"Pioneer in Wagon" by Eugene Higgins, Amer., (1874-1958) Wood Engraving The dramatic back lighting and

The dramatic back lighting and attention to both texture and detail in this print create an iconic and romantic vision of early American industry

There is a hint of Whistler and Roussel in the cropping and frontality of this composition

It's simply one of my favorite prints

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"Pioneer in Wagon" by Eugene Higgins, Amer., (1874-1958) Wood Engraving The dramatic back lighting andEtching, 1930's, ed. unknown, 6 7 8 x 4 15 16, on cream wove paper watermarked Normany Vellum, signed in pencil, in fine condition. Higgins, who was called "The American Millet" for his empathetic images of the rural and urban poor, summered in Old Lyme Ct for many years.