Lot 608: David Brown Milne 1882 - 1953 Canadian colour drypoint Across the Lake (Second Version)

David Brown Milne 1882 - 1953 Canadian colour drypoint Across the Lake (Second Version)
5 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches 13.7 x 17.5 centimeters signed and editioned /25 Literature:Rosemarie L. Tovell, Reflections in a Quiet Pool, The Prints of David Milne, National Gallery of Canada, 1980, catalogue #56, page 114, reproduced page 114 Provenance:Mausbey Kimball, Buffalo, NY
Miss Emily Kimball, Connecticut
Caroline Haun, Pennsylvania
Associated American Artists, New York
Private Collection, Toronto Rosemarie Tovell's definitive description of this work begins: "Across the Lake (Second Version) marks an important development in Milne's oeuvre. In drypoint, it was the first time Milne used a warm colour in the key plate." David Milne's diary notes his new "system" of allowing a softer, weaker colour to define the image while holding back the bolder colour - in this case the vermillion taking precedence over the ultramarine blue.
Milne's edition mark indicates 25 impressions but only 11 signed and 5 unsigned proofs have been accounted for.