Title in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: La Rue de Marzelles à Bizy

Year: 1923

Number: 297

Size:

States: 3

Title on Print: La Rue de Marzelles à Bizy

Initials or Signature and Date in Plate:

Planned Edition: 50

Total Number of Impressions: 58

Number in Pencil: 8/50

Signature in Pencil: Caroline Armington

Dedication:

Caroline Armington’s etching record book contains the following notes for this print:

1st state 2

2nd, 1 for Mrs. Ovington, not numbered

Epreuves d’essai , 5, No 1 to 5

3rd, 1 for Frank on old paper

No 1/50 to 8/50

Price in Caroline Armington’s etching record book: none.

Plate:

Collections:

PAMA

Exhibitions:

Publications:

Comments:

Z is backwards in the etched title (in Marzelle).

 

Caroline Armington sold one print of Vernon (CA-296) and one of each of her six prints of Bizy (CA-297 to CA-302) to Mrs. Ovington.

Mrs. Ovington was most probably Mary White Ovington.

Born 11 Apr 1865 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States.

Died 15 Jul 1951 at age 86 in Newton Highlands, Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

She was an American socialist, suffragist, journalist, and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

She was born into a wealthy abolitionist family. Her parents, members of the Unitarian Church were supporters of women's rights and had been involved in anti-slavery movement.

Mary White Ovington’s father, Theodore Tweedy Ovington, built a substantial fortune as an upscale merchant.

Around 1923, the Ovington company—famously known as "The Gift Shop of Fifth Avenue"—was experiencing a massive commercial resurgence and operating at the absolute peak of its 20th-century prestige. This multi-floor Midtown Manhattan location was operating as a premier destination for New York’s elite. By 1923, the thriving company was successfully managed by the next generation of the family, including Charles K. Ovington.

​