House by a River (Levin 61; Zigrosser 13)

EDWARD HOPPER (1882-1976) House by a River (Levin 61; Zigrosser 13) etching, 1919, on wove paper, a fine and strongly contrasted impression of the third (final) state of this rare print, printed with carefully wiped tone, signed in pencil, one of a presumably very small number of impressions (Zigrosser notes five institutions each with an impression; to our knowledge there are around ten known impressions), with wide margins, the palest mat staining in the upper margin, a few pale foxmarks in the margins, skinning at the reverse of the upper sheet corners (with a minute made-up area at the upper left), otherwise in very good condition P. 6 7/8 x 7 7/8 in. (174 x 200 mm.) S. 10 1/8 x 11 in. (257 x 279 mm.)