7 Charles Pont wood engravings
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Charles Pont (1898-1971)
1.) ''Parkway Near Lagoon''- wood engraving, signed, titled and dated in pencil, stamped FAP/WPA NYC. 4 x 6''
Illustrated: Fowler- New Deal Art
2.) ''March''- wood engraving, signed by the daughter, done for WPA/FAP NY. 9 7/8 x 7 15/16''
3.) ''Bending A Tops'l''- wood engraving, ca. 1936-39, signed and titled in pencil, edition of 25, done for WPA/FAP. 6 x 8''
4.) ''Heave-Up''- wood engraving, ca. 1936, signed and titled in pencil. 8 x 10 1/2''
5.) ''Ash Heap''- wood engraving, 1939, signed and titled in pencil, edition of about 25, done for WPA/FAP NYC. 3 7/8 x 5 7/8''
Exhibited at Smithsonian Institution, ''American Prints from Wood,'' 1975
Reproduced in Farmer, American Prints from Wood (1975)
Note: this is an image of the burning and dumping grounds in Flushing Meadow, NY, used by the borough of Brooklyn from the mid-20s to the late 30s for getting rid of their garbage; the site was later used to house the Westinghouse exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair; Hyman Warsager cut another view of the location titled ''Dumps''; the dump is described in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1925)
6.) ''Link Jones, Basket Weaver''- wood engraving, ca. 1940, signed, titled and numbered 10/100 in pencil. 8 13/16 x 5 15/16''
7.) ''Coal Breaker / Marvine Colliery''- wood engraving, signed by the daughter. 6 x 8''
1.) ''Parkway Near Lagoon''- wood engraving, signed, titled and dated in pencil, stamped FAP/WPA NYC. 4 x 6''
Illustrated: Fowler- New Deal Art
2.) ''March''- wood engraving, signed by the daughter, done for WPA/FAP NY. 9 7/8 x 7 15/16''
3.) ''Bending A Tops'l''- wood engraving, ca. 1936-39, signed and titled in pencil, edition of 25, done for WPA/FAP. 6 x 8''
4.) ''Heave-Up''- wood engraving, ca. 1936, signed and titled in pencil. 8 x 10 1/2''
5.) ''Ash Heap''- wood engraving, 1939, signed and titled in pencil, edition of about 25, done for WPA/FAP NYC. 3 7/8 x 5 7/8''
Exhibited at Smithsonian Institution, ''American Prints from Wood,'' 1975
Reproduced in Farmer, American Prints from Wood (1975)
Note: this is an image of the burning and dumping grounds in Flushing Meadow, NY, used by the borough of Brooklyn from the mid-20s to the late 30s for getting rid of their garbage; the site was later used to house the Westinghouse exhibit at the 1939 New York World's Fair; Hyman Warsager cut another view of the location titled ''Dumps''; the dump is described in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1925)
6.) ''Link Jones, Basket Weaver''- wood engraving, ca. 1940, signed, titled and numbered 10/100 in pencil. 8 13/16 x 5 15/16''
7.) ''Coal Breaker / Marvine Colliery''- wood engraving, signed by the daughter. 6 x 8''
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