"Venice from the Redentore" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Wood Engraving signed & titled in pencil

signed & titled in pencil on white wove paper

but this little woodcut still delights the eye

richly inked impression of this evocative mid century color woodcut by this well respected South African artist

pale hint of lightening within mat opening

though this appears to be an earlier "deluxe" pencil signed impression before the large cursive etched title was added below to the bottom center margin

"Venice from the Redentore" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Wood Engraving signed & titled in pencilEtching, 1913, ed. unknown, old tape residue top edge verso, scattered inky fingerprints presumably the artist's, on verso, signed & dated in pencil, titled at the lower left margin edge, framers notation in lower right margin corner, on thin cream laid paper, A fine and fresh, crisply inked and wiped impression with a veil of granular plate tone, heavier at the top of the sky, the delicacy of the rigging on the moored boats and architectural details