Landacre At Auction
October 29, 2008 by John Steins
Filed under Wood Engraving
This engraving titled Growing Corn by Paul Landacre recently sold at a Swann Galleries auction in New York for $7,200. Measuring 8 3/4 X 4 1/2 inches it was made in 1938. I see it was listed for $250 in an estate sale catalogue from the seventies that I have in my collection of wood engraving ephemera. Not a bad appreciation in value, of course that’s not what it’s about from the artist’s point of view – most of the time.
This really is a beautiful wood engraving. A gorgeous drawing revealing his mastery of the medium and his sensitivity to line and form.
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Paul Landacre was my uncle. I would be interested to know if your Growing Corn was signed or his mark? Thank you. Carolyn
This wasn’t my print but rather one that was auctioned at Swann.
I do own a signed copy of Siesta but am unwilling to part with it at the moment.
How wonderful that you are his niece! He really is one of my favorite artists.
John