SIMMONS, Will, (American, 1884-1949): Thirteen piece unframed print lot, to include: 1) Jumping Tarpon, Etching and Aquatint, 18'' x 13.25'' with margins, pencil signed lower right, numbered 4/15? lower left, signed on the plate upper right and dated 1921; 2) Two Bear Cubs Wrestling, Etching, 9.5'' x 6.25'' with margins, pencil signed lower right; 3) ''Toes'', Bear Cub in the Forest, Etching, 12.5'' x 9.5'' with margins, marked ''1 of 2 Trial Proof'', signed lower right, titled lower mid margin; 4) ''Solicitude'', depicting Monkey Mother and Child with Snake, Drypoint, 12'' x 6.75'' with margins, signed lower right, medium and titled inscribed lower left; 5) Bear Cub Laughing, Etching, 5'' x 3.5'' with margins, signed ''Best Ever, From Will Simmons''; 6) Crouching Cat, Drypoint, 3.5'' x 4.5'' with margins, signed in the plated and dated 1910 NYC; 7) Polar Bear Cub in the Snow, Etching, 5.5'' x 4.5'' with margins, pencil signed lower right; 8) Fox Following Footprints in the Snow, Color Aquatint, 13.5'' x 18'' with margins, signed lower right; 9) Hummingbirds Collecting Pollen, Etching, 11.5'' x 9.25'' with margins, pencil signed lower right; 10) Two Black Swans in a Pond at Sunset, Color Aquatint, 12'' x 9.75'' with margins, pencil signed lower right, marked ''Trial Color Proof'' lower left; 11) ''Polar Sports'', Polar Bear Cubs Frolicking in the Water, Color Aquatint, 18'' x 12.75'', pencil signed lower right, titled mid margin; 12) ''Children of the Snow'', Color Aquatint, 12'' x 11.5'' with margins, signed lower right, titled lower margin, taped to a backboard and mat; 13) Polar Bear on the Ice, Color Engraving, 12.75'' x 16.5'' with margins, pencil signed lower right. Est. $1000/2000**
CONDITION: 1) Some loss and staining in the upper right corner, fold in upper left and tear to the edge of the left margin; 2) Some minor handling creases, lower left and upper right corners are bent; 3) Some loss in upper right corner, scattered handling creases and stain in lower left corner; 4) Some toning, crease in upper right corner; 5) Some pale toning and foxing; 6) Rough cut in lower margin; 8) Some scattered staining and mat burn; 9) Some mild toning and scattered faint foxing; 10) Some waffling in the right margin; 11) Some surface loss in upper corners with tape remnants, pale staining and foxing; 12) Crease in lower left corner, small loss in upper right corner; 13) Overall even toning, some minor handling creases.