Columbus
Circle
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1938,
Etching.
Borne, 1980. Edition
not stated. Signed Mortimer Borne Imp. in pencil. Titled Columbus
Circle (small) 1938 in pencil, lower center margin.
Image size 6 15/16
x 8 3/8 inches (176 x 213 mm); sheet size 8 3/4 x 11 inches (222 x 279
mm).
A fine impression
with rich burr and selective plate tone, with full margins (3/4 to 1 3/8
inches) on off-white laid paper, in excellent condition.
The plate was etched
on location producing a mirror image of Columbus Circle, Broadway and
57th Street.
Illustrated in Borne:
Drypoints, Etchings, Color Drypoints, text by R. S. Biran, New York:
Abaris Books, 1980.
$650. |