Les Deux Ponts, San Remo

Art Historical Context

**Les Deux Ponts, Sano** by George Charles Aid invites visitors to the picturesque coastal town of San Remo Italy, through this evocative graphic arts print (n.d.). Captured in intricate detail are the town's iconic two bridges, winding stairs, bustling streets, and clusters of figures going about their day. Donated to the Smithsonian American Art Museum by the Chicago Society Etchers, this work exemplifies the early 20th-century revival of printmaking in America, where societies like Chicago's championed fine etchings as accessible art forms. As a graphic arts print, likely an etching, Aid's...