Sep 14, 2004 - Sale 2012

Sale 2012 - Lot 39

Price Realized: $ 1,020
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
ONE OF ONLY TWO TRIAL PROOFS JOHN TAYLOR ARMS
Man-o-War.

Etching, aquatint, and mezzotint on cream wove paper, 1921. 435x477 mm; 171/8x183/4 inches. Trial proof. Third state (of 3). One of only 2 known proofs printed in black, before the color edition. Signed, dated and inscribed "Trial Proof I II," "Private Collection 'E'," "M'I'II" and "imp" in pencil, lower margin. A superb impression of this scarce print. Fletcher 98.