"The Happy Prince" by Rudolph Ruzicka, Amer., (1883-1978) Linocut with full margins

with full margins

on cream laid paper

The dramatic back lighting and attention to both texture and detail in this print create an iconic and romantic vision of early American industry

exhbiting prints all over the country

some waviness to edge of top margin

"The Happy Prince" by Rudolph Ruzicka, Amer., (1883-1978) Linocut with full marginsColor Wood Engraving, 1936, one of 6 color wood engravings published to illustrate a limited edition of "The Happy Prince and Other Tales" by Oscar Wilde, published by the Overbrook Press, Stamford, CT, an Edition of 20 sets only, 5 5 16 x 3 1 2, signed in pencil, on thin cream wive FRANCE watermarked paper. A few tiny pale stains in the upper margin, barely there. A scarce signed color engraving by Ruzicka.