"Harvest in San Juan, New Mexico" by Peter Moran, Amer., (1841-1914) Aquatint Fay's work deserves to be

Fay's work deserves to be better known

Merritt Chase

large and witty figure subject in color by the father of the Art Brut movement or "Raw Art"

on the full sheet as originally issued

"Harvest in San Juan, New Mexico" by Peter Moran, Amer., (1841-1914) Aquatint Fay's work deserves to beEtching, ca. 1883, ed. unknown, L. C. 2, 6 1 16 x 12 5 8, printed on pale cream chine colle mounted onto a stiff white wove support sheet, the margins trimmed but measuring at least an inch. Foxing to the left vertical margin extending to adjacent top and bottom margin one inch in from left plate edge, but confined to the margins only. A few tiny spots upper right image corner. Despite these flaws one of Moran's most beautiful southwestern prints in a