"Diamond Merchant" by Marian Lerer, Amer., (1928-2017) Aquatint titled and dated 1926 in

titled and dated 1926 in the plate

and illustrated as pl

A bold early print by the artist

from the portfolio Paris Capital

Gouache on thick watercolor paper

"Diamond Merchant" by Marian Lerer, Amer., (1928-2017) Aquatint titled and dated 1926 inLithograph, Ca. 1950's, Ed. unknown, 12 3 16 x 8 3 16, unsigned, on cream wove paper. As with her print "Treegob's Variety", Marian Lerer here explores the "stage and actors" on which the wheels of local commerce turn, and this diamond merchant may have been a local neighborhood fixture in Philadelphia observed by Lerer while growing up. Regardless, it is a striking image, devoid of comedic elements, with it's formidible, stoic subject, fixing us with