"Rio Della Pergola, Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Fresco signed with initials below the

signed with initials below the tree at image right and with the printed text in the lower margin

Ernest Roth had studied etching at the National Academy under James Smillie and was already an accomplished artist

plus proofs

A large and impressive scene documenting urban transportation in Newark in the early 1930's

"Rio Della Pergola, Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Fresco signed with initials below theEtching, 1925, 13 14 x 6 1 8, signed, titled & dated in pencil, on cream laid simili japan paper, thinning to edges from previous removal of tape. A more emotive work by Roth, with the wavering line quality and narrow vertical format contributing a sense of brooding movement to the walls as well as the surface of the water in the canal.