Robert Jordan by Lynd Ward, Amer., (1905-1985) Drypoint tape stain to bottom corners

tape stain to bottom corners verso only

very faint mat line from previous mount

and most seem to exist only in a handful of impressions

often gifting it to friends as a memento of what he believed

on cream wove paper watermarked Normany Vellum

Robert Jordan by Lynd Ward, Amer., (1905-1985) Drypoint tape stain to bottom cornersLithograph, 1942, Edition unknown, 6 15 16 x 5 3 4, a fine impression, two pale fox marks to margins, some faint foxing to sheet verso, old hinges to top corners recto, signed, titled and dated 1942 in pencil, on warm white wove RIVES paper 11 1 2 x 8. Robert Jordan, American war hero, enlisted during WWII serving as a tail gunner, and after 11 missions was shot down over Hanover Germany. Liberated at war's end and awarded the Purple Heart, Jordan