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The picture buyer – Historic Reproduction

The picture buyer, 1911 — historic print
The picture buyer, 1911. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few titles说 say as much about a scene as this one does: "The Picture Buyer" frames the image around a single moment of choice, someone deciding which art to take home. The etching dates to 1911 and comes from an edition of 100, signed on the plate and again in pencil. Carl Zigrosser, a noted authority on American printmaking, recorded it in his catalog, and the Library of Congress acquired it with funds from the Pennell fund, a reminder of Joseph Pennell's work to win etching wider respect in America.

Created / published1911
Medium1 print : etching ; 13.4 x 17.6 cm.
NotesZigrosser, 82. Edition of 100. Signed and dated on plate; signed in pencil. DLC Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hopkins Press, 1970, p. 455. Purchase; Pennell fund.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,217 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-138618

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