Alfred Hutty (American, 1877-1954), Solitude (Palms)

Drypoint, 1931, pencil signed and inscribed with Hutty's snail cypher at lower right, framed.

Platemark 12 1/8 x 9 3/4 in.; Frame dimensions 21 1/2 x 17 1/4 in.

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Alfred Heber Hutty was born in the Midwest and received a scholarship to the Kansas City School of Fine Arts at the age of fifteen. As a young man, he was employed as a glazier, ultimately leading to employment at the Tiffany Glass Studio in New York City. In 1908, he moved to Woodstock, New York, where he studied under Birge Harrison, living in a rural home with an emerging art colony.

Good condition; two minor foxing marks; not examined out of frame.

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