Bidspirit auction | Kerr Eby, Canadian (1890-1946), The

Kerr Eby, Canadian (1890-1946), The Caissons Go Rolling Along, etching, 13 3/4”H x 9 1/2”W (plate), - Kerr Eby Canadian (1890-1946) The Caissons Go Rolling Along etching Pencil signed lower right, edition of 90. Biography from the Archives of askART: Born in Tokyo, Japan to Canadian missionary parents, he earned an international reputation as an etcher. In 1907, he came to New York and studied at the Art Students League and the Pratt Institute. Early he did illustration and then became an expert etcher. In World War I, he was a sergeant in the Army Engineers and put his reactions to that experiece in a series of etchings, 1935, called ”War.” His depictions of combat realities of war are some of the angriest visual arguments against war ever expressed in this country. This includes his World War II depictions of landings in the Pacific. 13 3/4”H x 9 1/2”W (plate), 16 1/2”H x 11 3/4”W (sheet)