Delicatessen Booth by John Winkler, Amer. (1894-1979) Chromolithograph Ben Foster was a well

Ben Foster was a well respected tonalist painter who came to art late

and age toning and soil to margins

and a very faint mat line

but by his inventive use of patterned fabrics

Kalman Oswald lived with his wife Helmi in New York and Massachusetts

Delicatessen Booth by John Winkler, Amer. (1894-1979) Chromolithograph Ben Foster was a wellEtching, 1918, LC 10, Ed. 75, 6 7 16 x 3 15 16, signed in pencil, diffuse barely noticable stain above three wrapped containers bottom center, on thin cream wove japan paper 8 1 4 x 5 3 4. The delicacy of Winkler's etched line here and descriptive accuracy of his draftsmanship affirm his master as an etcher. A lumious impression on the cream japan showing a delightfully Whistlerian influence.