MARGERY RYERSON Color Etching PENCIL SIGNED Limited Edition

Artist: MARGERY RYERSON / Margery Austen Ryerson (American engraver & painter, 1886 - 1989). Medium: Original Color Etching on Rives BFK. Signature: Hand Signed in Pencil, LR. Edition: Limited Edition of 100 impressions; this one numbered "86/100".

Size: 14 x 11 inches (paper). Provenance: Hatay Stratton Fine Art, Northampton, Massachusetts. About the Artist: Margery Austen Ryerson was an American artist, painter, etcher, lithographer and watercolorist. Her works are included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Associated American Artists NYC published a series of her etchings and lithographs.

The United Nations has also used Ryerson's work on greeting cards and stamps. Her work is also held in the permanent collections of many institutions including, the Smithsonian, Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. During her lifetime and artistic career she was represented by Chapellier, Macbeth and Grand Central Art Galleries in New York.

Ryerson was also a member of many organizations, including, the National Academy of Design. Other organizations Ryerson was associated with include the Allied Artists of America, American Watercolor Society, Audubon Society of Artists, Brooklyn Society of Artists, National Academy of Design, National Arts Club, Society of American Etchers, Washington DC Watercolor Society, and Woodstock Art Association.

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