Beautiful hand-tinted block print titled The Harbor by artist Prescott Chaplin, circa 1920s. The piece features intricate textures throughout, with a muted color palette that enhances the bold black elements. Soft salmon-colored matting complements and unifies the tones within the composition. Art measures 18.75" x 25", with matting and frame 20" x 34.25". Dimensions 20 W 2 D 34.25 H Styles Coa...
Mounted on a 19 1/4" x 25 1/2" board. Rare example. 1920s? William S. Rice, painter, printmaker, and craftsman, was born in Manheim, Pennsylvania. After completing studies at the Pennsylvania School of Industrial Art and the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia, a job offer brought him to California in 1900. At the age of twenty-seven, he accepted the position as Supervisor of Art in the Stockton P...