"Rare Bird" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) Engraving

"Rare Bird" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) EngravingEtching and Aquatint, 1962, ed. of 7 only, 7 15 16 x 4 7 8, signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, on thin cream wove paper. Rare. One of a group of prints Ms. Martin created at the influential Blackburn workshop in 1961 2. The recipient of a Fulbright grant to work in Florence from 1958 9, this important CT artist continued to work in ceramic, collage, linocut, and batik. Other prints by Ms. Martin are in inventory and some duplicate

signed and titled

11-1/2 x 7-9/16

Calame was the premiere Swiss master of landscape lithography in the 19th century

on cream textured wove paper

on textured cream J Whatman Hand Made watermarked paper

signed lower left in ink

signed and dated in the plate and signed in pencil

There is some rippling

plus 10 trial proofs

3-7/16 x 4-7/8

This lovely print is reproduced on page 90 in "This Realm

making it an iconic image and a masterpiece of early American lithography