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43.82 cms x 24.77 cms (17.25 ins x 9.75 ins)
Signed lower right, titled and editioned lower left, 'unique color' lower centre, framed
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Canadian And International Prints" held on Sat, May 16, 2020.
Lot 217
Lot 217
Estimate: CAD $150 - $200
Did not sell
Did not sell
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
unique color� lower centre
Notes:
Irving Amen began drawing at the age of four. A scholarship to the Pratt Institute was awarded to him when he was fourteen years old. In 1953, Amen traveled throughout Italy. This resulted in a series of eleven woodcuts, eight etchings and a number of oil paintings. One of these woodcuts - Piazza San Marco #4 - and its four woodblocks constitute a permanent exhibit of block printing in colour at the Smithsonian Institution. In 1974 he illustrated "The epic of Gilgamesh" in linocuts and woodcuts for the Limited Editioned Club. He designed a set of stained glass windows depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel for Agudas Achim Synagogue in Bexley, Ohio. His work often depicts themes of Judaism, chess, people, music, Italy and Don Quixote. In his later years he lived and worked in Boca Raton, Fl. His work is widely collected and held in many prominent pubic collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of art, New York; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
unique color� lower centre
Notes:
Irving Amen began drawing at the age of four. A scholarship to the Pratt Institute was awarded to him when he was fourteen years old. In 1953, Amen traveled throughout Italy. This resulted in a series of eleven woodcuts, eight etchings and a number of oil paintings. One of these woodcuts - Piazza San Marco #4 - and its four woodblocks constitute a permanent exhibit of block printing in colour at the Smithsonian Institution. In 1974 he illustrated "The epic of Gilgamesh" in linocuts and woodcuts for the Limited Editioned Club. He designed a set of stained glass windows depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel for Agudas Achim Synagogue in Bexley, Ohio. His work often depicts themes of Judaism, chess, people, music, Italy and Don Quixote. In his later years he lived and worked in Boca Raton, Fl. His work is widely collected and held in many prominent pubic collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of art, New York; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.