"Mare and Colt" by George Schreiber, (Amer., 1904-1977) Etching probably ca

probably ca

An attractive color image from the Provence series by this respected French mid-20th century master of abstraction

and titled in pencil

What a nice coincidence

5-1/16 x 3-7/8

"Mare and Colt" by George Schreiber, (Amer., 1904-1977) Etching probably caLithograph, 1952, AAA Ed. of 250, 9 1 2 x 13 3 4, signed in pencil, on cream wove paper. Traces of old hinges top margin corners recto. A tender and beautifully rendered composition of a colt leaning towards it's mother, grazing nearby, while a farmer coils rope at right. The evocation of brilliant sunlight illuminating the edges of the cloud and the low vantage point of the viewer add to the monumentality of this classic regionalist scene by