"Rail Yards, Buffalo" by J. Andre Smith, Amer., (1880-1959) Rare

"Rail Yards, Buffalo" by J. Andre Smith, Amer., (1880-1959) RareEtching, 1912, Ed. unknown, image 8 x 5 1 2, signed in pencil and inscribed "1st. proof", on thin cream wove similli vellum paper with small irregular side and bottom margins 1 4 3 8, top margin of 3 4 inches. a rapidly drawn and forcefully wrought image of the Buffalo rail yards with great economy and abandon in the rendering of the smoke wafting from the idling engines. The first proof from the plate.

personalized

on cream wove paper with large side margins and a loss to the upper left corner

Silkscreen in color

12-5/8 x 9-1/4

dated & numbered in the plate

The Gothic structure in the distance is believed to be one of the oldest synagogues in Europe

rare and spectacular print by Moy is not commonly seen

between 28 & ca

SC where I purchased 3 pieces from his estate in the late 1980's

confined mostly to the outer margin edges

9-3/4" x 7-1/2"

toning to margin edges