Extremely Rare Curtiss Hawks over New York 1930 Drypoint Etching Wayne L Davis

  
Curtiss Hawks over New York. Wayne Lambert Davis was an artist and mining engineer from Pelham Manor, New York. He is known for his aviation subjects and landscapes, in watercolor, oils and etching. The son of a prominent executive, Davis graduated from Columbia University in 1926 with a degree in mining engineering. He spent a couple of years in merchandising and advertising for the silk industry and then at Macy's. "Then I got a crack at aviation with Curtis, " he told an interviewer in 1941.

Newspaper articles published between 1935 and 1941 describe him as a successful artist who was known for his depictions of aircraft and who had several exhibitions with Schwartz Galleries in New York. Signed and dated in plate top margin.

Signed in pen the lower margin. The condition is excellent for a picture of this age. Small tear in bottom left edge. Image: 6 1/2 x 9. Overall paper: 9 x 13 in.

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