We’re
back from the West Coast fairs. The Portland Fine Print Fair (January 28 and
29) coincided with the museum’s Constructing Identity show of African-American
Art with work by Elizabeth Catlett. Of course, it’s wonderful to have a museum
as a sponsor and the curators frequented the show: Mary Chapin included our
collection in her Sunday tour and her Curator’s Choice was Peggy Bacon’s The
Vain Pleasures; Sara Krajewski’s Choice was Ben Shahn’s Four Freedoms with
Franklin Roosevelt. Traveling north to south, Portland was followed by the Los
Angeles Fine Print Fair at Bonhams, February 4 and 5. Both venues were
extremely well attended and were fortunate to have cool, misty days – great
print fair weather!
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| Curator Mary Chapin at Portland Fair |
Interest
was strong in the Atelier 17 group with Sue Fuller, Peter Grippe, Jacob Kainen,
Armin Landeck, Karl Schrag, and of course, Stanley William Hayter himself. The
extremely scarce Victor DeWilde San Francisco scenes were popular and as were
the artists featured in the St. Gaudens publication, Emerging from the Shadows,
especially Dorothy Dehner and Claire Mahl Moore. And best of all, Maurine St.
Gaudens, author extraordinaire, stopped by for a visit.
#ConstructingIdentity
#ElizabethCatlett #MaryChapin #PortlandFinePrintFair
#PeggyBacon #SaraKrajewski #BenShahn #FourFreedoms #FranklinRoosevelt #LosAngelesFinePrintFair
#Atelier17 #SueFuller #PeterGrippe #KarlSchrag #StanleyWilliamHayter #VictorDeWilde
#EmergingfromtheShadows #DorothyDehner #ClaireMahlMoore
#MaurineStGaudens
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| Peggy Bacon, The Vain Pleasures of the World Attracted Her, | 1933 |
ConstructingIdentity, ElizabethCatlett, MaryChapin, PortlandFinePrintFair, PeggyBacon, SaraKrajewski, BenShahn, FourFreedoms, FranklinRoosevelt, LosAngelesFinePrintFair, Atelier17, SueFuller, PeterGrippe, KarlSchrag, StanleyWilliamHayter, VictorDeWilde, EmergingfromtheShadows, DorothyDehner, ClaireMahlMoore, MaurineStGaudens
