"Venice from the Redentore" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Drypoint printed & pub

printed & pub

Connecticut

who shared the famous portfolio "Cafe Concert" with Toulouse Lautrec

who is best remembered for his images of people at ease in pursuit of the finer things in life

about whom an internet search now reveals nothing

"Venice from the Redentore" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Drypoint printed & pubEtching, 1913, ed. unknown, on thin cream wove simili japan paper, signed & dated in pencil; titled at the lower left margin edge, annotated 18 in lower right margin corner. A fine and fresh, crisply inked and wiped impression with an even veil of plate tone, the luminous japan paper adding suffused light to the atmosphere; the delicacy of the moored boats rigging and architectural details of St. Marks and the various pallazzi adding a palpable sense