"Celestial Swine" by Evelynn Swetlow, Amer., (20th Cent.) Oil on a cream chine colle

on a cream chine colle with a  thick warm white laid paper support sheet

She was particularly fascinated with the bilateral symmetry she observed in insects and other ancient forms of life

on cream chine colle with a cool white wove support sheet

top right corner margin tip clipped

signed and dated copyright 1886 in the plate

"Celestial Swine" by Evelynn Swetlow, Amer., (20th Cent.) Oil on a cream chine colleColor Woodcut. 14 7 8 x 20 1 8, signed, titled, dated & numbered in pencil, on thin fiberous cream wove paper, with traces of glue in the top & bottom right margin corners, lightly toned within mat opening. This print was exhibited at a Brooklyn Museum National Print Annual, and the entry label accompanies the print. A large, witty and rather adventurous use of cutting and texture, by this N. Y. artist, about whom little is known, showing distinct