| Blue
Valley Fox Hunt, 1936,
Lithograph. Zinc
10. Edition 250, AAA. Signed in pencil.
Image size 12 7/8
x 16 1/2 inches (327 x 419 mm); sheet size 14 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches (378
x 489 mm).
A superb impression,
with margins (3/4 to 1 inch) on cream wove paper. Barely visible skinning
in the outside right margin, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent
condition.
The reclining figure
is Thomas Hart Benton, deMartelly's teacher and friend.
Illustrated
in The Prints of John S. deMartelly: 1903-1979, by Bill North, Kresge Art
Museum, Michigan State University, 1997. Selected for Fine Prints of the Year,
1938, R. Wilson. First prize, graphic arts division Midwestern Artists'
Exhibition, 1939. Exhibited: 1939 New York World's Fair; 1939 Whitney Annual. $1600. |