"Five Men and Wood Stove" by Sperry Andrews, Amer., (1917-2005) Linocut crisply inked and wiped impression

crisply inked and wiped impression with an even veil of plate tone

and further inscribed at top left "avec mes amities a Tiia-Krishna" ( Tiia Sahni

on cream wove paper 12-5/16 x 10-11/16

printed in a warm brown ink on chine colle affixed to a thick cream laid support sheet

Even with these issues

"Five Men and Wood Stove" by Sperry Andrews, Amer., (1917-2005) Linocut crisply inked and wiped impressionGouache, ca. 1942, 7 x 10, signed with initials l. r. verso and notated "31 42 " penciled ref. span 9143", top verso, on textured cream wove watercolor paper. The theme of figures huddled around a toasty wood stove for simple warmth and comfort had great appeal for Sperry Andrews in the bleak and frigid climate of Iceland as he endured the loneliness and privation of wartime service. Returning home and eventually acquiring the home and studios of J.