"New York Life Building, Madison Square, New York City" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Aquatint 9-1/4 x 10-7/16

9-1/4 x 10-7/16

A fine landscape darftsman and etcher

Green & Son white watercolor paper

and was exhibited in Waterbury's Mattatuck Museum's wonderful "Travelers Tales" exhibition in 2010

"New York Life Building, Madison Square, New York City" by Ernest D. Roth, (Amer., 1879-1964) Aquatint 9-1/4 x 10-7/16Watercolor and Pencil on thick cream wove paper, ca. 1930's, 15 1 4 x 20 1 4, uneven toning to the sheet with some soiling at the outer edges, unsigned, but inscribed by Roth on verso lower left corner in pencil: "#16 Madison Square N. Y. Life Bldg." This New York City scene by Ernest Roth, though unfinished, shows elaborate fine detail in the facades of the various buildings, and gives insight into the artist's working methods for developing a