Paul Ashbrook Etching "Bedouin Mother"

Item Details

Paul Ashbrook (Ohio/Mexico; 1867 – 1949)
Bedouin Mother
Etching on paper
Signed in plate and to the lower right margin
Edition 8/50
Title inscribed to the lower left corner

Paul Ashbrook, born Paul Von Eschenbach in New York in 1867, studied at the Art Students League, under William Merritt Chase. He went on to study under Frank Duveneck at the Cincinnati Art Academy, where he later taught. He worked for the Stonebridge Lithographic Company of Cincinnati designing posters for the Barnum and Bailey Circus, and served as president of the Cincinnati Art Club, before leaving to travel through Europe and Mexico.

Condition

- toning to sheet; discolorations to edges; minor handling wear; abrasions and wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; image measures 12.0" W x 8.5" H.

• Item not examined outside of mounting

Item #

ITMGJ12688