Fisherman, Lake Tohopikiliga, by Robert Hogg Nisbet, Amer., (1879-1961) Pencil and illustrated as pl

and illustrated as pl

A particularly graceful composition by this gifted and well respected sporting artist

A dark and melancholic scene of two elderly woman

printed by the artist and descended in his family

yet they exhibit subtle gradations of value and differentiations of texture one wouldn't assume from such boldness

Fisherman, Lake Tohopikiliga, by Robert Hogg Nisbet, Amer., (1879-1961) Pencil and illustrated as plEtching, 1930's 40's, Ed. unknown, 7 7 8 x 9 7 8, minor toning to edges, a thin discreet printing crease extending into large cloud at top center, signed and dedicated in pencil, "To Ulric Ellerluscu A. A. A.", a tad difficult to decipher, on a cream wove paper. A fine impression of this print by Nisbet, a respected Connecticut painter and very fine print maker, who focused on the tranquil beauty of Kent and the Housatonic River, in CT's northwestern