A lot consisting of two black and white lithographs featuring images by American illustrator Ellison Hoover (1888-1955), including: 

• Unframed Wasn't Science Wonderful? (#30, 1945) with full margins. Signed and edition written in pencil along the lower margin.
  • Dimensions: 9h x 13w inches
• Unframed Rodin's 'The Thinker' (1940) with full margins. Signed in pencil along the lower margin.
  • Dimensions: 12h x 9.75w inches

Ellison Hoover was an American illustrator notable for his atmospheric prints of black & white rural & urban landscapes complimented by ghostly details that leave room for the viewer's imagination to wander. He studied at the Cleveland School of Art followed by the Art Students League of New York. Hoover then went on to work for many newspapers and magazines including The New Yorker, The New York Herald-Tribune, Life, and many more. 

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Fair to good vintage condition. There are residue spots of an unknown liquid on the Wasn't Science Wonderful? lithograph, as well as a slight crease going across the middle. Furthermore there is handling wear, including old tape residue, around the margins. There is also handling wear on The Thinker lithograph. Even toning across both. Please see photos.