"New York Life Building, Madison Square, New York City" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Aquatint with the tack holes at

with the tack holes at the edges as usual

scattered marginal foxing and soiling

9-1/4 x 10-7/16

unknown but probably small

A fine landscape darftsman and etcher

"New York Life Building, Madison Square, New York City" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Aquatint with the tack holes atWatercolor 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