204: JACKSON LEE NESBITT (1913-2008) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING

Jackson Lee Nesbitt (1913-2008)
Ozark Bridge (1941)
The etching published by the artist in a smaller edition aside from the 250 prints published by Associated American Artists is signed by the Nesbitt in pencil below the image lower right and titled lower left. This nice, dark impression is from those few that were signed in the etching plate as well as in pencil. Retiff/Salzer report that, ''Both a pencil drawing and a painting exist of this subject. Associated American Artists published the print. A few impressions were printed by the artist and are signed and dated in the plate mark lower left. The AAA impressions do not have that in the plate mark.'' This print is from those few impressions that were printed by the artist, note the signature and date in plate mark as described.

Nesbitt tells the following about this etching, ''I got this picture from a sketching trip. I took to Arkansas in 1940 with Thomas Hart Benton, Lewis Bogart, Bill McKim, Earl Bennett and Bud Glenn. We all drove down in Tom Benton's car and for 10 days we paired off and went sketching all along the countryside. It rained half of the time, but that didn't stop us any. Bud Glenn's the figure on the bridge.''
Image measures 11.75 x 9.5, sheet is 13.75 x 11.5 inches.
Very good condition, very clean, the sheet with wide margins does not appear to be trimmed, not laid down, frayed or thinned corner lower left, a short tear bottom edge to the left side, otherwise very good and free from damage, repair, puncture, tear or stain.
$350 - $500