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Pair of Lionel Barrymore Etchings

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Pair of Lionel Barrymore Etchings
"San Pedro" depicting boats in the harbor. Single mat with wood frame, image measures 10 3/4"x8 1/2" and "Point Magu" depicting men working on boats dry docked. Image measures 11 1/4"x8 1/2" in single mat with wood frame. Both have artist's bio on back. Lionel Barrymore was a was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul (1931), and remains best known to modern audiences for the role of the villainous Mr. Potter character in Frank Capra's 1946 film It's a Wonderful Life. Barrymore was also a skillful graphic artist, creating etchings and drawings. For years, he maintained an artist's shop and studio attached to his home in Los Angeles. Some of his etchings were included in the Hundred Prints of the Year.