Joseph Pennell. 1857-1926.
End of the Day - Gatun Lock. 1912. Lithograph. Wuerth 226. 16 15/16 x 22 1/4 (sheet 18 15/16 x 25). Panama Canal series #7. Edition 50. One invisibly-repaired small puncture. A rich, well-inked printing on 'MBM (France) Ingres d'Arches' countermarked laid paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. Illustrated: Beall, American Prints in the Library of Congress, page 352. Signed in pencil. $2,500.
Pennell describes the image, "This was another subject I saw as the men stopped work in the evening. On the left is the stairway which most of them use, and on both sides are iron ladders which a few climb. The semicircular openings are for mooring the ships."
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