New England Valley by Howard Norton Cook
New England Valley
Howard Norton Cook
Title
New England Valley
Artist
Howard Norton Cook
1901 - 1980 (biography)Year
1928
Technique
etching
Image Size
11 15/16 x 9 15/16" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
50 (Duffy catalogue lists a printed edition of 35)
Annotations
inscribed "50" in lower left; "imp" in pencil following the signature
Reference
Duffy 88; selected for "Fifty Prints of the Year" 1930
Paper
antique-white wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
MMAE201
Price
$3,500.00
Description
This modernist etching of a "New England Valley" was done in 1928, the year that the Cooks took the first of many driving trips across the U.S. and after his life changing trip to New Mexico. It was also the year he met dealer and curator Carl Zigrosser, whose support became so important in Cook's career.
The Cooks spent the summer of 1928 on Deer Island in the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada where Howard worked on perfecting his etching skills.
Though editioned at 50 Cook only printed 35 impressions of "New England Valley", which was selected in 1930 for the American Institute of Graphic Arts' 'Fifty Prints of the Year'.