Original Wengenroth Watercolor - New England seascape, sand and rocks, c.1960.

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Original Wengenroth Lithographs

By The Old Print Shop, Inc

Apr 11, 2017 - May 9, 2017

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• Lot Description

  New England seascape, sand and rocks in foreground with an evening sky with the moon reflecting light on the Atlantic ocean. [Untitled.]
  Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978)
  
  Watercolor, c.1971.
  
  
  Estate signed in pencil. "Stow Wengenroth H. W." ( Harriet Wengenroth, Stow's wife).
  Image size 15 1/4 x 19 7/8 " (386 x 500 mm).

  Wengenroth used lithography as his primary form of artistic expression.  His drawings at this time were almost all in the drybrush technique.  This is because drybrush drawings closely resemble how a lithograph will look when printed.  When he found a drawing pleasing, he would walk from Brooklyn to George Miller’s studio and pick up a lithographic stone and carry it to his studio.  There he would interpret his drybrush drawings, which were always larger than the finished lithographs.  Once drawn, he would carry the stone back to Miller’s studio in New York for printing.  Because of the weight of the lithographic stones (many weighing 75 to 90 pounds), Wengenroth moved his studio to Manhattan to be closer to Miller’s studio.  For a while his studio was at 51 West Tenth Street, a building that was occupied by many artists.  The studio he used was once occupied by Winslow Homer. 

  Condition

  Good condition. Pin holes in corners.

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