Joseph Conrad - Walter Tittle ~ Drypoint etching, signed, inscribed

Description: Original drypoint etching portrait of Joseph Conrad by Walter Tittle (1883-1966), produced in 1924, the year of Conrad's death. Signed in plate and annotated in pencil along lower edge "For Hedda & Dick, From Helen & Walter" then pencil signed lower right "Walter Tittle imp." Original hand written gift Christmas card for recipients and signed by Helen accompanies the work. 7 1/4"H x 6"W plate, 7 7/8"H x 6 1/2"W sight in 19 1/2" X 14 1/4" frame. Matting has warps, card has extensive damage, print has toning at edges or the matting. Retains Berkeley CA, framers label on reverse. Card has a photo mechanical reproduction of a Tittle work on the front, depicting a figurative bust of a child. With legend below reading "Unless become like little children, ye shall not enter the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matthew 18:3). Biography from the National Portrait Gallery: Walter Tittle studied art under William Merritt Chase in New York, and during his career, he lived and worked in both Britain and the United States. His work in etching, lithography and painting includes portraits of people such as Joseph Conrad, Arnold Bennett and George Bernard Shaw. Tittle was a member of the Royal Society of Arts, London, the Society of American Etchers, the Chicago Society of Etchers and the Print Makers' Society of California. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable and amoral world and brought a non-English sensibility into English literature.

Price: 300 USD

Location: New Harbor, Maine

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