Interplay, by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1939-2013) Softground

Interplay, by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1939-2013) SoftgroundEtching & Aquatint, 1962, Ed. 6 6, plus 6 proofs in various colors, 11 7 8 x 17 11 16, signed, titled, dated and numbered 6 6 in pencil, on cream wove paper 14 1 2 x 20 3 4. Printed at Bob Blackburn's Harlem Studio. Ms. Martin traveled to Italy on a Fulbright Fellowship Grant in 1959, and for many years was the Chair of the Art Department at the Westover School in Middlebury, CT. Her mature work in many media is distinguished by playful inventions of

10-1/2 x 7-1/2

The grasshopper's lifeless

Zimmerman taught the two to draw exclusively from memory and imagination

but at least 2

"Tiger" is a masterpiece of American 20th century wood engraving

11-1/2 x 15-3/4

labor intensive  drawing technique using dots

5-5/8 x 6-7/8

the artist's biographer

Young's graphic works demonstrate a bold and succinct directness in their rendering

housed in the original Society of American Etchers portfolio with printed cover sheet bearing presentation essay by John Taylor Arms

cockled in top margins where hinged