Six American Etchings. The complete portfolio is comprised of six etchings, circa 1920-1921, each signed in pencil, from the edition of approximately 500, published by The New Republic, New York, 1924. Each sheet: 11 x 14 1/8 inches, printed in Van Gelder paper by Peter Platt. Each etching with full margins, together with the original portfolio case and handling instructions sheet.
Portfolio cover/case.
Edward Hopper (1882-1967), Night Shadows. 1921. Etching. Levin 82. 7 x 8 3/8 (sheet 11 1/8 x 14). Signed in pencil, lower right.
Peggy Bacon (1889-1987). The Promenade Deck. 1920. Etching. Flint 47. 6 x 8 3/8 inches (sheet 11 x 14 1/8). Signed in pencil, lower right.
Ernest Haskell (1876-1925. The Sentinels of North Creek. c. 1920. Etching. 5 x 7 7/8(sheet 11 x 14 1/8). Signed in pencil, lower center. With an enclosed sheet that describes framing the work at the Montrose Gallery in New York.
John Marin (1870-1953). Downtown, the El. 1913. Etching. Zigrosser 134. 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 (sheet 11 x 14 1/8). Signed in pencil, lower left.
Kenneth Hayes Miller (1876-1952). Play. 1919. Etching. 4 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 10 x 13 7 1/16). Signed in pencil, lower left.
John Sloan (1871-1951), Bandit's Cave. 1920. Etching. (Morse 195), 7 x 5 (sheet 9 3/4 x 11 3/4). Signed in pencil, lower right
In 1924 The New Republic offered readers a set of six original signed etchings with the purchase of a subscription to the magazine.
