REGINALD MARSH American, 1898-1954 Girl with Umbrella, 1938 engraving Limited edition engraving numbered 8 of an edition of 100. Pencil numbered and signed by at the artist at the base. Framed. Not examined out of frame. Plate: 14.8 x 10 cm (5 13/16 x 3 15/16 in.); Frame: 11.75 x 11.25 inches $600-800
ARTIST PROFILE: Reginald Marsh (14 March 1898 – 3 July 1954) was a preeminent American painter and printmaker celebrated for his vibrant, gritty depictions of New York City life during the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Paris to American artist parents, he was raised in New Jersey and New York and later attended Yale University, where he served as the art editor for The Yale Record. Marsh began his career as a successful freelance illustrator for publications like The New Yorker and the New York Daily News before dedicating himself to painting under the mentorship of Kenneth Hayes Miller at the Art Students League. A key figure of the Fourteenth Street School and Social Realism, he rejected abstract modernism in favor of a style inspired by Old Masters like Rubens and Delacroix. His work focused on the "spectacle" of the city—crowded beaches at Coney Island, the Bowery, subways, and burlesque houses—capturing a sense of constant motion and urban vitality. His legacy is cemented by major works like Twenty Cent Movie and his frescoes for the U.S. Customs House in New York.
