Dwight Case Sturges

Portrait

During the 1920's era, Dwight Case Sturges gained a strong international reputation for his portraits. This portrait clearly shows why his art was so highly regarded in this field. With both bold and confident lines and plate toning Sturges has fashioned a riveting image and portrayal. This original etching is printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with full, deckled margins as published in New York around 1925. It is signed in pencil by Dwight Sturges to the lower right.

Portrait

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Dwight Case Sturges (Boston, Massachusetts, 1874 - Melrose, Massachusetts, 1940)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Hear Ye: Hear Ye: Hear Ye by Dwight Case Sturges	Original Etching	1928	Signed by Dwight Sturges and numbered in pencil, edition, 68/100.
02.-		Portrait by Dwight Case Sturges	Original Etching	c. 1925	Signed by Dwight Sturges in pencil.
03-		Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall by Dwight Case Sturges	Original Etching	1914	Signed by Dwight Sturges in pencil.
04-		The Skipper by Dwight Case Sturges	Original Etching	1923	Signed by Dwight Sturges in pencil.	Sold

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Title:	Portrait
Artist:	Sturges, Dwight Case (Boston, Massachusetts, 1874 - Melrose, Massachusetts, 1940)
Date:	c. 1925
Medium:	Original Etching
Note:	Dwight Case Sturges 'Dwight Sturges': A fine American etcher of the early twentieth century, Dwight Case Sturges studied at the Cowles Art School in Boston. Most of Sturges's early art was in the medium of oil painting. Beginning around 1910, however, he devoted himself almost exclusively to the art of original etching. Many awards soon followed, most notably from the Chicago Society of Etchers and at the Pan Pacific Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. Dwight Sturges was a full member of the Chicago Society of Etchers, the Canadian Society of Etchers, the Concord Art Association and the American Federation of Arts. Many major American museums now include examples of Dwight Case Sturges' etched art in their collections, such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the New York Public Library, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and the Library of Congress, in Washington. The largest collection of his etched art is housed at the Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine.
	During the 1920's era, Dwight Sturges gained a strong international reputation for his portraits, figure studies and landscapes. During this decade his original etchings were published by the influential Kennedy Galleries, Fifth Avenue, New York. Through this major publisher his fine etchings were frequently exhibited in both England and France. All were published in editions of 100 or less.
	Dwight Sturges's figure studies and portraits were considered as among the finest of his age, and in these works he was often compared to the great Swedish artist, Anders Zorn. Portrait clearly shows why his art was so highly regarded in this field. With both bold and confident lines and plate toning Sturges has fashioned a riveting image and portrayal.
Size:	8 1/2 X 7 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $295.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon fine, hand-made, laid paper and with full, deckled margins as published in New York around 1925. Signed in pencil by the artist to the lower right. Containing some mat burning about one half of an inch from the plate-mark on all sides, else a strongly printed impression and in very good condition throughout. Portrait represents a superb, original example of the etched art of Dwight Case Sturges.
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