JOSEPH PENNELL (1857 - 1926)
STREET ACAPULCO 1901-08. Color pastel and gouache drawing on blue paper. Signed and titled in pencil in his early signature. Image, 10 x 14 inches to just about sheet edge. Beautifully rendered drawing. Good condition save for some slight lightening of the left quarter of the sheet from moister, slight loss to the upper left sheet edge, small hotizontal split in the center of the sheet. The Library of Congress has a similar drawing, on blue paper, same dimensions that they date 1901-1908. The LC has large collection of prints by Pennell. Slight lightning in left quadrant from water
Mexican, American, Whistler
