"Shipping-Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Featured and small edition

and small edition

who quickly demonstrated his  mastery with this sensuous study of ripened pears and leaves

Henry Kallem worked on the WPA in the late 1930's and later produced prints of and in both Provincetown and New York

slight rubbing at top margin edge

this and the Harkness Tower print both echo the machine age aesthetic of the time

"Shipping-Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Featured and small edition1924, re etched 1941, 10 15 16 x 14 5 8, not in A. E., signed, titled & dated in pencil, on thick, cream laid paper. A complex and dynamic later Venetian subject, with much intricate detail in the rendering of the many boats at their moorings and distant buildings along the canal. This striking Venice subject is one of the artist's largest etchings and is not often seen.