Purgatory, Melody Asbury, Amer., (B. 1948) New Acquisition diagonal soft crease running across

diagonal soft crease running across top left of print running through lowest flower on potted plant in window

The well to do Brown's smug wink  below the hollow "Thanks to All of You" sentiment above oozes with caustic derision when coupled with the "Smile When You Go Under" title of the print

and extending the wall to plate edge  at left

and her prints are in included in the collections of the Library of Congress and Metropolitan Museum of Art

Certainly one of Ross's greatest prints

Purgatory, Melody Asbury, Amer., (B. 1948) New Acquisition diagonal soft crease running acrossColor Monotype, 2022, 14 x 11, signed, annotated Monotype and titled in pencil, on warm white wove paper 22 x 14 3 4. Melody Asbury gravtated towards art and nature at an early age. Her mother was an artist, and creativity was encouraged. Professional study while in her teens led to portrait commissions and work as a courroom artist. Moving to rural Woobbury, CT, the subject of her portraits evolved from native Americans to animals; whom she has drawn