David Rose
(1919-2006)
"The Legend of the Just Men"
Etching and aquatint in colors on wove paper
Edition: 24/50
Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil along the lower margin: David Rose; titled again on a label affixed to the frame's backing board
Plate: 17.75" H x 11.75" W; Sight: 18.75" W x 12.5" W
Other Notes: The typed label affixed, verso, reads: " The Legend of Just Men - It is said that the world rests on the shoulders of thirty-six Just Men. They are indistinguishable from simple mortals, and often unaware of their God-given responsibility. But upon these men falls all the grief and suffering of humanity, and without even one of them, the suffering of mankind would poison the world."

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