"New York Life Building, Madison Square, New York City" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Aquatint a ghost of mat line

a ghost of mat line and inconspicuous bump crease left margin center edge and lower right corner tip

and was exhibited in Waterbury's Mattatuck Museum's wonderful "Travelers Tales" exhibition in 2010

9-1/4 x 10-7/16

Guy MacCoy was one of the pioneers of color silkscreen

scattered marginal foxing and soiling

"New York Life Building, Madison Square, New York City" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Aquatint a ghost of mat lineWatercolor 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