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Samuel L. Margolies

Equine Arcadia

Title:	Equine Arcadia
Artist:	Margolies, Samuel L. (New York, 1897 - 1974)
Date:	c. 1939
Medium:	Original Aquatint Engraving
Note:	Samuel L. Margolies: A New York City painter, etcher and engraver, Samuel Margolies studied at the National Academy of Design, Cooper Union Art School and the Beaux-Arts Institute. He began exhibiting his art there around 1927 and gained a strong reputation during the Depression decade of the 1930's for his views of both New York and the surrounding countryside. Margolies was a master of the medium of aquatint where tonal values take precedence over lines. As one can clearly see in Equine Arcadia, this medium perfectly suited Margollies' artistic expression of Depression era life. A number of the Artist's aquatints were exhibited at the New York World's Fair of 1939. Strangely, after this date Margolies appears to have abandoned original printmaking.
	During the 1930's many of Samuel Margtolies' original prints were published by the Associated American Artists, New York. This publisher promoted and sold original contemporary lithographs, aquatints and etchings throughout the United States. Other contributing artists included Thomas Hart Benton, Curry, Sloan, Grant Wood and Reginald Marsh. Equine Arcadia was probably commissioned by this publisher.
Size:	10 X 12 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Condition:	Printed on wove paper and with full margins as published in New York around 1939. Signed and titled by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. Slight matte burning exists in the outer margins, else a beautifully printed impression and in excellent condition throughout.
Price:	Sold - The price is no longer available.
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