"Pioneers Resting" by Eugene Higgins, Amer., (1874-1958) Engraving traces of brown water tape

traces of brown water tape at margin edges

6-5/16 x 9-3/8

with subtle modulations of value and a remarkable quality of light on form

by Louis Prang & Company

Originally an illustrator who studied with Harvey Dunn and N

"Pioneers Resting" by Eugene Higgins, Amer., (1874-1958) Engraving traces of brown water tapeEtching, 1938, ed. 149, LC 164, 5 3 4 x 7 7 8, on cream wove paper, signed in pencil. The image is fine, but there are marginal issues. There is a very pale mat line, a small repaired puncture in the lower left margin and a short repaired tear at the right center margin edge. Higgins, who was called "The American Millet" for his many empathetic images of the rural and urban poor, summered in Old Lyme Ct for many years.