Soyer, Raphael. OLD FIDDLER. Cole 44. Etching, 1937. Published by Federal Art Project, WPA in an edition of unknown size. Signed and titled in pencil. With full margins. In excellent condition. Rare. "I did these etchings from pen and ink drawings. In those days you would see people standing around doing nothing. I would sketch them all the time. Sometimes I would ask them to hold a pose and give them twenty-five or fifty cents. The man with his hands in front is warming his hands over the sidewalk grate." (Soyer, quoted in Gettings).
