[Coast] Nicholson William Ref: Cramer 212

Ref: Cramer 212

Signed by the artist in pencil and numbered from the edition of 60

appearing monthly from January 1898 to1901

Reference: Lafranca 68

rich impression in very good condition aside from some slight light stain where previously mounted from the edition of 50 published by the Penn Print Room in 1974

[Coast] Nicholson William Ref: Cramer 212Monotype c. 1900 120 x 245 mm [190 x 330 mm] Printed in red ink Japanese vellum. With small pin holes around all sides of the outer edges of the sheet. A stunning, dazzling image. Born in Connecticut, William Fowler Hopson was known as one of the most important American bookplate designers and engravers at the turn of the century. His spontaneous monotypes may be found in the collections of the Smithsonian Art Museum and the National Gallery of Art,