My First Day At School by Howard Baer, Amer., (1907-1986) Color A sumptuously rich and sensitively

A sumptuously rich and sensitively wiped impression of this beautiful drypoint by Hardie

has drawn new interest in his prints today

and for many years in New York until his death in 2018

lightly toned in the mat opening

on cream wove somerset watermarked paper 22 x 14-3/4

My First Day At School by Howard Baer, Amer., (1907-1986) Color A sumptuously rich and sensitivelyLithograph, 1940's, Ed. 250 for AAA, 11 7 8 x 9, signed in pencil, barely perceptible mat line, on cream wove paper 13 3 4 x 11. Baer made at least three lithographs remembering his own experiences attending a small rural school as a young boy around 1910 12. Several of his prints are regionalist in feeling, revisiting memories of youth, though I've seen one foreign subject as well. His sure hand and universal themes elicit empathy and nostalgia for