"Shipping-Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Featured handling creases to image and

handling creases to image and margins

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

and small edition

reproduced as here by Prang for a broader market still fascinated by the romance of the American west

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

"Shipping-Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Featured handling creases to image and1924, 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.