"A Chinese Opal" by Alice Pauline Schafer, Amer., (1899-1980) Fresco

"A Chinese Opal" by Alice Pauline Schafer, Amer., (1899-1980) FrescoGouache and Ink, ca. 1925, Arched Vertical Composition, 8 13 16 x 4 7 16, initialed in ink by shoe at lower right, signed & titled in ink on verso, on thin smooth cream wove bristol board; with fragments of the original marbled paper border. A charming and imaginative illustration with extremely fine detail by this respected but underknown artist.

on cream paper

and measure 1-1/2 on the sides and 1-1/4 at top

6-13/16 x 8-1/2

Martin's exceptional prints

on thick textured cream laid paper

7-9/16 x 2-5/8

signed them "jacob"

on warm white japan paper

signed in the stone lower left below kettle

A particularly rich impression of this scarce and forceful portrait by J

15-3/4 x 9-15/16

signed in pencil in the image l