"Venice from the Redentore" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Wood Engraving titled and dated 1926 in

titled and dated 1926 in the plate

His prints feature a dramatic use of light with strong contrast of dark and light

signed & titled in pencil on white wove paper

There are tack holes with minor rust stains at margin edges from the original stretching and drying of this proof after printing

His fascination and knowledge of the mid-western birds he portrayed are realized with consummate skill in the difficult medium of color aquatint

"Venice from the Redentore" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Wood Engraving titled and dated 1926 inEtching, 1913, ed. unknown, old tape residue top edge verso, scattered inky fingerprints presumably the artist's, on verso, signed & dated in pencil, titled at the lower left margin edge, framers notation in lower right margin corner, on thin cream laid paper, A fine and fresh, crisply inked and wiped impression with a veil of granular plate tone, heavier at the top of the sky, the delicacy of the rigging on the moored boats and architectural details