"Diamond Merchant" by Marian Lerer, Amer., (1928-2017) Aquatint A bold early print by

A bold early print by the artist

from the portfolio Paris Capital

is best known as the inventor of Solar Plate Etching

Excited by an exhibit of French etchings at the 1893 World Colombian Exposition in Chicago

"Diamond Merchant" by Marian Lerer, Amer., (1928-2017) Aquatint A bold early print byLithograph, Ca. 1950's, Ed. unknown, 12 3 16 x 8 3 16, unsigned, on cream wove paper. As with her print "Treegob's Variety", Marian Lerer here explores the "stage and actors" on which the wheels of local commerce turn, and this diamond merchant may have been a local neighborhood fixture in Philadelphia observed by Lerer while growing up. Regardless, it is a striking image, devoid of comedic elements, with it's formidible, stoic subject, fixing us with