"Diamond Merchant" by Marian Lerer, Amer., (1928-2017) Aquatint and illustrated as pl

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especially the procreative generative force we share in common with every other living thing on our planet

A visit to her home is to walk straight into her prints

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A bold early print by the artist

"Diamond Merchant" by Marian Lerer, Amer., (1928-2017) Aquatint and illustrated as plLithograph, Ca. 1950's, Ed. unknown, 12 3 16 x 8 3 16, unsigned, on cream wove paper. As with her print "Treegob's Variety", Marian Lerer here explores the "stage and actors" on which the wheels of local commerce turn, and this diamond merchant may have been a local neighborhood fixture in Philadelphia observed by Lerer while growing up. Regardless, it is a striking image, devoid of comedic elements, with it's formidible, stoic subject, fixing us with