"The Gate, Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Featured of 250 plus 10 proofs

of 250 plus 10 proofs

this is a very fine example of one of her prints

on very thin cream laid paper

SC where I purchased 3 pieces from his estate in the late 1980's

"The Gate, Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Featured of 250 plus 10 proofsEtching, 1906, ed. unknown, A. E. 4, 6 1 2 x 7 1 2, unsigned, on cream laid paper. By 1905 when he left America for Europe, Ernest Roth had studied etching at the National Academy under James Smillie and was already an accomplished artist. Etching his first Venetian subjects just three years after Whistler's death, Roth was among the most talented of the next generation of etchers to focus on the floating city as a favored subject. This early view of