James Swann

Swann was born in Merkel, Texas in 1905, and studied at Sul Ross State Teachers College, Texas. Moving to Chicago, he became an active leader of the Chicago Society of Etchers and the Prairie Print Makers. His love for Chicago was displayed in his etchings with great affection and admiration, suggesting an almost dream-like quality. This romanticism of the city is contrary to that of Carl Sandburg's poetry and Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle, voicing criticism of social conditions existing at that time.

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James Swann
American (1905-1985)
Lincoln Park, Chicago
9-5/8 x 7-1/2 in.

Etching, 1943, edition about 100 or less. Czestochowski 142. Signed in the plate, lower left, and in pencil. Printed on wove paper with watermark, France. Full margins.

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James Swann
American (1905-1985)
Along the Lake
4-1/8 x 5-1/2 in.

Etching, 1955, edition 100. Czestochowski 213. Signed and titled in pencil.

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James Swann
American (1905-1985)
The Water Tower, No.2
9 x 6-1/4 in.

Drypoint, 1956, edition 100. Czestochowski 224. Signed and titled in pencil. Illustrated in James Swann, In Quest of a Printmaker, Joseph Czestochowski, 1990, pp.14 and 74.

$850.

James Swann
American (1905-1985)
April Evening
7-3/8 x 10 in.

Etching and aquatint, 1948, edition 100. Czestochowski 172. Signed and titled in pencil.

$750.

James Swann
American (1905-1985)
Drenched
4-3/4 x 3-1/2 in.

Drypoint, 1945, edition 100. Czestochowski 150. Signed and titled in pencil.

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James Swann
American (1905-1985)
Rural Free Delivery
8 x 9-7/8 in.

Soft-ground etching, 1942, edition 57. Czestochowski 124. Signed and titled in pencil. Printed on wove paper with a watermark, France. Illustrated in James Swann, In Quest of a Printmaker, Joseph Czestochowski, 1990, p.56.

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