GROSS, ANTHONY - Landscape with Praying Mantis Original etching.

1972. Single sheet. Paysage Avec Mante Religieuse) (Herdman 7203; Reynolds 251) Etching signed in plate and in pencil. A Trial Proof printed on a soft wove paper. Signed and titled in pencil by the artist. The sheet has overall light browning and some brown speckling, not so much as foxing, but appears to be from impurities in the paper, plus a light mount stain. (I can send more photos upon request) Herdman states that the plate was later used for a numbered edition of 250 copies, which were sold to Observer Prints, London. There were also 7 Artist’s Proofs.; Plate size 351 x 553mm (13 7/8 x 17 7/8 inches). Ill.: Anthony Gross. Good .