"Strawberry Festival" by Walter Dubois Richards, Amer., (1907-2006) Chromolithograph Small stain left margin edge

Small stain left margin edge

titled and numbered by Moy in pencil

handling crease to left of signature

on stiff crream wove paper

"Strawberry Festival" by Walter Dubois Richards, Amer., (1907-2006) Chromolithograph Small stain left margin edgeLithograph, ca. 1940, artist's proof , Ed. unknown, 9 7 8 x 14, signed & titled in pencil, on warm white wove paper. There are tack holes with minor rust stains at margin edges from the original stretching and drying of this proof after printing. This lithograph shows Richards near photographic precision in rendering complex overlapping forms and extraordinary detail. Strawberry Festivals are a favorite New England Summertime tradition in many towns.