Death of the Matador, by Gabor Peterdi, Amer., (1915-1991) New Acquisition Walcot's mastery of the medium

Walcot's mastery of the medium is most impressive

The margins retain creases and glue stains where previously folded under and adhered to mount

paved the way for theFrench Etching Revival in the mid-nineteenth century which lead to the American Etching Revival shortly thereafter

4-15/16 x 6-15/16

bearly noticeable diagonal crease to upper ight margin corner

Death of the Matador, by Gabor Peterdi, Amer., (1915-1991) New Acquisition Walcot's mastery of the mediumEngraving, 1939, Ed. probably 57 plus AP's, J. 18, not stated, 9 5 16 x 11 11 16, one of a portfolio of 7 engravings on copper titled The Black Bull, published by Jeanne Bucher Editions, Paris, 1939, signed, and numbered 54 57 in pencil, with a partially erased dedication to Norman Gorbaty, his student at Yale, on cream laid paper.