Yale Campus, by Ellen Oakford, Amer., (1855?-1898) Engraving on red and white striped

on red and white striped fabric

Avery Print Collection at the NY Public Library

8-7/16 x 12-3/4

Here we see him framing the sky with the abreviated cubist ciphers he likely observed in the work of John Marin and other moderns he saw in magazines and exhibitions in New York in the late 1930's and early 1940's

signed with the cipher & titled in pencil

Yale Campus, by Ellen Oakford, Amer., (1855?-1898) Engraving on red and white stripedEtching, 1888, published by Klackner, NY, who's etched cursive copyright and NY address are etched outside the top left ruled border. The edition is unknown, though this appears to be an earlier "deluxe" pencil signed impression before the large cursive etched title was added below to the bottom center margin. The image measures 9 3 4 x 15 1 8, not including etched "remarque" of the fence below at lower right, initialed and dated 89 in the plate and