"Carnevale" by Inga Britta Mills, Amer., (1925-2018) Wood Engraving Welfare Island was the name

Welfare Island was the name from 1921-73 of a narrow 2 mile long island located in the East River

11-15/16 x 15-7/8

9-1/4 x 12-1/8

An earlier state impression of this print is held in the collection of The Brooklyn Museum

and received the Cross of Merit from the Order of Malta

"Carnevale" by Inga Britta Mills, Amer., (1925-2018) Wood Engraving Welfare Island was the nameColor Etching and Aquatint, 1986, Ed. 2 of 8 plus a few AP's, 12 x 10, signed, titled dated and numbered in pencil, on thick cream wove paper. Inga Britta Mills studied in her native Sweden receiving a Baccalaureate in languages from Gothenburg University, and received both a B. A. and M. A. in Fine Arts from Montclair State University in New Jersey. She was an assistant to Dag Hammarskjold at the U. N., and also studied at the Art Students League and