Medium: Lift-ground etching, engraving
Dimensions: 48 x 32 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1930
Date finished: 1981
Edition: of 175

Recommended by Rebecca (Gallery Manager):

''Influenced by his teacher at Yale, Gabor Peterdi, Peter Milton's Sanctuary's Edge has elements of looseness and freedom in depicting this wild landscape of natural rock formations. Milton's own draftsmanship and architectural leanings are shown in the vignettes of suggested staircases and the stylized trees dotting the hillsides. It is as if they have been placed like Easter eggs, to be found and enjoyed. It is in this dichotomy of elements that I think Milton best exhibits his extraordinary talents in creating imaginary worlds.''

Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: 21 1/2 x 30 inches (image)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1929 - 2017

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Recommended by Rebecca (Gallery Manager):

"Of Art Hansen’s watercolor paintings, 'Red Barn and Truck' is my favorite. Between the barn and the sky, there is a lightness and brightness that we don’t often see in Hansen’s work. The soft, barely there impression of clouds in the distance contrasts with the intense red, while a rusted old truck sits in high grass and almost disappears against the barn. The clean lines and bright colors give the landscape a feeling of freshness, while the shapes become abstract in their starkness."

Medium: Resist-ground etching, engraving
Dimensions: 25 x 40 inches
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1930
Date finished: 2001
Edition: of 140

Recommended by Suzannah (Marketing and Communications Manager):

“Time for you and time for me,
And time yet for a hundred indecisions,
And for a hundred visions and revisions,
Before the taking of a toast and tea.” - The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, by T.S. Eliot

"Peter Milton’s prints share many qualities with the poetry of T.S. Eliot: the grand scale, ghostly vignettes, shifting perspectives, and liminal worlds, as well as a penchant for subtle references to cats in their art. ‘Visions and Revisions’, the title of which is taken from a line in “The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock”, portrays a party that appears to be in full swing with many figures dancing and socializing. However something in the scene is fractured; the figures are spread far apart, some fading into nothingness, and many staring directly out of the paper at you, the viewer. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” tells a story from the perspective of a shy and anxious man who is contemplating attending a party and all the dooms and horrors that will befall him there. I imagine that the viewer is Prufrock, all at once subjected to“the eternal Footman” who holds your hat and coat, among the people “who come and go/talking of Michelangelo,” all while being observed by the woman who is misunderstood and misunderstands you, saying “that is not what I meant at all.” Both the poem and this print convey a powerful sense of disorientation in the midst of frivolity. This print is a haunting and faithful translation of a touchstone modernist poem from verse into visual art."

Medium: Woodcut
Dimensions: 18 x 54 inches (image/sheet)
Signature: Signed
Artist details: American, 1952
Date finished: 2007
Edition: of 16

Recommended by Rebecca (Gallery Manager):

Karen Kunc's large evocative woodcuts are inspired by human relationships to nature and landscape. She brings elements from many cultures into her work, including Moorish, Spanish, and Japanese influences. Kunc is a master of woodcut and is distinguished from other artists by her innovations in the medium.  We look forward to her solo exhibition of artist books at the Bainbridge Island Art Museum next month.

Series: #46 from Famous Views of the Sixty-odd Provinces (Rokujuyoshu Meisho Zue)
Medium: Woodblock
Dimensions: 15 x 10 inches (Oban)
Artist details: Japanese, 1797 - 1858
Date of plate: Date of Block 1853/1812
Condition: Very good early color. Margins skillfully restored.

Recommended by Rebecca (Gallery Manager):
"Of the magnificent “Famous Views of the Sixty-Odd Provences”, ‘Mimasake Provence. Yamabusi Valley’ displays a wonderful humor and humanity. We can all relate to the man chasing his hat that has flown away in a wind storm. Amongst this expertly preserved and restored series of breathtaking Japanese landscapes, ‘Mimasake Provence. Yamabusi Valley’ reminds us to appreciate the little misadventures that make life interesting."

#54865

Medium: Collage diptych
Dimensions: 19 3/4 x 24 1/2 inches (two sheets together) 22 x 27 inches (backing sheet)
Artist details: Chinese, 1957
Date finished: c. 1986

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Recommended by Sam (Gallery Owner & Director):
"The Contemporary Chinese artist Li Shuang (the only female member of the Xingxing group 'Stars' which served as the vanguard of modern Chinese art)  was born in Beijing in 1957 into a family of intellectuals who came to feel the full weight of Mao Zedong's suspicion and persecution for writings and images conflicting with the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976).  After two years in prison (1981-1983) she left China for Europe.  This wonderful collage from the 1980s makes no specific political reference.  The patterned pieces of implied fabric reinforce the action of the three figures."

#52730

Medium: Oil on wood panel
Dimensions: 14 x 11 inches (Image) 18 x 15 inches (Framed)
Signature: Signed verso
Artist details: American, 1949
Date finished: 1994

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Recommended by Paige (Collections Manager):
"A rare oil painting in the Davidson Galleries collection, I am charmed by this piece by Adrienne Sherman. It has all of the traditional elements of oil portraits – a posed figure in elegant costuming, rich texture and warmth, fine detail from the hands to the lips. But it is also subversive and cheeky. Many of Sherman's works are inspired by the Italian Renaissance and with this particular work, she inserts herself directly into it. Not only does she paint herself as a Venetian from the era, she paints herself as a gentleman, calling into question the wealth and gender imbalances of the traditional portrait."

Series: Miserere
Medium: Mixed etching
Dimensions: 22 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches
Signature: None were signed. Watermark, Ambroise Vollard
Artist details: French, 1871 - 1958
Edition: 208/425 (+ 25 HC)
Printer: Jacquemin, 1922 - 1927
Publisher: Société d'Édition l'Étoile Filante, Paris 1948

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):
"Georges Rouault was commissioned to make this piece as a part of the Miserere (Misery) Series in 1916 (during WWI). During times of collective or individual trauma, people have always turned to artists to give themselves moments of peace, escape, or distraction. Visual arts, books, netflix, memes, and music are all things we are using today to deal with the pandemic and our own individual struggles. This etching reminds its viewers of the importance of artists and their creativity. Rouault’s work, ‘il serait si doux d’aimer’ or ‘to love would be so sweet’ gives just as much sweetness and comfort today as it did when it was published in 1948. Humans need connection and love. Even in gray, Rouault’s blend of fauvism and expressionism in this image of parent and child puts a small, but strong light on this pocket of love amongst all the misery that surrounds it."

#50582

Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 40 x 26 inches (Sheet) 43 1/4 x 29 1/2 inches (Framed)
Artist details: American, 1978
Date finished: 2010

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Recommended by Sam (Owner & Director):
"Tennessee artist Ben Butler's Invention #51 from 2010 is an ink drawing which reflects his interest in volumes and the suggestion of a third dimension. This drawing is clearly connected to his wooden sculptures we exhibited in the past. Currently he is installing a commission for the PDX airport fabricated from douglas fir timbers reclaimed from Portland buildings."

Series: The Birds of America
Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (sheet)
Artist details: American, 1785 - 1851
Date finished: 1840-1844
Edition: First Royal Octavo
Printer: J.T. Bowen
Publisher: J.J. Audubon
Condition: Original pages with text accompanies the work.

Recommended by Nikki (Fine Print Photographer & Content Publisher):
Herons are solitary creatures who are always watching and observing. They have a dinosaur-like appearance that I feel hints of an ancient wisdom. But when they are disrupted or startled, they become rather clumsy creatures. From the clumsiness of the elegant heron, I am reminded even the wisest have blind spots and things to learn.

#42706

Medium: Copper Etching Plate
Dimensions: 26 x 20 inches
Artist details: Brazilian, 1928 - 2017

Recommended by Sam (Owner & Director):
Piza’s low relief copper plate shows the mark making and abuse of the surface which produced the wonderful variation in form and texture in his abstract prints.

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#50130