Section I: Visions of the Ideal

1. St. Ildefonso's Vision, not dated etching, 30.1 x 22.8 cm., ed. 6/50

2. Pursuit of Happiness, not dated etching, 30.1 x 22.7 cm., ed. 1/50 (1)(2)

3. A Hero's Life, 1946 etching, 25.2 x 20.1 cm., third state (3)

4. The Four Freedoms, 1943 etching, 30.1 x 22.8 cm., first state, only copy (2)

5. Romantic Island, c. 1944 etching, 20.3 x 25.2 cm., ed. 5/50

Section II: Literary Allusions

6. Midsummernight's Dream, not dated etching, 22.7 x 30.2 cm., ed. 2/50

7. Sound and Fury, 1943 etching, 30.2 x 22.7 cm., third state (2)

8. Paradise Lost, 1930 etching in sepia, 17.7 x 22.6 cm., state I

9. To Be or Not to Be, 1942 etching, 30.3 x 22.8 cm., ed. 13/50 winner of the 1943 John Taylor Arms prize, Society of American Etchers (1)(2)

10. Dr. Faustus, 1947 etching, 30.1 x 22.6 cm., ed. 12/50

Section III: Music and Reverie

11. Candlelight, not dated etching, 22.7 x 17.7 cm., ed. 9/30 (1)(2)

12. Guitar in the Park, c. 1945 etching, 25.3 x 20.3 cm., fourth state, numbered 2/8

13. Scherzo II, not dated etching, 22.7 x 17.7 cm., ed. 9/30

14. Moonlight Sonata, not dated etching, 25.2 x 20 cm., ed. 10/17

15. Fantasy, 1954 etching, 22.5 x 30.2 cm., ed. 13/50

16. Spring, 1948 etching, 20.1 x 25 cm., first state, only proof (3)

17. Dream, 1947 etching, 30.2 x 22.4 cm., ed. 17/50 (3)

Section IV: Biblical and Religious

18. Death and Transfiguration, not dated etching, 30.2 x 22.4 cm., ed. 11/50

19. Crucifixion, 1954 etching, 30 x 22.7 cm., ed. 1/50

20. The Golden Calf, 1950 etching, 30 x 22.7 cm., third state, only proof

21. Destruction of Pharaoh, not dated etching, 22.4 x 30.2 cm., ed. 4/50

22. St. Jerome, 1941 etching, 20.2 x 25.2 cm., first state (1)(2)

23. It is I; Be Not Afraid, not dated etching, 22.7 x 30 cm., ed. 8/50

24. The Raising of Lazarus, not dated etching, 30.2 x 22.5 cm., ed. 4/50

25. Gothic, not dated etching, 30.1 x 22.4 cm., ed. 11/30

KEY:

(1) Exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution, December 1-31, 1942.

(2) Exhibited at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, December 14, 1943 to January 9, 1944.

(3) Exhibited at the George Binet Gallery, New York, March 12 to April 1, 1949.

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