"The Mail Boat, Venezuela" by Philip Kappel, Amer., (1901-1981) Etching

"The Mail Boat, Venezuela" by Philip Kappel, Amer., (1901-1981) EtchingDrypoint, 1931, Ed. unknown, but no more than 100, Ref. F. H. p. 33, 7 3 4 x 9 7 8, signed in the plate and signed & titled in pencil, on cream laid Tweedweave paper, a fine impression of this well known subject. Ex coll. of T. Hall, the artist's biographer.

Descended in the family of the artist

signed with the monogram in the stone

5-9/16" x 20"

on textured cream laid charcoal paper

with particularly complimentary use of the wood grain texture

full original margins

with a playful

signed in pencil with  title at bottom left margin edge

edition 40" in the lower left margin

pale mat line and traces of tape residue margin edges verso

amply preserved due to the latter's fame and active market

with some light toning within the previous mat opening