"Rio Della Pergola, Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Fresco exhibitied at the Ridgefield Public

exhibitied at the Ridgefield Public Library Oct

A large and impressive scene documenting urban transportation in Newark in the early 1930's

often gifting it to friends as a memento of what he believed

printed in a warm brown ink on chine colle affixed to a thick cream laid support sheet

"Rio Della Pergola, Venice" by Ernest D. Roth, Amer., (1879-1964) Fresco exhibitied at the Ridgefield PublicEtching, 1925, 13 14 x 6 1 8, signed, titled & dated in pencil, on cream laid simili japan paper, thinning to edges from previous removal of tape. A more emotive work by Roth, with the wavering line quality and narrow vertical format contributing a sense of brooding movement to the walls as well as the surface of the water in the canal.