"Woodcock and Alders" by William J. Schaldach, Amer., (196-1982) Tempera A unique impression in both

A unique impression in both this color ink and on this paper

Thorpe often favored a dramatic black background to focus the viewer's attention on the vibrant color and delicate silhouette of blooms and foliage

and also titled in pencil in lower left margin on a stiff cream card stock

The artist received a BA degree from Yale University in New Haven in 1932

on cream wove paper watermarked Millbourne British Hand Made

"Woodcock and Alders" by William J. Schaldach, Amer., (196-1982) Tempera A unique impression in bothDrypoint, ca. 1935, Ed. ca. 50, 8 1 4 x 6 3 8, on cream wove paper with large margins, palest trace of toning within mat opening, signed in pencil. A fine sporting image by the artist.