JACKSON LEE NESBITT (1913-2008) PENCIL SIGNED ETCHING

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  Jackson Lee Nesbitt (1913-2008)
  
  November Evening | Ozark Bridge
  
  1. Ozark Bridge published 1941 by the artist in a smaller edition aside from the 250 prints published by Associated American Artists is signed by the Nesbitt in pencil below the image lower right and titled lower left. Signed in the etching plate as well as in pencil.
  
  Retiff/Salzer report that, ''Both a pencil drawing and a painting exist of this subject. Associated American Artists published the print. A few impressions were printed by the artist and are signed and dated in the plate mark lower left. The AAA impressions do not have that in the plate mark.''
  
  
  Nesbitt tells the following about this etching, ''I got this picture from a sketching trip. I took to Arkansas in 1940 with Thomas Hart Benton, Lewis Bogart, Bill McKim, Earl Bennett and Bud Glenn. We all drove down in Tom Benton's car and for 10 days we paired off and went sketching all along the countryside. It rained half of the time, but that didn't stop us any. Bud Glenn's the figure on the bridge.''
  
  2. November Evening, 1946 etching from an edition of 250 prints published by Associated American Artists was illustrated in PRIZE PRINTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY published in 1949 by Albert Reese and is signed by the Nesbitt in pencil below the image lower right, with title in pencil lower left.
  
  Nesbitt comments on November Evening, ''Benton and I were sketching along this Arkansas road when this old guy rode by. He mistook us for surveyors and allowed as how this road could use some fixing. I also did a painting of this subject, which was accepted into the Artists for Victory exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Met sent me a check for $250 but no explanation as to whether it sold to a private individual or was kept as part of their permanent collection. The print is illustrated in American Prints in the Library of Congress. It is also featured in Albert Reese's American Prize Prints of the 20th Century. It was awarded the prize in 1946 by the Society of American etchers as well as a purchase prize from the library of Congress.''
  
  November Evening image is 8.75 x 11.75, sheet is 10.75 x 13.75 inches. Ozark Bridge image is 11.75 x 9.5, sheet is 16 x 12 inches.
  
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  Condition

  Fair to good condition, November Evening is taped to the mat, the areas that can be seen are heavily toned and the margins are presumably burned by the mat.Ozark Bridge has the full untrimmed margins, is not laid down, no damage, punctures, tears or repair, heavy toning in the margins as shown in the online images. Neither of these is framed.
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