"Old Town Tower and Charles Bridge, Prague" by Jan C. Vondrous, Czech, (1884-1974) Photogram

"Old Town Tower and Charles Bridge, Prague" by Jan C. Vondrous, Czech, (1884-1974) PhotogramEtching, 1915, Ed. unknown, 6 1 8 x 3 1 2, signed and dated in the plate, on thick buff wove paper, with one spot of foxing upper right margin corner away from subject, a rich, crisp impression of this striking little print. Born in Czechoslovakia, Vondrous moved to New York at an early age and studied etching under James D. Smillie at the National Academy of Design. Highly skilled in portraying architecture, his early subjects included views of New

with a nice dedication to his friend the painter Hobart Nichols

but as mentioned

She is best known for the Art Deco style of her prints

) Another impression of this print is in the collection of

titled at the lower left margin edge

of japan proofs for his autograph"

Most of his work was devoted to portrayals of people at work and leisure in rural and sometimes urban communities

8 x 10-1/8

According to Efram Burke

signed & titled vertically in pencil in the side margins

signed in pencil on cream laid paper

Miniature Series 39