Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 8 x 11 inches (image), 12 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1940
Date finished: 2003
Edition: of 50

Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager):
"One of my favorite wood engravings comes from the master himself, Barry Moser. This piece is a bit unusual for its use of colored paper, but is also a classic representation of Moser's impossibly fine lines. The blue paper compliments the animal's light eyes and surrounding darkness. I once read an interview where Moser talked about his love of opposites and how he uses them in work, like serious vs. comedic, expected vs. unexpected, complex vs. simple etc. This piece holds many opposites like the technical skill and traditional stylings compared to the often ignoble cow. I love how this cow gets a royal treatment only Barry Moser could give, complete with a laurel wreath and the title The Old Gentleman." 

Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 2 x 4 inches (image), 9 x 6 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1940
Date finished: 1985
Edition: AP

Series: The Pennyroyal Caxton Bible
Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1940
Date finished: 1999
Edition: AP

Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, b. 1975
Edition: of 75

Text: "This is where you're supposed to be."

Recommended by Suzannah (Marketing and Communications Manager):

"Andy Farkas’ whimsical and precious illustrations never fail to fill me with delight and emotion. None affect me more than ‘This Is Where You’re Supposed to Be.’ Small bears are heaped together, sleeping through the long winter in comfort and community, all while being watched over by an almost ethereal protector. She waits and knits and watches the butterflies that herald spring surround her and illuminate her beauty. This is where you’re supposed to be, this is where you belong, and through storms and winters there will always be people to watch over you and wait with you for the spring to come."

Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 5 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, b. 1975
Edition: of 100

Text: "He marveled that from something so quiet and unassuming he should discover the patience and strength to carry on."

Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, b. 1975
Edition: of 74

Text: "In it, each saw something different, the same, beautiful."

Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 4 7/8 x 6 5/8 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, b. 1975
Edition: of 75

Text: "Never knowing would be the most difficult. The pure potential of it, the most inspiring."

Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 7 x 6 inches (image) 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches (sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, b. 1975
Edition: of 90

Text: "It came to her. She didn't ask for it, but neither did she push it away."

Medium: Wood engraving
Dimensions: 7 x 5 inches (image) 15 x 9 3/4 inches (Sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, b. 1975
Edition: of 100

Text: "His great discovery wasn't to be what he found along the way, but who he was when he returned."