WINSLOW HOMER

WINSLOW HOMER
Mending the Tears (G. 97)
etching, 1888, on cream simili Japon, signed in pencil and annotated 'N.A.', with the anchor remarque, with the artist's copyright and 'G.W.H. Ritchie imp.' lines, with margins (folded back), pale light- and time staining, two tiny abrasions in the left figure's dress, a few minor creases, nailed in areas (and other old nail holes) along the margin edges to a wood frame, small areas of old glue remains, surface soiling and a few foxmarks in the margins, otherwise in good condition
P. 17½ x 23 in. (444 x 584 mm.)
S. 22 x 27 5/8 in. (559 x 701 mm.)