THE CHAMPLIN'S CAR BARN, BLOCK ISLAND, WOODCUT PRINT, PRINTED & SIGNED 1974; MEASURES 28"X43.5" INCLUDING FRAME.

THE WOODCUT MAY BE VIEWED AT JESSIE EDWARDS' GALLERY, BLOCK ISLAND.

NOTES FROM THE ARTIST IN 1979: THE BARN WAS LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE BLOCK ISLAND WEATHER STATION ON OCEAN AVENUE. THE TITLE "CAR BARN" COMES FROM THE FACT THAT THE BARN HOUSED THE HORSE-DRAWN TROLLEY CARS THAT TOOK VISITORS BETWEEN THE OLD AND NEW HARBORS. THE TRACKS LEADING INTO THE BARN WERE PARTIALLY VISIBLE WHEN I MADE THE DRAWING SOME YEARS AGO. MY MOTHER RODE ON THE TROLLEY ON A VISIT TO BLOCK ISLAND IN 1917. I FOUND A HARD PINE BOARD THAT MEASURED 3.5 FT BY 14 FT, AND I HAD IT CUT INTO THREE SECTIONS. CHAMPLIN'S CAR BARN, THE YANKEE AND THE LIBERTY BELL WAREHOUSE WERE CARVED ON THESE BLOCKS.

AN EDITION OF 50 WERE PRINTED ON TABLEAU MACHINE-MADE RICE PAPER. A SPECIAL DELUXE EDITION OF 12 IS CURRENTLY BEING PRINTED ON SEICHOSEN, A HANDMADE JAPANESE PAPER.

FMV: $5,000.

"THE OCEAN BOSTON HARBOUR FISHING BOAT" WOODCUT PRINT, PRINTED & SIGNED 1974; MEASURES 81"X27.25" INCLUDING FRAME.

THE WOODCUT MAY BE VIEWED AT JESSIE EDWARDS' GALLERY, BLOCK ISLAND.

NOTES FROM THE ARTIST IN 1979: OCEAN IS THE NAME OF THIS ROUND-BACKED TRAWLER. THE MYSTIC SEAPORT MUSEUM EXHIBITED THIS PRINT AND EXPLAINED THERE WERE ONLY 5 METAL ROUND-BACKED TRAWLERS MADE. I HAD DIFFICULTY COMPLETING THE DRAWING AS IT WAS MOVED AROUND TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN THE BOSTON HARBOR. THE BLOCK WAS GIVEN TO ME BY HERB FISHER. I HAD IT FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE I FOUND THE RIGHT USE FOR IT. I DESIGNED THE WOODCUT AROUND THAT BLOCK.

AN EDITION OF 50 PRINTS WAS MADE ON TABLEAU MACHINE-MADE RICE PAPER. A SPECIAL DELUXE EDITION WAS PRINTED ON SUSUKI, A HANDMADE JAPANESE PAPER.

FMV: $10,000