"New York Life Building, Madison Square, New York City" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Aquatint scattered marginal foxing and soiling

scattered marginal foxing and soiling

stray ink drip and small loss to upper right sheet corner

and was exhibited in Waterbury's Mattatuck Museum's wonderful "Travelers Tales" exhibition in 2010

as printed

a ghost of mat line and inconspicuous bump crease left margin center edge and lower right corner tip

"New York Life Building, Madison Square, New York City" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Aquatint scattered marginal foxing and soilingWatercolor and Pencil on thick cream wove paper, ca. 1930's, 15 1 4 x 20 1 4, uneven toning to the sheet with some soiling at the outer edges, unsigned, but inscribed by Roth on verso lower left corner in pencil: "#16 Madison Square N. Y. Life Bldg." This New York City scene by Ernest Roth, though unfinished, shows elaborate fine detail in the facades of the various buildings, and gives insight into the artist's working methods for developing a