Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake. 1889. Etching, aquatint and burnishing. Goodrich 104. 14 x 20 1/2; plate 17 1/4 x 22 1/2; sheet 20 x 27 1/4. Edition unknown but quite possibly intended 100; highest numbered impression known is 62. A rich impression with subtle plate tone printed on simili-Japan paper. Signed and dated in the plate, lower left 'Winslow Homer Sc 1889'. Signed in pencil, lower left; numbered '35'in pencil, lower right. Housed in a dramatic period style 26 1/2 x 31 1/2 x 1 1/2-inch champagne gold frame.
Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake is the only composition which the artist created exclusively as a print, not after one of his paintings; it is also probably his last etching. It is perhaps the most highly sought after of the Homer etchings. Lifetime impressions of Fly Fishing, Saranac Lake are rarely seen on the market or encountered by collectors
