This is a fantastic and RARE Old Early California Arts & Crafts Landscape Print, Aquatint and Etching on Paper, by early California printmaker Harold Lukens Doolittle 1883 – 1974. This artwork depicts a delightful, forested landscape scene of tall, finely detailed redwood trees in Northern California. This print is from an edition of unknown size, and likely dates to the 1930’s. Titled: “Redwood Giants” in the lower left corner and signed: Harold L. Doolittle in the lower right corner. Approximately 15 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches including frame. Actual visible artwork is approximately 8 3/4 x 10 inches. Good condition for nearly a century of age, with a few faint scuffs to the surface of the paper please see photos. Acquired from an old collection in Los Angeles, California. If you like what you see, I encourage you to make an Offer. Please check out my other listings for more wonderful and unique artworks! 1883 – Pasadena, California. 1974 – Temple City, California. Harold Lukens Doolittle (1883 – 1974) was active/lived in California. Harold Doolittle is known for Printmaker-landscape. Harold Doolittle (American 1883 – 1974) was born in Pasadena, California. He was an etcher and civil engineer who studied at Cornell University and Throop Polytechnic Institute. He worked for many years as chief design engineer for the Southern California Edison Company. He was a bit of a Renaissance man, working in all the graphic processes including photography and collotype, but he is most noted for his aquatints. Doolittle built his own press, mezzotint rocker and preferred to make his own linen paper. He was a member of the Pasadena Society of Artists, Chicago Society of Etchers, Society of American Graphic Artists, California Society of Etchers and the California Print Makers. He served as president of the California Print Makers in the late 1940’s and early 1950’s. Doolittle is represented in the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Los Angeles Public Library, California State Library, Dayton Art Institute and Brooks Memorial Gallery. Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store. Etcher, lithographer, Harold Lukens Doolittle was born in Pasadena, CA on May 4, 1883. Doolittle studied art at the Throop Institute and civil engineering at Cornell University. Largely self-taught as an artist, he is known primarily for his aquatints. He was a mechanical engineer for Southern California Edison for 30 years and, upon retirement, continued etching on his hand-made rag paper. He died in Temple City, CA on Jan. Member: American Fine Art Association San Francisco Art Association Chicago Society of Etchers; Society of American Etchers California Society of Etchers; Calif. Prairie Makers Pasadena Society of Artists. Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1919-20 California Society of Etchers, 1920 In: CSL; AIC; LACMA; LA Public Library; Library of Congress; San Diego Museum. AAA 1919-29; WWC 1929; WWAA 1936-62; SCA; California Design, 1910.
