"Le Trayeur Normandie" by John Winkler, Austrian-Amer., (1890-1979) Wood Engraving with heavy embossing

with heavy embossing

This large print exhibits a tour de force of composition with dramatic lighting effects and a sweeping crowd of figures dwarfed by towering architecture

There is a pencil study of three related figures verso

Deservedly well known for his industrial labor scenes

image 5-3/16 x 11-1/8

"Le Trayeur Normandie" by John Winkler, Austrian-Amer., (1890-1979) Wood Engraving with heavy embossingEtching, 1924, ed. of 50, Published in Paris, 5 15 16 x 7 5 16, signed & dated in the plate and signed in pencil, on antique warm white wove paper. Faint mat line from previous mount. The delicacy and openess of Winkler's line and love of detail show that he too, like many of his contemporaries, fell under Whistler's spell.