Flies Versus Worms

 

Philip Kappel

  1901 - 1981 (biography)

1954  

drypoint 

7 13/16 x 9 15/16"  

pencill, lower right 

unnumbered, from a published edition of around 250 

signed in the plate, lower left 

AAA 1232 (1954) 

cream wove 

published 

Associated American Artists (AAA) 

22253 

$275.00 

Two fishermen discuss the best tactics for hooking a good catch while warming themselves in front of a stove and smoking their pipes. Seen out of the open door is a meandering inlet, likely leading to a bay. Kappel was known for his deft depictions of the daily lives of fishermen.