This artwork titled "Dolores" c.1940 is an original soft ground etching and aquatint by noted German/American artist Emil Ganso, 1895-1941. It is hand signed and numbered 6/100 in pencil by the artist. The artwork (plate mark) size is 12 x 8,75 inches, framed size is 20.25 x 16.25 inches. Referenced in the artist's catalogue raisonne by Smith 1-41B. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame has some scratches and will be replaced by a new similar or better when sold, before shipping. This will bring the over all condition to excellent. About the artist: Ganso was born in Germany in 1895. At age 14, he apprenticed to a baker and then worked his way to America when he was 17. He worked in bakeries in Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Cincinnati and Akron, Ohio. By 1916, Ganso was out of a job, and living the life of a bohemian in New York City, sometimes on less than 30 cents a week. In 1921, Ganso painted on a realistic nude on a bedsheet and was forced by the police to remove it from an exhibition. The bedsheet with the painting was later stolen. He soon had a job baking again at $140 a month, and with time to spare for painting and study. Ganso quit baking in 1925 when a New York dealer gave him financial backing of $50 a week. Ganso has prospered from his art ever since. His work is in over 15 American museums, including Biblioteque National Paris; Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Brooklyn Museum; Cleveland Museum of Art; Kupferstich Cabinet in Berlin; Library of Congress; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art; New York Public Library; Victoria and Albert Museum in London; Whitney Museum of American Art, Portland Art Museum, Art museum of San Francisco. Exhibitions : (one-man) Weyhe Gallery 1926 - 1946; Washington Irving Gallery 1960; Retrospective at the Whitney 1941; Retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum 1944; William Benton Museum of Art at the University of Connecticut in1976.