"The Grill, Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Chalk so the final maquette for

so the final maquette for for the portfolio was completed and approved by Matisse in 1953

and dedicated "To Dorothy and Frank from Cornelius" in pencil

of which this is one

losses and creasing  to the corner tips

"The Grill, Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Chalk so the final maquette forEtching, 1913, 10 7 16 x 7 15 16, signed, titled & dated in pencil, on antique cream laid paper with a crown & scepter watermark, small discrete clear linear acretion left of shadowed figure to right in courtyard, small loss to top left margin corner. A fine impression of this beautiful print, showing a weathered facade on a Venetian canal with it's distinctive oval windows to each side and arched iron grill over the darkened entrance leading to a