Paula Walzer

"Potiphar's Wife", Stylized Figurative Abstract Woodcut on Handmade Paper

late 20th Century

Portrait of Anger - Multilayer Woodblock in Ink on Paper Bold and saturated woodblock print of a screaming man by Michael Dow (American, 20th Century). The man is centered in this m...

Abstract Color Field Lithograph in Pale Blue and Brown by American Beat artist Will Peterson (1928-1994.) This lithograph blends the linework and movement of abstract impressionism with a color field-esque composition. A long copper-brown rectangle shines through from the bottom layer of the colors. It is then crossed in multiple places by black linework and hatching. Around this shape a pale cornflower blue acts as a frame and crosses the brown shape in the center. The addition of the cool black and blue tones creates a sense of warmth in the underlying shape. Lithograph is printed on wove paper which is fixed to a larger piece of handmade paper containing the artists signature and a small embossing found on his other pieces from this time period. This paper is displayed on top of a linen covered board with sturdy wood edges and a plexiglass over over the entire piece. Will Peterson was born in Chicago in 1928 to German immigrant parents. He contracted Polio when he was in High School and thus spent much of his early years ill. During this time he started working as a cartoonist for his high school’s paper. He started his official art studies at Wilber Wright College in Chicago and later earned a BA and a MA at Michigan State University. Here he studied print making and lithography under John S. deMartelly. He began enjoying artistic success while still in graduate school, exhibiting at the Detroit Art Institute, the Terry Art Institute, the National Print Exhibition, and the Boston Printmakers. Peterson was drafted into the army in 1952 and thus spent time in Korea and Japan. His time as an educational specialist in Hokkaido was a formative experience for him and his interest in Japanese calligraphy and other arts influenced his later work. Upon returning to the United States, he moved to Oakland, California. He became involved with the beat movement and after founding the Bay Printmakers Society with fellow artist Mel Strawn...

Face with a Mustache - Abstracted Lithograph by Cathleen Panttaja Hip Woodcut Print done at the height of the Flower Power 60s, of a man with a large Moustache. Cathleen Panttaja (Am...

"Rainbow-man," an abstracted Mexican figurative woodblock by Pedro Puerta (Mexican, 20th Century), 1974. Titled "Rainbow-Man" lower left and "from a Michoacan Pot" "Reproduced with a...

Victor Guadalajara (Mexican, 1965) 'Intersecciones', 2009 Woodcut and Aquatint 100.00 x 185 cm. (39.4 x 72.8 in.) Edition of 30 Unframed

An original mid century modern woodblock print. This work is hand signed illegibly and titled "Wedding Party".

JIM DINE Singing and Printing XIII. Unique color woodblock relief print with hand coloring in oil, acrylic, and charcoal and mechanical abrasion on cream wove paper, 2001. 69 3/4 x ...

One of America's great modernist innovators, Max Weber carved Figure, 1919-20, on the end piece of a wooden cigar box. This Cubist image is composed o...