The first a pen and ink drawing on paper, signed and titled in the lower right "Carl Pappe Taxco 1938," ink inscriptions on the verso, mounted, matted, and framed under glass. (SS 10" x 14"; DOA 16.5" x 20.25"); the second a woodblock print, signed in the plate and signed in pencil along lower margin "Carl Pappe," inscribed in pencil below "My Mexican Philosopher to my Chicago Philosopher / Wendell P. Cole," matted and framed under glass. (SS 6.25" x 5"; DOA 13" x 11"). Carl Pappe emigrated with his family to the United States at the age of 11, settling in Lorrain, Ohio. He studied at both the Cleveland School of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art before accepting a position as stage design for Paramount Studios in New York. Pappe first visited Mexico City in 1934, following the Great Depression, where he was introduced to many of the great Mexican artists including Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Ruffino Tamayo. He later settled in Taxco with his wife, Bernice Goodspeed, who was both an anthropologist and silver designer and they opened up their home and studio to many of their artist friends as political and social difficulties arose in the capital city.

Neither has been examined out of the frame.

From the Collection of John Shelton Reed & Dale Volberg Reed.

$300 - 500