"Strawberry Festival" by Walter Dubois Richards, Amer., (1907-2006) Chromolithograph

"Strawberry Festival" by Walter Dubois Richards, Amer., (1907-2006) ChromolithographLithograph, ca. 1940, artist's proof , Ed. unknown, 9 7 8 x 14, signed & titled in pencil, on warm white wove paper. There are tack holes with minor rust stains at margin edges from the original stretching and drying of this proof after printing. This lithograph shows Richards near photographic precision in rendering complex overlapping forms and extraordinary detail. Strawberry Festivals are a favorite New England Summertime tradition in many towns.

titled and numbered by Moy in pencil

Small stain left margin edge

faint tape residue to top margin corners well away from image

this impression is signed in pencil by the artist

on stiff crream wove paper

Presentation Print for The Print Club of New York

handling crease to left of signature

My own grandparents lived for many years on the other side of the block shown here to the left of their beloved church

signed and dated in pencil by Arms

7-13/16 x 9-15/16

Published by Living American Art

a short repaired tear at lower right margin edge well away from the image