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Gerald K. Geerlings
Jewelled City (Chicago) (C. 21)
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$6,000–9,000
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1931
Etching and aquatint with burnishing, on pale green J. Whatman paper, with full margins.
I. 15 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (39.4 x 29.5 cm)
S. 22 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (56.8 x 43.5 cm)
S. 22 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (56.8 x 43.5 cm)
Signed, titled and dedicated 'To Mr. and Mrs. James H. Rand with best wishes' in pencil, from the edition of 32, the seventh (final) state, also bears inscription in pencil in the lower left margin 'AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL BY THE PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, FOR THE BEST BLACK-AND-WHITE OF THE YEAR (1931)', unframed.
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In 1931, Gerald K. Geerlings was awarded the Alice McFadden Eyre Gold Medal by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for his etching Jewelled City, as inscribed on this print.