Prom Night, Melody Asbury, Amer., (B. 1948) New Acquisition

Prom Night, Melody Asbury, Amer., (B. 1948) New AcquisitionColor Monotype, 2022, 12 x 11 7 8, signed, annotated Monotype and titled in pencil, tack holes to top corners, on warm white wove paper. Melody Asbury gravitated towards art and nature at an early age. Her mother was an artist, and creativity was encouraged. Professional study while in her teens led to portrait commissions and work as a courtroom artist. Moving to rural Woodbury, CT, the subject of her portraits evolved from native americans to

Connecticut landscape by Nisbet

and spent most of his career based in Acton

A Beardsleyesque design

7-1/4 x 11

some handling creases to outer margins

a match for the twin plumes of smoke issuing from the  stacks of the lead boat pushing two barges loaded and covered with tarps

unique impression outside the small Ed

on cream wove paper 14-1/2 x 20-3/4

The first proof from the plate

7-1/2 x 7-3/8

on warm white wove paper 22 x 14-3/4

with trimmed but sufficient margins