"Rio Della Pergola, Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Fresco printed in a warm brown

printed in a warm brown ink on chine colle affixed to a thick cream laid support sheet

Ernest Roth had studied etching at the National Academy under James Smillie and was already an accomplished artist

along with the subtle play of light reflecting off the water'surface

signed with initials below the tree at image right and with the printed text in the lower margin

exhibitied at the Ridgefield Public Library Oct

"Rio Della Pergola, Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Fresco printed in a warm brownEtching, 1925, 13 14 x 6 1 8, signed, titled & dated in pencil, on cream laid simili japan paper, thinning to edges from previous removal of tape. A more emotive work by Roth, with the wavering line quality and narrow vertical format contributing a sense of brooding movement to the walls as well as the surface of the water in the canal.