Artist: Charles Locke (American, 1899 - 1983). Painter, Etcher, Illustrator, and Lithographer. Ashcan School.
Title: Cityscape.
Signed with monogram CL, and Dated on the mat 192...(?)
Dimensions: 10" x 7 1/4".
Date: 1958.
Materials and Techniques: graphite drawing on wove paper.
Provenance: The Estate of George "Yorgo" Demetrakopoulos; professor, assistant director of the Medieval Institute, and assistant to the dean at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1965-2000.
Condition: The signs of aging are appropriate for the time. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XX C.
Note: possibly, Brooklyn. Locke's address in 1929 was 78 Columbia Heights in Brooklyn, NY (askART). Another version is Cincinnati, as it was pointed out in the inscription on the mat.