Artist: May Petrea Theilgaard Watts (1893 – 1975) was an American naturalist, writer, poet, illustrator, and educator. Watts studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1925.
Title: Lugano Lake.
Signed and Titled in pencil beneath the image: Luggano Laik [sic], May Theilgaard Watts.
Dimensions: Sheet approx. 11 1/2" x 9".
Date: Circa 1925.
Materials and Techniques: engraving on high-quality cream 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: Good. Blank verso. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Art Movements, Periods & Schools: American School XX C.
Note: The engraving supposedly was executed circa 1925 while May Watts studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.