Good condition, photos show this lighter than it actually looks in person. The detail pics show the color more accurately. Pencil signed and dated 1939. Approx. sight size: 6 1/2" x 9". Thomas Nason was born in Massachusetts and grew up on a farm, where he had the opportunity to observe all forms of nature. Nason showed early talent at drawing, but the only formal study he received was a life-drawing course he took in 1916-1917. In 1917 Nason enlisted in the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment and served six months in France. He continued his self-education by familiarizing himself with the print departments in neighborhood bookstores and became friends with Percy Grassby, a wood engraver whom he accompanied on sketching trips. By 1921, Nason had produced his first woodcuts and progressed to wood engraving. He acquired a small hand press and worked in a room in his house. In 1923, his artistic reputation was established when he sold six woodcuts to Century Magazine. During the next few years, his prints were sold by bookstores and art dealers in Boston and New York. Nason earned a living from a series of commissions for bookplates, and from magazine and book illustrations, such as Robert Frost's You Came Too. Over the course of his career Nason produced more than six hundred prints. He was elected to the National Academy of Design in 1936.

12.5 x 14.5 in