"Bend in a Stream with Three Ducks" by Edith Penman, Amer., (1860-1929) Tempera In 1938 Pollak and his

In 1938 Pollak and his wife settled in San Francisco which remained his base

Addison LeBoutillier was an accomplished Boston area artist and architect who is best known today as a designer for Grueby Pottery

Thorpe often favored a dramatic black background to focus the viewer's attention on the vibrant color and delicate silhouette of blooms and foliage

That Daumier was known to indulge in a little black humor

3-7/16 x 4-7/8

"Bend in a Stream with Three Ducks" by Edith Penman, Amer., (1860-1929) Tempera In 1938 Pollak and hisEtching. ca. 1890, ed. unknown, 6 7 16 x 9 3 16, signed in script in the plate below the image along with an etched dragonfly remarque, on thick stiff cream wove paper. Light soil, a few faint spots of foxing mostly in the margins, and browning at margin edges from contact with the previous frame. The artist was a member of both the New York Etching Club and the Byrdcliff Arts & Crafts colony in Woodstock, New York.