Lynd Ward Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Lynd Ward Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 16, 2024
Lynd Ward Signed Wood Engraving
Est: $150 - $200
Lynd Ward Signed Wood Engraving [The Thing or Detective Service from Vertigo, 1937]. Signed in pencil. Measures 5 x 3.5 inches image size and 9 x 7.75 inches sheet size. EX/EX+ condition. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Oct. 16, 2024
Lynd Ward Wood Engraving [Lowering the Pipe]
Est: $300 - $500
Lynd Ward Wood Engraving [Lowering the Pipe]. From the U.S. Pipeline series, about 1946. Previously authenticated by the artist's daughter Robin Ward Savage. Measures 6 x 7 inches image and 8 x 9.75 inches sheet. EX/EX+ condition. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Oct. 16, 2024
Lynd Ward Wood Engraving
Est: $100 - $150
Lynd Ward Wood Engraving. Measures 8 x 5 inches image size and 19 x 12.5 inches sheet size. EX/EX+ condition. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Oct. 16, 2024
Lynd Ward Signed Wood Engraving [Pathfinder]
Est: $200 - $300
Lynd Ward Signed Wood Engraving [Pathfinder]. Measures 8 x 22 inches image size. Signed in pencil lower right and titled in pencil lower left. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Oct. 16, 2024
Lynd Ward 'Historic Christ Church at Middleton'
Est: $100 - $150
Lynd Ward 'Historic Christ Church at Middleton' wood engraving. Signed, titled and numbered 143/250 in pencil. Signed lower right, numbered and titled in pencil lower left to lower center. Measures 9 x 15 inches image size and 13 x 19 inches sheet size. Printed on a type of tissue paper. Near mint condition. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. Provenance: Estate collection of William Greenbaum, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Proprietor of William Greenbaum Fine Prints. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Jun. 20, 2024
LYND WARD (1905-1985) Crime and Punishment.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
LYND WARD (1905-1985) Crime and Punishment. Woodcut illustration from Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoyevsky (New York: Avon, 1955). 8 x 5 1/2 inches, in 15 x 11 1/4-inch mat. Signed and dated in lower right margin.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 20, 2024
LYND WARD (1905-1985) Ethan Allen.
Est: $800 - $1,200
LYND WARD (1905-1985) Ethan Allen. Study for title page of America's Ethan Allen by Stewart Holbrook (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1949). medium,. 11 1/4 x 9 3/4 inces (image) in 14 1/4 x 12 3/4-inch mat. Unsigned. America's Ethan Allen, a recipient of a 1949 Caldecott Honor, is a picture book biography of the patriot and soldier Ethan Allen. It narrates his leadership of the Green Mountain Boys in the 1775 capture of Fort Ticonderoga from the British.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 18, 2024
Lynd Ward "Landscape with Logs"
Est: $200 - $300
1940, Wood engraving. Signed lower right "Lynd Ward" Titled lower left "Landscape with Logs"
Kiechel Auction
Jun. 06, 2024
LYND WARD (AMERICAN, 1905 - 1985)
Est: $300 - $500
Two original woodblock prints on mulberry and cream-colored Japanese paper. 'Thicket', 19 x 15 1/2"; and a print with an illegible title, 22 x 17". Both signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
Vallot Auctioneers
Jun. 06, 2024
LYND WARD (AMERICAN, 1905 - 1985)
Est: $300 - $500
Three original woodblock prints on handmade mulberry paper: 'State of Mind', 11 x 8"; 'Boy Without Flowers', 16 1/2 x 13"; and 'Survivors', 24 1/4 x 16". All signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
Vallot Auctioneers
Jun. 06, 2024
LYND WARD (AMERICAN, 1905 - 1985)
Est: $300 - $500
Two original woodblock prints on cream-colored Japanese paper. 'Spring Song', 20 x 9"; and 'Hour of the Flare', 21 1/2 x 12" (sight). Both signed and titled in pencil by the artist.
Vallot Auctioneers
May. 07, 2024
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Joe Louis, Plate from "North Star Shining", Frame: 15 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (39.4 x 31.8 cm.)
Est: $30 - $50
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Joe Louis, Plate from "North Star Shining",
Weschler's
Apr. 09, 2024
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Six Plates from God's Man, A Novel in Woodcuts, 1932, Unframed Sheet Size: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $50 - $100
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Six Plates from God's Man, A Novel in Woodcuts, 1932,
Weschler's
Mar. 23, 2024
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985) wood engraving
Est: $100 - $200
The Tycoon wood engraving, 1937, signed in pencil, illustration from Vertigo, matted and framed. 5 x 3 3/8
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Mar. 23, 2024
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985) wood engraving
Est: $150 - $250
The Board Meeting wood engraving, 1937, signed in pencil, illustration from Vertigo, matted and framed. 3 1/2 x 3 1/2"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Feb. 27, 2024
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985), Ten Plates from God’s Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Each Unframed: 9 x 5 3/4 in. (22.9 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $30 - $50
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985), Ten Plates from God's Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930,
Weschler's
Feb. 10, 2024
Lynd Ward (1905-1985) woodcut
Est: $100 - $200
Corral- Tres Cumbres woodcut, singed and titled in pencil. 7 x 12"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Feb. 03, 2024
Woodcut Print of Galleon Ship, Lynd Ward.
Est: $100 - $200
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1984). This pencil signed print depicts a large galleon ship at sea. The work is housed in a simple black frame with a cream-colored mat. The mat has discoloration, though the print appears to be in good overall condition. The sight area measures 5 1/2" x 9 1/4", and the frame measures 12" x 13". In-house shipping is available. Please see our website regarding our in-house shipping procedures.
Direct Auction Galleries, Inc.
Jan. 23, 2024
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985) Ten Plates from God’s Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Unframed: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $20 - $40
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985) Ten Plates from God's Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930,
Weschler's
Jan. 09, 2024
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985) Ten Plates from God’s Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Unframed: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $100 - $200
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985) Ten Plates from God's Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930,
Weschler's
Jan. 03, 2024
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Ten Plates from God's Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Each unframed: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $100 - $200
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Ten Plates from God's Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930,
Weschler's
Dec. 19, 2023
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Ten Woodcuts from God’s Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Each Unframed: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $30 - $50
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Ten Woodcuts from God's Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930,
Weschler's
Dec. 05, 2023
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985), Ten Plates from God’s Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Each unframed: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $30 - $50
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985), Ten Plates from God's Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930,
Weschler's
Dec. 02, 2023
Lynd Ward wood engraving
Est: $60 - $120
Lynd Ward (1905-1985) Woman wood engraving, signed in pencil, from Vertigo. 5 x 3 1/8"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Nov. 21, 2023
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985), Ten Prints from God’s Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Unframed: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $20 - $40
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985), Ten Prints from God's Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930,
Weschler's
Nov. 14, 2023
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985) Ten Plates from God’s Man, a Novel in Woodcut, 1930, Each: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $30 - $50
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985) Ten Plates from God's Man, a Novel in Woodcut, 1930,
Weschler's
Oct. 31, 2023
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985), Ten Plates from God’s Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Unframed: 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $30 - $50
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985), Ten Plates from God's Man, a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930,
Weschler's
Oct. 24, 2023
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985), Dancers, Plate from Hot Countries, 1930, Frame: 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (29.2 x 24.1 cm.)
Est: $30 - $50
Lynd Ward (American, 1905-1985), Dancers, Plate from Hot Countries, 1930,
Weschler's
Oct. 05, 2023
Binding.- Ward (Lynd) God's Man, striking monochrome binding, 1930.
Est: £100 - £150
NO RESERVE Binding.- Ward (Lynd) God's Man, second impression, woodcuts by the author, modern white morocco with decorative stripes and title inlays over black morocco central strip, title cut out and laid onto spine, 8vo, 1930.
Forum Auctions - UK
Oct. 03, 2023
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Four Plates from God's Man, A Novel in Woodcuts, 1930. Each Unframed, 8 x 5 3/4 in. (20.3 x 14.6 cm.)
Est: $50 - $100
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Four Plates from God's Man, A Novel in Woodcuts, 1930. Each Unframed,
Weschler's
Aug. 05, 2023
2 Lynd Ward wood engravings
Est: $200 - $400
Lynd Ward (1905-1985) North of the Height of the Land & Seedling 2 wood engravings, both signed and titled in pencil. 9 x 6"; 8 x 6"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Aug. 05, 2023
Lynd Ward wood engraving
Est: $100 - $200
Lynd Ward (1905-1985) Rising Storm wood engraving, 1939, signed and titled in pencil. 5 x 7''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jul. 13, 2023
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905-1985) America's Ethan Allen, dust jacket cover
Est: $800 - $1,200
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905-1985) America's Ethan Allen, dust jacket cover, 1949 Gouache on board 14-1/2 x 23 inches (36.8 x 58.4 cm) (image) Not signed The present work is published on the dust jacket cover of America's Ethan Allen by Stewart Holbrook (Houghton Mifflin Co, 1949). PROVENANCE: Private collection, acquired 1966; By descent to the present owner. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Jul. 13, 2023
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905-1985) Kidnapped, interior book illustration, 1
Est: $800 - $1,200
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905-1985) Kidnapped, interior book illustration, 1948 Gouache on board 15-1/4 x 10-1/4 inches (38.7 x 26.0 cm) (sight) Not signed The present work is published in Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson (Illustrated Junior Library, 1948). PROVENANCE: Private collection, acquired 1966; By descent to the present owner. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Jul. 13, 2023
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905-1985) America's Ethan Allen, interior book ill
Est: $800 - $1,200
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905-1985) America's Ethan Allen, interior book illustration, 1949 Gouache on board 11-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches (29.2 x 26.7 cm) (sight) Not signed The present work is published in America's Ethan Allen by Stewart Holbrook (Houghton Mifflin Co, 1949). PROVENANCE: Private collection, acquired 1966; By descent to the present owner. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Jul. 11, 2023
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Plate from God's Man, Woodcut, From a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Frame: 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (31.8 x 39.4 cm.)
Est: $20 - $40
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Plate from God's Man, Woodcut, From a Novel in Woodcuts, 1930,
Weschler's
Jun. 22, 2023
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905 - 1985)
Est: $500 - $800
Three wood block prints on Japan paper. All signed and titled in pencil. 24" x 15 1/2" (largest).
Vallot Auctioneers
Jun. 22, 2023
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905 - 1985)
Est: $500 - $800
Three wood block prints on Japan paper. All signed and titled in pencil. 27 1/2" x 15" (largest).
Vallot Auctioneers
Apr. 11, 2023
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Four Plates from God's Man, A Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Each Unframed, Each: 8 x 5 1/2 in. (20.3 x 14 cm.)
Est: $30 - $50
Lynd Ward (American 1905-1985), Four Plates from God's Man, A Novel in Woodcuts, 1930, Each Unframed,
Weschler's
Apr. 08, 2023
GODS MAN BY LYND WARD FIRST AND SECOND EDITIONS
Est: $100 - $150
Two copies of book titled Gods Man, A Novel in Woodcuts, by Lynd Ward. First and second editions, published by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith Inc. in 1929 and 1930. Hardcover. The first edition comes in original dust jacket. Lynd Kendall Ward, 1905 to 1985, was an American artist and novelist, known for his series of wordless novels using wood engraving which have influenced the development of the graphic novel. Gods Man was the first of six woodcut novels by Ward and a major American best-seller. It tells the Faustian story of an artist who signs away his soul for a magic paintbrush. Antiquarian Librarian Books Albums For Collectors, American Graphic Art.
Antique Arena Inc
Mar. 22, 2023
LYND KENDALL WARD (NJ/NY/IL, 1905-1985)
Est: $300 - $400
"Seedling", 1950, wood engraving, chine colle, pencil signed and titled, in black stick frame, matted and glazed, OS: 14 1/2" x 12", SS: 7 7/8" x 5 7/8". Toned. Ward is considered by many to be the father of the American graphic novel.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Mar. 18, 2023
Lynd Kendall Ward, (1905-1985), Undercliff, 1948, wood engraving, Published by the Woodcut Society, New York, 1948
Est: $200 - $300
Lynd Kendall Ward (1905-1985) Undercliff, 1948 wood engraving, Published by the Woodcut Society, New York, 1948 signed and dated in pencil lower margin, in original presentation folder Provenance: The Estate of John Wehmer, St. Louis, Missouri
Link Auction Galleries
Feb. 07, 2023
LYND WARD (1905-1985) WOOD ENGRAVING
Est: $50 - $1,000
Pencil signed lower right. Dimensions: (Frame) H 12.25" x W 10.25", (Sight) H 5.75" x W 5.25" Condition: Toning to mat and paper.
Westport Auction
Dec. 15, 2022
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905 - 1985)
Est: $500 - $800
Three wood block prints on Japan paper. Signed and titled in pencil. 17 x 11 3/4 in. (largest).
Vallot Auctioneers
Dec. 15, 2022
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905 - 1985)
Est: $500 - $800
Three wood block prints on Japan paper. Signed and titled in pencil. 11 1/4 x 25 1/2 in. (largest).
Vallot Auctioneers
Nov. 29, 2022
Lynd Ward, Confrontation Wood Engraving
Est: $200 - $300
Lynd Kendall Ward (American, 1905-1985), 1932, wood engraving on paper depicting a confrontation between two men, one with a pitch fork, signed and dated l.r., 5 3/4" x 8" sight, 13 1/4" x 19" framed.
Old Kinderhook Auction Company
Nov. 07, 2022
Four prints by American artists, Lynd Ward (United States 1905-1985), "Man Reading a Newspaper Wearing a Top Hat", wood engraving, 1930, ed: 100 (?), signed with pencil lower right, dated with pencil lower left, print...
Est: $100 - $200
Four prints by American artists, Lynd Ward (United States 1905-1985), "Man Reading a Newspaper Wearing a Top Hat", wood engraving, 1930, ed: 100 (?), signed with pencil lower right, dated with pencil lower left, printed by the artist in black ink on soft, smooth wove paper with complete margins, 5" h. x 3" w.; John Austin Sands Monks (United States 1850-1917), "Sheep Guided into a Yard", etching, c. 1880, signed in the plate lower left, printed by the artist on cream laid paper with complete margins, 4 3/4" h. x 8 3/8" w.; Elihu Vedder (United States 1836-1923) after "The Sea Serpent", etching, c. 1880, etched by D.A. Schopf, after a painting by Vedder, titled typographically lower center, printed by Estes & Lauder in black ink on cream laid paper with complete margins, 4 3/4" h. x 8 3/4" w.; along with Walter Locke (United States 1883-1949), "Florida Pines", etching, 1943, ed: 250, as published by Associated American Artists, signed and dated with pencil lower right, titled with pencil lower left, printed by the artist in black ink on cream laid paper with complete margins, 8 3/4" h. x 12 1/2" w., all framed and matted behind glass.
Winter Associates, Inc.
Nov. 05, 2022
Lynd Ward Prelude to a Million Years Signed Ltd
Est: $150 - $300
Ward, Lynd, Prelude to a Million Years: A Book of Wood Engravings, 1933, First edition, number 534 of 920 copies, signed by Ward on the limitation page, Equinox, NYC, hardcover, slim 8vo., original stringbound boards with silver foil spine, top edges uncut. Provenance: from the collection of Talotta's mentor and first employer Arthur C. Dimling, with his Rockwell Kent designed bookplate affixed to the front pastedown.
Concept Art Gallery