Howard Cook Eagle Dance 1942 Woodcut Society Ltd Ed wood engraving signed

Kansas City: Woodcut Society, 1942. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Portfolio Folder. Near Fine. Howard Cook . Signed by Illustrator(s). Howard Norton Cook (1901-1980) was an American artist. Print is from a limited edition of 200, signed and dated in pencil. Comes with the original Woodcut Society folder. Folder: 12 3/4 x 16 inches; Accompanying text is by Paul Horgan. Image is 10 x 8 inches. Sheet size: 14 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches Fine impression in fine condition. Folder is in very good condition - has a small (3/4" round) glue residu from a dealer's sticker on the back. This print is in numerous major US museums as well as a number of international collections. Essay by Paul Horgan: "...This print has graphic charms which, of they are set forth: the delightful contrast between the big masses, the broad lights of the triangle of figures in the foreground, and the delicate figures so lightly touched alive in themiddle distance; the rich silhouette of the pueblo in the background, enclosing all the rest of the design in a peaceful limitation, like the border in architecture wisely used; the certainty of the burin, whose strokes make such satisfying cleavage between the blind wood and the artist's vision.....The American Southwest is a land of tremendous contrasts and strong moods which invite the grand simplifications at which black and white is particularly effective...." --Paul Horgan Printed by Torch Press. Cedar Rapids Duffy cites ten impressions in museum collections. Due to large size of the folder, extra postage will be required.