"Swans" by Gertrude Hermes, English, (1901-1983) Pencil seized power in opposition to

seized power in opposition to the government of the Republic

becomming known as a painter and printmaker

The evocation of brilliant sunlight illuminating the edges of the cloud and the low vantage point of the viewer add to the monumentality of this classic regionalist scene by Schreiber

lightly toned in mat opening

"Swans" by Gertrude Hermes, English, (1901-1983) Pencil seized power in opposition toWood Engraving, 1928, Ed. 30, 5 1 2 x 6 1 8, signed, titled and delightfully inscribed "Thank you for such happy hours" in pencil lower right, a fine dark impression with large margins and corner tips clipped, one pinhole lower left margin, small edge losses and foxing to margins only, old paper hinge top edge center, some wrinkling as is characteristic of this thin cream laid japan tissue. A beautiful impression of this scarce print by Hermes.