Benton Spruance, 'A Wind is Rising and the Rivers Flow', color lithograph, 1945, edition 40, Fine & Looney 242. Signed, dated, titled, and annotated 'Ed 40' in pencil. Initialed in the stone, lower right. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh colors, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margins (1 1/4 to 2 1/8 inches); areas of discoloration at the top sheet edge, well away from the image, otherwise in excellent condition. Image size 14 1/2 x 19 1/8 inches; sheet size 17 1/2 x 22 7/8 inches. Printed by master lithographer Cuno. Archivally sleeved, unmatted.
Impressions of this work are in the permanent collections of the following institutions: Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.