Peony Decoration by Eva Auld Watson, Amer.,(1889-1948) Chalk an alliance of National Guard

an alliance of National Guard soldiers and working class men

and all the curios found in an artist's studio

Spiegle's images of the fairer sex emote a 19th century gentility with equal parts of sentiment and innocence

In her work this fertility becomes a fitting metaphor for the role of the artist in society

annotated imp (printed by the artist)

Peony Decoration by Eva Auld Watson, Amer.,(1889-1948) Chalk an alliance of National GuardColor Linocut, 1925, Ed. 5 90, 10 1 8 x 10, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, on cream wove japan paper 12 x 12. A beautiful Arts & Crafts Deco floral subject by this accomplished artist who along with her husband both specialized in color linocut from the late 1920's to past mid century.