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Pierre Nuyttens Orig Signed Framed Etching Rising Ducks

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Pierre Nuyttens Orig Signed Framed Etching Rising Ducks
This print portrays ducks rising up from the water, with those in the foreground fully colored, and those in the distance represented more as sketches.
Artist: Pierre NuyttensTitle: "Rising Ducks"Medium: EtchingSignature: By the artist in pencil, lower rightImage size: 7 1/4" x 9 1/4"Framing: Matted in beige matte, in gold and wood grain frameFrame size: 12 3/4" x 15 3/4"Condition: Very good; slight rippling to paper
This is a fine waterfowl image.
On back is an excerpt from "Who's Who in America."
It reads: "NUYTTENS, Pierre, American artist, painter and etcher. Studied abroad at Royal Academy, Ecole des Industries, (First Prize). Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. Chicago Art Institute. Exhibited works in Chicago, New York, London, Paris, Washington. Has made many etchings of figure subjects and prominent personalities here and abroad. Works in every Art Gallery and many private homes; also in Congressional Library, Belgian Embassy and White House, Washington. Springfield, Illinois State Library, Governor's Mansion and State House. Also in War Museum, Brussels. Decorated Order of Knighthood, Leopold II by King Albert of Belgium."Nuyttens died in a fire in his studio and many of his works were lost in the same tragic event.