horse grazing in the yard, is signed and dated within the block by the artist in the image lower left corner: LANKES - 1936 ©.

J.J. Lankes is described as “one of America’s foremost graphic artists” and “arguably the first genuine woodcut artist America produced”. This wood engraving, created by the artist in 1934 and published in 1936 by the American Artist Group in New York, is an excellent example of the artist’s graphic work. The exact edition size is unknown, approximately 200 prints.

The image size measures 7 3/8 x 10 1/8 inches, printed on cream color hand-made laid paper. The full sheet with margins measures 12 x 16 1/8 inches. The wood engraving comes unframed.