Winter by Arthur Flory

This is the 1952 presentation print from the American Color Print Society. It is a colored etching titled Winter by Arthur Flory. This is a soft-ground etching of an Eastern Blue Jay perched on a branch overlooking a snowy field. The artist uses the soft ground technique to give a misty impressionist quality to the print. He uses two colors, blue and black to create the image. The branch provides a strong diagonal while the bird defines another diagonal at 90 degrees. The Blue Jay is looking at the viewer. It's a beautiful little piece. The etching is unframed. It is signed and dated in pencil lower right, Arthur Flory '52. The title is given lower left and the notation Imp. (for impression) is given lower center. The print would have been available to all subscribers, so the actual edition size is not known. All the associated information from the American Color Print Society is present including a commentary by Morris Blackburn and biographical information on the artist. The piece is in excellent condition. It is well struck and inked. The image size is 6 x 4 1/2 inches. It is printed on a full untrimmed sheet 9 x 8 inches. There are no condition issues including no toning, staining, foxing, tears, or paper loss. A piece of history from the American Color Print Society.