Pencil signed? lower right: Ganso. Sight: H: 4 1/2; W: 5 5/8 inches. Frame: H: 13 5/8; W: 14 1/8 inches. Prov: NYC Print Fair Condition: Excellent. Shipping weight: 2 lbs Biography from Butler Institute of American Art Emil Ganso (b. 1895)Ganso was born in Germany in 1895. At age?14, he?apprenticed to a baker and then worked his way to America when he was 17. He worked in bakeries in Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Cincinnati and Akron, Ohio. By 1916, Ganso was out of a job, and living the life of a bohemian in New York City, sometimes on less than 30 cents a week. In 1921, Ganso painted on a realistic nude on a bedsheet and was forced by the police to remove it from an exhibition. The bedsheet with the painting was later stolen. He soon had a job baking again at $140 a month, and with time to spare for painting and study. Ganso quit baking in 1925 when a New York dealer game him financial backing of $50 a week. Ganso has prospered from his art ever since.His work is in over 15 American museums, and the Print Club of Cleveland awarded him a $500 purchase prize for a wood engraving. A versatile artist, he paints a variety of subjects.Source: from a profile written by Clyde Singer)