Kerr Eby. 1890-1946.
Killan Pass [Landscape with Mountain]. c. 1925. Etching. Giardina 105.vii/ix. 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 (sheet 10 x 14). Unpublished; small number of proofs only. A rich impression with tonal wiping, printed by the artist on cream laid paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Trial proof with additional work on the cloud aove the small peak; zigzagging line forms circle in upper left corner. Signed and annotated "trial proof" and 'imp' in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist. Signed in pencil. $275.
Killan Pass [Landscape with Mountain]. c. 1925. Etching. Giardina 105.ix. 8 1/2 x 12 1/2 (sheet 1 1/8 x 14 3/8). Unpublished; small number of proofs only. A rich impression with tonal wiping, printed by the artist on cream Van Gelder Zonen paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Trial proof with the sky reqorked again; light areas now in place at upper left and right, lowe left and right, and between peaks the sky dark at upper center and above small peak, area above large peak shaded, but not heavily. Signed and annotated "trial proof" and 'imp' in pencil, indicating a proof printed by the artist. $275.
The exact location of the scene is unknown. Possibly it is near Killin (Cill Fhinn 'the White [or Fair] Church' in Gaelic) is a village situated at the western head of Loch Tay in Stirling (formerly Perthshire), Scotland.
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