Graphite/watercolor study by Emlen Etting (Philadelphia, 1905-1993) for a larger work based on Icarus fable, 8"x10 3/4".
 
Etting was a painter, sculptor, filmmaker, and a member of Philadelphia's Main Line Society. A Harvard graduate he served in the psychological warfare division in the Office of War Information during WW2. He corroborated with Orson Wells recoding the liberation of Paris.