TUCSON

ARIZONA

"S. S. Glencairn - The Moon of the Caribbees" 1930, Lithograph.

Edition: 30. Signed and dated in pencil, RR Beatty - '30, lower right; numbered 2/30, lower left; not titled on sheet - title derives from a similar print in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Image: 8 7/8 x 12 5/8 inches (226 x 320 mm). Sheet: 13 3/8 x 16 3/4 inches (339 x 425 mm).

Very good condition. Good margins. Printed on off-white wove paper, with some minor foxing along the upper sheet edge, but well away from the image. Slight paper skinning from previous matting in upper left and right corners. Written in pencil along the very bottom of the sheet is: Awarded First Prize in Lithography in the Twelfth Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists. The title derives from a play by Eugene O'Neill. The play, S. S. Glencairn: Four Plays of the Sea, was written in four parts with The Moon of the Caribbees being the final segment. Set on the deck of British tramp steamer S. S. Glencairn, the action involves the ship at port with a cast of 25. Prostitutes, alcohol, a stabbing, and other dramatic characters and actions abound.   

Prints by African-American printmaker Richard R. Beatty are rare.

$900.00

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