John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953), Canale E Chiesa, San Barnaba, Venizia (Sketch) Drypoint Maxime Lalanne's landmark book A

Maxime Lalanne's landmark book A Treatise on Etching

Witherstine's  style has certain graphic affinities with the woodcuts of Felix Vallotton during La Belle Epoch in France

old hinges to top corners with some minor associated rippling

and trimmed to the subject by the artist

This lithograph shows Richards near photographic precision in rendering complex overlapping forms and extraordinary detail

John Taylor Arms, Amer., (1887-1953), Canale E Chiesa, San Barnaba, Venizia (Sketch) Drypoint Maxime Lalanne's landmark book AEtching, 1931, Ed. 45, 6 7 8 x 4 13 16, Demonstration Series #28, National Arts Club, New York, Dec. 9th, 1931, ref. F. 243, titled in the plate, signed and inscribed "Demonstration Plate etched at the National Arts Club, Wednesday, Dec. 9th, 1931", on cream wove paper 11 7 16 x 7 15 16, in fine condition, in the original antique 2 ply rag mat. A charming Venetian canal study by Arms, etched before a live audience in 1931, in a modest edition of 45.