The Old Print Shop

The Book.

  • ARTIST: Alice Harold Murphy

  • MEDIUM: Soft ground etching,

    DATE: 1945.

  • EDITION SIZE: Edition 5. Image size 9 3/4 x 7 7/8" (25.2 x 20 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION:

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed "1945" and "soft ground" in lower margin. Likely printed at the Art Students League. Will Barnett said that he was the master printer at the league, that was part of his salary, and he would fail any student who asked him to print more than 5 of any image.

  • CONDITION: Fair condition, narrow margins, remains of brown hinging tape and a chip in the top left margin corner. A nice impression of this rare image.

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