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Lot 12
  • 12

Reginald Marsh

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Reginald Marsh
  • Eltinge Follies (Sasowsky 211)
  • etching
  • 305 by 250 mm 12 by 9 7/8 in
Etching with extensive hand-coloring, 1940, one of 15 known impressions of the seventh (final) state, before steel-facing, on laid paper

Condition

The margins are wide and the print is in good condition. The margins with pale mat stain, darkest at the mat opening, faint light-stain. The upper sheet edge verso with brown paper tape.
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Catalogue Note

The attribution of the hand-coloring for these prints has never been confirmed by Sasowsky.  It has been suggested that Marsh's wife may have colored them at the time of the printing.