"Welfare Island" by Cornelius W. Van Ness, Amer., (1894-1952) Offset Lithograph Milton Massachusetts

Milton Massachusetts

who traveled and studied widely in the 30's and 40's and also specialized in skiing subjects teaching the sport himself

with old masking tape to margin edges as is typical with prints Kent mounted himself

Having discovered a beautiful set of woodcutting tools there

"Welfare Island" by Cornelius W. Van Ness, Amer., (1894-1952) Offset Lithograph Milton MassachusettsEtching, ca. 1939, Ed. unknown, but likely small, 7 x 10 15 16, very faint tape residue to top corners and margin edges recto, one tiny spot of foxing in right margin, signed, titled, and dedicated "To Dorothy and Frank from Cornelius" in pencil, on cream wove watermarked CRM FABRIANO ITALY paper. This impression was exhbitied at the landmark 1939 New York World's Fair, and the original label from the exhibition accompanies this print. Cornelius W.