Evening star., 1937-07-17

PRINTS IN SUMMER EXHIBIT
Library of Congress- With Breadth of Selection Achieves Results
Which Show Present State of Art Offering Much
That 1mpresses Average Print Seeker.
Pennell do . better street scene In
lower New York than this.

, Pennell do . better street scene In
lower New York than this.
RUT to pass on. r. Stephens Wright,
F. Townsand Morgan and Kath-
crime Kimball are al seen in group
exhibits which place them In the front
ranks OF contemporary etchers. Wright
Is at his best In la Cathedrale de
Bayeux." water front scene in which
high masts of vessels overtop the
cathedral spire; Morgan shows, among
other prints, very nice boat picture,
Rainy" and an impressive view of \
mountain ridge, In the SHENANDOAH;
while Miss Kimball makes especially
good report in an etching OF a Court
yard well studied. Andre Smith is
represented In dual character by an
early work, very traditional, THE Al
cantara," and a late work, THE Little
Basin" very modern.
There are prints of Key West by
Avery johnson. and OF Mexico by
Hirst Milhollen, the latter . member
OF the Society Of Washington Etchers.
There are etchings by Ernest Haskell,
very knowing, of New England; there
are Southern pines, beautifully etched
by Alfred Hutty, and very capably
set forth in the same medium by Ruth
Doris SWEET. From the West Coast
comes one of cactus in the desert
The Sentinel" by Alfred Rudolph,
who first made = name for himself
through the medium Of pencil draw
ings Of rare perfection, and is now
seen to have mastered the more
difficult medium with equal skill.
James E. Allen shows us the drama
OF the industrial world in "Teeming
1ngots," men working in the flare OF
the furnace. white hot. Gordon Grant
pictures the seafaring men OF New
England: Harrison Cady. in his semi
comic style, the inhabitants Of the
Great Smoky Mountains. Prom Troy
Kinney has come = light and lively
transcription Of two dancers. with
that sense Of buoyancy and rhythm
inherent in the theme.
The touch OF drama is distinctly
found In Albert Groll's etching OF a
"Wayside Cross" work the merit of
which should augment his enviable
reputation as 4 painter; and there
is grimness as well IS strength In the
print entitled Famine" the work OF
Dewitt Welsh.
Charles Dahlgreen's 'aquatints Of
snow scenes are outstanding for both
pictorial charm and technical merit
and much may also be said in
praise OF the aQuatints and mezzo-
tints by Alex Mastro- Valerie. beauti-
fully drawn, painter-like in quality.
THERE are excellent wood cuts and
engravings by Lankes and Mason
Fletcher Martin, the late Macowin
Tuttle and Asa Chef1etz, the last find-
ing representation by cuts. the larg-
est Of which Is the size Of 4 visiting
card, while the smallest could be COW
cred by \ nickel Few color wood
blocks are included and for the most
part these are not Of the artists best.
but help to round out their showing.
There are color prints by three for
eign artists made In two instances
while visiting this country, but they
are of mild interest rather than real
distinction. However, they help to
widen the representation.
And yet many that are very worthy
have not been mentioned. A word
must be said of the varied and excel
lent group Of prints by Ellsworth
Woodward Of New Orleans; Of the
charming California landscape. Pat
tern Makers" by Milford Zornes; OF
Wells Sawyers sensitively rendered
print made In Malaga; of Golinkin's