My First Day At School by Howard Baer, Amer., (1907-1986) Color original hinges to top margin

original hinges to top margin edge

lightly toned in the mat opening

A sumptuously rich and sensitively wiped impression of this beautiful drypoint by Hardie

has drawn new interest in his prints today

This is stated to be an original composition by the artist

My First Day At School by Howard Baer, Amer., (1907-1986) Color original hinges to top marginLithograph, 1940's, Ed. 250 for AAA, 11 7 8 x 9, signed in pencil, barely perceptible mat line, on cream wove paper 13 3 4 x 11. Baer made at least three lithographs remembering his own experiences attending a small rural school as a young boy around 1910 12. Several of his prints are regionalist in feeling, revisiting memories of youth, though I've seen one foreign subject as well. His sure hand and universal themes elicit empathy and nostalgia for