Beautiful c.1960's scene by American artist, Albert Sway (b.1913).  Depicted here is a NYC bus stop scene.  Etching on paper, plate measures 5 x 6 inches (image). 2nd state. Unframed, sheet is loose. Signed, lower right in pencil. Artist monogram in plate, lower right. No damage or restoration.

Birth place: Cincinnati, OH

Addresses: Cincinnati, OH; NYC

Profession: Painter, illustrator, etcher, lithographer, cartoonist, teacher

Studied: Cincinnati Art Acad.; ASL

Exhibited: AIC, 1936, 1938; PAFA Ann., 1936; Corcoran Gal biennial, 1939; GGE, 1939; Paris Salon, 1937; Stockholm, Sweden, 1937-38; Soc. Indep. Artists, 1938; WFNY, 1939; SAE; LOC, 1943-45; Albright-Knox Art Gal., 1951; SAGA, 1951-on; Royal Soc. Painters, Etchers & Engravers, London, England, 1954; Am.-Japan Contemporary Print Exhib., Tokyo, 1967. Awards: first prize in graphics, Cincinnati Mus. Assn., 1939.

Member: Cincinnati Assn. Prof. Art; Cincinnati AC; SAE; SAGA

Work: MMA; NYPL; CI; Penn. State Univ.; Soc. New York Hospitals.

Comments: Contributor: cartoons in Saturday Review, New Yorker. Publications: illustrator, Lamb's Sectional Histories of New York State," Frank E. Richards; illustrator of filmstrips on New York State history produced by Our York State, NY, 1950-; medical illustrator, "A Syllabus for Health Visitors," Navajo Tribal Council, Arizona, 1960; medical illustrator, "Respiratory Diseases," Nat. Tuberculosis Assn., 1961; medical illustrator, "Hepatic Excretory Function" (ser. filmstrips), Am. Gastroenterol Assn., 1972; also medical illustrator in science journals. Teaching: instructor of drawing & painting, New York Hospital Lg., 1963-64.

Provenance: Directly from the estate if Irma Sway, wife of artist:




Irma Sway, age 87 died on Thursday January 28, and family and friends are deeply saddened to lose her.  

Ever curious and lively, she had a wealth of knowledge and appreciation for art, music, and current news. Independent, modest, and generous, she loved playing her baby grand piano, from Schubert to Jelly Roll Morton. She was born in Perth Amboy, NJ to parents Dora and Bernard Goldberger, with sister Lucille Glenn.  

Before moving to Kendall Park in the 70's, she resided in Manhattan with her beloved late husband, artist Albert Sway. Their love and devotion to one another shone brightly for over fifty years.  In Manhattan, she worked as right-hand assistant to Dr. Walsh McDermott, Chairman of Dept. of Public Health at Cornell Medical College; she joined him in his move to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation inPrinceton.  Irma is survived by her niece, Jenny Glenn, nephew Stephan Sway, his wife Wendy and daughter Angie; niece Rebecca Sway, Albert's sister Ruth Skurow, her daughters Carole Yellin and Marilyn Wilson, and many dear friends.