"Rare Bird" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) Engraving Calame was the premiere Swiss

Calame was the premiere Swiss master of landscape lithography in the 19th century

11-1/2 x 7-9/16

signed and titled

signed lower left in ink

making it an iconic image and a masterpiece of early American lithography

"Rare Bird" by M. G. Martin, Amer., (1931-2013) Engraving Calame was the premiere SwissEtching and Aquatint, 1962, ed. of 7 only, 7 15 16 x 4 7 8, signed, titled, dated and numbered in pencil, on thin cream wove paper. Rare. One of a group of prints Ms. Martin created at the influential Blackburn workshop in 1961 2. The recipient of a Fulbright grant to work in Florence from 1958 9, this important CT artist continued to work in ceramic, collage, linocut, and batik. Other prints by Ms. Martin are in inventory and some duplicate