Fred Nagler

Fred Nagler, (Cows in a Pasture, small version)

1925

Massachusetts-born Fred Nagler studied at the Art Students League from 1914 to 1917, with George Bridgeman and Robert Henri, and eventually became a member of the Board of Control. He taught at the Connecticut College for Women, and after the death of Grant Wood, the University of Iowa State...

A North Carolina native, the African-American Romare Bearden spent most of his career in New York City. For several decades he was a social worker in Harlem. But of course he traveled widely, read and studied with great care, and created a phenomenal body of work. This 1971 lithograph is a good example of his oeuvre -- far reaching though it may be. It speaks to his skill and knowledge of contemporary printmaking while featuring a complex subject representative of his interests. A lush jungles is packed with flora and fauna. 'Green Snake' is part of the title and there is a particularly winsome reptile showing up so well on the sand-colored border between the dense forest and the aquamarine water. There are of course many other land and sea animals showing themselves -- even a curious ginger cat...

Buffaloes is a signed limited edition ( 13/75 ) aquatint etching by British artist and poet Julian Trevelyan. Several buffaloes and workers are in a field with mountains a...

Cudham, Kent. 1924. Etching. Tassi 15; Cooke 20. 3 1/8 x 4 (sheet 4 3/8 x 6 7/16). Edition of 42, including some artist's proofs. Published by the Twenty-One Gallery in London. Slight paper loss in the top left-hand corner. A rich impression with plate tone, printed by the artist on antique laid paper...