"Harvest in San Juan, New Mexico" by Peter Moran, Amer., (1841-1914) Aquatint large and witty figure subject

large and witty figure subject in color by the father of the Art Brut movement or "Raw Art"

then emigrated to America in 1927

infusing her hybrid imagery with elements of organic and man made structure

the foreground composition has always reminded me of Rembrandt's etching "Christ Presented to the People"

"Harvest in San Juan, New Mexico" by Peter Moran, Amer., (1841-1914) Aquatint large and witty figure subjectEtching, ca. 1883, ed. unknown, L. C. 2, 6 1 16 x 12 5 8, printed on pale cream chine colle mounted onto a stiff white wove support sheet, the margins trimmed but measuring at least an inch. Foxing to the left vertical margin extending to adjacent top and bottom margin one inch in from left plate edge, but confined to the margins only. A few tiny spots upper right image corner. Despite these flaws one of Moran's most beautiful southwestern prints in a