"Interplay" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) Pastel

"Interplay" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) PastelEtching & Aquatint, 1962, Ed. of 6 only, 11 7 8 x 17 5 8, signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, on cream wove paper. substantial foxing to margins, barely affecting image. Printed at Bob Blackburn's Harlem Studio. Ms. Martin traveled to Italy on a Fulbright Fellowship Grant in 1959, and for many years was the Chair of the Art Department at the Westover School in Middlebury, CT. Her mature work is distinguished by playful inventions of organic

on thin cream laid J WHATMAN watermarked paper

barely perceptible mat line

with a pencil drawing of a nude verso

on cream laid Montgolfier paper with small angled margins as printed

with a minor thin spot top right edge

lovingly rendered and based upon his own seafaring travel adventures to places both foreign and domestic

and worked primarily as an illustrator supplying drawings and prints for deluxe editions of books in France during the first half of the 20th century

as this large and impressive lithograph attests

An uncommon architectural subject by the artist

and notably

signed in the plate & in pencil

tape stains in the outer margins verso