First State (1962, Hand Color

8.5"x6.5" Hand Color edition of 1 pc

First State is the third etching in the etching series (1962). All Emanuel Schary etching editions were small.

First State was pulled in black/white -but lacked the details of the houses underneath the human's head. A trial piece was used to create the hand-colored etching with the details of the houses. I have been asked if First State is David Ben Gurion, and it is not. The name signifies the first state —lack/white to color. My father used pastels to hand-color lithographs starting in the early 1970s. Hand coloring was therapeutic for my father, who suffered health issues throughout his life.