GRACE THURSTON ALBEE (American, 1890 - 1985). Entangled Tractor, 1945, Limited edition wood engraving of an edition of 100. Pencil titled, dated and signed at base. Framed. Not examined out of frame.
ARTIST PROFILE: Albee was an American printmaker and wood engraver. During her sixty-year career life, she created more than two hundred and fifty prints from linocuts, woodcuts, and wood engravings. She received over fifty awards and has her works in thirty-three museum collections. She was the first female graphic artist to receive full membership to the National Academy of Design. Albee works are represented in a number of public collections in the United States, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 1976, eighty of her works were displayed in a retrospective exhibition in the Brooklyn Museum. The Library of Congress has 23 of her prints in its collection. Her works are also housed the Smithsonian Institution, in the Rosenwald Collection in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in the Permanent Collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Georgia Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and the Boston Public Library. - Sight: 5.25 X 8.75 inches; frame: 11 x 15 inches Estimate $250-350
