My First Day At School by Howard Baer, Amer., (1907-1986) Color on cream wove somerset watermarked

on cream wove somerset watermarked paper 22 x 14-3/4

otherworldly light

has drawn new interest in his prints today

a crisp impression in a warm brown ink of this popular subject

A sumptuously rich and sensitively wiped impression of this beautiful drypoint by Hardie

My First Day At School by Howard Baer, Amer., (1907-1986) Color on cream wove somerset watermarkedLithograph, 1940's, Ed. 250 for AAA, 11 7 8 x 9, signed in pencil, barely perceptible mat line, on cream wove paper 13 3 4 x 11. Baer made at least three lithographs remembering his own experiences attending a small rural school as a young boy around 1910 12. Several of his prints are regionalist in feeling, revisiting memories of youth, though I've seen one foreign subject as well. His sure hand and universal themes elicit empathy and nostalgia for