Man Shaving
Etching, 1886, edition unknown. 20 x 13 5/8 in. Signed and dated in the plate. Signed in pencil lower right. This is a fine, luminous impression showing the etched remarque of a shaving mug below the image at left. The margins are narrow. The condition is good overall apart from slight discoloration along the blank area at top, above the image. (The size given above is the image size. The plate size is about 1-1/2 in. wider.) Hovenden taught for many years at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Robert Henri was one of his many students.
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