By Marguerite Kirmse
Located in Santa Monica, CA
MARGUERITE KIRMSE (English/American 1885-1954)
THREE’S A CROWD, c 1930
Etching, signed and titled in pencil. Plate 6 3/8 x 9 ¾ inches. Full sheet with edges on all sides. Sheet 10 5/8 x 13 5/8 inches. In good condition, save for old tape on sheet edges verso, showing through to recto. A hint of a mat line below the signature
Kirmse is considered to be one of the most important etchers of Dogs.
Sheet with even white tone - photos show oblique shadows
From Wikipedia:
Marguerite first trained as a harpist at the Royal Academy of Music but spent much of her spare time drawing animals. She went to the United States in 1910 on holiday with friends but stayed there.[4] She was not successful in advancing her musical career and focused her attention increasingly on her animal drawing, which she developed by frequent sketching trips to the Bronx Zoo.[5]
In 1921 she started producing etchings of dogs...
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1930s American Realist Charles Tunnicliffe Art