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LOÏS MAILOU JONES (1905 - 1998)
Quarrie on the Hudson.
Etching and aquatint, circa 1940s. 216x178 mm; 8
1
/
2
x7 inches, full margins. Signed and titled in
pencil, lower margin. A very good impression of this scarce print.
This is the first etching by Jones to appear at auction, a medium with which she experimented
during her time at Howard University in the 1940s. Another impression of this print is in the
collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NewYork.
[2,000/3,000]