"Workman In Apron Resting" by Sperry Andrews, Amer., (1917-2005) Rare Solar Plate Etching

Solar Plate Etching

with his embossed Eldindean Press EP chop at the lower left margin corner

shown here in Lepere's etching

as published in American Art Review

"Workman In Apron Resting" by Sperry Andrews, Amer., (1917-2005) Rare Solar Plate EtchingGouache, ca. 1942, 11 11 16 x 8 1 4, image 5 x 3 1 2, signed with initials in blue crayon l. r. recto and notated "68 42 Iceland" top verso, penciled ref. span 9128, test strokes and marginalia to top margin recto, on textured cream wove watercolor paper. Painted during Sperry Andrews's service in Iceland during WWII, in addition to landscapes the artist portrayed his fellow servicemen and local working people. This workman seems to be on a rest