Samuel L. Margolies (American 1897-1974) etching and aquatint, 1941, signed in pencil, AAA edition of 168, published in 1942, very good condition. 10" x 12 1/2''. Mat has toning- with mat 16"x20". Weight 11 oz. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. Samuel L. Margolies was a New York City painter, etcher and engraver born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 10, 1897. He studied at the National Academy of Design, Cooper Union Art School and the Beaux-Arts Institute. He began exhibiting his art there around 1927 and gained a strong reputation during the Depression decade of the 1930's for his views of both New York and the surrounding countryside. Margolies was a master of the medium of aquatint where tonal values take precedence over lines. As one can clearly see in Equine Arcadia, this medium perfectly suited Margolies' artistic expression of Depression era life. During the 1930's many of Samuel Margolies' original prints were published by the Associated American Artists, New York. This publisher promoted and sold original contemporary lithographs, aquatints and etchings throughout the United States. Other contributing artists included Thomas Hart Benton, Curry, Sloan, Grant Wood and Reginald Marsh. Equine Arcadia was probably commissioned by this publisher. A number of the Artist's aquatints were exhibited at the New York World's Fair of 1939. Strangely, after this date Margolies appears to have abandoned original printmaking. His work is in the Society of American Etchers, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Metropolitan Art Museum and various embassies and federal buildings in Washington D. C.

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