Chop Suey Dancers #1, 1929

Hand colored etching. Signed in pencil.

Sasowsky 78, IV/IV, from the edition of 18. Dimensions: 8 x 6 inches. Provenance: Lionel Reiss, (1894-1986) New York painter/illustrator, and friend of Marsh.

Note: According to Marsh’s biographer Lloyd Goodrich, Marsh depicted shop girls dancing during their lunch hour at a cafe known as Chop Suey in the bowery district. Edward Hopper also knew of the restaurant: re: Edward Hopper, Chop Suey, 1929, oil on canvas.