Bauby's Corner , Waterbury, CT, Etching, 1943, ed. possibly 100, 7-15/16 x 9-15/16, signed and dated 1/43 in the plate, on cream wove paper, pale traces of tape residue at margin edges verso, barely visible recto, palest trace of mat line. Edward J. Balthazar was a well respected Waterbury based lawyer with a life long passion and talent for art. In his youth Balthazar studied in New York at the Art Student's League with George Bellows. Bellows thought so highly of his work that he helped arrange Balthazar's first solo exhibition. Here, as in several of his urban images of the bustling industrial Connecticut town, Balthazar has given us an iconic, Edward Hopper-like view of the legendary Waterbury landmark located on the southeast corner of the Green, sadly razed for a new office building in 1982. An impression of this print is in the collection of , and was exhibited in Waterbury's Mattatuck Museum's wonderful "Travelers Tales" exhibition in 2010; focused on the work of American printmakers with ties to Connecticut.

$450

Saint Anne's from South Main St., Waterbury, CT, Etching, 1946, ed. possibly 100, 10-3/8 x 8-1/4, signed and dated 11/46 in the plate, on cream laid Montgolfier paper with small angled margins as printed; slight skinning recto top and side center margin edges from previous tape hinges, trace of mat line. A fine impression of this wonderful view by Balthazar of the old cars and bustling neighborhoods around Saint Anne's, some of which have been demolished, and some of which remain today. My own grandparents lived for many years on the other side of the block shown here to the left of their beloved church, recently designated as The Shrine of St. Anne. (Yes, being sentimental I own my own impression of this print.) Another impression of this print is in the collection of , and was exhibited in Waterbury's Mattatuck Museum's wonderful "Travelers Tales" exhibition in 2010; focused on the work of American printmakers with ties to Connecticut.

$400

Harkness Tower, Yale University, Etching, 1939 or earlier, ed. probably 100, 8-7/8 x 6-15/16, signed, dated and dedicated in pencil, in the plate, on buff laid PRAGA watermarked paper with small margins as printed, two small lightened area top margin edge from previous tape hinges, A fine impression of this wonderful view of the Yale landmark in downtown New Haven, CT. Balthazar was a Yale Law School graduate, class of 1915. In 2010 a selection of prints by the artist was exhibited in "Travelers Tales" an exhibition of work by American printmakers based in Connecticut, held at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury.

$350